GWB & FDR: SEPARATED AT BIRTH
The Person of the Year is mighty like a certain Democrat.
(STILL) GREEK TO ME
Maria’s has new address, same tasty Mediterranean menu.
Music Menu
FRIDAY, JAN. 7 THE TEN O'CLOCK BAND Now that they're no longer doing events at Ybor City's Centro Asturiano, the crazy, stylish pundits of Swing Time had to come up with something new. It's called Big Band Blast 2005, and this here's the kick-off party. Bay area favorite The Ten O'Clock Band, a brassy, old-school,…
Your Honor, I Object
A New Year for Tampa Bay judges? Let’s hope so.
DVD-licious
The 20 best DVDs of 2004
Bill Hicks Live
WP’s recommendation of the week
Ask The Advice Goddess
Swami Dearest I started dating this great girl three weeks ago, but ever since she went to a palm reader, she's been acting really weird. She explained that her feelings for me haven't changed, but the palm reader lady brought up something she thought was under control (related to her "regression"), and said we need…
Redeemed
Our resident gamer tests his mettle against a middle-aged champ and a passel of teenagers. Guess who destroys him.
Game Boy
The trash-talking, hard-living, middle-aged video-game champion of the world.
Don’tPanic!
Your war questions answered
Under the Microscope
The FBI halts an artist’s experiment.
HOPPIN’ JOHN WHO?
In search of the true meaning of a New Year’s tradition.
SPINS
With The Lights OutNirvanaDGCIt's been a decade since unwilling spokes-star for a generation Kurt Cobain expressed his angst with such violent finality. And only three years longer since his four chords and Dave Grohl's crashing drum-fill so succinctly introduced the Nirvana dynamic to pretty much everybody via the first five seconds of "Smells Like Teen…
All In The Games
Todd Rogers is not alone. There are now generations of videogame fanatics, and a new book, Gamers: Writers, Artists & Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels, edited by Shanna Compton, gets to the roots of their fascination. The writers in Compton´s collection share a lifelong passion for gaming, and their stories and essays, while exploring…
Wine Resolutions
Suggestions for expanding your wine horizons.
Letters
Geek Out I've been a loyal Planet reader for more years than I even care to think about. In that time I have observed many changes in its orientation and editorial focus. Some of these changes were for the better, some were not. Never in my life, however, would I have imagined I'd ever see…
Music Events
Thursday, Jan. 6 42nd Street Bistro Eddie & the Jazz Cats 4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar Back Water Blues Bahama Breeze Mike Hastings/Denny Falzon 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 Brass Mug Feed/Four Years…
Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area
FREEBIE
Driving into St. Pete via Gandy Bridge, one of the first things you'll see to your left are the smokestacks of Progress Energy's Bartow Power Plant. Astoundingly, the plant is nestled right in the heart of the area's most prominent environmental region, which also happens to be one of my very favorite places to enjoy…
Just The Facts, Ma’am
A contemporary playwriting team takes on Sherlock.
Best of Both Worlds
JIMMY EAT WORLD: UNDERGROUND HEROES, MAINSTREAM ROCK STARS AND NEITHER, REALLY
Planet Picks
THURSDAY 1.6 Festival of Dance Dance, music and film are the themes of this year's Collective Soles Dance Festival, which occurs Jan. 6-8 at the University of South Florida in Tampa. The main event (or, really, the event that sounds most appealing) is this evening's Happy Feet Film Presentation, a screening of rare dance footage…
Strip Steak
Bikinis, filets and a big sombrero.
Upcoming Concerts
January 13 The Radiators State Theatre 13-15 Emergenza Local-Music Showcase Orpheum 14 The Vital Tour Feat. A Day To Remember/Words Now Heard/As You Wish/Malayne 688 Skatepark 14 Lucky Peterson Skipper's Smokehouse 14 Hey Mike w/Crooked Edge/Shadow Agency/ The Drake Equation Boomerz Boiler Room 15 Tonic Headliners 15 Suncoast Blues Society Presents Johnny Rawls Dave's Aqua…
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…
