On just about every corner in CenPho, some teenage malcontent with a spray can has thrown up his or her initials on anything stationary. Even worse are the morons with knives who etch their initials in glass windows, causing thousands of dollars in damage in exchange for inexplicable doodles. No…
We grew up listening to an anything-goes radio station that played everything from pop to metal to Motown to hard-core soul. Vocalist/guitarist Rich Michalowski of Southern Cal’s Mighty Six Ninety received a similarly diverse musical education via Tijuana’s famed radio behemoth Mighty 690, and it shows in his band’s fresh-air…
These are scary times for photography, an era in which a confused 6-year-old looks at the back of a film camera following shutter release and expects to see a digital preview. So it’s a good bet that these little tykes, and most folks, have never heard of a contact print…
Attention all glowstick-twirling club kids: Cosmic Paintball is the perfect spot to, uh, trip out and roll with the homies when the 12,000-square-foot complex goes psychedelic with flashing lights and music. Fri., Nov. 16, 6-11 p.m., 2007…
They call ´em boats, but the mechanized beasts competing at the 24th annual Coors Light IHBA World Finals are more like rockets whistling across the drink at speeds of up to 250 mph. Thu., Nov. 15; Fri., Nov. 16; Sat., Nov. 17; Sun., Nov. 18, 2007…
Granted, it’s an attention-getting device, but some come-ons are better than others, and Jamaican Blue Coffeehouse & Wine Bar’s weekly White Trash Wine Night is brilliant. Think Thunderbird. Night Train. Any wine that comes with a twist-off cap. Any wine that comes in a plastic jug with a spigot. Any…
You know those annoying friends of yours who are walking movie quotes? Well, you may wanna take them, then drop ´em off, at the “Admission” photography exhibit by Steven Roche and Whitney Candrea, who shot imagery made to look like celluloid scenes. Fri., Nov. 16, 6-10 p.m., 2007…
We once had a college roomie who would accuse us of “driving the Titanic” whenever we wielded the remote and chose a television program that wasn’t to his liking. Sorry, bud, but last we checked, there were no boob-tube clickers in “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” at Arizona Science Center. However,…
You may not know it, but Mythos Mediterranean Bistro is one of the wackiest destinations in the Valley, a spot where you can chow down on dolmas while listening to jazz by heavy-hitting NYC cats like Juini Booth, followed by trance DJs, followed by belly dancers, followed by the sound…
Yale women’s basketball coach Chris Gobrecht turned her mewling purse puppies back into Bulldogs in just one season, and thinks they’re ready to take on our Lady Sun Devils. We’d say she’s pissing on the wrong tree. At this writing, the Devils are ranked 12th, and return 10 players from…
You want The Truth? Can you handle The Truth? SoCal emo-metalcore sextet Bleeding Through’s third album hits like a falling anvil to the cranium: Ferocious blast-beats, crushing riffs galloping straight out of the Slayer/Biohazard playbook, and vocalist Brandan Schieppati’s evil demon-roar (and his occasional, requisite Mike Patton-esque crooning) are the…
One of the many charms of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts gang is that they’re ageless and timeless. Charlie Brown’s the perpetual dweeb who wears the same clothes every day. (Either he has a closet full of the dorky ensembles or his wah-wah-wah Mom doesn’t do laundry.) Lucy is a charming bully…
Australian and an occasional resident of his mum’s homeland, this writer has a serious passion for Aussie rock. Unfortunately, it’s been a few years since he’s called Australia home and, because of that, he’s a little behind on what’s happening Down Under. For a little help, he turned to Chris…
If you waded through the flood of NBA preseason predictions, you probably found a handful of adventurous pundits who envisioned the Phoenix Suns and Chicago Bulls throwing down in the NBA Finals. Sorry, but we don’t see the Bulls living up to their end of the bargain, so this is…
We grew up listening to an anything-goes radio station that played everything from pop to metal to Motown to hard-core soul. Vocalist/guitarist Rich Michalowski of Southern Cal’s Mighty Six Ninety received a similarly diverse musical education via Tijuana’s famed radio behemoth Mighty 690, and it shows in his band’s fresh-air…
Whether you like it or not, Americans have more in common with the French than you think. Maybe most surprising is an obsession with kart racing. (Who knew the Frenchies enjoyed a little redneck with their oui oui?) Get in touch with your inner françoise when PKRA Kart Racing hits…
There are those of us who will do almost anything to hear someone sing “Alfie,” arguably the most famous and most-often-recorded of Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s many hundreds of pop standards. We (who also don’t mind hearing “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” “Baby It’s You,” and the…
It takes us forever to keyboard-pick these words each week, so when we hear about the career trajectory of individuals more talented, creative, and ambitious than we, we’re immediately struck by depression and lowered feelings of self-worth. But this is America, after all. You work hard, you get ahead. You…
Amid feverish preparations for the Arizona Derby Dames League Championship, a few of the rollergirls speak to a cautiously adoring public:Sally Whacker of the Brutal Beauties: “We’re good enough friends that we can really mess with each other, and the crowd loves it.”Ginger Mortis, Coffin Draggers: “We’re like the bad…
Local indie champion No Festival Required plumbed its archives and let its already lengthy hair down for this short-film fest, featuring 11 jewels featuring subjects ranging from a nudist farmer to zombie teenage angst. Fri., Nov. 16, 8 p.m., 2007…
Sculptor Aureleo Rosano may be self-taught, but he could teach a lot of other sculptors a thing or two. Many of his steel-and-glass mosaics have the look of oversize jewelry moderne, and a number are designed as wall hangings. Lovely. Nov. 15-Dec. 17, 2007…
The comely lasses of the local burlesque troupe blow out the candles with help from San Francisco chanteuse Kitten on the Keys (pictured), a saucy cabaret performer who plays ukulele and accordion in addition to piano. An anonymous online wag had this to say about Ms. Kitty: “Kitten on the…
