Selection Reminder: Indie-rock act Yuck tonight at the Social!
Monday, Oct. 10 – Yuck Before Portlandia and TeenNick’s re-broadcasting of shows like All That signaled 2011 as the official start of ’90s nostalgia overload, U.K. indie-rock act Yuck made it perfectly clear with their self-titled Fat Possum Records debut, recalling Sonic Youth and Teenage Fanclub with its ’90s-mining fuzz and female-fronted casual charm and…
Sunday Film News Roundup — October 9th, 2011
So, yeah, the week was mostly dominated by the death of Apple co-founder and Pixar Studios godfather Steve Jobs. And rightly so. As Bill Maher pointed out on his show on Friday, in this ridiculously divisive world where everyone hates everyone, Jobs was one of the few people liked by both the Left and the…
Relocated Orlando Vets Alligator Indian Release Vinyl
Ex-Orlandonians Alligator Indian have relocated to Asheville, NC and are celebrating their first vinyl release, a lime green 10″ put out through San Diego’s Bleeding Gold Records. They successfully mix together tribal-psych with space sounds and lush pop melodies. Hear their release Football here. [youtube YdB4OCt-Wtw] Related Stories
Selection Reminder: Childish Gambino at the Plaza Live!
Saturday, Oct. 8 – Childish Gambino So what’s the difference between “Renaissance man” and ADHD sufferer? Success. Exhibit A: sexy nerd Donald Glover – the erstwhile Gap Holiday model, 30 Rock writer, stand-up comedian, filmmaker, Community ensemble member and now hip-hop star in the making who personifies the 21st-century schizoid man way better than Kanye.…
Selection Reminder: Artist collective Phantom Limbs at the Falcon!
Saturday, Oct. 8 – Phantom Limbs Phantom limb syndrome is the eerie sensation that a severed member is not only still present, but in pain. Basically, when something is lost, the brain remaps itself so as to create a substitute – a somatic analogue to hallucinating a lost love. (And who hasn’t glimpsed their ex’s…
Selection Reminder: Quitzow tonight at the Peacock Room!
Saturday, Oct. 8 – Quitzow Mick Jagger may get name-dropped in song by the likes of Ke$ha and that guy from Maroon 5, but New York pop auteur/cellist/Moog enthusiast Quitzow, making her first Orlando appearance, knows full well that Keith Richards is cooler. That’s why she named a song (“More Keith Richards”) after the guy…
Selection Reminder: Death Cab For Cutie plays House of Blues!
Saturday, Oct. 8 – Death Cab For Cutie Now that Zooey Deschanel’s TV show, The New Girl, premiered with an astounding (for a scripted comedy) 10 million viewers, it’s safe to say her hubby, Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard, doesn’t have to worry about paying the rent for a very long time. This…
Selection Reminder: Winter Park Autumn Art Festival!
Saturday, Oct. 8-Sunday, Oct. 9 – Winter Park Autumn Art Festival The peacock is a peculiar animal: Most notable for their wildly colorful feathers, peacocks tend to roam freely throughout a flock of Central Florida suburbs, unscathed by passersby or road traffic, bellowing a mating call that sounds vaguely similar to a whining cat. A…
Swan and Dolphin Food and Wine Classic: Cheaper than Epcot, just as tasty
Just think of the second annual Food & Wine Classic, held at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort, as a fest within a fest. It’s held during the Epcot Food & Wine Festival, but unlike the larger, budget-busting gourmand-a-palooza, the Food & Wine Classic won’t hit your wallet as hard. A mere $65 will…
Occupy Orlando time change
We reported in this here blog on Tuesday that Occupy Orlando will hold its first actual occupation at 4 p.m. on Oct. 15; as this flier and the group’s Facebook page and website indicate, our city’s occupiers will now be rising at daybreak so they can occupy the city, beginning at the Orlando Regional Chamber…
Selection Reminder: A Petrified Forest!
Through Oct. 31 – A Petrified Forest You know what makes haunted-woods walkthroughs meant to portray a Deliverance-style redneck nightmare genuinely terrifying? When they’re actually set in a Deliverance-style redneck nightmare. Taking place near the creepy intersection where Altamonte Springs, Winter Springs and Casselberry collide in a clusterfuck of strip clubs and car repair shops,…
Selection Reminder: Spooky Empire’s Ultimate Horror Weekend begins tonight!
Friday, Oct. 7-Sunday, Oct. 9 – Spooky Empire’s Ultimate Horror Weekend When we hear the phrase “ultimate horror weekend,” we think of a Friday night fender bender, a Saturday unplanned pregnancy and a Sunday sighting of a nude Stan Van Gundy. But to the folks at Spooky Empire, the phrase signifies an annual congregation of…
United Arts+ Awards at SeaWorld Orlando
Secily Wilson and Margot Knight host the United Arts Arts+ Awards On Monday night, October 3rd, United Arts of Central Florida handed out their 2011 Arts+ Awards to honor some of the most significant contributors to Orlando’s arts scene. The ten year old event was hosted at SeaWorld’s “Ports of Call” ballroom, and was the…
Underrated: The Pixar Story – Leslie Iwerks (2008)
Most of tributes that are pouring in for Steve Jobs are focusing on Apple, but I think Pixar is just as an important legacy for Jobs. Even though his involvement was more in the role of Godfather than creator, Pixar would have been little more than a footnote in the story of Lucasfilm — the…
TV Captivity redux: “American Horror Story”
Here’s something else for those Occupy Wall Street people to get up in arms about: All of a sudden, it’s gotten damned hard to find good TV to watch. In just its second episode, Pan Am has wholeheartedly embraced its most trivial and mundane story elements; they might as well just rename the thing Flibbertigibbets.…
Selection Reminder: Tapes ‘n Tapes tonight at the Social!
