Act your space age
Movie: Space Cowboys
‘Coyote’ song: I am woman, hear me pour
Movie: Coyote Ugly
The transparent trap
Movie: The Hollow Man
French cartoon smartly draws on African lore
Movie: Kirikou and the Sorceress
Act your space age
Movie: Space Cowboys
‘Coyote’ song: I am woman, hear me pour
Movie: Coyote Ugly
The transparent trap
Movie: The Hollow Man
French cartoon smartly draws on African lore
Movie: Kirikou and the Sorceress
Survivor in the suburbs
Nathaniel Bittman and Steve Thomas aren’t the type to distinguish themselves through physical feats. Still, as “sales-oriented people” who work together in a mortgage company, they heard about a two-day race across a perilous land-and-water course east of Orlando and decided it would be a good team-builder. Good for leadership training. Good for leaving work…
Gentlemen are blondes in Brit TV comedy
What a difference an ocean makes. You could safely say that the brand of humor featured in the British series “The League of Gentlemen,” which debuted on Comedy Central a little more than a month ago, isn’t likely to resurface on any American program any time soon. But if the macabre proceedings unfold overseas, fine;…
Gliders on the storm
In Clacton, England, in March, a freak gust of wind propelled Chris Grimes, 17 — who was clutching an oversized kite at the time — for a half-mile at a height of 25 feet, until he touched down in a mud bog. And in Fairhaven, Mass., in May, a 65-year-old woman was hit by lightning…
Once again, Phife Dawg kicks it
In the liner notes of A Tribe Called Quest’s 1991 classic, “The Low End Theory,” considered by some critics to be the finest hip-hop album ever made, Phife Dawg offers “no respect” to “everyone who said that Phife couldn’t do it.” Of course, that was almost a decade ago. Since then, Phife Dawg and his…
Panhandlers with permission
It’s a good thing Loch Haven Park isn’t inside Orlando’s proposed no-panhandling zone, because over the last few months, three cultural institutions in that part of town have had their hands outstretched. And they’ve asked for — and gotten — a bit more than spare change. The Orlando Science Center recently received its second taxpayer…
Radio showdown
Angry and querulous, 20 defenders of Rollins College’s radio station WPRK descended on a WMFE board of trustees meeting last week and demanded to know why the larger public radio station wanted to gobble up WPRK’s air time, essentially eviscerating the station’s identity as the last of Orlando’s truly independent radio outlets. “We don’t know…
Theater group makes Impacte
Following through on plans leaked during last April’s Orlando International Fringe Festival, playwright/director Tod Kimbro and his Impacte Productions staff last Friday signed a lease for a permanent performance space at 237 University Park Drive in Winter Park. The theater will host a regular schedule of original productions and pre-existing works performed by Impacte and…
A tragedy of errors
“You have a right to be angry.” That understatement, issued by the Rev. Mike Wacht, well represented the sentiment of the hundreds gathered at Taft United Methodist Church for the funeral of Andrea Hall, the 40-year-old mother who was accidentally shot by a sniper during last week’s hostage standoff south of Orlando. Wacht urged the…
Review – Explorer
Artist: Duke Robillard
Review – Shake Hands With Shorty
Artist: North Mississippi Allstars
Review – Latin Soul
Artist: Pancho Sanchez
Review – Southern Devils
Artist: Pimpadelic
Review – Explorer
Artist: Duke Robillard
Review – Shake Hands With Shorty
Artist: North Mississippi Allstars
Review – Latin Soul
Artist: Pancho Sanchez
Review – Southern Devils
Artist: Pimpadelic
Steamy stuff
In 1967, the Beatles released “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band,” and a small chain of fast-food sandwich joints opened in Orlando. Called Beefy King, they were going to give the Arby’s and MacDonald’s of the world a run for their money. It didn’t work out; after peaking with six local outlets, Beefy King faltered…
Review – Explorer
Artist: Duke Robillard
Review – Shake Hands With Shorty
Artist: North Mississippi Allstars
Review – Latin Soul
Artist: Pancho Sanchez
Review – Southern Devils
Artist: Pimpadelic
Doing the town, hold the meat
Eating healthy on the road is a challenge, especially in tourist towns. The problem can be particularly ugly for vegetarians whose needs aren’t satisfied by the addition of lettuce, tomato and onion on a burger bun. But now there’s help: “Vegetarian Walt Disney World and Greater Orlando,” a dandy little guide to area eateries that…
Sending out mixed signals
Don’t quote me, but I vaguely remember getting a Rollins College alumni newsletter last year saying that “we” had raised something like $90 million to fund various school improvements. I didn’t contribute to this fund, though I love Rollins and wouldn’t trade my time there for all the cheap sex in Bangkok. Graduating from Rollins…
