Tampa

  • U2

    U2

    U2 packs the biggest rock show in history into The Spaceship and takes it on the road to touch the hearts of 75,000 fans in Tampa and outer space. Jen Cray laughs, she cries.

  • Tardy Brothers

    Tardy Brothers

    Bloodline (Candlelight). Review by Matthew Moyer.

  • Convergence 14

    Convergence 14

    What happens when 200 Goths descend on Tampa to jump the shark? Bob Pomeroy checks out Convergence 14 and doesn’t even have to wear black.

  • Ani DiFranco

    Ani DiFranco

    After being sidelined with tendinitis and the birth of her first child, Ani DiFranco has returned to the road, making her way to Florida for the first time in four years. Jen Cray clocks this show at the Tampa Theatre as her eighteenth time seeing the little folksinger.

  • Deicide

    Deicide

    Stench of Redemption (Earache Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

  • Buzzcocks

    Buzzcocks

    Little Steven’s Underground Garage-A-Go-Go’s 4th of July event at Tampa’s Hard Rock Casino featured Buzzcocks, The Chesterfield Kings, The Gore Gore Girls, Fortune & Maltese, and The Unrequited Loves. It wasn’t a tour, it wasn’t a private event, it was free, and Jen Cray was there.

  • Eames Era

    Eames Era

    While throngs of music lovers converged on Tampa’s Ybor City for the 25th edition of WMNF’s Tropical Heatwave, a little known band from Baton Rouge proved to be one of the highlights of the night. The Eames Era come to Tampa virtually unknown and left with a cadre of converts. Bob Pomeroy was one of them.

  • Fall Out Boy

    Fall Out Boy

    The “Black Clouds and Underdogs Tour” brings Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects, Hawthorne Heights and other teenage poster pin-up popstars to Tampa’s youth, to their parents, and to Jen Cray.

  • U2

    U2

    U2 stop off in Tampa to remind nearly 22,000 fans that they are rock gods! Tampa responds with “Yes, you are!”

  • Foo Fighters and Weezer

    Foo Fighters and Weezer

    A post-grunge double header, with Foo Fighters and Weezer. Jen Cray is awed.

  • Left of the Dial: The last bastion of radio by people.

    Bob Pomeroy salutes the independent spirit of college radio, and finds local solace in the 11th Hour programs on WMNF.

  • Small Town Punk

    John L. Sheppard’s darkly funny take on life as a disaffected teen in early-’80s west central Florida, Small Town Punk hits pretty close to home for Tampa native Julio Diaz…

  • Isobella

    A 24 Syllable Haiku (Clair). Review by Keith Teelucksingh.

Recently on Ink 19...

© Copyright Ink 19