Spins
ElevatorHOT HOT HEATSireLet's put it this way: better new wave revivalists than a rap-metal band these days. Hot Hot Heat's second album, Elevator, arrives as part of the latest flood of NME-anointed, spiky post-punkers pushing across these shores. Influenced by Gang of Four, XTC and the Jam, the Canadian quartet delivers a satisfying follow-up to…
Dynamic Duo
Ohio’s The Black Keys continue their dual-instrument assault
Upcoming Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tue., May 10: Athlete, Tourist (Astralwerks) Bedouin Soundclash, Sounding a Mosaic (USA Side 1 Dummy) The Blizzards, Shady Groove (Tombstones [Hep400]) Caravan, Better by Far (Eclectic Discs) Coquettish, High Energy Politics (Asian Man) The Cordwood Draggers, Radiation Bop (El Toro) Dirty Halo, Dawn Good Day (Indecent Media) Donovan's…
Upcoming Concerts
May 12 Haste The Day/Extol/Dead to Fall/Embrace Today/Twelve Tribes/Fight Paris/LOSA Orpheum 12 Jackyl w/TBA State Theatre 12 Peter Murphy House of Blues (Lake Buena Vista) 13 Underoath w/Chariot/These Arms Are Snakes/Fear Before the March of Flames Masquerade 13 & 14 Cornerstone Music Festival Central Florida Fairgrounds (Orlando) 13-15 Uphonia Spanish Moss Farm (Quincy) 14 WMNF…
Letters
Man To ManRe: Scene & Herd, "Shower Power," by Scott Harrell (April 27-May 3) Nicely done… Behind your article's wit is a much-needed message to us confused and belittled Renaissance men – namely, we don't have to do everything women do in order to be acceptable to women (or other men for that reason). Our…
An Honest Tampa Tribune?
Al-Arian’s attorneys say that would be a good idea
British Soul Food
Food memoirs can be emotionally sticky reading. Too often they involve soft-focus tales of learning to cook at mama's knee, or recalling a fall picnic in a distant, idyllic land where the author was plunked down by fate for a year or two. Enter Nigel Slater's Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger (Gotham). A…
Music Venues
VENUESFor a comprehensive list of addresses and contact information for the nightspots listed in SOUNDBOARD, log on to www.weeklyplanet.com. 688 SKATEPARK, 6140 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater, 727-523-0785 THE BANK NIGHTCLUB AND CONCERT VENUE, 1950 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg, 727-898-4488 BOOMERZ BOILER ROOM/BOOMERZ CAFÉ, 6990 Seminole Blvd., Seminole, 727-391-7066 BOURBON STREET, 4331 U.S. 19 N., New…
At Home On The Road
Road dog Mick Collins and The Dirtbombs arrive in Ybor
Living Color
Cultures collide in the Altman-esque Crash
Music Concerts
Thursday, May. 5 42nd Street Bistro Eddie Rosicky Bahama Breeze Mike Hastings/Denny Falzon The Bank Nightclub and Concert Venue Left Lane The Blueberry Patch Michael Southern Band Boomerz Boiler Room Emergenza Battle of the Bands Brass Mug Lazarus Captain Jack's Rus Anderson Casa Tina Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Feat. Orquesta Infinidad The Chic-A-Boom Room Black…
Wine List
Got an upcoming or ongoing wine event? Send information to: The Wine List, 810 N. Howard Ave., Tampa, FL 33606, fax 813-739-4801 or e-mail winestuff@weeklyplanet.com. TASTE THE PACIFIC Sample the world of wines from the Pacific Northwest. $12 in advance, $15 at door. 7:30 p.m. Fri., May 6. Charlie's Wine Cellar, 533 S. Howard Ave.,…
A Baptist Primer
The Baptist faith emerged in early 17th-century Europe, fueled by objections to papal and state inference. Baptists called for independent reading of the Bible not beholden to the interpretation of a central person or institution. In colonial America, many Baptists were tortured or killed for refusing to follow state-led and established churches, and for their…
MacDill After Dark
Great digs, a new dinner menu and one hot waitstaff spice up South Tampa
Culinary Events
COOKING CONTEST Help judge the second semifinal round of the Best Chef of Tampa Bay contest. $50. 7-10 p.m. Tues. May 10. La Maison Gourmet. (www.lamaisongourmet.info). CULINARY DEMONSTRATION Chef Gui Alinat will give a demonstration and wine tasting with live music. $25. 6 p.m. every third Thurs. of the month. Reservations required. The Reef Seafood…
Be Careful What You Wish For
Fundamentalist groups and their Republican allies are trying to insure the nomination of conservative judges. But a glance at some controversial cases during the last five years show that most of the ruling judges were appointed or nominated by Republican administrations. • Goodridge v. Department of Public Health In 2003, the Massachusetts high court ruled…
