UCF grad and former SeaWorld intern takes issue with CNN’s airing of documentary ‘Blackfish’
Killer whales, photo by Jason Kelly Editor’s note: Recently, you may have heard, CNN decided to air the controversial documentary Blackfish, which takes aim at SeaWorld for both its role in the 2010 trainer Dawn Brancheau and the park’s decision to keep orca whales – intelligent animals that some say should not be kept in…
Charlie Crist is born again…
“I love Florida. I love it with all of my heart,” said a decidedly warm and fuzzy former-Republican-governor-turned-Independent-Senatorial-candidate-turned-Democratic-gubernatorial-candidate Charlie Crist as he finally announced his not-so-secret candidacy from a scenic bay in his hometown of St. Petersburg this morning. We were there scratching out notes and recording things (ergo, just this one picture of Charlie…
Preying on the Wiki: Rand Paul’s plagiarism problem
“And wait ’til I tell you what goes down in ‘The Ninth Gate.'” What did we learn last week? Well, for one thing, that we probably shouldn’t trust any Amazon reviews with Rand Paul’s name on them. Early in the week, Rachel Maddow busted Paul for plagiarizing some of his public comments from the Wikipedia…
For Reels Sunday Roundup — November 3rd, 2013
The week got off to a terrible start with losing Lou Reed. One of the first things I ever got paid to write for the OW was a review of Lou’s Berlin: Live in Brooklyn concert film — the first film review I ever had published actually — but he’s always had a pretty special…
Charlie Crist filed to run for governor as a Democrat today
From the Florida Division of Elections’ website:
In Your Queue: Smash your head on the punk rock
A Band Called Death – Mark Christopher Covino, Jeff Howlett Though the story is not quite as fantastic and strange as the other long-missing Detroit musician, Sixto Rodriquez (documented in Sugar Man), A Band Called death has its own sense of mystery and wonder. The band called Death were an all black proto-punk band formed in…
Hey you! Support a local filmmaker’s horror short this Halloween
https://vimeo.com/74993988 What better day to support a local filmmaker’s horror short than today? Seriously. Orlando guy Jason Kupfer and his team have less than two days to go to meet their fundraising goal on Indiegogo so that they can finish up shooting and editing Invaders. Invaders is a Thanksgiving-themed horror-comedy about a home invasion gone wrong…
Maximum fun, minimum sweat: easy Halloween cocktails & snacks
We’ve got you covered. Three easy Halloween cocktails and some practically effortless snacks mean you can pretty much pull a Halloween party out of your ass. “Fast” and “easy” are your two favorite words when it comes to parties, right? (Don’t have a costume, either? Check our story on last-minute costume classics that you can make from…
Everybody’s mean boyfriend Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford wants to hear from you!
Because politicians so frequently like to hold up the illusion that they really do care what you think – except when it comes to everything like, say, expanding Medicaid to cover the impoverished and allowing basic human decency for minorities, gays and women in the Sunshine State – today, you too can cling to the…
Free shows this week!!! (Oct. 30-Nov. 5)
There are so many fun free things this week, I can’t even handle it. Help yourself: 10/30 Tanner Jones (You Blew It!), Divided Heaven, Joe Briggs @ Backbooth, 11:55 p.m. (pre-fest after-party) 10/30 Lost in Society @ Rabbitfoot Records, Titusville, 7 p.m. (thrash metal) 10/30 Mike Dunn @ Smiling Bison, 8 p.m. (acoustic) 10/31 Halloween…
Local historian looks at the unlikely story of Orlando’s emergence
A Q&A with Jim Clark, author of ‘Orlando, Florida: A Brief History’
Sound installation ‘Progeny’ buzzes with ideas
Luke Clark and Bryce Hammond build a ‘complex sonic landscape’ at Atlantic Center for the Arts
You don’t get the Tea Party
First Words: Your letters and comments
Luke Temple lives and dies by ’80s nostalgia on ‘Good Mood Fool’
Album review: Luke Temple’s ‘Good Mood Fool’
