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Aug 15-21, 2001

Aug 15-21, 2001 / Vol. 17 / No. 33

Movie: Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival Animation

Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival Animation Release Date: 2001-08-17 Cast: John Santucci, Craig “Spike” Decker, Squirrel Nut Zippers Director: Nick Gibbons, John Santucci WorkNameSort: Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival Animation Our Rating: 3.00 Punk, as a musical genre, may have entirely lost its status as an agent provocateur, what with every…

Orlando Weekly Staff

Movie: Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival Animation

Our Rating: 3.00 Punk, as a musical genre, may have entirely lost its status as an agent provocateur, what with every kid with a guitar and a bad attitude grabbing two buddies and redoing the Green Day catalog. The spirit of punk, though, is clearly alive and well in the latest installment of “Spike and…

Orlando Weekly Staff

The buzz about the fuzz

Twenty-five years ago, if you told anyone you were consulting a feminist for advice on your appearance, that person would have stared at you for a minute and then burst out laughing. Back then, the feminist credo de-emphasized looks in an attempt to persuade the world that it’s what’s on the inside — brains, heart,…

Liz Langley

Overnight sensations

There’s a lot to be learned from the Central Florida Theatre Alliance’s annual Play-in-a-Day project. If you’re a writer, you can learn to churn out a short play overnight and have it in the hands of an anxious director shortly after sunup the following morning. If you’re one of said directors, you can learn to…

Steve Schneider

Makeup for bad habits

There’s a new glossy publication in the Netherlands, Mainline Lady, designed to resemble a newsstand fashion magazine, for the purpose of helping drug-addicted women feel better about their health and appearance. Distributed by the nation’s health ministry, July’s debut issue includes articles on rejuvenating heroin-ravaged dry skin, putting on weight and disguising needle marks with…

Chuck Shepherd

You art what you eat

While we all acknowledge that good food can be an art form, we might not associate an art museum with good food. Until now, anyway. Along with the popular “First Thursday” series, which presents new works and food around a theme — the “Blues en Bleu” event combined blue-clad attendees with blue food, blue art…

Joseph Hayes

The mouth that roared

Since the breakup of Black Flag, singer Henry Rollins has had an interesting and lengthy career rocking hard with the Rollins Band, releasing several spoken-word albums/videos/DVDs and writing and publishing poetry and essay books through his award-winning 2-13-61 imprint. Rollins is also a regular on both the big and small screens, guesting on ABC-TV’s “Politically…

Jessica Vardas

Redistricting’s sore winner

The big losers in redistricting? The residents of Spring Lake Manor who wanted to dump Commissioner Daisy Lynum and pick up Vicki Vargo, considered by many to be more responsive and proactive. Residents of the subdivision, located in the Rock Lake neighborhood where Lynum also lives, attended so many meetings that redistricting chairwoman Joan Ruffier…

Orlando Weekly Staff

‘Nap’ time for Parramore kids?

It began with a dream. City leaders wanted a school for the beleaguered Parramore neighborhood, a collection of industrial businesses and shotgun shacks west of downtown Orlando, where most of the 6,000 residents live in poverty. The school would be for the 800 or so Parramore children who have been bused to eight different elementary…

Orlando Weekly Staff

Like wow

Is art dead? “Wow,” deadpans the requisite Warhol-alike working the tables and couches of Cafe Tu Tu Tango’s Andy birthday soiree. “Candy, what do you think?” “Oh, I love it!” oozes said blonde sweetness, having been too busy shimmying in Mr. W’s rickety shadow to even hear the question. “You write for the Weekly?” counters…

Billy Manes

Gerrymandering house to house

It’s no secret that Hispanics have become firmly entrenched as a political force in American politics. Central Florida has to look no further than the Cabinet-level promotion of former Orange County Chairman Mel Martinez as proof that the Hispanic vote is being coveted, even at the national level. Hispanics have become the second most populous…

William Dean Hinton

Walt’s revealing birthday suitors

Who gets to determine how we remember Walt Disney? As the 100th anniversary of his birth approaches Dec. 5, many will try — all for their own special reasons. Walt’s childhood home of Marceline, Mo., will be first up, with “Walt Disney’s Hometown 100th Birthday Celebration” next month. Marceline is where Walt lived from ages…

Jim Hill

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