Michael Jackson dead and/or nearly dead
UPDATE: Duh, he’s dead. Read my tribute here. Sad news today on the non-Farrah front: It is confirmed that Michael Jackson suffered a heart attack today and he is in at least fatal condition. TMZ is reporting he has died, but no credible resources have reported the same at this point. Say what you will…
Chicken soup for the hipster soul
Director Sam Mendes finds some truth with his stand-ins
The hooker of Loamshire
Period drama works as a wax museum of genres
Boom boom pow
Tedious exposition slows Michael Bay and his toys
Champ wakes up
Mike Tyson assesses the damage of a life gone wrong
Currying favor
West-side Guyanese kitchen makes every effort to please
Women without noses
Women without noses Beautiful Oddities by Scott Scheidly Through July 13 at BoldHype Gallery 1844 E. Winter Park Road; 407-629-2965 www.boldhype.net In his solo exhibition, Beautiful Oddities, Scott Scheidly brings strong West Coast pop surrealism to Orlando, along with the push-pull of science fiction and a sense of reality gone badly wrong. Scheidly, who studied…
No refunds
‘You will fold.” The signs were already there. A former employee of the Orlando Opera Company recalls receiving a returned subscription card after the 51-year-old organization got rid of its cheap seats and doubled the cost for some season ticket holders in 2008. A disgruntled ticketholder wrote the aforementioned statement with a big “X” next…
Rail is dead. Long live rail
Barring an 11th-hour reprieve, on June 30 the state’s deal with CSX for a 61.5-mile, $600 million-plus commuter rail line between DeLand and Poinciana will officially go the way of the dinosaur. With it goes the aspirations and spent political capital of the legion of lawmakers who spent years pushing for SunRail — especially Orlando…
Noodled
So I guess I’m on a mini-crusade to restore dignity to what I feel are unjustly besmirched processed/convenience foods, and in terms of general-disdain-to-awesomeness ratio, instant ramen is without question deserving of advocacy. Though the whole “starving college student” onus seems to have shifted to easy mac and cheese as of late, many view instant…
Blister
There’s always something missing. A couple of diamond earrings and a big gold “whore” bangle from a Lindsay Lohan Elle magazine photo shoot, a little green sliver of DNA from the genetic code of the angry, amplified God-squadders outside the Weekly every deadline day, an umlaut here, parsley there, foreskin, all fueling the anxiety rush…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Reality TV personality Spencer Pratt used to be skeptical about the power of prayer. But his wife Heidi, herself a devout believer, urged him to keep his mind open. So Spencer asked God to help him and Heidi get a double date with Miley Cyrus and her boyfriend, despite the fact…
Savage Love
I’m a fairly successful man. I don’t make bank like Wall Streeters back in the day, but I haven’t been hungry since college. My girlfriend is younger. We met when she was in grad school. Like many recent grads, she’s not steadily employed, in debt and driving an unsafe car. So I support her, house…
This Little Underground
Free is the new black, and here are two cool new albums you can cop gratis. First, Spin magazine commissioned a well-curated Prince tribute album for the 25th anniversary of Purple Rain featuring respectable acts like Riverboat Gamblers, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Of Montreal and Lavender Diamond. Just follow the instructions at www.spin.com/prince to…
Live Active Cultures
Dear “Orlando Peoples Critic”: I’m writing you this open letter for two reasons. First, I’m one of the few people left on earth without a Facebook account; I had my heart broken by MySpace, and I’m just not ready for another serious social media network relationship right now. (I’m having a rebound fling with Twitter,…
Happytown
Hey, Orange County Sheriff’s deputies: Have you ever come across a particularly sordid miscreant and thought, “This fellow could use a good skull-cracking”? Well, unsheathe your batons and crack away! As of May 29, whatever thin veneer of external accountability that existed — outside of the sheriff’s office’s own professional standards division — was eviscerated…
Council Watch
The entire city was suffering from heat exhaustion as our confederacy of eggheads gathered together to fry on the pavement of the dais. Largely, the whole affair was an immense downer due to the failure of the Magic to seize the championship pennant and the recent death of former fire chief (and father to the…
Police Beat
June 10 (2009-272498) 8:44 a.m.: Open garage door plus unlocked car equals theft. (2009-272503) 8:47 a.m.: Police Beat Dick Move o’ the Week: “Unknown person(s) broke into Taco Bell and took the money from the charity container.” (2009-272666) 11:05 a.m.: Epic fail: “An unknown suspect attempted to distract the victim who was inside the house…
Comments
GOODBYE, DOLLY I read your story about the maker of the Caylee Anthony doll with interest `”If you think this doll is creepy …,” June 18`. I still cannot fathom how anyone thinks this doll looks like Caylee Anthony! This doll was made with blond hair and blue eyes. Caylee had brown hair and brown…
In the meantime
There is a winking irony in the opening song, “Having a Party,” on Colorado band Drag the River’s latest album. For one thing, the Sam Cooke cover heaves forward with a slow strum, accentuated by singer Jon Snodgrass’ gravelly honky-tonk voice, that says “wake” more than “party.” Despite the members’ punk backgrounds, the mood is…
The ultimate traitor
The ultimate traitor The Last Days of Judas Iscariot Through Sunday, June 28 at Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 E. Rollins St. $20; 407-328-9005 www.emptyspacestheatre.org In a time of doubt and millennial fears, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, the Empty Spaces Theatre Co.’s new production of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s 2005 off-Broadway hit, offers a different…
