AltWeeklies Wire
Hip-Hop Producer Rockwilder Discovers a New Path in Orlandonew
"Florida has the lead in terms of music. It's the place that's moving right now," says Rockwilder from Fuel Records' New York office.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
10-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Emma Jean Branch's Songs in the Key of Strifenew
By the time she wrote her first song, Branch teetered on the cusp between typical hormonal drama and total breakdown. Although she grew up on the local stage performing alongside Mandy Moore at the Civic Theatre of Central Florida, Branch never found her personal comfort zone.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
10-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Emma Jean Branch
Happytownnew
Want to send your kid to school with a healthy salad you picked up from a deli? Maybe a brownie from your neighbor's bake sale? Too bad, hippie. Your "food" has no place in the public schools.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes, Justin Strout and Bob Whitby |
10-01-2008 |
Commentary
In the Slums of Orlando, Hip-Hop Means Businessnew
On the west side, struggling artists from Pine Hills to Orange Blossom Trail huddle in home studios, creating digital anthems and simplifying rhyme schemes to appeal to not only the lesser-educated and party-minded audience of the Dirty South, but to white suburbanites who want to experience the inner city from a distance.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
09-18-2008 |
Music
Orlando Rapper Terrence King and the Divine Hustlenew
King's been kicking around the local minor league of rap for over a decade, self-releasing hip-hop CDs he makes at his house. He presents himself as a rapper who could live a life of girls, drugs and fame, but chooses to walk the straight and narrow instead.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
09-04-2008 |
Performance
Neil Patrick Harris Stuns as a Signing Supervillian in Joss Whedon's Online Musicalnew
Academy Award–nominated writer Joss Whedon (Toy Story) has a way with words. As pointed out in the PBS documentary Do You Speak American?, Whedon’s legendary TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “challenged linguistic taboos and introduced new words and phrases in nearly every show.”
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
07-31-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Ice-age Excursion From German Visionary Werner Herzog.new
Filmmaker Werner Herzog is legendary for his tireless quests to capture mankind’s attempt to conquer the unconquerable. From the title character, a Spanish soldier, in Aguirre, the Wrath of God who makes a ruthless march toward the city of gold to the real-life jungle prisoner Dieter Dengler in Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Herzog’s subjects first must be humbled before they can be redeemed.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
07-24-2008 |
Reviews
Mates of State Record a Perfect, Timely Albumnew
It must be summer if the orgasmic pop of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel is once again beaming its bikini-a-go-go from the ocean paradise of ... Stratford, Conn.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Mates of State, Re-Arrange Us
Terrance Dean Responds to Our Reading of His Lifenew
Orlando Weekly: It surprised me how much self-loathing you went through, even for a gay man. It seems like yours was stronger due to your religious background.
Terrance Dean: Exactly.
Terrance Dean: Exactly.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-05-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Clumsy Tell-All Spoils Dialogue Starter on Gays in Rapnew
If even a trace of true honesty permeated the pages, maybe Hiding in Hip Hop could be considered a genuine first step. The acceptance and understanding of gays in rap hasn't evolved a micro-step in nearly three decades of existence.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-05-2008 |
Original Work
Mirror Pal Insists on Morality in Their Musicnew
Do they have to?
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
05-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mirror Pal
Good Nightnew
What to see during FMF when your bank account is a little low.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
05-15-2008 |
Concerts
When Simple Isn'tnew
Orlando's newest indie rockers Baron Von Bear are serious about their fun.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
05-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lyfe Jennings Emerges Out of His Demons with Assurednessnew
With Lyfe Change, Jennings finally finds his true self by embracing and owning his bipolar persona. The frantic peaks and valleys are in the past, and his hesitation to cement a signature sound no longer plays as inexperienced timidity but confident experimentation.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
05-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lyfe Change, Lyfe Jennings
Kaleigh Baker's Dramatic Debutnew
The jazz singer introduces herself in a big way.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
02-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kaleigh Baker
