AltWeeklies Wire
Blisternew
Is this the beginning or is it the end? Splashed up like a barnacled seashell on the vacant coast of Bar-BQ-Bar’s early-Wednesday-night liquor drip, a few – very few – thoughts come to mind.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-05-2008 |
Comedy
This Little Undergroundnew
Local trio Basements of Florida is the latest intelligent rock band worth real attention (Aug. 29, Taste). Comprising only drums and dueling bass guitars, they powered through songs that were propulsive and dynamic.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
09-05-2008 |
Performance
Facebook Smackdownnew
A Boston University student and a Stanford student explain the joys and the bummers and the flat-out strange shit that come from living your life publicly on Facebook.
North Bay Bohemian |
Cassandra Landy l Brodie Jenkins |
09-05-2008 |
Tech
I Lost My Life to World of Warcraftnew
While I have been an elite player of many off- and online games, I have also been the inevitable loser of close friends and loved ones who cannot shake the mind rot and addiction of their electronic second selves.
North Bay Bohemian |
Gabriel Francisco |
09-05-2008 |
Culture
What I Ate on My Summer Vacationnew
From Bobcat Bites to Morning Glory.
L.A. Weekly |
Jonathan Gold |
09-05-2008 |
Food+Drink
Garage Days Revisitednew
In the few buzz-heavy months that Black Box Collective has been open, the volunteer-run "community space," one of four warehouses on artist Robin Van Arsdol's compound, has booked night after night of interesting, even adventurous, punk, hardcore and hip-hop shows, and their future plans are fittingly daring.
Orlando Weekly |
Daniel Alba |
09-05-2008 |
Performance
El Palenque: Lord of the Ringnew
Tex-Mex expectations of Orlando restaurant El Palenque met and, at times, exceeded.
Orlando Weekly |
Faiyaz Kara |
09-05-2008 |
Food+Drink
Burning Man: Torching the American Dreamnew
Welcome to Hell. Population, You: Among the many and varied effects of Burning Man upon national culture is that it vindicates a long-cherished, if little-expressed, American desire to drive to another planet.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
09-05-2008 |
Culture
I Posed Today: How I Came to Bare Some an Open Playboy Auditionnew
I was surfing Playboy.com, looking for writing opportunities, and I stumbled upon its national casting call instead. It just so happened that the next stop was Vegas. I took the synchronicity as a sign from the Writing Gods. "This is your chance!" they whispered as a star on the website's map blinked on Vegas.
Las Vegas Weekly |
C. Moon Reed |
09-05-2008 |
Culture
Blisternew
It’s been three days of drippy inertia and descending barometric pressure and Roy and I, and just about anybody else presently craving Vitamin D, are all chewing away at our collective last nerve in hopes that Fay will go away.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-04-2008 |
Comedy
Want a Free Lunch in DC?new
D.C.'s many think tanks and nonprofits put out hundreds of free spreads every year, and, often enough, you just need to know when to show up.
Washington City Paper |
Ruth Samuelson |
09-04-2008 |
Food+Drink
DC's TV Stations Feast on Youngnew
Not content to go the way of the newspaper, local television stations have turned to the web to capture that coveted 21-34 demographic, creating websites that are less news, more booze.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
09-04-2008 |
Tech
Orlando Rapper Terrence King and the Divine Hustlenew
King's been kicking around the local minor league of rap for over a decade, self-releasing hip-hop CDs he makes at his house. He presents himself as a rapper who could live a life of girls, drugs and fame, but chooses to walk the straight and narrow instead.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
09-04-2008 |
Performance
The Prix is Right at The Chef's Tablenew
Historically quaint eatery a pleasure in every sense.
Orlando Weekly |
Faiyaz Kara |
09-04-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Orlando, restaurants
Sex Sells: An Orlando Producer Cashes in on Internet Pornnew
Porn is a booming business in Florida, particularly in Miami, which is known for companies like the Bang Bros, who produce online reality porn. The state as a whole is an untapped market for producers because there's a large and willing pool of fresh faces.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Morey |
09-04-2008 |
Tech
