This Week’s Short List
One of the more popular features in each Weekly Planet is the Short List, a random series of observations about our world today. Now, we'd like you to join in the fun and write your own Short List item. Post it below as a comment and we'll take the best entry worthy of publication and…
Kermit was wrong
When we last visited with Darden Rice, whose suprisingly strong candidacy for St. Pete City Council represented a breakthrough for local progressives despite her eventual loss, she vowed to stay involved. The first evidence of that is in; she called today to talk about the first Pinellas Living Green Expo, set to be held in…
Mike Clark Organ Trio
Drummer Mike Clark, saxophonist Jed Levy and keyboardist Jerry Z performed at The Bank Nightclub and Concert Venue last night to a small throng of Bay area jazz lovers (photos by Philip Bardi).
Unjust Justice
If America still has liberty, Sameeh Hammoudeh should be freed.
Upcoming Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tues., March 28: Atreyu, A Deathgrip on Yesterday (Victory) The Bangkok Five, Who's Gonna Take Us Alive? (Universal) Blast Room, Rock Is Dead (Generic) Boy Hits Car, Passage (Music Video Distributors) Bread, Definitive Collection (Rhino/Wea) Clear Static, Clear Static (Maverick) Leslie Clemmons, Waiting For My Conviction (Verdict) Ramona…
Wine List
BOUTIQUE DELIGHTS Smaller wineries need love too, so come taste some from Napa and Sonoma Valleys, paired with regional cuisine. $15 adv.; $20 at door. 7:30 p.m. March 24. Charlie's Wine Cellar, 533 S. Howard Ave., Tampa (813-250-1967). PINOT ENVY Explore your inner pinot with 10 from California. $10. 7-9 p.m. March 24. Vintage Wine…
The Bicycle Diaries
Is it possible to live in America and take a vow of automotive abstinence? Bill Gifford decided to find out.
$10 Gets You 20
ART/FUNDRAISER
“I Shouldn’t Have A Choice”
Abortion Ground Zero isn’t South Dakota — it’s Jackson, Mississippi.
Feel The Burn
Sake is not for the faint of heart.
Figures in Emotion
DANCE
It’s the Blues, Baby!
HISTORY/FUNDRAISER
Legendary party
An 84-year-old New Port Richey tradition, the Chasco Fiesta honors the legend involving a Spanish boy and girl, a priest, and the Calusa Indian tribe who captured them after intercepting and overpowering a Spanish expedition. According to the tale, the boy and girl were later wed as Queen Chasco and her consort, Pithla. Things get…
The Blotter
THREE'S COMPANY: I've been compiling these blotter entries for almost a year now, and this one has to be the best of the lot. On Feb. 18, 2006, at 10:23 a.m., police responded to a report of a disturbance at a private residence in Tampa. There they met Jack, his next-door neighbor Mr. Furley, and…
Classic Rock
With Gutter Phenomenon, Every Time I Die has made a record for the ages.
Beat It
DEBRA LAFAVE ENGAGED She's registered at Toys 'R Us. AMANDA BYNES DOES SHAKESPEARE Next up: SpongeBob in Henry V. KATHERINE HARRIS' $10 MILLION If a racehorse going off at 50-1 could plunk down $10 million on himself to skew the odds, it wouldn't make him run any faster. "MAN SEVERS OWN PENIS, THROWS IT AT…
Music Menu
THURSDAY, MARCH 23 SHE WANTS REVENGE w/ROCK KILLS KID It's the bill from the recent Electric Six show at the same venue, minus Electric Six. Both of these bands are handily surfing Old Wave's new wave; the darker, more electro/dance-informed She Wants Revenge isn't as good in concert as it is coming out of your…
Food, Glorious Food
CULINARY/FUNDRAISER
Surreal in St. Pete
FESTIVAL
Spins
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not ARCTIC MONKEYS Domino OK, so we're a little late on this one — sue us. Unless you've been strip mining the rain forests or keeping Aerosmith greatest hits on a continuous loop for the last month or so, you've heard the buzz about Arctic Monkeys. A…
Sunrise Sunset?
Tampa’s Hyde Park art house may be in trouble. Ask The Dust won’t help.
Outtakes
New Releases STAY ALIVE (PG-13) Frankie Muniz (Malcolm in the Middle) and a bunch of his pals discover that the videogame they're playing has deadly consequences in the real world. As the characters' cyber-surrogates bite the dust in the videogame, the players themselves begin dropping like flies in exactly the same manner. A concept whose…
Post-Mortem Mystery
LITERATURE
The Show Could Go On
If this goes off, I believe it will be the first Head Automatica show in the Bay area to not be cancelled. Originally a collaboration between former Glassjaw frontman Daryl Palumbo and super-hip producer/electro-composer Dan the Automator, Head Automatica seems to be edging away from an almost caricatured take on stylish dance-rock, and toward something…
On the Waterfront
Tampa’s downtown could be a contender, instead of a bum.
Darkness And Lite
Well-produced fluff at American Stage, and a Blackout at Suncoast.
Upper Crust
The pizza at Pizze Rustica easily beats that of the big chains.
Winelist
HOLIDAY REDS, WHITES AND BUBBLIES Enjoy a seasonal sip at this wine taste-a-thon of 25 choices. Price includes hors d'oeuvres. $15 in advance; $20 at door. 7:30 p.m. Fri., Dec. 30. Charlie's Wine Cellar, 533 S. Howard Ave., Tampa (813-250-1967). A TOAST TO 2004 Say goodbye to 2005 with some 2004 vintages as we look…
Man Up
The usual good guy/bad guy bank robbery is turned on its ear in Spike Lee's gritty dramatic thriller. With his knack for making typically-clichéd racial issues interesting and creating comedic moments at unexpected times, Lee's fast-paced movie keeps you guessing 'til the very end. Denzel Washington plays the cop who's brought in to handle a…
Backspin
III SANTANA Columbia/Legacy Let's visit yesteryear, well before Carlos became little more than a special guest star on Santana albums. Santana III showcases an exceedingly tight band digging into grooves that are even more Latin-oriented than Santana's first two LPs. Two terrific songs balance the salsa/jam workouts: "No One to Depend On" and "Everything's Coming…
Get Out Of My Way
A contrarian view
