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REVOLUTIONARY: Fighting the power is an American ideal.

Red, white, Black and blue There’s nothing more American than civil disobedience. By Ray Roa

n Tuesday, a rogue curb disagreed with my bicycle wheel, disrupted inertia and sent me tumbling onto some Augusta block. My body is scraped up and hurting in unfamiliar places. But my limbs are undoubtedly nowhere near as sore as the bodies, hearts and minds of the protesters who clashed with police officers on the Fourth of July after a peaceful demonstration blocked traffic at the intersection of Spruce Street and N. Dale Mabry Highway. A Tampa Police Department release said people called to complain about traffic obstruction. Some protester signs say something to the effect of, “sorry for the inconvenience, we’re trying to change the world.” TPD added that dispersal orders were issued via an L-RAD system before “officers identified organizers and leaders of the protest and made contact with them to effect the arrest(s) for violation of City Ordinance 14-41.” City code says, “All persons are hereby prohibited from gathering and standing in groups upon the streets, avenues and sidewalks of the city in such a manner as to obstruct the free passage of persons or vehicles upon the sidewalks or streets of the city.” J’Khari Wilson—a 21-year-old protester, former Plant City High School track athlete, and one of seven activists arrested by TPD—disputes the criminal mischief and resisting arrest without violence charges against him (“I got charged by the officer while I was backing up and fearing for my life. He pushed me into the car and video evidence shows that,” Wilson told the Tampa Bay Times). Three days after the Tampa arrests, the St. Petersburg Police Department said it would start issuing warning flyers and then $62.50 tickets to those breaking obstructing traffic laws. “Recent national incidents of vehicles striking protesters who were blocking roadways highlight the importance of following the law and staying clear of traffic,” a statement said,

alluding to one person killed in Seattle, two injured in Bloomington and dozens of similar incidents that’ve happened across the U.S. Countless opinions say protesters should just “obey the law.” The half-baked edicts usually come from the same people who tell country singers to “shut up and sing” (Charley Crockett, interviewed on p. 29, respectfully thinks they should “shut up and listen”). They’re the same folks who want Creative Loafing Tampa Bay to stick to arts, food and events. CL’s contributors did that quite nicely in this issue, but we’re not going to become a brochure and stray away from stories like the one on our cover that cites internal TPD reports which show that the use of force under Police Chief Brian Dugan has increased 24% (pepper spray use is up 223%). Protests which disrupt the flow of traffic are, in fact, illegal under city laws, but they’re far from unpeaceful. To watch young people fighting for justice—and literally marching towards physical danger in the name of equal rights— only to be met with pepper spray, force and civil citations is emotionally exhausting. America is inarguably built on the backs of stolen people whose descendants still live unjust lives as a result. On July 4, Tampa Bay draped itself in flags to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence during the American R evolutiona r y War. But we also stood by and barbecued while modern revolutionaries put their lives on the line to demand a radical remaking of law enforcement in their cities so that “unalienable rights” are truly extended to everyone regardless of their skin color or economic status. There’s nothing more American than civil disobedience. We should be celebrating, or at least protecting and supporting, those who practice it—not locking them up .

“Protests that disrupt traffic are illegal, but they’re far from unpeaceful.”

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olice deployed pepper spray, and seven Black Lives Matter protesters were arrested on the Fourth of July after a peaceful demonstration blocked traffic on N. Dale Mabry Highway (blocking traffic is illegal, but that doesn’t mean it’s not peaceful). Many of the activists occupied downtown Tampa’s Gaslight Park afterwards where they were rejoined by some of those taken into custody. See more from photographers Chandler Culotta, Dave Decker and Ashley Dieudonne via photos.cltampa.com. —Ray Roa

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THE FORCE IS STRONG: Internal reports don’t yet count individuals pepper sprayed at recent protests, like this one on June 4.

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TPD increased the use of pepper spray by 223% under Chief Dugan. By Colin Wolf

ver the past few weeks, the Tampa Police Department has been embroiled in accusations of excessive force, specifically against Black Lives Matter protesters, who have been calling for sweeping change to police policies and for the removal of Chief Brian Dugan (on June 25 City of Tampa spokesperson Ashley Bauman told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that, “Dugan is the chief at TPD and there have been no discussions about a change at the top.”) Numerous photos and videos have surfaced showing officers firing rubber bullets and pepper spray at peaceful protesters by Tampa Police officers. On July 4, seven protesters were arrested after blocking the flow of traffic along Dale Mabry Highway for over an hour—an act of civil disobedience that is illegal, but not unpeaceful. Eddy Durkin, a spokesperson for TPD, told CL that bike officers deployed two short bursts of oleoresin capsicum spray (OC) to push a group of protesters back from officers making the July 4 arrests. While the department has repeatedly denied many of the excessive force allegations, internal reports show that use of force has been a defining characteristic of Chief Dugan’s reign, and has sharply increased since he took over the position in November of 2017. According to TPD Professional Standards Bureau Annual reports obtained by CL, since 2017 arrests have dropped by 17%, but use of force has increased by a staggering 24%. In 2017, there were 3,273 arrests that involved use of force beyond handcuffing, and in 2019 this number jumped to 4,055. The department currently tracks 25 types of force used by officers to subdue detainees. Over the last three years, 15 of these categories

witnessed significant increases, including a 41% increase in K-9 bites, a 38% increase in checks and open hand strikes, a 37% increase in techniques such as a bent wrist, a 24% increase in punches and kicks, and a 223% increase in the use of chemical agents (you can read parts of the report via cltampa.com.) Pepper spray is undoubtedly the weapon of choice for TPD, and since Dugan was named chief, the use of the poisonous chemical agents by his department has increased by a staggering 223%. According to the 2019 internal report, use of force during arrests by TPD has jumped by 24% under Dugan, and a closer look at the report shows that 15 of the 25 categories that track use of force techniques by officers saw a significant increase since 2017. However, the use of chemical agents by the TPD was by far the biggest jump. According to Durkin, the 223% increase in chemical agent use is almost entirely pepper spray. Not all yearly reports show the entire breakdown, but in the 2019 report, 80% are documented as oleoresin capsicum (pepper spray), 14% were a mixed spray between oleoresin capsicum (OC) and chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS), and 6% were recorded as chlorobenzylidene malononitrile spray, which we should also mention is the main component in tear gas. In an email to CL, Durkin explained the difference between CS and OC like this: “OC (oleoresin capsicum) is more potent and the effects last longer. CS (chlorobenzylidene malononitrile) is milder, with effects dissipating significantly faster.” But it’s important to note that pepper spray and tear gas aren’t entirely safe. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes the agents as literal “poison.”

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Their use is banned as a method of warfare following the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1997 (CWC). However, under Article II Section 9 of the CWC, the use of such chemicals for “law enforcement including domestic riot control purposes” is not prohibited under the CWC. Experts also believe that law enforcement’s use of pepper spray and tear gas are only worsening the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, over 1,300 medical medical providers and public health experts signed an open letter urging law enforcement agencies to stop the use of chemical agents, citing the fact that it can be lethal to the elderly and those with underlying conditions including asthma. Recently, officials in some cities and states have even decided to either curb, or flat out ban, the use of chemical agents on protesters. Last month, Seattle’s mayor banned the use of tear gas during protests. In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom called for new statewide standards for how law enforcement manages crowds. A federal judge in Denver recently issued a temporary ban on the police department’s use of chemical weapons against peaceful protesters. A 2017 report published in the U.S. National Library of Medicine also found that there aren’t enough adequate studies to determine all the risk factors for using pepper spray as a crowd control method, despite nearly 10% of people exposed to the chemical having severe reactions and requiring professional medical treatment. What’s more is that the numbers in TPD’s Response to Resistance reports don’t even represent individuals pepper sprayed at recent protests. Durkin said that the report from 2017 only shows incidents and not individuals, a reporting format that was changed by the department in 2018. In other words, more individual people have actually been pepper sprayed by TPD.

“During 2018—specifically with the use of chemical agents—we began our transition to capturing data on response to resistance for each individual, rather than per incident,” Durkin wrote in his email to CL. “Although on quick review it may appear as a significant increase in this response to resistance from previous years’ data, it provides us with a more accurate recording of what occurred during each incident.” When asked how the department can accurately count individuals hit with pepper spray, specifically when it’s often used to disperse large crowds at protests, Durkin said officers now do a headcount. “In the past, if an officer was required to deploy OC and could see four individuals impacted during the same incident, but none were identified (ie: they ran off before taking into custody)—prior reporting methods would capture the data as one use of force—for the deployment of OC,” Durkin added. “Now, in the same scenario, we work to capture it as four individual uses of force for the one deployment of OC.” While Durkin admits that lower level use of force techniques (like pepper spray, punches, kicks, dog bites, etc) have increased since 2017, he argues that the department’s higher levels of response to resistance (like a firearm pointed at a suspect, taser deployed, etc) have decreased. On July 16, Tampa City Council will review a staff report, which could lead to workshop to discuss giving a much-criticized Citizen Review Board more investigatory power. Mayor Castor held the first meeting of her new task force on policing on June 27. The press was not allowed, but CL reporter Kelly Benjamin still went after plans for a Facebook live stream of the meeting were nixed. Benjamin was asked to leave, but he did not. Press is still not allowed at the Castor task force’s July 18 meeting, but we hope to attend.

“TPD tracks 25 types of force used by officers to subdue detainees.”

