The Essential Dolly Parton
An impersonator reduces his muse to her indispensables
Boy Toy
Tarantino opens his toy box — and finds Pandora inside
It Pops
New twists on Guster’s misunderstood pop keep people guessing
Freebie
Save the Planet
Ask the Advice Goddess
Grill Seeker Have you ever heard of a guy taking a woman on a trip, saying he loved her, and not wanting to be intimate? I'm at least vaguely hot, but the (hot) 30-year-old Ph.D. science professor I was dating lost interest in sex for six weeks. He swore it wasn't me; he just inexplicably…
Spins
Exit English STRIKE ANYWHERE Jade Tree Richmond activists Strike Anywhere have followed up their impressive 2001 full-length Change is a Sound with another consistent collection of compelling, impassioned melodic hardcore. While tighter and less lyrically specific than its predecessor, Exit English continues to split the difference between old-school ideas and new-school execution, relying heavily on…
Outtakes
Short reviews of movies playing throughout the Tampa Bay area.
Well Grounded
Egalitarian ideals aside, a grape’s birthplace counts
Feeding Your Inner Child
Two homey eateries take us back, way back (sniff!)
Letters
Get real Re: "The Bankruptcy of Violence," a conversation with Jonathan Schell (Sept. 17-23) The only reason Gandhi's nonviolent protests were successful is that Great Britain is a society based on good moral principles. Try nonviolent resistance against a Hitler, Red China, Saddam Hussein or the Taliban and you are DEAD. Similarly, if the U.S.…
The Case For Albert Whitted Airport
After decades of wrangling, the time has finally arrived to determine the fate of St. Petersburg’s downtown airport. Will it remain an airport forever? Or will it become the city’s 138th park? Voters decide in a Nov. 4 referendum. What follows is the side of the story you haven’t heard much from other media, especially…
Don’t Panic
Your war questions Answered
A Clear-Cut Choice
The St. Petersburg Times editorial board, which opposes the airport, keeps claiming that the council has clouded the debate with confusing ballot questions. Here are the four questions concerning Albert Whitted Airport exactly as they will a
No Prima Donna He
Brainy, radiant Stefan Sanderling strikes a simple chord
Gone with the Wind
Our vanishing legacy
