Email Author Benjamin Leatherman

Awards

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

  "Pedalphiles"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Swat Team"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Beach in Heat"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Tech Mex"

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2005 Stories by Benjamin Leatherman

• Pissing Match at the Devil House

  published December 15, 2005

  You’re probably wanting to drain the lizard something fierce right now, brah, but try pinching things off. All of your beer buddies are here... More >>

• Profile: Cabbie Steve Sims

  published December 22, 2005

  Steve Sims, 38, doesn't watch Taxicab Confessions -- he never needs to. The former computer programmer turned cabdriver has already... More >>

• Profile: Alexandria Paveloff

  published December 22, 2005

  While Alexandria Paveloff recently turned the magic, alcohol-friendly age of 21, don't expect to see her wasted on New Year's Eve. This... More >>

• Profile: Pyrotechnician Kendon Victor

  published December 22, 2005

  Kendon Victor, 41, will help start 2006 off with a bang, or several hundred of them. As head pyrotechnician for Tempe-based Fireworks... More >>

• Profile: Robert "Fun Bobby" Birmingham

  published December 22, 2005

  Robert Birmingham (a.k.a. Fun Bobby), 38, towers over the Valley nightclub scene. This 6-foot-6 beer-busting beanstalk is one of the... More >>

• Remember Nothing

  published December 22, 2005

  It's time to welcome '06 here in the PHX, but you've got no idea where to go. New Year's Eve is (arguably) the biggest hootenanny of the whole... More >>

• Vote for Pedro Tour

  published December 15, 2005

  Gosh, Pedro Sanchez must have some mad skills besides owning sweet bikes or hooking up with chicks, since the newly elected class president of... More >>

• Candye Kane

  published December 15, 2005

  Uh, excuse us for a just a sec, but as the beyond-buxom breasts of one Candye Kane, the former porn star turned blueswoman, we'd like a word with... More >>

• Joe Strummer Memorial & Tribute

  published December 15, 2005

  Keith Jackson, vocalist/guitarist for legendary local punk group Glass Heroes, wears his love for Joe Strummer on his sleeve -- and then some. Not... More >>

• Gojira a Go-Go

  published December 8, 2005

  SUN 12/11We need some advice. Godzilla's 51st birthday is coming up, and we haven't a clue as to what to get the big fella. Imagine the... More >>

• Wicked Wisdom This Way Comes

  published December 8, 2005

  Jada Pinkett Smith is quite the hyphenate. In addition to being the wife of rapper/movie star extraordinaire Will Smith, the mother... More >>

• Bible Humpers

  published November 24, 2005

  SAT 11/26Jumpin' Jesus, thought Aaron Burkey, I'm a friggin' genius! The 35-year-old vocalist/guitarist was searching for... More >>

• Big Pricks

  published November 24, 2005

  At first glance, Mando Rascon could easily be dismissed as just another tattoo artist. His arms are awash with numerous inked designs,... More >>

• Souse Party

  published November 17, 2005

  Grace Slick did it. So did Janis Joplin and Courtney Love. Shane MacGowan was notorious for doing it, as was David Yow. What's this rocker roll... More >>

• Devil in a White Dress

  published November 10, 2005

  THU 11/10To hell with Niagara Falls, we've got an even better location lined up for our impending nuptials: Hades. Sure, the guests... More >>

• Claw-de-da

  published November 10, 2005

  Greetings, landcrawlers! Homarus americanus here -- better known as the American lobster -- to tell y'all that Neptune can kiss my bright,... More >>

• Beck

  published October 27, 2005

  Great Xenu's ghost! Didja know Beck Hansen's a Scientologist? That's correct, alt-rock's favorite shabby-chic troubadour is a Dianetics-following,... More >>

• Trails to Terror

  published October 27, 2005

  You feel the chill in the air, that spooky tingle at the base of your spine, the growing sense of dread in the pit of your stomach. You know it's... More >>

• Got Game?

  published October 20, 2005

  10/22-10/23Critics of dodgeball consider the game a "dangerous sport," but it's really only as sadistic as the person chucking the ball... More >>

• Trails to Terror

  published October 20, 2005

  You feel the chill in the air, that ooky tingle at the base of your spine, the... More >>

• You GoGirls

  published October 13, 2005

  SAT 10/15You don't need testosterone to make hardcore music hard. Though it's always been implied that the ol' punk-rock "oi" be sung... More >>

• Bone Mama Mia!

  published October 13, 2005

  SUN 10/16"Poetry readings are boring. This is a rock show compared to poetry readings," says Mary "Bone Mama" McCann, who will perform... More >>

• Smokin Joe Kubek and B'Nois King

  published October 13, 2005

  Smokin' Joe Kubek sure lives up to his moniker, and not because this wild-haired, tattooed, guitar-slinging mountain of a man is often seen... More >>

• Kota Many Colors

  published October 6, 2005

  SAT 10/8If you're a fan of mainstream, steak-and-potatoes Broadway shows -- your Phantom, your Rent -- then more power to... More >>

• Monsters' Ball

  published October 6, 2005

  10/6-10/31The three bone-chilling extraterrestrial attractions at Alien Extreme, 4011 South Power Road in Mesa, are like an episode of... More >>