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Jul 4-10, 2007

Jul 4-10, 2007 / Vol. 20 / No. 16

U + Ur Hand, Dave

In Tuesday's NY Times: the dumbest piece of music writing ever. David Brooks, the booby who gave us Bobos In Paradise, is all adither about three of the summer's biggest pop songs — Pink's "U + Ur Hand," Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend," and  (gasp!) Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" — because, essentially, the sisters are doing…

by David Warner

Choose or Lose 2007

As you may have noticed (observant Loaf reader that you are), our 2008 Best of the Bay Reader's Poll ballot has been running in the paper and online for the last few weeks. The votes are already tumbling in to the CL office, with Internet ballots outpacing the old-fashioned paper ones by more than two-to-one.…

by Joe Bardi

Would You Like Some Heroin With That?

Are you kidding? Anyone who's ever had a hot Krispy Kreme, or the aji sauce at Maria's Chicken, or Alessi's pizza knows that food addiction is real! Seriously, though, I can easily see where training the body to expect certain chemical triggers — sugar and salt and fat and the like — could turn into…

by Brian Ries

The Short List — Tues., July 10

McCain is no McClane … Is this the end for "candidate" John McCain? The warning signs: His campaign manager and chief strategist both resigned today. It could be worse … He could be Ron Paul. Is this the end for staying the course in Iraq? There's an A.P. story saying the Iraqi government has achieved…

by Joe Bardi

Did he say ‘hunkier’?

Here at Creative Loafing, we're as excited as the next music geek about the upcoming Police concert. But it's doubtful anyone in the Bay area is as tickled about Sting getting on stage tomorrow as St. Petersburg Times Pop Music Critic Sean Daly. I've read more music commentary in my day than most people. I've…

by Wade Tatangelo

The Short List — Mon., July 9

Settling disputes … everyday! Although things suck in Iraq, the Kurdish areas to the north have been relatively unscathed by the years of violence in the "Sunni Triangle." Almost-Kurdistan now sports new developments, peaceful living and 140,000 Turkish troops massed on the border. Uh-oh. The bleeding edge in the treatment of illness: Turning diseases against…

by Joe Bardi

So, what exactly is Americana?

Here's a rough draft of my concert review that will run in the upcoming edition of CL. Photo of Steve Connelly by Shanna Gillette. AMERICANA FEST ’07 The Urbane Cowboys/The Diviners/Hangtown/Steve Connelly and the Lesser Gods/Rebekah Pulley and the Reluctant Prophets/The Human Condition/Truckstop Coffee/Holidaysburg/Have Gun Will Travel/Experimental Pilot/Jukebox Graduate/Memphis Train Union, Sat., July 7, Skipper’s…

by Wade Tatangelo

The Short List — Fri., July 6

Everybody's working for the weekend … Murdoch & WSJ: Did he or didn't he? The military has gotten so good at whacking al-Qaeda operatives, that sometimes they kill the same guy twice. The heatwave takes its toll: It's so hot in Vegas, some idiot started plugging the gamblers from an overhead walkway. A breakdown of…

by Joe Bardi

Candy Bars lose a bite

Tampa’s Candy Bars are in a tough spot. The indie band's secret weapon, cellist Melissa Castellano, has called it quits. Singer/guitarist Daniel Martinez and drummer/programmer Ryan Hastings will soldier on without her, honoring dates for an upcoming tour of the Northeast that kicks off with a gig next Saturday at New World. Candy Bars w/King…

by Wade Tatangelo

Times readers: Anti-gay ad shameful

We first broke the story about the controversy over the advertisement, and now the daily’s readers are reacting, too. One called the hate-filled ad that ran next to the jump page for the St. Pete Pride parade coverage “a grievous error in judgment.†Another called it public vitriol. Check out the letters here.

by Wayne Garcia

When the drums stop beating

The Times has a story today about police making rounds of the infamous Treasure Island drum circle following residents’ complaints about underage drinking and drug use. I can’t say that I’m surprised. When I visited the drum circle last summer (and a few times since) somehow I knew it couldn’t last for long: a non-sanctioned…

by Alex Pickett

The Short List — Thurs., July 5

Warning: Excessive celebration of freedom can lead to debilitating hangovers. Al-Qaeda's latest weapons of terror: Ross Perot-style charts, Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack. St. Pete Beach's fireworks finale explodes on the ground, making it into CNN's wrap-up of fireworks-related mishaps and injuries. Today's Best Boss in Tampa Bay: The knife-wielding manager at Oriental Bakery on…

by Joe Bardi

Top 10: Albums of 1967

Perusing Rolling Stone's The 40 Essential Albums of 1967 it's hard to fathom a more satisfying year in rock ' 'n' roll history. Fans were treated to everything from mind-blowing guitar rock (Hendrix) and sublime soul (Aretha) to strangely beautiful psychedelia (Jefferson Airplane) and nascent country-rock (Dylan, The Byrds). Oh, yeah, and The Beatles put…

by Wade Tatangelo

Her Name is Rio

British TerrorThe Spice Girls reunion, not the car bombings. Job CutsTampa axes key arts and historic preservation officials. Two areas where the city is well ahead of the curve. Ahem. Trib Critical of Tampa LayoffsStory questions the wisdom of keeping workers on for another 90 days. Unlike the Tribune's own layoffs that ushered 70 of…

by CL Staff

Spins

Chemical Brothers, Campaign to Save Darfur, David Olney, Daddy Yankee

by CL Staff

Recent releases

1408 (PG-13) Paranormal investigator and confirmed skeptic Mike Enslin (John Cusack) meets his match when he checks in the titular room at a Manhattan hotel and finds all hell literally breaking loose. Based on a short story by Stephen King, 1408 is a welcome change from the Saw/Hostel splatterfests currently in vogue, but the film's…

by CL Staff

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