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Seeing red

Harvard coronavirus data map has bad news for Tampa Bay. By Christopher Cann

new, interactive COVID-19 risk level map, developed by researchers at the Harvard Global Health Institute, says many Florida counties should probably institute stay-at-home orders. The map, released onJuly 1, allows users to view the risk level of every state and county in the United States. The coronavirus risk levels are indicated by a color rating—green, yellow, orange or red—based on the number of new daily cases per 100,000 people. A county with fewer than one daily new case per 100,000 is green; one to 9 is yellow; 10-24 is orange, and 25 or above is red. If a county is at the red level, it means that it is at “a tipping point” and that “stay-at-home orders are necessary,” according to the dashboard. Florida is one of just three states, including Arizona and Mississippi, “in the red” with a total average of 29.1 daily new cases per 100,000 people when all counties are averaged. As imagined, many Florida counties are in the red as well including Hillsborough County, which had 42.1 daily new cases per 100,000 as of July 1; Pinellas County had an average of 34.5 and Pasco County is at 25. The risk map accompanies COVID-19 suppression guidance that looks to provide “clear, accessible guidance to policymakers and the public on how to target and suppress COVID-19 more effectively across the nation,” according to the website. “The public needs clear and consistent information about COVID risk levels in different

jurisdictions for personal decision-making, and policy-makers need clear and consistent visibility that permits differentiating policy across jurisdictions,” said Danielle Allen, director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University in a statement. “We also collectively need to keep focused on what should be our main target: a path to near zero case incidence.” This new assessment map arrived one day after White House Health Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said, “I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around, and so I am very concerned,” in a hearing held by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Florida’s own state dashboard received criticism from Rebekah Jones, the fired Department of Health data expert who operated its COVID19 dashboard. She said she was fired following her denial to manipulate data showing which counties met the state’s reopening criteria. On June 23 she tweeted, “I’ve independently verified they’ve [Florida Department of Health] deleted at least 1200 cases in the last week.” Jones, after her firing, created her own coronavirus dashboard, Florida COVID Action. At last Friday’s press conference, Gov. Ron DeSantis said that he would not mandate a statewide face mask order despite Florida’s rising cases. Local politicians have stepped in with emergency ordinances requiring face coverings in indoor businesses including Hillsborough County and Pinellas County.

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“DeSantis said that he would not mandate a statewide face mask order.”

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COLOR MY WORLD: Coronavirus from sea to shining sea.

The summer of our discontent When all else fails, there’s always racism. By Jeffrey C. Billman he’s apparently given up entirely on the first, the second seems unlikely without a vaccine. In other words, this is probably our status quo for another year or so, maybe more. On top of all of this, there’s the news that Trump was informed in February—or as early as last year—that the Russian government was paying the Taliban to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan and not only did nothing but insisted that Russia join the G7. The White House’s explanations—that Trump didn’t read the Presidential Daily Brief, or that he wasn’t told—are bad. The alternative —that he knew and didn’t care—is worse. Perhaps, then, it’s no surprise that Trump is down nearly double digits to Joe Biden. Democrats appear likely to expand their control of the House and retake the Senate, too. The usual caveats apply. But barring a dramatic recovery, Trump might take his party down with him. Honestly, it couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of sycophants. I’m not here, however, to dance on graves. I’m here with a warning. There are 16 weeks until the election. After spending his presidency preaching to an alreadydevout choir and basking in their praise, he’s popular among Republicans, but he’s loathed by nearly everyone else. He has one card left to play. It’s no secret that the president’s political career was built on stoking white racial anxieties. His targets in 2016 were mostly Mexican immigrants, Central American refugees, and Muslim “terrorists”—the Others stealing your jobs, murdering your sons, and raping your daughters. This year, however, Trump has found a new foil, a new threat to the culture he claims to represent, one closer to home. Quite simply, Trump wants to pit MAGA America against everyone else. Or, as he described them this weekend, “the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters” who wish “the end of America.” His July 3 speech at Mount Rushmore, which included an oxymoronic reference to “far-left fascism,” starkly divided the country into lawabiders and criminal agitators — a hallmark of authoritarian regimes, for what it’s worth. There was no acknowledgment of police violence or systemic racism, no recognition that the Black Lives Matter movement has affected change in city after city, no sympathy for Black communities that live in the shadows of monuments to traitors who fought a war to enslave them. Instead, there were the “left-wing cultural revolutionaries” who want to destroy Mount

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ANDREA HANKS

n hindsight, it was inevitable that we’d end up here. We didn’t know what here would look like, exactly. But you can only outrun incompetence so long, and you can only place so many selfinterested, high-risk bets before one blows up in your face. And so the Fourth of July weekend found Donald Trump at the nadir of his presidency. With 130,000 Americans dead from COVID19 and the country speeding toward 100,000 new cases a day, the White House announced its surrender: “We need to live with it,” an adviser told NBC News, a grotesque admission of failure from a president who refuses to wear a face-covering in public, who hosted a thousands-strong White House event at Mount Rushmore on Friday night with neither masks nor social distancing, and who relocated his nominating convention from Charlotte to Jacksonville because the former wouldn’t guarantee a packed arena of unmasked celebrants. That late August convention, meanwhile, is a shambles. The GOP sunk nearly $40 million into Charlotte that it won’t get back. Now, with Florida logging upward of 10,000 new coronavirus cases a day, donors are wary of shelling out for another convention that might not take place. What’s more, Jacksonville recently enacted the same kind of mask mandate that drove Trump out of Charlotte. Four months before the election, Trump is grasping for silver linings. Having downplayed the coronavirus from the start, desperate not to spook the economy, and demanded that governors allow businesses to reopen despite the lingering pandemic, he took a victory lap following Friday’s jobs reports, which showed the economy adding 4.8 million jobs in June. “All of this incredible news is the result of historic actions my administration has taken,” Trump boasted at a hastily called news conference. Of note: The Department of Labor conducted its jobs survey during the second week of the month, when the country was seeing about 25,000 new COVID cases a day. By early July, that number had risen to more than 50,000; in response, several states walked back their reopening plans, which will dampen whatever economic progress was being made. Trump might be the last person to recognize that controlling COVID-19 and restarting the economy are irrevocably linked; the second won’t happen without the first. And now that

TRUMP CARD: He’s popular among Republicans, but loathed by nearly everyone else. Rushmore (never mind that it exists on land stolen from Indigenous people) and were waging a “merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children.” There was dire talk of “angry mobs” unleashing “violent mayhem.” There was a denunciation of “cancel culture” silencing political opposition, which he likened to “totalitarianism”—a word he might not fully comprehend, considering his party controls the White House, Senate, and Supreme Court. It’s not hard to read between the lines, especially in context: Trump has recently retweeted a video of a Florida supporter shouting “White

power,” called “Black Lives Matter” a “symbol of hate,” and, on Monday, tweeted explicit support for the Confederate flag. People of color and their allies, Trump is telling his overwhelmingly white base, want to silence white people and erase white culture. He’ll restore “law and order” and preserve “our” culture. These are the fault lines Trump will spend the next 16 weeks fomenting and exploiting—a strategy, I fear, that will prove extraordinarily dangerous should it work and will salt the earth if it doesn’t. Again, it was inevitable that we’d end up here. @jeffreybillman

“Four months before the election, Trump is grasping for silver linings.”

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Home of the brave

Stay home if you’re too scared to wear a mask, snowflake. By Daniel Hill

ust in case you’ve been living underneath a rock (which actually sounds nice right about now), then you know that Hillsborough and Pinellas counties have ordered residents to wear masks indoors in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. The move came as the efficacy of masks in preventing transmission of the virus has been increasingly proven, with one recent study commissioned by the World Health Organization finding that face coverings may reduce transmission by as much as 85%. Despite this, a rather vocal anti-mask swath of the local population absolutely lost their shit upon the announcement, with many saying in news story comment sections that they refuse to mask up. The outrage is to be expected. The use of masks has become a political flashpoint in recent months, with some— including the president — a rg uing that COVID-19 is nothing more a political hoax meant to damage Trump’s chances of reelection and that the masks are a sign of compliance with this agenda. That would explain why the use of masks has been advocated in recent days by staunch liberals such as [checks notes] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Fox News personalities Sean Hannity and Steve Doocy, former Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. Marco Rubio. Even diehard MSNBC fan

[checks notes] Vice President Mike Pence encouraged folks to wear them during a Thursday press conference in Tampa. And the conspiracy doesn’t stop with just them. According to a report by liberal think tank [checks notes] Goldman Sachs, mask use could save the U.S. economy $1 trillion if it were mandated nationwide. And as of this week, President Trump has even joined the chorus of those calling for mask use, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that President Trump is actively working with the Democrats and the media to stop the re-election of President Trump. But here’s the deal, snowflakes: Some of us actually care about the economy, and we’re not about to slide into a second Great Depression over fear of wearing a mask. If it takes wearing a mask to ensure that there is still a country here for our children and grandchildren, that’s what I’m going to do. If you’re too scared to wear a mask, it’s simple: Just stay home. I, for one, refuse to live in fear. You need to follow the rules—it’s just that simple! If you find yourself locked out of society due to your fear of a cloth facial covering, that’s your own problem. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. It’s called the “Home of the Brave” for a reason, you cucks. USA! USA!

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“Trump is actively working with the Democrats and the media to stop the re-election of President Trump.”

CUCKED UP: Real patriots wear masks, right?

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WFLA reports about a Dunedin woman giving birth while celebrating the Fourth of July on a rented pontoon. I wonder what the cleanup fee is for that.

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Hillsborough County relaxes penalties for businesses if customers refuse to wear masks, so, yeah, that “No shoes, no shirt, no mask, no service” means nothing, and I’m going to Cracker Barrel buck naked.

