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

• Conor's Cult

  published February 10, 2005

  It was bound to happen, but still took me by surprise. In the February 1 New York Post's infamous Page Six, there was my homie Conor in the... More >>

• PAINT at the Paper Heart

  published February 10, 2005

  Sometimes it takes a mellow evening out on the town to balance out your usual debauched nights, especially after Valentine's Day. Lift your... More >>

• Secret Army

  published February 3, 2005

  When you scribble about bands for a regional publication every week like I do, it's an occupational hazard that shitloads of crap local CDs arrive... More >>

• Blunt Club at Rio Salado

  published February 3, 2005

  After a long run at Boston's/P.I., the Valley's preeminent hip-hop night, Blunt Club, has made a temporary move to the Rio Salado Brewery on Mill... More >>

• About Fase

  published January 27, 2005

  When I run into Phoenix rapper Pokafase a few days before his record release party for Mastermind, the long-overdue LP he recorded back in... More >>

• Panic! at Andersons

  published January 27, 2005

  Scratching, mixing, beat-juggling, all the elements of hip-hop DJing -- they're all good, but sometimes you just wanna hear a song you can dance... More >>

• You Say You Wanna Resolution . . .

  published January 20, 2005

  It's the third week of January. By now, if you're like everyone else we know, you've broken your New Year's resolution -- popped that Vicodin,... More >>

• Lucky Man Productions fee update

  published January 20, 2005

  Shortly after last week's Revolver column appeared ("Tom's Tax,"... More >>

• Kid Capri at Myst

  published January 20, 2005

  New York-born DJ Kid Capri is one of the most recognized names in hip-hop turntablism, having been scratching since the tender age of 8. With a... More >>

• Tom's Tax

  published January 13, 2005

  Well, the holidays are over; you've gotten all the gifts you're going to get until your birthday, or, if you're lucky, until you get your tax... More >>

• Awol One and Z-Man at Kill Mill

  published January 13, 2005

  Y'all rellies ready to get your gurp on? Kill Mill resident DJs Foundation, Dirty Napz, and Ether One are bringing that crazy-ass Z-Man, the... More >>

• Last Dance

  published January 6, 2005

  Eric Seven, the nucleus of electronic/industrial band Radio Free America, doesn't strike you as the Trent Reznor type -- not even the Dave... More >>

• Crunk Junkie

  published January 6, 2005

  I fucked up, and I'll admit it. A few months back I reviewed a compilation called Crunk Classics, with songs by dirty south superstars... More >>

• Living Legends MC Scarub at the Brickhouse

  published January 6, 2005

  With the recent (but supposedly temporary) closing of the Priceless Inn/Boston's, home of the weekly Blunt Club hip-hop extravaganza, local heads... More >>