“The Art of David Borders: A Forty Year Survey of Painting, Collage and Assemblage” at The Chandler Center for the Arts: David Borders doesn’t offer anything new, but that’s never been his intent. For the past 40 years, this painter has looked to popular art as inspiration for his own…
Across the Universe (Sony) The Apartment: Collector’s Edition (MGM) The Aristocats: Special Edition (Disney) Blonde and Blonder (First Look) Boy Meets Girl (Unearthed) Drive-In Cult Classics: 8 Movie Collection (Navarre) Feast of Love (MGM) Fierce People (Lionsgate) The Jane Austen Book Club (Sony) Midnight Express 30th Anniversary Edition (Sony)Psychotronica: Volumes…
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner Bros.) Beautifully shot, masterfully acted, and 19 hours too long, Assassination is an uneven mix of the artful and the arty that never had a shot at bringing in the audience that Brad Pitt’s chiseled melon should’ve delivered. Pitt…
In Starting Out in the Evening, a new film by Andrew Wagner, a pneumatic graduate student spreads honey over the face of the elderly New York novelist she’s trying to seduce. Later, the two will lie down on his bed with their hands by their sides, and later still, he…
When a friend recently told me that she’d been confused by the poster for the Matthew McConaughey-Kate Hudson fortune-hunting romp Fool’s Gold adorning her local multiplex — that she’d thought for sure this movie had already come and gone — I understood her bewilderment. Even as a professional film critic…
Long have we waited to be taken down to the Paradise City, where the girls are green and the grass is pretty, or whatever. Now, thanks to Burnout Paradise, we know what all the fuss is about. Burnout, the crash-happy racing series from EA, puts the pedal down once again…
I worry I’ve lived here so long that I don’t notice my architectural surroundings as I’m driving through Phoenix. That landmarks, no matter how striking, pass me by simply because they — and I — have been here for decades. Lately, I’ve been trying to break myself of this habit…
Oh, those crazy kids over at Horns & Halos! They’re at it again with this show, where fetish/erotica wear is “mandatory.” The odd edict begs the question, what would you wear to something called Fetish Revolution 8 if it didn’t promise bodily harm? Is it common for frat boys in…
The annual family-friendly affair lets you get up close and personal with various Diamondbacks, tour the dugout and clubhouse, and more. Sat., Feb. 9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 2008…
Featuring art by Lalo Cato and music by Djentrification. Sat., Feb. 9, 7 p.m., 2008…
For four months last year, the ASU Wind Symphony took suggestions for compositions from anyone with Internet access. The result is Wikivent: YouDesign, an hourlong potpourri that includes “Get Up!” by James Brown, new arrangements of Frank Zappa and Phish tunes, and In C by Terry Riley. Tue., Feb. 12,…
For four months last year, the ASU Wind Symphony took suggestions for compositions from anyone with Internet access. The result is Wikivent: YouDesign, an hourlong potpourri that includes “Get Up!” by James Brown, new arrangements of Frank Zappa and Phish tunes, and In C by Terry Riley. Tue., Feb. 12,…
In May 2005, professional mountain climber Ed Viesturs joined the Mile-High-Plus Club by summiting Nepal’s Annapurna. It was the last of the world’s 14 8,000-meter mounts for Viesturs, and made him only the 12th climber in history to conquer ’em all. Sounds like a choice gig — kicking it at…
More than a billion people watched world-class guitarist Tommy Emmanuel perform at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. One of the finest finger-picking guitarists alive, the 52-year-old Emmanuel was selected to represent his native Australia, where he’s pretty much a national hero. But here, he enjoys…
It’s always a thrill to see how our bohemian betters live during the Willo Home Tour & Street Fair, but we prefer the fair, which attracts offbeat, under-the-radar vendors displaying their wares. This year’s group includes businesses such as Sparkling Copper Butterfly Garden, Front Page Bags, and Belinda’s Pickles. It…
El Marques. El Chucky. Hijo de Hurracan Ramirez. Aquaman. Fishman. All ages. Children welcome. Ooooo-kaaaay. It’s safe to say that the abyssal 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…
Getting home some nights can be challenging. Waking from an amnesiac stupor in an alleyway, you stumble forth like an inebriated puppet. You search desperately for clues of your cardinal bearings in the constellations, but your vision fails you. Finally, you track down your very own Mother Teresa, who kindly…
It’s fair to say that last year’s inaugural Phoenix Idiotarod was a success. No bodies were impaled or skulls busted open during the human-powered, urban shopping-cart race. But who knows what’ll happen when the dumb-a-thon returns to the pothole-heavy downtown streets? Is this a measure of success? Well, that’s up…
New Year’s didn’t work out like you’d hoped? Get jack-stomped in the parking lot? Breathalyzed and tossed in the stir? Well, Buddha bless the Chinese, who offer us losers a second shot at the thing with their New Year celebration. Thank the Rotund One personally while you’re pounding trail at…
Signs, signs, everywhere signs. Unfortunately, most are advertisements, shrill carnival barkers that are constantly forced upon us. Ron English doesn’t take this sitting down. The film POPaganda: The Art and Crimes of Ron English follows the contemporary pop artist as he liberates billboards from their fate as the tentacles of…
A while back, we were chatting up Robert Earl Keen — the best songwriter no one outside of Texas has heard of — and we dropped the “country” bomb. Now, Keen’s a pretty mellow dude, but he got all worked up, saying, “I’ve never written a country song in my…
You don’t know bass improv until you’ve heard the sweet stylings of David Friesen. In the past two years, he’s been named one of the top 20 most influential jazz bass players of all time and inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. Friesen performs a duo concert with…
