Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area
Bugs & Bombs
What’s the matter with Orkin? Why’s the FBI blowing up buses?
Music Events
Thursday, Dec. 30 42nd Street Bistro Stacy Knight 4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar Gale Trippsmith Babalouie's Mark McGourley Bahama Breeze Mike Hastings/Denny Falzon Bahama Mama's Chris Murphy Barley Hoppers Stephanie Anderson (EVENING) Big J.R.'s Restaurant and Lounge The Johnny Charro Band Blackstone Grill Expressions Blue Shark Gary Brown's Band Brandy's True Colors Band The…
Music Venues
420 Park Place, 420 Park Place Blvd., Clearwater, 727-796-7867 42nd Street Bistro, 516 S. Howard Ave., Tampa, 813-253-0042 4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar, 2900 Fourth St. N., Suite A101, St. Petersburg, 727-898-1884 Adam's Mark, 430 S. Gulfview Blvd., Clearwater, 727-443-5714 The Aging Still, 11561 Walsingham Road, Largo, 727-581-5466 Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar—Largo, 10911…
It Was A Very Good Year
There were 10 top films and then some in 2004
The Top Four
A quartet of discs stands out in a less than stellar year.
Short Term Memories
The Top 10 people I met in the last two months.
Auld Lang Tyme
A guide to New Year’s Eve extravaganzas
Don’tPanic!
Your war questions answered
Anything But Dull
Politicos to watch in 2005.
Mail Bonding
Wine queries from around the world.
Clip & Save
The Top 10 news items I found under my desk.
Culinary Events
NEW YEAR'S EVE Kick off 2005 with a six-course meal a short walk from the Channelside festivities. $75 per person, $95 with wine pairings. 6 and 8:30 p.m. Fri., Dec. 31. Cafe Dufrain, 707 Harbor Post Drive, Tampa (813-275-9701 or www.cafedufrain.com). COUPLES COOKING CLASS Chef Debbie ushers in the new year with this hands-on class,…
Top 10
The Year’s Top Tens in Music, Film, Theater, Food and Politics
FREEBIE
A Celebration of Roots
Planet Picks
THURSDAY 12.30 Out with the Old This week is your last chance to catch the Tampa Museum of Art's 25th anniversary exhibit. TMA@25: The Collection showcases the permanent collection and the history behind its evolution over the past quarter century. Focus is on the museum's chief collecting areas, which include Greek and Roman art, modern…
Letters
Not So Happy Holidays This homemade card was sent to the Planet office from Richard Paey, who is currently serving a 25-year term in the Zephyrhills Correctional Institution for possessing too many pain pills. Senior writer Eric Snider wrote about Paey's plight in June. To read the story, go to www.weeklyplanet.com/2004-06-17/cover.html . Paey's lawyer expects…
Ask The Advice Goddess
Bed Over Heels This guy and I started what was supposed to be a rebound fling, but it turned out we're amazing together. Despite my reservations, he's still trying to be friends with his ex, who's nasty, dependent and jealous, and caused their breakup by cheating on him. Last month, he confessed to getting tipsy…
Upcoming Concerts
January 7 Marcia Ball w/Bruce Katz Skipper's Smokehouse 7 Unholy Ghost/The Classic Stuggle/Council of the Fallen/Left in Ashes/Yeti Boomerz Boiler Room 8 VNV Nation/Code R-23 (Feat. Members of Front 242) Masquerade 8 The Calm/The Absence/Stalling Dawn/Simplekill/ Beauty in Chaos State Theatre 8 Kenny Drew Jr. Palladium Theater 8 Michael Burks Skipper's Smokehouse 8 Endwell/My Hero…
2005 at a glance
A month-by-month look into our crystal ball.
The Unheard Music
The year’s most overlooked and under-hyped albums.
The Year in Grub
Ten of 2005’s most memorable dining experiences.
Fear Factors
Frightening foods, and what you can do about them.
From Radio to Rufus
Our Sarasota-based critic takes 10.
Music Menu
THURSDAY, DEC. 30 THE B.B. KING MUSIC FEST A solid package tour to end the year on an up note for blues fans. I've always felt that B.B. is overrated as a guitar player: his handful of stock licks hasn't grown over the years; his tone is tinny and often ineffectual. But he's a solid…
Advanced Stages: The Top 10 plays of 2004
The Top 10 locally produced plays of the year.
