It’s nothing like our plushie fetish, but short guys really turn our crank. That’s why our eagle eye settled on Trash City’s Midget Jackass affair at Club Mardi Gras on Wednesday, November 26, when Puppet the Psycho Dwarf and Little Kato, both sub-4-foot-9, perform as the Halfpint Jerk Offs. Mr…
The West Coast always seems to lag behind the times, especially when it comes to dance clubs that pump out the latest and greatest feet-moving, body-gyrating beats. But the scene should get more hip when DJ JahMek debuts his “dub steppa’3000” tuneage at the Jungle Drum & Bass Kickoff Party…
In August, Leesa Irwin, mother of former New Times staff writer Megan Irwin, was involved in a car accident that killed her husband and left the surviving spouse with not only life-threatening injuries, but also mountains of medical bills. Local bands, DJs, friends of the Irwins, and overall good people…
One will help you through a blind date. Five will make you forget the crappy economy. Drink 10 and that bucktoothed brunette at the bar starts looking like Eva Mendes. If your dream date has great head and a full body, check out Draft Magazine’s The Big Pour Beer Festival…
Native North Americans legendarily used all parts of any buffalo they managed to fell. Nothing was wasted. Similarly, Banding Hendrix (pronounced “Bonding”) pulls from everything around him and within him and pours it into his work. See for yourself when the San Francisco native displays his array of pop, tribal,…
Are you sitting down? Good. Are you sitting at the bridge of the Starship Enterprise? You can at “Star Trek: The Exhibition.” Boldly go through 12,500 square feet and explore actual sets, costumes, and props from all five Star Trek TV series and all 10 films. Purchase cool souvenir photos…
Boxing up close and in the round, with the top match pitting bruising Bobby Gunn (pictured) vs. an opponent to be named. Thu., Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m., 2008…
The host of KMLE Country’s Dave Pratt in the Morning signs his new memoir, Dave Pratt, Behind the Mic: 30 Years in Radio. Proceeds from book sales benefit the American Cancer Society. Tue., Nov. 25, 7 p.m., 2008…
The recurring nightmare of our childhood always featured severed limbs somersaulting through the air, flung from the dark recesses of our closet by some hooded creature. We’d be paralyzed from the waist down, attempting to pull ourselves to safety through an otherworldly and expansive land of shaggy carpet. Struggling through…
Have you ever wondered why roller derby has made a comeback? Well, when you look at the 1970s phenomenon that has now become part speed-skating, part hockey, and part porn film, what’s not to love? At the very least, a female-dominated contact sport played on roller skates and quite often…
He may rail against being called The Next Bill Hicks or The Modern-Day Lenny Bruce, but we think Doug Stanhope secretly likes it. And why not? Both are apt comparisons, as the hard-livin’ cult comic has released four albums and three DVDs of impossibly rational, eternally honest material delivered with…
A few weeks ago at the Arizona State Fair, we witnessed our first demolition derby. Our reaction? Uhhhh . . . what in the . . . ? Needless to say, it was interesting in its redneck-friendliness, especially when folks went ape shit over the especially brutal-looking wallops of fast-moving…
Eric Ayotte and his DIY film fest stops in Phoenix once again with an array of awesome films bordering on the ridiculous, silly, and fun. Sun., Nov. 23, 7 p.m., 2008…
There’s nowhere quite like the Southwest, or Phoenix, so where better than the PHX and its namesake art gallery (PHiX) for a two-day festival of transcultural performances exploring the desert and our place in it? The name of the fest is ¡Teatro Caliente!, and the sixth annual installment features art…
Test your running skills during the 24th annual Gilbert Days 5K and 1-mile Fun Run. Fri., Nov. 21, 4:45 p.m., 2008…
The architectural photographer signs his new book, The Divine Home, which showcases the use of religious/spiritual objects as design elements. Thu., Nov. 20, 5:30-6:30 p.m., 2008…
Need to dance? You can head to Scottsdale, but a Scottsdale night usually means nonstop proof of your mediocre attractiveness. If you need to feel you have a chance of attracting others, head down to The Ruby Room for “one” with DJ Dedan. Dedan is the dude responsible for Brothers…
The broadcasting legend, Phoenix mayor, and ASU president, respectively, are the special guests at the grand-opening celebration of the new school. Cronkite is pictured here with Cronkite School journalism students. Thu., Nov. 20, 9-10 a.m., 2008…
Would Alexander Graham Bell approve of the iPhone? Would horseless-carriage inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot be a NASCAR nut? What would synthetic-rubber godfather Sergei Vasiljevich Lebedev make of the Arizona FetishBall? We can only wonder what Levi Strauss’ reaction would be to a stick-figure model wearing painted-on Stella McCartneys, but we can…
Luck, of the preparation-meets-opportunity type, has been on Ben Kenney’s side for a long time. First off, Kenney’s punk-tinged rock outfit Supergrub mingled in the Philly underground scene with 3 7000 9, a group of energetic shredders headed by firecracker frontwoman and British transplant Nou-Ra. Thanks to Nou-Ra’s association with…
The nationally-ranked Sun Devils continue their non-conference regular season during a matinee matchup versus Pepperdine. Sun., Nov. 23, 2 p.m., 2008…
New York’s O’Death lists Bill Monroe and The Misfits as musical influences in the same breath, and without apparent irony. Its instrument list reads like the contents of a pawn shop: ukulele, banjo, trombone, euphonium, and fiddle. Its drummer is credited as the band’s official “whoop” man, which we can…
