No Lilith for Florida
Just in: The Lilith Fair tour stops in West Palm and Tampa this August have been canceled. Something about These Tough Economic Times, a phrase I’ve never heard before ever. Several other dates around the country have also been axed. This is actually a bummer, all snickers aside. I was looking forward to seeing Cat…
Like white on rice
The Peruvians haven’t played in a World Cup since the ’80s, but El Sanguchon’s ultra-authentic Peruvian home cooking scores major points. Everything is made from scratch, including the pillowy bread with crackly crust that accompanies the tamale con pan y salsa criolla ($5.99), a good example of a major tenet of Peruvian cooking: starch on…
Feeding the multitude
Having faith in this kitchen pays off
Hey, remember Dick Tracy?
On the evening of June 14, 1990, theaters across America filled with audiences clad in identical T-shirts, each bearing a cartoon rendering of Warren Beatty in a yellow overcoat and toting a blazing machine gun. The T-shirts doubled as tickets to the first public screenings of Dick Tracy. Beneath Beatty’s image were the words: “I…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): How well are you capitalizing on this year’s unique opportunities, Aries? Since we’re halfway through 2010, let’s take an inventory. I’m hoping you’re well underway in the heroic task of conquering your past. It has been, and will continue to be, prime time for you to wean yourself from unresolvable energy…
DVD Nuts!
It Came From Kuchar The Devil’s Cleavage, Hold Me While I’m Naked and I Was a Teenage Rumpot hardly sound like classic films, but in the world of underground cinema these are as well-known as Casablanca. They’re the works of the Kuchar brothers – two of the biggest names in the B-movie world – and, understandably, a documentary…
Police Beat
June 15 ; (2010-281105) 1:13 a.m.: Two men in latex gloves burst into a house in the 3800 block of Johnson Street and ransacked it. They shot one guy in the leg and fled before they got any icky germs. (2010-281359) 5 a.m.: Someone drove through the front doors of SAS Shoes on East Colonial…
Savage Love
I am a married white guy in my 50s. My wife and I do some role-playing where I am “Ted,” her real-life father. In her script, I yell at my “bad daughter” (my wife) over some infraction and send her to her room. Later on, I sneak in and tell her that she could “make…
Live Active Cultures
I’m home after a week away, but between you and me, I’d rather be back at the beach. It’s unseemly for someone unemployed to take a vacation, but my trip followed a week of Universal’s Wizarding World hoopla, so I thought of it as a therapeutic post-Potter decompression. Coincidentally, my favorite place in the world…
Happytown
Oh, crap. The healthcare wars are back! Way back on April 22, the legislature approved House Joint Resolution 37, a wildly divisive bit of political hackery intended to save the great state of Florida from the evils of Obamacare. The bill, which passed both the House and Senate with more than the required 60 percent,…
Culture 2 Go
Beautiful darkness; Welcome to the Forest; Through July 10 at Neon Forest Gallery; 1841 S. Orange Ave.; 321-217-1675; Free; www.neonforestgallery.com Amongst the gritty charm of south Orange Avenue, the Neon Forest Gallery has freshly sprouted within a one-story, army-green building. Welcome to the Forest mixes locals with artists from around the nation in a pleasant,…
This Little Underground
I’m happy to report some improvements on the local band front this week. this week. The Beat Up to this point, all I’ve seen of local indie-pop band An Introduction to Sunshine were ideas killed by overzealous instrumentation. But they recently played a stripped down, mostly acoustic set (June 20, the Social backroom), and instead…
And justice for all
Amanda Florentino Garcia is already waiting in the lobby when two law school interns and attorney Ka’Juel Washington walk into the Center for Women and Families on the evening of June 22. The 29-year-old woman from Louisiana — an Orlando resident for the past seven years — has lived at the Coalition for the Homeless…
4th Fest: Killer instinct
Orlando duo 1991 are uniquely suited to announce this weekend’s holiday proceedings: Pop in their new self-titled cassette and what you hear is freedom; specifically, “Total Fucking Freedom” — which, besides being the title of the second song, is an apt description of their feral punk glory. Friends since middle school and bandmates since high…
Strangers among us
How Dare You with Off With Their Heads, the Fake Boys, Teenage Softies 8 p.m., July 1 Back Booth 407-999-2570 www.backbooth.com $8-$10 They’ve got a full-length album under their belt and another one gestating. They’ve played festivals, gone on multiple tours and have developed a none-too-shabby following. Yet, right here in the band’s hometown of…
4th Fest: Both sides now
Despite their members’ time in several punk and metal bands, the Great Deceivers are pretty much the exact opposite of a local heavy-music supergroup. In fact, the formation of the band was about as informal and unassuming as it gets. “I had a bunch of songs I had written, and Jeff Ilgenfritz `of Mumpsy` helped…
4th Fest: Fourth and goal
Like any good holiday involving alcohol, music and deeply buried resentment, July 4 in the Orlando music scene this year is marked by great bands, big smiles and gritted teeth. For four years, Post Records honcho Chris Cucci booked, organized and practically hand-built the annual I-4 Fest, a celebration of local indie sounds with a…
Whatcha doing this summer?
Some of us still lament the loss of the summer vacations of our youth. You know, the feeling of complete freedom when schoolbooks were turned in and you could turn your attention to planning new adventures. Naturally, how much money your family could muster for summer fun was evident in the plan-making. (“We’re traveling through…
Room service
Although it wasn’t much of a vacation, late last year Richard Rabazinski eschewed the comforts of his Winter Park home for two nights in posh Orlando hotels. On Nov. 3, 2009, he called online-travel company Expedia and asked for a room at the Portofino Bay Hotel on Nov. 7. He and a salesperson named Nathaniel…
