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DINING ENTERTAINMENT ADVERTISEMENT '7 ItS sf' As TammyFollot seafood. There are few imported frivj 11 ROCKS From Page 18 and Funky Groovy Catapillars (May 22), Sarasota Slim Blues Band and Penny Robinson (May 29) and UROK and Steve Gruden (June 5). All shows start at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Local licks Clang, set to play an acoustic set at Three Birds Bookstore on Saturday at 8:30 p.m., returns to the Brass Mug in Tampa next weekend.

Openers at the Mug shows are the Groovediggers (March 20) and Will Quinlan and Pagan Saints (March 21). The new 20-song Clang CD is tentatively scheduled for an Aug. 1 release. Gang bassist Andy Irvine, host of the Tuesday night jam sessions at the Brass Mug, is playing electric andor upright on a half-dozen or so tracks with blues guitarist Sarasota Slim (Gene Hardage) at Mor-risound studios. Lucky Peterson, located in Orlando these days, is doing piano and Hammond B-3 organ work on the Slim recordings.

Peterson recently landed New York session work with singer Etta James. Slim and several guest musicians play March 20 at 7 p.m. at the Cam-initi Exceptional Center, 2600 W. Humphrey St in Tampa. It's a benefit for the school.

Rockin' rumor Warrant, reportedly recording in the area, may or may not appear under the name Wadd Squad with Heartless on March 20 at the Rock-It Club in Tampa. "It has been rumored," according to a Rock-It press release. THE SEABREEZE RESTAURANT has always been a favorite of many Tampa natives and it just got better. The restaurant offers delicious salads, sandwiches and fresh Florida 50OFF Buy 1 dinner entree and set the 2nd entree of equal a lesser value Vi PRICE NOW SERVING DINNER Tuesday Thursday 5-9pm Friday Saturday 5-1 Opm 1350 S.Howard Avenue 251-6659 Villanova (a Ristoranteltaliano JzWo- Better than ever. "Food is consistent sauces are a high point, much higher than the Tirna Tribune 11 LundiM-F 11:30 to 2pm DnncrM-SudolOpm 889-8800 4030 W.

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CAFE BY THE BAY cannot be beat for cuisine and ambience. Hurry, this of- fer is good until March 31. VILLANOVA BY LAURO'S proprietor Lauro Medaglia does not "mess around" when it comes to the finest Italian food in the Bay area. Try one of my favorites, the Scaloppine Villanova with Veal and Lauro's special mushroom sauce. Or, feast on the unique melding of' tastes within the Linguine Buona; Donna with thin pasta and If you're in the mood for something a little lighter, there's a sensational grilled lamb chop or the flavorful Minestrone and Pasta Fagioli soups.

The dessert cart at VILLANOVA is also reputed to be a sinful experience that'll make you have to indulge. SUKHOTHAI is one restaurant you'll want to visit again and again. Located just south of Waters Avenue on Dale Mabry, this restaurant offers the perfect blend of Thai spices and fresh dishes. Try the Su-khothai chicken it's lightly bread- ed and marinated in three spices -yum. You might also want to try the Cai Cratiem (saute chicken marinated in garlic and black pepper sauce with stir-fried cabbage and broccoli.

You can't go wrong" with some of the delicious stir-fried side orders either. Try the Yum Cashew Nut (cabbage salad with shredded carrot and cashew nut in lime sauce). ALI BABA'S offers a taste of In- dian food that will leave you wanting more. A wide variety of spices make up the dishes, but not all dishes are hot and most can be cooked to your taste. Whether you're eating lunch or dinner you'll want to try curry dishes or the Pul-lao Rice (imported Basmati rice cooked with Saffron, Cardomoms, bay leaves, cloves, black pepper and cinnamon seeds.

The Papadam is a crisp lentil wafer flavored with spices that is served with every meal and is simply delicious. All Indian food is always savory good and cooked to perfection. Call it a grill, restaurant, tavern, or watering hole. Call it cozy, call it clever. But never call MAC DIN-TON'S dull or boring.

Here you'll find variety is the spice of life. Whether it's a seafood or steak se- BUFFET IRCLUZZS: Buffet Include Fresh Oyaaen, Grouper baked with Abakan Cub men, Buffalo Wingi, Stomal Shrimp, Fried Shrimp, Smoked Mullet, Snipper Fingers, Prut Salad Bar, Pudding 2bs. STONE CRAB CLAWS or SNOW CRAB LEGS 9.95 mm Seafood Buffet seafood selections here. With 25 years between them, the Richards Family (new owners) have their own fleet of boats and the seafood is always freshly caught. Located just five minutes from downtown or Brandon on the 22nd Street Causeway, this is one restaurant that is big on taste and offers a panoramic view of the growth of Tampa's new shrimp dock facilities now in progress at the Tampa Port.

Seafood is their specialty, but you can also dine on tasty prime-rib and more. There's something for everyone at the new SEABREEZE BY THE BAY. You can almost feel the warm island breezes when you dine at CAFE BY THE BAY. The restaurant has been open for dinner for the past two weeks on Tuesday and Thursday from 5-9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 5-10 p.m.

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tour this summer with a June 2 show in Florida. No details have been announced. Jazzy lineup A 21-piece band featuring high-school musicians from Manatee and Sarasota counties will headline an afternoon of jazz on March 22 at Phillippi Estate Park in Sarasota. The music begins at II a.m. with Mike Moran and his Bourbon Street Jazz Band, followed by Les Sabler, the Orquesta Infin-idad, the Alternative Blues Band and the SarasotaManatee All-Star High School Band.

Admission is free. Philip Booth is the Tribune's pop music critic. any good rock band would. That way I can say even more intense things, and they won't come off as intense. The sound of the guitar is equal to the sound of the voice, so what I'm saying isn't right out there naked like it is on my rap records." Which doesn't mean that the material on "Body Count" much of it graphic and some of it rampantly sexist (a longtime rap on Ice-T) won't raise a few eyebrows.

Consider "Mama's Gotta Die Tonight," in which a child executes his bigoted mother. Or "Cop Killer," which condones and glorifies the title character's actions. Even though they rock with an appealing fury, it's hard not to feel ambivalent about these songs. And that, Ice-T says, is part of the point. "I do the same thing in Body Count records as I do on Ice-T records," he says.

"I become people. I play devil's advocate. I cause some kind of confusion in your brain. At least you can stand up to this record and react to it. Maybe you'll say 'I hate it' to somebody and they'll say, 'I love and you'll get a discussion going.

You're not going to do that to CC Music Factory. "See, my attitude with Body Count is: Go for the ride, but hold on to the seat" Gary Graff writes for Knight-Ridder Newspapers. ICE-T From Page 17 you be the king of "Then they kind of said to black people, 'OK, you guys take You can't do What do you mean I can't do I can do rock better than you do rock, jack." Then again, the other members of Body Count guitarists Eric (Eric Cunningham) and D-Roc (Dennis Miles), bassist Moose Man (Loyd Roberts) and drummer Beat Master (Victor Wilson) gave their leader a bit of grief, too. "Yeah, they'd complain," Ice-T says with a laugh. "They'd say 'Yo, Ice, you gonna make me wear all that They don't, of course.

And fronting a rock band hasn't made Ice-T, who also maintains a film career Jack City," veer much from his rap routine, either. "I'm the same guy as Ice-T and in Body Count; it's just that in the group, the guitars are blazing," he explains. "Rap is so scary be- cause you can hear every word; it's sound and beat, right in your face. "But you can get away with a lot more in rock. We wanted to make music that was in no way funky; we're just giving it to you the way CO.