Email Author C. Murphy Hebert

2004 Stories by C. Murphy Hebert

• Drill Power

  published December 30, 2004

  1/3 - 1/28 Our couch-potato habits are so ingrained that it takes a drill sergeant to get us into shape. Too bad we recoil at the... More >>

• A Many Splintered Thing

  published December 30, 2004

  12/30- 2/12 Paul and Corrie just got married. She's beautiful, and he's a hotshot lawyer who just won his first case, a whopping... More >>

• OK, Go Go

  published December 16, 2004

  SAT 12/18 Jonathan Swift's satirical essay "A Modest Proposal" discussed how to prevent the children of poor people in Ireland from... More >>

• Split Splash

  published December 9, 2004

  TUE 12/14 From what you've come to expect from emo groups, Novi Split -- which visits Modified Arts, 407 East Roosevelt, on Tuesday,... More >>

• Trailer Mix

  published December 2, 2004

  Sat 12/4 When y'all are ready to wade through them thar beer cans and lawn appliances that ain't worked fer years, park yer double-wide... More >>

• Surf Paradise

  published December 2, 2004

  Wed 12/8 There comes a time in every rocker's life when he grows weary of performing that signature hit, night after night. Even the... More >>

• Hang the DJ!

  published November 25, 2004

  Thu 11/25 As the joke goes, they do celebrate Thanksgiving in Great Britain -- only on September 6. Why? Because that's when we... More >>

• Board Stiffs

  published November 4, 2004

  11/5-11/30 Skateboarding has always been an art form (after all, if your mom could pull off a 540 board varial or a 900-degree spin,... More >>

• Poll Position

  published October 28, 2004

  Tue 11/2 For politically active artists (redundant, we know), the presidential election is a bit like the Super Bowl, sans the beer... More >>

• Take Four

  published October 28, 2004

  10/29-11/2 Amy Hettinger, director and founder of the Scottsdale Film Festival, built some bigger britches for this year's local... More >>

• Size Matters

  published October 21, 2004

  10/23-10/24 Perhaps it's because we appreciate the sheer everyday practicality of their design, or maybe they just appeal to our Wild... More >>

• Devil in Disguise

  published October 14, 2004

  10/15-10/17 The ladies are packing lightly for Have Tassels Will Travel, a play following the life of burlesque dancer Satan's... More >>

• Unusual Suspects

  published October 7, 2004

  10/7-10/31 By now, we've been inundated by so much rigmarole surrounding "Decision 2004," we're more likely to pull a trigger come... More >>

• Cool Whips

  published October 7, 2004

  Sat 10/9 If all that vanilla's drying out your taste buds, try a taste of the Icehouse's Fetish Ball II on Saturday, October 9, which... More >>

• Ball Games

  published September 23, 2004

  Nothing fully arousing your artistic interests? Come find a little, uh, release at the Blue Ball on Saturday, September 25, at the Alwun House,... More >>

• Secret Agent Ham

  published September 23, 2004

  9/24-9/26 Austin Powers can switch himself off, because when it comes to spy send-ups, there was none better than Get Smart.... More >>

• Tongue and Groove

  published September 16, 2004

  Wed 9/22 Gene Simmons ain't got nothing on Count Smokula. While both showmen are face-painted night crawlers with ungodly long tongues,... More >>

• Crisis Watch

  published September 9, 2004

  9/10-9/24 There's arguably nothing inherently funny about being a Latino immigrant struggling in America. So forgive us if a one-man... More >>

• Low Life

  published September 2, 2004

  9/4-9/5 Danny Ochoa has a secret identity he wants to keep on the down low. As a judge for Lowrider Magazine, the 37-year-old... More >>

• Table Dancing

  published September 2, 2004

  Thu 9/2 At first glance, we assumed that ASU's Evelyn Smith Music Theatre, 40 East Gammage Parkway in Tempe, was hosting some sort of... More >>

• 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 >>

• Furter Review

  published August 26, 2004

  8/27-9/18 It's hard not to fall in love with a sweet transsexual Transylvanian whose sole purpose is growing the perfect sex toy. While he... 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 >>

• 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 >>

• 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 >>