Avenue Gastrobar aims to lure guzzler and gastronome alike
Ambitious eats, fair prices and heart-of-downtown location make Avenue Gastrobar an attractive post-work/pre-club option
Nine Inch Nails offers more substance in their live shows
The perfect drug … for live music fans
‘And Every Day Was Overcast’: Growing up bored and high in Loxahatchee
Paul Kwiatkowski’s illustrated novel traces a messed-up, acid-fragged youth
13 things you should know about Orlando history
Dr. Phillips wasn’t really a doctor, theme parks that didn’t make it and more
Christopher O’Neill, star of the touring production of The Book of Mormon, looks forward to the show’s Orlando stop
The Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon arrives at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre this week for a 16-show run (Oct. 29 through Nov. 11). It may be Orlando’s most anticipated Broadway tour since The Lion King, and no one seems more excited about it than Christopher John O’Neill, who co-stars as exuberantly…
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
Our music columnist watches, calls for the resurrection of jazz icon Sam Rivers
Lou Reed was the direct inspiration for a disproportionately large number of my favorite bands. So thanks, Lou. See you on the wild side. The Beat Jazz giant Sam Rivers is one of the brightest musical stars to ever call Orlando home. That also made him one of the biggest losses in Orlando music history…
‘Wish Hotel’ ruffles Ducktails’ slacker feathers
Album review: Ducktails’ ‘Wish Hotel’
‘The Counselor’ is gritty, glossy and a little empty
Cormac McCarthy and Ridley Scott collaboration has too much caricature, not enough character
Gary Numan joins Nine Inch Nails at Amway Center on Halloween
The influential pop artist resurges as a critical darling with a darker presence
This too shall pass
Yes, the website sucks. But Obamacare itself is doing what it’s supposed to do
Black Milk plays determined underdog on ‘No Poison No Paradise’
Album review: Black Milk’s ‘No Poison No Paradise’’
Opening in Orlando: ‘Ender’s Game,’ ‘Free Birds,’ ‘Last Vegas’
Movies playing in Orlando theaters this week
13 things you should know about Orlando history
Dr. Phillips wasn’t really a doctor, theme parks that didn’t make it and more
‘12 Years a Slave’ is urgent and unsentimental
Steve McQueen creates a savage tale that portrays the brutality of the slave trade in the United States
Gov. Rick Scott’s white paper says state agencies need to cut costs
Governor says every agency in state “should be able to find efficiencies”
Savage Love
Two years ago, I found a letter in my sister’s car informing her that the blood she gave during a charity blood drive had tested positive for HIV. I didn’t say anything to her at the time, because I wasn’t supposed to find out, and I didn’t know what to say. There were a couple…
Brevard County deputies arrest man for photographing police
Jeff Gray, an editor for photographyisnotacrime.com, arrested while videotaping a traffic stop
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Once, when I was hiking through Maui’s rain forest, I spied a majestic purple honohono flower sprouting from a rotting log. As I bent down close, I inhaled the merged aromas of moldering wood and sweet floral fragrance. Let’s make this scene your metaphor of the week. Here’s why: A part…
On sale this week: Walk Off the Earth at House of Blues!
On sale: Friday, Nov. 1 Walk Off the Earth with Parachute 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 6 House of Blues Downtown Disney West Side, Lake Buena Vista 407-934-2583 hob.com $20-$23 Down the road: Craig Robinson, Nov. 6 at CFE Arena Streetlight Manifesto, Nov. 7 at The Plaza Live Electric Daisy Carnival, Nov. 8 at Tinker…
Three new Mickey Mouse shorts, featuring Minnie, Pluto and Goofy
I thought Disney was done for a little while making these for a little while, but then much to my surprise three new ones popped up in my YouTube feed this weekend (took me a few days to catch it, but…). I think these three catch us up on the current run of shorts, but…
