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hile writing and reading tend to be solitary acts, fans of both can gather at the Oxford Exchange Book Fair on Thursday evening for a bit of socialization. Over 30 local authors will interact with bookworms as they give readings, host writing workshops, and discuss pathways to publishing, all while browsing for books and sipping champagne. While the OE Book Fair is geared towards adults (the Children’s Book Fair is on June 5), children’s books are welcome for the book drive. Participants can bring in gently used books suitable for Pre-K through 12th grade to donate to the Hillsborough Education Foundation’s Teaching Tools Store. While the event is free, RSVP is required. Parking is available at the OE lot for $10, while additional parking can be found at the lot off Magnolia Avenue.

Oxford Exchange Book Fair. Thursday, April 2.

6 p.m.-9 p.m. Free with RSVP. 420 W Kennedy Blvd. Tampa. oxfordexchange.com Turn the pages And since you obviously want to keep flipping pages throughout the weekend, know that Saturday is Indie Bookstore Day, with celebrations happening across the Bay area in St. Petersburg (Tombolo Books) Lakeland (municipal book crawl), Safety Harbor (Portkey Books), Venice (Fable Books) and Winter Haven (Writer’s Block). As our friends at Axios pointed out, more local bookstores to support include Mojo Books & Records in Tampa, Book + Bottle and Wilson’s Book World in St. Pete, Back in the Day Books in Dunedin and Lighthouse Books in Dade City.—Ray Roa

Lather up One of Tampa Bay’s longest running film festivals, Sunscreen, kicks off its 17th run on Thursday and runs through Sunday. For four days, attendees can mingle with filmmakers (opening night features a screening of “Rosé All Day), take in shorts and feature length flicks, plus take part in panel workshops about distribution, getting incentives, making bad movies and more. Foreign features, documentaries and more are all part of the packed itinerary happening in downtown St. Petersburg. 17th Annual Sunscreen Film Festival, Thursday-Sunday, April 28-May1. $10 & up. Sundial AMC 12, 151 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg. sunscreenfilmfestival.com—RR Sunken de Mayo Cinco de Mayo is quickly approaching, and if you don’t want to end up at a random Tijuana Flats, then you can sip on Mexican beers at Sunken Gardens’ upcoming fiesta instead.

Tickets include light Mexican bites from CALI St. Pete, margaritas and Mexican beer, and some of the most scenic views in the ‘Burg. From tropical flora and fauna to flamingos and waterfalls, Sunken Gardens is one of Tampa Bay’s oldest botanical gardens, according to its website.

There will also be a docent-led tour throughout the multi-acre gardens to teach guests about its upcoming history center, which is slated to debut this fall. Cinco de Mayo Fiesta. Next Thursday, May 5, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. $45& up. sunkengardensfoundation.org—Kyla Fields

BOOK MARKET: Oxford Exchange has a book fair on Thursday.

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Crying freedom Photos by Dave Decker

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ast Saturday, around 200 people gathered in Temple Terrace to protest the ongoing apartheid in Palestine. The rally was held at the corner of Fowler Ave. and 56th St. from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. where Palestinians and their supporters called for justice in Palestine, with a few counter protesters claiming that Palestinians demanding human rights is anti-semitic..

The United Nations and just about all of the world—aside from the United States and Israel—agree that what is happening in Palestine is apartheid and violates international law, including the activist group Jewish Voice

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for Peace. The Center for Constitutional Rights goes further, calling it a genocide.

Nevertheless, a handful counter protesters showed up, most notably Christine Quinn and Forgatio Blow. Quinn is a two time failed congressional candidate and founder of Clearwater-based My Family’s Seasonings. She protested Disney Wold recently with a crowd of other right wingers, including anti-Muslim CD-11 bigot Laura Loomer , and state Rep. Anthony Sabatini, who, besides wearing blackface, is now running for CD-7.

Read more and see all the photos via cltampa. com/slideshows.—Justin Garcia

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Retired Tampa Police Chief says ‘Bock The Blub’ mural should be removed.

By Colin Wolf

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early two years after the creation of Tampa’s entirely illegible “Back The Blue” mural, retired police chief Brian Dugan now says it needs to go.

“I think it’s probably time for them to move on and get rid of it,” said Dugan in a recent interview with Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. The mural, which is located in front of Police Headquarters at 411 N Franklin St., was created on Aug. 1, 2020, at the height of the George Floyd civil rights protests and while Dugan led the department.

Overnight, people affiliated with the Facebook group “Back The Blue Florida,” illegally shut down the street and painted the mural without a permit.

“I think the people who were doing it had started off with good intentions,” said Dugan, who retired Sept. 10 of last year. “But now it looks more like a first grader’s art project. The bottom line is we screwed up. We shouldn’t have allowed it to happen.”

Since its inception, the “Bock the Blub” mural, as it’s been referred to, has been widely mocked, spray-painted over, and has been the focal point of multiple protests.

It all came to a head in late August of 2020, when TPD arrested multiple Black Lives Matter protesters on criminal mischief charges, after they attempted to show inherent policing bias by painting a portion of a Curtis Hixon Park sidewalk without a permit. One of those protesters told CL they were subject to beatings from Hillsborough Sherrifs, adding that they witnessed others being sexually harrassed by deputies at the Orient Road jail.

While those charges were later dropped, no arrests were ever made for the “Back the Blue” muralists.

Until now, exactly who approved the mural has been somewhat of a mystery, with some speculating that the final nod may have come from Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, who at the time did support an “essential worker mural that included first responders.” But Dugan said the mural was mistakenly given the greenlight by a shift commander, who thought the group had the necessary approval from above.

“They had enough information to convince the shift commander that they had permission

to do it,” explained Dugan. “The reality is the shift commander made a mistake and shouldn’t have allowed that to happen. And then after that, it just kind of became a political lightning rod.”

While he now says he couldn’t express it at the time, Dugan says the mural was overwhelmingly disliked by himself and many TPD officers.

“Quite frankly, it was a very stressful time for me as chief and for the men and women of the Tampa Police Department, and that ugly mural was kind of a humorous point for us, kind of brought some levity to the situation.”

After the mural was first created, one of the mural organizers, Kristen Krutz, told the Tampa Bay Times that the group knew they didn’t obtain a permit, but decided to go through with it anyway because Tampa has Black Lives Matter murals “all over the city.”

“The reason why we decided to proceed without a permit is because Black Lives Matter has murals

helping,” explained Dugan. “You didn’t even do it the right way. You lied to the cops to get it done. If you’re going to ‘Back the Blue’ you can’t be misleading to the cops, and it just created more of a flashpoint than anything. It didn’t help anything.”

Dugan now says he doesn’t believe a replacement mural is necessary, but the current “Bock the Blub mural” as it stands should be removed immediately.

“In my opinion,” said Dugan, “they need to either pressure wash it, paint over it, you know, set it on fire, anything to get rid of

“It looks more like a first grader’s art project.”

SORE EYES: Tampa’s former chief says cops hated the mural as much as protesters.

“If there was any poetic justice, the protesters that were hating on the police had no idea that we thought it was ugly, too. They weren’t the ones who had to look at it every day like I had to. The irony of the whole thing is they thought we loved it, and we were like ‘No, this is ugly. We agree,” said Dugan.

all over the city that say Black Lives Matter, and they were not permitted,” Krutz said to the paper.

Of course, this isn’t true. Tampa’s “Unity” murals were in fact approved by the city as part of Castor’s Art on the Block program.

“I was like, ‘So you painted this mural.

Now the cops have to fight over it.’ That’s not

that eyesore.”

It might be awhile.

In an email to CL, City of Tampa Media Relations Manager Lauren Rozyla said, “administrators have not had any discussions as of yet regarding the removal of the Franklin Street Mural.”