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Florida Gov. DeSantis defends Trump’s statement that 99 percent of COVID-19 cases are “totally harmless.” The guv also reports that boots taste good.

Data from the Agency for Health Care Administration shows that Pinellas County has just 14 % of ICU beds available. Hillsborough County is even lower at 13%. Good news is that anti-maskers signed a waiver to not to take up an ICU, right?

A St. Petersburg jogger finds a human head on 38th Avenue S. between 31st Street and 34th Street South. A. Human. Fucking. Head. Our news vertical is full of shit. Sniff around via cltampa.com/news.

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Noble and nimble

Koya, Tampa’s first omakase-only restaurant, is on the way. By Alexandria Jones

e all know the feeling of wanting food from a favorite restaurant but realizing it’s closed because of the pandemic. Noble Rice co-owners Eric and Adriana Fralick say a lot of their loyal customers were still trying to make reservations while the restaurant was closed. “We still had people leaving messages everyday asking why we weren’t open,” says Eric. According to the Fralicks, the pandemic hit during Noble Rice’s best year. The “modern Japanese” restaurant closed mid-March to comply with the state quarantine. Eric says it tried takeout for about two weeks before officially shutting down because it wasn’t able to receive new shipments of food from overseas. To help out its employees a bit prior to closing, all takeout orders included a small service charge for tips. “We got stuck with not being able to get any deliveries or doing takeout,” Eric says. “We couldn’t get the fish in.” Noble Rice took it day-by-day initially to see how serious COVID-19 got. “As far as the restaurant is concerned, the unknown is scary since we didn’t know what to expect. It was definitely a stressful situation,” Adriana explains. So she and Eric are using this time to remodel Noble Rice, something they’ve had on their to-do list for two years. “We knew this was the time to do the remodel and focus on our new concept. This was the perfect time to do all of it,” Eric says. When Noble Rice employees learned of their temporary unemployment, they weren’t surprised because their friends who worked in the same industry were experiencing the same thing. According to Eric, their employees felt safer at home than coming to work, so closing became a simple solution. He says the main concern was when is everyone able to get back to work. “They’re in the service industry so they kinda knew what was happening and they could gage everyone’s temperament. It hurt to tell them we weren’t able to bring them in to work,” Eric adds. The Fralicks were fortunate to retain people like their Chef de Cuisine Howard Lopez and

place him at their Japanese grocery store, Noble Market, located at 226 S. Boulevard in South Tampa. The store is still open with amended days and hours to help alleviate any Japanese food cravings with its pre-packaged sushi and other options. “It’s a market and grab-and-go, so you can still keep your social distance,” Adriana says. Both Noble Rice and Noble Market were approved for PPP assistance by Chase Bank and Bank of America. Although the application process was daunting, their funds came within a week of approval. “We were approved towards the end of the second wave. The application process was longer; we waited 3-4 weeks to find out if we were approved or not,” says Adriana. The renovated Noble Rice will still have the same vibe, and the same omakase, sushi, ramen, and à la carte items like before—just in a larger venue that can accommodate more guests. While Noble Rice is undergoing renovations and the effects of COVID-19, the Fralicks are focused on bringing that new concept, Koya— Tampa’s first omakase-only restaurant—to fruition. Omakase, which translates to “leave it to you, chef”, is when customers allow the chefs to select whatever dishes off the menu. This style of dining was popular at Noble Rice and accounted for the majority of its business. “It was the heart of the restaurant; most people came in for the omakase experience. You still have the people who love the other stuff, but the omakase menu was the highlight of the former Noble Rice,” Adriana explains. Koya will be reservation-only and will occupy Noble Rice’s previous location at 807 W. Platt St. in South Tampa. Space is limited with only eight seats—pandemic of not—which always makes for an intimate yet socially distanced dining experience with the chefs. Guests can expect the same high-quality ingredients they ate at Noble Rice. “What we’re able to do now is participate in the auction system at Toyosu Market in Japan. Before, we’d buy from regular vendors and do auctions occasionally. Now we’ll be able

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OH-MY-KASE: (L-R) Eric and Adriana Fralick are bringing a fresh new concept to South Tampa. to procure items directly from the auction itself,” opportunity to learn about each ingredient as says Eric, who added that the product arrives the chef explains. Reservations start at about within 24 hours of ordering. $200 per person for a meal without pairings and Koya’s omakase menu will consist of ingredi- go up to $325 with pairings and other add-ons ents in their peak season. One thing the Fralicks like caviar or truffles. According to Eric, the are interested in trying is Yoshoku, or Japanese price can fluctuate depending on the seasonal takes on Western-style foods like French or food offerings. Italian, for a thematic He and Adriana aspect to their menu. anticipate Koya openHigh-end sake from ing to the public around Japan, premium wines, late-July. It’ll be open and Japanese craft Wed.-Sat. from 6 p.m.-8 beers (like Hitachino) p.m. for reservations. offer great pairings with the omakase dishes Eric says he hopes Koya can become a place and the unique Japanese desserts. The restau- where people can celebrate anything from a rant is dinner service only and will start off with special occasion to a regular day. only one seating of eight people per night then “It’s a place to be part of the community,” he accommodate more in the future. says, “to restore normalcy in everybody’s life, Koya’s omakase experience gives guests the and socialize.”

“Now we participate in the auction system at Toyosu Market in Japan.”

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MANOR MEN: (L-R) David Anderson and Lanfranco Pescante, the duo behind Franklin Manor.

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Franklin Manor owner sued for sexual battery and exploitation. By Ray Roa

t was only a matter of time, but women have finally come forward to officially accuse Franklin Manor owner Lanfranco Pescante with sexual battery and exploitation. Last Thursday, local NBC affiliate WFLA said it obtained a 21-page complaint filed by three women (Jane Doe 1, Jane Doe 2 and Jane Doe 3) against Pescante and his hospitality group, Nocturnal Group LLC, which had a hand in popular restaurants including Osteria, Franklin Manor, Shibui and Mole y Abuela. On June 2, Pescante stepped down as coowner of Nocturnal and apologized after violent and racist comments circulated on social media in the aftermath of last weekend’s George Floyd protests. On June 3, the FBI and state attorney announced that they had opened an investigation into the Tampa restaurateur’s violent comments; later that day celebrity chef Fabio Viviani, who helped create Osteria and won “fan favorite” on 2008’s “Top Chef,” announced that he’d severed all ties with Nocturnal. On June 3, CL asked the FBI and other officials about a rumored warrant for sex trafficking. Tampa Police told CL they didn’t have any comment and a U.S. Marshall said they didn’t have any more information. The FBI also had no comment at the time, but CL followed up on July 2 to see if anything changed (as of press time, there's no new information). [Trigger warning: the following describes sexual assault] In the hours leading up to, and after, Pescante’s resignation, social media users shared

screenshots of several women who accused Pescante of sexual misconduct. Many of the posts were pushed out by model Carmen Caliente who shared stories of alleged sex trafficking. Caliente also anonymously shared stories sent to her from multiple women alleging rape, sexual assault, as well as being drugged.Some of the women say they were minors and others said some of the events occurred in establishments operated by Nocturnal. Part of the lawsuit obtained by WFLA allegeges that in December 2016, Pescante induced Jane Doe 1 to “engage in sexual acts through coercive means in exchange for preferential treatment, including preferential sections or tables within the night club.” Jane Doe 2 says that Pescante encouraged her to drink frequently at a Tampa Bay Lightning home game in March 2017 before she and Pescante returned to his apartment where he made advances despite her telling him “No.” Jane Doe 2 said she woke up naked next to Pescante and realized she was raped. Jane Doe 3 was an employee at Franklin Manor as alleges that Pescante persuaded her to go to a party with him by threatening negative repercussions at work. The lawsuit also says Nocturnal co-owner David Anderson should have known Pescante was unfit for managerial duties and had the “propensity to engage in inappropriate behavior with females and female employees.” WFLA says the women, all Floridians, are being represented by Joseph G. Alvarez of the Matassini Law Firm in Tampa.

“The lawsuit also says Nocturnal co-owner David Anderson should have known Pescante was unfit for managerial duties.”

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s the COVID-19 pandemic forces the local restaurant scene into stops and starts, used Santelli Pizza & Pasta is quietly coming postsalong at 13557 SR-54 in Odessa. Founders, e whoRalph and Susan Santell, want to give diners lientea taste of their Italian heritage while incorpofromrating from-scratch recipes Ralph acquired over sault,the years in the restaurant industry. When CL omenconnected with the Santell family to snag the weredetails on the summer opening, Ralph brought thersus back to his first job at 15 in Long Island, New of theYork, and his drive to recreate that experience urredin Tampa Bay. blish“I was working with a crew of Italians from ratedSicily, Taormina and Catania to be exact. I al. worked there for seven years and learned the WFLAvalue of hard work. The head chef was from an canteItalian cruise line and made everything, and l actsI mean everything, with his hands—from the refer-sauces and zeppole to butchering an entire leg ctionsof veal. The pizzas tossed in the Doe 2air. It was perfect.” k freThe mission of Santelli Pizza game& Pasta is to give Tampa Bay a piping hot plate of urnedpasta done the right way. Sourcing high-quality re heingredients without cutting corners in order to e hercapture the essence of what Ralph calls the “old school technique,” AKA bringing scratch back. next “Everything is about how restaurants can do Janeit cheaper and faster while maintaining seminor asquality along the way. It’s just not authentic and o to ayou can taste it. At Santelli, quality will be at eper-the heart of every meal we create.” Ralph’s no stranger to restaurant operawnertions, he’s also the co-founder of Tampa Pizza canteCo., alongside Dave Burton. The pizza franchise d theallowed Ralph to understand the limitations of aviorbeing part of a restaurant group. “You have to stay in tandem with the other s, arelocations and really lose the freedom to develop of thespecial menu items for your customers. Your brand identity belongs to someone else.”

