In honor of World Wrestling Entertainment’s action-packed WrestleMania 26 hitting the Valley this coming weekend, Mike R. Meyer assembled a list of the 10 best entrance themes of all time for this week’s issue (which you can read here). It’s a roll call of some of the best and biggest…
Come Sunday, the Smackdown villain will defend his World Heavyweight Championship against Edge during WrestleMania 26 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix. The contest isn’t getting as much hype as the other matches on the card, such as Undertaker versus Shawn Michaels or Bret Hart against WWE honcho Vince…
Downtown Phoenix transforms into a hip-hop hotspot every Saturday as superstar selectas lay down chart-busting urban tracks in such joints as PHX Nightclub, Sky Lounge, and Stoudemire’s as dance floor divas and the grown ‘n’ sexy crows shake their moneymakers. Majerle’s Sports Grill, 24 North Second Street, is getting a…
Professional wrestlers from across the nation and around the world will invade the Valley in the days leading up to World Wrestling Entertainment’s annual pay-per-view extravaganza. Here’s a rundown of all the “official” WWE-sponsored throwdowns taking place, as well as some ancillary events and appearances. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24: Rowdy Roddy…
“El Mariachi” Sergio Vega is in a world of hurt. The young professional wrestler is getting a mule-size whupping outside the ring, courtesy of three masked men. After subjecting his 5-foot-8, 160-pound frame to the furious punches and kicks, it’s time for the real fun to begin. The ringleader of…
WWE stages its biggest event of the year in Glendale. Featured matches at the “Super Bowl of wrestling” include Edge versus Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship, The Undertaker against Shawn Michaels, John Cena taking on Batista for the WWE Title Sun., March 28, 3:30 p.m., 2010…
he night after its epic pay-per-view, the WWE Superstars head downtown for a night of “madness and mayhem.” The stars of Hot Tub Time Machine will guest host. Mon., March 29, 5:30 p.m., 2010…
Downtown Phoenix transforms into a hip-hop hotspot every Saturday as superstar selectas lay down chart-busting urban tracks in such joints as PHX Nightclub, Sky Lounge, and Stoudemire’s as dance floor divas and the grown ‘n’ sexy crows shake their moneymakers. Majerle’s Sports Grill, 24 North Second Street, is getting a…
Chris Jericho is one prolific mofo. Besides his day job as a dastardly villain for World Wrestling Entertainment (on its weekly Smackdown TV show), the 40-year-old Canuck is a published author, indie film actor, and one of the many talking heads featured on such VH-1 programs as 100 Most Shocking…
Still bitter about the fact that the White Striped snubbed Phoenix on their last nationwide tour? Then it’s probably a good idea if you avoid watching their new documentary/concert film Under Great White Northern Lights.The flick (which is a visual compliment to a live album of the same name) contains footage…
The weather’s finally warmed up and spring is about to make its official debut in mere days. Sounds like the perfect time to get your ass outta the house and into the great outdoors. The members of the Ministry of EDM will celebrate the start of the season with a…
There’s no shortage of strip club action in the Valley of the Sun. From high-end gentleman’s clubs like Christie’s Cabaret and Le Girls Cabaret to the low-rent flesh parlors of the West Valley’s skeezier industrial neighborhoods, Phoenix is definitely skin city.Despite what you might think, the buxom babes baring it…
AKA: DJ Tsunami Club Nights: Tuesdays at Charlie’s, Fridays at Z Girl Club, Saturdays at Incognito. Preferred genres: Rhythmic pop urban dance How did you get started DJing? Ever since I was born, my family raised me on music. I began making DJ tapes when I was 8, doing voice-overs…
There’s no shortage of strip club action in the Valley of the Sun. From high-end gentleman’s clubs like Christie’s Cabaret and Le Girls Cabaret to the low-rent flesh parlors of the West Valley’s skeezier industrial neighborhoods, Phoenix is definitely skin city.Despite what you might think, the buxom babes baring it…
According to the calendar on our wall, more than a week remains until spring has officially arrived. But for all intents and purposes, it feels like it’s already sprung. The last gasp of winter has come and gone, temperatures are rising, imaginations are racing, and creative juices are flowing.Sounds like…
The DJ duo of Roya and Funkfinger are the best friends any culture vulture could ever want. Together, the pulchritudinous pair puts on the dynamite dance night Obscura every month at vintage dive bar Rips, 3045 North 16th Street, serenading local scenesters with hot spins of retro Europop hits, ’80s…
You needn’t bother trying to get hold of Brian O’Carroll on St. Patrick’s Day, because he’s gonna be a wee bit occupied. The bearded guitarist and frontman for local Celtic rock outfit The Biffos will be busy bounding around town with his bandmates during Lá Fhéile Pádraig, staging gigs at…
If you can’t make it to SxSW this year, then SxSW is coming to you…sorta. Indie and underground bands from the across the nation are currently making their way to Austin for the esteemed annual music/film festival (which kicks off tomorrow), including those riding the I-10 all the way to…
The musical genre of rock ‘n’ roll has had something of a curious symbiotic relationship with the bombastic world of professional wrestling over the past decades. Both experienced major heydays in the 1950s and inevitably became intertwined in the early 80s when such grapplers as the Fabulous Freebirds began using…
The DJ duo of Roya and Funkfinger are the best friends any culture vulture could ever want. Together, the pulchritudinous pair puts on the dynamite dance night Obscura every month at vintage dive bar Rips, 3045 North 16th Street, serenading local scenesters with hot spins of retro Europop hits, ’80s…
According to the calendar on our wall, more than a week remains until spring has officially arrived. But for all intents and purposes, it feels like it’s already sprung. The last gasp of winter has come and gone, temperatures are rising, imaginations are racing, and creative juices are flowing. Sounds…
Jimmy Martin-Nelson (a.k.a. Death to the Throne) is a little hesitant discussing the success he’s experienced in recent years as a DJ. No less a source than the Web sites of Rolling Stone and Vibe have heaped praise upon the funky Phoenician for his remixes of songs by such heavyweights…
