River Cruise Romance
Take a nice boat ride, see some wildlife, catch a nice dinner, and watch an Italian Wedding blow up in someone else’s face
Take a nice boat ride, see some wildlife, catch a nice dinner, and watch an Italian Wedding blow up in someone else’s face
Carl F. Gauze enjoys an evening of cocktails and horror in a creepy corner of Orlando.
Joe Bob Briggs, America’s favorite B-Movie critic, recounts the history of redneck cinema and the cultural impact of Burt Reynolds.
A stripped-down film festival dips a toe into the Brave New World of masks, distancing, and cinema.
A young man comes of age just as WW2 threatens to take over the world.
’70s rock icons Styx continue to carry the classic rock torch. Michelle Wilson caught their show in South Florida and was loving every minute!
Oozing the authentic spirit of rock and roll, the LA-based combo, Dirty Honey, proved to be the real deal when they hit the stage recently at Orlando’s House of Blues.
A woman and her playwright can’t decide on a through line.
The Warped Tour may be over, but a new festival is already vying to be its replacement. The inaugural Sad Summer Festival hit Orlando on a hot summer day and Vanna Porter was there to see how it stacks up.
Six new musicals over four exciting days! Part 2!
Marriage is tough, especially when there are no eligible members of the opposite sex.
Six new musicals over four exciting days - Here’s the lowdown on the first half of the festival!
Do stock brokers deserve love? It doesn’t matter; they get what they want anyway.
Dance Gavin Dance, Don Broco, Covet and Hail The Sun rocked the House of Blues in Orlando!
The Feldman clan meets for dinner celebrating 15 years of Brian Feldman making surreal magic.
Brian Feldman calls me from the last functioning pay phone in Orlando and sings me a show tune.
The Florida Man Music Festival lit up the Orlando Amphitheater with a bunch of acts chosen by FM 101.9 (Orlando’s New Alternative radio station). Jen Cray approved.
Seaway rocked the Soundbar with Trophy Eyes, Microwave and more!
Counterparts and friends rocked the Soundbar in Orlando!
Let’s visit an America attacked by birds that peck us to death at high tide. Not sure how things are going in Phoenix.
This week, Christopher Long visits a Florida rummage sale where he comes across a well-cared-for vinyl copy of Smash Hits, the 1969 compilation LP from the Jimi Hendrix Experience, for just two bucks, and he soon rediscovers why the guitar-slashing icon remains “the whole package.”
88 Films gives new life to The Lady Assassin, Tony Lou Chun-Ku’s delightful mix of kung fu, Wuxia swordplay, and palace intrigue.
Alfred Sole’s Alice, Sweet Alice is a very Generation X movie, mirroring our 1970s lives in important and disturbing ways. Phil Bailey reviews the new 4K UHD version.
In 1977, Here at Last… Bee Gees …Live cemented the Bee Gees’ budding reputation as world-class master songsmiths. 46 years later, longtime Ink 19 writer Christopher Long nabs a well-loved $6 vinyl copy at a Florida flea market — replacing his long-loved and lost-to-the-ages original record.
All-American music legend Bonnie Raitt played the Riverwind Casino Showplace Theatre in Norman, Oklahoma, recently while on her Live 2025 international concert tour. Longtime Ink 19 contributor Christopher Long was there and got the goods.
“Little Dreaming” (Darkroom / Polydor / Capitol). Review by Danielle Holian.
Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same (Tapete Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Stories I Only Tell My Friends (Blackbird Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.