Orlando (Florida)

Obama Supports Florida's Bid to Host Gay Games

Barack Obama is super down with The Gays. And, in another showing of being so, he's thrown his support behind Florida's bid to host the 2018 Gay Games via a letter to the organizing committee. The Gay Games have yet to pick a host nation for 2018. Orlando joins London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Lim ... More >>

I-4 Corridor Predicts Florida for Romney

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Faces Lawsuit For Not Protecting Ten Florida Species

Ten relatively obscure species found in the Sunshine State have landed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a legal tussle.The black rail, the Georgia blind salamander, a siltsnail, and the purple skimmer are among the animals that Fish and Wildlife has failed to adequately protect, accor ... More >>

Florida Named Porn-Viewing Capital of United States: Six of Florida's Googling Habits

Florida loves to pass laws solidifying the state's solid traditional values -- there's the gay marriage ban we put into the state constitution in 2008, the law against sleeping with your roommate, the law against "unnatural" acts, the one completely outlawing commercial phone sex... the list go ... More >>

FEC Train Operator Plans New Privatized Rail Service Between South Florida and Orlando

​It is, of course, essential Rick Scott lore that our budget-cutting governor nixed a federally funded high-speed rail project because it used too much taxpayer money. As little sense as that move made, the governor has always been clear that he favors private enterprise over the government provid ... More >>

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GOP Debate Audience Members Make Fools of Themselves by Booing Gay Soldier (Video)

​Another GOP presidential debate in Florida last night apparently presented the opportunity for audience members to make asses of themselves on national television again, this time by booing a gay soldier stationed in Iraq.During the Fox News/Google debate in Orlando, a question was given to Rick ... More >>

As Demand for Food Grows, "Food Not Bombs" Is There – Causing a Ruckus

Rick Scott Finds a Train He Likes: $1.2 Billion SunRail

blogomatic3000.com​He didn't like the idea of an almost-free high-speed train, and he vetoed plans to restore a Holocaust rail car, but Gov. Rick Scott finally found a train he likes -- the SunRail, with a price tag of $1.2 billion, including a cost of more than a half-billion dollars to the state ... More >>

Seven Mary Three at the Rock N' Roll Beer-B-Que 7/3

Anonymous Declares War on the City of Orlando for "Food Terrorists"

thenextweb.com​Anonymous, an online community of anarchist hackers, is taking on its new hacktivist cause -- an apparent "war" on the City of Orlando for the recent arrests of "food terrorists."The group Food Not Bombs -- which has recently been sharing food with people in parks across Florida -- ... More >>

Food Terrorists? 24 Food Not Bombs Activists Arrested for Feeding Homeless; Protest Planned July 1

​Last week, activists from the group Food Not Bombs -- including its cofounder -- were arrested in Orlando for trying to share food with homeless folks. The first arrestees violated a 2006 city ordinance that regulates mass feedings in parks. When others engaged in civil disobedience and continued ... More >>

Hard Rock Cafe Employees Sue for Minimum Wage

​In Orlando, a pair of restaurant workers are suing their former employer, Hard Rock Cafe (the biggest one in the world, btw), alleging that the company ripped them off by taking their tips and divvying them up among the kitchen staff. That's illegal, says their attorney, Sam J. Smith. In fact, fo ... More >>

The Lawyers and Clinics in the 411-PAIN Network

Facebook.com​Last week's New Times cover story was an investigation of the 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, a network of chiropractors and lawyers that solicits clients who have been in car accidents. Some readers requested we list the names of the professionals involved in the network. Since it's ... More >>

Q&A: Larry "Sprinklesman" Bach of Sprinkles Custom Cakes

Larry Bach ​I recently came across a cupcake that is not eaten in the normal fashion. Instead of peeling off the paper wrapping and getting crumbs all over the place, Larry Bach invented a way to eat cupcakes without all the mess.  Named Cake Shooters, they come packaged inside a ... More >>

Q&A With "Drinking Made Easy" Host Zane Lamprey

​Zane Lamprey has traveled from sea to shining sea, around the globe and back for the purpose of educating television audiences on a topic close to the comedian's heart -- drinking. The host of HDNet's "Drinking Made Easy" and former host of "Three Sheets" has tallied 77 episodes of globetrotting ... More >>

Commissioner's Suit to Kill Term Limits Going to Court

Broward County Commissioner John Rodstrom's attempt to kill term limits (chiefly for himself) is going to court tomorrow, where a judge is expected to rule on it up or down. Rodstrom, plain and simple, is trying to overturn the will of the people for his own selfish reason -- namely ... More >>

