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Aug 19-25, 1998

Aug 19-25, 1998 / Vol. 14 / No. 33

Cast out

Thursday • 4 FROM CORSETS TO BODY PIERCING – AMERICAN GIRLS AND THEIR BODY PROJECTS, AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE We’ve been waiting to talk about the Girl Culture exhibition at the Southeast Museum of Photography – we love girls and the smart women who study them. An award-winning talent, Lauren Greenfield published Girl Culture in 2002,…

Orlando Weekly Staff

It’s Pat

Reverend Dr. Pat Robertson met 900 Christian Coalition members last Friday night at the Radisson Twin Towers to pump the coalition’s coffers — and the egos of both former Florida House Speaker (soon to be state senator) Dan Webster and John Ostalkiewicz, candidate for Orange County Chairman. Robertson’s wit was in high form as he…

Orlando Weekly Staff

Official reeferences

Pro pot forces got a boost last week when the Oakland (California) City Council deputized the local marijuana club. The Oakland Cannabis Buyer’s Cooperative is under a temporary restraining order won by the U.S. Justice Department, which argued that California’s “medical marijuana” law violates federal law. The council, under a provision of the Controlled Substances…

Orlando Weekly Staff

Rain of terror

Reliable. That’s what NASA claimed last year about the Titan IV rocket to be used to loft the Cassini space probe with 72.3 pounds of plutonium dioxide — more deadly plutonium than ever put on a space device. The fiery Aug. 12 explosion on launch of an identical Titan IV rocket, following the 1993 explosion…

Karl Grossman

Money keeps right on talking

The Congress of the United States, in all of its majesty, recently rejected all efforts to stop the corrupting flood of corporate campaign contributions that’s drowning our democratic process. It would almost be OK if this gang of thieves, led by Loudspeaker of the House Newt Gingrich, had at least made their stand honestly, admitting…

Jim Hightower

Theme music for a revolution in thinking

As is the case with their hometown, Los Angeles-based ensemble Ozomatli is not easy to define. With a sound comprising equal parts salsa, hip hop, funk and jazz, the 10-piece band — which is named after the Aztec god of dance — is sure to confound modern-day musicologists. Spanish vocals, English rapping, tablas, turntables and…

Chris Rolfe

Heaven-sent Cirrus reaches for the clouds

In the wake of the mid-’90s techno revolution, it takes more than synthesizers, big beats and guitar and vocal samples for an act to distinguish itself from the rest of the electronica pack. For Cirrus’ Aaron Carter, that something extra stems from his early religious experiences. “My mom would drag me to church every Sunday,…

Daniel Fuller

Idol gossip

Remember how Sally looked at Linus? That crinkly smile oozing across her face and red hearts popping out of her blonde, Bozo hairdo? She wouldn’t have noticed that blanket if he strangled her with it. She was gone. She had herself a crush. Even at 6 years old I was a worldlier woman than Sally,…

Liz Langley

Top of their game

Every once in a while, a restaurant comes along that is so special, it causes a seismic shift on the restaurant scene. The whole staff performed such a dazzling job at our dinner at Citricos that it earned my highest recommendation even though dinner for two easily runs more than $100, and from some areas…

Orlando Weekly Staff

Spilling a wine-tasting secret

So you want to brush up on your wine smarts? Discover the charms of full-bodied California grapes, or savor the herbaceous undertones of a Chilean cabernet? Or maybe you just like to drink for free? You need to be in the right place at the right time — and that would be Winter Park on…

Colleen Moore

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