George Zimmerman trial starts with F-words and knock-knock jokes
via newser.com Opening statements in the George Zimmerman case were today, and oh my god you guys, they totally said the F-word and it went out live on TV. Prosecutor John Guy quoted one of Zimmernan’s most famous lines – “fucking punks” – uttered to a police dispatcher on the night he called 911 to…
No offense: Comedy Central’s Daniel Tosh brings his June Gloom Tour to Bob Carr
Tuesday, June 25 – Daniel Tosh 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre 401 W. Livingston St. 407-246-4262 orlandovenues.net $70-$90 Just when we thought that Orlando was perhaps missing out on its share of racial slurs and fart jokes, comedian Daniel Tosh (of Tosh.0 blog and TV fame) decides to swing by…
For Reels Sunday Roundup — June 23rd, 2013
I was about to go out and already had my headphones on when my uncle went to tell me something about James Gandalfini. Music wasn’t playing yet, so it was all muffled, but even when I took the headphones off I still had to say, “what?” again, because the words just didn’t sound right. How…
Girls rock camp takes over Will’s Pub to perform fresh, original songs
Saturday, June 22 – Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls, Central Florida Summer Camp Showcase 4 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. willspub.org $10 This just has to be the best thing the community has done for girls in ages, if not ever. This Rock ’n’ Roll Camp for Girls includes workshops on neat-o…
Calling all pirates, wenches and parrotheads: RumFest returns to Wall Street Plaza
Saturday, June 22 – RumFest 9 5-8 p.m. Wall Street Plaza Wall and Court streets 407-849-0471 wallstplaza.net $20-$30 Calling all pirates, wenches and parrotheads: Picture a one-night trip to the islands without the need for a passport. It’s what the folks at Wall Street Plaza call RumFest, and this year again you’ll sip on more…
History Center sparks up a conversation on pyrotechnics
photo courtesy Universal Orlando Saturday, June 22 – Universal Orlando Pyrotechnics and Special Effects Q&A 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Orange County Regional History Center 65 E. Central Blvd. 407-836-7010 thehistorycenter.org $9 Any hotheaded roadside firecracker fiend in a pop-up tent can tell you that there are all kinds of different fireworks. And he’ll throw in sparklers…
Taps From Scratch perfects the drink-and-view art party concept with Art on Tap event
Saturday, June 22 – Art on Tap 1-8 p.m. Taps From Scratch 1809 E. Winter Park Road 407-637-0553 tapsfromscratch.com $25 Orlando is all too familiar with the drink-and-view art party concept. And why not? The hues in that watercolor really start to pop after a glass of pinot, don’t they? While this might be new(ish)…
Moon Jelly performs enchanting psych rock with peculiar visuals
photo by Stephanie Lister Friday, June 21 – Moon Jelly with Zenas Fisk 9 p.m. Stardust Video & Coffee 1842 E. Winter Park Road 407-623-3393 stardustie.com $5 This local band is both adorable and really fucking weird. Though the members’ collective résumé spans many notable Orlando indie bands (Sloppy Kisses, Telethon, Zenas Fisk, Yip-Yip, Alias…
Short Film Friday: Short Films Masquerading as Music Videos
“Q.U.E.E.N.” by Janelle Monae (ft. Erykah Badu) Dir: Alan Ferguson Runtime: 6m Album: The Electric Lady (Due September 2013) Fresh off of her brilliant futuristic Metropolis suite, Monae sheds her android messiah persona and is reborn in the opposite role: a rebel from the past awoken in the future, also to deliver a message. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEddixS-UoU **** “The Unforgiven”…
Zimmerman jury renders verdict: Media to hang
There’s a dirty word being flung around the Zimmerman courtroom this week. It isn’t “coon,” or “punk,” or “vigilante,” or “confronted,” or any of the other words Mark O’Mara has tried to have thrown out so the jury can’t hear what his client actually did. It’s a word whose negative connotations are closer to universal…
‘No Kid Hungry’ seeks to assuage local kids’ summer tummy grumbles
Photo courtesy of No Kid Hungry Beyond the sweltering heat and giant flying insects, kids in Central Florida (and around the country) experience a different kind of summer vacation, where their next meal is a big question mark. During the school year, kids from low-income families rely on breakfast and lunch for most of…
Get ready to bust a gut with Jay Chandrasekhar
The man behind Super Troopers is coming to Orlando – Super Troopers as in the early 2000’s cult classic featuring a dysfunctional highway police squad, not to be confused with ABBA’s 1980 number one hit single, “Super Trouper.” (I only mention this because, before watching the movie, I thought [and hoped] there would be some…
Long-time local favorite the Rules debuts new album at Peacock
Friday, June 21 – The Rules with Happy Valley 10 p.m. The Peacock Room 1321 N. Mills Ave. 407-228-0048 thepeacockroom.com $5 While Moon Jelly’s record release around the corner at Stardust is a debut, the other notable local album release party on Friday celebrates a long-running Orlando scene fixture. For such accomplished musicians, the Rules…
B-Side Artists present 6th Annual Showcase at CityArts Factory
‘Lady of the Wild’ by Chris Tobar Thursday, June 20 – B-Side Artists 6th Annual Showcase 6-10 p.m. CityArts Factory 29 S. Orange Ave. free We’ve written plenty about the B-Side collective and its individual component artists in the past; they’re like a Justice League of Orlando street-art superheroes. (Actually, the JLA is kinda square…
A prude awakening: Exodus International will no longer pray away the gay, Alan Chambers says “I’m sorry”
image via exodusinternational.org So, as we anxiously await the Supreme Court rulings on Prop 8 and DOMA, something more locally based and incredibly gay unfolded over the last 48 hours: a religious epiphany from Longwood’s Exodus International and its leader Alan Chambers. Our own Jeffrey Billman spent some time with Chambers a decade ago, and…
