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One of the first times I saw Big Pete Pearson and the Blues Sevilles was at Char's Has the Blues, the club on North Seventh Avenue. I was chasing shots of Jack Daniel's with...
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Jim Andreas pauses for a moment.
The Trunk Federation singer/guitarist knows that his band only has a couple of minutes left before curfew considerations force it to wrap...
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Getting Oriented: The Asian stock markets are crumbling. But here in the Valley, the Asian food markets are booming.
The latest entry is cause for real celebration: 99...
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Would that Half-Baked were even as well-done as its title implies. This attempt at a contemporary pothead comedy makes you long for the lightness and subtle urbanity of Up in...
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thursday
january 22
Scotland the Brave: Ambrose Bierce defined "kilt" as "a costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen [sic] in America and Americans in Scotland." His point...
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Editor's note: Paul Rubin and David Holthouse reported extensively on crystal methamphetamine in the December 18 issue in a 16-page special section, "Methology."
Valley drug...
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Ben Folds Five
Naked Baby Photos
(Caroline Records)
In these days of instant nostalgia, we often want our memories before we've even compiled the necessary experiences....
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The Grill at the TPC, Scottsdale Princess resort, 7575 East Princess Drive, Scottsdale, 585-4848. Hours: Breakfast and Lunch, 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., seven days a week; Dinner,...
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One of the conceits to which every critic must be genetically predisposed is the idea that, at the end of the day, his or her opinion actually matters. That some unknown...
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Giant Sucking Trees
Three national forests in Arizona are among the nation's top 10 money losers when it comes to logging, according to a study conducted by the Wilderness...
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Moonlight. Mark Olson is staring at the moon, now hovering low in the early evening sky above the desert floor of Joshua Tree, California. He's staring, unshaven and in...
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The press release looks pretty good. "One America in the 21st Century," it reads. It's the President's Initiative on Race, and it's happening in Phoenix.
The president...
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I never thought I'd cut a record by myself. But I've got something to say, I wanna say it for Cher and I hope I say it for a lot of you.
--"Laugh at Me" by Sonny Bono,...
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Ill at Ease
The overall tone of Chris Farnsworth's article suggests that Dr. Ken Fisher's reputation as a pillar of the community is long-standing, while his reputation for...
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It's ironic that Phoenix Theatre is making such a big deal of Crooners--unlike the company's other musical hits Forever Plaid and The Taffetas--being a book musical rather...
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We've said it all along, and now it's official: Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a liar. And not much better can be said about his simpering cheerleader, former U.S. attorney Janet...
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Our grandparents might consider male transvestism a daring subject for a drama. The rest of us, having seen plenty of this sort of stuff on TV talk shows, attend a program...
