The Short List — Tues., Sept. 9
"Yub Nub!" Al-Qaeda realizes it's talking on a party line, hangs up the phone. Time for a third political party? Congressional Democrats prepare to expand the federal wiretapping program. Where will we find a cure for cancer? How about a 40-billion-gallon pit filled with toxic waste? George Lucas talks Indy 4. God, please don't let…
Getting down with Dondero
Singer/songwriter plays wee hours of the morning at New World. CONCERT REVIEW Photo by Shanna Gillette David Dondero, Sat., Oct. 6, New World Brewery, Ybor City. David Dondero’s name rarely gets spoken without mention of Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst. Both artists are singer/songwriters with a penchant for old-timey, strummed instruments and a knack for lyrics…
Velvet Revolver rock Ford Amphitheatre
Slash (right) doing the guitar god thing. Scott Weiland (left) doing the frontman thing. Photos by Mike McCoy. Click here for his Velvet Revolver gallery and here for pics he took of opening act Alice in Chains. All shots are from the show Saturday at Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa.
With Friends Like These…
Click on healthydiningfinder.com and plug in your zip code. Nice to know that a healthy meal is so close to home.
Top 10: Sunday reads
David Dondero delivered a killer solo set last night (actually it was earlier this morning, he went on past 1 a.m.) at New World Brewery, a bar that's so hip its MySpace profile is set to private. Modern Skirts; Have Gun, Will Travel; and Nessie also turned in strong showings. Look for my concert review…
More Slash talking
Here I am on MediaTalk discussing my Slash cover story. Yes, I'm milking this story for as many blog posts as possible. Been a busy week. Slash performs Saturday with Velvet Revolver. I'm gonna try to catch that gig and then swing to New World for David Dondero (scroll down).
The Short List — Fri., Oct. 5
In honor of Chris Matthews' 10 years hosting MSNBC's Hardball (and the comments he made at the anniversary party), all items on today's Short List will be SHOUTED!!! CRAIG BLOWS IT IN COURT, PUSHES ON IN THE SENATE ANYWAY!!! FRED THOMPSON HAS TO ASK AUDIENCES TO APPLAUD!!! THE LIGHTNING ROCK THE DEVILS IN THE NHL…
Two Timin’ Cheap
I win again! The past few months — ever since Laura Reiley took over for Sherman — the Times and CL have reviewed the same restaurants on the very same week on several occasions. I'm sure that she follows similar rules about waiting long enough to let the restaurant find it's footing, but not so…
The Unified Lovers
Name of Kama Sutra Position: The Unified Lovers Position: In Kama Sutra, it is not considered wrong to make love to two women as long as the second woman is a “Nayikasâ€. This could be considered a maid, woman twice married, or a woman who is known to have been enjoyed by many men (a.k.a.…
The Short List — Thurs., Oct. 4
Fact or fiction? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, won't get fooled again. The Trump Tower is back on. Ron Paul raised $5 million last quarter, causing the MSM to scratch its collective head, mutter "who?" That $5 million is about as much as Sen. John McCain raised in the same period.…
Slash: ‘I think golf is anti-rock ’n’ roll’
My cover story interview with Slash hits newsstands today (and tomorrow, depending on where ya live). Pick up a copy or click here. My essay on the awesomeness of Appetite for Destruction can be found here. And while I'm pimping my own product … Click here to read my latest Bar Tab column: Popped at…
Top 10: Songs You Won’t Find on ‘Dylan’
Sony has once again trotted out a Bob Dylan best-of collection. This one is a three-discer titled Dylan, which shouldn't be confused with the 1973 album of the same name that was released when the artist temporarily left his old company. Dylan the hits collection doesn't offer a single previously unreleased track or even an…
Funkee Grooves
Music Sunday, October 7
Fight Amongst Yourselves
Is the battle over Florida’s presidential primary really “inside baseball”?
He Talk Pretty
Special Event Tuesday, October 9
Local Music
We the Kings WE THE KINGS (S-Curve) Bradenton pop-punkers We The Kings give you whiplash on their self-titled debut disc, zipping through 10 up-tempo fist-pumpers before settling down for one ballad. The Kings blast out tight, immediately likable hooks that sound customized for breakout exposure. I wish there was a bit more variety on display,…
The End Isn’t Near
Film Friday, October 5
Appetite turns 20
People either loved or feared it. There was no middle ground. Appetite for Destruction split the masses. It was Elvis shaking his hips, The Beatles saying they were bigger than Jesus, Alice Cooper killing chickens on stage. Twenty years have gone by, and we're still waiting for something that's as repulsive and romantic, as grabby…
Leftovers
Sweetwater Organic Farm (813-887-4066 or sweetwater-organic.org), the subscription-based Community Supported Agriculture tucked into a residential neighborhood in North Tampa, has expanded into Clearwater. The new farm is at Gateway Nursery, formerly a landscape plant grower, and is owned and operated by Pamela and Hank Sindlinger. Crops will be coming in this year, with about 40…
What led up to the military massacre of peaceful protesters in Burma last week?
Don’t panic… Your war questions answered.