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Silver alert

Councilwoman pledges action to address problems at East Tampa apartment complex.

By Justin Garcia

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fter visiting the residents of Silver Oaks Apartments in East Tampa, councilwoman Lynn Hurtak has pledged to help ensure that their living conditions improve. The affordable housing complex has been plagued with problems—including rodents, black mold and collapsing ceilings—due to poor upkeep from management.

“Yesterday residents of the Silver Oaks apartment complex invited me into their homes to show me firsthand the disturbing conditions in which they are forced to live. I saw — and smelled — the black mold, rodent droppings, and rampant disrepair, a solution for which residents have been begging for months,” Hurtak wrote in a city memo on April 20.

Hurtak’s memo added that affordable housing, “has for too long been synonymous with unsafe housing,” and said she is dedicated to defending the right of every Tampa resident to have access to safe housing. She thanked Florida’s state Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried, for her time spent talking with Silver Oaks residents about what Hurtak called a “catastrophe.”

Hurtak pointed to research which shows that human exposure to molds, mycotoxins, and water-damaged buildings can have significant adverse effects to the nervous systems of both children and adults. “I pledge to Silver Oaks residents to work with every available regulatory agency, including Mayor Castor, city staff, and Commissioner Fried’s office, to ensure their homes are safe living spaces,” Hurtak wrote.

Hurtak also spoke to Tampa Fire Chief Barbara Tripp with regard to resident concerns that exits to the property appear to have been bolted shut, a major safety concern. “Chief Tripp informed me the fire marshal staff will examine it today,” Hurtak wrote. On Facebook, a resident at Silver Oaks posted that the gate was opened on the same day Hurtak’s memo went out.

Two days later—and after scrutiny over Silver Oaks from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay and WTSP, plus Councilwoman Hurtak—Tampa Mayor Jane Castor sent out a statement of her own saying that since 2020, her administration has responded to complaints about Silver Oaks and issued citations when applicable. Castor also said her office asked the State of Florida DBPR do an emergency inspection of the properties, requested that HUD inspect the units last year, and received a commitment from HUD to inspect every single unit again in the coming weeks.

CL immediately asked for copies of the Castor administration’s correspondence with those complaining about Silver Oaks, plus details of her communication with DBPR and HUD. Our

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request has been acknowledged, but as of press time we were still waiting for the documents to be delivered.

“The City’s goal is not to end state and federal funding for Silver Oaks, it is to ensure that these units are repaired and brought to acceptable living conditions so that residents will con-

Castor was not at a press conference last week where Fried, Hurtak and several residents sounded off about Cambridge Management’s poor upkeep of the property. In fact, Hurtak was the only city or Hillsborough County elected official at the press conference.

Fried—Florida’s current commissioner of agri-

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LET THEM LEAD: Residents lead councilwoman Hurtak to observe issues at Silver Oaks Apartments. tinue to have an affordable place to call home,” Castor wrote. “I am very concerned that an end to Section 8 payments at Silver Oaks would displace the complex’s many vulnerable residents.

Unfortunately, this has happened in the past, and we must do everything that we can to make sure all residents living in the City of Tampa are in a safe, clean environment.”

culture and consumer services—said that the conditions were not just breaching the law, but immoral as well.

After residents of the government-subsidized affordable housing complex told CL about the nightmarish living conditions, a private security team made it hard for media and relief volunteers to help or visit residents. On April 15, residents received a letter detailing

“Affordable housing has for too long been synonymous with unsafe housing.”

last-minute inspections and potential termination of leases.

When asked what could be immediately done about the situation to help the residents there, Fried said she will be looking into next steps. “What I would recommend is that we actually engage my Consumer Affairs Division and see what we can be doing inside the Department of Agriculture and see if there’s things that we can do now,” Fried said, adding that if she wins the governorship, she will declare a housing state of emergency across Florida, and discussed other plans that fall under her “Lower Costs, Higher Standards” plan.

According to Fried, the plan seeks to target predatory landlords who gouge rental prices and end the state’s preemption of local jurisdictions to take immediate steps to address the crisis.

In Tampa Bay, local politicians have said that their hands are tied due to the state’s rules regarding rent control and rent stabilization, a stance that has been contested by local tenant’s unions.

Fried also called on local politicians to do more about the issues at Silver Oaks, and the rental crisis in general. “I don’t know how any elected official in our state of Florida doesn’t hear the cries from their constituents of what is happening on the ground and not want to step up and take action,” Fried said. “I’m sorry, but this has gone on too long in our state, and it’s time for concrete action and for everybody to get engaged in this fight.”

After the press conference, residents invited both Fried and Hurtak inside the complex to see first hand the conditions they are living in.

Fried’s campaign advisor said they didn’t have any time, but Hurtak went inside, along with the local media. The security guards that deterred media last week were nowhere to be found during the press conference, and only appeared again after Hurtak and others left the property.

Resident Vonnesha King led the tour of the damaged apartment units. She also spoke during the press conference about the conditions she and her neighbors are living in, saying “I’m tired,” before down into tears. The emotions were still high as she and neighbor Shantia Little showed Hurtak what they were dealing with.

In many of the units, a strong scent of the mold attacked the sinuses immediately. Rat feces lined the counters and corners of one apartment that a woman was in the process of moving out of to live with family, because she couldn’t take it anymore. In another apartment that was vacant and being prepared for the next tenant, black mold was peeking through wet white paint.

Tenants there said that this is what they do, they paint over the mold and move new people in.

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Boom-doggle

Report: Tampa witnessed the U.S.’ highest spike in mortgage rates.

By Sofía García Vargas

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ortgage rates have absolutely exploded over the last year in the Tampa area.

According to a recently released March Market Report from online real estate giant Zillow, Tampa witnessed the highest year-overyear spike in mortgage rates in the nation.

The study reported that in Tampa, the typical home is worth $352,962, up 33.1% from last year. It also showed that assuming a 30-year mortgage with a 20% down payment, the monthly payment on a typical home is now $1,376—23.1% higher than the start of the year and 52.3% higher than a year ago. The study also stated that Tampa’s housing inventory actually grew by 10.2% from February, but still remains 20.6% lower than a year ago.

Tampa’s explosive mortgage rate spike barely topped Las Vegas’ where homebuyers saw a 51.5% monthly payment rate increase, and Phoenix with a 48.9% rate. In neighboring Orlando, the numbers told a similar tale. The typical home cost is currently $364,611, 29.1% higher than last year. Under the same mortgage

conditions, the monthly payment of a typical home is $1,422, 47.7% more than a year ago.

A year ago nationwide, mortgage rates were below 3% and just in March of this year, it rose to 4.54% Also in March, 11.6% more homes were available than in February, the largest one-month jump in Zillow’s records. However, inventory is still 22.5% lower than it was a year ago.

“Higher mortgage rates were anticipated this year, but the speed of their rise has been breathtaking,” said Jeff Tucker, Zillow senior economist.

“Record low mortgage rates had been an affordability lifeline during the pandemic, keeping monthly payments in check even while prices climbed quickly.”

In Florida, even though demand is always increasing, the skyrocketing of prices and diminishing affordability has left 1.6 million vacant homes. Tampa has been on the same trend for the past few months, with a Realtor.com study showing that the city’s median home listing prices grew by 32% in March—ranking third in the whole country.

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On notice

Tampa steps toward extending notices for rent increases.

By Justin Garcia

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ast Thursday, Tampa City Council voted comment, saying that his group is looking into unanimously to pass the first reading of an the ordinance.

