Left-brained bio lets us do the math
Movie: A Beautiful Mind
Let the pain wear off
Movie: Novocaine
Left-brained bio lets us do the math
Movie: A Beautiful Mind
Let the pain wear off
Movie: Novocaine
Cream of wheatgrass
What do Michael Andrew, Jim Philips, Rob Thomas and the Backstreet Boys have in common? They’re all wheatgrass fanatics, thanks to Frank Drelich. For the past five years, former landscaper, haircutter, Escoffier-trained chef and musician Drelich has raised the “juiceable” crop at his organic farm in East Orlando near Chuluota. He uses pure Nova Scotia…
Other highlights
The day’s changed but the beats are the same As if we didn’t have enough “Phat-N-Jazzy” fun this year, the long-running Tuesday-night hip-hop and downtempo tradition is moving to a Monday — just this once, mind you — to help ring in the new year at The Social (formerly known as Sapphire). This is the…
… Ring in the new
Orlando should consider itself lucky to have Stone Temple Pilots booked on New Year’s Eve at Hard Rock Live. It’s the hottest ticket in town — even at $100. The band’s year-enders are famous for being of the “wish you were here” variety, the kind of throw-downs that you read about in Rolling Stone after…
Ring out the old â?¦
Should auld acquaintance be forgot? Not on your life. Nothing screams nostalgia quite like the champagned irrelevance of a year nominally passing. And arguably no town caters to said inebriated indulgences better than our sunny plastic leisure factory does, especially this time of year. We drink to remember. We drink to forget. Rinse, then repeat.…
Is there any body home?
The decayed body of a man was found last month in his apartment in Warminster, Pa. He apparently died three years ago at age 46. What makes this story “Weird” is the number of people who had an opportunity during those three years to discover the body but did not. Among the people who had…
Wearing her heart
The story of the struggling independent isn’t limited to musicians and filmmakers. It’s the standard artist’s plight: to create without compromise of quality and still somehow be both respected and popular. Fashion designers are no different, and Micaco Cullinane knows it all too well. The 28-year-old designer came here just over a year ago from…
Hypocrite’s holiday
Two weeks before New Year’s Eve, the Orlando City Council gave downtown club owners permission to sell alcohol an extra hour — as late as 3 a.m., with a 4 a.m. closing time — on Dec. 31. The reason is simple: The state allows the theme parks to stay open all night anyway, so giving…
Will the Mouse fall on his sword?
2001 wasn’t exactly a space odyssey for the Walt Disney Co. As it watched its ABC TV network slip from first to fourth place in the ratings, the company also saw attendance at its theme parks drop by 25 percent. Then there were such seriously underperforming films as “Pearl Harbor” and “Atlantis: The Lost Empire,”…
Good things come in large packages
It’s Christmas time. There’s no need to be afraid … that is, unless you’re me, somewhere between pickled and frostbitten on the holiday party circuit. A burp and a giggle beneath the underbelly of Orlando’s smut culture is typically where I find myself in these times of consumable inspiration, and this year’s no different. And…
The princess diaries
As of this writing, these are the facts: Saudi Princess Buniah al-Saud landed in an Orange County jail last week, facing charges of theft and felony battery. She allegedly beat her maid, pushed her down the stairs, and stole and sold items belonging to a former driver. The Orlando Sentinel reported that she came here…
The Bitch is back … sort of
I read the news today, hoo boy. In its recent cover story on the late George Harrison, Time magazine opined that the guitarist’s Nov. 29 death was the factor that finally dashed all hope of a Beatles reunion. Silly me. I had been counting on a three-fourths tour with Kevin Bacon on rhythm guitar. John…
Truth is the first casualty
Norman Solomon, author of The Habits of Highly Deceptive Media (Common Courage Press, $29.95), is a syndicated media columnist. Each year at this time he confers with Jeff Cohen of the media-watch group FAIR to recognize the stinkiest media performances of the year. Their 10th annual P.U.-litzer Prizes: ‘Love a Man in Uniform’ Award, to…
