AltWeeklies Wire
Blister: The Sequel to Migrationnew
Crazy genius Doug Rhodehamel has spontaneously emitted another one of his turn-the-household-item-of-your-choice-into-a-creature installations, this one under the name of Migration 2.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-18-2008 |
Comedy
This Little Undergroundnew
Their second album for Anti-/Epitaph Records won't drop until early next year, but local hip-hop stars Solillaquists of Sound have just released the album's first single, "Death of the Muse," featuring J-Live, Jurassic 5's Chali 2na and Maureen Yancey.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
09-18-2008 |
Performance
Happytown: Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, and Morenew
The latest Quinnipiac University poll of Florida voters indicates that only 55 percent of the 1,427 voters questioned support the superfluous Amendment 2, the so-called marriage amendment.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes and Deanna Morey |
09-18-2008 |
Commentary
Miami's Spam Allstars' Mismashed Heatnew
As Spam Allstars, they spin a web of heady grooves around Yeomanson's uncanny manipulations, resulting in a harmonious melange of electronic elements, samples of old Latin vinyl and the live muscle of a Latin conjunto.
Orlando Weekly |
Lissette Corsa |
09-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spam Allstars
First Shot: 'Sex Drive'new
"Watch this," we whispered to a buddy as the trailer for Sex Drive rolled. "In about five seconds, this chick is going to take a totally awesome gainer. Right on her face." Plus: Short reviews of Lakeview Terrace, Ghost Town, My Best Friend's Girl, Igor, and In Search of a Midnight Kiss.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
09-18-2008 |
Reviews
Bikes Beans & Bordeaux: Wheelin' and Mealin' in Orlandonew
Clean starts and big finishes at this bike-friendly sandwich joint.
Orlando Weekly |
Faiyaz Kara |
09-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Global Peace Film Festival Features Seriously Moving Pictures from Around the Worldnew
The Global Peace Film Festival showcases up the 30 feature films (mostly documentaries) and almost 20 shorts from around the globe that offer differing interpretations and perspectives on the subject of "peace."
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd, Liz Langley, Bob Whitby, Al Krulick and Seth Kubersky |
09-18-2008 |
Theater
In Orlando, Taxes Are Going Up While City Services Are Being Cutnew
Orlando's city government responded to its current budget crisis -- a $31.4 million deficit -- the way most cities do: They blamed everyone and everything else for their fiscal problems.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-18-2008 |
Commentary
Orlando Council Watch: Paying Attention to Gov't So You Don't Have Tonew
Given current budget woes, there was a lot of whimsy this time around as the sitcom characters of The Dais gathered for another civic powwow.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-18-2008 |
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
Blisternew
“Abandon hope all ye who enter here” is not scrawled in blood on the side of the Waverly condo at Lake Eola, but as the glass door swings open, surely the desperate handprint smudges of failed exits prior can’t be a good sign.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-12-2008 |
Comedy
This Little Undergroundnew
Vanda, the new local band fronted by Ryland Bojack, showed promise in their debut performance (Sept. 6, Orlando Brewing). Rather than a world-weary brand of country, their down-home twang is leavened by the kind of indie pop that would be at home in Athens.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
09-12-2008 |
Concerts
The Orlando Police Beatnew
Aug. 29; 1:01 p.m.: A 42-year-old battered an Old Navy rent-a-cop who busted him shoplifting. Officer Baker concludes his report with the following bit of redundancy: "The arrestee was arrested."
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
09-12-2008 |
Commentary
Happytown: What Happens When Knights Get Angry?new
A group of jockish University of Central Florida Knights fans have recently taken offense to the city's paper of record, the Orlando Sentinel, with regard to its handling of the death of wide receiver Ereck Plancher. You may recall the paper’s "coach won't talk to us!" martyrdom and laugh a little.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes, Deanna Morey and Bob Whitby |
09-12-2008 |
Commentary
Mexican Singer Ximena Sarinana Dances Around Conformitynew
The scene at Sound Generation studio in New York's West Village was one of anticipation as Mexican newcomer Ximena Sarinana prepared to make her live American radio debut on public radio mainstay KCRW.
Orlando Weekly |
Lissette Corsa |
09-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mediocre, Ximena Sarinana
