THE FORGOTTEN CITY
Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label Label: The Numero Group Rated: NONE WorkNameSort: Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label It’s important to remember that before Miami was fashionable and flashy, it was just hot and Southern. Thanks to decades of Latinization and overdevelopment, the period between the city’s Art Deco glory and its glammy Miami…
GROOP EFFORT
Fab Four Suture Label: Too Pure/Beggars Group Rated: NONE WorkNameSort: Fab Four Suture Stereolab approaches everything with a multifaceted attack. Just as they settle on no one genre, they settle on no one format. Fab Four Suture consists of three previously released 7-inch singles; the remaining six tracks are also being issued as singles in…
Witch
Witch Label: TeePee Records Rated: NONE WorkNameSort: Witch J Mascis may be the most well-known name here, but the former Dinosaur Jr. frontman has returned to his first love – the drums – and left the band’s identity in the hands of Kyle Thomas of the New England avant-folk combo Feathers, who sings and writes…
Rebirth of a Nation
Rebirth of a Nation Label: Guerrilla Funk Records Rated: NONE WorkNameSort: Rebirth of a Nation Chuck D and Flavor Flav, once no less than lyrical revolutionaries, are now best known as a radio host and reality TV embarrassment, respectively. And with guest spots from MC Ren, Sister Souljah and Floridians Dead Prez, Rebirth takes on…
Possible Conclusions to Stories That Never End
Possible Conclusions to Stories That Never End Label: ~scape Rated: NONE WorkNameSort: Possible Conclusions to Stories That Never End Mike Shannon is traditionally associated with techno records and DJ’ing, but casts aside any such dance-inducing formulas on Possible Conclusions to Stories That Never End. A Kitchener, Ontario, native, Shannon’s relationship with electronic music of one…
NUDGE NUDGE
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story Studio: Picturehouse Rated: R Website: http://www.tristramshandymovie.com/ Release Date: 2006-03-10 Cast: Jeremy Northam, James Fleet, Robert Brydon, Dylan Moran, Keeley Hawes Director: Michael Winterbottom Screenwriter: Luciano Martino Music Score: Michael Nyman WorkNameSort: Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story Our Rating: 5.00 It’s official: Michael Winterbottom makes the best…
LITTLE DEVIL
The Libertine Studio: Miramax Films Rated: R Website: http://www.thelibertine-movie.com/ Release Date: 2006-03-10 Cast: John Malkovich, Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander Director: Laurence Dunmore Screenwriter: Stephen Jeffreys Music Score: Michael Nyman WorkNameSort: Libertine, The Our Rating: 2.50 “You will not like me,” promises Johnny Depp’s avowedly decadent Earl of Rochester in The Libertine…
PATRIOT GAMES
Why We Fight Studio: Sony Pictures Classics Rated: PG-13 Website: http://www.sonyclassics.com/whywefight/ Release Date: 2006-03-17 Cast: John S.D. Eisenhower, Chalmers Johnson, William Kristol, John McCain Director: Eugene Jarecki WorkNameSort: Why We Fight Our Rating: 2.50 The documentary Why We Fight works best as a primer in the dangers of the military-industrial complex; if you’re already well…
HOME MAKEOVER
Private Studio: Typecast Releasing Rated: NOT RATED Website: http://www.privatethefilm.com/ Release Date: 2006-03-09 Cast: Mohammad Bakri, Areen Omari Director: Saverio Costanzo Music Score: Alter Ego WorkNameSort: Private Our Rating: 2.50 The cause of bringing the Palestinian struggle to Orlando moviegoers gets a little closer to completion with Private, showing not at some out-of-the way, second-run hellhole…
SPECIAL ACCESS
A restaurant’s service can be a make-or-break proposition. There are people who will let an unfilled water glass ruin the bliss brought on by multiple courses of gastronomic delight. Such fussy perfectionism is not how the vast majority of diners approach the restaurant experience. The food is the main attraction, and as long as it’s…
NO EXIT
From The Star-Ledger, March 2, 2006: An Arab-American civil rights group yesterday accused Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) of making racist comments about Arabs during a New Jersey rally this week when he condemned the takeover of U.S. port operations by a United Arab Emirates-owned company. “We wouldn’t transfer the title to the devil; we’re not…
Letters
