The Short List — Tues., Oct. 2
"And when he allied with Rocky, training the former champ for his rematch with Clubber Lang, Creed displayed a — what? Oops, sorry. Where am I again?" Hillary Clinton rakes in the dough. USF at #6! Watch out Florida Atlantic; the Bulls are coming for ya! How many dead monks does it take to fill…
Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ live!
Can't wait to hear what's on the new Radiohead record In Rainbows? RollingStone.com offers a song-by-song analysis with links to live performances of the "unreleased tracks." As was already reported here, the album is available for download Oct. 10 for the price of your choosing.
Oktoberfest Round-Up
It's a busy month for beer, folks. Here's a list of Oktoberfestivities to get you started, not to mention Creative Loafing's very own INTERNATIONAL BEERFEST! Oops, I mentioned it. Dunedin Brewery OktoBEERfest, Oct. 4-6, Dunedin Brewery, 937 Douglas Ave., Dunedin, 727-736-0606 – The tent goes up once again during that fun weekend festival that celebrates…
Play with Your Food
The Vegetable Orchestra uses only fruits and vegetables to play their music. via The Ethicurean
Bruce Springsteen: reviewed
Here's a rough draft of my Springsteen CD review that will run in the Spins section of the Creative Loafing that hits newsstands Oct. 10. Magic BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Sony As one would expect, Magic came out last Tuesday [Oct. 2] to much hullabaloo. Billed as Springsteen’s first album with the E Street Band in five…
Halloween Shop Snubbed by Largo Opens In Clearwater
Remember Castel Bantuit, that Halloween store that never quite opened in Largo? The one with the huge gargoyles and hearse parked out front that Largo code enforcement officials shut down a day before the grand opening? Well, owner Helene Urbin recently found a space in Clearwater last month for her numerous horror-iffic items — including…
Bern’s Farm Update
No, don't start re-working your resume in the hopes that the Bern's Waitstaff Training regimen has gotten any easier, despite my suppositions here. Just got an email from the Bern's PR machine with a delineation of the entire training process. The gist is: it still takes a long, long time before you're fit to work…
Goodbye Down on the Farm, hello Bear Creek!
While it appears that Down on the Farm – the quaint three-day music fest held at Spanish Moss Farms in Quincy, Fla. – has been laid to rest for the time being, another Quincy event has sprung up to take its place: Bear Creek Music and Arts Festival. Quincy is a scenic little town located…
Radiohead giving away new record?
"Radiohead asks fans to name price of new album." Um, how about FREE? Bruuuuuuuuuuce!!! (Or click here for more Boss updates.) Trombone Shorty is the man. BOTB winner featured in Village Voice. Who needs Page and Plant? M.I.A., whose CD Kala is one of the best of '07, has concert dates in Miami (10/29) and…
USF celebrates digitally
From the CL intern desk: USF has not scheduled any official events to celebrate the Bulls upset victory over West Virginia last Friday, but you wouldn’t need the university to sponsor an event to know we’re excited. Within half an hour after the game, there was a Facebook group called “I rushed the field when…
The Short List — Fri., Sept. 28
Here's hoping West Virginia gets gored. Game Of The Year (So far): USF vs. West Virginia. Go Bulls! The Dan Rather vs. CBS lawsuit dishes some dirt. For example: Those "forged documents" proving Bush went AWOL are authentic; CBS systematically killed stories the administration wanted buried; and witnesses claim Bush didn't do his Air National…
Amy Winehouse: I said TWO bottles of Jack!
This was posted on RollingStone.com. Maybe my new favorite singer of '07 does need to go to rehab.
