Ask the Advice Goddess
Belling The Cad My boyfriend of six months asked me to move into his house. I'm considering it because I'd save a lot on rent, and I spend most of my time there anyway. Well, he has a dog, and I have two cats, which he refuses to have at his house — partly because…
Proto-Punks Can Dance
The Rapture’s made their niche between rock and a dance place
Too hot? Take a Dip
Carl Hiassen’s latest take on naked greed
Culinary Events
FREE COOKING CLASSES Join Kerrie and Robert Broe for "Fruit Soups," adding a new dimension to fruit salad. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wed., July 21. ALSO, "Raw Living Made Easy" with Chef Joseph Custer. 11 a.m. Sat., July 24. Weekly ongoing cooking demonstrations feature various products from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Mon. and Wed. Nature's…
Upcoming Concerts
JULY 29 Dave Matthews Band w/Daniel Lanois Ford Amphitheatre 30 Rush Ford Amphitheatre 30 The Vans Warped Tour Vinoy Park 30 Will Sheff of Okkervil River w/Will Quinlan/The River Cove Ramblers New World Brewery 30 Glue/Grandbuffet/Gil Mantera's Party Dream/Science Non-Fiction/V.O.I.D. Masquerade 31 Mofro/Papa Mali & The Instigators Skipper's Smokehouse 31 Burning Spear Jannus Landing 31…
Different Strokes
Wines-by-the-glass lists gratify promiscuous sippers
Spins
Five EightFor a goodly portion of the '90s, Athens, Ga.'s Five Eight was the Bay area scene's favorite local band that wasn't local. Their combination of arena-scale presence and tunes, and house-party intimacy, connected with just about everyone who saw them. But eventually, having seen Five Eight roughly six million times, we kind of moved…
More Fuel for the Fire
Ten more tomes to get your blood boiling. Suggestions come from Ian Grey or, where starred, from Inkwood Books in Tampa. Cronies: Oil, the Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America's Superstate, by Robert Bryce (PublicAffairs) *Rise of the Vulcans, by James Mann (Viking Books) Corporateering: How Corporate Power Steals Your Freedom … and What…
Letters
In With the New Just read your intro and wanted to welcome you to town. I moved here about six years ago and it did take a few years to get over the yahoo element, but I would encourage you to stick it out. I appreciate the optimism in the intro, as many people that…
Gift in the Wind
The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center keeps on giving. Aside from hosting a slew of major musical, dance, opera, theatrical and television productions, as well as awards programs, pageants, conventions and meetings, the center also offers some reasonably priced and sometimes free classes and workshops. That's not all. Just when you think the mountain of…
Don’t Panic
Your war questions answered
Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area.
I, Puppet
Building nicer robots in a USF lab
The Story of O
Top-notch O Bistro flies under eat-scene radar
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 Alley Cat's Cafe, 2475 McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater, 727-797-5555 Babalouie's, 1913 East Bearss Ave., Tampa, 813-971-1243…
Hot and Bothered
A summer reading list for the politically pissed-off
Drive Me Crazy
Some spots bring out the worst in drivers
A Talk to Remember
Ex-lovers hook up again in the engaging Before Sunset
Styles Over Substance
Clashing acting styles undermine Otherwise Engaged
Upcoming Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tuesday, July 27: Anger Regiment, Aces and Eights (Bridge Nine) Anyones, Anyones (Tee Pee) Badly Drawn Boy, One Plus One Is One (Astralwerks) Barrabas, Release Barrabas (Discomforme) The Briggs, Leaving the Ways (USA Side 1 Dummy) Buffseeds, Picture Show (Sanctuary) Carpathian Forest, Skjend Hans Lik (Season Mist America)…
Soundboard
MUSIC EVENTS THURDSAY, JULY 22 420 Park Place DJ Matt the Bratt 42nd Street Bistro Rafael & Co. 4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar d'Visitors Alley Cat's Cafe Acoustakats Babalouie's Mark McGourley Bahama Breeze Mike Hastings/Denny Falzon Bahama Mama's Pat Best Barnacle Bill's Jason Longoria Benedetto's Italiano Ristorante Piano Bar w/Tom Baptist Big J.R.'s The…
