Creative Loafing Tampa

New music Tuesday! (Feb. 7): Air, Dr. Dog, Van Halen, Paul McCartney & more

A guide to this week's new releases, with audio & video.

• by Leilani Polk
• Tags: Music, video, New Music, Air, Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Archer Black, Forgiveness Is a Weapon, Band of Skulls, Sweet Sour, Dierks Bentley, Home, Blondes, Big Sir, V V Brown, Lollipops & Politics, Deadmau5, Meowingtons, Die Antwoord, TEN$ION, Dr. Dog, Be The Void, Elliott Brood, Days Into Years, Escape Club, Celebrity, Roberta Flack, The Fray, Scars & Stories, Goldfrapp, The Singles, Francis Harris, leland, Ben Kweller, Go Fly a Kite, Mark Lanegan Band, Blues Funeral, lindstrom, six cups of rebel, Paul McCartney, Kisses on the Bottom, Of Montreal, Paralytic Stalks, Kenny Olson, owl city, Chuck Prophet, Temple Beautiful, Royal Baths Premiere, Better Luck Next Life, Silver Swans, Forever, Silverstein, Short Songs, The Twilight Sad, No One Can Ever Know, Steve Tyrell, I'll Take Romance, Sharon Van Etten, Tramp, virtual boy, rita wilson

New Music Tuesday, May 17

• by Leilani Polk
Moby, Bela Fleck, Danger Mouse and more, with audio & video
• Tags: Music, New Music, Company of Thieves, Running from a Gamble, nick cave reissues, austra, feel it break, Damon & Naomi, False Beats and True Hearts, Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi, Rome, The Elected, Bury Me In My Rings, gold-bears, Ben Harper, Give Till It's Gone, Moby, Destroyed, Owl City, All Things Bright And Beautiful, Tinie Tempah, Disc-Overy, Other Lives, Tamer Animals, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Rocket Science, Molly Hatchett, Greatest Hits II, Michael Grimm, Simply Red, Farewell Live In Concert At Sydney Opera House, Kate Voegele, Gravity Happens, Steve Singh, Two Halves Short of a Whole, Sick Puppies, Tri-Polar, Hank Williams III, Hillbilly Joker, Levon Helm, Ramble At The Ryman, New Boyz, Too Cool To Care, Glasvegas, Euphoric Heartbreak, Let's Wrestle, Nursing Home

Photo review: John Mayer with Owl City at Ask-Gary Amphitheatre in Tampa

• by Tracy May
• Tags: photography, Music, Concerts, Tampa, photography, Music, Concerts, John Mayer, owl city

This weekend in Tampa Bay area live music: Bucs Kickoff Party with Paper Tongues & Mix Master Mike, El Ten Eleven, Dubconscious, Christabel and the Jons, John Mayer, and more

• by Leilani Polk
• Tags: Events, Music, Concerts, Local Music, Events, Tampa-Bay, WMNF, live music, Music, Concerts, Local Music, John Mayer, The Legendary JCs, owl city, el ten eleven, Bleeding Through, paper tongues, Christabel & the Jons, Blitzkid, Bloody Jug Band, Give Peace a Chance, The Swellers, Dubconscious, mix master mike

Do It Today: Godspell at Jaeb Theater, Prairie Home Companion redux and the Vienna Boys' Choir

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Superman, Ruth-Eckerd-Hall, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Wicked, minnesota, Elvis-Costello, straz center, godspell, stephen schwartz, garrison keillor, prairie home companion, owl city, fitzgerald theater, vienna boys choir, Uncategorized

Concert review: Owl City with Lights and Deas Vail at The Ritz Ybor (with pics)

• by Mike Wilson
My ears are still ringing from the crowd's enthusiastic response.
• Tags: Music, Music Review, Lights, Music, Music Review, owl city, Deas Vail, Adam Young, Maybe I'm Dreaming, Ocean Eyes, All The Houses Look The Same, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Garrison Keillor's The Prairie Home Companion in Tampa, art lectures and guided tours of New Weather

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, minnesota, Elvis-Costello, st. petersburg opera, evenings with the maestro, Jesse Ventura, USF Contemporary Art Museum, tarpon springs library, garrison keillor, mall of america, owl city, the prairie home companion, fitzgerald theater, st. paul, character roles in opera, maestro mark sforzini, christian marclay, antiquarian avant-garde, noam m. elcott, new weather, diana el-hadid, iva gueorguieva, robyn o'neil, barbara sorey, friends of the library, Uncategorized

