AltWeeklies Wire
Blister: Orlando's Big Bang Turns 20new
Big Bang is presently slurring its way through the nostalgic echo chamber of its 20th anniversary party at the Independent Bar downtown. It's an odd bit of nostalgia, because although we are both old bitter record collections, gathering dust in our synth-laden grooves, it is not our nostalgia.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
07-30-2009 |
Commentary
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
Admit It: You Hate the Cops, Too
The Gates incident has illuminated some basic, strange assumptions about our society. Cops think they have a constitutional right to be treated deferentially. And black people think cops are nice to white people. Yeah, well, take it from a white guy: we don't like cops either.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
07-29-2009 |
Race & Class
Cartoon: Wimpy Harrynew
The Cambridge cop who arrested Professor Gates whined that Gates insulted his "mama." Whatever happened to tough cops?
Lawrence Summers is Googling While America Burnsnew
This animated cartoon mocks Lawrence Summers' remark that we can tell the economy is doing better because fewer people are Googling "economic collapse."
Gallows Shows Off its Unhesitant Death Rattlenew
With Grey Britain, South London hard-core quintet Gallows unleashes a devastating screed against the stupider features of 21st-century English life.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
07-29-2009 |
Reviews
Discovery's 'LP' is Faddish Yet Funnew
Listening to Discovery's LP reminds us that synthpop is the "sound of the aughts."
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
07-29-2009 |
Reviews
Sax Ruins Breaks Down Category Wallsnew
Just when you thought nothing more could be done in the jazz-based idiom with a saxophone and a drum kit, along comes Sax Ruins, a deadly duo featuring improvisational sax player Ono Ryoko and Ruins skinsman Tatsuya Yoshida.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
07-29-2009 |
Reviews
The English Beat Continues to Hone its Reggae/Punk Blendnew
The English Beat may have become a beloved footnote in the history of college music if a funny thing hadn't happened in the United States in the '90s: An entirely new generation of kids became enamored with the 2 Tone sound and started forming bands of their own.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
07-29-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Ending of 'Orphan' Shocks and Redeems the Entire Movienew
All of the tired cliches wore down my expectations -- resulting in a major moment of surprise in the film's final act. It doesn't make the film a classic by any means, but it does turn the proceedings into a semi-respectable horror film. It's a big, sometimes darkly funny fake-out that works.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-29-2009 |
Reviews
'(500) Days of Summer': The Need to Pleasenew
(500) Days of Summer comments on and rejects romantic-comedy conventions -- well, some of them.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
07-29-2009 |
Reviews
Judd Apatow on the Making of His 'Citizen Kane'new
The director talks about what it's like casting his preteen daughters in a comedy with so many penis references, why comedians are such dicks and his hard-on for Steve Martin.
Boston Phoenix |
Lance Gould |
07-29-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
ESPN's Odd Double Standard On Sexnew
Sports-media behemoth ESPN rightfully balked when one of its broadcast stars, Erin Andrews, was victimized by a pervert with a video camera, and moved quickly to suppress the footage. But did it apply a double standard when it refused to cover the sexual-assault case of NFL star Ben Roethlisberger?
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
07-29-2009 |
Media