Download
The Perro Tapes DAVID CROSBY (AquariumDrunkard.com) Having already built his rep as a founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, David Crosby finally got around to releasing his solo debut album If I Could Only Remember My Name in February 1971. The LP failed to produce any hit singles, but it…
CL‘s must-do list for the week of
Thurs., oct. 4-Wed., Oct. 10
Music Week
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 SECONDHAND SERENADE Taking his cue directly from Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional — lyrical content, song structure, giving himself a band name, everything — this is the acoustic emo project of San Franciscan John Vesely. Secondhand Serenade's debut album Awake came out in February, and its pleasant enough in a heart-on-the-sleeve, whiny…
Testing, Testing
"83. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?" –—ONE OF 100 CIVICS QUESTIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES' REDESIGNED NATURALIZATION TEST, WHICH GOES INTO EFFECT OCT. 1, 2008; THE CORRECT ANSWER — ACCORDING TO U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES — IS "COMMUNISM" "47. What is the name of the Speaker…
To the Point
With painstaking process, David McKirdy uses the dot as the basis for his art.
Slash Talking
The last of the guitar gods talks about Axl, Velvet Revolver and why ax men shouldn’t golf.
Mix and match
Food and wine pairings as an art, not a science.
Spins
Trees Outside the Academy THURSTON MOORE (Ecstatic Peace!) I've spent large chunks of my adult life listening to Sonic Youth and, off the top of my head, I can only think of one track by the band that prominently features an acoustic guitar. That goes some way toward explaining why all the unplugged six-strings on…
Popped at Cherry’s
Remembering my first time.
FIRST MONDAY
Phil hung, The Rock won, free Radiohead
A no-guilt affair
Sometimes the girl does get the grill.
12-Pack of Anger
In the vintage courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men, a dozen jurors from all walks of life are charged with the task of sentencing a young Latino man accused of murdering his own father. The case appears to be open-and-shut: The defendant has a weak alibi; the knife he claimed to have lost was found at…
Market Watch
Temperatures are flirting with 90, and you still have to wring out your shirt after a short stroll, but there's one sign that the season is about to change: This weekend is the opening of the St. Petersburg Saturday Morning Market and the Brandon Fresh Market. In St. Pete, there will be over 100 vendors,…
Outtakes
Upcoming Releases THE HEARTBREAK KID (PG-13) The studio didn't screen this in time for our review, so we're as in the dark as you are about what the Farrelly Brothers will wind up doing with Neil Simon and Elaine May's fractured romance The Heartbreak Kid. Stars Ben Stiller and Michelle Monaghan. Opens Oct. 5 at…
Music Week Briefs
Funkee Grooves One of the top artists in underground hip-hop, Oakland, Cali-based Del tha Funkee Homosapien has been in the game 17 years. He started as a lyricist for his cousin Ice Cube's group Da Lench Mob, then released two fairly well-received albums on the major label Elektra in the early '90s. After that deal…
Masters of Jazz
A must-have series of concert DVDs by legends of the genre.
The life-saving key chain
The opportunity for generosity.
Picture Show on Stage
TheaterThursday, October 4
Running Like a Business
Should government be looking to turn a profit?
For the Boys
The Saddest Boy in the World Some of the nicest surprises in the Tampa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival pop up in the programs of short films. In Kali Ma ("Boys Shorts 1"), a plump, Bollywood-loving Indian mother turns into a suburban embodiment of the Hindu goddess of destruction when she discovers her son has…
Gordon Davis: “I can make it happen.”
Who? Gordon Davis, 55, is the force behind the rapidly expanding Ceviche restaurant group that originated in South Tampa, as well as former owner of SoHo pioneer Le Bordeaux. He's hoping to open his newest venture in Tampa, Smoke on Platt, before the end of the year. Sphere of influence: The son of Helen Gordon…
Chick Flicks
Not only are the girls' shorts filled with both fresh-faced little women and naughty-bodied hotties, but most of the shorts themselves are as breathtakingly beautiful as the females in the lead roles. Private Life, which precedes Tick Tock Lullaby (Mon., Oct. 8. 7 p.m. Tampa Theatre), is a piece about England's not-so-golden-olden' days, where women…
Letters
Our new feature, "The Influencers," drew favorable e-mail and Web responses from fans of interviewees Jason Busto and Karl Nurse. An aficionado of local hip-hop expressed appreciation for Wade Tatangelo's cover story on the Umbrella Corporation. But another reader objected to a phrase in Brian Ries' review of fast-food chicken. Great article! [Interview with Jason…
In Name Only
Despite the name, Cheap offers a wealth of surprisingly good dishes.
Local Hero
Dunedin’s Steve DuMouchel is content keeping his talent close to home.
Spotlight Spain
Art Wednesday, October 10
Live from New York
Lecture Monday, October 8
Sounds from Scotland
Music Saturday, October 6
Backspin
Pat Metheny Group PAT METHENY GROUP (ECM) In the late '70s, Pat Metheny acted as a gateway drug to many an aspiring jazz fan looking to make the leap from Spyro Gyra to Thelonious Monk. (I hate to admit it, but I was in their number.) To my ears, this self-titled album still stands as…
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@creativeloafing.com. CHILEAN ANTU WINE DINNER The Columbia pairs five courses of its classic Tampa cuisine with wines from Chilean producer Mont Gras, including its limited production Antu line. $75 per person.…
The Gays of Our Lives
The Tampa Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival offers a seriously good lineup.
