Fresh blood
Movie: Blade II
Fresh blood
Movie: Blade II
Family affair
Movie: The Son’s Room
Family affair
Movie: The Son’s Room
The Winter Music Conferen…
The Winter Music Conference that starts this weekend in Miami Beach is more than just the dance-music happening of the year; it is the year for the 6,500 people expected for the 17th annual around-the-clock party. With a soundtrack by the world’s top DJs and electronic acts, the global convergence draws legions of late-night house…
“A girl in trouble is a t…
“A girl in trouble is a temporary thing,” once surmised little-heard ’80s punk-poppers Romeo Void, and nowhere is said wisdom more prevalent than at the top of last week’s Billboard 200. Three women of first-name notoriety, clearly representing no fewer than three tenets of the feminine mystique, bum-rushed the top 10 in varying shades of…
Retro dining well-after dark
Not too long ago, the death knell was sounding for Angel’s Diner & Bakery at 304 W. Colonial Drive. Sales were down, and the rock & roll diner’s owners had closed five other locations. Then Greg Plane took over. He hired new chefs, brought back Angel’s banquet setup and plans to begin deliveries to downtown…
Winning, and losing, by the numbers
If you were to spend $321,000, you’d undoubtedly expect something significant to happen. But after the March 12 election, in which eight candidates tossed around record amounts of dollars vying for three of the six seats on the Orlando City Council, the body remains at a stalemate. Vicki Vargo, the council’s most independent voice, held…
Pulling the online plug
‘In less than 60 days, the Internet will be silent … forever.” So reads the doomsday pronouncement atop shoutcast.com, an Internet radio clearinghouse. Indeed, between now and May 20, the U.S. Copyright Office will decide whether to implement proposed royalties on web broadcasters, fees that many say will decimate the infant industry. Though webcasters offer…
Splitting hairs
Do the curtains match the carpet? Is your boyfriend gay? There are certain complex truths in life that only your hairdresser knows for sure. Naturally (or maybe not so-o-o-o naturally), that’s why little tabloid heads like myself are so drawn to the mecca of conditioned knowledge owned by the rare breed of “hairstylists to the…
Icon not tell a lie
A Nigerian transportation official has urged citizens to de-emphasize their heavy reliance on icon charms to keep them safe in their automobiles, urging people instead to concentrate on the rules of the road. Similarly, the governor of Trang, Thailand, has urged citizens to resist their heavy dependence on auto charms to overcome “evil ghosts” at…
It’s dèjá vu all over again
During this past weekend’s grand opening of the Walt Disney Studios theme park at Disneyland Paris, one distinctly French phrase spilled from a lot of lips. No, it wasn’t ooh la la! Or c’est magnifique! It was dèjá vu. Certainly anyone who has been to Disney/MGM Studios at Walt Disney World will recognize huge chunks…
That’s some fancy footwork
In addition to having a low-grade hangover and a smashing case of tinnitus, I’m feeling a little guilty because this past weekend I missed seeing a dance competition I really wanted to see because I went out two nights in a row dancing. Well, also drinking. The new downtown Back Booth was celebrating St. Patrick’s…
