Thursday 13 27th Avenue Bar: DJ Manage (Top 40) Afterlife: Thumpin’ Thursdays (various) AZ 88: Josh One (various) Blue Martini: Rewind Thursday with DJ Mendez (hip-hop, dance, Top 40) Bobby Q’s: DJ Deuce (hip-hop) BS West: Intravenous Thursdays (goth, industrial, electronic, ’80s) Capitol Sports Lounge: DJ JS3 (various) Carly’s Bistro:…
Dario Varela rocks the decks like nobody’s business. The 29-year-old DJ has become a staple of Latin dance events in downtown Phoenix in recent years, having spun cumbias and reggaeton tracks in such spots as Sky Lounge, Silver, and PHX Nightclub. Varela’s sights are now set on conquering Scottsdale, as…
Lance Greathouse has a major yen for flames and fire. Thankfully, the local dental laser technician parlays his obsession into constructive, rather than destructive, purposes. Over the past decades he’s built blaze-blasting robots and vehicles, which spew glorious blossoms of flame into the air. For example, his devilish “El Reactor”…
Mother Nature must have a serious grudge against Steve LeVine. Especially considering that she brought a torrential thunderstorm that utterly drenched the local nightlife promoter’s big-time Sound Wave Festival last April, resulting in smaller-than-expected crowds. Let’s hope that LeVine’s made amends with said cosmic deity over the past six months,…
Valley resident Melissa Kaylor has a major yen for video games. If you didn’t get a chance to speak with her this past weekend at Devastation 2011 (or purchase her old school plastic pixel art), the 24-year-old devotes most of her free time to game-related projects under her online persona…
Despite the attendance being a bit of a disappointment to its promoters, Red Light Disco at Tempe’s Club Red last Friday night was far from a letdown for those who managed to show up. Rave kids, EDM enthusiasts, and colorful clubgoers were in the house as DJs spun from an…
The messy garage outside of the North Phoenix home of Lance Greathouse is filled with creatures and fire-breathing monsters galore. Not the supernatural kind, mind you, but rather those he’s built from made from scrap metal and steel. The dental laser technician, gearhead, and self-described “mad scientist” spends his off…
Taunts or testosterone were in abundance inside the Phoenix Convention Center this past weekend. Joystick jedi from throughout Arizona descended upon the downtown destination en masse to wage pixilated warfare during Devastation, the annual gaming competition and expo.Fueled by both adrenaline and energy drinks, gamers battled for supremacy (and cash prizes)…
The Cinderella season of the Arizona Diamondbacks has sadly come to an end. The clock has finally struck midnight as the Milwaukee Brewers won 3-2 in 10 innings during the deciding Game Five of the NLDS this afternoon.The D-Backs didn’t go quietly as it was a wild roller coaster of…
The skits have all been written, the sets are ready to go, and the cast is well rehearsed. According to First Friday Night Live producers Michael 23 and Aaron Johnson, it sounds like the monthly sketch comedy show is ready for its season premiere tonight at The Firehouse. The only thing…
One of Scottsdale’s more notorious dance joints has changed its name…again. Club Trinity is now known as Oceans Seven Nightclub, the latest identity of a nightspot that undergone more than a few transformations in the past decade.Back in the day, the property was known as hip-hop nightspot CBNC. Then it…
If hunger strikes while you’re out at First Friday this evening, Jobot’s John Sagasta will be serving up something to satisfy your cravings (and we ain’t talking about those tasty crepes). He’s launching his new venture Nachobot tonight a few doors down from Jobot, offering chips covered with gooey cheese and…
There was a distinct chill in the air last night, which provided the perfect setting for the arrival of Monsterland.The Mesa haunted house and horror film museum held a special sneak preview on Wednesday night, offering a select few the chance to catch a glimpse of its undead denizens. When Monsterland’s…
Tim Minchin is a rather humble lad. Despite having millions of fans in his homeland of the UK, Australia, and here in the states (not to mention awards up the ying-yang) the 35-year-old piano-playing comedian and musician remains pretty modest about his success.”I’m lucky to be doing what I’m doing,”…
Getting into a car accident was probably the best thing that ever happened to George Lindell. After the 46-year-old local house painter was involved a nasty wreck in North Phoenix last month, he provided a extremely over-the-top interview to FOX 10 that’s been described as the “best crazy car accident description”…
Kids say the darndest things, especially when they’re in the midst of an ultra-intense video game death match. To wit: Log onto either XBOX Live or the PlayStation Network to play an online match of Halo Reach or Call of Duty, and you’re likely to get an earful of expletive-laced…
Breanna Wynn and Kyle Thompson love hearing you scream. As the resident monster makers at Midnight FX Studios, the kooky couple has made a career out of crafting deathly demons and other creepy creatures inside their East Valley workshop. After more than a decade of creating costumes and creatures for…
Comedic actor Bill Murray once described the feeling of performing for millions every week during his stint on Saturday Night Live as an amazing performance high. Local performance artist Aaron Johnson can relate to that feeling, especially when each episode of First Friday Night Live takes place. While its audience…
Sam Groove is one technologically inclined cat. The 25-year-old DJ wields a laptop, iMac, Pioneer DJM-400 mixer, and various MIDI controllers, amps, and more than 10,000 MP3s at his disposal. When he steps up to the stage at Club Red, 2155 East University Drive in Tempe, during Red Light Disco…
Ignite Phoenix’s Jeff Moriarty doesn’t expect a frantic buying panic to erupt when tickets for the latest edition of the popular event go on sale Saturday morning. Instead, he says, it will be more of a subdued frenzy.”Ignite used to sell out in minutes when we were at smaller venues,” Moriarty…
The Arizona Diamondbacks overcame a do-or-die situation last night and kept their postseason dreams alive by scorching the Milwaukee Brewers 8-1 during Game Three of the National Leagues Division Series. And it was largely ’cause of the hitting heroics of Paul Goldschmidt. The rookie slugger provided two hits and five…
The unabridged anniversary edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy isn’t light reading by any stretch of the imagination. The lengthy literary epic weighs in at hefty 1,171 pages long and is filled from cover to cover with the author’s thick, descriptive prose.While it might take a few…