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Restorative owners’ new casual concept among local restaurant openings.

By CL Staff ans of Jason and Cricket Borajkiewicz’s Dunedin restaurant The Restorative have a new Side Piece. Cricket told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that she and Jason hope to have their new casual, order-at-the-counter concept (it’s called “Side Piece”) open by August 1, but that all of that really depends on inspections, licensing and whatever COVID-19 decides to do. The Borajkiewiczs are running Side Piece out of a 100-square-foot space they are subleasing at Caledonia Brewing in downtown Dunedin, just a mile away from The Restorative. Side Piece’s menu is focused on paninis—like the “quack attack” with confit duck french dip, caramelized onions, Swiss cheese and thyme au jus, or the vegetarian “mary mo” and the meaty “hey mario”—but it also features snacks like pad thai popcorn, smoked fish dip plus a cheese and charcuterie plate. Dessert comes in the form of a plate with chocolate, beer marshmallow and pretzels. “I’m sure when we get in the kitchen there one to two things may change,” Cricket told CL. “The menu won’t change as often as the Restorative but definitely at least quarterly, since as you know we get bored easily.” Follow @sidepiecedunedin on Instagram. See other local openings below. —Ray Roa Fly Bar & Restaurant The rebirth of one of Tampa’s pioneering nightlife spots has arrived now that Fly Bar and Restaurant is officially open in the historic Lafayette Arcade at 42 W. Kennedy Blvd., near the University of Tampa. The original Fly Bar at 1202 N. Franklin St. closed on Sept. 28, 2018, and the wait for the new Lafayette Arcade location has since been thwarted with permitting setbacks. Well their famous rooftop patio is gone, the new locale features a spacious dog-friendly outdoor patio, and expect the Fly Margarita is still in the mix. As of this week, temporary hours are Mon.-Sat. from 4 p.m.-2 a.m. (serving food late); happy hour happens Mon.-Fri. from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. @flybarandrestaurant on Instagram. — Colin Wolf Mowgli’s Tiffin An Indian street food spot moving into the former Chi-Town Beefs location at 165 Dr. MLK St. N, just on the edge of the Edge District (stylized as EDGE District). Owner and Tampa Bay native, Amita Mukherjee, told CL that the concept is not related to a U.K.-based chain of a similar name, but rather is inspired by her frequent trips to India with her parents in her early years, which helped blossom a love for Indian street food.

“I would crave that street food,” says Mukherjee. “But when I went to Indian places around here I noticed that you don’t get those options. Most Indian places seem to center around curries.” Mukherjee calls Mowgli’s Tiffin a 25-year passion project, and will base the 16 seat, 526-square-foot restaurant around a userfriendly, limited menu. “I wanted to make the whole experience comfortable for people who are interested in trying new flavors and foods,” Mukherje adds. As of now, the menu is still in the works, but Mukherjee says the signature item is a play on the traditional kati roll, which she calls Kolkati Roll. “It’s a roti wrapped around a kebab, for a lack of a better explanation,” jokes Mukherjee. The storefront is also coming long, and a new sign from Hot Metal Designs was recently installed. Mowgli’s Tiffin was originally planned to open now, but with the rising COVID-19 cases, Mukherjee says she’s hoping for a fall debut. —Colin Wolf Pickford’s Counter Tampa’s beloved Pickford Sundries storefront is getting a breath of fresh air thanks to the recently relocated Urban Bungalow and the newly opened Pickford’s Counter. Pickford’s Counter (which was slated to be called “Lesiak’s Counter” when CL wrote about the concept in March) is a restaurant concept paying homage to the history behind the Pickford Sundries building itself. After hosting a soft opening June 25, the eatery— located inside of 2606 W. Hillsborough Ave. along with the Urban Bungalow retail space—is now open and serving locals not-sotraditional menu items. The menu offers classic breakfast and lunch dishes, including a chipotle chicken sandwich and “Damn Good Grilled Cheese,” alongside some unexpected creations like their “Cereal Quesito” stuffed with cream cheese, goat cheese and breakfast cereals and a “Bubble Waffle.” Having opened amid rising public health concerns, Pickford’s Counter boasts seamless online ordering and contactless curbside pickup, although guests are allowed inside with proper face coverings. “We understand the world is scary these days-but don’t let that stop you from missing out on our delicious food!” Pickford’s Counter Facebook page reads. “We’ve made available the option for seamless online ordering available for you, completely contactless.” And for $1 extra, you can pay for the Pickford’s Counter making your contactless curbside delivery to not even look you in the eye. pickfordscounter. com. —Chloe Greenberg Rome + Fig It’s had a debut on the horizon since last January, but the new globally-inspired

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I KNOW A SPOT: (L-R) Jason and Cricket Borajkiewicz have a new side piece. bistro will finally open its doors in a couple weeks. The new restaurant, located at W. Fig St. and Rome Ave. (301 N. Rome Ave. for your GPS), now says it will host a soft-opening on July 21. The menu, which has been online for months, features options like steak, seafood risotto, pan-seared scallops and lamb chops, tuna tartare, Asian-style wings, octopus fritters, lumpia (traditional Filipino egg rolls) and bison meatballs. Diners should expect to drop anywhere

from $25-$40 on entrees. Diners should also expect a full bar, with a cocktail program and a full range of wines and beer. Rome + Fig will also plans to host a weekend brunch offering, including plates like chicken and waffles, fish and grits, stuffed French toast and a Chinese 5 Spice burger; ranging in price from $14-$20. romeandfigbistro.com —Colin Wolf See even more openings and closings via ctampa.com/food.

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No matter where you are in the Bay area, you’re not far from unique, locally handcrafted brews. We'd call, however, to see about offerings during the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s our ever-evolving list of Bay area brewers—support them during this difficult time! 3 DAUGHTERS BREWING One of the Warehouse Arts District’s most popular hangouts, and a beautiful facility in which to drink some great brews. 222 22nd St. S., St. Petersburg. 727-495-6002, 3dbrewing.com 3 KEYS BREWING South-of-the-Skyway restaurant and brewery specializing in small batches. 2505 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton. 951-218-0396, 3keysbrewing.com 7VENTH SUN BREWING Some of the best sours, IPAs and collabs going. Two locations. 1012 Broadway, Dunedin. 727-733-3013/6809 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa. 813-231-5900, 7venthsun.com 81BAY BREWING CO. South Tampa’s first craft brewery boasts a wide variety of styles. 4465 W. Gandy Blvd., Tampa. 813-837-BREW, 81baybrewco.com ANGRY CHAIR Crazy-good Tampa beer, open TuesdaySunday. 6401 N. Florida Ave., Seminole Heights. 813-238-1122, angrychairbrewing.com ANTIBREWERY Dunedin’s secret Sundays-only nano. 1367 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Dunedin ARKANE ALEWORKS A wide variety of styles and flavors from the second brewery to open in Largo. 2480 E. Bay Dr., #23, Largo. 727-270-7117, arkanebeer.com AVID BREWING This Grand Central brewing supply shop added a taproom for its beers crafted in-house. 1745 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-388-6756, avidbrew.com BARRIEHAUS BEER CO. Lager-specific brewery, carrying on an over 150 year brewing legacy. 1403 E 5th Ave., Ybor City. barriehaus.com BAY CANNON BEER CO. West Tampa's first craft brewery, offering a variety of ever evolving beers, beer slushies and wine that pair perfectly with appetizers and entrées from the kitchen. 813-442-5615, baycannon.com BIG STORM BREWING CO. Stop by this Pasco brewery’s Storm Room for a flight, or visit their taproom on 49th Street in Clearwater, too. 2330 Success Dr., Odessa. 727-807-7998, bigstormbrewery.com BIG TOP BREWING Perhaps Sarasota’s premier purveyor of locally crafted beer, Big Top’s reputation has spread far beyond the region. 6111 Porter Way, Sarasota. 941-371-2939, bigtopbrewing.com BOOTLEGGERS BREWING CO. This Brandon taproom from Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies offers house-made suds and guest beers. 652 Oakfield Dr., Brandon. 813-643-9463, bootleggersbrewco.com BRASSERIE ST. SOMEWHERE Award-winning Belgian farmhouse ales from veteran Bay area brewer Bob Sylvester. 1441 Savannah Ave., Tarpon Springs. 813-503-6181, saintsomewherebrewing.com BREW BUS BREWING BB brews its own suds, boasts 20 taps and offers food at its Eatery, too. 4101 N. Florida Ave., Tampa. 813-990-7310, brewbususa.com BREW HUB Some of the area’s best beers are produced here along with suds for their own label. 3900 Frontage Rd. S., Lakeland. 863-698-7600, brewhub.com BREW LIFE BREWING Ultra-small batches, and a lot of ‘em. 5765 S. Beneva Rd., Sarasota. 941-952-3831, brewlifebrewing.com BULLFROG CREEK BREWING CO. A multitude of styles from former garage brewers is on tap in Valrico. 3632 Lithia Pinecrest Rd., Valrico. 813-703-8835, bullfrogcreekbrewing. com CAGE BREWING Custom brews in the Grand Central District from one of the ‘Burg’s newest. 2001 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-201-4278 CALEDONIA BREWING Great in-house beers in the historic Dunedin Times building. 587 Main St., Dunedin. 727351-5105, caledoniabrewing.com CALUSA BREWING Family owned and operated, opened Tuesday to 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, STE 23, Tampa. 813-969-2337

