Walk Before You Crawl
In Spider-Man 2 everyday hard knocks trip up our hero
Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area.
Ask the Advice Goddess
Desperate But Equal I couldn't believe the ink you wasted responding to "Failed Flirt." You advised her to make lots of eye contact, play with her hair and keep touching a guy's arm to get him to ask for her number, when you could have just told her to ask for his. Equality means that…
California Dreamin’
From San Luis Obispo, something delicious this way comes
Culinary Events
WINE & TOS-TAPAS TASTING SOCIAL !Viva la Frida! hosts "!Viva Indies!: A Salute to Independent Businesses" with spirits provided by ABC Fine Wine and Spirits and music by Blues Punks. Free. 6-8 p.m. Thurs., July 1. ALSO, a chance for Frida wanna-be's to don unibrows and join Club Las Fridas: Frida's 97th birthday and 50th…
Soundboard
Music Events Thursday, Jul. 1420 Park Place DJ Matt the Bratt 4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar d'Visitors Alley Cat's Cafe Conch Critters Bahama Breeze Mike Hastings/Denny Falzon Bahama Mama's Tom Arnold Benedetto's Italiano Ristorante Piano Bar w/Tom Baptist Big J.R.'s The Johnny Charro Band Blackstone Grill Expressions Bourbon Street Steeve/Hazard Factor/Big Shot Trio Brandy's…
The Last Cigarmakers
Keeping the legacy alive
Shacking Up
Traditional American barbecue a sacred art at Rib Shack
Don’t Panic
Your war questions answered
City of God
WP’s recommendation of the week
Beggar’s Opera
No handout for faux panhandlers
Cruel Cosmos
Banyan’s Vanya‘s flawed but engaging
Spins
A Ghost Is BornWILCONonesuchIt's always something with Wilco. Seems like every release is accompanied by a cavalcade of peripheral hoopla. Last time around, it was the now-famous story of how the band was dropped by Warner Bros. over allegations of inaccessibility, only to later resell the same songs to the megalith via another subsidiary, Nonesuch…
Upcoming Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tuesday, July 6: Ateriavia/Conceiting the Victory, Destroy This Thing (Orange Peal) Atomic 7, …en Hillbilly Caliente (Mint) Ballentine, 4U (Lightyear) Beat Tornados, Scandinavian Interlude (Raucous) Chicas del Coro, Seven Days on the Road (Raucous) Cisco, 7740 Valmont St. (Little Dog) Clann Zu, Black Coats and Bandages (G-7 Welcome…
Freebie
Booming Good Fun It's Independence Day (aka the Fourth of July) weekend, and you can go practically anywhere in town and stumble upon some sort of joyous revelry.Clearwater Celebrates America falls two days before the holiday itself. Gather in Coachman Park on July 2 (301 Drew St.) at 4 p.m. and enjoy jazz concerts by…
Miscellaneous Debris
Hey, We’d Call It The MusicWire, but We’re Pretty Sure That’s Taken
The Great Escape
Tina Engler went from food stamps to fame and fortune — and she’s just getting started
Letters
Pain or Prison I have read Eric Snider's article on Richard Paey's battle with debilitating disease. His disease was caused by a traffic accident in which he was the innocent party. Subsequently, Mr. Paey has had to battle a Florida prosecution for drug trafficking due to his possession of a reasonable quantity of prescription drugs…
