Oct 2-8, 2002

Oct 2-8, 2002 / Vol. 18 / No. 40

Still feeling the Heat

Ever since The Reverend Horton Heat debuted a decade ago with the CD “Smoke ’em If You Got ’em,” the band has been known for its revved-up rockabilly style. But to hear the group’s front man, Jim “The Reverend Heat” Heath tell it, a three-CD stint on major label Interscope Records in the mid-’90s almost…

Alan Sculley

For a song

One doesn’t normally think of the quiet community of DeLand (population 22,000) as the hottest place for the latest in live music. Musically, the Volusia County seat is better known as the home of Stetson University and its excellent classical program. But on this weekend, the quiet will be shattered when over 70 musical acts…

Patricia Madden

Bargains from the vineyards

It’s a new season, not just for weather but for wine. And if you’re a wine fan, it’s a great time for bargains. Jason at Tim’s Wine Market (1225 N. Orange Ave.; 407-895-9463) says that a current glut of wine means that last year’s $20 bottles can be had for as much as 40 percent…

Joseph Hayes

Dirty politics

One agent bought “Bushy Pussies” for $21.15, while another spent $31.75 on “Tampa Tushy Fest.” Other titles on the official shopping list included “Sperm Burpers,” “Latin Girls Love it Backdoor” and “Gangbang No. 18.” All these films came from the same place: a hole-in-the-wall video store called Video Exposé, on the south side of East…

William Dean Hinton

The not-so great debate

If you missed the first gubernatorial debate in Jacksonville Friday night and somehow managed to avoid the endless regurgitation given same by the media, here’s a brief recap: McBride was nervous as a new bride, stuttering over his words and mouthing vagueries that, if continued through the campaign, will get his ass handed to him…

Jeffrey C. Billman

Tickle me Harry

September reports in the New York Post and the Toronto Star, quoting parents’ website reviews of the “Nimbus 2000” plastic-replica broomstick (Mattel, $19.99) from the latest Harry Potter movie, highlighted its battery-powered special effect: vibration. A Texas mother wrote: “I was surprised at how long `my daughter and her friends` can just sit in her…

Chuck Shepherd

End of an Era Apartments

Oakwood Apartments in Mount Dora is the kind of no-frills, low-income housing found almost anywhere in America. The 72 apartments, which sit in a low-income community in north Mount Dora on Lincoln Street across from a church and Sugar Boo’s Bar-B-Que, were built in 1979 as part of a massive federal housing program. They are…

William Dean Hinton

Talking heads

“Do you usually cover your events at night?” sympathizes a PR pundit somewhere to the right of my shaking coffee cup. It’s 10:30 a.m., and I’m sagging in the presence of extravagant upholstery at Living Quarters on Colonial. It’s not my typical beat, and disinterest is literally falling off of my face. It’s just that…

Billy Manes

Greek lesson

FROM: Irwin R. Scheiss, Chief of Production TO: Sheldon Molotov, Vice President of Creative Development Shelley: I trust that you read Variety this morning. If you did — and you better have, because that’s what I’m paying you for — you no doubt noticed that the Greek-wedding picture is now closing in on 150 mil.…

Steve Schneider

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