Review – Beautiful
Artist: Garbage
Vegas remake holds less than a full house
Movie: Ocean’s Eleven
Review – Big Muff
Artist: Lava Baby
Review – Dark Days, Bright Nights
Artist: Bubba Sparxxx
Review – Bless You
Artist: The Court and Spark
Review – Beautiful
Artist: Garbage
Super bowls
If you’ve ever seen the movie “Tampopo,” you’re familiar with the delicate balance among flavors, textures and ingredients that makes up a good bowl of noodles. We don’t have a traditional Japanese noodle shop in Orlando (excuse me a moment while I weep), but amid the crowd of Vietnam-ese eateries in town, we now have…
Vegas remake holds less than a full house
Movie: Ocean’s Eleven
Review – Big Muff
Artist: Lava Baby
Review – Dark Days, Bright Nights
Artist: Bubba Sparxxx
Review – Beautiful
Artist: Garbage
Review – Big Muff
Artist: Lava Baby
Review – Dark Days, Bright Nights
Artist: Bubba Sparxxx
The long and short of it
In pop culture there are some things guaranteed to appeal to the general public and some that will bring joy only to the diehard fan. You might like Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but not enough to watch the Leggo version that comes on the DVD. You might like Martha Stewart but feel no…
Raising the bar
Been to Joe’s NYC Bar lately? It’s this cozy little tavern on West Church Street where the people are friendly and the conversation never lets up. If you’ve gone looking for it but couldn’t find it, don’t feel out of the loop: It isn’t always there. Joe’s, you see, is not a real watering hole,…
Brothel-y love
Texas has a whorehouse in it! Or so goes the famously horrible key song from the oddly popular drip of staged Americana and sexual freedom known as “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.” Well, what place doesn’t have one? Although, until today, the only brothel I was familiar with in the Orlando area involves a…
Creative storm brews
The flame erupts from the top of her head, seeking something beyond itself, beyond the canvas on which she is drawn. Amazon-ian in stature, detached in expression, powerful in her brawny nudity, the woman stands unconsumed by the blaze of the reds and yellows igniting from within her. She is a conduit, and so, you…
Carry-ons for the whistle stop
Taking a train trip sure seems attractive these days, doesn’t it? A big comfy seat (with lots of legroom) that doesn’t leave the ground is very appealing. And it gives you plenty of time to eat. You can use the dining car, where the food isn’t half bad, or the snack bar, where it is,…
Swing shift: (another) Rat Pack revival
To the uninitiated, the top-shelf trio affectionately dubbed The Rat Pack might seem little more than three past-their-prime drunks cutting it up for a roomful of their friends. Sit down; you’re rockin’ the boat, pally. Sure, they acted liquored-up (apparently a ruse, as they waited until after the curtain closed to imbibe) and bathed in…
The Great Black Hope
Percy Luney reached the Citrus Bowl an hour later than he’d expected, slightly overwhelmed by the Mardi Gras atmosphere of that day’s Florida Classic, the annual football game between Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman College. The delay only served to hurry his purpose. Inside the stadium, he negotiated with a guard to gain access to…
Don’t call it a comeback
At Orlando Weekly’s Christmas party last year, Tom Levine showed up looking like someone you’d find in one of the city’s panhandling zones: A full, scraggly beard, wild and poofy gray hair, a ratty T-shirt and khaki shorts adorned the man who was trounced by Glenda Hood and Bruce Gordy in last year’s mayoral election…
Will a leader please stand up?
An official overseeing the revitalization of Atlanta’s downtown, Kenneth D. Bleakly Jr., heads a group of 22 candidates to replace longtime Downtown Development Board executive director Tom Kohler, one of the most influential officials in city government, who is retiring in February. Since 1996, Bleakly has been president of Centennial Olympic Park Area Inc., a…
Tracks of her tears
Dionne French has filed a lawsuit in federal court in New Mexico over a 1998 incident, charging the Santa Fe Southern Railway and one of its conductors and brakemen with negligence in not stopping a train in time to avoid hitting her. French, who was homeless at the time and living near Santa Fe, admitted…
Makeover strategy
It has only been four years since Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, was created in Scotland. Since then, whole herds of cattle, sheep and pigs have been cloned by scientists employing the latest techniques in biological manipulation. For the most part, we’ve merely watched in wonder and amusement as…
