Email Author Jimmy Magahern

Awards

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 19, 2005

  "Big Cheese"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 20, 2005

  "Postcards From the Edge"

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2005 Stories by Jimmy Magahern

• So Young

  published December 29, 2005

  It's rare to find anybody over 20 inside the noisy arcade castle at Mesa's Golfland during the Saturday morning $8 Video Game Blowout. Never mind... More >>

• Fast Times at Westwind junior high

  published December 15, 2005

  It may have looked like a group project to some of the kids in eighth-grade science class. But the chemical compound one 13-year-old girl was... More >>

• Beyond Biff

  published December 8, 2005

  When you're an actor best known for playing one of the biggest buffoon bullies in screen history -- a dimwitted tyrant with a penchant for messing... More >>

• Quiet Riot

  published November 17, 2005

  There's a party going on Thursday nights at the Shaker Room -- if you're savvy enough to find the dance floor. The club, practically hidden across... More >>

• Streaming Consciousness

  published November 10, 2005

  Finding Americana music on Internet radio is like looking for a bucket of nails at Restoration Hardware: There's just something that ain't right... More >>

• Postcards From the Edge

  published October 20, 2005

  Rudy Adler steps into the den of his parents' house, a sprawling, ranch-style home in an old-moneyed section of Paradise Valley, and pulls up some... More >>

• Katrina's Second Wind

  published October 6, 2005

  Like other Valley residents glued to the nightly news in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Kaydee Thomas saw how quickly and efficiently Governor... More >>

• Everybody Loves Rayman

  published October 6, 2005

  As a songwriter with nearly a dozen country chart hits to his credit -- including four Top 10s with his former band, McBride & The Ride, and a few... More >>

• Let It Ride

  published September 29, 2005

  Aaron Homoki, 15, beat out more than 1,500 entrants from around the country in an MTV skating competition tied to a promotion for this past... More >>

• Storm Troopers

  published September 22, 2005

  Elton Bush loves Arizona. He's not too fond of his ironic namesake, the president, for taking his time mobilizing the guard while Elton and... More >>

• Getting Tail

  published September 15, 2005

  Katrina Leskanich, former lead singer of the '80s band Katrina and the Waves, whose one hit, "Walking on Sunshine," became a top 10 smash in the... More >>

• Jokers Wild

  published September 8, 2005

  In a corner of a packed sports bar, beneath a neon Captain Morgan sign and a blank TV monitor, Erik Miller steps up to the mic and launches into... More >>

• Drummerpalooza

  published September 8, 2005

  Imagine you're a rock chick with a thing for drummers. Instead of becoming a Banger Sister, you become a rock photographer specializing in... More >>

• Legend City

  published September 1, 2005

  If you've ever wondered why there are so many cryptic jabs at Arizona on The Simpsons -- from Homer's nixing of a Grand Canyon State... More >>

• The Real Deal

  published August 25, 2005

  It took Dave Insley only about four decades to realize his real life story would make a great country album. "You know, it's the craziest... More >>

• Streaming Consciousness

  published August 11, 2005

  These days, anyone with a Live365 account and a stack of CDs can run his own radio station on the Internet. The hard part is getting people to... More >>

• Too Sexy for His Skits

  published August 11, 2005

  Don't go to the Tempe Improv this weekend expecting old Saturday Night Live bits from comedian Tracy Morgan. And if you're offended... More >>

• Caged Heat

  published August 4, 2005

  "I was Batman for a week!" says Roland Sarria, barreling down Broadway Road in his two-tone black and gray Honda Element, covered with bright red... More >>

• In Store

  published August 4, 2005

  Sure, Starbucks' in-store music -- which has begat its own record label, Hear Music, and, since last August, "Media Bars" listening stations in... More >>

• The Big Bounce

  published August 4, 2005

  Even if all you know about lowrider culture is limited to that Burger King drive-through commercial featuring a pair of young white employees... More >>

• Quiet, Please

  published August 4, 2005

  WED 8/10As an artist who's been kicking around the Phoenix art scene for more than 20 years, Stephen Michael Barnes has had his fill of... More >>

• Fur Balls

  published August 4, 2005

  SAT 8/6If cheering on 60 bowling teams raising money for animal welfare charities sounds like a tame way to spend a day, you haven't... More >>

• Dirty Dozen

  published July 28, 2005

  At their CD release party scheduled for the Old Brickhouse Grill this Friday night, The Society of Invisibles plan to perform a song so... More >>

• Die Hards

  published July 21, 2005

  "You want road stories?" says Alfie Lucero, lead singer and bass player in the six-year-old Phoenix rock band Redfield, sharing some after-work... More >>

• Big Cheese

  published May 19, 2005

  Somehow, the night just doesnt feel complete until the hot blonde in the "I ♥ Dick" tee shirt bends over, peels down the back of her jeans... More >>