Upcoming Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tuesday, March 2:
Spins
Songs We Should Have WrittenFIREWATERJetsetNew York's self-proclaimed "wedding band gone wrong" fully embraces the description by making its fifth full-length an album of covers. The brilliant New York collective, fronted by ex-Cop Shoot Cop bassist Todd A, brings the same sort of dark menace to this eclectic bunch of songs as it does to its…
Don’t Panic
Your war questions Answered
Letters
Confront or hide? I have just finished reading your story "Love Hurts." As the managing partner of a law firm that represents its fair share of meth users and alleged dealers, your story gave me a perspective that our clients do not often volunteer. I thought you might find it interesting that law enforcement in…
Hazy Days of Primus
Current tour plays heavy on Claypool and band’s heyday
Athletes’ Fete
Malio’s training table has star power
Leaving the Inferno Behind
Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria is kinder, gentler
Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area.
Black, brown and beige
To win, Democrats should harness their natural inclusiveness rather than focus simply on Southern white males
Wine Critics
Love ‘Em or Leave ‘Em?
Freebie
Immigrant Tribute
Creative License
Writer Michael Patrick Welch’s unorthodox road
The fast-growing Latino population could tip the scales in five key states
For almost 40 years now, the white South has been moving steadily into the Republican ranks. Indeed, white Southerners now run the GOP and provide a very high proportion of its cultural shock troops. Given these facts, we believe it's past time to target the electoral map in a different way. The new path to…
The Passion of the Mel
The Passion of the Christ finds Mel Gibson making like a martyr
Ask the Advice Goddess
A Broom of His Own My girlfriend of six months could be a "keeper." The only thing dividing us is housekeeping issues. She's a neatnik and I'm … not. She rents a small, easy-to-clean apartment; I have a house with a yard and pets. I'm a busy guy, so the housecleaning gets neglected. This freaks…
October
The first winner of our Really Very Extremely Short Story Contest
Energize black voters with a mainstream economic agenda
There is no question that the Democratic Party cannot win without the support of African American voters in 2004. African Americans are the most loyal block of voters the Democratic Party has, supporting it in numbers that far exceed their percentage of the U.S. electorate.Just look at the numbers. In 1996, Bill Clinton trailed Bob…