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., Tampa. 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 or LoL’s craft brewing guild. 4624 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-575-8440. facebook.com/ CraftLifeBrewing CROOKED THUMB BREWERY Safety Harbor’s first brewery boasts homegrown flavor and local guest taps. 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. 727-266-4102, 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. 941-7471970, darwinbrewingco.com DE BINE BREWING CO. This addition bolsters the Northern Pinellas craft beer scene. 933 Florida Ave., Palm Harbor. 727-233-7964. 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. 727-7360606, 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 Odessa/Trinity destination. 9945 Trinity Blvd., Suite 108, Trinity. 727-807-6092, escapebrewingcompany.com FIVE BRANCHES Veteran-owned brewery, small batches from IPAs to stouts. Serving up brews and a clear view of the Tarpon Bayou. 531 Athens St., Tarpon Springs. fivebranchesbrewing.com FLYING BOAT BREWING COMPANY St. Pete aviation history and tasty homegrown suds. 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. US HWY 41, Apollo Beach. 813-641-2036, fourstacksbrewing.com GREEN BENCH BREWING COMPANY A space worthy of the adventurous beers it produces. 1133 Baum Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-800-9836, greenbenchbrewing.com GOOD LIQUID BREWING CO. Thirty taps and food (and a coffee roaster!) from a husband-and-wife duo. 4824 14th St. W., Bradenton. 941-896-6381, thegoodliquidbrewing.co

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

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

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. 727201-4484, ifibrewedtheworld.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

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. 813-9979189, intheloopbrewingcompany.com

SARASOTA BREWING COMPANY House-crafted brews, pizza, and sports out toward beautiful Siesta Key. 6607 Gateway Ave., Sarasota. 941-925 -2337, sarasotabrewing.com

INFUSION BREWING CO. Another great location in the good-beer-packed Trinity/New Port Richey area. 7813 Mitchell Blvd. Ste 103, Trinity. 727-312-4512.

SILVERKING BREWING CO. This space in Tarpon Springs complements a label that’s been around since 2012. 325 East Lemon St., Tarpon Springs. 727- 4227598, silverkingbrewing.com

INOCULUM ALE WORKS These folks are crazy for sours, and know how to craft ‘em. 554 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. inoculumaleworks.com JDUB’S BREWING COMPANY You know ‘em, you love ‘em. A favorite statewide phenomenon. 1215 Mango Ave., Sarasota. 941-955-2739, jdubsbrewing.com LAGERHAUS BREWERY & GRILL A Palm Harbor bar and eatery that offers seasonal brews to complement their 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 Boulevard, Madeira Beach. 727-3620008, madbeachbrewing.com MARKER 48 Hernando’s first production craft brewery, with its own tasting room and beer garden 12147 Cortez Blvd, Weeki Wachee. 352-6062509, 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 Street West, Bradenton. 941-567-6218, motorworksbrewing.com MR. DUNDERBAK’S The longtime restaurant, biergarten and homebrewers’ hangout is serving up 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, facebook.com/ overflowbrewingco PEPPER BREWING The Angry Pepper Taphouse’s inhouse label, available “on a limited basis.” 9366 Oakhurst Rd., Seminole. 727-596-5766, angrypeppertaphouse.com

GRINDHAUS BREW LAB Small batches and no extracts. 1650 N. Hercules Ave., Clearwater. 727-240-0804, grindhausbrewlab.com

PESKY PELICAN BREW PUB This beachy restaurant also offers up its own beers thanks to an in-house nano system. 923 72nd. St. N., St. Petersburg. 727-302-9600, peskypelicanbrewpub.com

GULFPORT BREWERY + EATERY Small batches with an artisanal food menu. 3007 Beach Blvd., Tampa. facebook. com/GulfportBrewery

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

HIDDEN SPRINGS ALE WORKS This Tampa Heights brewery features a rotating tap selection. 1631 N. Franklin St., Tampa, 813-226-2739, hiddenspringsaleworks.com

RAPP BREWING COMPANY Greg Rapp’s award-winning styles are carefully crafted and delicious. 10930 Endeavor Way, Seminole. 727-544-1752, rappbrewing.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 COMPANY 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 US 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. 115 W. Pine St., Lakeland. 863-703- 0472, swanbrewing.com TBBC Formerly Tampa Bay Brewing Co., local favorite for nearly two decades. 1600 E. 8th Ave., Ybor City/13933 Monroe’s Business Park, Westchase. 813-247-1422, tbbc. beer TAMPA BEER WORKS At the former site of ESB Brewing, TBW focuses on American craft styles. 333 N. Falkenburg Rd., Suite D407 Tampa. 813-685-1909, tampabeerworks.com TIDAL BREWING COMPANY Small batches in Spring Hill. 14311 Spring Hill Dr., Spring Hill. 352-701-1602,tidalbrewingfl.com TWO FROGS BREWING COMPANY Tarpon Springs’ latest brewery and taproom focuses on American ale styles. 151 E. Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs. 727-940-6077, facebook.com/twofrogsbrewing 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 COMPANY Traditional German styles in downtown Dunedin. 985 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. 727-238-8717, facebook.com/ woodwrightbrewing ZEPHYRHILLS BREWING COMPANY East Paco’s first microbrewery. 38530 5th Ave., Zephyrhills. 813715 -2683, zbcbeer.com ZYDECO BREW WERKS Craft brews in Ybor thanks to an award-winning brewmaster, as well as full bars and NOLA-influenced cuisine. 1902 E. 7th Ave., Ybor City. 813-252- 4541, facebook.com/ Zydecobrewwerks

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Roll through

COVID-19 made Revolution Roller Derby even tougher. By Resie Waechter

he first time I heard about Tampa Bay’s roller derby leagues I was working at Evos (stylized “EVOS”), a local restaurant, slinging air fries and soy taco wraps. I had dreadlocks and piercings and fresh ink on my arms. My hippie rocker chick game was pretty strong, I thought, and I expected everybody else thought so, too. It came to my surprise, then, when I got passed up by a cool-ass chick recruiting for roller derby. She looked right past me and asked my petite blonde coworker instead if she’d be interested in joining a badass sport with strong camaraderie and an intense workout. After looking into the sport, I realized the recruiter must have had a sixth sense about me. Alternative and athletic I may be, but I am cowardly as they come. And roller derby girls are anything but. There are girls at my gym who train CrossFit—a sport many would consider to be of ultimate intensity—just to keep in shape for roller derby, if that tells you anything. We are all making adjustments to life amidst COVID-induced quarantine, and sports are no exception. Having missed both my gym facility as well as my gym family at Burg CrossFit, I imagine the roller derby teams are experiencing some withdrawals of their own. What happens when tough-ass chicks no longer have their tough-ass sport as their outlet? I recently had the opportunity to speak with Diamond, a skater for local derby league Revolution Roller Derby. Diamond has been skating for a decade and describes roller skating as her sanity. A lifelong skate rat, Diamond spent countless afternoons in local skate rinks with her sister growing up. As a teenager, she played sports like track and soccer but felt they were lacking a certain intensity level. After moving to Florida as a young adult, she was working in a doctor’s office when a patient mentioned roller derby. Diamond’s ears immediately perked up. She learned a bit about the sport, then connected with team organizer Rose Frizzle and they scheduled a meeting. It took no time at all before Diamond was hooked. That was 10 years ago, and though her knees

occasionally protest, Diamond is nowhere near ready to call it quits. I can’t help but admire the way Diamond speaks of her team. The love and respect she has for her teammates strong— almost to the point of being reverent. At my mention of this, I hear Diamond smile. Revolution is her family, she says—and she isn’t just speaking in metaphors. Having spent several years in the sport, she has coached and skated. Now, two of Diamond’s own children have joined her on the team. The Revolution league is on the smaller side, having only 30 members, and Diamond says they are all thick as thieves. “Our lives are woven together,” she says. “We have the same tattoos—we’ve committed that highly!” Diamond goes on to explain that she knows that at any time she can call up anyone on her team and ask them for help. No matter what, they will be there for her. Roller derby is a tough sport, and skaters need an attitude to match. What about COVID, though? With everything closing and social distancing becoming law, even sports are forced to make changes. So what happens when tough-ass chicks are no longer allowed to play their tough-ass sport? What do they use as their outlet now? “We aren’t giving up,” Diamond says with confidence. The team is hosting an ongoing fundraiser—one it started at the beginning of the year before supersizing since quarantine—to keep people excited and engaged. For the fundraiser, roller derby league members are challenged to skate as many miles outside of the rink as they can, using proper social distancing practices. The Pinellas Trail and paved pathways throughout the county are perfect for skating, and members are rewarded for their miles with stickers, badges and helmets. Roller derby supporters who are not on a team are also invited to participate, and are given gift cards and vouchers for bouts once the derby teams are allowed to compete again. People can also purchase shirts to support the team. Diamond and founder Rose Frizzle are proud of the turnout so far: Collectively, skaters have

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HANDS OFF: Full-contact roller derby matches are on hold for now. logged over 8,000 miles—and the team is still going strong. Diamond herself has logged nearly 2,000 miles. She encourages teammates to skate and offers them transportation and/ or company to and along the trails. About half of their team is physically ready to get back in the game, Diamond says, and team leaders are planning on holding no-contact practices soon to keep the girls in shape. It will take at least two months of solid practice, though, before it is safe for skaters to compete again—so Diamond says their plan for the future months is to host scrimmages instead of full-on competitions, probably for the remainder of the year. Team leaders are in constant communication via Zoom meetings, phone calls and conferences to brainstorm new ideas on how to keep moving forward with gusto.

