Aug 14-20, 2003

Aug 14-20, 2003 / Vol. 16 / No. 14

Outtakes

Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area.

Spins

Psychedelic Soul THE TEMPTATIONS Motown/Universal The late '60s and early '70s were a flowering period for soul music. The record labels, especially Motown, were gradually forced to relinquish their vice grip on creative control. Black artists, previously satisfied with (or coerced into) making hit records, began to experiment sonically, to sing about racism, war, ghetto…

Letters

Queer as FolkRe: "There's Something About Harry" by Michael Bronski (July 30-Aug. 6) Harry, are you queer? Cover, are you misleading? A little bit, yes. But that's not my real beef with the article. (Get it? Beef? That must be a reference, right?) Two words: Bad taste (the cover). Two more words: Totally pointless (the…

Ask the Advice Goddess

Clod Is In The Details I spotted a beautiful girl on Wednesday at a local bar. To break the ice, I sent her and her girlfriends a round of drinks. She and I flirted and talked the entire evening, and I got her phone number when she left. Friday afternoon, I left her a message…


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