Let’s face it: Female artists are a distinct minority in the male-dominated electronic dance music biz. It’s even rarer to find female DJ duos, much less a talented twosome like South American siren Monica Farr and Minnesota beat mistress Lucy Luxe. The Twin City team, which performs as Dirty Talk,…
Downtown Phoenix art hangout the Trunk Space has been a haven for nerdy pursuits since it opened in 2004. Over the years, the venue has hosted poetry nights, dudes playing chiptune music on their Gameboys, and geeks thumbing through bins of used records and back issues of comic books.So it…
Earlier this week we wrote about the recent death of local musician/designer/artist Richie “Ressless Legz” Gimbel, who helped put on the weekly Sunday night Hang the DJ dance party at the Rogue Bar in Scottsdale.Gimbel’s galpal Megan Low recently told New Times that she and the other folks behind the…
The instruction manual for the Technics 1200 dictates that the quintessential DJ tool is only to be used with carts, stands, booths or other gear specified and approved by the manufacturer.Nowhere, however, does it state that the turntable is okay to be used on a gigantic burger box. It’s a…
Well-honed powers of observation are an absolute must for any detective. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle knew this, as demonstrated by the sleuthing skills of his greatest creation Sherlock Holmes. Millionaire heiress Frances Glessner Lee also believed criminal investigators should have a similarly keen eye, which is why she helped revolutionize…
Thursday 19 16th Street Bar & Grill: Kickback Thursdays with DJ Cedric Ceballos (hip-hop, classics, neo-soul, reggae, R&B, Top 40, old school) Afterlife: Beat the Scene Thursdays (electronica, dance, remixes) Bar Smith: Ladies Night with DJ Idenaty, DJ EC Rock, & DJ Oh-Jezus (various) Bobby Q’s: Capricorn B-Day Bash with…
After watching the forensic dramatics of television’s CSI franchise for more than a decade, it’s easy to think of cops as omniscient techno-inclined super-sleuths able to unravel any mystery. Such a notion is dubbed the “CSI effect,” where the public expects detectives to ferret out the most minute of evidence…
There are plenty of things to love about Phoenix after the sun goes down, like world-class DJs dropping crackalackin’ cuts in abundance, swank music venues springing up outta nowhere, and time-saving gems like those zazzy golf carts in Scottsdale. Here are a few of my favorites. The Lounge and Patio…
‘Tis the season for counterfeit Coachella posters, as the three-day tastemaking mega-festival quickly approaches and music fans invent dream lineups or needle the event in snarky fashion. One of the funnier Fauxchella fliers on the Interwebs (other than the one with nothing but fictional bands) is a satirically ironic lineup…
The Valley’s music scene is grieving the sudden and unexpected death of local DJ and promoter Richie Gimbel, who lost his life over the weekend.According to friends, the 32-year-old (who performed as Craigslist Killa and was also known as Ressless Legz) passed away in his sleep sometime Saturday night or…
House music is inherently uplifting and energizing. It makes you wanna get of that ass and get crazy on the dance floor. That certainly was the case at the Phoenix Convention Center on Sunday, January 15, when the House for Hunger Tour arrived in town.Hundreds of house-heads, party monsters, and…
If your sketchbooks are full of creative takes on your favorite scenes from Spiderman, Batman, and the Fantastic Four, the organizers of the Phoenix Comicon wanna see your stuff. Event coordinators are currently seeking submissions for the annual badge art contest for this year’s version of the ultra-popular comic book and…
When Jason Kiningham opened the doors of Red Hot Robot for the final time this past weekend to sell off the remainder of the store’s merchandise, there wasn’t much left to sell.”I told people that everything had to go and everything did go,” Kiningham says, “Almost amazingly so.” After announcing…
As reported by our sister blog Jackalope Ranch last week, the people behind Monsterland (the two-story haunted house and slasher movie museum located on Main Street that opened last October) are currently planning on transforming part of its property into a nightspot and dance emporium. Monsterland co-owner Kevin Wynn says right now…
As a result of the four-game skid, Planet Orange is lingering near the bottom of the Pacific Division and Western Conference standings with a 4-8 record. The first loss of the weekend came on Thursday night when the Cleveland Cavaliers came to US Airways Center on conquered Phoenix 101-90. While…
Danny “Scooby” Morales and House Magana are both way old-school. Besides being founding members of the Furious Styles Crew dance collective when it started close to two decades ago, they’ve been involved with the local hip-hop scene since the mid ’90s (and also threw plenty of off-the-hook house parties way…
Despite the fact that Downtown Mesa took a major hit last month when two of its beloved businesses (Evermore Nevermore and The Royale) closed down, there’s no need to think it’s the beginning of the end for the area’s recent resurgence. After all, Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row has weathered the loss…
If you’ve ever seen the Red Hot Chili Peppers live and in concert, no doubt you’ve witnessed lead singer Anthony Kiedis bouncing around the stage like a silly little freak. Thanks to a recent foot surgery (which involved removing a crushed sesamoid bone and repairing a detached flexor tendon), the…
Actor Jason Mewes has had a colorful life, to say the least. He’s become a hero to slackers, stoners, and college kids everywhere after spending the better part of the last 18 years playing Jay, the foul-mouthed, drug-dealing sidekick to Silent Bob in the comedies of director Kevin Smith.In real…
Thursday 12 16th Street Bar & Grill: Kickback Thursdays with DJ Cedric Ceballos (hip-hop, classics, neo-soul, reggae, R&B, Top 40, old school) Bar Smith: Ladies Night with DJ Idenaty, DJ EC Rock, & DJ Oh-Jezus (various) Bobby Q’s: Capricorn B-Day Bash with DJ Phlava, Judge Da Boss, & Petey Wheatstraw…
Old age is hell. For most cats, the relentless march of Father Time tends to weaken the joints, gray the features, and dull the mind. Well, unless they happen to be Kevin Smith, that is. In the case of the 41-year-old geek gadfly and auteur of such iconic comedies as…
When Tim Bergling started crafting electronica in 2008 in the bedroom of his Stockholm residence, he drew inspiration from his countryman Eric Prydz and the members of the Swedish House Mafia. Flash-forward to 2012, and the 22-year-old artist (now known as Avicii) is sharing the bill with his heroes at…
