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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2009 Stories by Serene Dominic

• Hughes Your Daddy?

  published May 14, 2009

  Because kids in 2007 aren't buying CDs like kids of yesteryear did, retailers like Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and Target are threatening to scale back... More >>

• Art for Starters Is a Startup Operation That’s Barely Gotten Started

  published April 9, 2009

  Living with an addict destroys you. Either you shut down emotionally to weather the shitstorms or you erupt like Vesuvius because someone... More >>

• The Vivian Girls

  published April 9, 2009

  If you find yourself asking who the Vivian Girls are, prepare to be answered on two fronts. In the literary/esoterica world, the Vivian Girls are... More >>

• Starter Homies

  published April 9, 2009

  Living with an addict destroys you. Either you shut down emotionally to weather the shitstorms or you erupt like Vesuvius because someone... More >>

• Heroine Junkies

  published April 9, 2009

  If you find yourself asking who the Vivian Girls are, prepare to be answered on two fronts. In the literary/esoterica world, the Vivian Girls are... More >>

• Tucson’s Golden Boots Are Betting Your Alt-Country Isn’t Alt Enough

  published February 12, 2009

  Most-often-heard gripe in the digital age? That there's no regionalism in music anymore, that once upon a time, you heard a record and could tell... More >>

• Smoky Mountain Skullbusters Call It Quits

  published February 12, 2009

  In his bedroom, Mike Roberts has a mural comprising old gig fliers, posters, and ads in which someone has egregiously misspelled Smoky Mountain... More >>

• Smoked Out

  published February 12, 2009

  In his bedroom, Mike Roberts has a mural comprised of old gig fliers posters and ads where someone has egregiously misspelled Smoky Mountain... More >>

• Free Vanity

  published February 5, 2009

  Rarely has revenge been served colder than the frozen shit sandwich the record industry has been served. Two decades after forcing the... More >>

• In The Heart Is a Drum Machine, Filmmakers Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke Ask the Ultimate Musical Question

  published January 29, 2009

  Frank Zappa is often credited with saying, "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." If describing music can't capture the... More >>

• Sweet 17

  published January 22, 2009

  Before tax specialists H&R Block admitted to overstating its earnings for 2003 and 2004 by $91.1 million, founder Henry W. Block used to appear in... More >>

• Back Ted N-Ted’s Ryan Breen on the Hookie EP and an Upcoming Full Album

  published January 15, 2009

  Remember when the big fat Mother Superior in The Sound of Music told Sister Maria that every time the Lord closes a door somewhere, He... More >>

• The Euro Stops Here

  published January 8, 2009

  Sure, we've got Americana up the wazoo in this dry-heated home state, but what about "Britannicana," Britpop-rooted music made in three-digit... More >>