Brit comedy too much of a puff piece
Movie: Saving Grace
Brit comedy too much of a puff piece
Movie: Saving Grace
DeVille worship
As lead guitarist of Poison, hair metal’s most outrageous glam-tribute drag show, C.C. DeVille scaled the heights of rock’s excess long enough to sell 20 million records. But when it crashed, so did he, with little hope of becoming more than a narcotic footnote in the glittery pages of late-1980s rock history. These days, C.C.…
Review – Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds, Vol. I
Artist: Jill Scott
Review – Live at the Greek
Artist: Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes
Review – Soft Place to Fall
Artist: Deborah Coleman
Review – SYR5
Artist: Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori, DJ Olive
Review – Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds, Vol. I
Artist: Jill Scott
Review – Live at the Greek
Artist: Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes
Review – Soft Place to Fall
Artist: Deborah Coleman
Review – SYR5
Artist: Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori, DJ Olive
Opposites attract
Vietnamese cuisine exemplifies the beauty of contrast. Hot and cool. Crunchy and soft. Fresh and cured. These seemly antagonistic characteristics come together beautifully in some interesting and satisfying dishes at Vinh’s, located in the heart of Orlando’s Vietnamese district. Our meal began with a dish described as “lotus roots with shrimp, pork and sour salad”…
Review – Live at the Greek
Artist: Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes
Review – Soft Place to Fall
Artist: Deborah Coleman
Review – SYR5
Artist: Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori, DJ Olive
Captain Mary’s raises its sails
The humble exterior of Captain Mary’s Bar & Grill sits among similarly worn faces on the strip of Fairbanks near I-4. The burgers are the best, the bar is smartly stocked with beer and wine; the feel is always warm. It’s in the kitchen where chef Fred Fausey and partner Rebecca Tex — a singer/songwriter…
Captain Mary’s raises its sails
The humble exterior of Captain Mary’s Bar & Grill sits among similarly worn faces on the strip of Fairbanks near I-4. The burgers are the best, the bar is smartly stocked with beer and wine; the feel is always warm. It’s in the kitchen where chef Fred Fausey and partner Rebecca Tex — a singer/songwriter…
Beat goes on at e-music extravaganza
Those curious about the seemingly infinite bond between personal or spiritual freedom and the thumping physicality of electronic dance music need look no further than a few miles east for Cyberfest 2000, a Labor Day-weekend gathering at Melbourne’s Florida Convention Center & Grounds. A host of turntable luminaries and live acts will occupy varying time…
He who would be McCollum
Twenty years after Republican Bill McCollum walked into Congress on a pro-term-limits platform, he’s finally getting out. He’s not leaving politics, though — he’s seeking retiring Connie Mack’s U.S. Senate seat. Thus, for the first time in two decades, there’s a competitive 8th District Republican primary, the winner of which will face a strong and…
The ferbulator flap
At first glance, the yard in front of Judy Segall’s Altamonte Springs home looks as if someone forgot to bring the kids’ toys in. Metal poles rise from the ground in rounded arcs or simply stick out of the ground. Vase-like objects sit on metal spikes. Yellow Styrofoam pool floats have been twirled in the…
Freed up from conventions
I don’t go anymore to big, noisy parties, where people wear funny hats, eat and drink to happy excess, and take endless photographs of one another amid showers of confetti. I’ve also stopped attending loud music concerts in giant halls. Lately, I’ve even given up going to political conventions. But wait — I repeat myself.…
Rebel without a pause
As radio skits go, the Feb. 6 interview on 95Live was over the top even for a medium where most of us think we’ve heard it all. On-air DJ NSX and a group of his buddies had surrounded a young man who had wandered into the pirate-radio station’s downtown studio. The visitor, as NSX pointed…
Thoughts for the day
My friend Doug and I finally have a retirement plan. When the (accidental) pants-wetting years come upon us, we’re going to throw beer bottles off the porch at passers-by. In prison we’ll get free health care, a vivid social life and time to watch “7th Heaven.” It puts my mind at ease to know we…
Pin and bear it
People have lined up at 2 a.m. at Disney/MGM Studios to get them. They’ve caused shouting matches at the Magic Kingdom, fist fights inside Epcot. What’s the red-hot collectible that’s causing Walt Disney World guests to act so crazy? Limited edition Beanie Babies? Pokémon holofoil cards? Front-row seats to “Lord of the Dance?” Would you…
It pays to comparison-shop
Denise Thomas was sentenced to a year’s probation by a Littleton, Colo., judge in August for offering her 9-year-old daughter for sale on the Internet for $4,000. Two weeks earlier, Helen Chase had been arrested in Vacaville, Calif., and charged with child endangerment for allegedly giving her 10-year-old son away (for free) to a couple…
