Dance/pop darlings of the 80’s, Erasure, bring a flamboyant display of unadulterated fun to Orlando’s House of Blues. Jen Cray is pleasantly surprised.

The Gore Gore Girls take the two best musical styles of Detroit, Motown and Garage Rock, and combine them with sexy, sultry attitude. Jen Cray reports from the white vinyl lounge.

Punk Rock Pop Star Billy Idol is touring in support of his comeback album, Devil’s Playground , and Jen Cray has the good news – he still rocks!

Green Day started out 16 years ago as a bratty punk rock band playing in dank, empty clubs, but these days their ambitious punk rock opera American Idiot has catapulted them onto a sold-out arena tour. Jen Cray finds them not to have changed in the least.

In one year’s time psychobilly trio Tiger Army have graduated from playing small clubs, to being the supporting act on a high profile tour, to headlining their first American tour. Jen Cray gives the analysis.

The guys of Interpol look and sound great in concert, but remind Jen Cray of a bunch of Ken dolls when onstage.

The former frontman for the seminal hardcore punk outfit, The Misfits, unleashed an evening of pure, dark, bluesy metal on an eager Florida crowd. Jen Cray escapes unscathed.

Spring blooms with exciting new productions in Orlando’s vibrant Theater Scene! Carl Gauze loads up on antihistamines and reports on this season’s spores.

Social Distortion plays to yet another sold-out crowd 25 years into their career. Thus proving conclusivelly, to Jen Cray and all that Punk is not dead.

Days after receiving their very first Grammy Award for their fifth album, A Ghost Is Born, Wilco greets a sold-out Orlando, FL crowd. And Jen Cray.

Ska pioneers, The Toasters, are still inspiring kids to skank 24 years into their career. Jen Cray attends a ska triple bill in Orlando and tells us how they manage to do it.

It’s time for the newest major artsy fartsy event on Orlando’s Cultural Horizon, “Playfest! 2005”. And though Carl F. Gauze isn’t thrilled about the exclamation point in the middle, the event still promises some excitng new works and world premieres from local and national writers.

Retro New Wave band The Killers have gone from obscurity to stardom in less than a year. Jen Cray caught their current tour, with Now It’s Overhead and The Zutons in Orlando.

After 11 years of not speaking to one another, the Pixies are back together and touring. The fans come out in droves, as the band sells out show after show, including a recent trip to Orlando. Jen Cray reports.

Carl F. Gauze takes one last pre-vacation dip into the Orlando theater scene and is mightily impressed by O’Neil and Sondheim productions, and endures a horrid political production that sent even seasoned critics running for the hills.

The <b>Snow Patrol</b> tour was as much about opening acts <b>Ok Go</b> and <b>Silversun Pickups</b> as it was about the Irish headliners. Jen Cray was among those lucky enough to score a ticket to the sold-out event.

Jen Lato describes this triple bill and the fine art of selling out – selling out the venue, that is.

If there were any justice in the world, every show like this would be sold out. So says Jen Lato.

A short film and demo on henna body painting in a dark and smoky bar. Just the sort of place you’d expect to run into Carl F Gauze.

VHS or Beta, with I Am the World Trade Center at the Social in Orlando, FL on June 27, 2002. Concert review and photos by Ian Koss.