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Brad Dwyer

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    May 21, 2012

    Record Heat: Minibosses at Bookman's in Mesa by Brad Dwyer

    See also: Three Nerd Concerts to Celebrate Phoenix Comicon A lot of the time I open Record Heat with some flimsy parallel between the world of comics and music -- worlds that have been well connected forever, from Crumb's brilliantly scuzzy album covers to Adrian Tomine's classic Weezer poster to ... More >>

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    May 8, 2012

    Record Heat: Dusty and Warped by Brad Dwyer

    See also: Record Heat: The Hangover by Brad Dwyer If you've ever purchased a vinyl record in Arizona, you've got at least one sob story about leaving a record in your car and having the brutal, unrelenting sun turning the thing into black vinyl bowl. The thing is, Arizona is tough for any physica ... More >>

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    May 1, 2012

    Record Heat: The Hangover by Brad Dwyer

    See also: Record Heat, "Meta Commentary" Like a haiku, the classic comic strip is a simple, direct, and brief thing. There's not room for the kind of exposition or development found in full-sized comics or graphic novels. It's direct and to the point, a quick shot at a joke or a feeling. Like Mar ... More >>

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    April 23, 2012

    Record Heat: Meta Commentary by Brad Dwyer

    See also: Comic Approach I look forward to adding my little commentary to Brad Dwyer's strip each week. It gives me a chance to stretch out, touch on strange topics, or share some goofy insight I think I have about something. Not saying it always works, but I really hope it does. But this wee ... More >>

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    April 17, 2012

    Record Heat: Comic Approach by Brad Dwyer

    See also: Record Heat: I Feel Like Puking by Brad Dwyer Collecting comics is a lot like collecting records, only they are a little less strenuous to move (just a little). They take up a lot of space, a lot of folks wonder what the hell you're doing with them, and they inspire intense, all-encompa ... More >>

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    April 9, 2012

    Record Heat: I Feel Like Puking by Brad Dwyer

    Jeez, was Mad Men strange last night or what? Last night's episode was probably the closest the show has come to acting like a horror flick, with all the blurry, murderous details, and the blood splattered headlines (of course there was that moment with the John Deere tractor in season 3). What ... More >>

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    April 2, 2012

    Record Heat: Frankenstein Meets Wolfman by Brad Dwyer

    If our review and slideshow fail to make it crystal clear, let's just say it: The PHX AM After Party with No Age, Radio, Moscow, and a host of local punk bands on Saturday night was crazy. And awesome. The outdoor stage, which hosted touring acts like the aforementioned bands and The Growlers and ... More >>

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    March 19, 2012

    Record Heat: Alphabetical by Brad Dwyer

    If you've ever spent any time in the Up on the Sun comments section, you know it can be a weird place. We've had some pretty deplorable stuff in our Clubhouse comments -- stuff that makes you sort of shake your head and wonder if all that crap people say about Arizona being a racist wastehole is t ... More >>

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    March 5, 2012

    Record Heat: Meat Market Childcare by Brad Dwyer

    See also: Record Heat: Avant-Garde by Brad Dwyer I didn't make it out to Meat Market Vintage's grand opening party, but I did stop in last week. If you're looking for a well-curated stock of vintage duds, the place is a goldmine. I couldn't fit into the Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells"/Puma '84 con ... More >>

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    February 27, 2012

    Record Heat: Avant-Garde by Brad Dwyer

    Yesterday, while cleaning my apartment (too rare an occurrence, lemme tell you) I listened to a recent broadcast of Henry Rollins' excellent radio show on KCRW. Rollins is a man of many talents: In addition to his excellent program, he writes for our sister paper, LA Weekly, and he tours the worl ... More >>

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    February 21, 2012

    Record Heat: New to Me, Anyhow by Brad Dwyer

    In 2010, our New Times operations manager and Up on the Sun contributor Jay Bennett wrote a column about listening to only new music called Nothing Not New. For a whole year. Some time has passed, but not the lesson that column taught me. There's nothing wrong with favorites, but it's shocking how ... More >>

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    February 13, 2012

    Record Heat: This is Home-Core by Brad Dwyer

    ​Fresh off his stint in the hospital, things are starting to normalize for Brad Dwyer. We were happy to have Jeff Owens, musician and mini-comic artist extraordinaire, fill in last week, but it's nice to have Dwyer back. This week, Dwyer creates a whole new punk rock subset, adding "home-c ... More >>

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    February 6, 2012

    Record Heat: War on My Body by Brad Dwyer and Jeff Owens

    Brad Dwyer and Jeff Owens​It's been a rough week for Brad Dwyer, who writes and draws our weekly comic strip, Record Heat. Dwyer was hospitalized last week on Wednesday due to complications involving his asthma. Dwyer is doing okay -- though keeping him in your thoughts or wishing him well c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Unite and Take Over Vol. 2: More Stories Inspired By the Songs of The Smiths

