The CLAP: The Creative Loafing Alternative Podcast (Tampa Bay)

In this episode of the Creative Loafing Alternative Podcast, the team talks the fall season, including the Ringling International Arts Festival, Ichicoro Ane and the crowded concert lineup; Ray previews his story on Manchester Orchestra; and Cathy serves up excellent beer from Holy Land Brewing in Charleston, SC, including one called "Smells Like Rick" — which really should be the official beer of the St. Pete mayoral election.

Fall Arts Preview 2017: Everything Changes

Fall Arts 2017: Humanities: We're all in this together

Fall Arts 2017: Here are all the best Tampa Bay concerts headed your way

Fall Arts Preview 2017: Etcetera

Ichicoro Ana: 5 things to know about the Tampa ramen-ya's St. Pete sibling

CL Endorsement: Re-Elect Rick Kriseman as Mayor of St. Petersburg

Holy City Brewing

In this edition of the Creative Loafing Alternative Podcast, a kayak journey leads to thoughts about racial reparations; intern LJ discusses concert-going with his mom (and theories about his parentage); and everyone goes loco over goodies from Cape Cod's Chequessett Chocolate.

This week the CL crew talks local politics (St. Pete's plastic bag ban and state-level preemption), local music (Tampa's excellent DieAlps!, whose new album is out Aug. 4), local art (the provocative nature of Skyway: A Contemporary Collaboration exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts), and local beer — in fact, they taste several in preparation for next week's cover story on all the fine Tampa Bay craft beer available to go in cans and bottles.

Plastic Bag Ban

Preemption

Skyway

This week, we start things off with a look at the upcoming televised debate between St. Petersburg's two highest-profile mayoral candidates, and Kate Bradshaw's accompanying Bingo card/drinking game. After Ray talks a bit about Girls Rock Camp St. Pete and their upcoming showcase concert, Suncoast Animal League co-founder Rick Chaboudy introduces Ralphie, a terribly abused pup who became a social media hero and is healing nicely with support from the entire community. (WARNING: Graphic description of animal abuse.) Meaghan and Alex wrap things up with a cookie butter taste-off.

Discussed Articles

St. Pete Mayoral Debate Bingo - Kate Bradshaw

Girls Rock Camp St. Pete - Ray Roa

Glowing Bowling for the Pupper-Uppers - Cathy Salustri

Shopping at Sprouts: What it's like - Jennifer Ring

Hate mail kicks things off, as CL's editor David Warner talks to Jobsite Theater's David Jenkins about "lesbian gay kissing!" and other audience complaints, and intern LJ discusses reactions to the politics of a Roger Waters concert. Ray and Kate geek out over Paul McCartney, Cathy chimes in about the AQ at Jimmy Buffett concerts, and Kate and Mady discuss the St. Pete mayoral debate and the Uhurus. Finally, the team tastes Bad Larry's Hard Coffee (possibly incriminating Kate's man in the process), Ray pimps the Music Issue and Cathy explains arteriosclerotic necrosis — sort of.

The Creative Loafing team talks about Tampa's vast music history, the STARFKR frontman's BDSM experiences, monkeys chasing laughing families, the Warped Tour backstage experience with Randy Ojeda, and Joe Brown's letter re Confederate statues in public places.

Song: I Want That - Good Graeff

Cryptosporidium

The Creative Loafing team talks about the Tampa Bay comedy scene (and the need for more female comics), the Confederate monument controversy, and the only gluten-free bread Cathy Salustri gives her #becausegluten hashtag of approval.

Song: I Want That - Good Graeff

On this episode of The Clap, the Creative Loafing team discusses Mack Daddy's Hawg Sauce, Cathy's love of New World Brewery sausages, Ray's adorned nipples, the tastelessness of jackfruit, Creative Loafing Tampa's Beerfest on August 5th, Gayle's Diner and more.

Song: Good Graeff - I Want That

In this episode of The CLAP, Creative Loafing staffers talk about eating too many sandwiches in a day, unwittingly stealing a patron's meal, miraculous gluten-free flour, mom's egg rolls and drinking gin from a melon.

Song: Good Graeff - I Want That