Apr 16-22, 2003

Apr 16-22, 2003 / Vol. 19 / No. 16

All-hour fast-fill

OK, I’m going to come right out and admit it. When I first heard of a 24-hour Mexican takeout restaurant, I shuddered. Having been out of college for many years, the idea of fast-food-grade tacos before sunrise made me just a little bit queasy. And then we went to Beto’s, near the congested crossroads of…

Orlando Weekly Staff

Roly Poly Sandwiches

With the glut of global influences flavoring even common cooking these days, describing a sandwich isn’t as easy as it used to be. So don’t expect to walk into Roly Poly Sandwiches and get a slab of meat between two slices of bread. The “roly poly” is flour tortillas wrapped around 50 possible varieties of…

Orlando Weekly Staff

High wire act

Before nearly every show at the massive Orange County Convention Center, a small team of freelance workers, dressed in work boots, shorts and gray golf shirts, heads up to the rafters of the exhibit hall, some 60 feet off the ground. Catwalks crisscross the ceiling, but that’s not where these workers operate. They must step…

William Dean Hinton

Choose lies

George Orwell once said, “All propaganda is a lie, even when it’s telling the truth.” I ponder this quote as I read a leaflet from a “crisis pregnancy center” (CPC). The leaflet features a haunting photo of a fetus aborted at 20 weeks. Below it, large letters exclaim, “ABORTION KILLS.” I am no stranger to…

Deb Berry

Respect is bangin’

While some electronic artists are lauded by critics for their innovative approaches, Paul Van Dyk is routinely consigned to the ghetto of dance music known as “progressive trance.” This, despite a 10-year career that has produced such milestones as “Forbidden Fruit,” “Another Way” and “For an Angel.” “If I had to play the music people…

Chris Parker

Alabama death squad

The Immortal Lee County Killers’ distinct weave of punk and Delta blues is a purist’s nightmare. But that doesn’t bother ILCK singer/guitarist Chet Weise, since the term “purist” doesn’t sit well with him in the first place. “To me, a purist is a synonym for obtuseness, closed-mindedness,” he says. “Blues purists are some of the…

Omar Perez

Greatest thing since sliced bread

With the glut of global influences flavoring even common cooking these days, describing a sandwich isn’t as easy as it used to be. So don’t expect to walk into Roly Poly Sandwiches (2413 Edgewater Drive; 407-246-1121) and get a slab of meat between two slices of bread. The “roly poly” is flour tortillas wrapped around…

Joseph Hayes

False idols

I don’t watch this shit. As much as “American Idol” might seem like the perfect fare for my bon-bon wind down, the idea of “Endless Love” being massacred by somebody merely as old as Diana Ross’ 13th silicone implant elicits thoughts of Lionel Richie’s hair juice and, well, gas. I’ll take the opiates, you can…

Billy Manes

Vatican: 2 /Jeb: 0

At an April 5 rally in Clearwater, Gov. Jeb Bush lent his voice to the pro-war cause. Speaking before an estimated audience of more than 15,000 patriotic Americans — and appearing in the company of his older brother George, who apparently also works in politics now, or something — Jeb praised the attack on Iraq,…

Steve Schneider

Dot, dot, dot

Circles — everywhere are circles. Within them are more circles, looping and curving in colorfully soothing patterns. Look closely and you will see tiny, intricate wavy lines within some of them them. You’ll also notice an immeasurable number of teeny-tiny dots. Welcome to “Seeing and Believing: Explorations in Spirituality,” the inaugural solo exhibit of artist…

Cynthia Ariel Conlin

Get what you give

We’re on touchy territory with this discussion of how to help out in our current predicament — without getting into the right or wrong of it all, and without tripping the “support our troops” hot wire. (Too late.) Don’t let people back you into a corner on this one. Case in point: A well-meaning, big-hearted…

Lindy T. Shepherd

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