Oct 23-28, 2003

Oct 23-28, 2003 / Vol. 16 / No. 22

Spins

Cup of Sand SUPERCHUNK Merge North Carolina band/indie-rock institution/D.I.Y. touchstone Superchunk has been at it for nearly 15 years now, long enough for not only a buttload of albums, but also three, count 'em, three collections of B-sides and assorted obscurica. As any diehard fan will point out with alternately engaging and annoying detention to…

Guavaween 20

Born of a mysterious union between Jose Gaspar and a scrub palmetto, Mama Guava, our lady of perpetual fruit, returns to Ybor City, the place of her birth, to lead the Stumble Parade that begins Guavaween, an annual celebration of her juicy greatness. In truth, Guavaween is a Mardi Gras-style Halloween street party held as…

Ask the Advice Goddess

Wife Or Something Like It I'm a 36-year-old man who can't decide whether a life of being single is good or bad. Sometimes, I get lonesome for a good, honest woman … then, two seconds later, I'm after the one-night bad girls yet again. I'm torn between being a "good guy" who wants a "real"…

Letters

Airport, pro and con I am constantly vexed — and flat out angered — by the statement on the St. Petersburg Times' masthead, "The policy of our paper is simple — merely to tell the truth." In the ongoing debate over the future of St. Petersburg's historic Albert Whitted Airport, the Times has told only…

Outtakes

Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area.


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