AltWeeklies Wire
This Little Undergroundnew
Bao talks about the good, the bad and everything in between in the music world.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
06-05-2008 |
Music
Orlando City Council Watchnew
Paying attention to city government so you don't have to.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-05-2008 |
Politics
The Orlando Police Beatnew
This week's copper wire theft comes from a Florida Hospital parking garage construction site. Gays do not steal copper.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
06-05-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Blisternew
Billy deals with aging, not so gracefully.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-05-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Gay Media Pioneer Chris Alexander-Manley Signs Offnew
When likable radio voice and perpetually busy GayDays.com entrepreneur Chris Alexander-Manley signed off for the last time from his weekly radio show, Gay Orlando Talk, he capped off a 15-year run that handily mirrored the ups and downs of the Orlando GLBT community.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-05-2008 |
Media
What are the Consequences of a Gay-Marriage Ban?new
In January, when Florida4Marriage announced that they had received enough signatures to secure a place for Amendment 2 -- the so-called "marriage amendment" -- on the November ballot, the future looked bleak for the initiative’s opponents.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-05-2008 |
LGBT
Life at the Top of the Drag Queen Circuit is No Laughing Matter for Christina Leenew
Lee is a perfectionist, a diva and a professional. She’s been competing in beauty pageants for more than 15 years. After taking first runner-up at the national Entertainer of the Year Pageant in St. Louis last year, the 33-year-old thinks this might be her year to win it all, provided she can find that perfect gown.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Morey |
06-05-2008 |
Culture
Steve Albini and David Gedge Return to the Roughnew
The marquee bit of news regarding the Wedding Present's first new album in three years is the fact that Albini is again sitting in as producer … sorry, engineer.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
05-29-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Wedding Present, El Rey
The Ocean's Symphonic Metal Conjures Movies of the Mindnew
Don't bother trying to nail down the sound of the Ocean Collective (better known as simply the Ocean). Teutonic metalcore? No. Conceptual math-rock? Please.
Orlando Weekly |
Tara Lightfoot |
05-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Precambrian, The Ocean
Mirror Pal Insists on Morality in Their Musicnew
Do they have to?
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
05-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mirror Pal
First Shotnew
Reviews of upcoming movies, DVDs, video games and soundtracks.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
05-29-2008 |
Movies
Tags: first shot, Steve Schneider
Live Active Culturesnew
Miss me? Sorry to disappear last week, but the perfect storm that was the 17th Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival blew my regular musings right off the map.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
05-29-2008 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
The Orlando Police Beatnew
Warning: This is a pretty boring week in crime. So do what I did: Slam three shots of Jack Daniel's and a fistful of Vicodin and let's get on with it. And don't bitch. I have to write the damn column; all you have to do is read it. Anyway.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
05-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Happytown Goes to an Obama Town Hall Meetingnew
Because we are good journalists committed to bringing you the news in an evenhanded manner, the Happytown™ Mobile Election Center yes-we-can–ed our way down South Orange Blossom Trail all the way to the Kissimmee Civic Center to cover Sen. Barack Obama's May 21 town hall meeting.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes and Deanna Morey |
05-29-2008 |
Media
One Orlando Resident Wants to Use the Historic Preservation Board to Fight a Developernew
Sue MacNamara is fighting Eola Capital's plans to erect a 200-foot-tall office complex at the end of Washington Street, right off Lake Eola.
Orlando Weekly |
Bill Manes |
05-29-2008 |
Housing & Development
