Except to diehards, singer/songwriter Todd Snider is criminally unknown, and you have to be criminally insane if you don’t check him out. The sardonic, ironic Snider lives in Nashville, but he hardly fits that thar mold. In fact, he’s decidedly anti-Nashville, à la John Prine; a fine example of Snider’s…
So, you’re famous. You’re rich. You bathe in champagne. You’re filled with fleeting shame when you drive your Ferrari past people who live in boxes. How to slay the Guilt Monster? Charity. It’s the right thing to do, plus your accountant says it’s a super tax write-off. But alas, fundraisers…
Crash Romeo work on their power chords as often as they work on their action-figure poses. Guitar-driven verses come with enough space to allow ax-slinger Steve Anderson the time to point to audience acolytes, with pick nestled between thumb and middle finger; the pauses before choruses are protracted, meaning vocalist…
So it’s Martin Luther King Day and you’re required to work. That’s a toughie. You want to honor one of the most important figures of the 20th century, but you don’t want to imply that your boss is racist by making a big stink. We recommend playing a quiet game…
Among the goodies on the block are a 1971 FCA Platinum-winning Ferrari Daytona Spyder, a 1964 Shelby Cobra 289, a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4, a 1941 Lincoln Continental, and a 1969 Plymouth GTX Hemi. Thu., Jan. 17, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri., Jan. 18, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 19, 8:30-10:30…
What were you doing with your sorry life at 21? Binge-drinking in your mommy’s basement? Watching endless hours of elimiDATE and all of those other lame-o UPN shows? Sweating bullets that you just got your girlfriend preggo? At age 21, world-renowned bassist Stanley Clarke, the dude who basically invented the…
When Steve Nash returned to town and the Phoenix Suns commenced dominance of the NBA regular season, the entire league was altered, as the fast-paced “Nash Rambler” style is now emulated by a dozen b-ball franchises. However, the consensus on whether the system is effective enough to win a championship…
The Cards are done, the football Devils finished. Now are y’all gonna pay attention to the Phoenix Coyotes? They are having a nice run of late, uknow? Oh, yeah, of course you don’t. Well, we know what’s up, so go watch the ’yotes battle the Columbus Blue Jackets. Thu., Jan…
Anything subtitled “Confessions of a Flight Attendant” blares a warning equivalent to “proceed to the nearest emergency exit.” But despite its awkward title, Around the World in a Bad Mood has been collecting admirable notices across the country. Written and performed by real-life flight attendant Rene Foss, the comic one-woman…
Artist Liz Cohen — va-va-va-vroom — shows off her low-rider transformative cars and bikes, which include various, er, modifications, including spinning truck beds, pop-up hoods, and suicide doors. Held in conjunction with SMoCA’s “Car Culture” exhibit. Sat., Jan. 19, 2008…
Backwards Theatre presents the experimental-theater production, which is centered on a single wooden chair placed dead center on the stage. According to its creators, the event will include “a mix of spoken word babblings, performance-art actions, and flickering video imagery.” Performers include TRISH(justrish), Steve Gompf, and Kevin Patterson. Sat., Jan…
Lindsay Palmer, Aaron Abbot and Don Kauss at eye lounge: eye lounge kicks off 2008 with two photographers and a sculptor, with varying degrees of success. Lindsay Palmer explores the properties of light through very pretty up-close shots of liquid-filled glasses perched on mirrored tables against a natural landscape. Each…
Joshua (Fox) George Ratliff’s movie, a sort of satirical take on Rosemary’s Baby, came and went upon its release; seems no one got the joke about how parents (Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga, in this case) are scared shitless of their own children — especially the titular Joshua, played by…
The All New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume One (Turner) American Carny: True Tales From the Circus Sideshow (Koch Vision) Cary Grant: 4-Disc Collector’s Set (Republic) Casablanca (Warner Bros.) Death Sentence (Fox) Eagle vs. Shark (Miramax) Evil Roy Slade (TMG) Golden Door (Miramax) Happy Tree Friends: Complete Season One…
Having a child destroys your immune system to horror, real or imagined. Before the blessed event, you could laugh off The Exorcist, The Omen, or any of a thousand gory shockers with some wide-eyed tyke as either the prey or the spawn of Beelzebub. Afterwards, you can’t even see the…
Francis Ford Coppola’s self-financed return to the fray, Youth Without Youth, is a curious project — well-crafted, personal, and movie-movie old-fashioned even in its vanguard aspirations. Simply put, it’s a Faustian romance about the reversal of time and transmigration of souls which, shot mainly in Romania, adds a soupçon of…
Since promising Armageddon in the leadoff bars of Straight Outta Compton, star-producer Ice Cube has been one canny career man. In recent years, he’s pulled up stake in the foundering rap game and doesn’t seem to think twice about the cred damage that could come from pratfalling through PG family…
When I was 12, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway totally screwed me over. After visiting the famed Brickyard and eagerly paying 10 bucks to take “a lap around the track,” I was placed in a golf cart that putted around the asphalt at a not-entirely-death-defying 9 mph. This was not the…
I’ve been thinking about strip malls again lately. They’ve been an on-again, off-again obsession of mine since the ’80s, when I started traveling and noticed that other cities didn’t seem quite so boxed in by as many of these long, low rectangles of grafted-together storefronts as is Phoenix. I also…
People go to the Heard Museum to see woven blankets, turquoise jewelry, and ancient pots. Joe Baker tried to change that. Although he left late last year (part of the near-constant game of musical chairs the local art world likes to play), Baker may just have a lasting impact on…
Living knee-deep in this postmodern world means a constant flux of meaning and connectivity. What was rigidly defined for previous generations is now a junk drawer of ideas, overlapping and blurring traditional boundaries. Just think of your baby boomer mother’s definition of “family” versus your own. She sees family as…
The Gore fest (as in Al Gore) chronicles the loser politician (as in the 2000 Presidential election) and his global warming tutelage. Wed., Jan. 16, 7 p.m., 2008…
