Just in! Utah Republicans are fucking nuts
At least one of them is. Don Larsen, a chairman of a local Republican Party in Utah, has authored a resolution saying that illegal immigration is all Satan’s handiwork and that Mexicans are eeeeevvvvvviiiiiilllllll. From the resolution, which the state party conventioneers will discuss this weekend: “In order for Satan to establish his ‘New World…
Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters Label: Fat Cat Length: LP Rated: NONE Media: CD Format: Album WorkNameSort: Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters Like an indie-rock fanboy’s wet dream, Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters amalgamates My Bloody Valentine’s gauzy sprawl, Mogwai’s crushing dynamics and the Walkmen’s deft cinematic touch. Pianos chip away at the warm coral-guitar…
Beyond
Beyond Label: Fat Possum Length: LP Media: CD Format: Album WorkNameSort: Beyond Spinal Tap’s amps went to 11. Dinosaur Jr.’s go to 17. Still. The only thing more ridiculous than the volume at which they began each show was the increasing volume that occurred as it progressed. It was no coincidence that J Mascis first…
Still Stuck in Your Throat
Still Stuck in Your Throat Label: Sound In Color Length: LP Media: CD Format: Album WorkNameSort: Still Stuck in Your Throat Simply put, Still Stuck is the first Fishbone album in a long time that doesn’t do harm to the band’s legacy. The energy and vitality of their once-original blend of ska, funk and punk…
FAMIGLIA DINING
It’s a jam-packed fam-shack at Stefano LaCommare’s trattoria
THE MASTER’S ORPHANS
New DVD set collects the minor works of Jean Renoir
Year of the Dog
Year of the Dog Studio: Paramount Vantage Rated: PG-13 Cast: Molly Shannon, Peter Sarsgaard Director: Mike White WorkNameSort: Year of the Dog Our Rating: 2.00 This cautionary tale-turned-inspirational hokum could have been a fine comedic pairing: Mike White, screenwriting mastermind behind Freaks and Geeks and The School of Rock writing a star vehicle for Molly…
Overlord
Overlord Studio: Criterion Collection WorkNameSort: Overlord â?�A GI told me where to find sympathy: in the dictionary between ‘shit’ and ‘syphilis.’â?� These words, spoken by a soldier in Stuart Cooper’s Overlord, also serve as an apt mission statement for this uncompromising, bitterly realistic account of a young warrior’s lead-up to D-Day. There’s no room for…
Sanctuary: Lisa Gerrard
Sanctuary: Lisa Gerrard Studio: Milan Rated: NONE WorkNameSort: Sanctuary: Lisa Gerrard As half of the creative core of Dead Can Dance and the haunting voice behind the scores of films such as Gladiator and Heat, Lisa Gerrard has achieved a unique brand of success. Gerrard approaches her art in a way that is holistic and…
Fixed Bayonets!
Fixed Bayonets! Studio: 20th Century Fox Rated: NONE WorkNameSort: Fixed Bayonets! A movie well deserving of its titular exclamation point, Fixed Bayonets! is one of the most exciting and ingeniously structured of the classic Fox war films. Director Samuel Fuller, adapting from a novel by John Brophy, centers the story on a tenderfoot corporal, fourth…
A Tribute to Joni Mitchell
A Tribute to Joni Mitchell Label: Nonesuch Length: EP Media: CD Format: Album WorkNameSort: Tribute to Joni Mitchell, A Prince recorded many of the basics that made it to the Purple Rain soundtrack at a Minneapolis club show in 1983. Just before the band set into ‘Computer Blue,â?� they played a beautiful version of Joni…
One Year
One Year Label: Water Length: LP Media: CD Format: Album WorkNameSort: One Year The Zombies broke up as ‘Time of the Seasonâ?� began its eternal reign on radio and singer Colin Blunstone took a job at an insurance company. The lure of the cubicle versus the recording studio eventually tipped in favor of his recording…
HAPPYTOWN
There was excitement in the air as we approached the first stop of the Orange County Town Meetings Tour at the Hope Church off John Young Parkway April 19. Finally, someone was going to answer the niggling questions about pulling $1.1 billion out of our … wallets … to build a new performing arts center…
COUNCIL WATCH
;Despite all the dry, hot air ;blowing outside, there would be only a few puffs of it inside as the mayor and commissioners got down to the tedious business of running the city of unrealizable construction. A scheduling hitch that left invocational bishop Billy Newton absent meant that the Rev. Sam Ings would have to…
POLICE BEAT
