Email Author Serene Dominic

Awards

• 2008 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 12, 2007

  "Back on the Sun"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  The music beat

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1996 Stories by Serene Dominic

• Hangin' With Mr. Cooper

  published June 20, 1996

  TV characters who became American institutions in the '70s had a nasty habit of growing stale as they "grew up." Hot Lips Houlihan morphed into... More >>

• Wall to Walternative

  published May 2, 1996

  First, rhythm and blues begat "rock 'n' roll," a term that still has cachet in a few crumbling, former Soviet republics. Then came all of rock 'n'... More >>

• 1996 New Times Music Awards Showcase

  published April 18, 1996

  Best Alternative Rock Beat Angels They may look and play like it, but the Beat Angels aren't really under the illusion that it's... More >>

• Hard-Core Troubadour

  published April 4, 1996

  Steve Earle I Feel Alright (E-Squared/Warner Bros.) Not many people who've been to hell and back are this eager to show slides... More >>

• Slow Gin Fizz

  published March 21, 1996

  Gin Blossoms Congratulations I'm Sorry (A&M) Being local heroes in the national spotlight carries its share of burdens, as the... More >>

• Baaah! Humbucker!

  published March 14, 1996

  "Going down into town tonight/To drink our fill and start a fight." So goes a line from "Helen Reddy," the "hear me roar" opening track... More >>

• Tom Marches On

  published March 7, 1996

  Here's a mentally stimulating game--think of any song written in the last 45 years, then imagine Tom Jones singing it. No matter what your... More >>

• Recordings

  published February 29, 1996

  The Refreshments Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big & Buzzy (Mercury) There's nothing like success to bring out the muttering bastards. Instead... More >>

• Seven Storeys Underground

  published February 22, 1996

  It's January 29, but no one here's calling it "Super Monday." All last week, Tempe had been under siege as blimps of every shape and... More >>

• Recordings

  published February 22, 1996

  Various artists From Dusk Till Dawn (Epic) Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino's stab at a vampire thriller turned out to be a wobbly... More >>

• The Earth Reinherits Joe Meek

  published February 8, 1996

  Think the rock pantheon's already overcrowded with mad musical geniuses, do you? Well, make way for England's Joe Meek--the late, great Sixties... More >>

• Recordings

  published February 8, 1996

  AC/DC Ballbreaker (AC/DC) AC/DC albums are about as interchangeable as Heinz Ketchup bottles on your grocer's shelf, but you'd... More >>

• Recordings

  published January 25, 1996

  Mr. Mirainga Mr. Mirainga (Way Cool Records) Mamba-punk? Samba-core? That's how the PR folks at Way Cool describe their... More >>

• Recordings

  published January 18, 1996

  The Smithereens Attack of the Smithereens (Capitol) The same day Capitol issued its much-ballyhooed first installment of The... More >>