Nov 1-7, 2000

Nov 1-7, 2000 / Vol. 16 / No. 44

Southern cross

To celebrate their third birthday, House of Blues has strayed a bit from its Southern menu, introducing dishes that might be based on Delta traditions but have taken a few detours. First, some HOB dining secrets. After listening to the “30-minute wait” speech and getting a beeper from the hostess, you should stroll around back…

Same old thong and dance

There’s a certain aloofness on parade in Universal’s vacuous soundstage enterprise. Nobody’s face here reveals so much as a grocery-store-novel storyline while they glare anxiously past out-of-context dragon props and buckets of green slime. There is only the heavy-hipped expectant glaze of what’s coming next. Because, inevitably, something is. Something big, green and meaningless. Fitting,…

From DJs ringing club bas…

From DJs ringing club bass bins with the latest uptempo onslaught to TV sets pushing car commercials soundtracked by jungle’s boogie, the driving percussive blast of drum & bass is everywhere. But for many e-heads, the largely instrumental din of drum & bass, or jungle, lacks the necessary vocal punch to make it an important…

A candidate who speaks his mind

“Gore Licks Bush.” Join me in a little prayer, won’t you? “Oh Universal Whatsis, let this be the headline in the Nov. 8 newspaper, despite the ooky visual. Please don’t let G.W. Bush win this election, thereby screwing this up as you have so many, many other things. His strong showing is making some people…

The stickman cometh

The mantle of the visiting dignitary sits uneasily on Ben Rock’s shoulders. A few short years ago, Rock was an aspiring filmmaker whose amateur forays were highlights of the annual Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase at Maitland’s Enzian Theater. For a time, he even worked at the facility. A move to Los Angeles and one…


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