Gainesville

Innasense at Jazid May 17

Innasense's Jimi Dred Talks Reggae, Miami, and Selling Out to Boy Band Manager Lou Pearlman

Innasense was founded in 1990 by A Man Named Scratch, last seen in Belize after saying, "Screw the tour! Let's stay here forever." (He did, however, help the band win its coveted 1991 Best Reggae Band award from Miami New Times.) Today, the group still soldiers on with core members Jimi Dred and V ... More >>

Florida Man with "Sniper" Tattoo Wandered Into Middle School and Asked For a Beer

We could assemble the greatest minds the world has to offer, and we don't think anyone could come up with a reasonable answer for what the hell Anthony Edward Warn thought he was doing.Warn, 32, apparently wandered into a middle school in Gainesville while sporting a tattoo that read "Sniper" and as ... More >>

Angry Over Gay Mayor's Election, Florida GOP Leader Wants To Stop College Kids From Voting

When Craig Lowe won a run-off two years ago to become Gainesville's first openly gay mayor, many hailed it as a landmark of tolerance in conservative Central Florida. But not the local county's GOP chairman. He saw Lowe's election, he says today, as a victory by a vast liberal conspiracy to use coll ... More >>

Florida Man Smuggled Tyrannosaurus Skeleton into U.S.

Eric Prokopi, a Gainesville, Florida resident, faces federal charges for illegally importing a nearly compete Tyrannosaurus skeleton into America along with other fossils. Prosecutors call him a "a one-man black market in prehistoric fossils."

University of Florida Has Been Overtaken by Feral Cats

The University of Florida's Gainesville campus is starting to resemble the smelly apartment of an old cat lady. The school has been overtaken by more than 100 feral cats, and it's ignited a war on campus over what to do with them. While the school current's policy could lead to many of the cats bein ... More >>

Florida Man Selling His Entire Life on eBay

This is not your beautiful house. This is not your video game store business. These are not your beautiful cars. But they could be.Shane Butcher, a 29-year-old Tampa Bay man, is selling what basically amounts to his entire life and all of his possessions on eBay for the low, low price of just $3.5 m ... More >>

Black Group Allegedly Beats White Man While Shouting "Trayvon," Internet Overreacts

If there's perhaps one thing the Trayvon Martin case has taught us, it's that we should all wait until more facts come to light before we make any absolute judgment. This is at least what a lot of my friends on the right have been telling me. Of course, now comes news that a drunk guy in Gainesville ... More >>

Florida Woman Pretends to Help Cyclist Almost Hit By Car, Then Punches and Robs Her

​When you're a bicyclist, especially in Florida, don't trust anyone else on the road with your safety. A female bicyclist in Gainesville found that out the hard way. After the cyclist was sideswiped by a car, another woman offered to help her. Instead, she punched her in the face and snatched her ... More >>

Gainesville's Elderly Are Being Tied Up, Stabbed, and Beaten at an Alarming Rate

Robbery suspect Michael Lynn Pierce​What in hell is going on in Gainesville? In the past week, two different elderly residents have been tied up and beaten by brazen robbers -- the latest in a spree of such crimes dating to last summer.Today 78-year-old disabled retiree Paul Quant is recovering af ... More >>

Gainesville Woman Tossed Used Condoms at Store Clerk Before Exposing Herself

​Jealousy is about as pretty as a bag full of used condoms.A woman in Gainesville stands accused of verbally assaulting a female store clerk at a Kangaroo convenience store, dumping a bag of used condoms on the counter, slinging one at the clerk, and, for good measure, exposing all of her private ... More >>

Cruisin' for a Bruisin'

Help NOFX's Fat Mike Beat Foreclosure by Booking Your Vacation at His Vegas Punk House

Fat Mike playing pool at his Vegas Punk House.​Crossfade has experienced our share of punk houses. We've got stories about crossword puzzle face tattoos, a dumpster literally converted into a fridge, and losing an arm-wrestling match to a dog wearing an eyepatch and a Discharge butt-flap. One ti ... More >>

Miami missed the rapture for many sinful reasons

Assholeparade at Churchill's Pub April 22

Assholeparade Charges Into Churchill's Pub April 22

via myspace.com/assholeparadeAssholeparade in action.​If Shakespeare got it right and brevity is indeed the soul of wit, then Assholeparade's Student Ghetto Violence is some Poor Richard's Almanack-level shit. Issued back in 2000, Student is the closest thing the Gainesville five-piece has to a ... More >>

Bardot's WMC 2011 Lineup: Eyes Lips Eyes, LazerDisk SexParty, Young Empires, and Others

Jill Weisberg​Speakeasy and small live music venue Bardot has really brought the 'burbs and the beach to Midtown since it opened a few years ago. North of Space and west of South Beach, it's right off the highway, so Winter Music Conference partiers will find their way there easily, with ... More >>

Diet Cokeheads, White Execution, and Bone Owl with new releases

International Burn a Koran Day: What else can we torch September 11?