Thursday, Oct. 6 – Tapes ‘n Tapes Weaving threads similar to Modest Mouse, the Walkmen, Born Ruffians and Vampire Weekend, the whimsical sound of Minneapolis’ Tapes ’n Tapes encapsulates much of the indie-rock trends of the past decade and has made them a celebrated under-the-radar band. But despite an indie-darling status that’s brought them to…
Urbane cowboys
Restaurateurs Eddie Nickell and Nick Olivieri revive the South Eola dining scene
Tasty travels
Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Walt Disney World 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily, Sept. 30-Nov. 13 disneyworld.disney.go.com price included with park admission The lakeside World Show Place at Disney’s Epcot theme park kicks it up a notch with the arrival of the annual International Food & Wine Fest. Spanning just over six weeks and representing…
The Zombie
The Remix: Blackstrap Zombie
Fall on me
Mad Cow’s latest shows a leap of faith is required to sustain love
The Ides of March
George Clooney’s political narrative looks like a solid candidate but suffers from an unfocused campaign
Knope problem
Singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno plays outside the box
Council Watch
Billy Manes paying attention to local government so you don’t have to
Real Steel
A game Hugh Jackman aids this prepubescent bot royale
Gastro physicists
Das Racist is fucking great at rapping
The Names of Love
Sexual politics is sweet in French farce
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) “Do unto others as they wish,” advised French artist Marcel Duchamp, “but with imagination.” I recommend that approach to you. You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you can create good fortune for yourself by tuning in to the needs and cravings of others, and then satisfying those needs…
In the name of love (pride)
As Orlando prepares for Come Out With Pride, we highlight some reasons to be proud of our LGBT community
This Little Underground
I honestly did want to take in the Downtown Throwdown (Oct. 1), the big downtown block party for Hard Rock’s 40th birthday. Hard Rock, your generosity in throwing the city such a huge free party is not lost on me. And it’s not your fault that I had a personal schedule conflict for the daytime…
Rotation: What local artists are listening to
This week: Andy Matchett and the Minks
Live Active Cultures
Seth Kubersky’s best and worst of Universal Orlando’s 21st annual Halloween Horror Nights
Restless
Gus Van Sant’s take on Harold and Maude reeks of decay
Savage Love
I have a hodgepodge of birth defects that affect my genitalia
DVDs Nuts!
Lesser-seen OW approved titles
Happytown
We’re proud Linda Stewart was born this way and born to run for office. We’re not so proud the the Creative Village may turn into Portlando. That Commander X hacking thing? We don’t know what to think. We’re too busy marching.
Occupy Orlando holds first General Assembly
A crowd estimated to be more than 300 filled the plaza outside the Orange County Regional History Center to take part in Occupy Orlando’s first general assembly. More details later, but for now, here are a couple of videos of Nelson Betancourt revving up the crowd, first in English, then in Spanish. English: [youtube qEjAwcIvkDA]…
Reminder: Scorsese’s “George Harrison: Living in the Material World” 9pm tonight on HBO
All of you Beatles and Scorsese fans, don’t forget to set your alarm or your DVR for HBO tonight when Part I of the two part documentary about the legendary George Harrison premiers. Filled with celebrity interviews from the surviving Beatles, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Monty Python members Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam, amongst others.…
Selection Reminder: Weird Al Yankovic tonight at Hard Rock Live!
Wednesday, Oct. 5 – Weird Al Yankovic You wouldn’t think today’s alternative-minded comedy scene would have room for a veteran novelty-song purveyor whose big break more than 30 years ago came courtesy of radio star – radio star! – Dr. Demento. And yet last year was one of Weird Al’s most productive yet, with a hugely…
Free Show Tonight: Alias Punch and Thee Wilt Chamberlains
Tuesday, Oct. 4th – Alias Punch Two local surfy bands, Alias Punch and Thee Wilt Chamberlains, are playing a free show tonight at Will’s. So if you wanna watusi and are low on cash, you know what to do. (10 p.m. at Will’s Pub; 1042 N. Mills Ave.; 407-898-5070; willspub.org; free; 18 & up)
Welcome to the occupation
You may have heard that over the weekend, throngs of protester with the Occupy Wall Street movement attempted to occupy the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. Hundreds of people swarmed onto the bridge, then were promptly netted and arrested by police. The story didn’t warrant much coverage in the New York Times, which reported…
