Très bien! on ‘The Next Great American Band’
Clearwater garage rockers Très bien! were featured Friday, Oct. 19 on the first episode of the new Fox reality television series The Next Great American Band. Look for the local the local quartet to appear again on Fox this Friday at 8 p.m. Click here to help Très bien! get votes.
The Short List – Wed., Oct. 23
Eat, drink and be merry. Blackwater has half-learned Ben Franklin’s saying, “In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.†With the whole global warming crisis thing, Floridians will need to eat their broccoli now more than ever before. Ever feel like whacking a big, fat media conglomerate? Edwards tells Bill Maher how “way…
Justin Townes Earle: Today at Vinyl Fever
Justin Townes Earle, son of hardcore troubadour Steve Earle, recently released his debut EP Yuma, a collection of stark, folk songs, many of which recall the work of his daddy's mentor, Townes Van Zandt, with hints of Bruce Springsteen circa Nebraska. Justin performs 5:30 p.m. today at Vinyl Fever in South Tampa. He then has…
Bob Dylan: Cadillac man
Well I'm drivin' in the flats in a Cadillac car The girls all say, "You're a worn out star" My pockets are loaded and I'm spending every dime How can you say you love someone else when you know it's me all the time? —Bob Dylan's "Summer Days," from Love and Theft (2001)Â
Everyperson Picks A Beer
Enjoy Beerfest? Yeah, me too. Right in the middle of the Fest festivities, CL editor David Warner took the stage to run the finals of our Everyperson International Beer Challenge. Let's air this out right now: this on-stage tasting was my idea, originally. I accept all blame for the fact that watching four people taste…
Top 10: Sunday links
Indie rock = White rock (The New Yorker). More on the trouble with indie rock: 'It's not just race. It's class.' (Slate.com). 'Did Grunge Kill Indie Rock?' (Washington City Paper). ''Nas' and other words that begin with 'N' (Paste)'. The Boss speaks (Rolling Stone). Get learned on Lee Hazelwood (LA WEEKLY). The 40 Worst Lyricist…
The Short List — Fri., Oct. 19
I read the news today, and oh boy is it depressing. War, disease, oppression, bombings, economic collapse … on a Friday! In response, I'm burying my head in the sand. Enjoy today's links. Bush the comedian: Yes, sometime Bush says things that can be construed as jokes. I don't know about his choice of topic,…
Top 10: Beer songs
Here's a Top 10 to celebrate Creative Loafing's new Beer Issue. Click here to read my Beer Tab, which basically illustrates how much moving sucks and that the only way to do is with a cold one close by at all times. Top 10: Beer songs 1. "99 Bottles of Beer," traditional 2. "There's a…
The Short List — Thurs., Oct. 18
And now, the next president of the United States … Bush threatens "World War III" if Iran gets the bomb. Easy for him to say since, if it happens, he'll fly around on his private jet for a few months while the rest of us get vaporized or adapt to a new, Road Warrior-style existence.…
The Stag
Name of Kama Sutra Position: The Stag The basic maneuver of the Kama Sutra positions known as “stag,†involve rear entry. In this particular version, the man penetrates his partner from the rear. The catch is that he must lift her off the ground and then proceeds to lift her up and down upon his…
Rivers Cuomo to release solo album
Weezer frontman makes announcement on his personal MySpace blog. Rolling Stone learned album is titled Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo and will include demo of "Buddy Holly" as well as a cover of Ice Cube's "The Bomb," which we're totally hearing. What else does eccentric rock star Cuomo have posted on his MySpace…
Save the Arts (and the Anorexics)
Channelside’s attempt to Save the Arts (a fundraiser for Visual Arts for Students with Disabilities, the Education Channel and Gala Corina) this weekend looks to be a success. Adam Rose, the event’s creator and GM of Channelside IMAX, put the attendance at around 4000 throughout the day and the estimated net (from a Bennigan's donation…
The Everyperson International Beer Challenge
A taste-testing trip through the wide wide world of beer.
What is the Armenian genocide?
The U.S. House of Representatives might soon pass a declaration condemning as genocide the slaughter of Armenian people in Turkey between 1915 and 1923 — a scant 84 years after the fact. At its current rate of addressing serious issues, I guess we can expect the House to take a principled stand on the Iraq…
For the Love of Suds
The lure of homebrewing turns beer lovers into beer makers — and some of them dare to turn pro.
Brilliant!
Brew up some Guinness-infused fondue.
Cocktoberfest
Do you have an incredibly kind and generous designated driver? Tell him to grab his keys and get ready to drive an hour down I-75 and visit Cock and Bull (975 Cattlemen Road, Sarasota, 341-9785 or the-cock-n-bull.com), the best Gulf Coast beer bar that's not in the Bay area! I could list the awards —…
On the Move
Dance Wednesday, October 24
Dare To Be Bored
Give Chan Marshall some time and you’ll be transfixed.
