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On sale this week: ZZ Top at Hard Rock Live 27 Aug 2013 | 06:51 pm
On sale: Friday, Aug. 30 ZZ Top 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29 Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrock.com $39.50-$100 Down the road: The Dad Horse Experience, Sept. 5 ...
Diplo plans to break a twerk world record at Electric Zoo 27 Aug 2013 | 06:49 am
DJ, producer and former Orlando-area troublemaker Diplo is planning to break the world record for twerking. He’s currently seeking 50 girls to “#expressthemselves” on Sept. 1 during his Electric Zoo F...
If you’re not pissed off, you’re not paying attention: What Orlando could learn from St. Petersburg’s war over The Lens 27 Aug 2013 | 01:32 am
Tomorrow, St. Petersburg will have a mayoral election. But that’s not the ballot’s main event. Rather, that’s a referendum from a group called Stop The Lens, whose signs you see literally everywhere i...
The Short Stack: Death Rides a Unicorn 26 Aug 2013 | 10:36 pm
This Must Be the Only Fantasy Dir: Todd Cole Runtime: 13m The Creators Project This is probably my favorite of the short films I’ve seen so far this year. After leaving a weekend RPG hangout because...
For Reels Sunday Roundup — August 25th, 2013 25 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
For the handful of great things Twitter offers the world, it sucks the life out almost everything else. It was Ben Affleck being cast as Batman in the next Man of Steel that set all of the Twitter ne...
Florida Dunkin’ Donuts employees still can’t get no respect 24 Aug 2013 | 04:33 am
“Dunkin’ Donuts worker pistol-whipped over botched coffee order“ (NY Post) As soon as I read the headline, I just knew it was going to be somewhere in Florida. Maybe not Orlando, but c’mon, somewhere...
George Zimmerman is all smiles and shotguns 23 Aug 2013 | 11:14 pm
George Zimmerman, a month after his acquittal in the killing of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin and last seen evading a speeding ticket somewhere in Texas, decided a trip to Kel-Tec—the company tha...
The Great Pumpkin Beer Review ushers in the fall drinking season 23 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
Let’s be honest: When compared to other parts of the country, our “fall season” here in Orlando might be considered a “cooler summer” anywhere else, a time in late September/early October where the pe...
A negotiated peace: Antoinette Tuff and the new culture of compassion 22 Aug 2013 | 11:36 pm
I started paying real attention to movies in the 1970s, which means I grew up watching a lot of hostage situations. From Dog Day Afternoon to The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, it seemed that, every ...
Orange County Animal Services accidentally puts dog to sleep 22 Aug 2013 | 10:41 pm
This horrible story about Orange County Animal Services accidentally putting a dog in its care to sleep, despite the fact that a family had an application in to adopt the dog, is being shared around s...