“I want to note that we did have some conordinance that could provide more notice to renters whose landlords are seeking to increase cern that the ordinance may conflict with state rent or terminate leases. The ordinance would law that may have superseded local jurisdicmandate that landlords provide 60 days notice tions authority but we’re working with some before increasing a tenant’s rent. The ordinance attorneys to examine that and once that’s done, would also make it so that renters on month-to- we’ll let you know when we find out,” Webb month leases would receive 30 days notice before said. “But that said, we are glad to see that being removed from a property by a landlord. the rent increase notice in this ordinance is Currently, there is no such time barrier between 60 days instead of the six months that was tenants and rent increases—month-to-month originally discussed.” renters also currently get just 15 days notice of Webb also said that 30 days notice to kick lease termination. month-to-month tenants out of their leases is too The ordinance was first presented by coun- long, citing concern for the residents themselves cilman Bill Carlson last month as tenants rather than the landlord group he represents. demanded rent stabilization and rent control, “Requiring 30 days notice will make it with the extended rent increase notice period almost impossible for tenants to give notice of lease termination in the same being an additional idea presented by the community. Rent month,” Webb said. “Residents stabilization was shot down by will then be on the hook for an both city council and Mayor Jane Castor, with additional month’s rent because of this ordinance council saying their hands were tied by state if it moves forward. We think you may want to law and Castor saying it would kill development. consider a 21 day notice period which would The initial idea give folks on a week from the community at the beginning of a was for landlords to rental period who are provide six months on month-to-month in notice before rent that lease.” increases.

But Rebecca Johns, the Tampa City assistant city attorAttorney’s office ney, quelled council’s claimed that amount concerns over Webb’s of time could infringe claims that the ordion Florida state law, nance may infringe whereas there has on state law, and already been an cited a Florida attorattorney general’s ney general ruling, saying, “It states ruling on the 60-day notice period, decidthat you can enlarge ing it as legal. a notice period that’s “I just want to let A START: Protesters outside of Tampa City provided by the State, the members of public Hall demanded rent control last March. provided that it’s not JUSTIN GARCIA know that we we did in conflict with the attempt not just a 90-day notice period but six- other portions that the state decided on.” month notice period, but the most we can do is Coucilman Luis Viera also spoke in favor 60 days and we just heard from the Bay Area of the ordinance, but said that council wants to Apartment Association that they might even do more than after this small step toward prochallenge the month-to-month part of it, Carlson tecting renters. “I know that all seven of us are said. “But depending on what legal says I would frustrated because we’re dealing with such a recommend we step forward anyway.” large crisis, and on issues like this, we are limA representative from the Bay Area ited,” Viera said. “But it’s good for us to be able Apartment Association (BAAA)—a landlord to move forward on these things that we can do, group that has pushed back against rent sta- bit by bit, to be able to address this crisis and do bilization and a Tenant’s Bill of Rights that the most that we can here in the City of Tampa.” eventually passed despite their objections—did City council will hold a vote to potentially call in to object to the ordinance. Russ Webb, pass the ordinance during a second reading on executive director of BAAA spoke during public May 19.

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DeSantis to Disney: Keep your mouth shut and the checks coming, or else.

By Jeffrey C. Billman them, I suspect—and if they have legs, bet on Disney’s lawyers to outclass Florida’s. Also, the fact that this law will offload $1 billion of Disney’s debt and more than $160 million of its annual obligations on the Orlando area— meaning a likely 25% property tax hike for the surrounding Orange County—is the icing on the shit sandwich. (That Orlando votes for Democrats, meaning Democrats will bear the brunt of DeSantis’ tantrum, is no doubt a bonus.)

But as with everything in DeSantis’ perpetual War Against the Woke, what actually happens after the media turns its attention to the next manufactured crisis is irrelevant.

Appearing to take action—to be the brave soul standing up for the forgotten straight white Christian against the barbarian hordes, even if the actions themselves are ruinous—is the ticket to DeSantis’ political future.

And so a state that declared itself the embodiment of freedom not only refused to impose vaccine or mask mandates during a public health crisis. It denied private businesses the right to do the same on their own property, turning them into foot soldiers for COVID denialism.

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Oppose the Party, and the Party will punish you.

Bear in mind that Disney did nothing to harm the state. Its CEO expressed an opinion and announced that it was “pausing” political contributions—both actions protected by the First Amendment. It didn’t eliminate the Florida Resident Discount or threaten to move EPCOT to Colorado.

It embarrassed DeSantis. Or, more precisely, since embarrassment requires shame and DeSantis has none, it provided him with another outlet to channel grievance. So it became another thermonuclear culture war.

That we’ve jumped into an Orwellian netherworld should be obvious, but it’s worse than that.

This is a mob shakedown in statute. It is telling every other business in the state the rules of the road. Keep your mouth shut and the checks coming, or else.

And so long as Florida remains America’s unfortunate appendage, don’t think this idea won’t travel—to Texas and Georgia and other states with right-wing governments and influential businesses that don’t toe the line on the culture war of the week.

Because if DeSantis succeeds in bullying Disney the way he bullies queer 12-year-olds, no business—no person—in these states will be free to oppose the regime without risking the regime’s wrath.

And that, friends, is what actual cancel culture looks like.

“This is a mob shakedown in statute.”

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et’s get this out of the way: For a half-century, the state of Florida has prostrated before the tourism industry—Disney in particular, but the Mouse isn’t the only one—like a condemned man begging for a reprieve.

It’s not just the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a neat piece of corporate welfare given in 1967 in exchange for a promised “city of the future” Disney never built.

It’s also the sucker’s deal mandating that tourism taxes—one of the state’s biggest revenue generators—can only promote tourism, and not, say, help the state’s underfunded schools, and the way the legislature fought minimum wage increases and any kind of pro-worker regulations for decades.

I could give examples all day, but you get the point. Disney said jump, and generations of politicians asked, “How high?”

So, in any other context, the Florida legislature abruptly changing course and eliminating Reedy Creek—Disney’s own little fiefdom, essentially—might be a positive development. But what’s happening can’t be extricated from its context. And its context is terrifyingly Orwellian.

Florida’s Republican lawmakers didn’t act because they don’t believe in bestowing public benefits to private entities. They did it to send a message, a not-so-veiled threat: Public benefits are for loyal subjects only.

Disney (belatedly) objected to Florida’s Don’t Say Gay law, on account of Disney being an entertainment company and employing a lot of gay people who are not thrilled about being made a political punching bag by the state’s dollarstore Trump of a governor. When Florida passed the law anyway, Disney said it was “pausing” campaign contributions to both political parties.

(When you’re a multibillion-dollar conglomerate, make sure you piss everyone off.)

The second Disney turned off the financial spigot, Gov. Ron DeSantis began fundraising off of “woke” California corporations, and his lieutenant governor went on Newsmax to accuse Disney of “sexualizing children,” because we live in a QAnon chatroom now.

And now Florida is using the force of law to punish Disney for publicly disagreeing with a public policy and (temporarily) declining to line Republican lawmakers’ pockets. Lest there be any doubt, in that Newsmax appearance, the lieutenant governor admitted DeSantis would stop attacking Disney if Disney stopped being “woke.”

There are a few arguments that this law is unconstitutional—the lieutenant governor’s interview will feature prominently in most of

And so Florida banned math textbooks— math!—because they teach “critical race theory,” meaning they have graphs about actual, real-life surveys on “Measuring Racial Prejudice,” and factual information might make white children uncomfortable.

And so Florida’s Department of Health has decided that being transgender is just a phase.

Last week, it issued guidelines that said, based on what it called “generally lacking” evidence, trans people under 18 should not be allowed to medically or hormonally transition—a probable precursor to Texas’ policy of pursuing child abuse cases against the parents of transgender youth.

But Florida goes a step further. Not only should transgender kids be denied gender reassignment surgery and hormone therapy. But “social gender transition should not be a treatment option.”

In other words, transgender and nonbinary teenagers should not be allowed to use the “wrong” pronouns, sayeth the bureaucrats. In other words, these guidelines seem to write trans kids out of existence.

