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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
