The Arizona Diamondbacks were on the receiving end of a major league ass kicking during their 8-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. As a result, the Snakes dropped back to the .500 mark and lost ground in their quest for a post-season berth…
If you had hoped to check out this weekend’s screenings of Blade Runner at MADCAP Theatres, or any of the other films scheduled to be shown at the independent movie house during the next few weeks, you’re going to need to make some new plans. The Mill Avenue theater and…
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Tomorrow evening is gonna be a big night in the life of local beat-juggler Luke Romero. The same goes for such other local mixer wizards as Brett Ortiz, Tonic Kemestry, Party Reaper, and Nemo. All five of these Valley EDM artists, turntablists, and producers are finalists in the Hometown Heroes…
Jason Kubel walloped a pair of homers on Thursday night to help the Arizona Diamondbacks trounce the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 at PNC Park. The win allowed the Snakes to split their four-game series with the Bucs and keep in the hunt for the postseason. Kubel notched his 24th moonshot of…
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Fans of the Arizona Diamondbacks tend to get pretty nutty about bobbleheads. Visit Chase Field in the hours prior to certain games where the seven-inch-tall plastic figures are given away, each portraying various D-backs players, and you’re likely to see more than a thousand people waiting in line to get…
Guitarist Sonny Decarlo readily admits that his sludge metal/crustpunk quintet Kuato & Quaid probably won’t to amount to much in the grand scheme of things. Ditto for his other groups PV Casualties, a sloppy Misfits cover band, and Level T, a weirdo rock ensemble that’s featured pots and pans as…
To compete in the Olympic Games, which wrap up on Sunday night, one needs to possess significant amounts of strength, athletic prowess, and determination in order to quest for the gold. To participate in the Dos Gringos Bar Olympics this weekend, however, all you’ll need is a keen eye, good…
On any given Sunday in Scottsdale, Old Town becomes something of a ghost town. Although many gin joints and posh watering holes are open and offering libations, the majority of the party crowd generally is at home nursing their hangovers from the night before or resting up for another work…
Like many denizens of Tempe, the folks behind popular UK Thursdays decided to take the summer off for rest, relaxation, and recreation. Now that classes are set to resume at Arizona State University later this month and the college crowd has begun making its return to town, the dubstep weekly…
Sheila Missy Lectro is something of a quadruple threat. Over the past few years she’s organized and performed with cabaret troupe the DeViltry Dolls, designed her own line of dancewear and racy couture, starred as a go-go girl at local EDM events, and worked as fashion photographer. (This Friday, you…
Weird Al Yankovic Comerica Theatre Sunday, August 5, 2012 “He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life.” — Homer Simpson If some massive holocaust does, in fact, bring about Armageddon at the end of December, there are a few things that are guaranteed to survive the ginormous…
Officials from the Buckeye Police Department and the Maricopa County Medical Examiner have released specific details regarding the cause of death of Tempe Improv owner Mark Anderson. Per the autopsy report issued by the Medical Examiner yesterday via the Buckeye P.D., the 60-year-old’s death was due to natural causes, specifically…
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Like many Phoenix Suns fans, David L. Bradley was a wee bit heartbroken when Steve Nash blew town last month. After all, the eye lounge artist is a longtime fan of the former all-star point guard for the Suns, who signed with the dreaded Los Angeles Lakers in early July…
The DJ booth up on the W Scottsdale Hotel’s WET Deck will host a special guest spin session tonight, and its someone you might not normally associate with the world of turntables and club nights. Grammy-winning R&B singer Macy Gray will dialing up tracks on the mixers during her set…
If Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz from American Pickers ever return to Arizona, there are a couple places the duo might want to go digging. Namely, the pair of neighboring houses over in the West Valley owned by Don Parks. The wizened treasure hunters would likely have a memorable day…
One of the true signs of a great stand-up, other than being able to keep an audience in stitches, is the ability to handle hecklers in the crowd. And it’s a tricky task, to be certain. Comics have to walk a tightrope when dispatching a smart-mouthed upstart, because they need…
As any rockabilly fanatic worth his weight in pomade might tell you, greasers have served as a metaphor for rebellion ever since Marlon Brando rode his chopper across the silver screen in 1953’s The Wild Ones. Leather-clad hooligans have exemplified the very definition of cool for more than 60 years…
If you ever need to get hold of Al Page on a Saturday afternoon, forget about trying to dial up the dope DJ and club promoter. The ringtone probably will get lost in the sweet sounds of whatever funk and soul blend he’s brewing up at that particular moment of…