Enter Shikari Enters Something Mean Into the Hallowed Halls of the Culture Room

Stella Artois Beer-Pouring Championship: Win a Wild-Card Entry

​Did you know that there's an official nine-step "pouring ritual" to get the perfect Stella Artois out of a keg? Although this news inspires some of us to pop the top on a can of Bud Light (so much simpler!), some of you may rise to the challenge and hope to perfect the technique. Since 1997, Stel ... More >>

Samba Room Closes in Wake of E-Brands Bankruptcy

​Samba Room, which for ten years brought Latin fusion to Las Olas Boulevard, closed its doors on Friday. The closure follows last week's news that E-Brands, the parent company behind Samba Room as well as Timpano's Italian Chophouse & Martini Bar (also on Las Olas), filed for Chapter 11 bankru ... More >>

DJ Icey Leads a Night of Funky Breaks at Respectable Street

Roadkill: Florida Cities Dominate List of Most Lethal Pedestrian Zones

Flickr: gobayode​A recently released study by an agency for analyzing transportation policy found that the four most dangerous cities for pedestrians in the nation are Florida's four metropolitan areas. The very thin silver lining in this chalk outline in the crosswalk? Orlando and Tampa were both ... More >>

Local Blogger Questions New Mormon Temple in Fort Lauderdale

A story in yesterday's Sun-Sentinel says the Mormon Church has plans to build a new temple somewhere in western Broward County. It will be one of five new temples built in the United States and abroad and is expected to help serve the state's roughly 100,000 members living in Florida.  ... More >>

Florida Christ Plates Make Seat Belts Obsolete

photo courtesty blogs.tampabay.com/buzzLast month, when Florida Sen. Gary Siplin of Orlando proposed the "Trinity" automobile license plate to be draped with the crucified torso of Jesus Christ, it seemed worth filing in the old "Crazy Shit That Could Never Happen" file. After all, as FlaBlog points ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Child-finding Group Considers New, Woefully Misleading Name

Flickr user: Cocker_mom85Currently, it's called "A Child Is Missing," but the Fort Lauderdale organization founded to quickly circulate reports of missing children to Florida law enforcement may soon name itself after Caylee Anthony. It's not even the organization's idea. Rather, it's the brainstorm ... More >>

Virgins Revitalize Orlando Punk Sound

Virgins Miscarriage (Kiss of Death) It seems like just a few months ago, Sam Johnson was wandering around Orlando, telling people that his longtime band, New Mexican Disaster Squad, was ending, but that he had a new thing cooking -- and maybe this next band would be recording some demos soon. In a ... More >>

Morrissey Returns to South Florida (Maybe?) on Feb. 28

For hardcore Morrissey fans, especially those of us in South Florida, 2007 was somewhat emotionally tumultuous. First, he played an amazing summer show here, in support of Ringleader of the Tormenters -- good (in spite of the cruel heat). Except the show was at the Mizner Park Amphitheatre in Boca ... More >>

Salacious, Satanist Sinners

Awfully Wedded Wife

Bigamy charges and dozens of busts for sham marriages.It must be South Florida.

Silly Rabbits

Dance-music gurus for over a decade, does Rabbit in the Moon still have anything left in the tank?

The Immorality Police (And Their Trusty TV Sidekick)

The Iceman Cometh Again

Word Perfect

A Major Motion Mixtape (Dope)

Soothe Your Sol

Sol.illaquists of Sound

It Came From Orlando

Jeanie and the Tits, Derek Lyn Plastic, Fashion Fashion and the Image Boys, and the Drug Czars

The Rhythm of RITM

Rabbit in the Moon

The Deep End

Shake Ya' Azz

Best Skate Shop

Shred Shed

Fruits of Labor

Orlando rockers Atomic Tangerine work -- and win -- against the odds

Put the Needle Down...

Best Venue for Local Acts

Red Lion British Pub

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Best Hip-Hop Night

Mother's Pub

Best Amusement Park

Lion Country Safari

Dr. Strange Train

Or: How I learned to start worrying and hate the bullet train

The Jungle Hits the Swamp

Let DJ DB be your guide through the skittery beats of drum 'n' bass

In the Mix

Electronica's stars spin into Orbit

Bandwidth

You can't keep a good Button down

Skrape

New Killer America (RCA Records)

Bandwidth

DJ Catalyst, Brian Renda, Cat Stevens, 'NSync, Gonemad appearing with Lost and Headway, Bandit, and the Fearless Records Tour