Never mind that mainstream medical and psychiatric associations think this is crazy. Never mind that it will literally kill children. DeSantis needs his hits on Hannity, so c’est la vie.

Back to the matter at hand. Let’s discuss what Florida is broadcasting with its attack on one of its largest employers and, until recently, political contributors.

Support the Party, and the Party will support you.

REEDY OR NOT: What’s happening at Disney might be a positive—but not in its Orwellian context.

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Once Where’s Jubes’ brewing program is up and running, it will eventually offer six different craft beers on tap. Cameron says that if people enjoy his beer and the demand is met, then he’d “love nothing more than to expand production and stick it in a bottle.”

Downtown St. Pete’s Lucky Dill location closed in 2018, and Cameron purchased it shortly after it shuttered.The roughly 1,600-square-foot space brewpub and grill was slated to open in August 2021. The building itself is over 100 years old, but its old-timey feel was what drew Cameron to it in the first place. Cameron is a native of New South Wales, Australia, and the Where’s Jubes building is

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He’s hoping to debut his new brewpub during next month’s First Friday on May 6, but isn’t sure of the exact soft opening date yet.

Cameron tells Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that his brewpub and grill has encountered permitting delays, so when Where’s Jubes soft opens next month, it won’t be selling food or its own craft beer just yet. The construction team still has more work to do on its newly-renovated kitchen, while Cameron is still awaiting his federally-administered brewing license. Until the brewing license is confirmed, Where’s Jubes’ four brand-new brew tanks— located on the North wall of the pub, adjacent to Ruby’s Elixir—cannot be used. For next month’s soft opening, Cameron plans to serve rotating beers from other local breweries, although no specific names were disclosed.

The menu continues to be “In F*cking Progress” like the Where’s Jubes website, brewing license and kitchen, but the concept will eventually feature hearty dishes like the Aussie burger with bacon, egg, cheese, caramelized onions and pickled beets. Cameron says the menu won’t be too extensive, but will be full of Aussie favorites that compliment the craft beers. And in addition to its grill-focused menu, Where’s Jubes will also boast a full craft beer menu—although it might be hard to get through its tap list without cracking a smile. The restaurant’s four brewing tanks will soon pump out signature beers like its Spanker Knob Pacific pale ale with notes of passionfruit and citrus, Crackenback wheat, a light fruity beer, and its crisp Barangaroo pilsner.

“I’ve never understood why America’s favorite beer is Bud Light but breweries tend to push heavy, hoppy beers— I think there’s a big demand for pilsners, lagers and lighter stuff in general,” Cameron tells CL. “Back home, all you want is a cold, crisp beer—especially on a hot day. In Australia,

on Cameron’s back-burner while he gets the brewpub up and running, but says that he can see an “Italian gastropub and sexy lounge bar” open in the former Gigi’s space.

Although there are various trends from the “Land Down Under” that are incorporated into his other businesses—like Crafty Squirrel’s teapot cocktails—Cameron’s upcoming brewpub and grill will be his most personalized venture yet. Even the name of the upcoming restaurant was born out of an inside joke between him and his staff.

“I’ve always been a hands-on operator, and the more you do the less time you have,” Cameron says. “I have a network of mates and people I work with always asking where I am—Where’s Jubes has always been a running joke. It was never the number one name, but it was certainly the most unique.”

JUBES-ILATION: This team hopes to greet St. Petersburg by the next First Friday. similar to his hometown’s historic pubs, which are typically two-storied as well.

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727-351-5105, caledoniabrewing.com CALUSA BREWING Family owned and operated, open Tuesday-Sunday. 5701 Derek Ave., Sarasota. 941-9228150, calusabrewing.com CARROLLWOOD BREWING CO. “Secret” brewing action inside the Carrollwood location of craft-bar chain The Brass Tap. 10047 N Dale Mabry Hwy Suite 23, Tampa. 813-969-2337. brasstapbeerbar.com CIGAR CITY BREWING Tampa’s most famous craft brewery. There’s also a taproom at Amalie Arena. 3924 W Spruce St., Tampa. 813-348-6363, cigarcitybrewing.com CLEARWATER BREWING CO. Community-oriented and socially and environmentally conscious. 1700 N Fort Harrison Ave., Clearwater. clearwaterbrewingcompany.com COPPERTAIL BREWING CO. Some of Tampa’s best beer, in one of its best tasting rooms. 2601 E 2nd Ave., Ybor City. 813-247-1500, coppertailbrewing.com COTEE RIVER BREWING Craft beer in the heart of historic downtown New Port Richey. 5760 Main St., New Port Richey. 727-807-6806, coteeriverbrewing.com CRAFT LIFE BREWING Small-batch local brews and a sort of playground for LoL’s craft brewing guild. 4624 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-575-8440. @ craftlifebrewing on Facebook CROOKED THUMB BREWERY Safety Harbor’s first brewery boasts homegrown flavor, local guest taps and a killer Tuesday songwriters session. 555 10th Ave. S, Safety Harbor. 727-724-5953, crookedthumbbrew.com CUENI BREWING CO. Located off the Pinellas Trail in Dunedin. 945 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. 727266-4102, cuenibrewing.com CYCLE BREWING One of St. Pete’s favorites. 534 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-320-7954. cyclebrewing.com DARWIN BREWING CO. Unique beers crafted with South American influence. 803 17th Ave. W, Bradenton. 941-747-1970, darwinbrewingco.com DE BINE BREWING CO. This addition bolsters the Northern Pinellas craft beer scene. 933 Florida Ave., Palm Harbor, 727-233-7964.

DEVIANT LIBATION Latest project from local beer god Tim Ogden housed in the upcoming immersive art collective Crab Devil. 3800 N Nebraska Ave., 727379-4677, devitantlibation.com DISSENT BREWING CO. Unique flavors and adventurous style outside downtown St. Pete. 5518 Haines Rd. N, St. Petersburg. 727-342-0255.

DUNEDIN BREWERY Florida’s oldest. Beer, eats and live music. 937 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. 727-736-0606, dunedinbrewery.com DUNEDIN HOUSE OF BEER This beer stop brews its own, and also has 40 guest taps. 927 Broadway, Dunedin. 727 216-6318, dunedinhob.com ESCAPE BREWING CO. Another very worthy OdessaTrinity destination. 9945 Trinity Blvd., Suite 108, Trinity.

727-807-6092, escapebrewingcompany.com FLYING BOAT BREWING COMPANY St. Pete aviation history and tasty homegrown suds. It’s where Tampa fave King State brews its wares. 1776 11th Ave. N, St. Petersburg. 727-800-2999, flyingboatbrewing.com FOUR STACKS BREWING An always-changing lineup of local and regional guest suds, along with trivia, live music and more. 5469 N. U.S. Hwy-41, Apollo Beach.

813-641-2036, fourstacksbrewing.com GRAND CENTRAL BREWHOUSE 10,270 square-foot brewery, taproom, beer garden, and event venue with a lager-focused tap list. 2340 Central Ave., St. Petersburg.

727-202-6071, grandcentralbrew.com GREEN BENCH BREWING CO. A space worthy of the adventurous beers it produces. 1133 Baum Ave. N, St. Petersburg. 727-800-9836, greenbenchbrewing.com GOOD LIQUID BREWING CO. 30 taps and food (and a coffee roaster!) from a husband-and-wife duo. 4824 14th St. W, Bradenton. 941-896-6381, thegoodliquidbrewing.com GRINDHAUS BREW LAB Small batches and no extracts. 1650 N Hercules Ave., Clearwater. 727-240-0804, grindhausbrewlab.com GULFPORT BREWERY + EATERY Small batches with an artisanal food menu. 3007 Beach Blvd., Gulfport. 727954-4109, gulfport-brewing.com

HOB BREWING CO. Rotating taps; some of the beers are brewed on-site and alongside a combination of local breweries plus local and international craft beer makers. 931 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. hob.beer IF I BREWED THE WORLD This self-described “mixtape of breweries” offers a bit of everything from the classic to the fun and outrageous. 2200 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg. 727-201-4484, ifibrewedtheworld.com IN THE LOOP BREWING Family-friendly Land O’ Lakes brewery with a lot of community support and plenty of events. 3338 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-997-9189, intheloopbrewingcompany.com INFUSION BREWING CO. Another great location in the good-beer-packed Trinity-New Port Richey area. 7813 Mitchell Blvd. Suite 103, Trinity.