Crime Continues to Dominate St. Pete News
Three crimes this week in St. Pete recall themes from last week’s CL story “Damage Control;†namely, a rising murder rate, declining numbers of police officers and frustrated residents who are relying on weapons instead of the police to protect themselves. The first crime happened over the weekend. Miguel Bell was found dead in an…
The Bee (Bhramara)
Name of Kama Sutra Position: The Bee (Bhramara) Position: The man takes hold of the womans feet, holding them into the air, while penetrating her “yoniâ€. The woman then begins to circle her hips, allowing the mans penis to circle deep inside. Th man can vary the depth by arching his back, giving her more…
The Short List — Thurs., Sept. 27
"That's nice kid, but I'll bet my home theater bitch-slaps yours." Mixed Messages: New home sales continue to crater, but the economy seems to be humming along anyway. There are reasons you don't outsource a war — just ask the State Department. Bad new for everybody: All types of alcohol raise the risk of breast…
Readers’ Poll Winners
Channel 10 personality Holley Sinn interviews Ms. Loafie 2007 Ashle Smith and Loafie host Tim Wilkins as CL Senior Editor Eric Snider looks on, Cuban bread in hand. Photo by: Larry Biddle. If you didn't make it to this week's 2007 Best of The Bay award show (aka The Loafies), you missed something special. A…
The Short List — Wed., Sept. 25
Do you have anything of Washington D.C.? Is Al Gore waiting to collect his Nobel Prize before jumping into the 2008 presidential race? Christopher Hitchens considers it … WSJ to Rudy: Stop acting so weird! Loafie winner Sticks of Fire has some good links on Gov. Crist's appointment of former Bucs middle linebacker Shelton Quarles…
Top 10: Guns N’ Roses songs
I had an interesting interview with Slash the other day for a story that will run in the Creative Loafing that hits newsstands Oct. 3. The story is to advance Velvet Revolver's Oct. 6 date at Ford Amphitheatre. And while I appreciate Slash's current band it's Guns N' Roses, the original Gunners, that remain dearest…
Renaissance Redux
Gallery 1906 becomes home to the West Tampa Center for the Arts
How many Iraqis have died as a result of the U.S. invasion?
Don’t Panic … your war questions answered
Karl Nurse: “A lobbyist for good things”
Who? Karl Nurse, 52, is the face of St. Petersburg's neighborhoods. He is the former three-term president of the Council Of Neighborhood Organizations, an active Sierra Club member and sits on the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Board. He is also the founder and president of Bay Tech Labels, a printing company. Sphere of influence: Through…
The Athletic Supporter
Jim Norman and his $40 million field of dreams.
The Red Planet
Mimes, Mars, Mike Gravel…
Leftovers
(Almost) Free Food.
Moonstruck
By way of full disclosure, let me confess to being a complete sucker for documentaries on space exploration. Even so, it's hard imagining too many people taking issue with my finding In the Shadow of the Moon to be a compelling and altogether uplifting experience. A highly personal history of the nine lunar voyages made…
Music week
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 CHAD & JEREMY This British duo scored a series of hits in the mid 1960s with sophisticated pop songs that would go on to influence contemporary indie bands like Belle & Sebastian. Chad & Jeremy's best-known songs include "Before and After," "If I Love You," "Willow Weep For Me" and "A Summer…
Local music
I'm Just Me BISHOP.W (MySpace.com/bishopw) Neo-soul singer Bishop.W has the voice, phrasing chops and passion to sell a sultry come-on or a down-on-bended-knee lover's lament. A student of polished, Marvin Gaye-indebted slow jams, Bishop.W displays plenty of talent, but there's a sameness to his self-released full-length that is exacerbated by the disc's dated — very…
Showcase on Seventh
Art Saturday, September 29
Upcoming concerts
OCTOBER 5 Tiger Army State Theatre 6 Liza Minnelli Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center 7 Cope w/The Funky Seeds/Conscious Sound System Skipper's Smokehouse 9 Flavor of Jazz feat. Mindi Abair Ruth Eckerd Hall 11 Nickel Creek w/Bruce Molsky Jannus Landing 13 Sean Carney Band Dave's Aqua Lounge 17 TWELVE GIRLS BAND Tampa Bay Performing Arts…
Having a Ball
Now in its third year, the Fire & Ice Dance Spectacular brings competitive ballroom dancing to Bay-area audiences in a one-day, two-part extravaganza at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. The first part is a competition for amateur and pro-am couples from across the country. The public is invited to come out and watch for free…
Teaching Change
DiscussionTuesday, October 2
Outtakes
RECENT RELEASES 2 DAYS IN PARIS (R) A brief encounter with a mixed Franco-American couple that inevitably evokes the Before Sunset/Before Sunrise projects, 2 Days in Paris stars director/screenwriter Julie Delpy as Marion, a quirky Frenchwoman on vacation with her even quirkier American boyfriend, Jack (Adam Goldberg). As its title suggests, the movie takes place…
Pecking Order
Between Pollo and YaYa’s, it’s the seasoning that makes the difference. By Brian Ries
Numbers Game
The Postmarks announce an ambitious numerically based release.
