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On Monday, March 19, Arizona Republic subscribers across the Valley picked their newspapers up off the driveway, slid off the protective plastic bag, and then, surely, started...
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Having covered music in this town for more than a decade, I see and listen to a lot of bands encompassing all genres, styles, and persuasions, but what I rock and go see for my...
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Now I'm really stumped about how those girls from Ipanema get away with wearing the scandalous scraps of spandex that pass for bikinis in Brazil.
I have a sneaking suspicion...
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Lowest Common Denominator-ism writ large and engraved in stone like the Ten Commandments according to Cecil B. DeMille, the Hollywood blockbuster is often an allegory for...
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I ran from the theater during curtain calls for Nearly Naked's production of Bat Boy: The Musical the other night, but not because I was either unhappy with or overcome by what...
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DISCO INFERNO
Tanning, my love
COOL IT
Inside, outside — just get wet
DIVER DOWN
Deep float
ABSTRACT RELIEF
Cold, cold art
STEAMED
Yoga that's so not cool
SISTER...
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Bold proclamation time: There wouldn't even be an Xbox 360 without Halo. Microsoft lost billions on the original Xbox even with its mega-successful sci-fi games, so it's hard...
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It’s frustrating that so many jackasses embrace Bob Marley’s messages of the ganja smoke while ignoring the bigger picture of 1Love. Whatever, mon. While those fools...
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Friday Night Out? In Mesa? HAHA! LMAO! ROTFL! Uh, what’s so funny, ´Net chatters? If you actually, like, got out and did something with your life, you'd know that...
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From top favorite to most pathetic, here’s a little ol' hierarchy of bar games we know some people – not necessarily us – enjoy: Golden Tee. Electronic darts....
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Rednecks tend to be attracted to large bodies of water. Don’t believe us? How else to explain the “Redneck Riviera” spanning the area from Mobile, Alabama, to...
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From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons Published:
June 7, 2007
The Bird, a racist? That's the accusation leveled by a cowardly campaign of avian-haters, featuring form letters denouncing this funky feathered fiend being sent to some New...
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Lindsey Buckingham is an artist. He peppers his conversation with references to Picasso and Pollock. He speaks of sounds as "colors." And like the stereotypical artiste, the...
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On a recent Thursday afternoon, disgruntled by the heat, Phoenix drivers, and the smell of my pants, I drop my Boston terrier, Murray, at home and high-tail it to a small bar...
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Mystery man of the long-ago Australian new wave, Ray Lawrence evidently has grown less finicky. Lawrence, now 59, made his feature debut with the phantasmagoric Bliss, the...
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The King and I: In Thailand, it’s illegal to own any memorabilia related to either this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical or its source material, Margaret Landon’s book Anna a...
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I can tell it's summer because my left arm resembles a relief map of Utah. In middle age I've developed an aversion to sunlight, which causes my skin, after a mere five minutes...
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The Sergio Leone Anthology (MGM)
Sergio Leone made westerns like Wagner made ditties. This essential boxed set -- four films with four discs of supplemental material, much of...
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THE SHAME GAME
"Crybaby" presiding judge: I am an attorney who has practiced in this state for more than 30 years. I was one of the attorneys who spoke to the Phoenix City...
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Our biggest complaint about the First Friday art walks is the lack of venues for getting stinking drunk. Carly's has a huge waiting list, The Roosevelt is packed beyond...
