Place:Screamers
There’s no pinpointing the schizophrenic vibe of this afterthought near the bottom of a bank. It features a hyperactive lighting scheme and caters to diverse strains of booty, dub and breakz.
Place:Laughing Horse Taver
Posers beware: Betty’s is a biker bar for real bikers. The conversation is loud and salted with expletives, the Southern Cross flies proudly, the beer is cheap and your mug never stays empty for long.
Place:The Club at Fireston
A new chapter of Club Firestone finds it on fire, with a Miami-chic waterfall and such to cool it off. The upstairs loft is a hipster hang with silk-screened graffiti. Thursday nights are wild.
MIAMI MONSTER MOVIE
Gangland horror from Brian De Palma
The Pour
It’s a bar. That’s about it, really. Flat-screen TVs punctuate a passable service bar that’s barely passable, physically. One step back and you’re up against the wall, hoping your conversation cocktail doesn’t ruin your work shirt.
The Departed
The Departed Length: Single Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Rated: R Website: http://thedeparted.warnerbros.com/ Release Date: 2006-10-06 Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Vera Farmiga Director: Martin Scorsese Screenwriter: William Monahan, Felix Chong, Alan Mak Music Score: Howard Shore WorkNameSort: Departed, The Our Rating: 5.00 Let’s say The Age of Innocence, Kundun and The…
Redlight Redlight
A beer bar in the best sense of the term, Redlight Redlight focuses on a changing lineup of beers from America and beyond. Of course, they’ve got PBR, too, in deference to the chatty indie rockers who crowd the joint.
Veronica Mars: Complete Second Season
Veronica Mars: Complete Second Season Studio: Warner Home Video Rated: NOT RATED WorkNameSort: Veronica Mars: Complete Second Season If the second season of the teen noir Veronica Mars suffered, it was only in comparison to its first, easily the most lacerating class-war ‘novelâ?� not written by Ross Macdonald and starring the most complex heroine not…
Place:Odin’s Den
The threateningly titled Odin’s Den is a large and friendly neighborhood refuge with a wide variety of beers (but no liquor), a decent menu of bar food and occasional live music.
The Ground Truth
The Ground Truth Studio: Universal Rated: R WorkNameSort: Ground Truth, The This compassionate, indispensable tear-jerker, which debuted at Sundance this year, spotlights post-combat testimonials from a handful of American soldiers in Iraq and their turbulent roads to normality back home. Patricia Foulkrod’s documentary shows how, for various reasons ‘ manipulative recruiters, the lure of college…
Place:Fairbanks Tavern
Miss your hometown Irish pub? McRaney’s will pull your heartstrings. The beer list reads like a wine list with helpful descriptions of flavor and weight, and there’s fried food aplenty. Old ladies and hipsters face off at the pool table as well as for the bartenders’ attentions.
Super Inframan
Super Inframan Studio: Shaw Brothers/Celestial Pictures Rated: NOT RATED WorkNameSort: Super Inframan The similarities between the Hong Kong’produced Super Inframan and the mega-successful Japanese Ultraman franchise were, not, to say the least, unintentional. By the mid-1970s, the martial arts films that the Shaw Brothers studio had codified had become blindingly formulaic, forcing the company to…
Tuk Tuk Room
Pronounced ‘tuck-tuck,â?� this is literally the slice of space between Slingapour’s and the Globe where the sushi is made. It’s only open on the weekend and is just a spillover bar for the other two.