727-312-4512.

JDUB’S BREWING CO. You know ‘em, you love ‘em.

A favorite statewide phenomenon. 1215 Mango Ave., Sarasota. 941-955-2739, jdubsbrewing.com KING STATE Named the No. 8 coffee shop in America

by Food & Wine, King State is also home to brewer and Flying Boat Brewing Co. alum Aric Parker, who’s making some of the cleanest core beers plus a dynamic offering of rotating taps and bomber options available on-site in limited capacities. 520 E Floribraska Ave., Tampa. 813221-2100, king-state.com LAGERHAUS BREWERY & GRILL A Palm Harbor bar and eatery that offers seasonal brews to complement its regulars. 3438 East Lake Business, Palm Harbor. 727-216-9682, lagerhausbrewery.com LATE START BREWING This beloved Tampa label does its thing inside the Pour House.

1208 E. Kennedy Blvd. #112, Tampa. 813-402-2923, latestartbrewing.com LEAVEN BREWING Riverview’s first brewery is run by folks who’ve got experience brewing big and small. 11238 Boyette Rd., Riverview. 813-677-7023, leavenbrewing.com MAD BEACH CRAFT BREWING Brews, ciders, and meads by the beach. 12945 Village Blvd., Madeira Beach. 727-362-0008, madbeachbrewing.com MAGNANIMOUS BREWING In a warehouse a half-block north of I-275, this addition to Tampa’s beer scene provides a large variety to drink in or to go–curbside pickup available. The brewery also serves Ginger Beard coffee when the tasting room is open including a peanut butter oat draft latte. 1410 Florida Ave., Tampa.

813-415-3671, magnanimousbrewing.com MARKER 48 Hernando’s first production craft brewery, with its own tasting room and beer garden 12147 Cortez Blvd, Weeki Wachee. 352-606-2509, marker48.com MASTRY’S BREWING CO. From CD Roma’s restaurant to sweet new digs on St. Pete Beach. 7701 Blind Pass Rd., St. Pete Beach. 727-202-8045, mastrysbrewingco.com MOTORWORKS BREWING A taproom and beer garden featuring full liquor and wine as well as 30 taps.

1014 9th St. W, Bradenton. 941-567-6218, motorworksbrewing.com MR. DUNDERBAK’S The longtime restaurant, biergarten and homebrewers’ hangout is serving its own beers.

14929 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa. 813-977-4104, dunderbaks.com NAUGHTY MONK BREWERY Naughty Monk brings a love of Belgian styles to Manatee County. 2507 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Bradenton. 941-708-2966, naughtymonkbrewery.com OVERFLOW BREWING St. Pete’s newest, courtesy of local Rapp head brewer Troy Bledsoe and company. 770 1st Ave. N, St. Petersburg. 727-914-0665. @overflowbrewingco on Facebook PEPPER BREWING The Angry Pepper Taphouse’s in-house label, available “on a limited basis.” 9366 Oakhurst Rd., Seminole. 727-596-5766, angrypeppertaphouse.com PESKY PELICAN BREW PUB This beachy restaurant also offers its own beers thanks to an in-house nano

system. 923 72nd. St. N, St. Petersburg. 727-302-9600, peskypelicanbrewpub.com PINELLAS ALE WORKS PAW offers a dog-friendly environment in addition to tasty brews. 1962 1st Ave. S, St. Petersburg. 727-235-0970, pawbeer.com PYE ROAD MEADWORKS Located in Odessa, Pye Road focuses on mead but also keeps beer and wine in house for naysayers of the fermented honey drink.

8533 Gunn Hwy., Odessa. 813-510-3500, pyeroad.com RAPP BREWING CO. The late Greg Rapp’s awardwinning styles are carefully crafted and delicious. 10930 Endeavor Way, Seminole. 727-544-1752, rappbrewing.com RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER This video game-centric Grand Central District craft beer bar started brewing its own in early 2018. 2244 Central Ave., St. Petersburg.

727-360-0766, stpetearcadebar.com ROCK BROTHERS BREWING Brews named for national and local bands have a home in Ybor City. 1901 N. 15th St., Ybor City. 813-241-0110, rockbrothersbrewing.com SARASOTA BREWING CO. House-crafted brews, pizza, and sports out toward beautiful Siesta Key. 6607 Gateway Ave., Sarasota. 941-925-2337, sarasotabrewing.com SILVERKING BREWING CO. This space in Tarpon Springs complements a label that’s been around since 2012. 325 E Lemon St., Tarpon Springs. 727-422-7598, silverkingbrewing.com SIX TEN BREWING A wide variety and a real passion for the craft-brew community. 7052 Benjamin Rd., Tampa. 813-886-0610, sixtenbrewing.com SOGGY BOTTOM BREWING More Dunedin goodness, including some truly original flavors and inventive brews. 660 Main St., Dunedin. 727-601-1698, soggybottombrewing.com SOUTHERN BREWING & WINEMAKING Multiple brews only available in its tasting room, as well as products and guidance for local homebrewers. 4500 N Nebraska Ave., Tampa. 813-238-7800, southernbrewingwinemaking.com ST. PETE BREWING CO. Beers crafted specifically for the climate. 544 1st Ave. N, St. Petersburg. 727-692-8809, stpetebrewingcompany.com STILT HOUSE BREWERY This friendly Palm Harbor joint specializes in high-ABV ales and other styles you won’t find at other breweries in the area. 625 U.S. Hwy Alt-19, Palm Harbor. 727-270-7373, stilthousebrewery.com SWAN BREWING Nearly 4 decades of combined brewing experience go into the offerings at this pet-friendly joint. Two locations. 2972 Lakeland Highlands Rd./115 W. Pine St., Lakeland. 863-703-0472, swanbrewing.com TBBC Formerly Tampa Bay Brewing Co., local favorite for nearly two decades, with two locations. 1600 E 8th Ave., Ybor City/13933 Monroe’s Business Park, Westchase. 813-247-1422, tbbc.beer TIDAL BREWING COMPANY Small batches in Spring Hill. 14311 Spring Hill Dr., Spring Hill. 352-7011602, tidalbrewingfl.com TWO FROGS BREWING CO. Tarpon Springs’ latest brewery and taproom focuses on American ale styles.

151 E Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs. 727-940-6077, @twofrogsbrewing on Facebook KEEL FARMS AGRARIAN ALE + CIDER Tasty brews from the folks behind Keel & Curley winery. 5210 W Thonotosassa Rd., Plant City. 813-752-9100, keelandcurleywinery.com TWO LIONS WINERY & PALM HARBOR BREWERY Wine and beer brewed in-house. 1022 Georgia Ave., Palm Harbor. 727-786-8039, twolionswinery.com ULELE SPRING BREWERY Beer crafted in accordance with traditional Bavarian purity laws. 1810 N Highland Ave., Tampa. 813-999-4952, ulele.com THE WILD ROVER BREWERY What started as an English pub in Odessa is now a higher-production facility in Westchase. 13921 Lynmar Blvd., Tampa. 813-475-5995, thewildroverbrewery.com WOODWRIGHT BREWING CO. Traditional German styles in downtown Dunedin. 985 Douglas Ave., Dunedin.

