2008 Woodie Awards
Alpha Epsilon Pi alum from the University of Central Florida bring their love of beat downs, intro music and rope dives to downtown Orlando professional wrestling fans every month, in a place where wearing tight spandex underpants breeds the norm and the sadomasochist parallel of hero verses heel brings heckles and cheers.
Different as we all are, when we go out, we are always brought together by one special need in one special place. I am, of course, talking about the bathroom and the need to pee after a long night. I found myself in that exact situation. I decided to go to Knightly Scoop, a local hangout for UCF students.
Crosby Stapleton has been an employee at College Park Video for about a year and a half, although he insists that he's been a frequenter of its aisles since his mother pushed him around them in a stroller. But with the store scheduled to close its doors by July 1, the 27-year-old finds himself all grown up and with no place to go, as the store finds its lease ended after 23 years.
Universal's CityWalk has given a new reason to perfect those morning shower choral warm-ups. If Randy, Simon and Paula vetoed your vocals, head on down to the American Idol reject-friendly environment at CityWalk's Rising Star for an unforgettable karaoke experience.
Among a jungle of corrugated sheet metal, Officer Lockstock -played by the charismatic and stiff-postured Kyle Adkins - enters onto the stage introduces the audience to Urinetown, the musical, explaining that Urinetown, the place, wouldn't be seen until the second act.
On the surface, it wouldn't seem like WALL-E and Wanted would have a terrible lot in common. The former takes place 700 years from now, as the last remaining robot (voiced by Ben Burtt) on the planetary garbage dump that Earth has become falls optical units over treads for a sleek scout (Elissa Knight), who comes down from the heavens above on a mission.
Less Than Jake, Rancid and Enter the Haggis: one ska show, one punk show, one indie show - three nights of live performances from bands that have influenced my musical tastes through the years. That was my mission, the task for me to go and experience. If you are doing a concert the right way, you are not only dancing, singing, cheering and moshing, but you are connecting with the band on a prehistoric level, like the beats of clubs on cave walls.
My Brightest Diamond, the musical project of vocalist/instrumentalist/songwriter Shara Worden, released its sophomore album, A Thousand Shark's Teeth, on June 17 - an arrangement of sounds that come together like a film, transporting listeners to an ambient world made of shake-the-ground vocals, swallow-the-world orchestral strings, brass instruments, percussion, woodwinds, keyboards, harps and guitars.
When Tilly and the Wall announced their new album, they said it did not have a title. But by the album's release date of June 17, they said it could be called O after the large O-shaped frame on its cover. On each album, this frame surrounds different pieces of fan-made artwork, displaying everything from a bird shooting lightning bolts while it sings, to the band standing on a floor made of stars.