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

• Ghouls on Film

  published August 26, 2004

  Fri 8/27 Adult puppetry is all the rage these days, but the folks at Skeleton Puppetry Theatre don't think the genre's sexual innuendo... More >>

• Bum Deal

  published August 26, 2004

  Hell hath no fury like a wanna-be filmmaker scorned. After being left in financial ruin by a Nashville investment banker nearly 18 years ago,... More >>

• Mano-a-Mono

  published August 19, 2004

  Thu 8/19 Radio drama? These days, there isn't much, unless Rush Limbaugh's bout with OxyContin counts as dramatic fare. But there was a... More >>

• Caught on Film

  published August 19, 2004

  Fri 8/20 What if Spider-Man 2 or The Bourne Supremacy had skipped out on Phoenix movie theaters? Madness would take to... More >>

• Pak'ed House

  published August 12, 2004

  Sat 8/14 Things get pretty dead around these parts during the dog days of summer, especially when it comes to nationalistic... More >>

• School of Jock

  published August 12, 2004

  Scheduling the Phoenix Mercury's annual clinic to coincide with the Summer Olympics is a slam-dunk way of cashing in on all the, uh, hoopla... More >>

• Photo Finish

  published August 12, 2004

  8/12-8/31 Jen and Scott Sanders, owners of the Paper Heart, 750 Grand Avenue, pride themselves on providing something for everyone. So... More >>

• Wild Stallions

  published August 12, 2004

  Troy Tinker sounds exasperated as he explains why the World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions Tour would be of interest to discerning hipsters.... More >>

• Oddio Expression

  published August 5, 2004

  Fri 8/6 This is not your typical shake-ya-ass music: "Open your eyes, see eye to eye with me/Righteous lives, that's how we try to... More >>

• Hex on Us

  published July 29, 2004

  7/30-8/1 Don't hate the players -- hate the game. Back in the day, all we needed was Mountain Dew, a few Snickers bars, Super Nintendo,... More >>

• Waiting to Exhale

  published July 29, 2004

  Oppressed smokers of the Valley, cheer up: Dave Attell feels your pain. Whether surviving a smoking ban or forking over a fiver to satisfy a... More >>

• Rhythm and Rhyme

  published July 22, 2004

  Wed 7/28 What Zephryn Conte does with a beat is easily defined: anything she wants. To be more precise, Conte, who's "somewhere between... More >>

• Thrilling Me

  published July 22, 2004

  Sun 7/25 So much for the pity. The only splash Lollapalooza 2004 made was in the toilet, but The Thrills bounced back instantly from... More >>

• Off the Cuffs

  published July 15, 2004

  7/16-7/18 John DiResta's got a new catchphrase he hopes will grab the nation by the balls: "How's your cock?" asks the portly comedian... More >>

• Wheel Watchers

  published July 15, 2004

  Sat 7/17 Now that he's pimped his own ride, Robert Aguilar will be rollin' with his homies from Mystical Car Club to the first Car &... More >>

• Conversation All-Stars

  published July 15, 2004

  The crossover has always been the mega-event in the comic book kingdom. Fanatics easily spout off titles like Aliens vs. Predator or 1978's... More >>

• Pablo's Honey

  published July 8, 2004

  Sun 7/11 Say the name Pablo Neruda to the average Joe, and you'll probably get blank stares in return (or, at best, a slight dawn of... More >>

• Shots in the Dark

  published July 8, 2004

  Sat 7/10 Alcohol and night golfing -- it's a winning combination. Leave it to the geniuses at the Papago Brewing Company to dream up... More >>

• Slick Willy

  published July 1, 2004

  7/2-8/6 Since we were mere babes, we've tentatively unwrapped each chocolate bar, hoping that famed golden ticket was inside. Alas,... More >>

• "POW" Wows

  published July 1, 2004

  7/1-7/31 The folks at downtown's Trunk Space Gallery are mining comic value -- in the most literal sense. A portion of proceeds from... More >>

• Hung Fury

  published June 24, 2004

  6/24-7/9 Local artist Karen Fiorito knows she's on someone's -- or some government agency's -- list. The question, though, isn't which... More >>

• Snakes Alive

  published June 24, 2004

  Black and teal confetti litters the floor of America West Arena as the Arizona Rattlers are mobbed by the press, having just outlasted the... More >>

• Excite Bikes

  published June 17, 2004

  Nate Adams blasts the engine of his Yamaha YZ 250 motorbike to nearly 10,000 RPMs, assaulting spectators with a machine-gun-like staccato and... More >>

• Cowboy Junkies

  published June 10, 2004

  Fri 6/11 If genetic soda jerks made a milk shake of Allen Ginsberg's, Baxter Black's and George Carlin's DNA, they'd get JL Reed --... More >>

• Draggin' Tale

  published June 10, 2004

  Sat 6/12 An old Sesame Street ditty ("One of these things is not like the others . . .") will prove useful this Saturday, June... More >>