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Big Red Lies
Does democracy stand a chance against the Republican Party’s dishonest strategy?
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Notable Noise: This Week’s Best Shows [GBV, Disasteroids, Supersuckers, Shine Shed fundraiser, Amon Tobin, more]
There are just too many good shows going on this week. These are the best. Yay, autumn! Monday, Sept. 17 Hunter Valentine, Kill the Sound [Will’s] Tuesday, Sept. 18 The GoGo’s [Hard Rock Live] Guided by Voices, Detective [Beacham] Wednesday, Sept. 19 Supersuckers [Social] Shine Shed Fundraiser with Maximino, Fortune Howl, Wekiwa [Will’s]…
Lil Indies to open FRIDAY
After countless red-tape delays, owner Will Walker tells us that LIL INDIE’S – the long-gestating little sister of flagship bar/venue WILL’S PUB – is finally scheduled to officially open Friday (Sep. 21)!!! At long last, the fantastically warm, intimate, non-smoking ambience of the place will be permanently open to the public and boost Mills Avenue’s cool…
Punk-metal band Strung Out head to the Social
Saturday, Sept. 15 – Strung Out with the Swellers, Such Gold 7 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thesocial.org $18-$20 Twenty years is a long time to keep at any job, so it’s no wonder that Strung Out frontman Jason Cruz is ready for a change. He told the Phoenix New Times in…
Casa De Mexico presents Mexico Vive! tonight at Bob Carr
Saturday, Sept. 15 – Mexico Vive! 8 p.m. Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre 401 W. Livingston St. 407-420-6896 orlandovenues.net $25-$75 Traditionally, on the eve of Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16), the president rings a bell in Mexico City and cries independence like Hidalgo. The next morning, the party starts. In Florida, however, bells frighten us…
Melvins Tribute Show tonight at Will’s Pub
Saturday, Sept. 15 – Melvins Tribute Show with Bob on Blonde, Yogurt Smoothness, the Mother Machine 9 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 willspub.org $5 Tribute shows are a pleasure so head-slappingly obvious that they’re everywhere. That’s why we see well-known tributes to universally canonical acts like the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson,…
Sunday Film News Roundup — September 16th, 2012
I was going to start off this week with the nonsense that is going on over this awful, awful film clip for The Innocence of Muslims, but the more that comes out about it, the more it feels like a red herring than an actual part of the story. It hit home slightly because I…
Want more Indiana Jones? Raiders in IMAX Extended One More Week
In case you missed it last week and didn’t want to sit through all four Indiana Jones adventures tomorrow, Paramount announced today that the one week only run of Raiders of the Lost Ark has done so well that it’s been extended another week at certain locations. In Orlando, that location is the AMC at…
UCF Knights first home game against FIU
Saturday, Sept. 15 – UCF Knights vs. Florida International University 4 p.m. Bright House Networks Stadium University of Central Florida 407-823-1000 ucfathletics.com various prices This college football season hits the UCF Knights like a double-edged sword: On one hand the team’s upped their schedule by playing more prominent opponents like Ohio State and Missouri, but…
Mr. Pierre’s Burlyesque features all-male cast at the Peacock Room
Friday, Sept. 14 – Mr. Pierre’s Burlyesque 9 p.m. The Peacock Room 1321 N. Mills Ave. 407-228-0048 thepeacockroom.com $7 The word “burlesque” derives from the Italian word burla, which means a joke, ridicule or mockery. Now, combine these three words and then add some hairy, sexy male asses into the mix and you’ll get a…
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New Orlando Concert Announcements [Com Truise, Aesop Rock, Rusko, the Sword, Rickie Lee Jones, Metalocalypse, lots more]
Oct. 3: Steve Cole (Social) Oct. 4: Unknown Hinson (Social) Oct. 7: Band of Skulls (Social) Oct. 11: Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Plaza) Oct. 13: LTJ Bukem (Social) Oct. 17: Blood on the Dance Floor (Beacham) Oct. 17: Alex Cuba, DJ BMF (Social) Oct. 20: Tombs, 16 (Will’s) Oct. 20: Thomas Wynn & the Believers,…
Little-known facts about “The Innocence of Muslims”
10. Cast thought they were shooting a commercial for Herbalife 9. Other known aliases of producer “Sam Bacile” include “Iggy Noramus,” “Amanda Huggenkiss” and “Harvey Weinstein” 8. Shooting script vetted by Politifact 7. Academy screening attended by voting member Laura Dern, Lithuanian theater custodian and escaped rhesus monkey 6. Post-conversion 3D surprisingly effective, especially in…
Opening in Orlando — September 14th, 2012
10 Years — Reviewed this week. (PG-13) Finding Nemo 3D — Just keep swimming, just keep milking. Pixar rereleases its Academy Award-winning 2003 hit in fully dimensional format, just to make us all feel like dicks for having thought those 2D undersea textures were already rich enough to wallow in. Shows what we knew! (G)…
Baby Blue’s Varietease performs at brand new venue
Thursday, Sept. 13 – Varietease: The New Show 8 p.m. through Oct. 13 The Venue 511 Virginia Drive 407-412-6895 thevenueorlando.com $10 Don’t let the rustic exterior of this former yoga studio fool you – inside is magic and glitter and sexual perversity and jazz hands. The ringleader of this erotic circus, Peter Pan to a…
Bill Clinton in Orlando, praises Val Demings
Former president Bill Clinton was in Orlando tonight, full of zingers and folksy, Clintony aphorisms. Uncharacteristic of Clinton: He showed up on time. His speech was relatively short (he went on about 6:30 and was done by 7 p.m.). He sounded kind of tired (of…
