At some point, “Florida” became an adjective. Use it, and certain images of the the charmingly tacky and wildly strange are instantly evoked. For our cover, we had our very own custom airbrush t-shirt made. What else so perfectly embodies the experience of a trashy spring break beach town (other than Girls Gone Wild […]

You know that relative you have? You know, the lunatic. The one you are alternately terrified of and fascinated by? That one. The one who can embarrass you in a thousand ways but still make you laugh your ass off. Everybody has that relative. And as crazy as that person is, you still love […]

by Lauren Hill
Making a life and career out of her artistic talents, Shirley Otter Ambrose has manifest her creativity in myriad ways. In the 1940s and 1950s Shirley honed her eye for detail and precision as a commercial artist. After relocating from Kansas to Crescent Beach in 1975, she opened and maintained an interior […]

By Ant Perrucci
Drew Curtis is the owner and proprietor of Fark.com, a popular news aggregator Web site. User-provided content is given a (usually humorous) headline and a topic tag, then commented on by other users until something new happens or all the funny has been beaten out of it three or four times over.

Where […]

By Rachel Bardin
Photos Lauren Hill
There’s something to be said for going out and catching your own dinner. A meal that didn’t originate in a styrofoam tray wrapped in cellophane cannot be beat. It is something that sadly, many never or rarely get to experience.  Of course, if you are a writer setting out to […]

By Shannon McGregor
The Oldest City first welcomed Israeli garage rockers Monotonix during last year’s Harvest of Hope festival. As we wait with baited breath for the 2010 HOH lineup, rest assured (or rather, get amped as hell) about Monotonix’s Jan. 25 show at Café Eleven. As a lead-up to what promises to be a […]