Three Times
Three Times Studio: IFC Films Rated: NOT RATED WorkNameSort: Three Times The only downside to IFC Films’ Three Times DVD is the absence of extras for a film so rich in tones, textures and profundity that it demands intellectual analysis of Criterion caliber. Rest assured, though, the latest masterpiece from Taiwanese auteur Hou Hsiao-Hsien looks…
Up the Ground
It’s interesting the way South American cultures come together in the City Beautiful, and Up the Ground is a prime example of this slightly hard-to-understand phenomenon. It’s Colombian-owned, tucked inside of a Brazilian-stocked strip mall, with a Guyanese clientele that runs toward 20-somethings. The music drifts between soca, bhangra, dancehall, reggaeton and chutney mixed by…
MEAT MARKET
Mongolian concept would incur the wrath of Khan
Your Mom’s Favorite DJ
Your Mom’s Favorite DJ Label: Ninja Tune Length: LP Media: CD Format: Album WorkNameSort: Your Mom’s Favorite DJ In the universe of high-speed vinyl manipulators, Kid Koala distinguishes himself from his peers in two ways. First, he tends to choose source material that’s outside of the accepted canon. While most DJs stick with the well-tilled…
The Longest Meow
The Longest Meow Label: Blood Shot Length: LP Media: CD Format: Album WorkNameSort: Longest Meow, The The great tagline is that it’s ’11 tracks recorded in 11 hours by 11 people.â?� The beauty of the thing is that from start to finish it kicks and purrs in all the right spots. After a few convoluted…
No Certain Night or Morning
No Certain Night or Morning Label: Defend Music Length: LP Media: CD Format: Album WorkNameSort: No Certain Night or Morning The trick of blending electronic production with indie-pop sensibilities is one that requires the maker to avoid making their music so danceable that it lacks substance, yet not so introspective that it’s joyless. Outfits like…
Beach House
Beach House Label: Carpark Length: LP Media: CD Format: Album WorkNameSort: Beach House The world as gently brush-stroked and dribbled out by Baltimore duo Beach House is a grandiose, fallen one. Victoria Legrand’s smoky, double-tracked vocals skate slowly over creeping, rainy-day matrices of nodding-off organ and silken slide guitar that threaten to fade into the…
The Call of the Wretched Sea
The Call of the Wretched Sea Label: Napalm Length: LP Rated: NONE Media: CD Format: Album WorkNameSort: Call of the Wretched Sea, The With artwork not dissimilar to Mastodon’s Leviathan and a general theme that’s even more Melville-ian, one might think that German doom-dealers Ahab are attempting to create a complementary seascape of heaviness. Not…
Place:Cowboys Orlando
Get past the 15-point dress code posted on the door (no flip-flops, exposed underwear or hats worn backward) to find Orlando’s biggest honky-tonk. They aim to please everybody with events including an all-ages night and Best Chest in the West contests.
Mako’s
Let’s see, you have a female bar staff in skimpy kilts, a chick on a swing, body shots, ladies nights â?¦ wonder who the demographic is? If you’re young, go to hook up; if you’re old, go to ogle.
BY THE NUMBERS
‘I’ve said over and over again,” says Orlando Police Chief Michael McCoy, reaching for the June 29 Orlando Weekly that chronicled the deaths of the then 30 murder victims in 2006, “I wish I could hire reporters, because they make such great investigators.” The tally is now up to 39, and that macabre volume has…
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
Wedding crashers Adam Sutton’s elaborate plan to propose to Erika Brussee in July on a small chartered plane near Rome, Ga., didn’t work out, as the engine stalled and the plane crashed (causing minor injuries) near their friends on the ground who were holding up signs with the actual proposal question for Brussee. Mark Papkey’s…
IT CAME FROM THE SWAMP
Gas prices are down, so it’s time to hit the road! But where are you going to go? How about exploring some of the less-appreciated features of the Sunshine State, where the beaten path is weedy and overgrown? We’ve dubbed these places “crapholes” (with apologies to local chambers of commerce) and our state’s full of…
LETTERS
;Slice of heaven ;Nice story [“Make the pie higher!”, Sept. 28]. But a review of Rossi’s would be cool. I bet most people in town don’t realize that this gem exists. I have the opportunity to travel quite a bit … and there is nothing better than finding a hometown joint with a friendly smile,…
ARTS & CULTURE TO GO
