SHOCK TREATMENT
Movie: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
WIZARD OF ODD
Movie: In the Realms of the Unreal
SHOCK TREATMENT
Movie: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
WIZARD OF ODD
Movie: In the Realms of the Unreal
KITCHEN KINK
In the world of the Hard Rock corporation, waitresses are encouraged to lead lives tantamount to those of rock stars. I should know; I used to work there. The company was so insistent on their cozy star status that they psyched employees into believing that working there equaled partying with stars every night. That was…
SLOW BURN
All too often, a band’s sound takes a back seat to a band’s songs. If a band is particularly proud of their writing chops, they tend to want to ensure that those clever lyrics and turns-of-chord aren’t eclipsed by sonic density; likewise, effects-rich arrangements tend to mask an inability to write an effective song. With…
A QUANTITY OF QUALITY – The 175 bands that aren’t playing FMF
You’d think that with some 175 acts playing at the Florida Music Festival, there wouldn’t be room left for any other worthwhile music during those three days. You’d be wrong. Sure, there are some good things happening at FMF – the bands profiled to the left, the metal showcase at Kate O’Brien’s on Thursday, the…
A QUANTITY OF QUALITY – Three local bands, one FMF stage
Editor’s note: While perusing the FMF schedule for worthwhile up-and-coming local bands that hadn’t been previously covered in Orlando Weekly, we thought it was interesting that three of the bands on our list were playing the same venue (Back Booth) on the same night (Saturday, May 21). In the interest of efficiency, we thought we’d…
Power to the people
May 19, 2005 Re: Your Progress Energy Account(s) Dear Winter Park customer: You have received this letter because we have identified you as a Progress Energy customer whose service will be provided by the city of Winter Park effective June 1, 2005. As you may know, city leaders have decided to create a city-run utility…
SWANKY PANKY
“It’s four dollars tonight,” a doorman named Mike rubs his fingers together in my direction. “But for the mayor … .” “Oh, no special treatment necessary here,” I bloat like Buddy might, pretending to reach into my pocket for a pittance of pecuniary passage, and possibly a surprise demolition notice. Then I snap back to…
After-Fringe parties, Circa Survive, Paulina Rubio, Black Crowes and more
Thursday • 19 AFTER-FRINGE PARTY AND JAM The proprietors of the new Mills Avenue nightspot Club Swank were determined to have their place open in time to serve and enhance the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, and that’s just what’s happening beginning tonight. For the next 11 evenings, festival patrons and participants will be able…
Orb hunting in downtown Orlando for fun and (non) profit
The ominous, 112-year-old Dr. Phillips House stares down at me like a bully in the school lunchroom. It’s 10 p.m. on Friday, May 12 and I’m going ghost hunting with a group of local amateur paranormal investigators who call themselves White Light Investigations. The group chose to investigate the historic inn, 135 N. Lucerne Circle…
FRINGE FESTIVAL 2005
HOW TO FRINGE: First, buy a Fringe button. It’s $6 and is required for entry to all indoor performances. Buttons are available at the Fringe merchandise table (located inside the Lowndes Shakespeare Center) and at the Green Venue (the Tupperware Theatre, inside the Orlando Repertory Theatre). They can also be purchased from strolling button vendors…
There goes the neighborhood!
Spend enough time in the places where theater lovers tend to congregate, and you’ll hear some grumbling that Loch Haven Park just isn’t the right environment for the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, which completes its move from downtown with this weekend’s 14th annual edition. To hear some folks tell it, housing the weeklong celebration…
WING & A PRAYER
WARNING: If you are a friend or family member of the recently-deceased Albert “Gus” Wing, you might just want to go ahead and turn the page. It’s for your own good. Really. Heaven’s waiting room is a cool 71 degrees, and Bob Marley plays on the jukebox. Albert “Gus” Wing sits in a daze, wondering…
A QUANTITY OF QUALITY – The 175 bands that aren’t playing FMF
You’d think that with some 175 acts playing at the Florida Music Festival, there wouldn’t be room left for any other worthwhile music during those three days. You’d be wrong. Sure, there are some good things happening at FMF – the bands profiled to the left, the metal showcase at Kate O’Brien’s on Thursday, the…
Happytown
You gotta love Willie Gary. Who else could fly into town aboard his own Boeing 737 – The Wings of Justice II, which sports, among other amenities, an 18-karat gold sink and a $1.2 million sound system – put on a press conference depicting himself as just a regular ol’ attorney trying to defend the…
ASK ADRIAN
Question: What are those black slimy balls in bubble tea? Are they good for me? Do they have protein? Those slick, black rounds lingering in the nether regions of your bubble tea are tapioca pearls, also called boba, black pearls, QQ (short for chewy-chewy in Cantonese) or simply, slimy black thingies. They are a relatively…
Happytown
You gotta love Willie Gary. Who else could fly into town aboard his own Boeing 737 – The Wings of Justice II, which sports, among other amenities, an 18-karat gold sink and a $1.2 million sound system – put on a press conference depicting himself as just a regular ol’ attorney trying to defend the…
HEAVY LIT
Historically, guitar-brandishing artists have defaced classic literature like teenage delinquents carving into the covers of their required-reading selections. Lou Reed’s toxic Poe tribute The Raven and Blind Guardian’s cheese-wizard interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion did nothing to soothe the printed page/rock rift. However, thanks to Mastodon’s triumphant Moby Dick-based album Leviathan – which is…
