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Pool hall is laid back, affordable
By ALI RIECK | July 7, 2010Gainesville has an array of bars and clubs, but few are as unpretentious and laid-back as the new Palomino Pool Hall downtown.
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Breezy tanks define summer style
By Marissa Prieto | July 7, 2010In the Summer heat, men's fashion can sometimes take a backseat to staying cool, but it doesn't have to be that way.
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Hookah bars highlight Gainesville’s smokier side
By Kat Bein | July 7, 2010UF's campus may be tobacco-free, but Gainesville still has its head in the clouds.
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Road trips test manhood
By DAVE JOHNSON | July 7, 2010If there is one great American rite of passage, it is the road trip. Haphazardly shoving people and belongings into a car and debauching ourselves across state lines is about as American as apple pie baked by underpaid immigrant laborers.
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Dave’s ideal Fourth of July extravaganza
By DAVE JOHNSON | June 30, 2010The Fourth of July. It’s possibly the greatest holiday that has ever existed. Some guys signed a piece of paper that brought the United States of America into existence, and more than two centuries later we commemorate that day in the most American way: grilling, getting belligerently drunk and watching things explode. I love July Fourth because I’m a big fan of America. It’s pretty much the best country I’ve ever lived in.
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The Second Amendment: A love story (with guns)
By Alex Orlando | June 30, 2010I know you've been waiting for it: the weekend of booze, fireworks and watermelon in celebration of our country that looms at the end of this first week of Summer B.
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Fanfares and Fireworks show returns to Flavet Field
By Erin Rauch | June 30, 2010Gainesville’s only annual fireworks display is bursting back to life with help from local sponsors.
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Rock band Rooney to make tour stop in Gainesville
By ALISHA KINMAN | June 30, 2010Famed West coast rock band Rooney is coming to Gainesville.
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Fourth of July brings patriotism to drinking, celebrating
By RICHARD STEHLI | June 30, 2010Fireworks, patriotism and guns! It’s the Fourth of July, and the best way to enjoy the
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A helpful guide on how to not piss off your bartenders
By THOMAS PLEVIK | June 30, 2010Gainesville is crammed with bars, and this Fourth of July weekend you will no doubt encounter throngs of sloppy drunks ready to join you in the never-ending war against joyless, American sobriety.
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Dave Johnson had a Crappy Weekend
By DAVE JOHNSON | June 16, 2010This is not the column I planned on writing this week. If everything had gone like it was supposed to, I'd be recapping my adventures at Bonnaroo. I had my ticket paid for me. My car was just about packed. And then I was reminded that this was the weekend my dad and I were supposed to visit my grandmother. Goodbye, Bonnaroo. Hello, Mishawaka, Indiana.
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“Futurama” returns to Comedy Central
By Drew Wilson | June 16, 2010It has been nearly seven years since the final episode aired, but “Futurama” is back and better than ever.
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Artist promotes conservation through photography
By Erin Rauch | June 16, 2010Below a flock of butterflies and a few feet from a mammoth skeleton hang 15 windows into Florida’s Nature Coast.
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Jam band 3rd Stone connects with fans
By Alex Orlando | June 16, 2010Music echoed out of the Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Friday, bouncing off the courthouse walls and sending a booming bass line through downtown Gainesville.
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Pool party brings despair
By RICHARD STEHLI | June 16, 2010Summer pool parties include beer, food, music, and girls in bikinis. What more could you ask for? Saturday seemed to be my lucky day, as Gainesville Place hosted its Summer A pool party.
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UF group wins funniest comedy team
By ALI RIECK | June 16, 2010Gators have a new reason to turn their jorts-swag on: UF students Rudy Mendoza, Calvin Cole, Tim Keck and Brian Amos won the title of Funniest Comedy Team at the National College Comedy Competition.
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Drinking 101 - Single Malt Scotch
By RICHARD STEHLI | June 9, 2010From W.C. Fields to Ron Burgundy to Ron White, people love Scotch. There's no reason you can't, too! Wait, am I even writing about Scotch in a college newspaper? Get a hold of yourself, because if there's one thing in this world with the power to cross cultural and social boundaries, it's alcohol. So, prepare yourself to enjoy something new, and consider this your crash course in single malt Scotch whiskey.
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Fake weed offers smokers a more legal, less potent alternative
By ALI RIECK | June 9, 2010Sold in a small pouch clearly labeled “not intended for human consumption,” Gainesville Green Sense is marketed as an herbal air freshener. The finely crumbled blend of dry plant matter smells slightly sweet, similar to a fruity bubblegum.
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My Beard is Not "Ironic": An Introspective
By DAVE JOHNSON | June 9, 2010Those who know me knew this column was inevitable. However, I was not planning on writing it so soon. But something I saw in this very publication a week or two ago raised my ire to such a height that I could not help but offer my commentary on the situation.
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Local album wrap up
By JAMES KAUFHOLZ | June 9, 2010Greenland is Melting : Our Hearts are Gold, Our Grass is Blue : Bluegrass/Punk : Released 9/17/09
