Upcoming Releases
The following releases will be in stores Tuesday, Oct. 12: Acoustic Syndicate, Long Way "Round (Sugar Hill) A.M. Sixty, Big as the Sky (V2) Associates, Singles (WEA International) Rick Bain, Virtual Heavy Pet (M-Theory) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Everything You Want for Christmas (Vanguard) Bile, Regurge: A Bucket of Bile Best Of (Underground Inc) Frank…
Letters
The Verdict on VinceRe: “Naimoli Must Go” by Eric Snider (Sept. 29-Oct. 5) Tampa has already exhausted its patience for bad owners; by now we are expecting an owner to actually spend on the team and make decent facilities. Both the Bucs and Bolts have reformed their structure and gotten championships, so Tampa will simply…
Ask the Advice Goddess
Hot To Not I've been with my girlfriend for two years. At first, things were amazing, but after six months she said she didn't want to have sex anymore because she was afraid of getting pregnant. Being the understanding guy, I said OK, and for the last 15 months we haven't made love. Now, despite…
The Moore the Merrier
Michael Moore, rock star — or so you’d think from the reception he got at the Sun Dome
Here ! Queer! 15 Years!
A preview of the initial offerings in Tampa’s annual gay and lesbian filmfest
Chop Chop
Bascom’s kicks it old-school with giant steaks and price tags to match
No Romeo
A local variation on the Black Girlfriend Defense
Culinary Events
VEGETARIAN COOKING CLASS Join Debby DeGraaff to learn how to prepare wild rice. 7-8 p.m. Wed., Oct. 13, and 10-11 a.m. Thurs., Oct. 14. Free. Nature's Harvest Market, 1021 N. MacDill Ave., Tampa (813-873-7428). COOKING DEMONSTRATION The Tampa Bay Culinary Club is hosting a cooking demonstration and sampling at Great Lakes Fish House in Largo.…
Nice Finish
Tampa playwright’s new play hints at big things to come
Planet Picks
THURSDAY 10.7 For the Birds Eckerd College hosts the Seventh Annual Florida Birding and Nature Festival this weekend, a four-day event celebrating the area's abundant wildlife population. Nature lovers can enjoy a lineup that includes a nature expo, over 30 seminars and talks led by expert speakers, field trips to some of the region's most…
Music Menu
THE PIXIES W/THE THRILLS If you care at all, you're probably so sick of hearing about this show that you're half-tempted to boycott out of sheer spite. But you won't, and you know it, so let's run it down one more time. College-rock innovators The Pixies have become so canonized since their mid-'90s breakup that…
A Summit of Earthly Proportions
Every year, the Institute for Ethics and Meaning organizes Earth Charter community summits across the country to bring citizens together in celebration of the Charter. The Charter is an international agreement for a "compassionate, just and sustainable world" that was written by thousands of people (not governments or organizations) in 78 different countries over the…
Disaster in the Making
How the war on terror has left us more vulnerable to Mother Nature
The Absence Fills a Void
A true metal band makes its presence known in the Bay area
Upcoming Concerts
OCTOBER 14 Deftones w/Death Angel Jannus Landing 14 Dry Kill Logic Boomerz Boiler Room 15 Amy Grant Ruth Eckerd Hall 15 Joan of Arc/Isobella/Auto!Automatic!/Hanlon Orpheum 15 Spam All-Stars Masquerade 15 New Monsoon Skipper's Smokehouse 15 Dio/Anthrax/Fireball Ministry Jannus Landing 16 Deicide w/Diabolic/The Absence/Against All Boomerz Boiler Room 16 Big Brother & The Holding Company Largo…
Music Events
THURSDAY, OCT. 7 42nd Street Bistro Freight Train Annie 4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar Gulf Coast Aces Babalouie's Mark McGourley Bahama Breeze Mike Hastings/Denny Falzon Bahama Mama's Chris Murphy Barley Hoppers Stephanie Anderson (EVENING) Barnacle Bill's Jason Longoria Big J.R.'s The Johnny Charro Band Blackstone Grill Expressions Brandy's True Colors Band Brass Mug Vada/Zanesville/Bishop…
Spins
Real GoneTOM WAITSAnti-/EpitaphSince the inspired '80s troika of Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs and Frank's Wild Years, Tom Waits has always walked a fine line between innovation and experimentalism gone awry. It's one of the reasons his fans love him so. Real Gone goes 'round the bend more than most, but these moments of chaotic excess can't…
Prime Real Estate
Sonoma County’s latest names in wine
Could Happen
A smorgasboard of possible scenarios for Election 2004
Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area
Don’t Panic
Your war questions answered
Music Venues
420 Park Place, 420 Park Place Blvd., Clearwater, 727-796-7867 42nd Street Bistro, 516 S. Howard Ave., Tampa, 813-253-0042 4th Street Cigars & Martini Bar, 2900 Fourth St. N., Suite A101, St. Petersburg, 727-898-1884 688 Skatepark, 6140 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater, 727-523-0785 Adam's Mark, 430 S. Gulfview Blvd., Clearwater, 727-443-5714 The Aging Still, 11561 Walsingham Road, Largo,…
