AltWeeklies Wire
The Last Taboonew
Florida is failing when it comes to talking to kids about sex.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
02-04-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
Rhyme & Punishmentnew
Loving the Wu means loving your inner masochist.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
01-28-2008 |
Music
Tags: The Wu-Tang Clan
Why I'm Not Voting This Weeknew
It's not apathy. By virtue of job description and personal predilections, I follow politics more closely than most. Having learned my lesson eight years ago, I never miss a vote. But this election is different. Nothing will change. There is no point.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
01-28-2008 |
Politics
No Man's Landnew
If a homeless person is shot in the woods, do the police really care?
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
01-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
People Who Died in 2007new
They changed the world a little, even if you've never heard of them.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman, Michael Byrne, Edward Ericson Jr., Anna Ditkoff, Lee Gardner, Billy Manes, Bret McCabe, Deanna Sheffield and Bob Whitby |
01-08-2008 |
Culture
Music Geneticists Mine Individual Tastesnew
Radio used to push musical tastes, but the internet suggests.
Orlando Weekly |
Chris Parker |
01-07-2008 |
Music
Orlando Musicians to Watch in '08new
Includes upcoming albums by Christina Wagner, Mumpsy, Solillaquists of Sound and more.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
01-07-2008 |
Music
Sheriff Kevin Beary vs. Deputies, Againnew
A police union files a grievance against the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
01-07-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Quest to Discover Why I Should Oppose Gay Marriagenew
I set out to ask a few Central Floridians what exactly being "against gay marriage" means. Could I find even one good reason why I, too, should sign that Florida4Marriage.org petition and so aggressively "defend marriage"?
Orlando Weekly |
Omar De La Rosa |
12-18-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Talk To Hernew
LaShonda Barnett has written a treasure trove of raw emotion from some of jazz and soul's greatest black scribes so bare in nature that it can pack a reality shock to devotees.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
12-06-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Does Curbside Recycling Really Do Any Good?new
Curbside recycling is better at assuaging the guilt we collectively feel as ever-hungry consumers than it is at doing something positive for the environment. As such, it's a public-policy crutch.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Somobe Hits the Backpacknew
Bombs, the Taliban, vague "land collapse"; we need an indie rapper, stat!
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Somobe, The Great Communication
Glass Celebrates Cohen's Returnnew
He's converted Book of Longing into an 86-minute symphony as complicated and macabre as the poet himself.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
Remembering U2's Breakoutnew
Long since resigned to the coffee tables of khaki families or wedged on shelves next to the Bible and The Da Vinci Code, it's easy to forget the widescreen impact of U2's 1987 world-altering breakout.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
11-29-2007 |
Reviews
Don't Get Bustednew
Pulled over with a dime bag in your glove compartment? Attorney Roger Scott wants you to know your rights.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
11-29-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
