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2001 Stories by Brian Smith

• Sugar High

  published December 6, 2001

  The dreaded word in "local scene" is, of course, the operative one: "local." In this context, local generally suggests unending mediocrity, the... More >>

• Nicks of Time

  published November 29, 2001

  When Stevie Nicks returned to her Phoenix home at the tail end of 1994, just a year after quitting what was once the biggest band in rock 'n'... More >>

• Cheap Dates

  published November 22, 2001

  By definition, a Richmond Slut would be a resident of a San Francisco neighborhood who compromises principles for personal gain. In context of the... More >>

• Col. Parker

  published November 15, 2001

  Rock 'n' Roll Music is the sound of four guys with a past and unkempt hair (drummer Slim Jim Phantom, guitarist/vocalist Gilby Clarke,... More >>

• Bellvue

  published October 18, 2001

  Hailed six years ago in Rolling Stone as rock's Great White Hope, DGeneration and its singer Jesse Malin summoned with aplomb the ghosts of... More >>

• The Liars Club

  published September 20, 2001

  From the ashes of the Generiks rises the Liars Club, a sparky quartet of still young vets who believe in tri-chord pop churns that uphold the... More >>

• Born to Lose

  published September 6, 2001

  These days, at the foot of Johnny Thunders' pedestal sit loads and loads of pie-eyed faces, young men and women looking up adoringly, and casting... More >>

• Life of Riley

  published July 19, 2001

  Ask anybody who the hell Billy Lee Riley is and the response will range from a casual shoulder shrug to a mumbled "I dunno." Considering that... More >>

• Tales From the Dark Side

  published June 28, 2001

  On a wickedly humid afternoon in late June, singer/songwriter Billy Sedlmayr sits in the sunken room of his barrio bungalow, cursing to the... More >>

• Almost Famous

  published June 14, 2001

  Meet Paque, Daisy and Stella, a trio of trend-trawling, Bananarama-obsessed Gen Y'ers from the Phoenix 'burbs whose lives are dedicated to the... More >>

• Gone in a Puff of Smoke

  published May 17, 2001

  Carol Mercadantr steps carefully around the hospital room and stops at the head of the bed. She leans over and, with all the delicacy of a mother... More >>

• 'zine Buddha

  published May 10, 2001

  Nearly a decade ago, Phoenix resident Brian Brooks was churning out little Xeroxed coloring books filled with inventive characters, clever phrases... More >>

• War Crimes in Downtown Phoenix

  published May 3, 2001

  Rolling through downtown as thousands of glum-faced Phoenix Suns fans trek to their cars is not an especially fun ride. The well-scrubbed faces... More >>

• Joey Ramone Leaves Home

  published April 26, 2001

  But things don't last forever and somehow baby, they never really do. -- Joey Ramone in 1977, "I Remember You" I was in... More >>

• 4-H Member

  published April 12, 2001

  The throaty voice is unsettling. He appears to be half sloshed. His words are choppy and loop around like a yo-yo trick gone awry. His sentences... More >>

• Spirits of the Dead

  published April 5, 2001

  Some claim that the ghost of screen star Clifton Webb communicated that he couldn't bear to abandon his beloved Beverly Hills digs, so he opted to... More >>

• Booty Camp

  published March 15, 2001

  In blooper scenes included on the soon-to-be-released gay porn feature Behind the Set, we see a decidedly mirthful 19-year-old Christian... More >>

• Photo Lady

  published March 1, 2001

  The Photo Lady emerges from a corner of the venue dressed all in black. Her salt-and-pepper mane is pulled back into a tail off a softly weathered... More >>

• Song of David

  published February 8, 2001

  When David Grossman came to on the hospital bed, he thought he'd suffered a heart attack. That's what it felt like, that pain and shortness of... More >>

• The Life and Crimes of Andrew Forkes

  published February 1, 2001

  When retired safecracker Andrew Forkes first did lock-down time, bathtub gin was the libation of choice. By his 18th birthday in 1925, he had five... More >>

• Dream Machine

  published January 18, 2001

  The fact that the Korean War-era ambulance is lumbering along well below the posted speed limit is causing the motorist behind us to become irate... More >>

• Yazzie's Razzle-Dazzle

  published January 11, 2001

  New Year's Eve, the night of the dive bar tour at The House art studios, painter Steven Yazzie sports a bike helmet decorated with a fluffy boa... More >>