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When Ann Marie Tate was a little girl, she wrote a story that her mother, three decades later, recalls precisely.
Chien Johnson says her daughter described finding a ring on...
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Sometimes, with music, you're lucky enough to be present to watch the first time that a collaboration among artists becomes greater than the sum of its parts. That happened to...
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The expectations game can be as dangerous for restaurant owners as playing mumblety-peg with a 10-inch, razor-sharp Bowie knife. If you roll into town telling all and sundry...
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Two weeks ago, a colleague insisted that Superman Returns isn't a remake of the 1978 original, as I wrote, but a reinterpretation — its melancholy flip side. Where the...
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Hair holds a magic exalted for centuries. In the Biblical story of Samson, hair was a source of power. In Botticelli's Birth of Venus, long, flowing locks are the epitome of...
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The history of football videogames is one of adding layer upon layer of complexity. Tecmo Bowl, the first great football game, had just four plays to choose from. Fast-forward...
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From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons Published:
July 20, 2006
Great Knights of Columbus, this carping canary can barely believe the scuttlebutt whispered in its ear-hole by a well-placed source in the offices of the Maricopa County...
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On August 8, thrash metal legends Slayer will unleash Christ Illusion, a blistering, brutal atom bomb of an album that some critics are calling the band's heaviest audio...
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It would be a mighty sweet thing to see M. Night Shyamalan as the great redemptive storyteller he clearly thinks he is — or as he portrays himself in those American...
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Remember those commercials that promised 52 free dinners with any windshield replacement? Over time, the offer dwindled to 20 free dinners at a salad buffet, then 12 barbecue...
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Edison Force (Sony)
Gritty cop stuff must write itself -- just make sure everyone's tough, corrupt, and talking like they stole Mickey Spillane's thesaurus. Then cast Justin...
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Try getting through one summer day of 100-degree-plus weather in Phoenix with no electricity.
It would be beyond miserable and quickly become a matter of life and death....
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Singer/guitarist Nathan "Naybob" Shineywater and singer/Rhodes pianist Rachael "Raybob" Hughes form the core of anodyne groovers Brightblack Morning Light, whose new,...
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In the latest extravaganza from executive producers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, millions of dollars and long hours in the digital animation studios have produced . ...
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"David Pimentel: Legacy of an Artist and Educator" at Mesa Arts Center: The death of an artist usually brings instant notoriety and positive attention. In former ASU professor...
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The Best of She-Ra Princess of Power (Brentwood)
Carnivale: The Complete Second Season (HBO)
The Cavern (Sony)
Clean (Palm)
Don't Move (Wellspring)
An Early Frost...
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Construction snakes up and down pretty much every street in downtown Tempe, making it practically impossible to drive — let alone find a parking spot — anywhere near...
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Like Donny Osmond, South Carolina singer-songwriter Edwin McCain is a little bit country, and a little bit rock 'n' roll. He's a whole lot of heartthrob, too, penning some of...
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A top Valley Metro Rail manager is accused of repeatedly pressuring consultants on the light-rail project to hire a particular engineering firm — even though the...
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It's laughable how many Valley bands still insist on using a "rising from the ashes like a phoenix" analogy in their bios when all they've struggled with is the climate change...
