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Nine days after September 11, 2001, a guy named Joe Deihl from Paradise Valley started a company called Regency Medical Research, Ltd.
Within months, Regency had an amazing...
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Some people dread reunions.
It would be easy to assume that about Charles Thompson -- the charismatic Pixies front man who shrieked and howled under the name Black Francis...
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It's one of the eternal mysteries of dining in the Valley, one I've yet to solve despite many a sleepless night spent contemplating same: Why are Phoenix chefs so averse to...
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Fortune smiles on groovy egregiousness. In the case of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, the filmmakers' investment in their weird visions is wildly unorthodox, but the...
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Runways during Manhattan's Fashion Week were clogged with gauzy blouses and underskirts made of mosquito netting -- perhaps in preparation for a global version of the West Nile...
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Arizonans love to share holidays with Mexico. Or maybe they just love to party. For years, Cinco de Mayo has been a Valley beer blowout, as residents chug cheap Coronas in...
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If you've ever stood in line waiting to pass through security at downtown Phoenix's county courthouse, you've surely uttered a word or two that qualifies as obscene.
It's not...
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I'm damn close to drawing blood from chewing on my lips, and my hands are shaking from a combination of shitty hotel coffee and simmering rage. No, I'm not at an AA meeting --...
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Mr. 3000 has low aspirations, which suits it well. It's about a 47-year-old baseball player trying to get three meager hits and the team for which he plays trying to climb out...
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Ryan Singer is a Native American painter, but don't confuse him with R.C. Gorman or some other traditionalist you see hanging in downtown Scottsdale galleries. Toss a hit or...
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THU 16
Beavis and Butt-head made him the butt of a long-running joke, but some talents won't be diminished. Kip Winger will endure. Witness, for instance, Burnn Magazine's...
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With the J-grrl back in the saddle this week after her brief leave of absence (though whose saddle, I'll never tell), I decide to let the lezzie Eva Longoria pick our...
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Curran and his band, the Nightlifes, sound like they just stepped out of a time machine sent back to 1949. They're all young cats, but they perfectly capture the raw vibe of...
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Silver City is being marketed as a biting, bitter send-up of George W. Bush. Hence the copious use of trailer footage in which Chris Cooper, as Colorado gubernatorial candidate...
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"The Landmine Prints" at Burton Barr Central Library: ASU professor John Risseeuw's unique approach to printmaking includes what he calls "content-specific paper" -- handmade...
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Say you're some hotshot Hollywood producer who wants to churn out the next big, edgy drug flick. You've already gone the logical route and cast Johnny Depp, but the script to...
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drinking problem
A public service: Finally, somebody had the nerve to say it! People at .08 ain't the problem ("How to Drink and Drive and Get Away With It," Bruce Rushton,...
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On its full-length debut, this Los Angeles trio does a commendable job of mixing atmosphere and muscle. Though the band's calling card is singer Gena Olivier's Nico-like...
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If Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence were a live-action sequel, there would be a lot of gossip about star histrionics, creative conflicts and so forth. Since the original Ghost...
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Wed 9/22
Gene Simmons ain't got nothing on Count Smokula. While both showmen are face-painted night crawlers with ungodly long tongues, the Smokula's more of a...