Angelina Jolie and Hillary Clinton Condemn Koran-Burning Church, But Mayor Bloomberg Supports Congregation's Rights

Pastor Terry Jones​Pastor Terry Jones and his small Gainesville church known as the Dove World Outreach Center will continue with their plans to burn copies of the Koran, the holy book of Islam, on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks despite a growing backlash and warnings ... More >>

Florida Church Told It Can Not Hold International Burn a Qur'an Day

This sign proudly sits outside the Dove World Church.​The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville was all set to host "International Burn a Koran Day" to commemorate the 9th anniversary of 9/11 in all their joyous, ignorant, bigoted glee. But the City of Gainesville has denied them the proper ... More >>

Florida Church Hosting "International Burn a Koran Day" on 9/11

This sign proudly sits outside the Dove World Church​The Westboro Baptist Church currently holds the title of most insane thing purporting to be a Christian church in America, but could a small congregation of horribly misguided Christians in central Florida soon be taking their pla ... More >>

Man Dies While Trying to Save Two Drowning Children off Virginia Key

Two children were swimming yesterday afternoon around 3 p.m. off Virginia Key near the Miami Seaquarium when they began to struggle. Two men heroically jumped in to save them. However, one man died trying to the save kids.The man, identified as Douglas Frank Butler, was visiting from Gainesville and ... More >>

Miami fails to make list of top pot-smoking cities

Wrong: Miami Left Out of Top 40 Pot-Smoking Cities

Local pride took another hit today. Fresh off that embarrassing #4 party school ranking from Playboy, a Web site run by a white British blonde reports Miami is not one of the country's top 40 pot-smoking cities. ​ Tina Brown's The Daily Beast compiled a list of America's most stoned cities in hon ... More >>

Guess Which Florida Towns Made The Advocate's "Gayest Cities in America" List

via advocate.com​The Advocate, America's oldest and most respected gay publication, doesn't want to hurt South Beach's feelings. No, the poor place has been through enough in the past few months. What with ACLU lawsuits, hate crimes, and meddlesome New Times reporters chronicling its decline as a ... More >>

Miami Lawsuit: Air Traffic Controllers Caused Plane Crash, Couple's Death

GAB via Flicker CC​Just after midnight last November, Gordon and Barbara Taylor climbed into a privately-chartered, two-propeller airplane at Key West International Airport. Gordon, age 51, had a bad kidney and was on his way to surgery in Gainesville. So the small plane took off northbound in the ... More >>

South Florida According to Brooklyn: More Bike Rally Talk

​Fort Lauderdale had its own alley cat bike race this last weekend, the River Rat race put on by Justin Brunetti, who does the South Florida Fixed blog. It was sponsored by the Bike Spot, Atlantic Bikes, and Keirin Cycles of Miami, and they all also donated their time by working at the race's chec ... More >>

News Roundup

LocalA racial slur was spray panted on a poster for North Miami mayoral candidate Andre Pierre. [Herald]More details on the MDC cuts. [Herald]A Bal Harbor police officer has allegedly confessed to sex crimes involving a seven year-old girl. [CBS4]The state is calling in Boba Fett, Dog, and other bou ... More >>

Hardcore God Greg Ginn at Tobacco Road this Thursday night

Those of us familiar with the history of Hardcore Music know that Greg Ginn is not just the man, but a brilliant guitar god. He formed Black Flag in 1977, eventually releasing the band's records (as well as Bad Brains, Minutemen, Descendants, Sonic Youth, and lots more) on his own label SST. Blac ... More >>

MPLS Pop-Punkers Off With Their Heads to Play Goo on April 20

Minneapolis drunken life-hating poppy punk masters, Off With their Heads are coming back to South Florida for a (gross) Monday night event at Goo, on April 20.  This is one of those bands that is awesome live, puts out great records, and doesn't seem to give up on touring despite not being the ... More >>

Florida Culture Warriors Start Transgender Toilet Trouble

One quick look at these two, and I'm sure you could decide which public restroom they'd feel more comfortable using. Well, a group of moral crusaders in Gainesville thinks the muscle-bound man on the left ought to be using the lady's loo while the fabulous woman on the right should be in the little ... More >>

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Piss and Vinegar

What not to ask Tom Gabel of Against Me!

Flickering Brightly

Read and listen at The Firefly

Soulphonics

Gotta Have Faith

Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough

Ska Is Dead 3

305 Fest

Hot Water Music

Tourist Trappings

Altcountry newcomers send a mint julep postcard from Holopaw

Night & Day

December 17 - 23, 1998

After the Breakup

Sweetly Smiling Sister

Reverb

Reverb

Setting a Fine Example

Two members of For Squirrels die on the eve of the band's major-label debut

On the Rodent

Some squirrels gather nuts for the winter. Others are nuts all the time.

We're with the Band

Superstars fly personal jets from concert to concert. Real rock bands rent a van and go. Natural Causes is a real band. They're renting a van. And we're going with them.

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