Library Budget Crisis Factsheet The Brevard County Library System budget has been cut by more than $7.2 million in the past two years, representing a reduction of over 26%. A further $2 to $3 million budget reduction is being projected for the next Fiscal Year beginning October 1. At the Cocoa Beach Library, these losses have directly affected the public in these ways: The book budget has been reduced by more than 73%, from $123,000 two years ago to just $32,000 this year. Operating hours have been... [Read more...]
Greg Gordon
Article Category: Costa Rica Surf Report
Costa Rica Surf Report: May ‘10 • Greg Gordon • Photo caption: Be one of the first three to email info@crsurf.com with the name of this break and win a sticker pack from CR Surf Travel Co. ~ Photo: GG FORECAST Caribbean Coast: Don’t expect big surf this month, but when it’s tiny and the sun is shining the snorkeling is incredible. The rainy season has started, so also be prepared for an afternoon dousing. What’s best is that the hotels drop their rates and when there’s... [Read more...]
Capt. Rob D'Andrea
Article Category: River Fishing Report
River Fishing Report: May ’10 • Capt. Rob D’Andrea • www.orlando-fishingcharters.com Indian River and Banana River The inshore saltwater fishing has really picked up with the warmer air and water temperature. The redfish and trout have been feeding voraciously on the grass flats of the Thousand Islands area of Cocoa Beach. Topwater lures such as the Heddon Zara Spook, Lucky Craft Sammy, and Mirrolure Top Dog have been producing excellent action early in the morning and late... [Read more...]
Captain Scott Bussen
Article Category: Canaveral Fishing Report
Land of the free, home of the brave MY ASS! That’s right, we’re still not allowed to keep red snapper! Sadly, if the Environmental Defense Fund, PEW, and other pinko, commie dirtbag organizations have their way, I may have caught the last red snapper I can legally keep before I take the proverbial six-foot dirt nap. It’s all a bad ventriloquist act with NMFS as the dummy and the environmental groups pulling the strings and moving the mouth. I’ve never really been a fan... [Read more...]
Captain Sherrie Stovall
Article Category: Sebastian Fishing Report
Stovall Report: May ‘10 • Captain Sherrie Stovall • Sebastian Inlet Report Nighttime anglers are catching snook on buck tails and windcheaters during the outgoing tides. Focus on the tide changes and that should help produce a slot-sized fish. The bluefish have been very thick at the Inlet and expect to hook a few while trying to bag a redfish or snook. Good numbers of black drum, sheepshead, and pompano have been around the rocks at the tip of the North and South Jetties. With all the bait... [Read more...]
Tobin Bennison
Article Category: Local Amp
The Redliners • Tobin Bennison • The Redliners, a power trio from Tampa/St. Petersburg, describe themselves thusly: “Take traditional rock n’ roll and add a little ass to it. If the Ramones were Chuck Berry’s backup band, that’s what we’d sound like.” Drawing from influences like Dion and the Belmonts, Buddy Holly, Social Distortion, Dropkick Murphys, and Rancid, the core members of the Redliners met while attending college in Greenville, NC, and formed officially... [Read more...]
Kimberly Stone
Article Category: Local Amp
Pato Banton • Kimberly Stone • www.beachinmommies.com Since the late ’60s, reggae music has been a platform for expressing the message of spirituality, connection, respect, and above all, love, toward all humankind. For almost 40 years, Pato Banton has been practicing his own original blend of reggae to express himself and bring people the world over together as one. Born Patrick Murray in London in 1961, Pato started working the door as a lookout for his Jamaican stepfather’s... [Read more...]
Tobin Bennison
Article Category: Local Amp
The Psychedelic Furs • Tobin Bennison • Formed in 1977, the Psychedelic Furs came out of the UK’s emerging punk scene, but won initial fame for ushering in a movement away from the genre’s narrow and aggressive aesthetic. Founded by brothers Richard and Tim Butler, the band, originally a sextet, released their eponymous debut in 1980, quickly landing them on radio and the Top 20 UK charts. Marked by Richard’s moody croon and the band’s shadowy, guitar-driven sound,... [Read more...]
Tobin Bennison
Article Category: Local Amp
Timmy Curran During his surfing career, Timmy Curran was one of the best surfers on the WCT circuit and consistently in contention for the world championship. But though he’s best remembered as one of the pioneers of the late 1990’ s”Aerial Revolution,” Curran is now a full-time musician, a moving singer/songwriter in the tradition of Ben Harper and Damien Rice. Curran earned initial fame on the water for completing a full-rotation, upside-down flip in 2-foot surf at Rocky Point... [Read more...]
Tobin Bennison
Article Category: Local CD Review
Quiet Science With/Without Self-released; 2010 Despite their soothing name, there’s something disquieting about Quiet Science’s sound, a sense of percolating rage hemmed in by a panel of circumspective, clipboard-weilding therapists. And their debut full-length, With/Without, is a case study on the evils of meticulous production. As arresting as the chiming, U2-like riff of opener “In the Company of Killers” is, the song quickly devolves into the kind of slick, radio-friendly... [Read more...]
