Curveball! STP show cancelled, but not for what you think
TOTALLY didn’t see this one coming. The Stone Temple Pilots concert at UCF Arena tomorrow night has been canceled due to the upcoming fey Fay tropical storm/hurricane/cocktail. I just lost $20. I was sure it’d be somehow related to, uh, exhaustion. (By which I mean I figured Scott Weiland (pictured above) would be too fucked…
“Raisin’ McCain”: A horrific musical tribute
What do Big & Rich, a midget on crutches and a Barbara Bush lookalike have in common besides being awesome? They all support Sen. John McCain, as evidenced by this crusty, supremely ’90s music vid (who makes those anymore?!) that I guess is the answer to Will.i.am’s “Yes We Can.” Both “Yes We Can” and…
JUNIOR VARSITY
Clipse’s requisite posse album fails to score
HAPPYTOWN
We were halfway to blackout, carelessly flipping channels on Wednesday night, when we stumbled across something that made us really uncomfortable. Way up the dial, on Spike TV — which we only watch for the homoerotic Ultimate Fighting, honest — a suggestively titled cop-schlock program called Real Vice Cops Uncut was spitting out its choppy…
COMMENTS
Dear Sam: Open letter to Tribune Company president Sam Zell `”The incredible shrinking newspaper,” Aug. 7`: I used to turn to the Orlando Sentinel for in-depth coverage and hard-hitting, investigative state and local news. And today, in the information age, I would turn to the Sentinel for hard news. If the urge ever came up…
FOOLISH GAMES
As the Chinese government stage-manages every aspect of the Beijing Olympic Games, the array of tricks they’re employing to ensure that their country is portrayed well in the international media is stunning. Admonishing a country of carton- an-hour cigarette smokers to stub ’em out? Check. Getting things like “chicken without sexual life” off Beijing menus?…
A LESSON ON SHOWCASING FRESH TALENT
The Orlando art scene thrives on gimmicks, and the galleries and temporary art spaces that compose this constellation do not lack in artifice. Recently, our CityArts Factory was voted “Best Magic Trick” by Orlando Weekly for consistently “opening galleries in its tight space — just like pulling rabbits out of a hat.” However, I believe…
TOO SCARED TO WIN?
There are a lot of people giving presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama advice these days. Scan the Internet or cable news shows, and you’ll find a plethora of suggestions from all corners of the punditocracy: which running mate to pick, what states to campaign in, whether or not to run negative ads against John…
WINE IN A BOX
I admit squeezing wine from a spigot doesn’t scream sexy. Bag-in-box wines have no romance, no foreplay and, historically, no flavor. But for the couch, party or beach, or when you just want one glass, they’re sensible and smart. Quality has persistently improved since the 1970s key-party days, and the simplicity of box wine (aka…
REAL ESTATE AGENTS ARE PEOPLE, TOO
The numbers are stark. Florida’s growth-based economy has been wounded to the point of hemorrhaging; the state is fourth in the nation for active foreclosures. Some 35,264 homes — one of every 242 properties — are facing foreclosure, and the rate is increasing at a manic pace. The city of Orlando is 13th in the…
BLISTER
Sometimes it takes a little more than a swig of hooch and a Google map to catalyze this weathered Q-Tip into a directional purpose frenzy. As inertia would have it, my ass has been growing roots into the couch while my inner-circle poem has been descending in disappearing loops of caramelized woe and chagrin ……
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Golden Globe—winning actress Edith Evans had some advice for actors who were just coming into their full power: “Don’t indulge yourself by showing off; the moment that you begin to find that you can do something well, you must control it and do it more selectively.” This recommendation would serve you…
SAVAGE LOVE
After six months of marriage — I’m a straight male — the sex had become routine but enjoyable. To remedy this, my wife and I discussed new things we might like to try. We were both being shy, so I said the first thing that came to mind: “Anal?” My wife got quiet and the…
THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND
Even if you know you’re awesome, there’s something supremely validating about others recognizing it. Well, folks in these parts have long known Jacksonville’s indie-rap phenom Astronautalis (born Andy Bothwell) is a hot commodity. But it’s part- icularly good news for Florida’s music scene that homeboy just became the first rap act to be signed by…
FIRST SHOT
So the summer is nearly over — not according to that silly Gregorian calendar, but by the say-so of the movie conglomerates that now control space, time and the weather. If you’re looking for one mental image to sum up the entire season, we’d humbly suggest it be this: Kevin Costner standing at the back…
LIVE ACTIVE CULTURES
In honor of the quadrennial competitions commencing in China, I spent last Thursday night surrounded by imagery of the Olympics. I wasn’t sitting at home wearing my “Beijing ’08” ball cap, watching swimming time trials on Bright House Network’s Mandarin-language channel. Instead, I was observing politically provocative artistic expression of the sort that’s rare among…
POLICE BEAT
??? (2008-??????) ???: From a less-than-complete police report: A 46-year-old man was pulled over for committing a “bicycle violation” — Biking While Black, perhaps? — and the cops found three grams of crack and six grams of weed. Aug. 2 (2008-332375) 1:57 a.m.: Face meets beer bottle. Face loses. (2008-332454) 2:56 a.m.: Someone smashed the…
CORRECTION: Stop Believin’
Last month, our paper ran a show preview for Frontiers: A Tribute to Journey, who played the Social. In the preview, we mentioned a tidbit that came straight from Frontiers itself, via their official website: In their search for a new lead singer, the members of the current Steve Perryâ??less Journey extended an offer to…
