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Remembering Little Flagsnew
In the summer of ;62, my grandfather was dying in the Biloxi, Miss., V.A. hospital, so Grandmother and I would ride over there every day to visit. Death was unacceptable, especially for the man whom I believed hung the very stars in heaven.
Jackson Free Press |
Howard Bahr |
06-12-2008 |
Commentary
Why Don't the People of D.C. Have a Voice in Congress?new
D.C. Vote's Eugene Dewitt Kinlow and Ilir Zherka traveled to Jackson June 2, to talk with Mississippi voters about the issue.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
06-12-2008 |
Politics
Looking for 400 Photos of Supersized Stiffies?new
The Big Penis Book, the follow-up to Taschen's 2006 hit The Big Book of Breasts, also edited by Dian Hanson, and boasts more than 400 photos of some startlingly major tent poles, including rare pics of "the 13-and-only" John Holmes.
Orlando Weekly |
Liz Langley |
06-12-2008 |
Nonfiction
Mudhoney Gets Floridiannew
It has been quite a long time since Mudhoney graced the state of Florida, but the band's decade-plus absence from the state was not intended as a slight.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
06-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
This Little Undergroundnew
With the country’s political scene all astir right now, activism is on tap everywhere. Being a mirror of culture, the music community is likewise alive with dissent, particularly musician Max Bernstein. The son of Carl Bernstein (one of the two journalists who exposed the Watergate scandal) and former frontman for pop-punk act the Actual, he has dedicated himself to political commentary through his current band Max and the Marginalized.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
06-12-2008 |
Music
Live Active Culturesnew
Stand for Change! It’s about Change! Change!! Change!!! As the presidential primary circus staggered to a close on Saturday, I was struck by how “change” has become the de facto rhetorical rallying point for all sides in this election. Looks like everyone is in love with change.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
06-12-2008 |
Recreation
Lou Pearlman Reveals His Get-Out-of-Prison Plannew
When U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp handed Pearlman a 25-year sentence in May, Sharp also handed Pearlman "the keys to your jail cell." For every $1 million Pearlman came up with in restitution to his victims, Pearlman's sentence would be reduced by one month. He's in for 300 months. He's on the hook to the government for $200 million.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
06-12-2008 |
Media
Blisternew
I’ve often wondered out loud to myself while naked and submerged in the warmth of my bubbly decompression chamber, “Self, how many times does the shampoo mean when it says in somewhat uncertain terms, ‘Lather. Rinse. Repeat’?” Two times borders on half-yawned monotony. Six times starts to burn a little, while psychologically producing a mechanical sense of beauty slavery. But 17 times? That’s enough to make you old, make you lose your hair, quite possibly make you drip down the drain in a self-inflicted goo of bloody foam. Do. Not. Want.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-12-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Two Docs Examine the Love and Politics of Christopher Isherwood and Derek Jarmannew
Chris & Don: A Love Story and Derek are elegies to gay cultural figures, novelist Isherwood and filmmaker Derek Jarman, but they also uniquely chronicle lives of affection and rebellion -- personalities that are rarely found in the gay films that break into today's mainstream.
New York Press |
Armond White |
06-12-2008 |
Reviews
The Orlando Police Beatnew
May 30
(2008-236601) 11:20 p.m.: A 25-year-old suspect pulled a 51-year-old man out of a business on South Lee Road, beat him up and took his money. Dick.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
06-12-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks Return to the Stagenew
The seminal No Wave freak scream act, will play two shows at the Knitting Factory. The performances are timed with the release of No Wave: Post Punk. Underground. New York 1976-1980, a photographic and oral history edited by Thurston Moore and Byron Coley.
New York Press |
Georgia Kral |
06-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Will Johnson and Centro-matic Finally Graduate to Bowery Ballroomnew
From one-man sets at the Knitting Factory Tap Bar to full-band, what-American-rock-should-sound-like engagements with Centro-matic at Mercury Lounge and Union Pool, Will Johnson has headlined at New York's smaller stages in an almost Sisyphean effort to return to the city.
New York Press |
Greg Burgett |
06-12-2008 |
Concerts
Happytown: How Bad Are Things at the Orlando Sentinel These Days?new
We'll let an unnamed Sentinel staffer answer that one: "Apparently the depressing, winnowing months we've been through recently may soon be know[n] as 'the good ol' days.'"
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes and Deanna Morey |
06-12-2008 |
Media
Guy Maddin Explores His Hometown and Childhood in New Docufantasianew
When someone grows up on tales of stampeding racehorses being frozen in a river, leaving just their rearing heads above the ice, how can they not be a little off-kilter in their sensibilities?
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
06-12-2008 |
Reviews
With Ed Norton, Marvelites Get the Movie Monster They Deservenew
This Bruce Banner has the same soft-voiced, nerdy naturalism Ed Norton brought to Fight Club. The idea is to upgrade The Hulk from comic book teen dream to boomer alter ego.
New York Press |
Armond White |
06-12-2008 |
Reviews