727-238-8717, @woodwrightbrewing on Facebook WOVEN WATER BREWING CO. Tampa Heights brewer with a focused menu often using fresh fruit as part of its beers. 456 W Columbus Dr., Tampa. 813-443-9463, wovenwaterbrew.com ZEPHYRHILLS BREWING CO. East Paco’s first microbrewery. 38530 5th Ave., Zephyrhills.

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DANCING QUEEN: Classically-trained, Feacher has been busting moves for a majority of her life.

ADAM COLE BOEHM

What da freak

YungBBQ brings the spirit of St. Pete to her nearly 2 million followers.

By Kyla Fields

D

riving through south St. Pete, you might see a young woman equipped with a speaker, a stool and a phone hard at work in the middle of the street. And that work usually involves energetic dancing, detailed costumes, and the nonchalant acceptance of her neighbors.

With a staggering 1.7 million followers on Instagram—Alexis Feacher aka YungBBQ—is a 22 year-old native of St. Petersburg who loves vintage clothes, pop culture, and just being your typical Gen-Zer.

Feacher started the Instagram account Yung BBQ—which stands for “Young Beautiful Black Queen”—in late 2019, and her follower count hasn’t stopped growing since. Two years and a million followers later, Feacher feels like it’s time to delve deeper into the world of content creation.

Her name can be pronounced as “B-B-Q” because of the aforementioned acronym, but Feacher says “barbeque” is fine too, because she’s “got the sauce.”

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From dressing up as celebrities and movie characters, to recreating music videos and encapsulating nostalgia with original characters like the “Uncle that gives you $20 just cause,” Feacher has the impressive ability to be multiple people at once. With her finger on the pulse of pop culture, YungBBQ has an endless pool of content for her loyal followers. Steve from Blues Clues, Tina Turner, that random, 5 year-old meme you still think about—Feacher can do it all.

One of Feacher’s most popular videos is an impersonation of R&B singer Omarion, where she copies his movements frame-by-frame. Every single detail—from the crisp dance moves to their outfits—is eerily similar. And at a whopping 1.1 million views on Instagram, Feacher doesn’t need any context to make her fans laugh.

When asked the loaded question of “what inspires you?”—there was a long pause before she answered.

“Early 2000s nostalgia, going to cookouts, being around my family, just observing how different people interact with each other,” Feacher tells Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “Growing up in St. Petersburg I’ve always been surrounded by different types of music on the radio or around town— and that was inspiring, too.”

And you won’t just see acting, skits and parody from Feacher’s Instagram, Facebook or Youtube either. Just a quick scroll through the YungBBQ page and you’ll see splits, high jumps and other impressive moves. Feacher—a classically-trained dancer— has been busting moves for a majority of her life. continued on page 34

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continued from page 33 If you’re one of Feacher’s many followers, you might have noticed her painstaking attention to costume detail or her signature move called the “BBQ Swerve’’—where her hands travel from the top of her head to her knees amidst a hipshaking motion. Feacher says that when people recognize her on the street, which is pretty often, the BBQ Swerve is often requested alongside her catchphrase, “What Da Freak?”

Only a few years out of high school, Feacher impersonates niche memes, early 2000’s pop culture references and Disney movies that only her peers would really get—like her SharkBoy and Lava Girl dance that reached upwards of 800,000 views on Instagram.

Her typical “set” is usually the street of her childhood home in southside St. Pete, as her neighbor’s cars can be seen politely swerving out of the way in the background of some of her videos. But she does have a few choice locations throughout the city that get blessed by the “BBQ Swerve” from time to time.

“The alley behind the (now-closed) Iberian Rooster, man, I can’t count how many videos I’ve filmed there,” Feacher says with a laugh.

The video where she reenacts the obscure meme of a lady dancing by the pool, was shot at the TradeWinds Island Grand Resort on St. Pete Beach, while her viral reenactment of Omarion’s cringey dancing was filmed in downtown’s Williams Park.

“I try to bring Florida culture into my content, and you’ll see me do Florida-style dances like sticking & rollin’ and jookin’ if that video calls for it,” Feacher says. “But to be honest, I do a little bit of everything.”

But to her millions of non-Tampa Bay fans, these hyperlocal details couldn’t matter less.

And with her extremely detailed costumes, it makes sense that she loves fashion just as much as she loves dancing. One of her most frequented spots in the Burg’ is Central Avenue’s Wendy Closet, a vintage resale store.

Her outfit in the photos for this story is completely thrifted from Wendy’s, as it compliments her beloved lime green Air Force 1’s—the shoes that she’s been dancing in for years.

Feacher was already dancing by the time she was in kindergarten, and was involved in many arts programs throughout St. Petersburg.

Her older brother and manager, Charles Smith, works as a professional choreographer. She and her two other brothers grew up attending the Boys & Girls Club’s arts programs at St. Pete’s Royal Theater— a historic Black performance space and movie theater that dates back to the 1940s.

“I’ve always done hip hop, but while in those programs I also studied jazz, modern and ballet,” Feacher says. “Those different programs kind of made me realize that dancing was something that I wanted to do long term.”

THE JUMP OFF: YungBBQ got her start in programs at St. Pete’s historic Royal Theater.

Feacher graduated from Gibbs High School in 2017 and was involved in many different types of sports and spirit week activities as well. She worked at a local Publix until August 2020, and balanced YungBBQ and her cashier job for about a year before making the plunge to be a full-time content creator.

In several of Feacher’s early videos, she can be seen dancing in her green Publix vest, sometimes at work. Now, she makes a living mainly through brand partnerships.

Only about two years into her career as an entertainer, Feacher has already partnered with powerful brands like the NBA, BET, DSW, Footaction, Spotify, Atlantic Records, Netflix and Nike—as she was the face of its exercise app’s first virtual dance class.

And large corporations aren’t the only powerful folks noticing her content, either.

Celebrities like Diddy, Chris Brown, Teyana Taylor and SZA have reposted her videos over the past few years. K Michelle reposted one of her earliest videos in 2019, after YungBBQ lip synced her single “Rain,” on one of those “dreary, Hurricaneseason type of days,” as Feacher describes. Feacher, a self-proclaimed “Disney kid” who re-creates a lot of mid-2000s Disney channel content, fangirled when the OMG Girlz acknowledged her

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reenactment of one of their nostalgic pop songs.

And although Feacher has reached a global audience, most Tampa Bay-based fans are shocked to find out she lives here.

“People never expect me to live in St. Pete because most content creators live in L.A. or Atlanta,” she says. And while she enjoys living in her hometown in her childhood home, she can see herself living in a big city one day.

Feacher frequently travels to film different videos for brand partnerships, but still loves to call the Burg’ home— although she does note that “downtown is getting a little crowded.”

Feacher tells CL that it was her childhood dream to one day open her own nonprofit dance studio—a dream that doesn’t feel too out of reach these days. Although throughout her life she was always encouraged to stick exclusively to dancing, she has a fierce desire to become as multifaceted as possible.

“I don’t want to have to call up someone to film a video for me, or come over just to do my makeup,” YungBBQ says. “I want to learn how to do pretty much everything myself so I don’t

have to rely on other people. I want to be trained enough to be able to dabble in a bunch of different styles of entertainment.”

She notes that it’s common for internet stars to be stuck in a niche, giving their followers exactly what they would expect. Feacher looks to break this mold, and constantly evolve as a dancer, entertainer and influencer.

In addition to her wildly-popular Instagram and Facebook accounts, she’s slowly starting to build up her YouTube channel “That’s so Lex,” as it’s an entirely different outlet that doesn’t limit her to one type of content. She’s delving into sketch comedy writing and direction, and just started editing her own videos in Adobe Premiere Pro. And as the kids do these days, YungBBQ is also learning different content creation skills by watching TikTok tutorials. At 22 years-old and less than three years into her career, things are only looking up for Alexis Feacher and her YungBBQ empire.

