Queen for a day
Though the uncertain weather forecast played havoc with many folks’ weekend plans, you had to hand it to the producers of Sunday’s Miss Gay Orlando 1999 pageant for seeing Hurricane Irene as the dried-up hag she was. A Friday-night call to the Parliament House revealed that the 26th annual contest of cross-dressing would go ahead…
Review – This or That
Artist: Sway & King Tech featuring DJ Revolution
Review – Swingin’ & Jumpin’
Artist: Roomful of Blues
Review – Where Is My Mind? A Tribute To The Pixies
Artist: Various artists
Review – Very Mercenary
Artist: The Herbaliser
Review – This or That
Artist: Sway & King Tech featuring DJ Revolution
Review – Swingin’ & Jumpin’
Artist: Roomful of Blues
Review – Where Is My Mind? A Tribute To The Pixies
Artist: Various artists
Review – Very Mercenary
Artist: The Herbaliser
Review – This or That
Artist: Sway & King Tech featuring DJ Revolution
Review – Swingin’ & Jumpin’
Artist: Roomful of Blues
Review – Where Is My Mind? A Tribute To The Pixies
Artist: Various artists
Review – Very Mercenary
Artist: The Herbaliser
Trophy takers
Orlando’s growing prominence on the national music scene has sharpened not only the performers but also the ear of the audience. When asked to pick the best bands in Central Florida, more than 2,000 readers of Orlando Weekly and orlandoweekly.com who voted in September picked the following. 1999 Orlando Music Awards winners Bluegrass/Country Blues …
All apologies
Movie: The Story of Us
Heaven can’t wait
Movie: After Life
A career on the ropes
Movie: Fight Club
Opening curtain between life and theater
Movie: Illuminata
All apologies
Movie: The Story of Us
Heaven can’t wait
Movie: After Life
A career on the ropes
Movie: Fight Club
Opening curtain between life and theater
Movie: Illuminata
Going for broke
The blueprint for director David Fincher’s brilliant controversy magnet Fight Club is Chuck Palahniuk’s scathingly funny and bleakly violent 1996 debut novel, a howl of rage against the empty promises of American consumer culture. The novel is narrated by a nameless insomniac, a white-collar nebbish who spends his workaday life at a “major” U.S. automobile…
Dead on the vine
Caught in a raging storm of criticism, Monsanto announced last week that it would not market seeds that produce plants with sterile seed. Labeled “Terminator” technology by its opponents, the engineered plants would have ensured that farmers had to buy new seeds from Monsanto every year rather than engage in the age-old practice of collecting…
School gets its space
Residents near Boone High School who hoped their neighborhood’s history might buy them some time in a fight lost their ground Oct. 7 when a judge ruled the Orange County School District was within its bounds to buy and tear down their houses in order to make way for eventual school expansion. The potentially historic…
A Smithsonian Tupperware party
Kissimmee-based Tupperware is a cultural icon, recently celebrated at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History with a media briefing to launch the publication of a new book, “Tupperware: The Promise of Plastic in 1950s America.” Author Alison J. Clarke tells the story of Earl Tupper and Brownie Wise. Tupper, the conservative New Englander who…
The little engine that could go to the mall
Light rail, the region’s longest-running political soap opera, was on track for a potentially long run — until the Orange County Commission unplugged the show a few weeks ago with a cliff-hanging 4-3 vote, halting a production that had run up $37 million in planning and publicity costs. Immediately the breast-beating and finger-pointing began. Angry…
The law puts its foot down
News of the Weird first reported on “crush videos” in February 1999, alerting readers that scantily clad women in stiletto heels were being photographed stomping insects and tiny animals to death for the viewing pleasure of foot fetishists. Two producers were arrested for animal cruelty in May in Los Angeles, another company is under investigation…
Another round over here
People never change. We’re rushing toward the new millennium, having come such a long way in the past couple of thousand years, and what’s grabbing everyone’s attention? Piles of rocks. Way to evolve. They worked for The Blair Witch Project, and now piles of rocks are enthralling Miami, which isn’t an easy thing to do.…
OMA
Below is the list of writers, performers, promoters, clubgoers and general insiders in the Orlando music industry whose suggestions determined the nominees for the 1999 Orlando Music Awards. The readers of Orlando Weekly and orlandoweekly.com took it from there, picking the winners that will be announced Oct. 16 at The Club at Firestone. Dolly, Dolly’s…
And we couldn’t do it without …
Show producer Rich Grula Rich Grula Filmed segments Jason Neff and The Ballyhoo Crew Pat Fatica, Eat Cake Productions Tims Johnson, Kim Simonetti, Blacklist Productions Craig Richards, Big Diesel Digital Dave Segal, Alien Surf Productions, Bootleg Orlando Danny Vanzura Danny Vanzura 3-D animation Gary M. Davis and Virtual Concepts Corp. Original music by Levi (levi330@yahoo.com)…
Jazz Society gets into the swing of it
It’s been a year for big wins and big losses for the Central Florida Jazz Society, the venerable organization whose annual scholarship fund has been the beneficiary of the Orlando Music Awards since the event debuted in 1997. The wins have been for this year’s scholarship recipients; auditions held on May 15 yielded six winners,…
Take refuge, wildlife!
National Wildlife Refuge Week, overseen by the U.S. Department of the Interior and running Oct. 10-16, offers, according to a news release, “a variety of opportunities to enjoy and appreciate America’s fish, wildlife and plants.” Or to take aim and shoot. Never mind that “National Wildlife Refuge Week is a great opportunity for those who…
Santana’s ‘Supernatural’ success
Long relegated to classic-rock radio and nearly forgotten by the youngest generation of music fans, legendary guitarist Carlos Santana’s faithfulness to spiritual goals result in something akin to divine intervention. His aptly titled “Supernatural” album, currently resting comfortably near the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart, has sold more than 1 million copies since…
Smokey pipeline
From the specialty styles of South Carolina and Alabama to Kansas City and beyond, you can have barbecue every which way in this town. With the arrival of Smokey Bones BBQ across from Fashion Square, there’s another option: Rocky Mountain-style. The restaurant’s origins go back to the late ’60s, when the founder built a smoker…
Pumpkin treats in Dog’s patch
Who says you can’t find a real pumpkin patch anymore? Take a peek out back at Yellow Dog Eats in Windermere (1236 Hempel Ave.), where owner Fish Morgan just added two dozen pumpkins to the garden behind his popular country deli. OK, so they didn’t grow them, but they still look festive. Combined with roomy…
Orlando Weekly presents …
Hear that? It’s the sound of the home-town music scene. Brash. Vibrant. Determined. Electric. Ever-changing. But the scene’s success nurtures more than just musicians. It also creates a discerning audience. So we decided it was time to listen — at last — to you. Previous winners of the Orlando Music Awards — which benefits the…