All about the Nazis Good job getting into our march `”White like me,” March 2`. Half our supporters didn’t do as well. I enjoyed your article. Bill White, National Socialist Movement I just finished reading your story about the Nazi rally. That was a really great piece. I am currently working toward a degree in…
Blister
In the past, when I used to jab pens into my own rib cage for the sake of joking about my aging forehead, there was a palpable air of self-deprecating calculation to it: some miserable “I’m too old for this” and “Who knew crows had feet?” percolating through excess verbiage with precious little substance to…
Police Beat
Feb. 25, 1:30 p.m.: On the 5200 block of North Orange Blossom Trail, Officer Croteau responded to a motor vehicle theft. According to his report, “The `39-year-old` victim stated on Feb. 25, 2006, at approximately 11:15 hours, the victim’s daughter-in-law … returned to the victim’s apartment driving the victim’s green, 1999 Mercury Sable four-door. ……
News of the Weird
The honor system A February report on mine safety regulation by USA Today found that complicated federal statutes and unvigorous Mine Safety and Health Administration enforcement have resulted in a structure of civil fines almost guaranteed not to deter dangerous conditions. The largest-ever MSHA fine (for a 2001 incident with 13 deaths) was $605,400 (as…
Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology
ARIES Dung beetles were considered sacred and lucky by the ancient Egyptians. In fact, the seemingly lowly insect, also known as a scarab, was worshiped as a symbol of transformation and resurrection, in part because it derives its nourishment from the waste matter of other animals. Since it also pushes balls of dung to its…
IF I ONLY HAD A VOTE
Want a prediction? Sure you do. Here goes: Betcha a million bucks Phil Diamond is re-elected to the Orlando city council March 14. OK, that’s a safe bet, since Diamond is running unopposed. Peering deeper into my crystal ball, I’ll guarantee you that Orlando commissioner Daisy Lynum will beat Betty Gelzer. But there’s one council…
I Love Television
Regular readers of this column already know how I feel about network executives – but I do love repeating myself! By and large, network execs are only concerned about two things: where their next bump of blow is coming from and when their next prostitute will arrive. (While the cocaine is definitely more important, they…
A MUSICAL BY ANY OTHER NAME …
Slice and dice enough Broadway chestnuts and something amazing happens: The resulting casserole tastes much better than the constituent ingredients. Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart sample the works of five great writing teams, hang them on a simple core story and produce a tight, funny script that blooms under the care of the Jester Theater…
PEELING BACK THE LAYERS
Never before have I witnessed an investigation of stripping that cut so clearly through the myths and skewed perceptions of this marginalized occupation. Orlando actor/director/playwright John DiDonna’s original drama Stripped, which he also co-directs (with Seth Kubersky) for his Empty Spaces Theatre Company, is at once seductive and disenchanting. The unique identity of each of…
CAFE SOCIETY
Once dominated by mom-and-pop operations, the American business landscape has all but been stripped of personality by corporate giants. However, in this era of Starbucks-type conformity, grass-roots eateries are springing up all over Central Florida to bring back a semblance of originality to the dining landscape. Some of them, like Cafe D’Antaño and Dandelion Communitea…
Happytown
Want to know how to get our attention? Send us a press release that includes the term “vibrator racing.” We WILL be in touch. It worked for the VOX UCF: Voices of Planned Parenthood. And now we are completely intrigued by their 8 p.m. March 8 (sorry about the late notice!) event at Austin Coffee…
ONE MAN’S TRASH
Dumpster diving in Orlando seemed like an urban myth. I’d heard of people nabbing a coffee table or an ugly lamp from the trash, but that’s not the kind of diving we’re talking about here. There are dumpster divers right here in Central Florida who devote entire nights to the hunt. Like stealthy trash-fairies, they…
Notable Noise
For the first time in many, many years, I watched the majority of an awards show telecast. It wasn’t the Grammys, because the Grammys suck. No, it was the Oscars that held my interest, and not just because they were smart enough to have Jon Stewart host. It was simply because nearly every movie nominated…
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