AltWeeklies Wire
This Little Undergroundnew
The local music community got in on political action with the well-organized Obamarama Concert for Change. Besides a brief set by the incomparable Sam Rivers crew, I caught talented local act K-G and the Band delivering their smooth, robust blend of Afrobeat, funk and soul.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
10-23-2008 |
Performance
Obama for President
Obama's nearly two-year campaign has offered ample proof that he has the right mix of such gifts and skills; he's got calm, cool and collected covered, too. But what is especially right for these times might be his devotion to the same issue that defined our very first president: national unity.
The Inlander |
Staff |
10-23-2008 |
Commentary
Orlando City Council Watchnew
This looked like it could get good. Overhead, the flat-screen beamed images of a sweaty-backed Mayor Buddy Dyer being tackled by a gaggle of kids from the Parramore Kidz Zone, while on the council floor embattled state Sen. Gary Siplin made the rounds in a light fedora and pinstripes. Was it Personal Caricature Day? No.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-23-2008 |
Commentary
The Orlando Police Beatnew
Oct. 9, 7:55 a.m.: Your humble columnist has had a hell of a week, and to be perfectly honest pounding out this mush is just about the last thing in the world he wants to do right now. But duty calls, and like Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance (that's the only musical I know, swear to God), I answer.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
10-23-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Happytown: The Throngs Adore Sen. Hopey in Floridanew
Presidents Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were in fine form, rattling off candy-coated bits of rhetoric effortlessly while standing next to each other in pure Dream Ticket formation.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes and Adriana Ruiz |
10-23-2008 |
Commentary
The Dwarves Remain Forever Uoungnew
While the Dwarves are on the stage, each song is like a punch in the face, helped along by the yelling, fist-pumping and genital-swinging of the Dwarves' masked guitarist Hewhocannotbenamed.
Orlando Weekly |
Tara Lightfoot |
10-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: punk rock, The Dwarves
First Shot: 'The Hanoi Hilton'new
Until we read of Warner Brothers' decision to delay release of The Hanoi Hilton, we had no idea Sen. McCain had done time in a Vietnamese prison. Wonder why that hasn’t come up yet.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-23-2008 |
Reviews
Aroma Therapy at Memories of India IInew
Memorable dishes of fragrant Indian fare invigorate in Lake Mary.
Orlando Weekly |
Faiyaz Kara |
10-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
Who Loves the Living Dead?new
If you share my fondness for flesh-eaters, you would have found plenty of fellowship at Spooky Empire's Ultimate Horror Weekend. The Wyndham Resort attracted so many lurchers last weekend that I had to park at T.G.I. Friday’s and shamble across I-Drive.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
10-23-2008 |
Theater
Election '08: Who Judges the Judges?new
You know nothing about local judges, but you still elect them.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
10-23-2008 |
Politics
Is ACORN a Scapegoat or Villian?new
The venom conservatives have directed toward the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now in the waning weeks of this presidential election has truly been something to behold.
Orlando Weekly |
Adriana Ruiz |
10-23-2008 |
Politics
Going Inside Both Presidential Campaigns in Floridanew
I spent a week volunteering for both campaigns to get a perspective most reporters must speculate about from the outside. And because I wanted unvarnished access, not a public relations tour, I engaged in the ethically murky but necessary practice of concealing my role as a reporter.
Orlando Weekly |
Adriana Ruiz |
10-23-2008 |
Politics
Why is Boulder Chamber Orchestra Filled with Scientists?new
Over 30 percent of the Boulder Chamber Orchestra have backgrounds in the hard sciences. What's up with that?
Boulder Weekly |
Dylan Otto Krider |
10-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Faceoff with Phaneuf in 'NHL 09'new
Dion Phaneuf scored his first goal of the 2008-09 hockey season a month before the puck dropped on the NHL season. The Calgary Flames player was in Vancouver when he put the puck in the net, helping celebrate the release of Electronic Arts' NHL 09.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Blaine Kyllo |
10-23-2008 |
Video Games
The Rhone Less Travellednew
The Rhone Valley is one of France's most treasured and ancient grape-producing regions. Grapes seem to grow naturally here, spread ubiquitously among the endless sprawling hills, slowly baking under the ever-present Provence sun.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Kevin McLean |
10-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