“The big message we want to get out there is that we’re still here, and we are still coming back.” Diamond says that skaters being visible on the trails is important: “Yes we are here! Please continue to support us!” And support them, the community is sure to do. I may not be tough enough for roller derby, but I sure as hell am inspired by these ladies. As the saying goes, adversity causes some teams to break—and others to break records. Revolution Roller Derby promises to be the latter, and I for one look forward to seeing them continue to smash goals and break records both in and outside of the rink. For more information on how to support the Revolution Roller Derby team, visit revolutionrollerderby.com.

“We’re still here, and we are still coming back.”

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Pier’s here

RICK ROLLING: Mayor Kriseman a-piers to feel really good about the grand opening.

Vintage photos show how much St. Pete’s piers have changed. By Colin Wolf

#TheDali now open, in real life Solace. Inspiration. Reflection. An unparalleled collection of Salvador Dalí works awaits. Visit The Dalí safely Wed-Sun 11am-6pm (until 8pm on Thu & Fri). Advance tickets now required.

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he new St. Pier officially opened on Monday, and to celebrate we thought we’d revisit the city’s long, storied history with piers (visit photos.cltampa.com to see the gallery). The first piers debuted around 1854. But the first major pier wasn’t built until the creation of the official Railroad Pier in 1889, which was before St. Petersburg was even considered a city. That pier extended roughly a half-mile into the water, and was used by the Orange Belt Railway, which carried people and goods from St. Pete to Longwood. Just a few blocks from this location was the Brantley Pier, which was built in 1896 and was the first pier to extend out from 2nd Avenue NE. It also featured a 34-room bathing pavilion. In 1904, the Brantley Pier was torn down to make way for the 3,000-foot Electric Pier, which featured lights and a street car line. It was owned by the St. Petersburg Electric Light & Power Company and the St. Petersburg & Gulf Electric Railway. Right next to the Electric Pier, was the home of the Municipal Recreation Pier from 1913 to 1921. Over on 3rd Avenue S. was the Fountain of Youth Pier, which was existed from 1901-1921 before it was destroyed by a hurricane. The Fountain of Youth Pier was considered the city’s first “tourist trap.” Unfortunately, a hurricane in 1921 wiped out just about every pier in St. Pete, which paved the way for the Million Dollar Pier and Casino. This

pier featured an open-air ballroom, a solarium, Spa Beach and bait houses. Though a major tourist attraction, the Million Dollar pier eventually needed a facelift, and was torn down in 1967. The empty lot at the end of the pier was used as a small park with benches, and in 1973 was the site of the famous Inverted Pyramid Pier. A famous landmark among locals, the Pyramid was filled with many beloved shops and restaurants, but it was also a logistical nightmare, considering the constant maintenance issues and lawsuits that followed over the years. The Pyramid was closed in 1986 for $12 million worth of renovations, and reopened in 1988 with a new glass elevator, an aquarium, and a banquet hall. However, the problems continued, and the pier was eventually closed in 2013 after maintenance continued to plague the attraction. Now, seven years later, the new $92 million St. Pete Pier makes its big debut, complete with a splash pad, a fishing deck, a local market vendor area, several restaurants, a 3,000-square-foot interactive classroom and a $1.5 million sculpture from Tampa Bay artist Janet Echelman called “Bending Arc.” Visit photos.cltampa.com to see vintage photos from the State of Florida archives that show just how far St. Pete’s piers have come in the last century.

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16 socially distant things to do in when it’s hot AF outside. By Christopher Cann

ot weekends have scorched Tampa Bay, so we put together a few activities to safely occupy your time, either in the water or air-conditioned spaces. Many require online reservations to enable social distancing, so make sure to look at the websites provided before heading out. See a full version of this list—and see more lists regarding springs, campgrounds and scenic drives—via photos.cltampa.com. Adventure Island The 30-acre water park known for its large slides has implemented some safety procedures—including COVID-19 training for employees and increased cleaning and sanitation routines—to halt the spread of coronavirus, the park. For entry, temperature checks will be required and must be below 100.4 degrees. Face coverings are not permitted on the rides but they are required in certain areas like the park entrance and retail spaces. Single-day adult tickets start at $50.99. 10001 McKinley Dr., Tampa. adventureisland.com Caladesi Island State Park The popular location for kayak and canoeing ventures is located on one of a few untouched islands along the Gulf of Mexico. Costs begin at $2 per kayak and $6 per boat. Masks are required in all buildings to halt the spread of coronavirus. 1 Causeway Blvd., Dunedin. floridastateparks.org Chassahowitzka River Campground A popular place for Florida residents and tourists alike to find shelter from the sun. Rent a kayak for

$25 and take it up river. Social distances is recommended between all guests and boat rentals are cleaned in between each use. 8600 W. Miss Maggie Dr., Homosassa. Chassahowitzkaflorida. com The Dalí Museum Home of rare, surrealist paintings and sculptures from world-renowned artist Salvador Dalí. Upon reopening the museum implemented many safety precautions including mandatory face masks, temperature checks and touch-free payments. Adult tickets are available for $25 and must be purchased online. 1 Dalí Blvd., St. Petersburg. thedali.org Dunedin Fine Art Center After being closed for 11 weeks, DFAC is back open—complete with temperature checks, mask requirements, sanitizer and more—and offering visits, new exhibits, camps and classes. 1143 Michigan Blvd, Dunedin. dfac.org The Don Cesar A luxury hotel with a private beach and pool; day passes are available for purchase starting at $40, which grant’s patrons access to the hotel’s facilities for a day. 3400 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach. doncesar.com Epperson Lagoon A one-of-a-kind seven-acre man made lagoon equipped with an obstacle course, swim-up bar, beach area, big screen TV viewing and clear water. Adult day passes start at $24.99 with kayak and paddleboard rentals starting at $10. 31885 Overpass Rd., Wesley Chapel. lagooninformation.com

Childs Park Pool This St. Pete pool offers a shaded picnic area, wading pool, swimming lanes, a diving area and a flume slide. Admission for children up to 12-years-old is $1 and it is $2 for anyone older. 1227 43rd St. S., St. Petersburg. stpeteparksrec.org The Florida Aquarium Downtown Tampa’s 250,000 square-foot aquarium with a layout takes visitors from fresh-water springs to the Gulf of Mexico. Exhibits include a simulated beach, simulated wetlands and a 500,000 gallon coral reef. In alignment with city mandates and CDC guidelines, all guests must wear masks for entry. Additionally, hourly capacity is limited to enable social distancing. Required online reservations start at $28.95 for an adult ticket. 701 Channelside Dr., Tampa. flaquarium.org Fort DeSoto Park The largest park in Pinellas County is made up of five islands. With three miles of waterfront, there are many options for guests wishing to get in the cool water. The 1,136-acre park has 238 site family campgrounds, two piers, floating docks for boat access, canoe and kayak rentals, a 6.8-mile recreational trail, pavilions with grills and of course, a historic fort. When on the premises, guests must social distance in an effort to halt the spread of coronavirus. 3500 Pinellas Bayway S., St. Petersburg. pinellascounty.org South Tampa YMCA There’s a pool, gym, basketball court, soccer field and more. When indoors, face masks are required and social distancing is required in all areas in accordance with local mandates and CDC guidelines. 4411 S. Himes Ave., Tampa. tampaymca.org

Sulphur Springs Pool Four 25-square-foot lap lanes, a splash pad and multiple water slides. The adjacent park also offers picnic tables and a view of the Hillsborough River. Social distancing requirements in place to limit the spread of coronavirus. 701 E. Bird St., Tampa. parks. tampagov.net Tampa Bay History Center This good time in the air conditioning includes exhibits that cover native inhabitants, Spanish conquistadors and other figures that shaped the area. After a $2 reduction in price, adult tickets are now $12.95. Tickets must be purchased online to guarantee safe indoor practices of social distancing. In addition, masks are required for entry and sanitizing stations can be found throughout the history center. 801 Water St., Tampa. tampabayhistorycenter.org The Tampa Museum of Art Home to a diverse set of modern and contemporary work from artists around the world. Currently, masks are required for patrons to gain entry in accordance with local mandates. While online tickets are not required, the museum recommends buying tickets in advance to avoid being turned away due to capacity constraints. 120 W. Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa. tampamuseum.org Urban Kai A paddleboard shop in Tampa Bay that offers classes, events and adventure tours, which can be purchased online. 310 W. 7th Ave. No. 5404, Ybor City. urbankai.com Weeki Wachee River State Park While guests cannot see mermaids at Weeki Wachee State Park, visitors can rent kayaks and take them along the 12 mile river. Kayak rentals start at $40. 6131 Commercial Wy., Spring Hill. floridastateparks.org/weekiwachee

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Charley Crockett won’t let coronavirus or a near-death experience delay his best album yet.

