There are plenty of signs that The White House in Scottsdale is no longer in operation: The doors are locked tight, the lights are switched off, the liquor’s all gone, and the sound system is silent. And here’s the biggest sign of all: A large “For Lease” placard hangs on…
They were terrible on defense (allowing recent Hornets acquisition Eric Gordon to nab 20 points), awful on offense (shooting only 39.5 percent from the field), and were particularly bad from three-point range (going 5-for-25 beyond the arc). Oh, and rookie Markieff Morris screwed up a last-second chance to win the…
It’s the holiday season, which means lights are everywhere: On your neighbor’s house, decorating the local bar, and on buildings of downtown Phoenix. During the buildup to Christmas, Jackalope Ranch will be running the numbers on some of the best and brightest light displays around the Valley. If you’re a…
Like they say, if you’ve got it, flaunt it. In Scottsdale, that means plunking down some huge coin to live large and nab swank seating in the VIP sections of the hottest of hotspots while the other half has to fight for space amid a crowd of inebriated clubgoers. Given…
When Andrea Beesley-Brown originally booked a pair of holiday cult films to screen at The Royale on Christmas Eve, she had absolutely no idea those would be the final flicks ever screened at her arthouse cinema.Sadly, such will be the case as Beesley-Brown will close The Royale two nights from…
It’s the holiday season, which means lights are everywhere: On your neighbor’s house, decorating the local bar, and on buildings of downtown Phoenix. During the buildup to Christmas, Jackalope Ranch will be running the numbers on some of the best and brightest light displays around the Valley. Frank Kostyun thinks…
Thursday 22 Afterlife: Thumpin’ Thursdays (various) Bar Smith: Ladies Night with DJ Idenaty, DJ EC Rock, & DJ Oh-Jezus (various) Capitol Sports Lounge: DJ Danny Peru (old school, Latin, Top 40) Crescent Ballroom: Boomstick! with Jared Alan, BC/AD, President Gator, Fast Eddie, & more (various) Dollhouse Cocktail Lounge: DJ Jon…
Conan O’Brien ain’t got nothing on Ernesto Moncada. While it might be true that O’Brien has millions in the bank and millions in fans around the nation, Moncada (also known by his stage name “Ernasty”) hosts a talk show that’s far, far funnier than CoCo’s program that airs nightly on…
As far as years go, 2011 wasn’t one of the best. Sure, getting out mitts on Tom Waits’ latest album was pretty sweet, but we coulda lived without the major tragedies and the never-ending financial nightmare. We’re eager for this year to end, but not before we send it out…
Despite the near-constant backbiting and backstabbing that seems to take place in the Valley’s music scene, it’s kinda cool that artists will band together to help out an old friend in their time of need. To wit: A slew of old-school DJs and music-scene veterans will gather on Sunday, December…
Somewhere in America, Jeff Miller’s ears are burning. The towering vocalist of defunct Bay Area hardcore act Bad Posture, which used to hang with the likes of Dead Kennedys and Flipper during punk’s early-’80s glory days, is getting dissed something fierce by local record store owner Michael Pawlicki. The 49-year-old…
It’s the holiday season, which means lights are everywhere: On your neighbor’s house, decorating the local bar, and on buildings of downtown Phoenix. During the buildup to Christmas, Jackalope Ranch will be running the numbers on some of the best and brightest light displays around the Valley. In any Valley…
To say that just a few celebrations will be taking place on New Year’s Eve is a huge understatement. Pretty much any and every drinking or dining establishment will be counting down the seconds until 2012 before popping corks at midnight.So the question is not if you’ll be celebrating on…
If you’re planning a major rager on New Year’s Eve, consider dialing things down a notch and holding back a bit of your energy, sanity, and cash. The Decentralized Dance Party is slated to take over Phoenix just four days later on Wednesday, January 4, and it’s an event you won’t…
The true test of any bar’s popularity isn’t if it’s crowded on Friday or Saturday (every place is like that), but rather if it’s just as busy on an off night like Sunday. Based upon the amount of people that crammed themselves inside SideBar during Retro Hi-Fi on Sunday, December…
Christmas comes a little early to Chow Bella this year — in the form of some darn good holiday storytelling. Today, Benjamin Leatherman sings a tune of Christmas past. As an audience of hundreds watched on in shock and amusement on a Christmas night many years ago, I was making…
If you ever took the time to plot out a flowchart depicting Phoenix’s vastly interconnected DJ/dance scene, its incredibly likely that the name Zach Sciacca, better known as Z-Trip, would be at its heart.Practically every turntablist, mixmaster, or knob-twister in the Valley has some sort of connection to Sciacca, either…
It’s the holiday season, which means lights are everywhere: On your neighbor’s house, decorating the local bar, and on buildings of downtown Phoenix. During the buildup to Christmas, Jackalope Ranch will be running the numbers on some of the best and brightest light displays around the Valley. Thousands upon thousands…
It’s the holiday season, which means lights are everywhere: On your neighbor’s house, decorating the local bar, and on buildings of downtown Phoenix. During the buildup to Christmas, Jackalope Ranch will be running the numbers on some of the best and brightest light displays around the Valley. Visiting the eclectic…
Everyone’s got one in their closet — hidden back behind that pair of jeans that will never fit again is the ugly holiday sweater or pullover that was either given to you by a doddering relative, picked up at a local thrift store on a lark, or purchased on Etsy…
Most Christmastime displays tend to be manic and frantic orgies of light that usually border on cacophony and involve homeowners trying to cram as many bulbs as possible. Not so with Holiday Mountain. The yearly display at the Val Vista Lakes housing community in Gilbert is more of a tranquil…
Here’s a Christmas story that’s bound to warm your heart: Local hip-hop cipher Benjamin Walker (better known by his stage name Mr. Puma MC) is at the tail end of a battle with cancer, partly due to the efforts of plenty of Valley DJs.The 39-year-old emcee, who’s been working the…
