Spins
Reviews of reissues from Charlie Parker, new releases from Sixteen Horsepower, Paul Weller and Marc Olsen. Charlie Parker Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings Burnin' Bird Only the most obsessive jazz fan would find it necessary to own Charlie Parker's The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings 1944-1948, an eight-disc compendium chronicling…
Outtakes
Short reviews of films playing throughout the Tampa Bay area. Austin Powers in Goldmember (PG-13) The least fabulous of all the Powers entries to date but still good, disposable fun. Goldmember is really just a loosely connected series of gags, routines and set pieces (not that the other two movies weren't) with much of the…
Viva El Cubano
Oh, you can stuff your boring, old submarine sandwich. Maine's Italian sandwich presents no temptation, and I only occasionally crave a cheesesteak from Philly or a Jersey grinder. In New York City, they love their heroes. New Orleans is partial to its fried oyster Po' Boy. None can beat our locally homegrown Cuban sandwich, that…
Talk Show Man
If you've seen Shear Madness over at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, then you certainly remember John McGivern. He plays Tony Whitcomb, the manically funny hairdresser who eventually becomes one of the suspects in an audience-assisted murder investigation. But it's not just McGivern's centrality in the play that makes him stand out. He also…
Orbitals
Court Hears 'Planet' Appeal Weekly Planet was back in court Aug. 7, attempting to force Tampa businessman Dick Corbett to reveal how much his International Plaza sweetheart lease will cost taxpayers. The Planet has filed a public-records lawsuit against a Corbett company, his partnership with two mall developers, and his landlord, the Hillsborough County Aviation…
Degrees of Separation
Some musicians readily cop to a game plan; others allude vaguely to increasing group telepathy or "where their heads were at the time." Most, however, are loath to examine the intricacies of their process at all, either because they honestly just don't think about it much or out of some esoteric gut-fear that looking at…
Bohos vs. Businesses
The two struggle to make peace in Tampa’s evolving Seminole Heights.
Freebie: Artistic Flair-Up
Unassuming as any other warehouse in the Channel District, the three-story home of Artists Unlimited quietly keeps the eclectic output of 32 artists who lease its space. The nonprofit cultural/fine arts center supports a broad range of creativity, demonstrated boldly by the African sculptures on display in the main gallery and rear garden. Artist Unlimited…
Sand Dollars
The St. Petersburg/ Clearwater Area Convention and Visitors Bureau wants to borrow $2.5-million from a beach restoration fund — Pinellas County beach business leaders be damned.
Perchance to Dream
Tennessee artist Tanya Tewell exposes her dark side with small paintings, in oil; Tampa's Candace Knapp converts positive energy and spirit into finely crafted physical objects, mostly of wood. Welcome to Brad Cooper's Dream World, a two-person exhibition where "the stuff that dreams are made of" also revives the stuff of Jungian legacy and legend.…
Review: Tadpole
Just to clear the air, I don't hate Tadpole, a movie that everybody else in the world seems to love. And by "everybody else in the world," I'm basically referring to the small but mighty coven of de facto tastemakers who swarm annually at the Sundance Film Festival, and to the somewhat larger number of…
Big Jugs, Part II
Sometimes a little dab just won't do ya. If you've got a thirsty mass of people to serve, less-than-ample 750ml bottles can give any good host/hostess a wrist cramp. And sometimes you just want a better value. If you drink one regular bottle a day, then why not buy the 1.5ml economy size and save…
The $1-Billion Water Fix
Costly and ecologically risky technology buys the region only a few years until Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties once againmust face up to their water-wasting ways.
