Bollywood

India Grill Explores the Richer Cuisine of the Country's Northern Region

Ashton Kutcher and Popchips: Tasty But Racist?

Last week, Popchips released a series of faux dating ads staring Ashton Kutcher in a number of roles and targeted for the ever-popular viral market. One of those ads, featuring Kutcher in brownface and aping an Indian accent, went viral in all the wrong ways. After an uproar on social media and else ... More >>

Dengue Fever Finds a Second Home in Cambodia

Last week, Popchips released a series of faux dating ads staring Ashton Kutcher in a number of roles and targeted for the ever-popular viral market. One of those ads, featuring Kutcher in brownface and aping an Indian accent, went viral in all the wrong ways. After an uproar on social media and else ... More >>

Fairy Adds Credibility to This Year's Raw Spirit Festival

Billed as "the world's leading, largest, and longest-lived raw vegan-eco-peace celebration," this year's Raw Spirit Festival, running from from Friday, December 30, to Sunday, January 1, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge, has something most "elegant, sweetly spiritual, healthful, cutting-edge, fun-lov ... More >>

Das Racist Are Just Joking (But They're Not Joking)

Billed as "the world's leading, largest, and longest-lived raw vegan-eco-peace celebration," this year's Raw Spirit Festival, running from from Friday, December 30, to Sunday, January 1, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge, has something most "elegant, sweetly spiritual, healthful, cutting-edge, fun-lov ... More >>

DJentrification on The Palace, World Music, and Phoenix's Hidden Culture

Photo by Gatsby​ Sometimes the word "eclectic" just doesn't do a dude justice. Djentrification is one of the most "eclectic" DJs in town, and the term barely serves to scratch the surface when it comes to his unique musical approach.He's not a typical DJ, finding kindred spirits in guys like legen ... More >>

The Palace @ FilmBar

Photo by Gatsby​ Sometimes the word "eclectic" just doesn't do a dude justice. Djentrification is one of the most "eclectic" DJs in town, and the term barely serves to scratch the surface when it comes to his unique musical approach.He's not a typical DJ, finding kindred spirits in guys like legen ... More >>

Lion in Wait

Photo by Gatsby​ Sometimes the word "eclectic" just doesn't do a dude justice. Djentrification is one of the most "eclectic" DJs in town, and the term barely serves to scratch the surface when it comes to his unique musical approach.He's not a typical DJ, finding kindred spirits in guys like legen ... More >>

Punk Rockers, Porn Stars, Born Losers, and Other Thanksgiving Weekend Cheap Thrills

Porn star Priya Rai will be in attendance at Club Silver tonight.​Unless you happen to be some hermit living by yourself in a Hoarders house, chances are good that you'll be hanging out with your friends and family sometime during the next few days. But instead of sipping and supping with dear Au ... More >>

Top 10 Celebrity Cameos in Indie Rock Videos

These days, the lines between indie and mainstream music are difficult to pinpoint. With indie artists featured prominently in mainstream media (I'm looking at you, Twilight soundtrack), it's hard to see what makes indie music, well, indie. When you add celebrities to the mix, it becomes even more d ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

These days, the lines between indie and mainstream music are difficult to pinpoint. With indie artists featured prominently in mainstream media (I'm looking at you, Twilight soundtrack), it's hard to see what makes indie music, well, indie. When you add celebrities to the mix, it becomes even more d ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

These days, the lines between indie and mainstream music are difficult to pinpoint. With indie artists featured prominently in mainstream media (I'm looking at you, Twilight soundtrack), it's hard to see what makes indie music, well, indie. When you add celebrities to the mix, it becomes even more d ... More >>

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: Michael Cera Shows Some Soul

These days, the lines between indie and mainstream music are difficult to pinpoint. With indie artists featured prominently in mainstream media (I'm looking at you, Twilight soundtrack), it's hard to see what makes indie music, well, indie. When you add celebrities to the mix, it becomes even more d ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

These days, the lines between indie and mainstream music are difficult to pinpoint. With indie artists featured prominently in mainstream media (I'm looking at you, Twilight soundtrack), it's hard to see what makes indie music, well, indie. When you add celebrities to the mix, it becomes even more d ... More >>

Dip Showdown: Curry Some Flavor Dip

​The Chow Bella staff can not stay out of the kitchen. In anticipation of the Super Bowl, we've used our culinary talents to compete in a showdown of dips.  After two heavy hitters like Jonathan's Nothing Left to Lose Beer Cheese and Claire's Don't Ask, Don't Tell Artichoke Dip, today we ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

​The Chow Bella staff can not stay out of the kitchen. In anticipation of the Super Bowl, we've used our culinary talents to compete in a showdown of dips.  After two heavy hitters like Jonathan's Nothing Left to Lose Beer Cheese and Claire's Don't Ask, Don't Tell Artichoke Dip, today we ... More >>

Your Guide to What's Going Down on the Last Night of 2009

​The Chow Bella staff can not stay out of the kitchen. In anticipation of the Super Bowl, we've used our culinary talents to compete in a showdown of dips.  After two heavy hitters like Jonathan's Nothing Left to Lose Beer Cheese and Claire's Don't Ask, Don't Tell Artichoke Dip, today we ... More >>

Analog Roll

Local mystery mixer Djentrification stays out of cyberspace

The Vinyl Frontier

Djentrification busts out his bizarre repertoire of records at the Bikini

Changing of the avant-garde

Put another dime in the Jookabox baby

House Muses

Put another dime in the Jookabox baby

The Dhaba has Indian food fit for kings and Punjabi truck drivers

Put another dime in the Jookabox baby

Hooray for Bollywood

Is “The Enchantress” bigger than The Beatles?