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Oct 24-30, 2012 / Vol. 28 / No. 43

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Miami firefighter recruit says he was teabagged by fellow cadet, then fired

A new petition on Change.org charges that the city of Miami fired a young firefighter for reporting that he was sexually assaulted (via teabagging) by a colleague. Posted by “annoymous beginings,” the petition is headlined, “City of Miami Beach Fire Fighter Sexually Assaulted Scrotum on the Forehead.” “City of Miami Beach firefighter terminated after reporting…

Erin Sullivan

Notable Noise: This Week’s Best Shows [Oct. 29 – Nov. 4]

Monday, Oct. 29 Black Moth Super Rainbow, Casket Girls, David Liebe Hart Band – The Social Post-Fest Show With War on Women – Will’s Pub The Psychedelic Furs – House of Blues Tuesday, Oct. 30 Abandon All Ships, Skip the Foreplay, Upon the Drawing, Palisade – The Social Larry & His Flask, Willy Tea Taylor…

Jason Ferguson

Black Moth Super Rainbow bring psych-pop sounds to The Social

Monday, Oct. 29 – Black Moth Super Rainbow With Casket Girls, David Liebe Hart Band 8 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org $13-$15 Pennsylvania’s eternally tripping Black Moth Super Rainbow became a household name by playing in the shadowed edges of the Technicolor acid sun with their sticky-sweet yet vaguely creepy psych-pop.…

Bao Le-Huu

King Tuff tonight at Will’s Pub

Sunday, Oct. 28 – King Tuff with the Intelligence, Wet Nurse 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 willspub.org $7 Kyle Thomas has woven acid folk in freaky act Feathers and ripped out stoner metal with J. Mascis in Witch. But on his own as King Tuff, dude is crystallizing as a true and altogether different force…

Bao Le-Huu

Sunday Film News Roundup — October 28th, 2012

Between a lack of interesting non-Cloud Atlas yellow face stories and the giant megastorm lumbering its way slowly over the entire Eastern United states, the roundup is somewhat slight this week. Because of that, I’ll take this time to really encourage you guys to watch the three short films I’ve posted below. If you only…

Rob Boylan

A Tribute to Joni Mitchell tonight at Timucua White House

Sunday, Oct. 28 – Both Sides Now: A Tribute to Joni Mitchell 7:30 p.m. Timucua White House 2000 S. Summerlin Ave. timucua.com free Like one of Gov. Mitt Romney’s binders, iconoclastic musician Joni Mitchell is full of women: hippie folk-singer, avant-garde artist, Canadian prairie girl, pop star, jazz noodler. True only to her own artistic…

Jessica Bryce Young

Death By Pop-Up Shop hosts photography workshop with Geoff Decker

Sunday, Oct. 28 – Photography: Depth & Focus 101 3-6 p.m. Death By Pop-Up Shop 1844A Winter Park Road 407-516-8727 facebook.com/deathbypopupshop $20 Last month, the Audubon Park retail space neighboring Stardust Video & Coffee got a face-lift of sorts courtesy of the B-Side Artists. The local arts collective not only took over ownership of the…

Aimee Vitek

Early voting in Florida starts Oct. 27

  Hey, it’s not Election Day yet, but you can get out there and cast your ballot starting at 8 a.m. tomorrow morning. From Oct. 27 through Nov. 3, you can vote at the following places:   Alafaya Branch Library 12000 East Colonial Drive Orlando, FL 32826 East of Alafaya Trail Map Southwest Branch Library…

Erin Sullivan

WJRR’s Halloweenie Roast canceled

We just received word from WJRR that the Halloweenie Roast concert scheduled for today has been canceled due to weather conditions. Ticket holders will get refunds at the point of purchase, or they can use their tickets for tomorrow night’s show in Tampa. For details, visit WJRR’s Facebook page.

