When someone broaches the endless search for the Great American Novel, we laugh in exasperation. Why are we still chasing that Grail when it’s right there on the shelf, right before our eyes? It’s hard to dispute the qualifications of, say, Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath,…
Wanna score tickets to see the recently supersized Phoenix Suns? It may not happen, baby, and it definitely won’t come cheap. So what can low-cash-flow fans do to get their Suns intake? Head to the local watering hole, of course — preferably one that’s equipped with giant plasma screens and…
At the time of writing, it appears highly unlikely the Arizona Diamondbacks will make the playoffs. What happened? Why the total collapse from a team that went 20-8 in April into one that the measly Padres have been laying wood to? Who’s to blame for this steamy pile of horse…
With the release of Ire Works in 2007, Dillinger Escape Plan made a leap into the super-visceral metalcore stratosphere while abandoning many elements of its signature, technically proficient mathcore. The New Jersey band also abandoned many fans, according to various online message boards, and long-timers scoffed at the group’s new…
Though we’re big into reggae, we tend to get forget the names of the many sons following in Bob Marley’s wake. There’s Ziggy, Damian, Stephen, and . . . and . . . oh, yeah, Ky-Mani, who’s scheduled to headline the Reggae Spring Festival. Sat., April 12, 11:45 a.m., 2008…
Yeah, yeah, let’s get to the playoffs already. We feel your pain, folks, but there’s a smidge more torment to dole out. The Phoenix Suns have two regular-season games to go, so let’s try to slap on a happy face while we’re powerin’ through this, okay? Game 81 starts is…
Yeah, yeah, let’s get to the playoffs already. We feel your pain, folks, but there’s a smidge more torment to dole out. The Phoenix Suns have two regular-season games to go, so let’s try to slap on a happy face while we’re powerin’ through this, okay? Game 81 starts is…
See, personal assistants do get some love now and then! This former PA to John Lennon and Yoko Ono snatched John away from Yoko for a short time in the early ’70s, but the siren song of Ono won out in the end, and Lennon ditched the hot Chinese chick…
El Marques. El Chucky. Fantasia el Exotico. Mascara Magica (pictured). All ages. Children welcome. Ooooo-kaaaay. It’s safe to say that the fiends who’ll be grappling at the Superstars of Lucha Libre of Mexico bash won’t be staging a south-of-the-border High School Musical. Rather, they’ll be trying to rip off each…
Does the Valley truly harbor a huge NASCAR following, or do fans of the left-turn circuit flock to town just to set up their homes-on-wheels for a weekend visit? Maybe it’s both. How else to explain when upward of 400,000 spectators come to witness a sport that requires binoculars and…
Does the Valley truly harbor a huge NASCAR following, or do fans of the left-turn circuit flock to town just to set up their homes-on-wheels for a weekend visit? Maybe it’s both. How else to explain when upward of 400,000 spectators come to witness a sport that requires binoculars and…
Does the Valley truly harbor a huge NASCAR following, or do fans of the left-turn circuit flock to town just to set up their homes-on-wheels for a weekend visit? Maybe it’s both. How else to explain when upward of 400,000 spectators come to witness a sport that requires binoculars and…
In their chart-topping single “You! Me! Dancing!,” the indie Britpoppers of Los Campesinos describe how a raucous club night in their native Wales is filled with much dancing and debauchery, singing “The beats, yeah, they were coming out the speakers/And were winding up straight in your sneakers.” And from what…
Most people wore tank tops to show off their ink underneath and some ladies forgot to put on a shirt at all over their bras. No one seemed top mind.
Who needs the safety of your own home when you can wander around an expo full of needles?
This weekend it’s all about the art.
“Josh Greene: Some Parts Might Be Greater Than the Whole,” a current offering at Arizona State University Art Museum, is a work in progress. Literally. Greene’s project is the second installment in ASUAM’s “Social Studies” series, an ongoing series of exhibitions — if they can be labeled as such —…
After watching reality shows like America’s Next Top Model and Project Runway, trash-TV viewers (myself included) may think they know a thing or two about fashion design. But the garments on display at Phoenix Art Museum’s “Chado Ralph Rucci” put the likes of Runway winner Christian Liriano to shame. Given…
“Enrique Montenegro: American Modernist” at Eric Firestone Gallery: This exhibition of work by the late Enrique Montenegro, an accomplished American painter, reveals Montenegro’s insatiable interest in people. In these paintings, he studies how we see — or don’t see — ourselves by focusing on the human figure. The works depict…
When Time recently featured George Clooney on its cover accompanied by the headline “The Last Movie Star” you didn’t have to read the article to know where it was coming from. After all, stars of the post-pubescent variety are an increasingly rare commodity these days, whereas Clooney, in just about…
Mick Jagger’s most essential physical feature, according to Martin Scorsese: his bellystache. On the poster for Shine a Light, the big-shot director’s Rolling Stones concert film, Sir Mick is frozen in mid-song aerobics, his back arched, his half-shirt raised, that yawning navel and faint hairline more prominently showcased than his…
As a kid, I spent countless hours thumbing through a dog-eared copy of The Guinness Book of World Records, determined to find just the right stupid human trick to vault me into freak-show history. Turns out I didn’t need to waste all those years stretching my neck with metal rings;…
