Some like it deep-fried
I generally don’t go into Denny’s expecting to see anyone famous, or even anyone who looks like someone famous. If it’s late enough at night, the occasional customer might walk in who reminds me of an extra from “The Dead Hate the Living,” but that’s about it. Denny’s Diner on south Kirkman Road is different.…
Giddy on fumes
Movie: Adrenaline Drive
Rome improvement
Movie: Gladiator
Sisters at the mercy of male fantasies
Movie: The Virgin Suicides
Giddy on fumes
Movie: Adrenaline Drive
Rome improvement
Movie: Gladiator
Sisters at the mercy of male fantasies
Movie: The Virgin Suicides
Treatment trials
Every morning more than 1,000 people across Central Florida take a daily dose of a medication that lets them function; because of it, they hold down jobs, support families, live the delicate, perplexing thing we call life. But the people who need this medicine are not allowed to swallow it in the bathroom after a…
The element of surprise
In a neighborhood that lives as piecemeal as Parramore does, it’s no wonder that news about the area arrives in bits and pieces, too. Such was the case last week when the Orlando Sentinel reported that the blighted downtown community west of I-4 may be the chosen site for a new law school affiliated with…
On again, off again
The first indignity suffered by the theater piece The Naked Guy was that it was forced out of its scheduled venue. The second indignity was that a pivotal character had to cover himself with gray boxer briefs for what was supposed to be his climactic nude scene. By Monday, the one-hour play was back to…
Positive protest
One, two, three, four, we don’t want your fucking war! — Kent State University, 1970 Mark Mori, a Jacksonville native and University of Florida journalism grad, decided early to record the social issues of the modern world. His activism during the Vietnam conflict — he was a member of the militant Students for a Democratic…
Hammered on phonics
Did you ever see “A Boy Named Charlie Brown?” It’s the movie in which everyone’s favorite blockhead gets to represent his school in a national spelling bee. Good ol’ Chuck spends so much time memorizing rules of English — and depriving himself of sleep in the process — that he ends up a dazed wreck,…
Treading the thin white line
In March, Milwaukee lawyer Robin Shellow agreed to settle a slander lawsuit filed by former client James Hermann. Speaking on Hermann’s behalf at his 1996 sentencing for armed robbery, Shellow sought to explain his behavior to the judge by saying Hermann was a heroin user. But Hermann says he is merely a cocaine addict, and…
Review – Nutrajet
Artist: Nutrajet
Review – Brassic Beats USA
Artist: Various artists
Review – Out of the Reeds
Artist: Pharaoh’s Daughter
Review – MDFMK
Artist: MDFMK
Review – Nutrajet
Artist: Nutrajet
Review – Brassic Beats USA
Artist: Various artists
Review – Out of the Reeds
Artist: Pharaoh’s Daughter
Review – MDFMK
Artist: MDFMK
Review – Nutrajet
Artist: Nutrajet
Review – Brassic Beats USA
Artist: Various artists
Review – Out of the Reeds
Artist: Pharaoh’s Daughter
Review – MDFMK
Artist: MDFMK
Sentimental pop in a simple frame
“You’re looking at me like you understand what I’m about/ but you don’t know the half of it, and you don’t want to bother finding out,” sings Orlando songwriter Jason Hill, striking a nerve somewhere between Brit-folkies Elvis Costello and Richard Thompson, while soaring melodically into sing-song reverie. But on this day, nobody cares. It’s…
The height of folly
There is gilding the lily. Then there’s gilding the lily, giving it tattoos and a wig, framing it with LaCroix and lighting it with a color wheel. This is what one does when one decides there aren’t enough off-the-rack freaks in New Orleans and goes on a mission to snout some up like dysfunctional truffles.…
