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One Sunday evening in February, Deedra Abboud serves dinner at her north Phoenix home. The first course is lentil soup and lamb, followed by a dish of pickles, carrots and...
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"I feel like I come off as a crackpot," local singer-songwriter Brodie Hubbard admits to me. We're discussing his travails as a young solo artist in a city that's not...
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Outstanding sushi in the wiles of the northwest Valley? Yeah, right. Now you'll be telling me that President Bush has been secretly planning to sell U.S. shipping ports to some...
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Didn't Richard Donner retire? A 1980s star-director name, among many, that should now send bolts of discouraging dread down your spine, Richard Donner may well be seeing his...
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Gregory Sale, 44, has made all sorts of art. He's done performance pieces, he's worked in fabric, paint, wood, found objects, epoxy resin, you name it. He works out of a studio...
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Last fall, Microsoft hyped its pricey Xbox 360 by promising to reinvent gaming as we know it. The blockbuster "next generation" titles were supposed to harness the machine's...
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From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Robrt L. Pela Published:
March 2, 2006
The only thing The Bird hates more than a bag of seeds and stems (see the recent column on bong laws, dude) is a bag of hot air.
Which's why it loves politicians so much....
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All hail Jurassic 5! They were a breath of fresh air, bringing pleasure and fun back to the type of hip-hop listened to by indie-rock fans. But they did not come alone -- and...
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It should be too early in the year to expect a good movie, let alone a great one; anything released prior to the Oscars is bound to be forgotten by spring. Yet here it is, the...
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"Sensual Pleasures" at the Herberger Gallery: Phoenix artist Jeanne Collins' installation Biopsy Banquet is the standout in this group show of predictable erotic-themed pieces....
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By Michael Atkinson, Jordan Harper, Melissa Levine and Robert Wilonsky Published:
March 2, 2006
Walk the Line (Fox)
No matter what a junkie does with his spare time -- say, redefine country music, or forge one of history's most enduring personas -- movies about junkies...
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The City of Phoenix's $878 million bond election, early voting in which is already under way, comes down to one issue: trust.
Do you believe bond proponents' pitch trumpeted...
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Armed with a terrific new album, Pandelirium, Nashville's Th' Legendary Shack*Shakers are bringing their greasy, Southern-fried combo of blues, punk, polka and old-school...
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What do little girls want? If we are to follow the emotional heart of Aquamarine, a new film about two 13-year-olds who help a runaway mermaid fall in love, the answer is . . ...
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Annie Duke's Conquering Online Poker (Big Vision)
The Avengers: The Complete Emma Peel Megaset (A&E)
Battle's Poison Cloud (Cinema Libre)
Bleak House (BBC Warner)...
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A high-pitched cackle and a black strip of thong. That's what DJ Lady Tribe and I hear and see from the back door of downtown's Brickhouse Theater, as the lez-and-het-happy...
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Rock stars love to fight each other -- not just battles of words, but honest-to-goodness physical beatdowns -- almost as much as they love to snort drugs, hump groupies, cash...
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The world première of Dave Chappelle's Block Party at the Toronto International Film Festival last September had the vibe of a sold-out concert -- all those spotlights...
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Coyotes Ugly
Filling a need: It's amazing how the Phoenix press, except for New Times, mostly misses the point of what's going on. The Arizona Republic and local TV seldom...
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What do a couple of DJs from the land of milk and honey know about darkness? Quite a bit, it would appear from She Wants Revenge's self-titled debut, which bubbles with the...
