Email Author Joe Watson

Awards

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 9, 2005

  "Baby Man"

• 2006 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published December 22, 2005

  "The Crying Game"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published December 22, 2005

  "The Crying Game"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published September 29, 2005

  "Poker Faces"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published June 9, 2005

  "Baby Man"

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2005 Stories by Joe Watson

• The Crying Game

  published December 22, 2005

  Growing up on the Navajo reservation in northeastern Arizona, little boys play basketball, torture their younger sisters, and try to emulate their... More >>

• Meth and Sex

  published November 24, 2005

  Nothing about Theresa's Noxzema-fresh face, curvy body, and just-washed auburn hair reveals the hell she put herself through for more than 20... More >>

• The New Boss

  published November 3, 2005

  You would have thought cops were raiding the stronghold of Pablo Escobar. Early on a warm August morning, 38 Phoenix cops, many in black... More >>

• Poker Faces

  published September 29, 2005

  Bill Rudy takes a slurp of the melted ice and Coke at the bottom of his cup. He cradles his last 1,400 in chips, takes another peek at the pair of... More >>

• Card Shark

  published September 29, 2005

  Thomas Keller, 24, is flat-out the best poker player in the Valley. The Stanford grad (economics, natch) has won two major poker titles, including... More >>

• An Edge on the Competition

  published September 8, 2005

  Riviera Broadcast Group, the new owner of The Edge (KEDJ-FM 103.9), did a curious thing on August 18, when it fired Marc Young, the program... More >>

• Angela's Ashes

  published August 18, 2005

  On a sweltering Sunday night in mid-July, the Pussycat Lounge in Old Town Scottsdale is crawling with twentysomethings pounding shots of... 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 >>

• Geek Chic

  published August 4, 2005

  8/5-8/7 Science-fiction conventions attract the city's geeks and freaks faster than you can say "dungeon master." The largest gaming... More >>

• Daliwood

  published July 28, 2005

  SUN 7/31Thank Salvador Dali for Blade Runner. That goes for Fight Club, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Truman... More >>

• Youth Based

  published July 28, 2005

  7/28-8/31While the action emanating from the local nine at the BOB this year has been roughly akin... More >>

• 'Toon In Tokyo

  published July 28, 2005

  FRI 7/29Though you could make the argument that a majority of 21st-century kids (or adults, for that matter) couldn't find Japan on an... More >>

• Bands of Brothers

  published July 28, 2005

  THU 7/28The Rubber Robot that plays Emerald Lounge this week is not the band by the same name that wears horse-head masks and... More >>

• Fashion 101

  published July 21, 2005

  WED 6/27Alex Garcia is not a revolutionary. The founder of the Phoenix fashion school Instituto de... More >>

• Hello Moto

  published July 21, 2005

  7/22-7/23The auto-racing set has dominated motor sports in recent years, but the left-turn crowd has nothing on the daredevils on... More >>

• Ma Bell

  published July 21, 2005

  THU 7/21Bob Log III once described his music as "poo-party, tit-clapping, techno blues." But the 35-year-old bluesbilly, who sings... More >>

• Got Spirit?

  published July 14, 2005

  As a professional ghost hunter, Christopher Moon says he's been scratched, pushed, beaten, and suffered third-degree burns courtesy of some... More >>

• Living Hell

  published July 14, 2005

  SAT 7/16Dante got it wrong: There are actually 10 circles of hell, and local filmmaker Nicholas Holthaus has been there and back making... More >>

• Fat Cats

  published July 14, 2005

  SAT 7/16Sorry to be the bearers of bad news, booze hounds, but despite having a hops-happy handle, the latest event in the Fat Tire... More >>

• Very Harry

  published July 14, 2005

  FRI 7/15 Throw a rock in the air this weekend and chances are you'll find a party in honor of the July 16 release of the sixth Harry... More >>

• Ready, Betty, Go!

  published July 14, 2005

  SAT 7/16Fans of lesbians, music, and Showtime's The L-Word get a bite of the Big Apple on Saturday, July 16, when the cable... More >>

• Bare a Tone

  published July 7, 2005

  SUN 7/10Ever seen a melodramatic series filled with conniving story lines, sexual innuendos and wanton women who live only for... More >>

• Space Cases

  published July 7, 2005

  SAT 7/9Get your geek on with the members of the United Federation of Phoenix, the nation's second-oldest continuous Star Trek fan club,... More >>

• Fireworks Fiesta

  published June 30, 2005

  MON 7/4 This year, you can choose to fire up the grill and celebrate America's independence by inviting over your near-and-dears,... More >>

• Hot Wheels

  published June 30, 2005

  MON 7/4If you have a hot jalopy that you're dying to show off to a group of ogling, salivating spectators, gas it up and drive to... More >>