Life in the cash line
The concept of rock & roll as theme-park attraction took two steps forward with last Friday’s public unveiling of the new Hard Rock Live at Universal Studios CityWalk, as Joe Walsh and Glenn Frey played a professional but perfunctory set that proved how lucrative the packaging of outlaw imagery has become to the business of…
Trivial pursuits
Movie: She’s All That
Big heart
Movie: Little Voice
Trivial pursuits
Movie: She’s All That
Same old bug
Movie: Virus
Same old bug
Movie: Virus
Big heart
Movie: Little Voice
The law of the land
Between two of Stephen Nordlinger’s tall, young live oaks growing on his property that borders the Big Econ river, a short stake casts the long shadow of the law: “Orange County Lot Cleaning Violation … high grass and weeds … cut and remove.” Or else. The Jan. 14 notice was confounding. Nordlinger, a residential advisor…
Scholarships threatened
Lottery revenue is flat or falling, while school enrollment is up. These two trends mean the state legislature will give serious consideration this year to changing the rules for a popular college-scholarship program that other states are rushing to copy. Bright Futures, adopted in 1997, gives grants to students if they meet minimum requirements, like…
American Beach head
A senior vice president of NationsBank Florida is working to upgrade American Beach while protecting it from high-density encroachment, according to the New York Times. Tony T. Brown bought a small lot on the island near Jacksonville last November, and now he hopes the small resort community, established in the 1930s by African-Americans barred from…
Light rail, heavy costs
County Chairman Mel Martinez’s transportation commission told county officials this week that the transit authority has underestimated the cost of the proposed light rail by $85 million, most of that in land-acquisition costs. Committee chairman Bill Frederick said the new number could change before the final report next week, but if the estimate holds, the…
A painful break-up
Tim Cridland, touring as Zamora the Torture King in an entertainment show in which he endures massive pain, told the Riverfront Times (St. Louis) in December that he broke from the similar but better-known Jim Rose Circus over “artistic differences.” Among Zamora’s feats of pain: the traditional skewers through the cheeks and neck; swallowing swords…
Spies in your bank account
Invasion of our privacy has become so widespread that too many of us just shrug our shoulders, rather than raising hell. Drug tests and psychological profiles are common at work, credit-card companies sell information about what we buy, they take your fingerprints now when you renew your driver’s license, our medical records are open to…
Daleâ??s domain
One Monday night last summer, during a meeting of the Sanford City Commission, Debbra Groseclose and another audience member got into a discussion. They spoke quietly, but Larry Dale objected. Under Florida’s Sunshine Law, he said, the two were obligated to speak on the record. Larry Dale is the mayor of Sanford. Groseclose sheepishly disclosed…
Review – Shoot the Boss
Artist: Monkey Mafia
Review – My Inspiration
Artist: Charlie Byrd
Review – The Destroyer
Artist: Alec Empire
Review – Where Blue Begins
Artist: Deborah Coleman
Review – Shoot the Boss
Artist: Monkey Mafia
Review – My Inspiration
Artist: Charlie Byrd
Review – Where Blue Begins
Artist: Deborah Coleman
Review – Shoot the Boss
Artist: Monkey Mafia
Review – Shoot the Boss
Artist: Monkey Mafia
Review – My Inspiration
Artist: Charlie Byrd
Review – My Inspiration
Artist: Charlie Byrd
Review – The Destroyer
Artist: Alec Empire
Review – The Destroyer
Artist: Alec Empire
Review – Where Blue Begins
Artist: Deborah Coleman
Review – Where Blue Begins
Artist: Deborah Coleman
Pop trio follows heard instinct
Something happened to Babe the Blue Ox around the time that they released their major-label debut, “People,” three years ago on RCA Records. In addition to the scrutiny often attached to such leaps in economic faith, there was a philosophical shift in the band’s self-image. “One person … me, spent a lot of time thinking…
The name’s a keeper
At 31, Steven Seibold, known professionally as Seibold the instigator behind the in-your-face industrial-cum-punk band Hate Dept. and an in-demand producer (Berlin) and dance remixer (Smash Mouth’s “Walking On the Sun”), is mellowing out. Speaking from a pay phone at a tour stop in San Antonio, Texas, Seibold says it’s not yet history for the…
Feeling a little cocky
What song is stuck in your head right now? ; ; Be honest. You know there’s some tune bopping around in there all the time, and it’s never your favorite. You may have heard a snatch of that Ford commercial or “Dirty White Boy,” and now you’re stuck with it. But that’s OK. Whatever song…
Color blinds
In 1903 the educator and scholar W.E.B. Du Bois wrote that African-Americans live two lives, within and without the “veil” — a kind of cultural blinder that allows them to define themselves only in relation to the larger white culture in which they live. The title of the exhibit currently on view at Rollins College’s…
House of yang
It’s not that we weren’t given a thoroughly warm welcome. And sure, at least half of the customers that night were women. Even the restaurant is named after a woman. But my girlfriend and I agreed: Ruth’s Chris Steak House has the definite vibes of a “guy” restaurant. The whole place is steeped in masculine…
No frills on grills at Pollo D’Oro
Pollo D’Oro wouldn’t be mistaken for a flashy fast-food chain, that’s for sure. The building is plain and humble; the parking lot is bleached out; and the drive-through microphone sometimes goes on the fritz (just pull around to the window and wave). But get past the outside, and you’ll find irresistible Cuban-style cooking. The straightforward…
Top of the game
In the world of online publishing, industry recognition doesn’t get any better than an EPpy Award. And Orlando Weekly was recently announced as a finalist in the prestigious competition that will be decided Feb. 19 at the Interactive Newspapers ‘99 conference in Atlanta. The awards are sponsored by Editor & Publisher Interactive, the new-media division…
