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Apr 23-29, 2008

Apr 23-29, 2008 / Vol. 21 / No. 6

FROM THE STREET (Fun with Alchemy)

"After the drum circle, everybody head to the back for cupcakes," Joran yelled from the stage Sunday at Skipper's Smokehouse. [ed. Joran Oppelt is the marketing and promotions director for Creative Loafing] He wasn't joking, nor was he stoned and yelling to a bunch of munchy-hungry hippies. He was addressing the kids and parents at…

by Tampa Promotions

Madonna vs. Elvis: Most important pop star?

The Material Girl recently surpassed The King of Rock ’n’ Roll on the list of most Top 10 singles with her ditty "4 Minutes," reports Billboard.com, giving Madonna 37 to Elvis Presley's 36. Justin Timberlake is featured on the Madge number and Timbaland co-wrote it, which means the track could have been a smash for…

by Wade Tatangelo

From the Street with Alfie: Fun with Alchemy

"After the drum circle, everybody head to the back for cupcakes," Joran yelled from the stage Sunday at Skipper's Smokehouse. [ed. Joran Oppelt is the marketing and promotions director for Creative Loafing] He wasn't joking, nor was he stoned and yelling to a bunch of munchy-hungry hippies. He was addressing the kids and parents at…

by Shawn Alff

Five Things to Do Today

The Band's Visit 1. The Band’s Visit – a multi-award winning minimalist comedy about a band made up of members of the Egyptian police, and what happens when they find themselves in the wrong town – is screened at 1:30 p.m. at Beach Theatre, and 7:30 p.m. at Tampa Theatre. 2. Can you tell the difference…

by Leilani Polk

Robyn: reviewed

Here's a rough draft of my Robyn review: Robyn ROBYN Konichiwa/Cherry Tree/Interscope Robyn’s self-titled disc comes with a back-story nearly worthy of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The Swedish pop album was independently recorded by a former major label artist, took three years to finally make its stateside debut, and now, thanks to tracks being highly…

by Wade Tatangelo

Water, Water, Everywhere, Let’s Have A Monday Media Wrap-Up!

"Shortages are reaching crisis proportions in even the most highly developed regions, and they're quickly becoming commonplace in our own backyard, from the bleached-white bathtub ring around the Southwest's half-empty Lake Mead to the parched state of Georgia, where the governor prays for rain." [Wired] "I go alone during the day to collect my water…

by Brian Ries

Five Things to Do Today

White Denim; photo courtesy of Gorilla vs. Bear. 1. Worthy of the drive: Two out-there but interesting indie bands – Austin’s polyrhythmic post-punk trio White Denim and experi-pop foursome Tapes n’ Tapes of Minneapolis – play the Social in Orlando. 2. Darfur Working Group co-founder Dr. Hamid E. Ali talks about his experiences as a…

by Leilani Polk

Santana, Anti-Flag, Talib Kweli and more in CL

Here's what we have running in the current Creative Loafing: Bar Tab: Ultimate bar (part two). Readers weigh in on the perfect watering hole. Senior Editor Eric Snider's interview with Santana (read and listen). Anti-Flag bearers: A mahor-label signing hasn't diluted the punk band's message. Spins: Reviews of new CDs by Firewater, Gnarls Barkley and…

by Wade Tatangelo

Five Things to Do This Weekend

1. Sweetwater Organic Farm concludes its Friday Movie Series with a screening of the heartwarming documentary, The Real Dirt on Farmer John. 2. Artistic Director Donald Byrd brings Spectrum Dance Theater to Clearwater. The program highlight is a new modern piece commissioned by Ruth Eckerd Hall for its 25th anniversary, and performed to a jazz…

by Leilani Polk

Portishead — live stream of the new album

The much-anticipated new Portishead album, Third — the duo's first in more than a decade — is streaming here. So far, I've listened to a few tracks and am pretty stoked, which is a relief since I found their CurrentTV Portishead in Portishead premiere performance a bit dull and uninspired. They've built upon the sound they perfected…

by Leilani Polk

Masquerade puts on The Ritz

When The Masquerade in Ybor City closed a couple of years ago, it had degenerated into a scary place: dark and tomb-like, with couches that only the bravest dared sit on. If memory serves, the men’s room had a hole where a urinal had once been. You pissed in the hole. I think it’s safe…

by Eric Snider

Ministry Monstrosity

Arielle Stevenson went to Ministry at Jannus Landing on Wednesday night. She came back with this: I got my first tattoo while Ministry’s “Lay Lady Lay” played in the background. So naturally I had to watch the masses of black-studded industrial metalheads cheer the now-50-year-old Al Jorgensen last night at Jannus. The iconic mic stand,…

by Eric Snider

Five Things to Do Today

 1. ABC premieres the first of five new (post-strike) episodes of Lost, with the season finale to air May 29. 2. Have dinner at La Fogata Churrascaria, Le Bouchon Bistro, Backfin Blue or Pia’s Trattoria, or choose from 31 other Pinellas County restaurants participating in Dining Out for Life, a national AIDS awareness campaign and…

by Leilani Polk

FROM THE STREET (Cowboys and Swimming Caps)

