drinking liberally.
Now that you have your DNC cocktails, bring on the drinking games … There are dozens out there, but Salivation Army likes the one at The Clarke Report best, perhaps because, coming from a Republican point of view, the rules are so much more bitter. It just seasons it all so nicely: *Rules* (1) One…
THE PRIX IS RIGHT
Historically quaint eatery a pleasure in every sense
A VIEW TO A GRILL
La Sevillana may not look like much, but the grilling that goes on inside is monumental in proportion to its size. Though the restaurant seats only 20 patrons, the enormous plates packed with meat and beans could feed an army ‘ and then some. Pass up the typical Latin fare and go traditional. The bandeja…
THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND
So the storm that was supposed to be Mother Nature’s wrath ended up a long, wet sneeze. Oh, Fay, you gotta come with more than that to keep hurricane-hardened people like us in. Apart from a couple of major cancellations like Summerbirds in the Cellar and Stone Temple Pilots, the shows went on. If only…
FIRST SHOT
This week marks the release of Disaster Movie, the umpteenth genre parody from the Friedberg-Seltzer house of knee-jerk larfs. It should be our cue to bemoan the current state of big-screen slapstick, and to argue that if David Zucker could only get back on his game, he’d show these punks who built the Airplane they’re…
POLICE BEAT
Aug. 8 (2008-341580) 8:06 a.m.: Irony alert: Two dudes with guns held up the Peace Food Store for smokes and cash. (2008-341642) 9:07 a.m.: Somebody cut through a fence to steal the catalytic converter from a 1999 Ford F-150. Reason unknown. Aug. 9 (2008-342723) 12:01 a.m.: A transient was trying to gain entry to a…
HAPPYTOWN
In its August issue, Orlando magazine ran a profile titled “The Natural” about the dazzling life of Winter Garden jack-of-all-trades Mark Pulliam, a former New York Yankee and an artist to the stars with a commissioned portrait hanging in the offices of the Yankees to his credit. Great story, except it turns out that Pulliam’s…
COMMENTS
Fair and balanced I applaud the Orlando Weekly. This is the only paper that has given “all” the candidates a fair share of the story `”Rumble in District 8,” Aug. 21`. Billy `Manes`, this is not off the record: I thought your piece was a good piece. It was very fair and very balanced. This…
A VIEW TO A GRILL
La Sevillana may not look like much, but the grilling that goes on inside is monumental in proportion to its size. Though the restaurant seats only 20 patrons, the enormous plates packed with meat and beans could feed an army — and then some. Pass up the typical Latin fare and go traditional. The bandeja…
KIDS BOP
Back when emo was more a genre of music than a personal label, three boys from Kansas City, Mo., formed one of the pioneering bands of the indie rock movement — the Get Up Kids. For the next 10 years, the band headlined tours across America, opening for both Green Day and Weezer. Over 13…
CAN’T FAKE THE FUNK
What do you do with a Southern rock band that insists on recording epic albums employing everything from accordions and congas to distorted industrial beats, who dare to merge stratospherically high-pitched, Dirty Mind—era Prince funk with Devo? What about when that Southern rock band plays three hours of material at this year’s Bonnaroo festival, including…
GOD MC
Are you a real rapper?” asks a pudgy young tourist from Dublin. It’s a loaded question for the subject of the boy’s curiosity, 37-year-old Pine Hills resident Terrence King. King’s been kicking around the local minor league of rap for over a decade, self-releasing hip-hop CDs he makes at his house. His albums wear his…
A MATCH MADE IN MADDEN
Greg Brady could have told them, and the long-suffering fans of the Chicago Cubs might have a thing or two to add on the subject, but it comes down to this: The more you try to avoid a curse, the more certain it is to overwhelm you. Electronic Arts surely thought they had finally found…
SEX SELLS
Editor’s note: This is a corrected version of the story. This version was updated on 8/29/2008. The swanky, gated Central Florida home looks like many others. Haley Sinclair, a pretty blond production manager with Orlando porn producer Demon Seed Pictures, answers the door, beer in hand, before returning to the sofa to watch an Ashton…
LAUGHS FOR LUCY
The year 1977 is drawing to a close, and America’s favorite redhead has fallen on hard times. The peak of her sitcom superstardom is decades behind her, and her comeback role in the movie musical Mame has drawn cruelly unfavorable comparisons with Broadway’s Angela Lansbury. Worst of all, her New Year’s Eve performance at Walt…
TOOTHLESS
In January, Fairbanks Animal Hospital staffers found an aggressive, malnourished canine lingering near their Winter Park clinic. They took the chow-chow mix in and spent months rehabilitating him. Finally the dog, whom they named Bear, was ready for adoption. In early July, veterinarian Randall Cannon placed an adoption ad on Craigslist. A man named Stellios…
BLISTER
Sometimes a moment snaps its own picture and just stays there, a shadow of life in a still frame from The Day After, presuming infamy before it even ends — as if it will never end — hanging on to a clock’s tick that never comes; the silence, the stillness, the deafening chasms of doubt…
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES (March 21-April 19) My friend David’s acupuncturist diagnosed his condition as an “encroachment of phlegm in his triple heater.” That’s also an apt description of what’s going on in your psyche. Your internal engine — the fire in your belly — is a bit clogged by a sluggish stream of swampy, snotty feelings. I…
SAVAGE LOVE
So I have been in a relationship with the same guy since I was about 16. It’s been a little over four years now, but I came out to him a year ago about the fact that I’m bisexual, which he has no problem with. So since then, I have had wild fantasies about a…
conventional drinking.
“Mixologist” (that’s a fancy word for bartender, kids) Darryl Robinson has come up with a couple of cocktails for your political tippling pleasure. Below, one for Gramps, one for Hopey, and just for good measure, one for Hills too. Drink up, voters. McCain Julep Champagne Mint leaves Simple syrup (approx. 1 tsp sugar) Dash of…
