Blarney’s big adventure
I recently read an article about the controversy that surrounds New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. It seems that relations between Irish Catholic authorities and more liberal groups are now so strained that the question, “Are you marching in this year’s parade?” is a litmus test of cultural identification … a thorny, allegiance-challenging conundrum.…
Scottish clan revels in group grief
Movie: Orphans
De Palma’s silly waste of space
Movie: Mission to Mars
No re-entry
Movie: The Ninth Gate
High anxiety
Movie: Gun Shy
Scottish clan revels in group grief
Movie: Orphans
De Palma’s silly waste of space
Movie: Mission to Mars
No re-entry
Movie: The Ninth Gate
High anxiety
Movie: Gun Shy
Now paging Nurse Lucy
Cynthia Lane told reporters in February that she would file a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission against Windsor Regional Hospital. The hospital, she said, had labeled her Down-syndrome child on its charts as “FLK,” which several health-care personnel told her was a commonly used term meaning “funny-looking kid.” Said the hospital’s chief of…
Throne for a loop
A funny thing happened on the way to Glenda Hood’s third coronation as mayor: She pissed people off. It happens, of course. It just doesn’t happen often. Not in Orlando. Indeed, not for 20 years has there been a genuinely contested race for the job, which — barring a runoff election — will be decided…
Leaps and binds
A list of the people who have resigned or been fired from Southern Ballet Theatre in the last few months is, by any measurement, longer than it should be. There’s artistic director Vasile Petrutiu; ballet master Vadim Fedotov; company manager Tobias Leibovitz; longtime board member and past board president Louis Supowitz; wardrobe mistress Marlene Johnson;…
Why dost thou persecute me?
Last week, “Femmes Fatale,” the Club Juana show that tends to be identified as “nude Macbeth,” was shut down by Casselberry police, who threatened to arrest the five actresses and club owner Mike Pinter. In January a judged ruled that the show was indeed legitimate theater, and thus was exempt from Seminole County’s anti-nudity ordinance.…
Giving Bush a bang
“By the time we’re done, there’ll be 5,000 people trying to figure out what’s going on. It’s going to be a mess. And it’s going to happen right on Jeb Bush’s front lawn.” Brien Palmer is referring to the hundreds of drummers, banging on anything from a djembe to a peanut pot, who plan to…
A grown-up party
Orlando held its first adult festival last weekend, where folks who didn’t have to pay admission or wear cheesy wristbands were actually allowed to walk up and down the streets with a beer — yes, an open container — in hand. For the March 4 Latin-influenced Festival Miller Lite, 25,000 people lined downtown to drink,…
Sinking like a Rocker
It’s the first spring-training game of the season at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex, which looks like a two-story Publix in a swanky neighborhood, and there seems to be no interest in John Rocker. No protesting or overheard conversation, and our neighbor in the stands has no reaction to the name at all. The…
Review – Chronic Rage Disorder
Artist: Pain Principle
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Artist: MC Paul Barman
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Artist: Clinton
Review – The Big Bang! Best of the MC5
Artist: The MC5
Review – Chronic Rage Disorder
Artist: Pain Principle
Review – It’s Very Stimulating
Artist: MC Paul Barman
Review – Disco & the Halfway House
Artist: Clinton
Review – The Big Bang! Best of the MC5
Artist: The MC5
Review – Chronic Rage Disorder
Artist: Pain Principle
Review – It’s Very Stimulating
Artist: MC Paul Barman
Review – Disco & the Halfway House
Artist: Clinton
Review – The Big Bang! Best of the MC5
Artist: The MC5
Kris Perdew knows what it…
Kris Perdew knows what it takes to run a successful record store. In just five short years, Perdew applied his knowledge to make Sonic Boom, which specializes in the latest hip-hop and dance music, one of the more successful independent record stores in Orlando. What he learned didn’t come from a book or a class;…
Guitar bridges sound and imagination
The stage where solo artist Randy J is playing is at the apex of the hard-walled surfaces in Stardust Video and Coffee’s listening room. The difficult acoustics created by concrete walls and animated listeners endow the guitarist’s floating, ambient sound with a ragged edge. It seems to work well as a backdrop, as Randy J’s…
It’s a matter of time and place
The groove is a mighty power in the hands of the Countdown Quartet. At the heart of their eponymous debut album lies the second-line beat of drummer Ted Zarras and bassist Steve Grothmann, while the brass section of Dave Wright (trombone) and Tim Smith (saxophones) smears luscious, soulful, melody-shaping lines over the basic pulse. Then…
