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Q&A: Talking Tarpons with Tampa blogger Clark Brooks – Part 2
(This post originally appeared on Bus Leagues Baseball.com) (This interview was printed in our second book The Bus Leagues Experience Volume 2, currently available on Amazon for only $8.) This is part...
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Star Wars meets the Mets, Overconfidence, Drugs, and a Tampa rapper
The web has been a cornucopia of amazing things lately. Ok, I’ll be honest, I’m unemployed and find things online to occupy my time when I should be finding a job. It’s my cross to bear. Anyway, here...
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Rubbing elbows with local greatness
Local alt-weekly newspaper Creative Loafing published their annual Best of the Bay awards last week. Although I didn’t win an award, numerous people I know or organizations I am associated with did...
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Stormtroopers and the Real Tampa Ghostbusters march to the Tampa Bay History...
This past weekend, Darth Vader and a contingent of Stormtroopers from the 501st Legion invaded Tampa. They were instructed by the Emperor to see to it that the Out of This World: Extraordinary Costumes...
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Books by friends David Davisson, Dale Lotreck, and Artie Fletcher
Not only is The Bus Leagues Experience Vol 2 blazing its way up the Amazon.com charts, but I have a few other friends releasing books recently. Please check them out and support them. So many writers...
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A Letter to Jimmy Kimmel from a Tampa Comic
Dear Jimmy, May I call you Jimmy? I saw a guest on your show call you Jimmy. But I am not a guest. I am a resident. A resident of Tampa, Florida. And additionally, I am also a comic and writer here in...
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A Comparison of Confederate and Seminole Symbols in Tampa
The other day I mentioned on Facebook that I think the many people who have descended on Sanford, FL to protest the shooting of Trayvon Martin should next shift their focus to proactively protesting a...
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2/3 done with my Afghanistan adventure
Greetings all, It is time for another update. I am happy to say I am now 2/3 of the way through my adventure in Afghanistan. Unlike the last letters, in which time blended together in a Groundhog’s...
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Ridiculously consistent trickle of cameos
Another November passed and with it several annual traditions: 1) Thanksgiving – the slaughtering of a bird we usually don’t eat much of any other time 2) Macy’s Parades – the celebration of a store...
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Tampa Punk Rock Documentary Coming Soon
“We Can’t Help It If We’re From Tampa” is a documentary on the Tampa 1980s punk rock scene. According to the documentary’s Facebook page, it is available for digital download now and DVD very soon. I...
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Now I am Vinin’, Grinnin’, Vinin’
On Sunday, I attended Social Media Day Tampa at the Postcard Inn at St. Pete Beach. This was the first Tampa area social meet-up I had been to since back in 2010 when I went to the first Tampa-area...
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Thoughts on Victor Licata, Trayvon Martin, and Marijuana
Not too many people have a favorite ax murder. Devouring details of people hacked to death is usually the territory of criminologists or psychopaths. Yet ever since I learned the epic ax murder that...
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My latest for the Tampa Bay Times and other music links
Getting back into the groove in regards to writing regularly again. As I write more, I meet more interesting people who have great stories I can write about. It’s a great cycle to be in. My latest...
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Praise the Lortz – From RideThe StruggleBus.com
(A few years ago, back when I was giving stand-up comedy my first spin, there was a website called The Struggle Bus.com, run by fellow comedians Eric Prae and Jenn Belso. The website was a chronicle...
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Review of Method Man and Redman Concert in Tampa, 11/8/2013
I’ve been a Redman and Method Man fan for years. I remember seeing Redman’s “Time 4 Som Aksion” video on Yo! MTV Raps back when the show was relevant and thinking “what in the world did I just see?”....
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Interviewed by the Tampa Bay Times on Veterans Looking for Work
About two weeks ago, I attended a seminar in Tampa focusing on military veterans – the struggles they are face and the transition from military life to the civilian workforce. Although I have been out...
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So Long, From the Sunshine State – A Review of the Final FCW Event in Tampa
From 1961 to 1987 Championship Wrestling of Florida was the number one wrestling promotion in Florida. At its height, the company ran four to five shows a week throughout the state, from Miami to...
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Protesting Presidents and Attributing Tweets
On Monday, Jan 20th, a candidate for Florida’s 68th Congressional Seat got himself in a bit of hot water. According to many media reports, candidate Joshua Black, a taxi driver from Pinellas County,...
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A Sad Farewell to Mello Bondz
I’ve often used this website as a way to say goodbye to people I know who have passed on. People who I have met, spent time with, and smiled with. Some I have known since Day 1, others only for a...
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Video of Ol Dirty Sundays in Tampa
Here in Tampa we have a weekly hip-hop block party called “Ol Dirty Sundays”. Free to attend for 21 and up, the 10pm to 3am Sunday show features break dancing, DJ playing tunes from the present day to...
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