Bill Clinton is speaking at the Rosen Plaza tonight
U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is getting the crowd fired up while the crowd waits for the Big Dog to take the stage. Your browser does not support the video tag Clinton talked to Buzzfeed yesterday in Miami and dismissed speculation that he and Obama have a tense relationship. 6:17 pm: Val Demings is onstage now.…
UCF football fans grab lunch with George O’Leary
The UCF Knights football team is back in action, and on Fridays before each home game this season, fans will have the opportunity to sit down to lunch with head coach George O’Leary. The “Lunch with George” event, with a noon start time, offers a free Chick-fil-A sandwich and soda for the first 100 fans…
Faun Fables offer psych-folk sounds at the Social
Wednesday, Sept. 12 – Faun Fables 8 p.m. The Social 54 N. Orange Ave. 406-246-1419 thesocial.org $10-$12 It’s pretty amazing the slack afforded to the talented. Dawn McCarthy and Nils Frykdahl, the co-headmasters of Faun Fables’ pagan academy, aren’t exactly doing anything a million other wannabe cult leaders or pseudo-Gaia types aren’t attempting in a…
Indiana Jones Back on the Big Screen (All 4 Movies, Sept 15th)
AMC and Fathom continue rolling out the old hits, this time with Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures, featuring all 4 Indy films — Raiders f the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, The Last Crusade, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull — in a row. Even if only two of the films are good and if you’re a…
On sale this week: Sum 41 at House of Blues
On sale: Friday, Sept. 14 Sum 41 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 House of Blues Downtown Disney West Side 407-934-2583 hob.com $20-$22 Down the road: Guided by Voices, Sept. 19 at The Beacham Dino Felipe, Sept. 21 at Will’s Pub Blondie, Devo, Sept. 22 at St. Augustine Amphitheatre The Ataris, Sept. 22…
Global Peace Film Festival celebrates 10th anniversary
Festival director Nina Streich: “It’s not exactly what you expect.”
Album Reviews
Reviews of albums by Animal Collective, The Avett Brothers, and Mystery Machine
Tip Jar
This week: Eternal Tap, Galopin, a Farm-to-Table happy hour, Taqueria del Sol and a second location for Black Bean Deli
Happytown: Orange County sick-time fight
Orange County Commissioners attempt to thwart sick-time initiative with competing ballot measure
Parallel Lives
Jester Theater’s four-woman comedy skewers stale attitudes.
10 Years
Channing Tatum keeps hot streak alive with soul-searching post-Millennial reunion flick
The Gnarly Barley
Bites and brews in Belle Isle
Maakies
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Happytown: Amendment 8 misleads
Question on November ballot would funnel public money to religious organizations.
Council watch
Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don’t have to
Call me, maybe
Have you ever noticed how many people talk on their cell phones in the club? I’m not talking about the people who spend all night texting, Instagramming or checking the Twitter. I’m referring to the people who try to have a real conversation in a crowded, loud bar. I see it all the time. Some…
This Little Underground
For many, it’s the Beatles, Nirvana or Radiohead. For me, it’s the Jesus & Mary Chain. Although I was resigned to the prospect of never getting to see them live, the noise gods miraculously reformed several years ago, and I finally got the chance (Sept. 6, Atlanta, Variety Playhouse). And though they were decent live,…
Live Active Cultures
Welcome to Bithlo: art show at Orange County Administration building opens eyes
Drink Events
Things to do for people who love booze
Savage Love
I want to buy my 14-year-old niece a dildo, some lube and an age-appropriate book about sex. (Can you recommend one?) I have her mother’s permission, but I wanted to double-check on whether there are legal issues I should be concerned about. (I live in Oregon.) Do you think it would be inappropriate for me…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) You will never be able to actually gaze upon your own face. You may, of course, see a reasonable likeness of it in mirrors, photos and videos. But the real thing will always be visible to everyone else, but not you. I think that’s an apt symbol for how hard it…
Happytown: East Orlando Sun sets
East-side newspaper owned by Avalon Park Group publishes its last issue.
DVDs Nuts
Lesser-seen, critic-approved films on disc and on demandby Justin Strout and John Thomason
The XX: Coexist
London pop act the XX’s new outing is slim, but not skeletal
Blue Elephant
Plenty of style, but very little substance at new Lake Mary Thai eatery.
COUGH! Liveblogging the Earned Sick Time showdown at the Orange County Corral
WELL, HELLO! We just sat through two hours of development nothingness in hopes of getting the BIG DECISION on the dueling banjos between good people and bad government that’s materialized over the grassroots earned sick time initiative at today’s Orange County commission meeting. Instead, our meter ran out and we had to put out a…
VOD Review: My Sucky Teen Romance – Emily Hagins (2012) (3 Stars)
To be candid, after seeing the 2009 documentary Zombie Girl, the chronicle of a 12 year old Texas girl named Emily Hagins and her struggled to try and juggle life, middle school and directing her first feature zombie film, I never expected to hear about her again. Like the kids who made a frame-by-frame reenactment…