;Court Ordered Therapy: Ladies of Eola Heights — Part 3 ;;Without having seen the forerunners, is it possible to jump into Part 3 of Michael Wanzie’s soap opera without feeling like you’ve tuned in to a fuzzy channel? Of course it is. Even to the uninitiated, the ongoing saga of sisters Ruby, Pearl and Opal…
BLISTER
At that fractured instant dangling in between “I’m an idiot” and “I’m going nowhere,” like a choking participle or a day-old dingleberry, a light flashes over my corneas in such a way that it cannot be ignored: a small reminder of existence, if you will, in the form of an ironic diversion. There’s an Evite…
SAVAGE LOVE
;I’m a gay man; I recently came out ;to my friends, mostly because I met someone with whom I wanted to pursue a relationship. I had never experienced this feeling before. After much courting and pursuing, we met enough times that he remembered my name — then came love.; ; Eight months later, despite a…
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES “Dear Rob: When my wife got pregnant, she was warned that a side effect might be that her feet would grow a bit. She’s now a few months along, and while her feet remain a dainty size 7, my own feet have expanded from size 12 to 13! I’ve heard husbands sometimes have sensations…
THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND
;Nary an original word was sung in town since last we spoke, or so it seemed. But that’s mostly because I somehow managed to catch three cover bands in action last week. While you’re whipping out your lighters to join me, let’s admit that cover bands are, for the most part, a cheaply plebeian indulgence.…
I LOVE TELEVISION
;Professional sports are for idiots. I simply have no other way of putting it. On the other hand, playing sports is a wonderful pastime I endorse wholeheartedly. See, professional sports are stupid because … HEY!! WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING?? Come back here RIGHT NOW and read the rest of this article! Yes, I…
HAPPYTOWN
;”We’re doing them all. We’re doing them now. We’re doing them right.” ;;So read the placard sitting behind the beaming Mayors Crotty and Dyer as they announced a just-struck deal Sept. 29 to bring a performing arts center and new arena downtown, and to renovate the decrepit Citrus Bowl. “This is a red-letter day,” Dyer…
BLEW IT AGAIN
The more I think about this Mark Foley deal, the more angry I get. I’m not upset at the Republican hypocrisy of this sleazy situation; that’s to be expected. Anybody who really believes the GOP has a claim to the moral high ground is a fool or a Bush voter. Republicans have somehow managed to…
POLICE BEAT
Sept. 24, 7:31 A.M.: When papers and pipes won’t do, it’s time for a bong. Officer Vick was dispatched to the 6500 block of International Drive in reference to a commercial burglary. The officer met with a 71-year-old witness, who was walking from her hotel room to the bus stop when she saw a broken…
34-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN
;From its beginnings as an outlet for prog-rock aficionado Richard Branson to release albums by his favorite obscure acts, Virgin Records was — at one time at least — a brand name that meant musical quality, rather than another corporate logo on a swank transatlantic flight. ;;A new batch of reissues highlights Virgin releases from…
SELECTIONS
Thursday•5 Hoodoo for Voodoo premiere Murder! Romance! Candy corn! Goats! These are but a few of the things you’ll find in the locally produced horror-comedy Hoodoo for Voodoo, set to premiere at Universal’s CityWalk. Shot in Orlando and New Orleans in 2005 (before the hurricanes) for $25,000, the film follows a group of college students…
A VAST SADISTIC FEAST
Released in October 1986, Slayer’s Reign in Blood has earned numerous retrospective accolades. Earlier this year, Metal Hammer magazine named it the best metal album of the past two decades, while the October issue of Guitar World places it 29th among guitar albums. However, Reign in Blood’s status transcends lists, because lists chronicle mortal creations.…
DUELING DIWALIS
It’s Diwali time, the annual festival of lights that is celebrated by Hindus around the globe. It’s the most favorite holiday in India, where it carries as much clout as Christmas. Like the latter, Diwali is steeped in cultural traditions that go back thousands of years, but observances can vary according to different cultures. At…
When Christians get angry
I stumbled on this site today and it’s mighty entertaining. I just wish I could figure out exactly what the spat is about. All I can discern is that Frank Vance, whereabouts unknown, has a little blog on which he has been cracking skulls at Ligonier Minstries, a Lake Mary publisher/producer of religious books and…