Of the youngest generation of budding Tampa Bay celebrities, soon enough locals will be boasting that YungBBQ reps their city.

“Two years and a million followers later, Feacher feels like it’s time to delve deeper.”

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Steve Tyrell Your grandparents may not know the name, but they’ll know the songs.

Steve Tyrell has produced for Rod Stewart and the late B.J. Thomas, and also recorded the version of “The Way You Look Tonight” you hear in Charles Shyer’s “Father of the Bride.” Not to mention that if you’ve been to the L.A. area, you may have heard Tyrell’s voice hosting KKJZ 88.1-FM on weekdays.

He’ll be behind a different mic this weekend for this matinee that’s a good excuse to make it a boomer’s day out. (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)

MON 02

C Boz Scaggs The 77-year-old has seen enough tragedy in his life to have called it a day a long time ago. It’s easy to forget that he basically co-founded The Steve Miller Band back in the ‘60s, and though he didn’t stick around for long, we can only wonder what the band might’ve sounded like had he stuck around. In the last decade, Scaggs released a trilogy of albums consisting of American roots music—much like Bob Dylan and his Great American Songbook trilogy—and this gig is already sold-out. (Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater)

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All That Remains w/Miss May I/Varials/ Tallah Original All That Remains guitarist Oli Herbert has been dead for four years now, leaving lead singer Philip Labonte as the only original member still performing with the band. He may be the band’s lyrical genius, but no new music has been released since Oli passed. You can’t blame them, but the good news is that All That Remains till stays active on the road, and next week, it’ll be back at Jannus Live for the first time since 2017. Supporting are totally-not-Christian-metal band Miss May I, Pennsylvania pop punk group Varials, and Tallah, featuring Dream Theater offspring Max Portnoy.

(Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)

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C AJR w/Gayle It’s been over a year since brothers Adam, Jack, and Ryan Met announced that their OK Orchestra tour would be stopping in Tampa on Star Wars Day. Wanna feel like it was even longer ago? The guys behind “Bummerland” have been to Tampa since the announcement was made, having opened for Weezer at Day 2 of 97X Next Big Thing last December.

Now that you’ve memorized their latest, OK Orchestra, cover to cover, the boys

finally arrive—ahem, return—to the Amp this Wednesday. “ABCDEFU” pop singer Gayle opens. (MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa) C Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs They say that the fourth time’s the charm, but if this show gets axed, fans of Tom Petty’s right-hand man are going to be more heartbroken than ever. Late last week, it was announced that in the wake of Knobs drummer Matt Laug having to take on a tour in Italy for the next few months, original Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch—who hasn’t played with Mike since Tom Petty gave him the boot in the ‘90s—would take his place behind the kit for a run of shows including this one in Ybor City. Perhaps the Tampa show—and both homecoming Gainesville shows—getting canceled for a third time earlier this year was the best thing that ever happened for local Tom Petty fans. Lynch’s appearance could have happened in Tampa with or without Laug, anyway. After all, it’s not that long of a drive from his home in St. Augustine.

(Orpheum, Ybor City) C Primus w/Battles Only days following the release of a new “Conspiranoid EP, Les Claypool—sans Sean Lennon—and Primus are preparing to take a Tampa Bay stage for the first time since a 2017 stop at Ruth Eckerd Hall. This time, it’s going down

at Mahaffey Theater, and the guys will be saluting Neil Peart and Rush, by performing the iconic prog trio’s A Farewell To Kings all the way through, and then some.

It’ll surely be a major change of pace when Primus launches into the album’s opening title track, after having just played “My Name Is Mud.” New York-based experimental band Battles—featuring members with connections to the Bay area—opens. Read an interview with Primus via cltampa.com/ music. (Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg) XOXO Carnival w/Deadmau5/Lil Jon/DJ Snake/Shaggy/Deux Twins/Wax Motif/ DJ Ekin/DJ Casper/Doozie/more So Armature Works is an EDM playground now, heh? Canadian superstar DJ and producer deadMau5 will be there Cinco de Mayo weekend along with rapper and DJ Lil Jon, French producer DJ Snake, plus “It Wasn’t Me” singer Shaggy and Tampa Bay rock and soul band the Black Honkeys. The fourday event, put on by Pied Piper Productions which staged a Halloween carnival last fall, kicks off Wednesday and features familyfriendly daytime activities including classic carnival rides, vendors, plus modern art installations. Deux Twins, Wax Motif, DJ Ekin, DJ Casper, Doozie, Vintage Culture and Soul Circus Cowboys are among the support acts. Visit cltampa.com/music for a schedule. (Armature Works, Tampa)

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It’s bad bitch o’clock, Tampa Bay. Body positivity advocate and flautistturned-rapper Lizzo—who shook the world with her 2019 Grammy-winning Cuz I Love You album—is stopping at Tampa’s Amalie Arena on Saturday, Sept. 24, in promotion of her upcoming album, Special, out July 15.

Tickets to see Lizzo go on sale this Friday, and start at $39.50. Joining her will be “The Rap Game” alum Latto.

Permanent Makeup w/Floating Boy/ Knife Rituals (debut show) Friday, May 6. 8 p.m. $5 requested donation. If I Brewed The World, St. Petersburg Sylvaine w/Uada/Hoaxed (opening for Amorphis) Saturday, May 7. 8 p.m. $25$50. Orpheum, Ybor City Laxmikant-Pyrarelal Orchestra Sunday, May 22. 6 p.m. $30 & up. Yuengling Center, Tampa Crown The Empire w/DRUGS/The Word Alive/Until I Wake Wednesday, June 29. 6 p.m. $25. Orpheum, Ybor City Camelphat Saturday, July 30. 10 p.m. $30.

The Ritz, Ybor City Fitz and the Tantrums w/Andy Grammer/Breland Sunday, July 31. 8 p.m. $61 & up. Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa

See more of my weekly new concert roundup below.—Josh Bradley

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21. 8 p.m. $55 & up. MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa Spyro Gyra Saturday, Oct. 1. 8 p.m. $35$55. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater Colourway (opening for COIN w/Miloe) Tuesday, Oct. 4. 7 p.m. $29.50-$100. Jannus Live, St. Petersburg Skip Marley Wednesday, Oct. 19. 8 p.m. $20. Crowbar, Ybor City

Men At Work w/John Waite Thursday, Aug. 4. 8 p.m. $43.25-$93.25. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater

Here Come The Mummies Thursday, Nov. 3. 8 p.m. $40-$65. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater

Thunderstorm Artis Friday, Aug. 12. 8 p.m. $25-$40. The Attic at Rock Brothers, Tampa

Orange Blossom Revue feat. The Wood Brothers/Margo Price/Langhorne Slim/ Allison Russell/Neal Francis/Son Little/ Katie Pruitt/John R. Miller/more FridaySaturday, Dec. 2-3. $80 & up. Lake Wailes Park, Lake Wales

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We’re not sure if the 33-year-old “Truth Hurts” hitmaker will turn up at Tampa’s Bake’n Babes to serenade a Freak Shake again, but after all she’s had going this year—from hosting and performing on “SNL,” to starting her “Watch Out For The Big Grrrls” reality show—she deserves one more than anybody.