Freebie of the Week
Celebrate the Birth of a Nation
Ask the Advice Goddess
BARTENDER MERCIES I'm a college professor in my 30s, as is the woman I'm smitten with. We worked at the same college for two years until she took a position thousands of miles away. Because of the fields we're in, we could never be together unless one of us gives up our career. I've told…
Attack Mode
• Twenty Democratic senators, including Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, have been warned against using the filibuster through e-mails from members of Focus on the Family. The right-wing group has taken out national ads on the issue and advised its members to send a handful of moderate conservative senators, like Senator John McCain, the following…
Mail Bonding
Where the readers speak up
Filibuster Crash Course
The filibuster is a 200-year-old tradition in the U.S. Senate. The filibuster allows unlimited debate on an issue and essentially forestalls a vote. • Former Senator Strom Thurmond, a Republican from South Carolina, staged the longest filibuster in Senate history, speaking for more than 24 hours against a civil rights bill in 1957. • Breaking…
The Judges in Question
The dispute over judicial nominations centers on seven nominees for federal district and appellate courts. The nominees include the following: • David McKeague of Michigan blocked a Justice Department investigation of possible abuses of females at two state prisons, even when several other courts allowed the investigation. It was the first time in more that…
Kingdom Come
Ridley Scott's two-and-a-half hour epic about the religious Crusades of the middle ages has armies marching every which way, of course, but the biggest army of all might be behind the scenes – the teams of advisors employed by a non-Muslim director to make sure no delicate Muslim toes were stepped on. The result is…
The Man In The Middle
As the separation between church and state narrows, a minister from Tampa stands up in defense of the First Amendment
Caught In The Undertow
The Trib story that was too good to be true
Don’t Panic
Your war questions answered
Planet Picks
MAY 5 THURSDAY CINCO CINCO CINCO! It's the fifth of May and you know what that means – it's time to crack open an ice cold Corona, toss back a shot of Tequila and chow down on some tasty tostadas at your nearest Mexican restaurant. The Planet recommends Miguel's Mexican Cafe (3035 W. Kennedy Blvd.,…
Blotter
KNEEJERK RESPONSE: Police responding to a domestic violence complaint got some dubious answers. After being locked out of his home by his wife, a man kicked in the door and proceeded to terrorize her. When asked if he hit his wife, the man said, "I didn't hit her, I shoved her into a wall." The…
Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area
Zen And The Art Of Yard Bargains
Open your mind and be rewarded with junk you never knew you needed
Short List
SAUSAGE FEST THE RECALL OF ROGER WOOD SAUSAGESThis just in: There's stuff in sausage that's bad for you. THAT THERE'S A SAUSAGE COMPANY CALLED "ROGER WOOD"Adolescent mind…bursting…with dick jokes… HYBRID SALES UP 81%Seems like a damn good time to tap ANWR. POPULARITY CONTEST ON CMTResidents of Vega, Texas vote off imported big-city folks at weekly…
Tales Of The City
They remember the Roberts City neighborhood. Do you?
And In This Corner …
I've explained many times in this space why I think local battles of the bands are contentious, divisive, pointless bullshit, so I won't go into it again. Emergenza, however, is a bit different. The competition – which grew from its 1992 origins in Italy to include most of Europe and Canada before coming to the…
Music Menu
THURSDAY, MAY 5 KREATOR w/VADER Germany's Kreator was one of the bigger second-tier acts of the late-'80s thrash-metal heyday. Though they never attained the status of a Megadeth or Anthrax, the band's mix of technical prowess and brutality made it perhaps the most popular European act of the period. And one of the most enduring;…
Tea Treat for Mom and Me
The house of my childhood was a bit like the set of "Pee-Wee's Playhouse." An upright piano, painted in a shade of Pepto pink, took center stage in the dining room. The kitchen counters, instead of being used for chopping vegetables, were taken up by a vintage milkshake maker and a glass jar of Christmas…
Move To the Music
A Bay area entrepreneur stages Florida’s newest jamfest
It’s All Good
Susan Haig wants to tear down musical barricades