    Unite and Take Over Vol. 2, Record Store Day variant cover by Jason Pedersen​One of our favorite Kickstarter success stories was last year's Unite and Take Over, a graphic collection of songs inspired by the lyrics of The Smiths. Editor and writer Shawn Demumbrum took to the crowd-funding s ... More >>

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    January 30, 2012

    Record Heat: Younger and Drunker by Brad Dwyer

    Here's to "intentionally flowery-bullshit." In this week's installment of Record Heat, Brad Dwyer remembers the urge to push to the front of the crowd and dance at a show. In light of our "Don't Be an Asshole or: A Few Words On The Subject of Concert Etiquette," it's important to remember that the ... More >>

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    January 23, 2012

    Record Heat by Brad Dwyer

    Urban Dictionary defines "Beard Rock" like this: A little-known form of music originating in the 1990's as a throwback acknowledgement to the early folk rockers...The difference from regular indie/folk music is that each group tends to sport facial hair, styles including but not limited to: the chin ... More >>

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    January 2, 2012

    Record Heat by Brad Dwyer

    ​First, a scene from NBC's 30 Rock: Tracy Jordan: Do you mind if I google myself in your office? Liz Lemon: Sure, Tracy. Tracy: Can I use your computer? Liz: How else are you gonna do it? Today's installment of Record Heat (Up on the Sun's very first post of 2012!) features our hero Brad Dwy ... More >>

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    December 26, 2011

    Record Heat: Coffee or Beer? by Brad Dwyer The Anticlause Short Film

    ​We won't be back in full force until Tuesday, but somethings are just too fun to wait. Brad Dwyer brings us a double dose of funny this week, pondering an age old question in this week's installment of Record Heat: Coffee or beer? Then, Dwyer provides the soundtrack for a late Christmas pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Record Heat by Brad Dwyer

    ​You sick of hearing about how awesome Saturday night's Andrew Jackson Jihad show was? Well, too bad. Some of us weren't able to make it, as Brad Dwyer illustrates in this week's installment of Record Heat. Lucky for you (and Brad), we caught a good chunk of the show on video, so bask in the ... More >>

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    December 12, 2011

    Record Heat by Brad Dwyer

    Brad Dwyer​They say that being in a band is just like a marriage -- there are ups, downs, fights, and plenty of time where you're not sure anything is working. The of course, there are those transcendent moments that make it all feel worth it. But sometimes it just doesn't work out. Real l ... More >>

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    November 28, 2011

    Record Heat by Brad Dwyer

    In "Take it Or Regret It," one of my favorite pieces of music writing this year, songwriter and Seattle Weekly columnist John Roderick wrote: Music writers aren't engaged in a conspiracy of bitterness and bad taste (at least not most of them), they're just trying to make their deadlines. When a ma ... More >>

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    November 21, 2011

    Record Heat by Brad Dwyer

    ​Anyone who's ever picked up a guitar and tried to play along with another human knows that that process if a whole lot of "miss" and the occasional "hit." In this week's exciting installment of Record Heat, Brad Dwyer examines the difference between rock 'n' roll fantasies and rock 'n' roll rea ... More >>

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    November 14, 2011

    Record Heat by Brad Dwyer

    ​There's seriously nothing I enjoy more than an hour or two killed in a good record store, but you know, this new-fangled interwebs-thing is pretty good for finding music, too. A couple weeks ago I read something interesting about a power pop artist named Carl Rusk (of The Nashville Ramblers, fe ... More >>

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    November 7, 2011

    Record Heat by Brad Dwyer (NSFW)

    ​Plenty of folks like to think of The Rogue has Scottsdale's own CBGB's -- and with that excellently dingy punk rock bathroom, it's hard to argue against the club being one of the best loved dive/rock 'n' roll clubs in town.Its' the sort of place where things can go from freaky to freakier pre ... More >>

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    October 31, 2011

    Record Heat by Brad Dwyer

    ​It's happened to us all. You're excited to catch a show, and in your over-exuberance, you wind up drinking too much and missing the whole thing. This week's installment of Record Heat finds Brad Dwyer struggling with the same situation. We know you probably got your Halloween adventure out of ... More >>

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    October 24, 2011

    Record Heat by Brad Dwyer

    Brad Dwyer ​Up on the Sun is proud to present the first installment of our new weekly comic strip, Record Heat, by Brad Dwyer. We're pretty big fans of Dwyer around here, awarding his series Epic Tales of the Mundane a Best of Phoenix award last month. We love Dwyer's dry jokes and art, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Bald Geeks & Beer Bitches at the Underground Publishing Convention

    Remember drawing crayon superheroes on long strips of butcher paper, or doodling X-Men in your spiral bound notebook? Even non-geek kids do that. But sending intern applications to Marvel with hand drawn images of Iron Man, Rogue and She-Hulk crawling around the envelope? Oh, yeah, that was all us. ... More >>

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