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A Giants Leap for Mankind
Every boneheaded, self-serving or blatantly just-plain-wrong thing the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has ever done can now be looked upon with a newfound degree of mercy, because They Might Be Giants just won a Grammy. Granted, it was for the theme to Malcolm In The Middle, but still, anyone who thought three…
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Outtakes
Short movie reviews of films playing throughout the Tampa Bay area.
The Spies Who Came in From the Art Sale
Weekly Planet has obtained a report detailing alleged Israeli spy activity in the United States.
Down to Earth
In one of Sarasota's uneventful subdivisions, across the street from Crystal Lakes golf course, is an incongruous sight: DeSoto Lakes Organics farm. Two days a week, customers swarm Jessica's Stand, the farm's on-location retail outlet. The attraction: fresh out of the ground, certified organically grown produce. Certified organic is a strange but meaningful designation. According…
Letters
Anatomy of a Supremacist Re: "White Dollar Crime" by Fawn Germer (March 6-12) I have to be honest; I don't know what the big deal is. I come from the Howard Stern belief system of white supremacist. I think they are hilarious, and I am always happy to hear of their stupidity. Let's take the…
Taco Bell Alternatives
I remember rather well my first visit to a Taco Bell: I was astonished that the taco shells could so closely resemble cardboard and still be considered food. Since then, I have quite determinedly avoided mainstream corporate "Mexican" cuisine, and it is with pleasure that I divulge a few of my favorite alternatives — more…
Nourishing Theater
There ought to be a special Tony award given for Most Evocative Use of Food in a Drama or Comedy. Some of the contenders might be Tina Howe's The Art of Dining, wherein food becomes the subject of two restaurateurs' anxieties; Nicky Silver's The Food Chain, in which a character desperately tries to assuage his…
Spins
Hank Williams III Lovesick, Broke & Driftin' The latest from hellbilly renegade Hank Williams III is the perfect soundtrack to get drunk by. Lovesick, Broke & Driftin' is a classic boozin' (and druggin' if you count the cannabis references) album on par with the best from Merle Haggard, David Allan Coe and George Jones. For…
Eye in the Sky: New York, New York
The architectural photography of Peter B. Kaplan has two defining characteristics. The images are sharp and the perspectives are as unique as the man who eagerly climbs everything from bridges to skyscrapers to scaffolding for the shots. New York, New York, an exhibit of monumental Manhattan structures captured by Kaplan's lens, opens at Tampa Gallery…
‘Planet’ Janet
Democratic gov. candidate Reno visits the WP
Books
With his first novel The Book of Shadows, South Florida writer James Reese has created the sort of plot I like most: supernatural beings and erotic sex play combined with writing so lush and affecting that I don't have to trade in my book snob membership to enjoy it. Set in 18th century France, the…
