AltWeeklies Wire
Happytown: The World's Best Bodypaintersnew
Yes, indeedy, we are the champions -- or more accurately, we are the home of the champions, twin brothers Brian and Nick Wolfe, who just won a gold medal in the "brush/sponge" division at the World Bodypainting Festival in Seeboden, Austria. The brothers Wolfe beat teams from 38 other countries to claim the trophy and the 2,000-euro cash prize that came with it.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes, Lindy T. Shepherd and Bob Whitby |
07-30-2009 |
Commentary
The Orlando Police Beatnew
July 12, 12:54 am: From the incidents-tourism-folks-would-rather-you-didn't-know-about file: A young man a few weeks shy of his 19th birthday was stabbed and killed at an International Drive hotel.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
07-30-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Orlando City Commissioners Get an Open Line of Credit ... Taxpayers Get the Billnew
If you had a $30,000 annual slush fund courtesy of someone else, what would you do? If you were Orlando city commissioner Daisy Lynum, you'd travel. A lot.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman and Billy Manes |
07-30-2009 |
Economy
Blister: Such is Our Horrible, Delicate Balancenew
The world is a bitter, deep-fried cocktail onion layered in pathos and prejudice; it just spins and it stinks and it spins again while we all have sex with gravity in hopes that it will keep us around, keep us down on the pickled, pungent surface of it all just long enough to be thrown up in ashes or pushed under, ever deeper into the skin.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
07-24-2009 |
Commentary
Happytown: The Sad Hobo Dance of Baked Beansnew
In an email issued on July 16, the Orlando Police Department has some tips for making sure that you do not become a victim of poor people's sticky fingers. Best among them is that you should call 911 if anybody is acting suspiciously in your line of vision, because "you, the resident, know what activity is normal for your area." There are people outside! And they are dancing!
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman and Billy Manes |
07-24-2009 |
Commentary
Gogol Bordello: Just Gypsies Passing Throughnew
The great danger of Gogol Bordello's music is that it resonates with rootless Americans, searching for identity and fairly blasé about grammar ourselves. Amidst the good-time atmosphere of their songs, listeners find themselves drawn into a message they might otherwise have dismissed as hippie BS.
Orlando Weekly |
T.I. Fraser |
07-24-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Orlando Police Beatnew
July 9, 8:24 am: Officer Gibson responded to a "residential burglary overwith," whatever that means, and tells us, "Unknown suspect(s) entered unlocked service door to the garage and removed a purple suitcase and three cases of Coca-Cola."
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
07-24-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Lies & Videotape: The Case Against an Allegedly Abusive Orlando Cop Heads to Trialnew
On April 12, 2007, while working off-duty as a security guard at the now-defunct Club Paris nightclub, Orlando cop Fernando Trinidad pushed a woman down a flight of stairs.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
07-24-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Matthew Falconer Shows How to Run a Campaign and Alienate Peoplenew
Developer, politician, everyman: Falconer bases his run for Orlando mayor on being in touch with the regular folk.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
07-24-2009 |
Politics
Happytown: Attention, Area Fatasses -- You're Not Alonenew
According to a recent report from the Trust for America's Health, nearly one-quarter of Florida adults are obese, and a third of our children are obese or overweight. What's most depressing about the report is that Florida's about average.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffery C. Billman and Billy Manes |
07-16-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: obesity, public transportation
The Orlando Police Beatnew
July 3, 7:44 am: Officer Madden describes an armed robbery suspect as wearing a "camo snow hat." If one wanted effective camouflage in the snow, wouldn't said hat be white?
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffery C. Billman |
07-16-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Florida's Bob on Blonde Resurfaces ... Brieflynew
Sharp-eyed patrons of the 4th annual I-4 Fest this year will notice a rare sighting: a performance by Bob on Blonde, an elusive pop-rock local band that's periodically dropped electric-yet-soulful music for years, yet only plays to an audience when they feel like interacting with other people ... and that's not often.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
07-02-2009 |
Music
Happytown: RIP Billy Maysnew
Ed McMahon, Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Billy freaking Mays; all these people we've grown up with taking the dirt nap, all within days (or hours) of each other. In the wake of all of this bad news we almost overlooked the most recent economic forecast released by UCF prognosticator Sean Snaith. But we didn't.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman and Billy Manes |
07-02-2009 |
Commentary
Blister: So This is the 70s?new
"I can't fit into any of my bell-bottoms anymore," Taylor wafts into the room, lighting up the floor panels with each weary step. He's wearing giant Playboy circle sunglasses and moping like a Klute-era prostitute. I'm a vision in head-to-toe white polyester leisure, all tightly suited and barely able to zip up. Oh, who the fuck are we kidding?
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
07-02-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: Equality Florida, Anita Bryant
The Orlando Police Beatnew
June 16, 8:50 pm: Passed along without comment: "The suspect gained entry to the storage room by kicking open the door. The suspect attempted to remove a leaf blower but was confronted by the complainant and was threatened with an umbrella, at which time the suspect left the leaf blower and fled the area on foot."
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
07-02-2009 |
Crime & Justice
