Ray Roa

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A screenshot of the Bandcamp profile page for the Tampa, Florida soft-grunge trio Hovercar. The page features a grid of six album covers, including "Figurines," "Killing Jar," "Nylon," "Arcade Girl," "Bandcamp Friday: Live Vol. 1," and a self-titled release. The right sidebar displays the band's location, a "Following" button, and a promotional music review quote from Creative Loafing 2023.
A screenshot of a Tampa Bay Times news article. The headline reads, "First came Crocs. Is Tampa’s airport now banning pajamas, too?" with a subheadline stating that the airport’s satirical social media post drew national attention. Below the text is a photo of a crowded security checkpoint at Tampa International Airport, showing travelers in casual attire, including t-shirts and sweatshirts, standing in lines with their luggage and bins.
A close-up screenshot of a Google Chrome browser notification. The text within the notification reads: "Paper purchase, W9 to be sent, ICE possibly at Hollander, election is April 14." A small red badge with the number 11 is visible on the Chrome icon.
Front page of the Financial Times newspaper featuring a large central photo of armed personnel in protective gear amid smoke, with headlines about UK politics, US immigration enforcement, and global affairs.
Screenshot of an AI response identifying a man in a photo as "Chef Paolo M. Peñamora" and the owner of a restaurant named "Tamapa" in St. Petersburg, Florida. The response also describes his cooking style.
This is a screenshot of a write-up praising Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. It highlights the paper’s mix of informative and delightful coverage
Album cover and streaming screen for Chik’n & Bizkits by Sponatola. The illustrated cover shows an angry cartoon chicken wearing a gold chain and holding two smoking pistols, standing in the middle of a record store aisle. The background interface displays the album title, artist name, 15 tracks with a total length of 33:11, and the year 2025.
The July 31 cover of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, which issues a weekly print newspaper. The square cover prominiently feautures Denis Phillips, a male TV weather man famous for his suspenders, which he is holding with his thumbs in the photo. Denis wears a read tie with small white dots and a huge smile.
A news graphic with the headline: Tampa Bay Rays confirm ownership is discussing 'a possible sale of the team' The photo is taken inside Tropicana Field, the Tampa Bay Rays' indoor baseball stadium. On the digital scoreboard is a sign that says "HERE TO STAY" in white letters on a red background. Blurred in the foreground are St. Petersburg's Mayor Ken Welch to the left and the baseball team's owner Stu Sternberg on the right.
A news graphic with a sign for the fried chicken chain Bojangles. BOJANGLES appears in red lettering on a yellow, oval background. The subtext of the sign says FAMOUS CHICKEN N BISCUITS and there are three small red stars at the top
A renderinging of a waterfront stadium near Ybor City, Florida. The soccer stadium is open air.
A news image with the headline: "The Dalí Museum's new immersive mural exhibit is now open in St. Petersburg" The image sows a muralist with their back to the photographer, in an organge jumpsuit, knelt down on their right knee, wearing long fish pigtails and next to part of a mural showing Salvador Dalí with a third eye.
An illustration of Donald Trump in an Uncle Sam suit, with the words: Journalists I want you To pretend that the crazy shit I say makes any sense whatsoever
A screenshot of an old RSS feed featuring a magazine cover that says "best of the bay 2013"
Baby doll figurines with miniature genitalia and weird hats
A orange, black and cream colowred newspaper cover showing a key with the capitol rotunda designed inside. the cover headline is "Key Figures" with the subhed "Never forget the Florida lawmakers and citizens who enables and took part in the insurrection"
The front page of a weekly newspaper called creative loafing Tampa Bay it shows a blue and white County bus on a artistic red background with muted black ink skyscrapers and an overlay of a bus route. The cover text says "Bussin" in chromed out all caps font
A screenshot of text from a New Yorker article about abortion in Florida
a screenshot of the booking, management, and PR info for producer Barclay Crenshaw. Mostly white text on black background, with blue-ish hyperlinks
A photo of the Creative Loafing Tampa Bay alt-weekly newspaper, featuring a photo of comedian-novelist Sam Tallent inside of a circular logo reminiscent of iconography for the band Crass. The paper is inside a red newspaper box, behind a plastic window.