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2011 Stories by Jason P. Woodbury

• Tom "Soda" Gardocki on Spike Jonze, 12-String Banjo, Jackass, and Weezer

  published Dec 07, 2011

  Tom "Soda" Gardocki spent years playing guitar in SoCal rockers Wax (go rewatch the credits of Mallrats; the band plays right after its pals Weezer) but more recently he's devoted himself to more rust... More >>

• Puscifer @ Mesa Arts Center

  published December 8, 2011

  Maynard James Keenan isn't known for being forthright, but he's pretty open in his description of Conditions of My Parole, the latest... More >>

• The Black Heart Procession @ Crescent Ballroom

  published December 8, 2011

  Following a major-label disaster, much-hyped and beloved San Diego band Three Mile Pilot broke up before the dawn of this millennium. The... More >>

• The Phoenix Zoo Wants You to Rock the Zoo (If You are a Rock or Alternative Band)

  published Dec 06, 2011

  Attention rock and alternative acts around Arizona: The Phoenix Zoo wants you for 2012's Rock the Zoo event. "We're looking for rock and alternative acts," says zoo PR & Marketing Manager Linda Hard... More >>

• A Brief Conversation With, Ahem, DJ Horsep*ssy

  published Dec 06, 2011

  Neil Hamburger is not your typical comic, and DJ Horsepussy is not your typical DJ. Hamburger's "anti-comedy" style has certainly inspired an entire crop of alt-comedians, and while Phoenix has a few ... More >>

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  Phoenix Artists to Organize Jim Henson Covers Album

  published Dec 06, 2011

  In the latest installment of "Wait, Fox said whaaatr" Eric Bolling, host of Fox Business' Follow the Money had a conversation with Media Research Center guest Dan Gainor and Andrea Tantaros, co-host o... More >>

• Dream Theater and Iron & Wine Over the Weekend

  published Dec 05, 2011

  Dream Theater at Ikeda at Mesa Arts Center Loyal fans talk about Dream Theater's live show in hushed, reverential tones. I'd never experienced the band live before last night, but years of hearing fa... More >>

• Record Heat by Brad Dwyer

  published Dec 05, 2011

  My favorite moment of Herman Cain's "That's it, I'm out of here" speech was when quoted Donna Summers' "Power of One," a favorite "poem" of us, and coincidentally, the theme from Pokemon 2000. Brad D... More >>

• Scottsdale Resident Jerry Lawson of The Persuasions To Perform on NBC's The Sing Off

  published Dec 03, 2011

  The idea of Scottsdale resident Jerry Lawson, onetime leader of The Persuasions, one of the most prominent a cappella group of '60s and '70s, competing on NBC's a cappella competition The Sing Off ... More >>

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  Iron & Wine at Crescent Ballroom, 12/2/11

  published Dec 03, 2011

  Iron & Wine Crescent Ballroom 12/2/11 How much saxophone is too much saxophoner You might want to ask the young lady who passed out during the extended dub-into-free jazz-psychedelic blues skronk of ... More >>

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  Top 5 Shows to Catch This Weekend: Tetra String Quartet, B.B. King, Headroom, Memorial Tribute to Paul Thomas, and PJ Waxman

  published Dec 02, 2011

  Well, it's December, which means you can't avoid it any longer: it's time to start Christmas shopping. That's my plan at least, a desperate attempt to get it done sometime before, oh, December 23, as... More >>

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  Blind Boys of Alabama Founding Member Jimmy Carter: "We're Testing the Water, and I Hope We Don't Drown."

  published Dec 02, 2011

  Ladies and gentlemen, The Blind Boys of Alabama have gone country. Well, kind of. The long running gospel group, which formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind way back in 1939, released ... More >>

• Analog Sweat: Genre-Proof Instrumental Walls of Noise

  published Dec 01, 2011

  Do you ever feel like every band has a clothing liner Rock-beats-electro duo Analog Sweat and the Native American-inspired clothing company UN3EK SY5TEM are connected (but separate), the ties connec... More >>

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  Eddy Detroit, Dream Theater, Mickey Hart, and More in This Week's Issue

  published Dec 01, 2011

  Don't call it a come back: mythic Phoenix art-punk Eddy Detroit never went away, releasing a string of albums all throughout the '80s, '90s, and '00s, but thanks to Ammit Records, the vinyl imprint of... More >>

• From Print: Blogs Teased in Our December 1 Issue

  published Dec 01, 2011

  This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. What songs are ... More >>

• Manu Chao Sings "Clandestino" in Front of Sheriff Joe's Tent City

  published Nov 30, 2011

  Music can be a lot of things: powerful, divisive, heartbreaking, cathartic. When Manu Chao came to Phoenix in September, his music served a rare purpose: healing. Like it or hate it, The Sound Strik... More >>

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  Miss DJ MJ on Mouse Powell, Ladylike, and Sluggo ft. HavocNdeeD

  published Nov 30, 2011

  "I know hits when I hear them," Miss DJ MJ says, hanging out in the New Times office. I believe her. She's been on the air for 10 years, working as music director at Power 98.3. She recently left the... More >>

• The Dollyrots' Kelly Ogden on Being on Joan Jett's Label, Kickstarter, and the Band's New Record

  published Nov 30, 2011

  When The Dollyrots left Joan Jett's Blackheart label earlier this year, they went to their fans to help raise money for the band's fourth record of buzzy, catchy punk. The fans came through. The ban... More >>

• Old Art Punk Eddy Detroit Returns, Thanks to Revolver Records' New Imprint

  published December 1, 2011

  Phoenix songwriter Eddy Detroit walks slowly and talks fast. Both qualities are easy to account for. At 59, his body is worn from years... More >>

• Bob Log III @ Crescent Ballroom

  published December 1, 2011

  There's mysterious, and then there's mysterious as defined by Tom Waits, a songwriter who's maintained an air of impenetrable mystique. In an... More >>

• Light in the Attic Records and Rhino Handmade Team Up

  published Nov 29, 2011

  Even with rumors rumbling that the Big Four (soon to be threer) will cease producing CDs at the end of 2012, Seattle-based label Light in the Attic has teamed with Rhino Handmade to help distribute ul... More >>

• Barry Fey's Backstage Past: The Gun, Axl Rose, Lars Ulrich, and the Truth

  published Nov 29, 2011

  Legendary concert promoter Barry Fey's Twitter bio is pretty revealing: "Its Barry Fey. I am a rock promoter. I have promoted a few shows here and there. Maybe you have heard of mer" Fey, "The Rockfa... More >>

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  Guns N' Roses To Welcome Comerica Theatre to the Jungle on December 27

  published Nov 28, 2011

  Like most of you, I was pretty surprised by that Radiohead concert announcement, but you know, this one might actually take the cake: Guns N' Roses is coming to Comerica Theatre on Tuesday, December 2... More >>

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  Record Heat by Brad Dwyer

  published Nov 28, 2011

  In "Take it Or Regret It," one of my favorite pieces of music writing this year, songwriter and Seattle Weekly columnist John Roderick wrote: Music writers aren't engaged in a conspiracy of bitterne... More >>

• Sister Cities, Doctor Bones, and the Return of Eastside Records' Michael Pawlicki Over the Weekend

  published Nov 28, 2011

  Busy giving thanks over your four-day weekendr Don't worry, here's what you missed at Up on the Sun: Sister Cities and Doctor Bones The Rogue Bar kicked off Saturday night with a charismatic and int... More >>