Aimee Vitek

Comedian Wanda Sykes heads to Hard Rock Live

Friday, Oct. 26 – Wanda Sykes 8 p.m. Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrock.com $55-$80 Maybe it is time for a Wanda Sykes renaissance? For better (occasionally acerbic stand-up, but mostly Curb Your Enthusiasm) or worse (Monster-in-Law and any of the animated detritus clogging her C.V.), the scruffy comedian with a knack for…

Orlando Weekly Staff

José Fajardo is leaving WMFE

  We just got an email from WMFE CEO José Fajardo announcing his departure from WMFE, effective Dec. 1. The press release from WMFE Board Chair Bob Showalter is below. You can read it while we try to pick our chins up off the floor. And hope they keep us on the air with “From…

Erin Sullivan

Opening in Orlando – October 26th, 2012

Chasing Mavericks – Directors Michael Apted and Curtis Hanson team up to tell the true-life story of surfer Jay Moriarity (Jonny Weston), who developed a close bond with older legend Frosty Hesson (Gerard Butler) while training to ride one of the world’s biggest waves. Moriarity ultimately drowned while still in his early 20s — and…

Steve Schneider

Breakthrough Theatre stages The Twilight Zone: A Live Radio Play

Friday, Oct. 26 – The Twilight Zone: A Live Radio Play 8 p.m. through Nov. 5 Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park 419A W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park 407-920-4034 breakthroughtheatre.com $10-$18 Imagine if you will, that you’re about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but also of mind. Now imagine…

Aimee Vitek

Step into the Black this Halloween with Orlando Weekly!

On the slight chance that you were entertaining the notion that your aging friends at Orlando Weekly would even consider forgoing the chance to dust off our Martin Gore bondage-wear and squawk “It’s A LOT!” in your face, may your black feathers be duly unruffled. This year, we’re elevating our collective casket to the untoward…

Orlando Weekly Staff

Horror flicks, a zombie walk and more at Spooky Empire’s Ultimate Horror Weekend

Friday-Sunday, Oct. 26-28 – Spooky Empire’s Ultimate Horror Weekend various times through Oct. 28 Hilton Orlando 6001 Destination Parkway 888-690-4695 spookyempire.com $30-$199 What started as a small gathering in 2003 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. is now among the largest horror festivals in the country. And again this year, the annual Spooky Empire Ultimate Horror Weekend…

Aimee Vitek

Rob Zombie “Devil’s Rejects” Signed Giveaway @ Enzian Tonight

Just quickly since it’s a bit late notice, but I just saw that Enzian are giving away an autographed copy of Rob Zombie’s soundtrack for The Devil’s Rejects tonight at the Wednesday Night Pitcher Show. @EnzianTheater We will be giving away a signed copy of THE DEVIL’S REJECTS soundtrack by Rob Zombie at tonight’s Wednesday…

Rob Boylan

On sale this week: Ellie Goulding at Hard Rock Live

On sale: Friday, Oct. 26 Ellie Goulding 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17 Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrock.com $30-$75   Down the road: Hundred Waters, Oct. 31 at Backbooth The Script, Nov. 1 at Hard Rock Live D.L. Hughley, Nov. 2 at Orlando Improv Hinder, Nov. 3 at Backbooth The Who, Nov. 3…

Aimee Vitek

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19) In the coming days, many of your important tasks will be best accomplished through caginess and craftiness. Are you willing to work behind the scenes and beneath the surface? I suspect you will have a knack for navigating your way skillfully and luckily through mazes and their metaphorical equivalents. The mists…

Rob Brezsny

Savage Love

What the hell do I say to my straight 14-year-old son about porn? Should I say anything? My sister tells me that all the research shows my son has been looking at porn for three years already. Am I too late? Distressed Anxious Dad According to the Today show and the Boston Globe and the…

Dan Savage

The Problem with Tokyo Theaters, Part II

I wrote about the problem with Tokyo theater closings a few months in the paper after hearing word through a few translated articles that there was as seemingly an epidemic of theater closings about to happen. Well, as the Ashai Shimbun has it, they’re beginning to happen now: The curtain has come down on a…

Rob Boylan

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