n a normal world, Charley Crockett sells albums on the road, five nights a week, as part of a plan hatched by his agent, renowned roots and rock scene vet Jon Folk. Nightclubs are impossible these days, but circumstances haven’t slowed Crockett, 36, down one bit. So he’s selling the 13-track LP—Welcome to Hard Times, due July 31 via Thirty Tigers and Crockett’s own Son of Davy imprint—on the phone. When Creative Loafing Tampa Bay caught him, Crockett was cruising around Austin, Texas in a ‘95 F-250 outfitted with a ‘69 square top. The songwriter let himself live a little the night before, so was looking for a healthy lunch. Taking care of his body is paramount these days as it’s been less than two years since Crockett had open heart surgery to repair a rare condition (Wolff-Parkinson’s-White) that he’d been living with since the day he was born to a single mom in rural south Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. Surgeons preparing to fix the condition, plus a seven-year-old hernia, found blood severely leaking into Crockett’s heart because of a missing aorta. Crockett thought his dizziness, shortness of breath and blackouts came from his rigorous touring schedule; the doctors saved his life. Crockett now sports a scar from just below his neck to the middle of his chest. In a January 2019 post-op message thanking fans, Crockett wrote, “This charging bull got himself a new transmission good for a million more miles… I’ve been turning my curse into a blessing since 1984 and y’all can always count on me to come over that next mountain top.” Welcome to Hard Times—produced by Mark Neill and featuring songwriting from the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach—was written well before coronavirus landed on the public’s radar, and many of the labels who wanted to release the album suggested Crockett push the release date back to next spring. Something told him that was a bad idea. Folk agreed, and told the artist to push the record up. “I said, ‘Man to be honest with you, that’s what I was feeling in my heart of hearts, but I was afraid to say anything because I felt like everybody was wanting to play it safe,’” Crockett

told CL about his reaction to Folk’s suggestion. Crockett—a twice-convicted felon implicated in his brother’s crimes—views himself as an underdog and was worried that his album would get lost in the static when all the louder voices releasing music in 2021. So far, the gamble has paid off. Streaming numbers are higher than they’ve ever been, and feedback on what he considers the best of his five-year-old discography has all been positive. Filed in the classic country bin at the record store, the record’s makeup simultaneously oozes with honky-tonk, the blues and soul. Crockett eschews labels, especially ones that divide, but Hard Times is also colored with flashes of his pasts as a subway performer who played alongside rappers and the sound of his sprawling ethnic background (European, African, Cajun, Creole and Jewish roots). The songwriter’s time in Louisiana, and the chip on his shoulder, make themselves known, too. And its title track couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time. On it, Crockett plainly states that life’s a casino where the dice are loaded and everything’s fixed against you (“even a hobo could tell you this,” he sings). The song, and album as a whole, is Crockett’s reaction to life after a surgery that kept him from pushing daisies—and he’s got an important question to ask: “Would you even care if I told you my life just isn’t fair?” But “Welcome To Hard Times”—in all of its isolation and loneliness—was also released two days after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis. I first heard it on the day after seeing Minneapolis’ third precinct burn down. There was no way to predict Floyd’s murder and the ensuing protests still in the streets more than a month later. To Crockett, the new civil rights movement affirms what he’s observed from the highway over the last decade. What happened to Floyd happens to countless others; it being captured on video forced the country to finally deal with issues the U.S. has been trying to confront since the ‘60s. “I’ve been circling this country my entire adult life, and it doesn’t make a big difference

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RUN HORSE RUN: Grounded by coronavirus, Charley Crockett is releasing a new album early.

whether I was thumbin’ on the side of the highway, or riding in a tour bus. It’s real similar to me,” Crockett told CL. “I’m basically hanging out in damn near the same area of the town on the bus that I was on the street. I’m just a little bit higher up off the ground on a bunk.” The only thing that’s really changed is his audience. On the street, it was more diverse; when you get into bigger clubs with bigger covers, the demographics change, which is OK because Crockett loves playing for anyone who’ll listen. “I don’t want to be surrounded by people that only think like me, because then I ain’t growing,” he said. He evoked the Roger Miller tune “Where Where Have All the Average People Gone” in trying to explain what it’s like to talk to so many people across the country—all with different views. Crockett said the swath of perspectives has a tremendous effect on an artist. He hears the concert of blue collar workers and wants them to know that just because George Floyd opened the door for Black Lives Matter doesn’t mean their working class voice is canceled. “I believe that there’s room,” Crockett explained about both voices. “[But] one voice

has been heard for a long time and the other one hasn’t.” And at the end of the day, Crockett’s new album is about his own hard time anyway—he’s just glad that a song about struggle has found its way into people’s own personal battle. “I think artists want to affect culture. It’s one thing to be some kind of opportunist that runs out there and tries to take advantage of movements and stuff. It’s another thing for your true life experiences to resonate with people and make a difference,” Crockett said. He hopes the album’s message of gambling on yourself despite bad odds resonates, and he’s clear about not standing down from saying what he belives is right and wrong. “I don’t care whether or not people agree with this or not, but I’m out here on the road my whole life. No offense to most of these people, but they’re not. I’m out here on the road, all the time,” he said. “So for all these people who want to sit here and tell a country singer to shut up and sing—I want to tell them, ‘Why don’t you shut up and listen for a second?’” And if they wanted to be more like Charley, they’d open their hearts, too.

“Would you even care if I told you my life just isn’t fair?”

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DAVE DECKER

HOUSE CALL: Christopher Nadeau playing Nova House with Permanent Makeup in November 2019.

Move forward

St. Pete punk project CondominiumFL donates EP proceeds to NAACP. By Ray Roa

he Venus isn’t the only St. Petersburg rock band addressing systemic racism with a new release this month. CondominiumFL—led by Permanent Makeup guitarist Christopher Nadeau—released the two-song Topical EP on June 26, and is donating 100% of the artist proceeds to the NAACP legal defense fund. Nadeau (pronounced “neh-doh”) is a brand new father, and he told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that this moment is not his time to physically be on the streets and protests. So the songs are his way to send money and support. There’s no ambiguity about the songs’ subject matter either. Just listen to “Using anachronisms to draw the direct line between our racist past and now,” where Nadeau, 36, connects eras in American history using things like smartwatches or events like when Trump’s channeled Miami police Chief Walter Headley in repeating the phrase “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” (as NPR points out, Headley said that in 1967 during hearings about crime in his city; he angered civil rights leaders as a result). “By putting a smart watch on George Wallace, I can show that everything else about [the mid-’40s segregationist Democratic governor of Alabama] would unfortunately fit right in with our current climate,” Nadeau said. To put the songs to tape, he recorded each instrument separately with a little Tascam recorder. On “anachronisms,” Nadeau got help on drums from North Carolina poet and musician Clark Blomquist, but he usually just uses the Hydrogen open source program to get the basic

drum parts down before adding guitar or synth. “[After that] I put the Tascam handheld recorder in front of an amp, figure out vocal melodies and words, then put the handheld recorder in front of the vocal amp, record that and then jam the files all together in Audacity,” Nadeau added. When asked about what it’s like to be a white artist at a time when the focus is on justice for Black and Indiegenous Americans, Nadeau explained that there’s room for white punks like him to be knowledgeable and have conversations with people in our lives who don’t intersect with people of color. “We have to have the backs of every marginalized community. We have to do better,” he said. He wants to see Black Lives Matter marches lead to action that brings change, and he stressed that intersectionality is key. To Nadeau, people who have the hardest time understanding these protests are those who don’t read anything outside of white experience and don’t listen to anyone’s experience outside of other white people they know. He admits that the larger DIY scene his band used to run through on national tours has room to be more inclusive. He laments the fact that one of the most mixed local punk festivals—Lucky You Fest—got canned due to COVID-19. “Christian works so hard to put diverse lineups together. And he does it honestly and organically, not tokenistic at all,” Nadueau explained. “So hopefully other local DIY bookers can take Christian’s lead and open up the pit.” Listen to the release via cltampa.com, and chip in via condominiumfl.bandcamp.com.

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

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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 quarantine vinyl, and spend that money you were saving for the now postponed Record Store Day 2020. Just make sure to call ahead of time to see what’s up at the shop. —Kyla Fields ArtPool Records (2030 Central Ave., St. Petersburg) 727-433-5195, artpoolrules. com

Daddy Kool Records (2430 Terminal Dr. S., Side B, St. Petersburg) 727-822-5665, daddykool.com

Kingfish Records (Main Store) (26024-B US Highway 19 N., Clearwater) 727-351-5177, kingfishrecords.com

Sound Exchange Tampa (14246 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa) 813-978-9316, soundexchangetampabay.com

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

Disc Exchange (6712 Central Ave., St. Petersburg) 727-343-5845, thediscexchange. com

Kingfish Records (Flea Market) (180 Race Track Rd., Tampa) 727-455-9923, kingfishrecords.com

Sound Exchange Pinellas Park (66th Street N and 86th Avenue N., Pinellas Park) 727-545-0042, soundexchangetampabay.com

Dunedin Records & Audio (757 Main St., Dunedin) 727-423-4108, dunedinrecords.com

Microgroove (906 N. Florida Ave., Tampa) 813-667-7089, microgroovetampa.co

St. Pete Records (6648 Central Ave., St. Petersburg) 727-490-8861, stpeterecords.com

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

Steelworker Records (708 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Tampa) 813-666-4933, steelworkerrecords.com

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

Bananas Records Warehouse (2226 16th Dustin’s Vinyl Shop (180 Race Track Rd., Ave. N., St. Petersburg) 727 327-4616 ext. 2, Booth F25 W, Oldsmar) 727-678-6829, facebook.com/pg/dustinsvinylshop bananasrecords.com Green Shift Music & Comics (5713 N. Blue Moon Antiques, Books & Music (1413 Cleveland St., Clearwater) 727-443-7444 Nebraska Ave., Tampa) 813-238-4177, greenshiftmusicandcomics.com The Clearwater Record Shop (1610 N. Hercules Ave., Clearwater) 727-755-1201, Hello Darlin’ Records (Roving VW Camper) clearwaterrecordshow.com 727-479-6783, hellodarlinrecords.com

