Who’s the New Guy?
> Stefan Sanderling has been appointed the new music director of the Florida Orchestra, to replace the departing Jahja Ling. Sanderling will be music director designate for the 2002-03 season, conducting no more than two concerts, and then will begin his five year contract as the orchestra's leader in the 2003-04 season. Sanderling, son of…
Anime-niacs
My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese AnimationTampa Museum of Art 600 N. Ashley Drive Tampa 2 p.m. Saturdays, May 11-June 22 813-274-8130 Anime-niacs If the recent local showing of the Japanese anime feature Metropolis blew you out of your proverbial seat, there's lots more where that came from. In conjunction with their…
Young Papas of Pop Punk
"It was a total honor. I had a great time — once we were done playing." Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt takes a brief (very brief) respite from cracking wise to reflect on his band's recent televised performance at this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. The Northern California trio plied a…
Along Came a Spider
Superman, as pretty much anyone can tell you, is the Man of Steel. Solid, self-assured and uncomplicated as apple pie. Spider-Man, whose big-screen appearance marks the official start of Summer 2002, is something else entirely. Just as Superman holds a special place in the hearts of a generation of self-made men and women (but let's…
Spins
Reviews of news CDs from The Goo Goo Dolls, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Neil Halstead and Reverend Horton Heat. The Goo Goo DollsGutterflower Thirteen-or-so years ago, Buffalo's Goo Goo Dolls were the world's best Replacements rip-offs. Their first three albums bristled with short, blazing, cleverly dumb songs of identity and heartache that stripped everything down…
Letters
Too Fruity Re: "Cool by the Pool" a "Corkscrew" column by Taylor Eason (April 24-30) I had to write before your wine section "Corkscrew" became any more silly. Please inform Taylor Eason that, despite what she may have read, it is wine, wine that she is drinking. There is no wine in the world that…
Now, You’re Cooking!
Mushroom Sauce
Outtakes
Look here for short reviews for movies playing thoroughout the Tampa Bay Area. A Beautiful Mind (PG-13) A Russell Crowe is the main reason to see this atypically twisty Ron Howard production, the Academy Award winner for Best Picture, about an emotionally fragile genius whose life spins out of control in all sorts of unexpected…
ABBA Kiss
In the last 20 minutes or so of Mamma Mia!, currently showing at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, this much-touted but fundamentally trivial musical finally begins to live up to its hype. For one thing, the ABBA songs that make up this segment — "Knowing You Knowing Me," "Slipping Through My Fingers" and "The…
Web Site of the Week: Absolute Trivia
http://www.absolutetrivia.com It's common knowledge that I'm a wealth of useless knowledge. People don't come to me for relevant information, like how to program a computer or convert Fahrenheit to Celsius (or how to spell "Fahrenheit" for that matter). Nope, I'm the guy with the low down on really earth shattering factoids, like how long a…
Freebie: Artistic Refreshment
Downtown St. Petersburg Gallery Walk
Still in Fashion
It's one of the most famous Bay area restaurants, a sleek home of high rollers, set lavishly atop a fine hotel with a fabulous view of bays, skyline and beach. It's the only local restaurant this year to win four stars from the Mobil Travel Guide. We wondered: Is Armani's truly as good as its…
The Images That Jack Built
One complaint that skeptics often level at digital imagery is its lack of passion. Not so for St. Petersburg artist Jack Breit. His technologically mediated images transform nostalgic icons and signature tongue-in-cheek content into energetic contemporary Surrealism that's overlaid with sizzling color. Breit's surrealism is distant from the classic version born of literary origins or…
Books
The Rants, Raves & Thoughts of Osama bin Laden Edited by Julian Smith OYO Publications/$9.95 If the al-Qaida organization had an official quote book, this would be it. I can imagine bin Laden addressing his newest group of trainees: "Listen up, people! Welcome to the al-Qaida Organization. I'd like you all to form a single…
Green Strikes Again
The article told the story of a New York City landlord who sat in the Bronx House of Detention and contemplated moving to Florida. In New York, Green had amassed $3-million in building code fines, owed thousands of dollars to the electric company and was facing lawsuits from tenants. Green eventually lost 11 buildings to…
ePlay
Sitting at the huge computer monitor in the spare bedroom of his St. Petersburg home, stroking the family cat nestled in his lap, Phil Traynor could be your accountant. He's got the pleated trousers, the oversize glasses and the round, unassuming face of a man who finds his reason for being in neatly ordered columns…
Easy Street
Road contractor Michael L. Cone, who was found guilty of bribery and money laundering in 1999 while working on Florida Department of Transportation projects, has negotiated a short stint for himself on a list of convicted vendors with whom the state cannot do business. If things break right for Cone, he would be eligible to…
