Email Author Benjamin Leatherman

Awards

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 24, 2008

  "Pedalphiles"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Beach in Heat"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Tech Mex"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Swat Team"

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2004 Stories by Benjamin Leatherman

• A Many Splintered Thing

  published December 30, 2004

  12/30- 2/12 Paul and Corrie just got married. She's beautiful, and he's a hotshot lawyer who just won his first case, a whopping... More >>

• Funk Off You Funkin' Funk!

  published December 30, 2004

  FRI 12/31 It's New Year's Eve and you've got at least two options: Join the hordes (via ample television coverage) in NYC's Times... More >>

• Drill Power

  published December 30, 2004

  1/3 - 1/28 Our couch-potato habits are so ingrained that it takes a drill sergeant to get us into shape. Too bad we recoil at the... More >>

• In With a Bhangra

  published December 30, 2004

  When New Year's Eve comes a-knockin', this town's a-rockin'. With almost every style of bash going down, it's hard to find some... More >>

• Queen Machine

  published December 23, 2004

  12/24-12/25 Can't afford a plane ticket to go home for the holidays? Don't end up alone in your crummy apartment with a lukewarm TV... More >>

• Lick Them Beavers!

  published December 23, 2004

  TUE 12/28 These Beavers are anything but sloppy. Sure, Oregon State started the 2004 season by posting a dismal 1-4 record... More >>

• Fable Bodied

  published December 23, 2004

  12/31 Appearances often are deceiving. You'd probably expect a public performance of Aesop's fables to be some infantile feel-good... More >>

• The Formaldehydes

  published December 23, 2004

  If Tiger Beat ever dedicated an issue to the hottie bad boys of psychobilly, sure as shit you'd see the mugs of San Diego's Formaldehydes... More >>

• Stalins War

  published December 23, 2004

  Damn! Did you hear that shit? Sounded like some thunderclap of female rage coming from the direction of Santa Cruz. It's probably just Moana, the... More >>

• "Snow" Job

  published December 16, 2004

  THU 12/16 Snow? Tony "Scarface" Montaña would bury his face in it, but we're not talking about blow. Sonik magazine's... More >>

• The Sting 2

  published December 16, 2004

  FRI 12/17 Those missing the fast-paced, hard-hitting action of hockey courtesy of the NHL lockout may find a willing antidote this... More >>

• Band Together

  published December 16, 2004

  Quick, who's got the best selection of local music in the Valley? Zia? Hardly. Eastside Records? Possibly. Leslie Barton? Definitely.... More >>

• Split Splash

  published December 9, 2004

  TUE 12/14 From what you've come to expect from emo groups, Novi Split -- which visits Modified Arts, 407 East Roosevelt, on Tuesday,... More >>

• Wax Ecstatic

  published December 9, 2004

  SAT 12/11 Normally we wouldn't recommend walking the streets of Cave Creek after dark, given the number of bikers -- inebriated or... More >>

• Dalai House

  published December 9, 2004

  Y'all remember the "Free Tibet" movement? Back in the late '90s, it was the counterculture cause célèbre, on the lips of every... More >>

• Surf Paradise

  published December 2, 2004

  Wed 12/8 There comes a time in every rocker's life when he grows weary of performing that signature hit, night after night. Even the... More >>

• Step Brothers

  published December 2, 2004

  12/3-12/5 Since ASU's put the clamp-down on fraternity partying, Sun Devil brothers must find other outlets to express themselves. For... More >>

• Human Race

  published December 2, 2004

  Sat 12/4 Athletes of the Valley are probably used to navigating hazardous mountain terrain or dusty mountain trails, but could they... More >>

• Trailer Mix

  published December 2, 2004

  Sat 12/4 When y'all are ready to wade through them thar beer cans and lawn appliances that ain't worked fer years, park yer double-wide... More >>

• Pretty in Punk

  published November 25, 2004

  Fri 11/26 Graduates of the "new school" of punk rock often have difficulty receiving validation from "old school" punks, the people who... More >>

• Balls Out!

  published November 25, 2004

  11/29-11/30 Marketing jingles, every sports franchise has got one. With the Suns, it's "Working hard, playing harder." Feh. The... More >>

• Hang the DJ!

  published November 25, 2004

  Thu 11/25 As the joke goes, they do celebrate Thanksgiving in Great Britain -- only on September 6. Why? Because that's when we... More >>

• Guiding Lights

  published November 25, 2004

  Provided you somehow fight off a T-Day invasion by the extended family with the usual gourmet gorge-fest, relieving your ravenous relatives (not... More >>

• Mr. Pacman

  published November 25, 2004

  Those wacky kids on the Shizz Web-board sure do love off-the-wall theme bands. When they aren't gushing over the whacked-out acts of the... More >>

• Music Man

  published November 18, 2004

  Sat 11/20 If you Phantom fanatics out there can't wait until Christmastime to hear music of the night, please refrain from... More >>