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Pensacola

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    DeLuna Festival 2012 Announces Lineup, Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters Headlining

    Yesterday, CNN ran an interesting article about Southern stereotypes, "The South: Not all Bubbas and Banjos." "The lower right-hand portion of the U.S. of A. is often pigeonholed as a tobacco-spittin', Bible-thumpin', gun-totin' (and worse) backwater," writes Todd Leopold. "So go ahead, fry up the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Sandbar Sports Grill's White Trash Parties

    ​It's never been known as a dress-up place. This is not the bar to take a girl on a date (unless your love is a drunk sorority girl), but Coconut Grove's Sandbar Sports Grill is one of the most popular places for everyone from sailors to college kids to grab a burger and a pitcher of beer.Sandbar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Electric Cigarette Explosion Blows Out Florida Man's Teeth and Tongue

    ​The corrosive work of cigarettes is supposed to be a slow thing, quietly eating away at your lungs as you puff away. Though, electric cigarettes are a whole other story. A Florida man is recovering after an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth and knocked out his front teeth and took a chunk of his ... More >>

  • Music

    February 9, 2012

    Sleigh Bells and Diplo at Grand Central February 14

    ​The corrosive work of cigarettes is supposed to be a slow thing, quietly eating away at your lungs as you puff away. Though, electric cigarettes are a whole other story. A Florida man is recovering after an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth and knocked out his front teeth and took a chunk of his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Five Tasty Spots to Stop For Aligator, Fuel, and Coffee On Your Drive Across Florida

    Joni Williams​So, you went away for the holidays. And now it's time to hit the long road home. Or maybe your home is a wintry wonderland and you're driving down for some fun in the Magic City sun.Either way, we know how it is. The race to get here can be a real drag. The last thing you want is to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Who Wants Free Tickets and a Four-Night Hotel Stay for the Deluna Fest?

    Swim for free with the Shins at Deluna.​Now and again, the average music fan needs to escape the humdrum realities of daily life by fleeing to some alluringly exotic locale (say, uh, Pensacola), sucking back loads of intoxicants (only legal shit, of course), and vibing out to a cross-genre cluster ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Bonnie Prince Billy and the Cairo Gang Perform Free Show at Sweat Records May 31

    Bonnie "Prince" Billy (right) and the Cairo Gang.​Miami is a difficult place for an underage music junkie. Most venues are 21 and over. On the rare occasion that the age restriction is dropped to 18 or -- even rarer -- all ages, you know security is going to be keeping an extra set of eyes on you. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Shocking Finding: Retirees Love Florida

    ​Florida really is Heaven's waiting room. According to a new study by Portfolio.com, the Sunshine State is by far the most popular destination for retirees, which has major implications as the gigantic baby boomer population continues to enter retirement age. The good news for Miamians who hate ol ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2010

    Blood and Body Parts

    ​Florida really is Heaven's waiting room. According to a new study by Portfolio.com, the Sunshine State is by far the most popular destination for retirees, which has major implications as the gigantic baby boomer population continues to enter retirement age. The good news for Miamians who hate ol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Alex Sink Recruits BP Critic, Clinton Consultant James Carville For Governor Race

    Alex Sink is pulling out the big guns for her flailing gubernatorial campaign: swampthing James Carville. Sink campaign e-mail​While her campaign has seesawed from bad  to "who's that?" since it kicked off, things have recently taken a turn for the worse. In this month's Quinnipiac poll, she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Miami Is Hot, Campari Is Cool: Summer Cocktail Recipes

    Happy 150th Birthday!​The forecast calls for temperatures to reach 300F today, with occasional heat strokes and heart attacks towards evening and heavy sweating overnight. Summer has hardly begun. Campari and soda has been the European salve to a punishing sun ever since Gaspare Campari created th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Drunk Dad Ronald Devers Tries to Pick up Toddler Left on Bus

    Yesterday, Gayle Kelson purposefully seemed to leave her 2-year-old daughter on a city bus and faces a charge of child neglect. The girl was taken into protective custody, but her father showed up to get her. The only problem: He was drunk.Ronald Devers showed up to court slurring his words and wear ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Q&A: The Hold Steady's Craig Finn in this Week's New Times Broward-Palm Beach

    Photo by Judson BakerThe Hold Steady's Craig Finn is on the right​The Hold Steady's Craig Finn got on the phone with us for a few minutes last week prior to the band's headlining slot on Friday at the Heineken Inspire Miami event at the Moore Building, and it wasn't long before we were peeking at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Charlie Crist's Barber OKs Marco Rubio's Fancy Haircut

    ​Haircuts and back-waxes have gotten a lot of attention lately on the campaign trail. In March, the Miami Herald mocked Marco Rubio for spending $134 on a haircut at flossy-flossy downtown Miami barbershop Churchill's. Then Wednesday, Charlie Crist took a misguided jab at Rubio's hairy back. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Surfers, Scientists Say No To Oil Drilling Off Florida Coast

    ​ Natalie O'Neill Mike Gibaldi, Charman of Surfrider Foundation.​Jesse Bull, a surfer with a tidy goatee, rides a four-foot wave to shore on a blustery South Beach day. In his black wetsuit, he gazes out towards the crashing waves, then furrows his brow. "The ocean is important," he says. " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Food News Roundup: Kate Hudson and A-Rod, the Cookie Diet, Wall Lounge at the W Hotel South Beach, and Football Playoffs

    Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez breakup? A-Rod spotted partying in Miami at Wall Lounge at W Hotel South Beach and eating at Solarium above The Delano all alone. [AceShowbiz]The awesomely named Linda Gassenheimer's recipe for shepherd's pie. [DemoChron]Pensacola high school football coach laments cos ... More >>

  • Music

    November 5, 2009

    The Black Death All-Stars

    Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez breakup? A-Rod spotted partying in Miami at Wall Lounge at W Hotel South Beach and eating at Solarium above The Delano all alone. [AceShowbiz]The awesomely named Linda Gassenheimer's recipe for shepherd's pie. [DemoChron]Pensacola high school football coach laments cos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Should Joe Scarborough Speak Up on Tiller Killing?