APRIL 11, 6:08 A.M.: We start this week off with a rather bizarre burglary of the City Beautiful’s property. It was in the 1200 block of Columbia Street — the City of Orlando Parks Department — where an unknown hooligan or hooligans snooped for goods until settling on a 2002 Ford F750 dump truck, white…
MAIL SACK
;What’s the point? ;Read your article [“Take the keys,” April 19]. I applaud you for taking the time to do some ethnographic research. Unfortunately, I am a bit confused on what your point was with the article. You pointed out some statistics about the customers being in low-paying jobs, or school, and about it being…
THE GREAT GO-GOOP WAR
By a faraway star, on a dark little globe, In a zone never probed by a NASA space probe, There’s a big ugly desert of ugly black rubble, That bristles with prickles & thickets of stubble… feedback@orlandoweekly.com
MISTAKES WERE MADE
;Celtic Frost’s Cold Lake ranks as metal’s most reviled record, an aerosol-addled grasp at accessibility that left an indelible blotch on an innovative group’s discography. Other heavy acts have created poodle-rock laughingstocks – Pantera’s Metal Magic comes to mind – but these bands didn’t incite comparable feelings of betrayal because they released these records before…
ENTHUSIASTIC BUBELE
Say what you want about veteran comedian Richard Lewis, odds are he’s already said it. Settled into his role as a comic foil for Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Lewis revisits his improv roots at, well, the Improv next week. We caught up with him to hear him fall apart firsthand. He did. “I’m…
WHY THE MEDIA SUCKS
;It starts like this: A copy of the Orlando Sentinel smacks against the doorstep in the morning, boasting a huge bold headline that reads “Why Wasn’t He Stopped?” above an Associated Press feed on what went wrong at Virginia Tech. Immediately beneath the story is a locally written piece titled “Shootings Shatter Illusion of Safety…
SLAVIC SOUL
East Winter Park is home to a growing number of Polish transplants who shop for staples at Europol Polish Deli — the former home of Warzawa. Neither the plain storefront (buried in the plaza at the juncture of Aloma Avenue and S.R. 436) nor the spare interior (a shotgun space anchored by a butcher’s case)…
BLISTER
; I get the strangest feeling that I’ve been here before. Is this Groundfag Day?; ;;”I have to introduce you to each of the bartenders so they don’t steal your money,” theatrical ubiquity David Lee flops his hair in a knowing way. “Some of us never forget!” ;; And some of us never remember. Regardless,…
SAVAGE LOVE
My wife of five years, mate of 11 years, and mother of our two kids has dropped a bomb on me: She thinks she’s a lesbian. About eight years ago, shortly after our first child, she had a couple of experiences with another woman. Being young and ignorant (she was 19, I was 23), I…
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
;ARIES “If you hold your dreams too tightly, you’ll crush their little ribs,” was the message scrawled on the wall of a public restroom I visited today. I immediately recognized that as excellent advice for you. While I’m usually all in favor of cultivating a ferocious devotion towards one’s goals and desires, I’ve noticed lately…
THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND
It’s true, there’s no jazz scene to speak of in this city. But a local act at last week’s edition of Phat-n-Jazzy at the Social made a good case for renewing efforts to get one going. Instead of her musical (and literal) family, the Sol.illaquists of Sound, the suede-voiced Alexandrah fronted a full jazz band…
I LOVE TELEVISION
By far, Alec Baldwin is the best Baldwin. Sure, there are other Baldwins —”Fat Baldwin” (brother Daniel who was in Homicide: Life on the Streets), “Douchebag Baldwin” (brother William who was in Sliver), and “Dirty Ass Baldwin” (brother Stephen who just always struck me as a guy who has a dirty ass). However! None of…
ARTS & CULTURE TO GO
; Our paper officially carries a publish date of Thursday, but this week we were compelled to share a couple of Wednesday-before happenings, since we know that our paper unofficially hits the streets on Wednesday. And while we’re on the subject of late-breaking press releases, keep in mind that we always want to know what…
How to get censored by the Sentinel
It’s easy, really. Step No. 1: Know what you are talking about. Step No. 2: Have an opinion that is different from that of the Sentinel’s editorial board, a journalistic kangaroo court that will brook no dissent when it comes to making sure that the three community venues get built, and right now goddammit. Step…