Math Art
Art Monday, October 22
D.C. Did It
Tampa owes a debt to Davelis Goutoufas, and not just for his unique cigar shop.
Brew’s Clues
The right beer and dish can elevate any meal
Joe Cortright: “The paint is still wet…”
He comes from Portland — with insights about Tampa Bay.
Six-Pack Hats
Brew Confessions
Crazy (is) relative
An uncontrollable mother.
A Friend from Bradenton
Frank Friend, that is
Life Of The Party
Brew Confessions
Lost and Found
Halle Berry’s latest feels contrived; Ben Affleck scores in his directorial debut.
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 brian.ries@creativeloafing.com. THIRD FRIDAY TASTING This month they'll be tasting a Loire Pinot Noir, several Italian reds and whites, a few Australians and a Malbec, plus a couple more. Free. 6:30 p.m.-8:30…
Clearwater Jazz Holiday
Plus… Hot Hot Heat and big-time country
Radiohead’s Rainbows
Plus… Black Francis, John Fogerty
Highlight Reel
Harry sinks, Bulls rise
Outtakes
Upcoming Releases 30 DAYS OF NIGHT (R) The premise is delicious — vampires descend on an isolated Alaskan community shrouded in bloodsucker-friendly, month-long darkness — but the suspense builds too quickly, and the all-important atmosphere of 30 Days of Night too often devolves into mayhem. Josh Hartnett and Melissa George are the disposable human leads,…
The King of Beers
Brew Confessions
Sunshine Daydream
Television Thursday, October 18
Love Songs Found
A low-key Latin ensemble enchants a small audience.
Brian Wilson’s back
And he’s still breaking hearts
Leftovers
Here’s to you, Michael Jackson.
Gorey Galore
Theater Sunday, October 21
A Day of Jack
Literature Friday, October 19
Weenie Fun
Halloween is fast approaching, and various Bay-area organizations are hosting holiday-related fundraising events that will scare the scream out of you (or simply make you shiver a little). The Tampa Museum of Art's young professionals group, Avant Garde, hosts a monthly Art After Dark event to raise funds and awareness of TMA while promoting local…
Weekly Planner
CL's must-do list for the week of Thurs., oct. 18-Wed., Oct. 24 18Salerno Theatre Company continues its 2007-08 season with Nunsense: The Musical, a comedy about five nuns who stage a talent-show fundraiser so they can afford to bury their dearly departed sisters. 8 p.m., Catherine Hickman Theater, Gulfport. 19Tonight's International Cinema Series selection is…
Alas, Wonderland
Even Lewis Carroll couldn’t have made these guys up.
Grape Bars
Don't like beer? That's sad. Even though it's the Beer Issue, I'll throw a little scrap to all those wine-lovers out there and list some of the Bay area's finest wine bars, all the while pitying your lack of appreciation for the world's delicious brews. Wine Exchange, 1611 Swann Ave., Tampa, 813-254-9463Like Jesus, this Hyde…
Booze news
Tidbits for the watercooler.
Beach Terror
Film Tuesday, October 23
Cornucopia Latino
Food and art combine in this Latin-themed take on Thanksgiving.
Gallagher was a god
Take his Irish Tour to find out why
The Beer Issue 2007
You like beer. We like beer. So we made an issue out of it. Food Editor Brian Ries may be a wine connoisseur, but he also knows his ales and his lagers. In this issue he introduces us to award-winning homebrewers (including one who's gone pro); oversees an international taste test; and provides a handy…
Mass Appeal
This comedy about a Christian boy band is designed to please everyone.
Copy This!
"In the end you get what you pay for. I won't spend another dime paying engineers to build false control, making listening to music harder for music-lovers. I will put all of my energy into making it easier and making the experience better. "Music in the format that people actually want it in, with a…
Best of the Beer
The beer lover’s guide to the Bay area.
High Life
Brew Confessions
Brews and boxes
Moving made easier with cold ones.
Lemon Aid
Brew Confessions
The Three Faces of Beer
They know what they like — and what they don’t.
Kill Your Idols
A languorous art-western in the fabled mold of McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Heaven's Gate and Pat Garret and Billy the Kid, Andrew Dominik's two-hour-and-40-minute The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a love-it-or-hate-it proposition. Some will see it as a pretentious slog, others as sheer poetry, but one thing's for sure:…
Listen to the Quiet
Former Central Park Village residents talk about what they will, and won’t, miss about their old home.
Buddy Miles, Widespread Panic, Three Redneck Tenors…
… and Deborah (not Debbie) Harry
Cat Power, Robert Cray, Maroon 5…
… and, believe it or not, Hanson
Three Cheers for Beer!
Special Events Saturday, October 20
You never forget your first… Natty
Brew Confessions