The Blotter
MIND YOUR MANNERS: On Sept. 3, a man entered the Metro PCS cell phone store on Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, grabbed a female clerk, poked a gun into her side and demanded cash. He took the money from the register and then attempted to take the woman's engagement ring. After a brief struggle, the man…
Events around the city
Got an upcoming or ongoing wine event? Send information to: The Wine List, 810 N. Howard Ave., Tampa, FL 33606, fax 813-739-4801 or e-mail winestuff@creativeloafing.com. TASTING WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH Fine Wine and Spirits Warehouse throws a grand 'old party with over 60 wines from excellent producers like Caymus, Simi and Taylor Fladgate. Food is…
Against Allah Odds
Middle East tensions provide the subtext for this high-octane crime thriller.
“Evil” Makes Good
Comedy Friday, September 28
Download
iTunes Festival: London — Paul McCartney (Live) Paul McCartney (iTunes ) That Macca has finally produced another triumphant album (Memory Almost Full) at this point in his career is surprising. That he can still howl, shout and rock like he did way back on The Ed Sullivan Show all those years ago is nothing short…
Beach Football
Sports Monday, October 1
Burgundy blues
2007 has been a tough year for French growers.
Little by little
The challenge to remove those layers.
Top 10: Songs By the Numbers
Here are some of the song suggestions I gave Moll on my music blog Tampa Calling, plus a few more I came up with after I got off the phone with him: "One" Harry Nilsson "Two of Us" The Beatles "Three Times a Lady" The Commodores "Four" Miles Davis "Obviously Five Believers" Bob Dylan "If…
Easy Does it
A twist on a breakfast staple even the kids can help make.
Hydrate Thy Neighbor
Pastors and protesters vie for the title of “tolerant.”
Creaking Bones
This would-be farce is as antiquated as the relics in its plot.
Backspin
Boomer's Story RY COODER (Warner Bros.) Some folks protested when Ry Cooder placed ninth — ahead of ax legends Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck — on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." But anyone who has heard Cooder on vintage albums like Boomer's Story knew the magazine was on target.…
Rocked by the Republican
GOP loony wilds out at Rock-n-Sports.
CL’s must-do list for the week of
Thurs., Sept. 27-Wed., Oct. 3
Music Week Briefs
Easy Does It Boasting three of New Orleans' top musicians — bassist George Porter Jr., drummer Russell Batiste and singer/guitarist Brian Stoltz — P.B.S., as they are commonly called, do the Big Easy proud with funky originals and Crescent City favorites custom-made for dance-floor action and late-night revelry. Porter's resume ranks as one of the…
Interesting Visions
ArtWednesday, October 3
Street Folk
Special Events Sunday, September 30
Spins
Washington Square Serenade STEVE EARLE (New West ) Alt-country hero Steve Earle tried with his summer of 2004 release The Revolution Starts … Now to dissuade listeners from re-electing Bush. Three years later, Dubya is still in the White House, and we're still fighting his poorly planned, pretty much unwinnable war in Iraq. But on…
FREE FOOD AT BERN’S
By Brian Ries Like to eat at SideBern's but scared of the prices (or the SoHo social scene)? Now you can eat the food for free in the comfort of your own home! All you need to do is buy a bottle — or a dozen bottles — of wine. Starting Wednesday, Oct. 3, Bern's…
Mango-induced Memories
Literature Thursday, September 27
