Aug 21-27, 2003

Aug 21-27, 2003 / Vol. 16 / No. 15

Spins

Soul Serenade THE DEREK TRUCKS BAND Columbia Unclassified ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND Dare/Warner Bros. Slide guitar makes too cool a noise to ever go the way of the rotary phone, yet, just the same, it's nice to have a couple of hotshot youngbloods to infuse new life into the ax. Derek Trucks: member…

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The Best Little Dolly Parton Impersonator in Tampa Bay

Outtakes

Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area.

Letters

Devo-ted Re: "Are They Not Artists?" by Susan F. Edwards (Aug. 13-19) Let it be known that this particular rocker loves Devo and readily acknowledges their pioneering genius. Good article! I found if particularly interesting that Giffels wrote for Beavis and Butthead, another brilliant absurdist satire that for the most part went over the heads…

A Bully’s Pulpit

For all its skill at manipulating Americans, the PR machine behind George W. Bush doesn’t know jack about how to win the hearts of the world.

Ask the Advice Goddess

Connect The Spots Nine months ago, I started secretly dating an out-of-town coworker, only seeing him when business brought him to the city. Company rumors pegged him as a big player, so I wasn't surprised when he said he'd just come out of a relationship and only wanted a casual fling. Having just ended a…


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