Valley Metro pulled out all the stops for yesterday's debut of the 20-mile light rail system we've been writing about all month. They had parties scheduled at pretty much every stop on the line -- though, honestly, I'm not sure there was anything beyond an unmanned purple tent full of fliers at the ghetto fabulous 24th Street/Washington Stop, where I foolishly disembarked at one point -- the biggest in Tempe, where native son Roger Clyne managed to deliver a satisfying set in broad daylight.So
Bruce Springsteen: killing sexiness, with or without a soul patch.My good friend Albert Ching at our sister paper in Orange County penned a real gem this week: "Seven Unsexy Songs About Sex." From Bruce Springsteen talking about anal sex with a hooker to the Liz Phair song that's more lewd than "Flower" these songs are guaranteed to kill any romantic yearnings bubbling up from your breast.
Sorry for not giving you earlier notice, but ASU's student radio station, The Blaze, is hosting their annual Guest DJ week this week, featuring everyone from Jimmy Eat World frontman Jim Adkins, to Miniature Tigers to... me.You actually already missed Adkins, who spun this morning, but you can still tune in for our man Murph over at So Much Silence tomorrow, or Peachcake and El Presidente Gator Jeremiah on Wednesday or Kirkwood Dellinger and some dude I've never heard of from the Republic on Thu
Jenny Lewis: Coming to the Marquee in July. Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis is finally, finally, making an appearance in Phoenix, Stateside Presents announced today. The cute-as-a-button indie songstress is a critical darling (hell, my colleague Albert Ching in Orange County has reviewed her shows two times in his seven months on the job!) for good reason. Read on for video of Lewis playing live and the rest of this week's announcements.
Courtesy of Micah ElliottMicah Elliot, AZPunk.com co-founder and drummer for local punk band Gun Fuck, during his childhood.We learned about Michael Jackson's untimely passing yesterday afternoon in likely the same fashion that y'all reading this did: Twitter. In fact, as news of the King of Pop's death spread across the Web 2.0 tweetscape so fiercely that it caused the social media service to pull a major Death Star at certain points (i.e. explode into a massive ball of flame). Celebrities even
