What else could you buy with $300 million?
The consensus among the general public — at least among the general public in our office — is that Spiderman 3, all $300 million of it, sucks. Two and a half hours of simpering Tobey, sniveling Kirsten, one good villain and unremarkable FX. So what we want to know, if you agree with us or…
Back from New Orleans
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival was back in full force this year, making it bit difficult to get around last Saturday. Finally, after spending an hour or so finding parking for our full-sized van, we made it in time to catch Galactic get ill on the main Acura Stage. The highlight for me…
Wine Exchange Closing
Wayne Garcia (the PoHo himself) laid out a rumor yesterday that the Wine Exchange in South Tampa is closing. Confirmed it today — the final day is Mother's Day. Nothing new scheduled to go into the space and, as yet, no info as to the reason. Thanks Wayne.
Fechter leaves Tampa Trib, joins Emerson
For years, the family of imprisoned former USF professor Sami Al-Arian insisted that their nemesis and most dogged chronicler, Tampa Tribune investigative reporter Michael Fechter, was doing the bidding of anti-Arab forces. Today, they got some more ammo for their argument in the news that Fechter has resigned from the paper to take a job…
We Wuz Robbed!
Sadly, local favorite Chef Joshua Dawson — who won the Art Institute of Tampa's Best Teen Chef of 2007 — wasn't able to take home the prize at the national competition. Keep up the good work Josh, and maybe I'll be by to review your own place in a few years.
Mucus Mania
Great, now the robots will be able to track us by scent when the revolution comes. We should all consider buying some insurance.
Critical Violation
Thanks to Matt over at Sticks Of Fire, I've taken to looking over the health inspections of restaurants I go to. It is a guilty, transitory pleasure that ultimately disappoints: either the restaurant has a dreadful record involving live roaches in the food prep area and unlabeled chicken drippings stored next to the apple juice,…
Didgeri-don’t?
If you haven’t seen this week’s Urban Explorer, click here to learn about that ancient wind instrument, the didgeridoo. I spent a night with Jeremy Lembo at Ybor City’s International Bazaar trying to learn the damned thing and all I ended up with was a big red ring around my mouth from blowing hard on…
This Gabacho Loves Conjunto
For those of you who may or not know about the various tribulations of my car (238,000 miles and counting), one of the more annoying defects is my lack of FM radio. I can tune into AM radio fine, but I haven’t had my fix of 88.5, Wild 98.7 or 98 Rock in months. So,…
My Lord And Savior Has A Podcast
Video podcast, even. Of course, I'm referring to Gordon Ramsay, bad boy chef extraordinaire. Lately he's become the culinary equivalent of overplayed Top 40, but I still love the foul-mouthed perfectionist. It's called Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food (you can find it on iTunes), and, at first watch, the podcast is damn cool. Each has two…
Falafel For The Win
Sticking with the hot dog theme, found a short but sweet story about the economics of NYC pushcart vendors (thanks to CHOW). Would love to have some more concrete numbers on the costs and revenue, but maybe some of our local cartographers can give me the lowdown.
The Lotus
Name of Kama Sutra Position: The Lotus Getting into the position: Facing the woman in a seated position, the man grasps her ankles and fastens them like a chain behind his neck. She then grips her toes as they make love. On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate position (1 as…
Hate Your Mom? Option #1…
Sweet Tomatoes has the solution for your Mother's Day woes, if your mom likes mass-consuming low-end buffet fare. Press release after the jump.
USA vs. Al-Arian premieres in Tampa
Line Halvorsen's documentary about the struggle of former USF professor Sami Al-Arian, convicted of a single count of conspiracy to aid the terrorist Palestinian Islamic Jihad, is set to make its U.S. premiere later this month at the Tampa Theater. is a powerful, if one-sided, account of the Bush administration's unending pursuit of the Palestinian…
Review Preview – Competitive Eating
Yeah, I know. In retrospect, two stories dealing with hot dogs does seem like too much of a good thing, but this is the beginning of prime frankfurter season. Gorge away and start training for Dairy Inn's annual Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4. To tide you over, here are some choice (and grotesque!)…
Weekend At Bernie’s!
Think this hotel will be decorated in bordello chic?
Break it up
DanceFriday, May 4
Verhoeven goes Dutch
Black Book
Upcoming concerts
Steel Pulse, Tony Furtado, Jello Biafra and more
The Escapegoat
Rock fest, Tenet and Spider-Man 3
CL‘s must-do list for the week of
Thurs., May 3-Wed., May 9
Middle relief
At Tropicana Field, the food’s better than the bullpen
Final encore
Classical MusicTuesday, May 8
Bloody diamonds
DiscussionWednesday, May 9
Funk or flunk
Silas Durocher prepares for his final exam
Carl and the Passions — “So Tough”
The Beach Boys
The Blotter
Bizarre crimes from Tampa police files
Kitsch and wiggles
Vanishing Florida and multiple spasms
Cassadaga
Bright Eyes
Live Like We Believe
Vance Borland
Dog days in Dunedin
What it’s like to be part of the dog rescue network
Outtakes
Lucky You, 300 and more
On the road again
MusicMonday, May 7
How might recent Nigerian elections affect the United States?
Don’t Panic … your war questions answered
Letters to the Editor
‘Here comes the neighborhood’
Events around the city
Wine dinners and tastings
Pets R Us
A look at the numbers
Blowing wood
Learning a 40,000-year-old instrument, one breath at a time.
Serve to taste
Finding the temp that’s just right
Suffering set to music
Classical Music/FilmSunday, May 6
A man and his ‘woman’
Forty years on, Percy Sledge’s 1966 hit still seduces
Wild, wild Western art
ArtSaturday, May 5
Smooth operator
From Ernestine to Altman, from Laugh-In to YouTube: Lily Tomlin talks about her amazing career
The understanding sister
Crossing the divide between good and evil
Along came a spider
2007’s season of blockbusters gets off to a tangled start
Upcoming
Bright Eyes, Roger Waters, Fall Out Boy
Duncan Strauss
Radio host
Hello in there
Making retirement plans at O’Maddy’s
The schedule
FRIDAY, MAY 4 12:30 p.m., Debbie Davies Band — The frontwoman for this blues trio sings in a low growl and bends the hell out of her electric guitar strings in the style of the late Albert Collins, the man with whom she played for five years before releasing her solo debut Picture This on…
Secret tax dollars
Could Orlando’s tourist agency brouhaha become Tampa’s?
The next generation of Mamets
TheaterThursday, May 3
Strangers like us
Iraqi women touched by war become very familiar
The next generation of Mamets
Young Dramatists’ Project 2007
She wants candy
Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani and The Album Leaf
Fighting Food Insecurity From The Top Down
Pretty little profile in the NYT of Oregon Governor Theodore R. Kulongoski's attempt to live on just $3 for food a day, all to raise awareness of hunger issues and a potential tightening of food stamp programs by the Federal Guv'mint. I'm sorry, did I say "hunger"? I mean "food insecurity" (thanks for that piece…