More unreported tidbits about Orlando’s food truck pilot program
We reported in a bit more detail about the city’s new temporary use permit pilot program for food trucks in this week’s issue. You can read that story here. But we did get a lot of additional information that, for one reason or another, didn’t make it into the story. Below you’ll find a handful…
Catch a showing of cult classic Wild Zero at Odin’s Den
Wednesday, June 19 – Wild Zero Movie Night 10 p.m. Odin’s Den 1335 Howell Branch Road, Winter Park facebook.com/odinsdenwp free What better place to experience the band that recorded “the loudest CD in history” than at the Winter Park bar that regularly hosts the loudest bands in town? No, Guitar Wolf isn’t actually playing at…
‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is clever but lacking in life
Joss Whedon’s take on the bard is disappointingly dull
Council watch
Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don’t have to
Chuan Lu Garden
Orlando’s hottest (literally) restaurant is a Sichuan star
“I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp”
Richard Hell’s autobiography is best appreciated as a portrait of an exciting era
Food Truck Wars
Some say city’s temporary use permit for mobile food vendors is unfair
Don’t bore us, get to the chorus
Musicians tell tales tall and short
Live Active Cultures
Patrick Fatica and Baby BlueStar present Hammers and Lambs, a progressive party integrating an art opening, dinner and original performance
Tip Jar: local food news
This week: Healthy Greek Eats, Food Trucks for Fairness, Crooked Spoon Gastropub and a new breastaurant hits I-Drive
A youth spent obsessing over pop biographies
A youth spent obsessing over pop biographies was the basis for a life of information-digging
Savage Love
I’m a straight guy in my early 30s with an amazing girlfriend of two years. A few months ago, I felt open enough to share my taboo fantasy: father/daughter incest. My GF, to my delight, not only understands the fantasy but enjoys participating in it! Quickly: I have ZERO interest in this kind of thing…
This Little Underground
Our live music columnist reviews Tallest Man on Earth, Night Beds and Moonmen From Mars
Another Round
Diversified drinking in Mills 50
‘Arrested Development’ succeeds in keeping the family together
Don’t let early reviews of the new Netflix episodes ruin it for you
You, Me and Everyone We Know tours as one-man band
Founding member Ben Liebsch packs a whole lot of message into a little EP
Opening in Orlando
Find out what’s playing in local theaters this week
Marco Rubio’s gay panic
Senator sticks foot in mouth when discussing gay immigrants
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
“Shell Shocked: My Life With The Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc.”
You might not recognize him, but Howard Kaylan was part of the most significant ’60s/’70s sounds
“I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon”
Touré’s essential Prince book sadly fails to capture the Purple One’s essence
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Maybe you’ve seen that meme circulating on the Internet: “My desire to be well-informed is at odds with my desire to remain sane.” If you feel that way now – and I suspect you might soon if you don’t already – you have cosmic permission, at least for a while, to…
‘Monsters University’ almost as good as the superb original
Pixar’s prequel to Monsters, Inc. is monstrously magical
Mayor’s State of the County address was a bore
At least we learned that housing prices are increasing. But we already knew that.
Deafheaven’s ‘Sunbather’ is basically the new black
The black metal band basks in the brightness of their sophomore album
Feedback
Music updates from around town: Floridas Dying, Residents Showcase, Orlando Zine Fest, Norse Korea
“Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings From the Road”
Willie Nelson’s latest road journal is just as poignant and direct as his songwriting
Highlights from CFNews13’s coverage of Zimmerman jury selection
CF News 13, which is promising minute-by-minute coverage of the entire George Zimmerman case, has been posting constant updates from the Sanford courtroom where jury selection for the trial has been taking place. But as anyone who’s ever sat through an entire court case already knows, it’s a slog, and not everything that’s said in…
It’s a small word after all: Disney and the perpetuation of rape culture
photo courtesy xojane.com In the wake of a pyrrhic human-resources victory in its fight for what’s best for its staffers (which certainly isn’t earned sick time), it looks like this week Disney has another public relations disaster of the employment variety to contend with. Yesterday, xojane.com – the feministy brainchild of Sassy and Jane…
T-shirt Giveaway: Show Us Your Best Summer T-Shirt!
Everyone has that special shirt they pull on at different times for different reasons. Comfort. Luck. Familiarity. Nostalgia. And even, yes: Fashion. We collect them on trips, from thrift stores, at concerts. We swipe them from family members. We praise them for designs. We wear them to make statements. Hell, some TV writers even use…
Join the pro wrestler costume contest to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Tuesday Night Juggernaut
American Party Machine Tuesday, June 18 – Tuesday Night Juggernaut One-Year Anniversary 10 p.m. Backbooth 37 W. Pine St. 407-999-2570 backbooth.com $3 Apparently, your concept of time really flies when you’re killing brain cells with headbanging and cheap whiskey, because we can’t believe Tuesday Night Juggernaut is turning a year old already. Against impressive odds,…
On sale this week: John Fogerty at Hard Rock Live
On sale: Friday, June 21 John Fogerty 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrock.com $37.50-$125 Down the road: Generationals, June 26 at The Social Beach Day, June 27 at Will’s Pub Bob Dylan and His Band, Wilco, June 27 at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre Juanes, June…