Have Gun, Will Travel are not nearly as threatening as their name implies, but they are more than ready to hit the road for little more than the chance to do what they do best. "We just need enough to pay for gas," frontman Matt Burke reportedly said when asked to play a fan's wedding.…

by Tampa Promotions

Panic At The Disco concert review

Here's a review (and photo) by Amanda Schurr, events editor/arts writer for Creative Loafing Sarasota. Honda Civic Tour: Panic at the Disco w/Motion City Soundtrack/The Hush Sound/Phantom Planet, 7 p.m. Tues., April 22, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater By the time I got to Clearwater for the corporate fun fest Honda Civic Tour, I’d already missed…

by Wade Tatangelo

From the Street with Alfie: Cowboys and Swimming Caps

Have Gun, Will Travel are not nearly as threatening as their name implies, but they are more than ready to hit the road for little more than the chance to do what they do best. "We just need enough to pay for gas," frontman Matt Burke reportedly said when asked to play a fan's wedding.…

by Shawn Alff

All antsy at Springsteen

While 16,000 fans at the St. Pete Times Forum stood on their feet, silent, basking in Bruce Springsteen’s ballad “Racing in the Street,” I was sitting with my face in my hands, pleading for the song to end. Several times he finished that dreary chorus and I’d think “Racing” was coming to a merciful close,…

by Eric Snider

Five Things to Do Today

Ministry 1. Industrial metal makers Ministry brings their supposed final tour (inanely dubbed “C U LaTouR”) to Jannus Landing tonight. 2. Two old broads find love and a new lease on life in Bermuda Avenue Triangle; the national tour stops at Ruth Eckerd Hall for an afternoon and evening show. 3. CLIP Film Series presents…

by Leilani Polk

Still Ignoring The World Food Crisis? Now It Hits Home.

The New York Sun reported this week that major retailers like Costco have recently imposed purchase limits on commodity foods like rice, oil and flour. It's spotty, on a store by store basis, but people are noticing and some consumers (as well as restaurant owners concerned about rapid price hikes from distributors) are hoarding. And…

by Brian Ries

Eat less meat, save the world

Want to help reduce the impact of the World Food Crisis (see eatmyflorida.com for details about that)? Stop eating meat. Almost 40 percent of all the grain grown in the world is slated for animal feed. Feeding animals is an inefficient process, requiring about 8 kilos of grain to produce every kilo of cow flesh,…

by Brian Ries

The Turtle Island Quartet does Coltrane

Who said a string quartet has to play nothing but stuffy chamber music? The San Francisco-based Turtle Island Quartet has made its bones interpreting other genres, especially jazz, and liberally incorporating improvisation. While the group — violin, cello and two violas — has released 14 CDs over 10 years, its most celebrated is last year's…

by Eric Snider

Wine List

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 brian.ries@creativeloafing.com. Best Bets: SIP IN THE SRQ It's Sarasota's biggest wine shindig, four days of decadent food and wine. Don't worry if your wallet doesn't extend to bidding on jeroboams of…

by CL Staff

Poly folly

"At what age can a child be married in the church?" –—Today anchor Meredith Vieira on April 16, interviewing three women from Eldorado, Texas, polygamist compound the YFZ Ranch "I have my children. And they mean a lot to me, and I know of no force, nothing like that. I have my children that I…

by CL Staff

Guitar hero

Carlos Santana says he’s not a rock star. Why? Read (and listen to) this interview.

by Eric Snider

100 ways and then some

# 5 Living Green Editor's note: Even before CL's Green Issue hit the stands last week with its list of "100 ways to go green," our online readers were contributing ways to live a more sustainable life. One comment on our fixitnowtampabay.com blog stood out for its thoughtfulness and thoroughness. Local writer, graphic designer and…

by Luke Melton

Clutch puts a tight grip on the State Theatre

Few bands to emerge during the grunge era meld bluesy funk and Sabbathian metal as successfully — or have lasted as long — as Maryland's Clutch. The band's music is heavy enough to inspire head-banging yet sufficiently melodic, occasionally in a thick boogie manner, for ass-shaking. The songs marked by deep-voiced frontman Neil Fallon's fierce…

by Wade Tatangelo

In the eardrum

The leap from underground luminary to mainstream star often trips up even the most skilled and versatile rappers. The jazz-informed 1998 album Black Star first earned Talib Kweli praise in the alternative hip-hop world — even if his contributions were slightly overshadowed by collaborator Mos Def's. Kweli's 2000 solo debut, Reflection Eternal, removed any doubts…

by CL Staff

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