Feb 5-11, 2004

Feb 5-11, 2004 / Vol. 16 / No. 37

Spins

The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1 RANDY NEWMANNonesuch Randy Newman's success as a composer of film music has somewhat overshadowed his achievements as one of America's most accomplished and idiosyncratic singer/songwriters since the late '60s. This set strips a one-of-a-kind artist's music to the bare essence: Newman singing, in that braying soul croon of his,…

Outtakes

Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area.

Letters

Viva La Resistance Re: "Big Brother's Little Helper" by Mara Shalhoup (Jan. 14-20) Thank you to the Weekly Planet for printing the truth about Big Brother and our quickly vanishing civil liberties. I would also like to point out that Database Technologies, the company that charged the taxpayers of Florida $4 million dollars to create…

Ask the Advice Goddess

Will You Bury Me? Your assessment of the situation in "Hopeless Is More" seemed way off. (The guy wasn't ready for commitment, but said it killed him to see his girlfriend "explore dating other people." To you, this meant she wanted to have sex with a lot of guys who weren't him.) It sounds like…


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