Do It Today: Crossing the Line opens at HCC Ybor, I Am Ghost at Orpheum, Between the Buried and Me at State Theatre

• by Franki Weddington
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Events, Arts & Entertainment, Events, The Ritz Ybor, Orpheum, opera, local art, HCC Ybor, The Orpheum, modern day escape, student art, the met live, metropolitan opera house, carmen, georges bizet, between the buried and me, prog rock, tommy rogers, cynic, devin townsend, scale the summit, owl city, i am ghost, epitaph records, the becoming, misery loves comfort, chasing thrill, crossing the line, jeanne cameron, katherine moyse, yoko nogami, britzel vasquez, Uncategorized

Chipotle's prices going up, portion sizes going down

• by dholm
• Tags: Food and Restaurants, Food and Restaurants, Chipotle, Chipotle Cheese, Chipotle Costs Too Much, Chipotle Costs, Chipotle Prices, owl city, 800-ask-gary, ford amphitheater, John Mayer, Uncategorized

Free shit: Orville Redenbacher popcorn

• by cheapbastard
• Tags: Food and Restaurants, Free shit, Food and Restaurants, Free shit, cheap bastard, pop corn, orville redenbacher, owl city, 800-ask-gary, ford amphitheater, John Mayer, Uncategorized

Xbox 360 Live Arcade download pleasures: Feed your gaming Maw

• by Rick Dakan
In a few button presses you're out $10, but full of gaming goodness.
• Tags: Tech, Tech, game, download, Gaming, maw, x-box, awful green things from outer space, live arcade, xbox, 360, interpol, castle crashers, geometry wars, owl city, 800-ask-gary, ford amphitheater, John Mayer, Uncategorized

Millionaire, Button pull in big Oscar hauls

• by David Warner
Nominations were announced this morning for the Oscars, and there were some surprises — particularly the differing fortunes of two Kate Winslet vehicles: The Reader won several noms, including Best Actress for Winslet (who won a Best Supporting award at the Golden Globes for the same role) and Best Picture.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Movies, Arts & Entertainment, oscar, Clint Eastwood, morning, Office, Movies, role, Golden, Picture, Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road, Millionaire, Button, jump, Nominations, award, Dark, Reader, Torino, Knight, champ, Actress, box, Oscars, Gran, Pic, Globes, owl city, 800-ask-gary, ford amphitheater, John Mayer, Uncategorized

Super Bowl prices slashed! Now only $3,100!

• by David Warner
And the bargains don't stop there! ($5,250 sound tempting?)
• Tags: Sports, Super Bowl, Sports, Super Bowl, Reuters, ticket prices, owl city, 800-ask-gary, ford amphitheater, John Mayer, Uncategorized

The Short List: Caroline Kennedy withdraws

• by Joe Bardi
Caroline Kennedy withdraws from consideration for Hillary Clinton's vacant Senate seat, Obama has a productive first day, nice headline CNN, nice weed bunker Tampa guy, and much more on today's Short List.
• Tags: The Short List, The Short List, barack obama, Hillary Clinton, marijuana, Super Bowl, CNN, Guantanamo, caroline kennedy, road closures, owl city, 800-ask-gary, ford amphitheater, John Mayer, Uncategorized

The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle: Hallucinatory fun at Sundance

• by Nathan Andersen
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Movies, Arts & Entertainment, Eckerd College, Sundance Film Festival, Movies, independent film, Greg Mottola, Adventureland, immaculate conception, david russo, ask gary, uproar festival, Airbourne, New Medicine, avenged sevenfold, Disturbed, Stone Sour, Hellyeah, hail the villain, owl city, 800-ask-gary, ford amphitheater, John Mayer, Uncategorized

Three Tampa restaurants open this weekend

• by Brian Ries
AquaKnox, Ocean Prime and L'Olivier Restaurant and Cabaret all set to open doors this weekend. Get the lowdown here.
• Tags: Food and Restaurants, Restaurant News, Food and Restaurants, Tampa, restaurant, Ybor, opening, cabaret, Restaurant News, aquaknox, ocean prime, l'olivier, gaybor, international plaza, westin, airport, owl city, 800-ask-gary, ford amphitheater, John Mayer, Uncategorized