Patrick’s Book and Record Store (15215 US Hwy.19 C, Hudson) 727-868-3168, patricksbooksandre.wixsite.com/patricks Planet Retro Records (226 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N., St. Petersburg) 727-2187434, planetretrorecords.com

Unique Music & Collectables (123 Main St., Dunedin) 727-240-0757 Vintage Vinyl (38874 U.S. 19 N., Tarpon Springs) 727-940-8301, vintagevinyl.biz

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out of the window,” wrote poet Wallace Stevens. That’s a problem you won’t have to worry about anytime soon. The coming weeks will be a favorable phase for you to both think and gaze out the window—as well as to explore all the states in-between. In other words, you’ll have the right and the need to indulge in a leisurely series of dreamy ruminations and meandering fantasies and playful explorations of your deepest depths and your highest heights. Don’t rush the process. Allow yourself to linger in the gray areas and the vast stretches of inner wildness. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The coming weeks will b e a

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.” The author and activist bell hooks wrote that. (She doesn’t capitalize her name.) In accordance with the highest astrological potentials, I’m inviting you Capricorns to be inspired by her wisdom as you upgrade your meaningful relationships during the next six weeks. I think it’s in your self-interest to give them even more focus and respect and appreciation than you already do. Be ingenious as you boost the generosity of spirit you bestow on your allies. Be resourceful as you do this impeccable work in the

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Some night soon, I predict you’ll have an agitated dream while you’re asleep: a nightmare that symbolizes an unresolved conflict you’re wrestling with in your waking life. Here’s a possible example: A repulsive politician you dislike may threaten to break a toy you loved when you were a kid. But surprise! There’ll be a happy ending. A good monster will appear in your dream and fix the problem; in my example, the benevolent beast will scare away the politician who’s about to break your beloved toy. Now here’s the great news: In the days after your dream, you’ll solve the conflict you’ve been wrestling with in your waking life. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful,” writes author Diane Ackerman. I’m guessing that in recent months, her description has been partially true for you Virgos. From what I can tell, love has indeed been a rigorous school. And the tuition has been rather high. But on the other hand, the homework has been at least as pleasurable as it has been painful. I expect these trends to continue for the foreseeable future. What teachings about intimacy, communion, tenderness, and compassion would you like to study next? LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible,” wrote Libran novelist Graham Greene. His words can serve as a stirring motto for you in the coming weeks. I sense you’re close to summoning a burst of courage—a bigger supply of audacity than you’ve had access to in a while. I hope you’ll harness this raw power to fuel a daring feat that will expand your conception of what is possible. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “It’s not always easy to tell the difference between thinking and looking

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I’m a lesbian in a long-term relationship. After much conversation with my partner we’ve decided to explore cuckolding role-play together. I’m not comfortable bringing another person into the relationship—especially right now—but I am willing to explore this as a fantasy. The thing is, I’m having a hard time figuring out how to do it. There’s not a lot of info out there on how to engage in cuck role-play, especially between two women. Could you point me in the right direction here so we can have some fun while remaining monogamous? —Couldn’t Undergo Cuckolding Kink’s Glories In Real Life “You can definitely introduce cuckolding themes and even a cuck identity into your relationship while remaining monogamous,” said Thomas, a married gay man and former cuck blogger whose husband has cucked him many times IRL. “In fact, many cuckold relationships are monogamous and cucking remains in the fantasy realm.” Thomas even sees his relationship as monogamous—at least on his side. “The definition of monogamy varies greatly for each couple,” said Thomas, “and I do consider myself monogamous because I’m the cuck and so I don’t technically have sex with other guys. My husband does. I just get to watch sometimes.” Let me quickly define terms for readers who somehow missed the three hundred other columns I’ve written about cuckolding over the years: A cuckold relationship is a one-sided open relationship where one partner is free to have sex with other people while the other partner remains faithful. What distinguishes a cuckold relationship from your standard open relationship where one person doesn’t care to sleep around is the element of humiliation. In most cuckold relationships, GUCKGIRL, the cuck— the person who remains faithful—enjoys being teased or mocked by their “unfaithful” partner; sometimes the “unfaithful” partner’s lover or lovers, usually referred to as “bulls,” participates in the erotic humiliation of the cuck partner. Thomas created a popular Tumblr blog about gay male cuckold relationships back when there was very little information about gay cuckolds online, CUCKGIRL, much less gay cuckold porn or other resources. In fact, there was once so little info online or anywhere else about gay cuckolds that many people—myself included—weren’t convinced that gay cuckolding was actually a thing. Cuckolding wasn’t a thing in Thomas’s marriage at the start. “Total monogamy had always been the plan,” said Thomas. “But I got interested after seeing some straight cuckold porn. I

immediately identified with the cuck but I was too embarrassed to bring it up with my husband because it went against our vision of our marriage but also because I only ever saw cuckolding represented in straight porn.” Raising awareness of gay cuckolds—and representing gay cuckold relationships—motivated Thomas to start his blog. So if you’re not finding anything out there about lesbian cuckolding, CUCKGIRL, perhaps you could borrow a page from Thomas’s playbook and create the content and resources you would like to see. Sadly, Thomas’s gay cuckolding blog is no more. His was just one of the many sex blogs—deeply personal passion projects, one and all—that were lost forever after the geniuses who ran Tumblr decided to purge adult content from their platform. In a matter of days Tumblr saw its traffic fall by one-third and its value crater. Yahoo paid $1.1 billion to acquire Tumblr back 2013 but six years and one porn purge later the site sold for just $20 million—less than 2% of what Tumblr was worth when it still hosted Thomas’s gay cuckolding blog. (The moral of this story: Don’t fuck with gay cuckolds.) Thomas thinks it’s entirely possible for you and your partner to enjoy lesbian cuckolding fantasies while keeping your relationship monogamous on both sides. Indeed, that’s what Thomas and his husband did for many years. “My husband and I started playing around with cuckold fantasies several years into our marriage and it remained a hot role-play fantasy for a long time,” said Thomas. “It was fun, it was sexy, and it improved our ability to communicate with each other about sex in general.” They kept their fantasy play simple at first— for example, his husband would talk about a guy he found hot while Thomas blew him or Thomas would tease his husband about a sexy new coworker of his that he knew his husband had a crush on. They would use insertion toys and pretend they were other guys’ dicks and only gradually did they introduce some humiliating dirty talk into their cuckold role-play talk, and then only as Thomas’s husband became more comfortable with the idea of humiliating him. “Making use of cam sites is also a great way to explore if you’re comfortable with that level of monogamish,” said Thomas. “If you’re a cuck like me, watching your partner perform for someone else is incredibly erotic.” A more monogamous way to explore cuckolding without opening the relationship—not even a crack—is simply to ask your partner to tell you about her past sexual encounters. Listening to

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your partner talk about hot experiences she had with other women while you masturbate or while you two fuck is a great way to explore cuckolding without actually opening up your relationship. You’ll be bringing people up, CUCKGIRL, not bringing them in. “But just as a gay cuckold couple’s fantasies aren’t identical to a straight couple’s cuckold fantasies, a lesbian couple’s fantasies aren’t going to be the same either,” said Thomas. “CUCKGIRL and her partner just have to find their own way. But the most important thing is to keep communicating. Always communicate! If a particular form of role-play isn’t working, tell your partner. And give each other veto powers and go easy on yourself. Cuckolding is a fantasy that plays with your fears around monogamy and infidelity—it can be very hot but it can be scary too. So take it slow.” Like a lot of sex bloggers who were kicked off Tumblr, Thomas migrated over to Twitter, where he currently has more than 13,000 followers. His handle on Twitter is @gaycuckoldhubby. I’m a straight lady in my mid-30s and I just found out my husband of six years and partner for 10 has been cheating on me for the last five years. As far as I knew, we had a perfect marriage—probably the best relationship, sexual or otherwise, I’d ever been in. If this was a one-off affair, I think I could work past this—counseling, open marriage, some sort of solution. But the fact that he’s lied to me for the five years and that the sex was unsafe (I saw video) disturbs me. My heart doesn’t want this to end—he’s been my best friend, lover, and support system for ten years—but my brain is telling me that even if we renegotiated the terms of our marriage, he’d deceive me again. I’m working with a therapist, but what’s your take? Once a cheater, always a cheater? I don’t expect an all-knowing answer. But

a little perspective would be helpful. —Duped Wife For most of a marriage, which you describe as perfect, your husband was cheating on you. My perspective/two cents: Instead of regarding everything that worked about your marriage as a lie, instead of seeing every loving moment as just some part of your husband’s long and very selfish con, you might want to see what was good about your marriage and what was bad about your husband as two things that existed sideby-side. So instead of telling yourself, “This was a lousy marriage, it was all a lie, I just didn’t know it,” tell yourself, “It was a good marriage despite his cheating, it wasn’t all a lie, but it was a lot less perfect than I thought.” That’s where you’ll need to get if you want to stay in this marriage—and that may be the biggest “if” you’ll ever confront in your life. And while there are no studies that support, “once a cheater, always a cheater,” studies have shown that someone who has cheated is more likely to cheat again. Not certain to cheat again, but more likely to cheat than someone who’s never cheated. I’m so sorry you’re going through this, particularly now. I often masturbate thinking about the straight boy who wakes up in female underwear, tied up, gagged, and pegged by a female. Is there a name for this fantasy? —Good And Simple Pervert I can’t give you a name—a name for this sequence of events and mélange of kinks—but I know plenty of professional female dominants that would be happy to give you an estimate. Do not miss the Planned Parenthood show on savagelovecast.com. Contact mail@savagelove. net, and follow @FakeDanSavage on Twitter.

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