If Jay’s Cocktail Lounge were a country club, some butch chick would’ve taken the bar to court by now over its weekly Men’s Night promotion. But we’re all grownups here, so let us respectfully request that you lovely ladies leave us alone for one goddamn night a week, ’kay? Is…
Midnite Movie Mamacita presents the 1963 horror classic by Brazilian director Coffin Joe. Prior to the screening, the “Arizona-Americana” power trio Instant Hobo performs tracks from its new disc, including the tribute tune “Coffin Joe.” Sat., July 5, 9:45 p.m., 2008…
David Lynch, blecch. He’s the Alan Rudolph of cinematic subversion, and here’s how much I dislike him: I’d writhe through a Rudolph triple-bill of The Moderns, Choose Me, and Trouble in Mind if it got me out of seeing Eraserhead again. Serendipitously, I’ve found someone who not only agrees with…
With House M.D., American Idol, and Dancing With the Stars on hiatus until the fall, your Tuesday nights have pretty much been free . . . and filled with boredom. But instead of suffering through reruns and insipid summertime programming, sweeten things up with a heavy dose of hip-hop and…
He claims he “isn’t even a D-List celebrity,” yet he has an Emmy Award and a best-selling memoir and is on a national tour. It’s not the kind of comment that comes from humility — Leslie Jordan is, after all, an actor — but rather from the psyche of a…
Where do you think the term “The Tempe Tornado” comes from? A reference to the loftification of University Drive or the Anywhereville-ing of Mill Avenue? Nope, the moniker belongs to the one and only Lealand McSpadden, one of Manzanita Speedway’s greatest racecar drivers. The Arizona Motorsports Hall of Fame member,…
While postpartum depression and nuclear fallout are downers, it’s the aftermath of a great party that gives rise to our leaden sighs. Local polka ensemble Haunted Cologne plans to take full advantage of America’s un-birthday, otherwise known as the day after the Fourth. “We’re gonna make July fifth Polka Dependence…
It’s pretty obvious when summer’s come to town. Just look at the children. They’ve spent about a million hours reenacting The Little Mermaid and Finding Nemo in the backyard pool, so their hair is completely bleached out and their eyes are all bloodshot. Instead of looking like Disney characters, they…
If Ward and June Cleaver were Phoenicians, they’d live in Arcadia. Wally would be charming the pants off (not literally, of course) the pretty girls at Arcadia High, and Lumpy, Whitey, and the Beav would be bugging the crap out of the firefighters down at Engine Station No. 1. Meanwhile,…
When you’re 6 years old and have an imaginary friend, you get a roll of the eyes and a pat on the head. If you’re 30, you get a rubber room and a dose of anti-psychotics. Luckily for Neil Gillingham, artists get a free pass when it comes to having…
It may come as a shock, but Arizona has something of a vibrant ska scene. Granted, it’s not as expansive or off-the-chain as our state’s hip-hop or rock communities, but we can think of almost a dozen different ska bands that have been unleashing Rude Boy and 2-Tone beats around…
Dip your toes in the water while attending the Lake Pleasant Fireworks Celebration at Lake Pleasant Regional Park, where sky decorations are shot off from Waddell Dam at 8:45. Thu., July 3, 8:45 p.m., 2008…
Rev, White & Boom at Phoenix International Raceway, 7602 South Avondale Boulevard in Avondale, is a free event that includes tours of the track and a fireworks display at dusk. Thu., July 3, 6-9:30 p.m., 2008…
In 1991, 16volt founder Eric Powell had a vision: he wanted to merge the gritty, primal guitars of garage rock and punk with the relentless machinistic throttle and hum of industrial beats. The result was a barrage of “coldwave” songs brimming with blips and glitches on 16volt’s 1993 debut album,…
Polka Dot Dot Dot embodies one of the great rites of American adolescence: the sleepover, a hootenanny of silly goosery and warm friendships. “We’re totally in love with each other,” coos Jordan Smith, who asked Colleen Johnson and Onyx of Olympia, two Pacific Northwestern singer/songwriters, to join him on tour…
To call young stud tenor saxophonist Paul-Eirik Melhus the next John Coltrane or even in the vein of a contemporary jazz cat like Chris Speed would be premature and just plain stupid. But we do gotta say that this 16-year-old dude is one of the best players in town, regardless…
We pull up to the tony Myst nightclub rocking our high wedge heels and black miniskirt, cruise the second-floor VIP area where the friendly bartenders shower us with whiskey and compliments, and decide we’ll bring our sassy selves back for Source Magazine’s 20th Party. The blowout’s sponsored by Prime Time…
You’ve subsisted on nothing but carrots, church wafers, and Chinese laxatives for the past three months, determined to have the perfect bikini figure. You’ve withstood numerous suggestions to “eat a goddamn cookie” and are looking forward to flashing that ass-and-tit set of yours. Never mind that the contours of your…
The Light Up the Sky Festival, an alcohol-free event at Maryvale Baseball Park, features live musical accompaniment to the fireworks starting at 9:15 p.m. Thu., July 3, 7-10 p.m., 2008…
Phoenix Art Museum has always had a thing for Asian art. Its permanent collection of Chinese, Japanese, and Southeast Asian artworks is not only massive, but also well-regarded. The “No Snow on the Broken Bridge: Video Work by Yang Fudong” exhibit is another amazing gem in PAM’s new series of…
How in hell did our WNBA-champion Phoenix Mercury go 0-fer-May? And how ’bout that sparkling 3-6 record they carried into mid-June? Well, there’ve been three significant changes since last year’s campaign, and that’s a ton for any pro-basketball team, no matter the gender. But since someone specific must be blamed…
Dark Lotus is coming to town, and we best not mock them for fear of dismemberment. Composed of members of Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid, and Blaze, the band is a dark clown conglomerate with a taste for doom. And with names like Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, Monoxide Child, and…