    As you're probably aware Dr. George Tiller, the medical director of a Wichita, Kansas clinic that provided late-term abortions, was killed this weekend while attending a church ceremony. Scott Roeder, a far-right anti-tax nut with a history of mental illness and a taste for the fire and brimsto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    All Our Best Chefs Are Old Chefs?

    Not a single frigging Best New Chef Award for Florida this year from Food & Wine, which announced its picks on April 1st. In fact, all the magazine's Best New Chefs are far, far, away -- the closest one is Linton Hopkins in Atlanta, who chefs at Holman & Finch and Restaurant Eugene. That's n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Sorry, Pervs, Looking up Skirts Will Soon Be Illegal

    In 2007, a Pensacola man decided to have a perv-y day and look up ladies' skirts at a Barnes & Noble. He got caught, but when the case went to court, he got off because Florida laws didn't specifically outlaw voyeurism in public spaces. It's only illegal in places where people can expect a reaso ... More >>

  • News

    February 19, 2009

    Superfans

    Larpers, Gothic Lolitas, Star Wars freaks, and Nintendo game devotees lurk among us.

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Chef Giovanni of Hell's Kitchen Says "I'm Not A Showbiz Person"

    I spoke to Hell's Kitchen 5 contestant Chef Giovanni about the Redneck Riviera, gambling, and respect. Giovanni is a cool Jersey dude that keeps it real and is all about his work. He is the executive chef at Creehan's Copper Grill in Destin, Florida. Destin is up by Pensacola so it's more Alabama ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Hell's Kitchen 5 - Chef Giovanni

    Alright culinary-reality-fanatics, meet Giovanni, one of three Hell's Kitchen 5 contestants from Florida. Giovanni is the executive chef at Creehan's Copper Grill in Destin, Florida. Destin is a Gulf Coast beach town close to Pensacola. Pensacola's about as un-Miami as you can get in Florida, but it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    News Roundup

    The Washington Post company, which owns channel 10, will not be buying channel 6 as previously planned. It will remain an NBC O&O. [Just News]Florida isn't as competitive in luring movie shots as other states, anymore. [SunSent]A lady decided to track down some hoodlums that snatched her purse b ... More >>

  • News

    November 6, 2008

    Obama's Florida Gamble

    McCain was too late. The new prez spent heavily in Florida and eked out victory here.

  • News

    July 17, 2008

    Dirty Type

    Google Trends reveals South Florida's penchant for salacious searches.

  • Music

    June 21, 2007

    Willie Heath Neal

    Google Trends reveals South Florida's penchant for salacious searches.

  • News

    October 19, 2006

    Freedom for Sale, Part 1

    A lawyer offered convicts reduced sentences for a price

  • Dining

    September 7, 2006

    Great Bait

    Alta Mar is nothing fancy, but the seafood sure is tasty

  • News

    August 31, 2006

    These Could Be Yours

    No surprise when it comes to breasts, Miami is best

  • Calendar

    August 24, 2006

    Rock in Peace

    No surprise when it comes to breasts, Miami is best

  • Calendar

    June 22, 2006

    So Freakin' Special

    No surprise when it comes to breasts, Miami is best

  • News

    March 9, 2006

    Skate Aborted

    It opened. MTV and a bevy of stars showed up. It closed

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2006

    A Cultural Celebration

    Jewish heritage with a twist of lime

  • News

    December 22, 2005

    Renegade Radio

    A Miami radio station makes waves — short waves, that is

  • Diversions

    May 13, 2004

    BEST DRAG QUEEN

    Tiffany Andretta Arieagus

  • Calendar

    May 22, 2003

    Glam-Dunk

    Hip-hop hoops it up

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    The Cuban Kong

    What's $28 million a year and added jobs for the poorest American city mean next to big cubanismo, bro?

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    The Sweat Science

    Postmodern boxing's hype & politics

  • News

    August 16, 2001

    Swimming with the Sharks

    An eight-year-old's severed arm and a broker's chewed-off leg aren't enough to convince Florida to ban interactive diving

  • News

    December 14, 2000

    Professionalism in Politics

    With the whole world watching, Miami's destiny calls: It's time for leadership!

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Soda Jerked

    Can an Orlando housewife and her lime-flavor soda compete with the big boys of carbonation?

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Fidel's Kind of Flick

    A pair of Miami filmmakers head to Sundance with a new motion picture about a congressman turned Castro spy

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Letters

    A pair of Miami filmmakers head to Sundance with a new motion picture about a congressman turned Castro spy

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    News of the Weird

    A pair of Miami filmmakers head to Sundance with a new motion picture about a congressman turned Castro spy

  • Music

    June 6, 1996

    A New Tale to Tell

    A pair of Miami filmmakers head to Sundance with a new motion picture about a congressman turned Castro spy

  • News

    June 6, 1996

    If You Sink It, They Will Come

    Creating an artificial reef is no longer a slam-dunk affair, despite an abundance of missile sites, water towers, and wanna-be philanthropists

  • News

    July 13, 1995

    Everything Is Relative

    Dade and its municipalities have more sister cities than you can shake a nightstick at

  • Music

    March 16, 1995

    Led Zep's Last Stand

    Page and Plant: In their time of reuniting

  • News

    April 29, 1992

    Program Notes

    Page and Plant: In their time of reuniting

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