Best Sleeper Hit: WordJong (Nintendo DS) — It may not sell like Mario, but this mishmash of Scrabble and mah-jongg hooks you like handheld crack. Already a word-of-mouth hit, despite being released only this month, WordJong is perfect for quiet afternoons, loud commutes, or romantic walks on the beach. Best…
The 1920s seem glamorous to 14-year-old girls lacking in American history. Case in point, young gals (including us, back in the day) who whore it up for Halloween, complete with garter belts and flapper gear. Now we’re thinking that if we were stuck in that decade, we’d be more like…
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art dug into its permanent collection for the sculpture show “Not Really So Simple.” At first glance, the pieces really are simple. But as I shared space with each one, I found myself wanting to fondle some of them to explore their properties. It was…
The Invisible Pink Unicorn, birthed on the whim of early Internet users fed up with religion, gained underground ubiquity as a symbol of atheism. LAS Gallery’s “The Visible Pink Unicorn” exhibit plays with the notion of a different type of cult: “the ultra-feminine.” Pieces in this collection echo a certain…
The folks at Cherry Lounge & Pit bill the clientele who come to Kitten Thursdays Ladies Night “cougars in training.” Hey, gals, aren’t you offended? Oh, you heard they offer $2 mixed drinks, complimentary champagne from 9 to 11 p.m., and phat beats by DJ M2? Never mind. Screw this…
What do you do while you’re waiting for your hit stage play to be adapted into a feature film starring Henry Winkler and Carrie Fisher? Why, you tour the country with a new production featuring scenes from the original play, along with a bunch of audience-participation gags grafted on, of…
The uber-chic retail center adjacent to Jobing.com Arena is promising a huge celebration featuring live entertainment from swing kings Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Times Square’s Naked Cowboy, as well as DJs and dancing, the world’s largest martini ice luge, and more. Several private, themed VIP areas will be available…
Among other carny-style curiosities, the 1979 kung fu film The Crippled Masters features an evil hunchbacked warlord, a warrior who lost the use of his legs when the warlord poured acid on ’em, and another hunchback victim who had both arms severed for some undisclosed slight. Andrew Borntreger of Badmovies.com…
Question for ASU football fans: Did you really want to face the mighty Oklahoma Sooners in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl? Wouldn’t you rather enjoy the game instead of watching the football deities from Norman running circles around the Devils? Yeah, it sucks that the hometown team got screwed out of…
Everybody has a soft spot (pun intended) for the floppy, colorful characters in the “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World” exhibit, a traveling show that begins its Southwestern première engagement on Saturday, December 15, at Arizona Museum for Youth, 35 North Robson Street in Mesa. The exhibition combines fascinating fun with reverence…
There’s no way the teams playing in the 2007 Insight Bowl – the Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big 12 and Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten – can top last year’s un-freaking-believable game between Texas Tech and Minnesota, but they’ll give it a go. Mon., Dec. 31, 4 p.m.,…
Cabin boy Leo DiCaprio and society princess Kate Winslet sucking wind on the bow of the Titanic – yeah, that’ll happen. Director Stephen Low’s doc Titanica tells us what did happen, picking up the story where Titanic discoverer Robert Ballard left off. Narrated by Leonard Nimoy, Titanica offers the straight…
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, why are we directing you to the Rogue Bar and Coach & Willie’s for New Year’s Eve? Easy. They’ve got the banginest bashes in the Valley. The Rogue hosts Adios Motherfucker New Year’s Eve Massive, which features…
You know what’s great about America? Well, for one, superfunny black comedians. From Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor to Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle, African-American standups have repeatedly stayed one laugh ahead of the censors, skewering middle-class-white prejudices and underclass-black foibles with a healthy seasoning of misogyny and potty humor…
This week, a wave of sorrow will crash over the artists, bands, and performers of Phoenix as they endure the loss of a dear friend: the Paper Heart. For the past seven years, Scott Sanders’ spot has lit up the downtown area with spoken word, performance art, comedy, art exhibits,…
The sport of roping ain’t just for a bunch of steers and queers. Steers, definitely, but not the latter. If you’re not buying it, we challenge you to approach a cowboy and drop a “queer bait” blast in his face. There’s a 99.9% chance you are going to lose. Be…
The Cardinals are perpetually pilloried. The Suns are scrutinized like lab rats. The Diamondbacks get love even in the off-season. The Phoenix Coyotes are just ignored, and that’s the worst thing you can say – or not say – about a pro team. Sports-radio buffs that we are, we’ve only…
When it comes to the automobile, grandma’s right: They just don’t make ’em like they used to. Sure, cars are more environmentally friendly now, but they’ll never look as cool as they did 50 years ago. Fortunately, there are still plenty of vintage-vehicle enthusiasts to keep these gentle giants on…
Sure, the Arizona Cardinals will end yet another season without a winning record, but – and we can’t believe we’re saying this – Ken Whisenhunt has ’em headed in the right direction. Pigskin hardcores who can’t wait ’til next season get one last dose when the Cards host the St…
Good news for all of you fans of faux wrestling. The two largest wrasslin’ organizations in town — Impact Zone Wrestling and Rising Phoenix Wrestling — have literally formed a tag team that should improve matches by including more pile drivers and sleeper holds. Check out the new incarnation during…
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, why are we directing you to the Rogue Bar and Coach & Willie’s for New Year’s Eve? Easy. They’ve got the banginest bashes in the Valley. Coach & Willie’s presents the third annual Ritmo Latino New Year’s…
We all love underdogs. Overlooked and underestimated, they rise to the occasion and put the critics in their place, like that spindly kid in fifth grade who kicked Sister Philomena right in the box. Fuck, yes. Kicked her right in the box and then set fire to the school chapel…