Where the vinyl is: a list of Bay area record stores

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It’s no secret that locally-owned and operated businesses are taking a hit from coronavirus closures and curfews. Some Tampa Bay record stores have adapted by offering curbside pickup, free shipping and private shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stock up on some vinyl, and spend money like all your favorite concerts are getting canceled. Just make sure to call ahead of time to see what’s up at the shop. Big shouts to CL reader Chuck who updated us on these listings.—Kyla Fields

ArtPool Records (2030 Central Ave., St. Petersburg) 727-433-5195, artpoolrules.com

Blue Moon Antiques, Books & Music (1413 Cleveland St., Clearwater) 727-443-7444

Asylum Sights and Sounds (6566 Central Ave., St. Petersburg) 727-384-1221

The Clearwater Record Shop (1610 N. Hercules Ave., Clearwater) 727-755-1201, clearwaterrecordshow.com

Bananas Records (2887 22nd Ave N., St. Petersburg) 727-327-4616 ext. 1, bananasrecords.com Bananas Records Warehouse (2226 16th Ave. N., St. Petersburg) 727 327-4616 ext. 2, bananasrecords.com

Daddy Kool Records (The Factory, 800 28th St. S, St. Petersburg) 727-822-5665, daddykool.com Disc Exchange (6712 Central Ave., St. Petersburg) 727-343-5845, thediscexchange.com

Dunedin Records & Audio (757 Main St., Dunedin) 727-423-4108, dunedinrecords.com Green Shift Music & Comics (5713 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa) 813-238-4177, greenshiftmusicandcomics.com Hello Darlin’ Records (Roving VW Camper) 727-479-6783, hellodarlinrecords.com Kingfish Records (Main Store) (26024-B US Highway 19 N., Clearwater) 727-3515177, kingfishrecords.com

Planet Retro Records (226 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N., St. Petersburg) 727218-7434, planetretrorecords.com Sound Exchange Tampa (14246 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa) 813-978-9316, soundexchangetampabay.com Sound Exchange Pinellas Park (66th Street N and 86th Avenue N., Pinellas Park) 727-545-0042, soundexchangetampabay. com

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Mojo Books & Records (2540 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa) 813-971-9717, mojotampa.com

Unique Music & Collectables (123 Main St., Dunedin) 727-240-0757

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By Dan Savage

The wife masturbating in the middle isn’t by itself evidence your sex life is lacking, NITENITE. She’s most likely waking up horny at 3 a.m. and rubbing one out to get back to sleep.

You can and should tell her over breakfast—with a loving and supportive smile on your face—that you sometimes wake up when she’s masturbating, and that you’re happy to help her out. But if all your wife wants and/or needs at 3 a.m. is a quick orgasm, she may not be interested in a fullblown sex session. And if “helping her out” means she’s obligated to get you off before she can go back to sleep, NITENITE, don’t be surprised if she passes (and slips out of bed the next time she needs to have a wank).

far in and/or get ridden too hard. You might also wanna accept the compliments you’ve been getting about your topping skills/style. Instead of assuming the guys you’ve topped are lying to you, give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they’re telling the truth: you’re a good top and bottoming for you is a good time. And with more experience, SOFT, you’re likelier to get even better at it, earn more praise, and grow to enjoy topping more.

I am a 60-year-old woman who has had a lot of lovers. My current lover does not enjoy cunnilingus, which happens to be the only reliable way to get me off. How can I make cunnilingus more enjoyable for him? I thought about getting a can of whipped cream to “sweeten the deal,” but will that work?—Exciting Additives That Make Eating Pussy A Lark It won’t work. First, putting whipped cream on your clit and labia isn’t good for pussy— and since whipped cream rapidly melts after being applied to the body, EATMEPAL, it’s not going to look sexy or taste good for long. Minutes after emptying that can of whipped cream, you’re gonna look and smell like a newborn puked on your lap. Chocolate sauce, flavored lubes, whipped cream—none of those things have the power to turn someone who doesn’t like eating pussy or sucking dick into someone who does. Pussy is not a sundae, dick is not a candy bar. If cunnilingus is the only thing that reliably gets you off, it’s a new lover you need, EATMEPAL, not a dairy product.

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I’m a heavy sleeper, and my wife knows that, but not so heavy that I don’t wake up when she periodically masturbates next to me and has the bed shaking pretty hard. She doesn’t know this wakes me. How do I handle this? Do I offer a hand (or a dick) the next time? Talk to her when she’s not having her moment and ask if she feels like our sex life is lacking? Or just let it go and continue to pretend that I’m still asleep when this happens? Our sex life seems healthy to me otherwise.—Nocturnal Incidents That Erupt Necessitate Inquiries To Elucidate

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Gay man here with a question about topping. I was a top with my college boyfriend but switched to being mostly a bottom in my early20s. I’m in my late-30s now, and recently got out of a decade-long relationship, so I’ve been doing a lot of exploring and rediscovering what I want in bed. While I’m very experienced as a bottom, I feel a bit like a fish out of water when I’m topping. The guys I’ve fucked have all been very complimentary, so it doesn’t seem to be a problem with my technique, but it’s just not as intense for me. Also, I’m uncut and I find that if I’m pushing deep inside someone then my foreskin pulls all the way back while I’m inside to the point that it hurts. (This is especially a problem when a guy rides me.) I’m with a new boyfriend who has enjoyed bottoming for me, but all of this is kind of playing with my head so I can’t just relax and enjoy myself when topping. Should I just accept that topping isn’t for me?—Subpar Orgasms From Topping You could accept that topping isn’t for you and swear off topping forever… but that seems a little dramatic, SOFT, and a whole lot drastic. How about accepting this instead: while you prefer bottoming to topping and your orgasms are better when you bottom, you also enjoy topping occasionally, so long as you don’t push too

I’m a male who is curious about wearing a male chastity cage. I’m on blood-thinning medications and I very rarely get erections due to my health issues, but I want to experience the feeling of wearing a cage. Are there any long-term effects from wearing a cock cage for short periods of time that I need to know about? I am just curious how it would feel wearing one.—Looking Into Mysterious Pleasures You’ll be fine, LIMP. I’ve spoken to a few urologists over the years about the risks of chastity cages for men, and their only concern was potential damage to the erectile tissues when a dick gets hard (or tries to) in the confines of a cage. If you rarely get hard—or don’t get hard randomly—there’s no danger in wearing one even for extended periods of time, so long as it’s not too tight, LIMP, and you keep it clean.

I’m a 20-year-old woman who just started a new job. One of my new coworkers is a

20-something man who doesn’t speak much English, but he’s made it very clear that he’s attracted to me. I found him on Facebook and realized he has a girlfriend in another country.

So, as it turns out, he’s in a three-year-long relationship, but he can’t be with her currently. I’ve always considered men in relationships to be strictly “off limits,” but I’ve got an intense crush on this man and wanna get with him. I’m only interested in hooking up. I’m not looking for a commitment from him at all. Should I let him know I am attracted to him too and possibly ruin his relationship?—Possible Wrecking Ball

I learned that you helped pegging get its name.

But is there a name for a man using a strap-on on a woman?—Strapped On Dude

Unless you’re planning to post to Facebook about fucking this guy and tag his girlfriend back home, I don’t see how fucking you—even if he’s not supposed to be fucking anyone while they’re apart—will automatically ruin his relationship. Here’s hoping he’s allowed to fuck other women while they’re separated like this, PWB, and here’s hoping she’s allowed to fuck other guys. But even if he were to break the rules to get with you, PWB, it doesn’t mean that he would break her heart… so long as you’re capable of being discreet.

Is it OK to get a quick “happy-ending” massage once a month if you are getting almost no sex in the marriage?—Reevaluating Understood Boundaries

In 2001 my readers decided—in a free and fair election—to give the name “pegging” to the act of a woman fucking a man in the ass with a strap-on dildo. Some pegging purists have argued that the word should continue to mean that and only that, but language evolves and changes. These days women peg men, men peg women, women peg women, men peg men, and enbys peg all comers.

It’s OK with me.

Send to questions@savagelove.net, listen to Dan on the Savage Lovecast and follow @ FakeDanSavage on Twitter! Get columns, podcasts, books, merch and more at savage.love!

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