Paint boxed
Movie: Frida
Review – Out of the Fierce Parade
Artist: The Velvet Teen
Review – Out of the Fierce Parade
Artist: The Velvet Teen
Paint boxed
Movie: Frida
Review – Out of the Fierce Parade
Artist: The Velvet Teen
Sushi asylum
We all know what image the word “buffet” conjures up, and it’s not a complimentary one if you’re looking for a fine meal. Add “crazy” to that, all sorts of pictures spring to mind that would make the late eccentric filmmaker Ed Wood blush. So my problem is in finding an alternative phrase for a…
The PTL Club
David Bazan embodies everything that popular music is not: He’s a devout Christian; he doesn’t do hard drugs; and his live shows are as definitively un-showbiz as they come. On stage and in interviews, he’s a little vague, and at times inarticulate, but what Bazan is able to communicate through his sincere, straightforward approach to…
Tempting greens fresh from Eden
Don’t blink as you drive down the dense strip of shops along Mills Avenue north of Colonial Drive, or you might miss Eden’s Garden (1214 N. Mills Ave., 407-895-2491) — and you’d regret it. The little green building across the street from Ba Le (1227 N. Mills Ave.) is a small but appealing greengrocer offering…
No reasons to believe
Dean `Hinton` did a great job connecting some more of the timeline and the fact that `Mayor Glenda` Hood “somewhat idiotically” has been lacking in candor every time she opens her mouth `The mayor’s queer past, Oct. 31`. I’ve heard her say that her reasoning is not related to religion, politics or a possible/hopeful gubernatorial…
The truth is out there
The waiting, the wondering, the nail-biting anxiety — all of it is over. Patricia Cornwell has unmasked Jack the Ripper! In her forthcoming nonfiction book, “Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed,” the best-selling crime novelist argues that the infamous murderer was actually Walter Sickert, a printmaker and a respected impressionist painter. To…
Welcome to (Ch)eatonville
On April 13, 2001, Good Friday, an Eatonville maintenance worker named Lydia Hernandez reported to the city’s police department that, during the night, somebody had broken into the office of city finance director Richard Chess. His door was apparently kicked in, and the lock on a safe box pried off. Missing from the box was…
Pave the Wekiva!
For a decade, environmentalists have fought to kill the western beltway, a toll road that would complete a loop around I-4 and, hopefully, ease that artery’s congestion. But the road would also run straight through the 100,000-acre Wekiva River Protection Area, the fragile, state-protected ecosystem that covers parts of Orange, Seminole and Lake counties. The…
Moral victory
As voters headed to polls Tuesday, the Libertarian Party of Florida had already e-mailed a press release boldly declaring, “Libertarians announce election victories.” Not that they actually expected to win any of the 72 statewide races in which they fielded candidates; instead, they took comfort in headier victories. Author Rex Curry, who ran for state…
Whitewash
So the University of Central Florida’s infantile progressive movement is starting to gain traction. But not all campus entities are ready for enlightenment. Here’s one example: From Oct. 21 to Oct. 25, UCF’s Barnes & Noble-run bookstore allowed student groups to buy space — $50 for charity — on its glass walls to paint their…
Bright lights, dim coverage
When you’re on hidden camera, it’s already over. That’s especially true if you’re on Local 6’s hidden cameras. Last week, WKMG aired its incessantly hyped series of reports on LYNX officials attending a September transportation expo in Las Vegas. In light of recent route cutbacks and a fare increase at the public bussing authority, it…
I also wanna rock
I remember the drooling man, that disgruntled father enraged by his wayward son’s lack of career direction and propensity for torn denim. “What do you wanna do with your life?” he seethed, one wretched drip of saliva on his lips. Then the TV screen turned to spandex and hydraulic stage thrills as Dee Snider screamed…
Wise-ass and wild
David Cross Shut Up, You Fucking Baby. (Sub Pop) EDDIE IZZARD Dress to Kill DVD (Anti-) Bill Hicks Love Laughter and Truth Flying Saucer Tour, Vol. 1: Pittsburgh, PA 6/20/91 (Rykodisc) Stand-up comedy has been in a creative tailspin for some time now. The lessons of Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce and even Eddie Murphy have…
Let freedom ring
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission concluded in May that Costco Wholesale Corp.’s firing of Kimberly M. Cloutier for refusing to stop wearing an eyebrow ring at work constituted religious discrimination in that Cloutier is a member of the Oregon-based Church of Body Modification. The church says piercings and tattoos “are essential to our spiritual salvation.”…
