Subject: Brad Singer

• Still the Circle K of record stores

  March 1, 2007

• LOCAL RELEASES

  CAN A BAND SURVIVE HERE? IS IT TOO HOT TO PLAY A GUITAR? ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE CONTINUING SAGA OF MUSIC IN THE VALLEY.

  June 10, 1992

• RADIO DAZE

  September 28, 1995

• Planet Waves

  October 12, 1995

• Flashes

  January 25, 1996

• Baaah! Humbucker!

  The Piersons come out swinging on a raucous first CD

  March 14, 1996

• Pic Hits for the week

  May 30, 1996

• Valley of the Spun

  August 15, 1996

• Giant Sand Gives Fans the Boot

  When is a bootleg not a bootleg? When it's "official." Howe Gelb explains why.

  September 26, 1996

• Old Testament

  BLESSEDBETHYNAME stirs up the scene with industrial-strength spectacle

  May 7, 1998

• End of a Record Run

  The sudden demise of Zia founder Brad Singer shakes the local music community he helped to build

  May 21, 1998

• Head Jams

  Gary Parra and Noisy Neighbor try to catch a ride on the prog-rock revival train

  May 21, 1998

• Letters

  May 28, 1998

• Closing Time

  After six years of punky rowdiness, the Piersons call it quits, at least for a while

  May 28, 1998

• Letters

  June 4, 1998

• Wayne's World

  Less than three months after the death of Brad Singer, Zia Enterprises endures the summer of its discontent

  July 30, 1998

• When the Levy Breaks

  The man who transformed Nita's Hideaway into a beloved music venue now focuses on full-time band management

  August 13, 1998

• Eat the Document

  Rock Club Rising offers a window into the glories and debacles of the local club scene

  August 27, 1998

• More Perfect Union

  Three key ex-Zia employees set up a new record store at Zia's old ASU location

  September 3, 1998

• Rebel Rouser

  Against all odds, John Dixon continues to carry the torch for Phoenix's unsung musical history

  December 10, 1998

• New Times Music Showcase 1999

  April 15, 1999

• Sterling Gets Top Award

  April 22, 1999

• Letters

  Letters from the week of February 5, 2004

  February 5, 2004

• Spun Out

  Zia's still in business. So what?

  January 15, 2004

• Rock Gardeners

  Two '90s Valley favorites, Beats the Hell Out of Me and 100 Iced Animals, re-form to honor and raise money for a fallen family member

  November 6, 2003

• Boomsome Twosome

  A look at two rising music venues, ones that couldn't be more different but are in the same boat anyway

  August 7, 2003

• Band of Constant Sorrow

  Bluegrass is a rising trend. Just don't tell Busted Hearts' Bruce Connole.

  March 13, 2003

• Train Keeps A-Rollin'

  The Piersons carry on as a trio for CD release party and for their sidelined brother

  November 16, 2000

• Instant Karma

  An old-time Zia man goes up against Brad Singer's old company -- using the lessons he learned from Brad Singer

  October 26, 2000

• Family Affair

  Sale of Zia Enterprises ushers in a new era for 20-year-old record-store chain

  August 10, 2000

• Treading in the Ether

  Robin Wilson and the Gas Giants have a phantom hit

  May 11, 2000

• Reggae, Esé

  The Rasta Farmers plant their first CD

  May 4, 2000

• From Mohawks To Mullets

  Images from 25 years of Phoenix music

  April 27, 2000

• Wong Place, Right Time

  Long Wong's Sara Cina looks back on a decade of booze, bars and bands

  December 9, 1999

• Long Journey Home

  A trio of Valley vets goes for aride down that lonesome highway

  July 29, 1999

• CONVENTIONEER WAX

  SCREED

  March 23, 1994

• CLOSING IN ON PRATTIN FM RADIO'S NEW VALLEY ORDER, KUPD'S KING ROCK JOCK MUST RUN WITH THE PACK

  June 23, 1993

• PLAYINT THE SKIN GAME

  May 26, 1993