Council Watch : Divine intervention rained down on our biweekly civic kaffee klatsch in the form of a sonic aberration this week, or at least so it would seem. As the mayor went to deliver his scripted opening, the microphones backfired with the voice of God (or a Peanuts principal), leading sharp-dressed Rev. Shaun King to wing it on his invocation. “Reeeeeverb,” he pontificated hilariously, was just like the economic crisis and the whole reason that everybody was gathered in this very space was to d ... [MORE]
by Billy Manes | 11/20/2008
Police Beat : Nov. 9 (2008-485235) 1:54 a.m.: So here we are again. Another week come and gone, another few hours of my life devoted to giving you, dear reader, the cop-laced humor you so desperately desire. But I have a confession to make: I’m not sure how much funny I’ll be bringing this week. The problem is part physiological, part psychological. The former is simple: I’m kind of sick. Not cough-cough sick, but more like drowsy-and-sluggish sick. Not bad enough to get out of work, but just en ... [MORE]
by Jeffrey C. Billman | 11/20/2008
Happytown: Remember Bill Dillon, the convicted killer who has spent the last 27 years (and counting) in prison for a crime he probably didn’t commit [see “Free Bill Dillon!,” July 31]? On Nov. 14, a circuit court judge vacated Dillon’s murder conviction, making him the third Brevard County person the Innocence Project of Florida has exonerated via DNA testing in recent years. The Dillon case should send chills down the spine of everyone who would like to believe in our criminal justice syste ... [MORE]
by Jeffrey C. Billman and Bob Whitby | 11/20/2008
Comments : Anthony away Jeffrey C. Billman: You took the words right out of my trashcan, because that’s where I threw all this nonsense when I finally pulled myself away from this sci-fi spectacle of wasted time [Casey Anthony coverage]. I have been reading [Bloggytown] here, with my wife listening to me laughing my butt off every few lines; she has come over to look over my shoulder to see what is so funny. I said, “You have to read this for yourself,” because it is the truth and you can’t m ... [MORE]
Live Active Cultures : Last week the New York Times reported on one of the few products to see a recent upswing in sales: Spam. If the economic outlook is so bleak that canned pork pudding is making a comeback, then you can count on disposable-dollar-dependent artists to be among the first in the ramen-soup line. To start and sustain a business selling non-necessities in today’s climate, you need more than just creativity or talent. You’d need a bold vision, and a little hype couldn’t hurt. At least, ... [MORE]
by Seth Kubersky | 11/20/2008
This Little Underground : Having just finished its fourth year of claim-staking the local music scene, the Anti-Pop Music Festival is rapidly gaining on the McRib as the most anticipated happening around here. This year’s fest, however, had a very different tenor than last year’s stellar edition, which still stands as the highwater mark. The overall scale was noticeably reduced this time around but that’s understandable given the tough economic times. Beyond that, however, here’s the verdict. The Cheers ... [MORE]
by Bao Le-Huu | 11/20/2008
Savage Love: I have a bigot in the family. My brother’s mother-in-law is scared this country is “on its way” to legalizing same-sex marriage, which is “against what her Bible tells [her].” Debating the issue with her is no use, because it always comes back to her religious beliefs. She doesn’t dislike gays, and she’s said that if gay marriage becomes legal she’ll help me find a husband. Outside of the marriage issue, she shows no prejudice. As a gay man, I find her views on marriage reprehensib ... [MORE]
by Dan Savage | 11/20/2008
Free Will Astrology : ARIES (March 21-April 19) Fifty-five percent of Americans not only believe in guardian angels, but testify that they have been actively aided by their intervention. The 55 percent figure may rise even higher in the coming weeks. A majority of Aries all over the planet, regardless of their religious orientation, could have a mystical experience that will spook and delight them. If you’re one of the chosen ones, don’t get fixated on or distracted by the sheer amazement of the visitatio ... [MORE]
by Rob Brezsny | 11/20/2008
Blister: “I’ve been thinking,” Jessica pipes in a sniffle through an affected cough. “I’ve been thinking about considering the possibility of not going.” This is a clever play, see. A couple of years ago, Jessica and I ruminated over the olive slosh of some dirty martinis about the invaluable trait of abstemiousness. Second only to the “I’m drunk, I’m leaving” plea for personal independence, we collectively surmised that cancellation was key – that it was the new attendance – and that in fa ... [MORE]
by Billy Manes | 11/20/2008
Happytown: You know how our friends at the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation are on a mission to erase sexual vice from our midst? No more rub-and-tug massages. No more $20 blow jobs on the Trail. No more blowing on a stripper’s vagina, except when done during the course of an “investigation” [see “Something’s fishy,” Nov. 9, 2006]. Last year they arrested three of this newspaper’s classified sales employees for selling ads to undercover agents posing as prostitutes, under a cockamamie legal ... [MORE]
by Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes, Deanna Morey and Bob Whitby | 11/13/2008
Comments : No scam here Regarding the article on AdSurf Daily [“Freeze frame,” Nov. 6]: Please let me say that ASD was in fact a very legitimate business enterprise that would have become one of the largest (if not the largest) online advertising companies on the Internet. It was a future Google, eBay, MySpace or Yahoo. We operate a virtual business online which, after advertising on ASD, saw huge growth to our Alexa rating to become one of the top 100,000 most visited websites in the wo ... [MORE]
Slug: ALL IS WON Four years ago in this space, Weekly editor Bob Whitby and I penned columns on the meaning of the 2004 election, in which progressives and Democrats took a drubbing from George W. Bush and his minions [“All is lost/No it isn’t,” Slug, Nov. 11, 2004]. I foresaw a dystopian future of Republican rule. Whitby prognosticated a different vision, one in which the chickens of GOP excess and incompetence would come home to roost. Bob, as much as it pains me to admit it, you were ri ... [MORE]
by Jeffrey C. Billman and Bob Whitby | 11/13/2008
SAVAGE LOVE
by Dan Savage
NAUGHTY GIRLS NEED DUB TOO
by Billy Manes
HAPPYTOWN
by Jeffrey C. Billman and Bob Whitby
HAPPYTOWN
by Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes, Deanna Morey and Bob Whitby
BLAME IT ON ISLAM
by Bob Whitby
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So, Dick Cheney got indicted?!
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