

Scott's Tampa Mob Website (www.geocities.com/scottyyz)
- News, mugshots, history, and the hangouts
Classic Web Designs (www.classicwebdesigns.com)
- Webmaster extraordinaire
Mafia (more mob links on my Tampa mob website):
The Mob New Blog (mob-news.blogspot.com:80)
Rick Porello's
AmericanMafia.com (www.americanmafia.com)
Gangsters Inc. (gangstersinc.tripod.com)
Illinois Police and Sheriff's News (www.ipsn.org)
Mafia International (www.mafia-international.com)
Real Deal Mafia forum (www.realdeal-forum.com/forum/index.php)
Hollywood Mafia (www.hollywoodmafia.com)
New York Mafia History Forum (www.geocities.com/nymafia2001)
La Cosa Nostra (www.geocities.com:80/mafiason_99)
Thief! Story of an Ex-Con Artist (www.thieftruestory.com)
JFK Assassination Forum (click
here)
Music
Rush (www.rush.com)
Official site of the greatest band of all time.
Neil Peart (www.neilpeart.net)
- Official site of the greatest drummer of all time.
Counterparts Message Board (www.rushmessageboard.com)
- Who died and made you Geddy Lee?
Van Morrison (www.vanmorrison.com)
- Official site of the greatest singer/songwriter/vocalist
of all time.
Pitchfork (www.pitchforkmedia.com)
- For the alternative, independent, and unsigned. Free
downloads of bands with way more talent than the crap on
regular radio
Hardradio (www.hardradio.com/hr3.html)
- All metal, all the time. Internet radio, news,
interviews, forums, downloads…
Some bands I’ve been into lately:
The Milwaukees (www.milwaukees.com)
- A great New Jersey based rock band
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
(http://www.tedleo.com/news.php)
– Awesome indie rock. Been addicted to his music since
late 2005 after seeing him at the Orpheum in Tampa
Belle And Sebastian (www.belleandsebastian.co.uk/home)
– A favorite since 1996
Coheed and Cambria (www.coheedandcambria.com)
– Always been a fan of progressive metal (Fates Warning,
Dream Theater)- these guys are the new torchbearers of the
prog metal flame.
The Long Winters (www.thelongwinters.com)
-Seattle’s best export since Soundgarden (Nirvana- way
overrated). Alternative indie rock, similar to Death Cab
for Cutie
Ben Folds (www.benfolds.com)
– Who cares about piano rock?
Evergrey (www.evergrey.net)-
Euro power metal
Tracy Thorn (www.myspace.com/traceythorn)
- Form EBTG, and the best female vocalist around
The Decemberists (www.decemberists.com)
- Couldn’t beat Colbert in a guitar showdown, but still
full of worthiness
The New Pornographers (www.thenewpornographers.com)
- This power pop band from the Great White North have the
added feature of frequent guest vocalist Neko Case (www.nekocase.com)
Writing:
Tampa Book Buzz (http://tampabookbuzz.com/blog)
- Support your local authors
Barricade Books (www.barricadebooks.com)
- Publisher of my books Cigar City Mafia and The Silent
Don
Ace Atkins (www.aceatkins.com)
- Excellent Southern noir writer
Lee Irby (www.leeirby.com)
- Another exceptional Florida author
Fishing:
Florida Sportsman (www.floridasportsman.com)
- Home of the world famous Florida Sportsman Forum. Accept
no substitutes.
Captain Mel Berman (www.capmel.com)
- West Central Florida fishing HQ
Miscellaneous:
Sticks of Fire (sticksoffire.com)
- The all-Tampa Bay blog
Jibade-Khalil Huffman (khalilhuffman.com)
- Eclectic up-and-coming young poet out of New York City.
Tampa Bay Derby Darlins (tampabayderbydarlins.com)
- Tampa's own roller derby league. Home of the Cigar City
Mafia, the best team in Tampa Bay!