Email Author Brendan Joel Kelley

Awards

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published June 16, 2005

  "High Voltage"

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2005 Stories by Brendan Joel Kelley

• Fish Tales

  published May 12, 2005

  "Fuck trout! Trout are pussies!" my good friend John Rupp declared into the microphone while dancing onstage at the Rogue late last year during... More >>

• Acid Reign VII at the Icehouse

  published May 12, 2005

  The Valley's original underground massive dance event, Swell Records' Acid Reign VII, is returning this Saturday, May 14, with headlining... More >>

• Street Smarts

  published May 5, 2005

  The Valley seems to have finally come into its own within the sphere of hip-hop, with nary a night lacking a jam-packed beats and rhymes expo... More >>

• Blunt Club's StreetDreams Pre-Party

  published May 5, 2005

  If you just can't wait for this weekend's big StreetDreams hip-hop festival at the Old Brickhouse Grill, stop in at Hollywood Alley (2610 West... More >>

• Ciao, Bella

  published April 28, 2005

  A couple of Sunday afternoons ago, about an hour before the New Times Music Showcase began, I was drinking a beer at the Tavern on Mill... More >>

• Josh Wink at Myst

  published April 28, 2005

  It wouldn't be quite fair to call trance kingpin Josh Wink a hippie, but hell, we will anyway, because of his vegan lifestyle and the years he... More >>

• Legal Love

  published April 21, 2005

  Ahhh, free pornography. I'm happily back on the grid and into the glaring free light of the digital world now that broadband Internet service has... More >>

• DJ Mike Cruz at Flux

  published April 21, 2005

  You've probably never had the chance to party and dance the night away on the island electro-mecca of Ibiza, Spain, or shake it down at Club TLV... More >>

• Bless This House

  published April 14, 2005

  In a town full of Mormons and mega-churches and one of the largest Christian hip-hop movements in the country, Cole Massey couldn't find religion.... More >>

• Club Deez at the Buzz

  published April 14, 2005

  Da Nutz -- Power 92's afternoon disc jockey personalities Joey Boy (the right nut) and J. Philla (the left nut) -- have become an airwave... More >>

• Calabrese

  published April 7, 2005

  Zombies, mummies and vampires populate local trio Calabrese's first full-length, 13 Halloweens, the follow-up to the three brothers'... More >>

• Blunt Club gets a new home

  published April 7, 2005

  This Thursday, April 7, local artist and impresario Dumperfoo moves his long-running Blunt Club hip-hop night to a new location, Hollywood Alley,... More >>

• Country Punks

  published March 31, 2005

  It's the second Friday night in a row I've been hanging out in Heather Rae Johnson's living room, listening to Johnson and her husband, Shannon... More >>

• Atmosphere

  published March 31, 2005

  "Atmosphere finally made a good record . . . yeah, right, that shit almost sounds convincing," Minneapolis-based MC Slug, head of the... More >>

• DJ Micro at Flux

  published March 31, 2005

  Are you kids out there ready to get tiny? Famed trance DJ Micro is stopping through the 'Nix on Saturday, April 2, to lay down some of his... More >>

• Chase Out

  published March 24, 2005

  Over at my pad on a recent Sunday afternoon, DJ ChaseOne has his battery-operated portable turntable on the floor next to his metal box of... More >>

• Djeremy at Counter Culture

  published March 24, 2005

  If you've missed the Chicago Sessions at Counter Culture (2330 East McDowell Road) this month, which brought out Chi-town house music auteurs DJ... More >>

• Shake! at the Rogue

  published March 17, 2005

  The Rogue, south Scottsdale's infamous punk rock bar, isn't normally the sort of place you're likely to see people bustin' out dance moves. But... More >>

• Match Unmade

  published March 10, 2005

  When the local bedroom producer who calls himself the Angel of Death dropped me off his demo, he made sure to point out the birth-control... More >>

• New Times DJ Competition

  published March 10, 2005

  Beat addicts, here's your chance to see the 'Nix's next superstar DJs in their larva stages at our own New Times DJ Competition, Friday, March 11,... More >>

• This Secret's Out

  published March 3, 2005

  My friend Billy used to always wear a button that said "Who Cares" on the collar of his jacket, until "some bitch" stole it off of him at a dive... More >>

• Richard "Humpty" Vission

  published March 3, 2005

  Hot on the heels of fellow house-music visionary Bad Boy Bill's visit to the 'Nix, former tag-team collaborator and equally influential house... More >>

• DJ Icey at Myst

  published February 24, 2005

  We're still happily enjoying the paradise that is our balmy wintertime in the 'Nix, but clubgoers should be prepared for a chilly blast when... More >>

• School of Rawk

  published February 17, 2005

  On a recent weekday afternoon, I was sitting at home flipping through the new issue of Food & Wine when Adam Jacobson, bassist and lead... More >>

• Spencer Product at Hot Pink

  published February 17, 2005

  So you thought the Pink was hot already? You haven't seen Hotter Pink yet, going down at Karamba (1724 East McDowell Road) this Friday, February... More >>