The Divide Not Crossed
You know youÕve had a good discussion, or at least a healthy airing of views, when the audience members are still talking about it the next morning. As our publisher, COO, editor and arts editor gathered around my desk this morning, the talk expanded the themes of fundamentalist beliefs and where the line between private…
“Run For It Before Monday Gets You, Too!”
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Across the Great Divide Podcast
After a long delay, the "Across the Great Divide" podcast is finally here for you to download. Just click the approrpiate button for parts 1, 2 or for the whole thing. Download part 1. Download part 2. Download the entire show.
Spring Arts 2006
Growing Talent
So Farrar, So Good
Trying to unwrap the mystique of Son Volt’s quiet frontman.
Outtakes
New Releases ANNAPOLIS (PG-13) This predictable drama chronicles the tale of a working-class kid (pretty boy Spiderman star James Franco) who just barely makes it into the United States Naval Academy. Defiant but determined, he proves himself by boxing his way to respect. There aren't too many surprises here: the comic relief is handled by…
Wicked This Way Comes
Broadway’s smash hit casts its spell on Tampa Bay.
Music Menu
THURSDAY, JAN. 26 VINCE GILL Gill is one of those ubiquitous country stars — à la Garth — whose songs you know even if you think, or claim, you don't. He worked hard to get where he is, though, and comes with a throwback country past that hasn't been entirely smothered in Nashville cheese. (Ruth…
God & Politics
DISCUSSION
Regarding Gasparilla
Everyone has a Gasparilla experience to share. I have several, and still don't know what all the hubbub is about. Gasparilla, 1993: I'm 13 years old, hanging with my aunt and uncle and their kids and their friends and their friends' kids. I'm not angst ridden, just curious and excited about having a prime spot…
The Wright Stuff
"One time I stayed in a hotel, the pool was on the 23rd floor … I couldn't believe how deep it was." This is just one among scores of bent musings proffered by comedian Steven Wright as he paces the stage wearing a blank stare (but occasionally letting slip a slight smile) and frizzy hair.…
Through Her Eyes
In "Seeing Things Simply" from her short story collection Krik? Krak!, Edwidge Danticat writes about a young girl who dreams of being a painter, one who can capture what she sees "in a way that no one else had and no one else would after her." Since Danticat's smash debut in 1994 at the age…
Live from New York…
The Studio@620 is proving to be the place in St. Petersburg to find cool, unusual happenings, from film noir festivals to video installations to world music concerts. The gallery-cum-performance space hosts its most intriguing event to date with the Fanatic Voyage Show, a multimedia exhibit showcasing the works of six New York City talents: Steve…
Crossing the Great Divide
Talking about the rift between religion and politics; Repper joins Fox.
Bronzed God
Feds Fight Google Over Search Results Why don't they just tap Sergei Brin's phone? Computer Question Is mice the plural of mouse? Grouper at the Acropolis Better than Mr. Pibb and Red Vines. Not to mention the Norwegian waitress… Our Own Personal Jesus Last week SL confused the well-tanned gubernatorial candidate (Crist) with the well-bearded…
TMA Gone Wild
My earliest childhood memories are filled with images from Where the Wild Things Are, and though I didn't own a wolf suit, and despite being a girl, I pretended I was Max, telling my mom "I'll eat you up!", chasing the cat around the house with a fork and spending too much time in my…
That Guy
He’s everywhere you want to be.
Spring Arts 2006
What to Watch For
Spring Arts 2006
Young Pinellas artists to keep an eye on
Don’t Shun the Chard
Rediscovering a disregarded grape.
Spins
The Greatest CAT POWER Matador Chan Marshall's voice is round and luminous — a thing of beauty. What's more, it's flexible enough to track the radical changes Marshall — as Cat Power — has made throughout her decade-or-so-long career, from the spiky post-punk of her early years to the barebones folk and country of her…
The Blotter
WILD RIDE: A husband and wife were traveling north on Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, the man talking on his cell phone. During the conversation, the husband told the caller that he was "with a friend." This characterization angered the wife, who yelled at and proceeded to pummel her husband. The husband pulled off the…
Moon Near The Water
British and Indian culinary traditions collide on St. Pete’s bayfront.
The Art of Propaganda
How can good films do bad things?
Remembering Chuck
Before Centro Ybor, there was Ybor City the cultural epicenter — artists living and working together in a neighborhood that was rough-edged but rich in creative ferment. It was a world that Chuck Gruber cherished. The son of New York art collectors, Gruber arrived in Tampa in 1978 and began to assemble a collection of…
Music Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tues., Jan. 31: Astral Doors, Raiders of the Ark (Locomotive Music) Big Star, Third (Rykodisc) Blood on the Tracks, Blood on the Tracks (Em Dash) Blue Stone, Breathe (Neurodisc) John Cale, Words for the Dying (Hannibal) Chemlab, Rock Whore vs. Dance Floor (Underground Inc) The Crimes, Nobody Cries…
Candy is Dandy
OK, so normally we'd rag a CD with a title like On Cutting Ti-gers in Half and Understanding Narravation to Pretension Hell and back, and justifiably so. But Candy Bars, an amazing sort-of-Tampa-based trio (doesn't one of the guys live in, like, New Hampshire now?), has made a sophisticated dream-pop album that completely lives up…
Tastings
Tispy Times in Tampa Bay
Outtakes Brief
Mighty-Fine McPhee
