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The DMX Rap Sheet: Arrested in Phoenix (again)

BORN TO BE BAD

VIDEO-ONLY BAND GREEN JELLO WORKS HARD TO BE THE WORST

CASINOS CHECKED OUT BABBITTHIS DENIALS OF GAMBLING DON'T FIT RECORD

VIDEO-ONLY BAND GREEN JELLO WORKS HARD TO BE THE WORST

ROME SERVICE

VIDEO-ONLY BAND GREEN JELLO WORKS HARD TO BE THE WORST

Pic Hits for the week

VIDEO-ONLY BAND GREEN JELLO WORKS HARD TO BE THE WORST

Babe (Up) in Arms

Ani DiFranco is still not a pretty girl

Death of an Heiress

Why was socialite Jeanne Tovrea shot to death? Investigators believe a lust for her huge inheritance is a distinct possibility.

Babbitt's Department of Ulterior

When wealthy casino tribes sought to derail a would-be competitor, campaign donations were the currency of the day

Letters

Week of October 12th

“Baby Man” William Windsor Found Dead in Home

Week of October 12th

SXSW Starts Anouncing Bands

The first batch of bands for SXSW, the large music industry trade show, conference and festival every year in Austin Texas, have been announced. Unlike my Coachella post earlier this week, the list comes straight form SXSW.com so we know it is right (but subject to change). This year's line up has a ... More >>

The Three US Airways Attendants Have Been Vindicated, So Why Doesn’t the Company Have Their Back?

The first batch of bands for SXSW, the large music industry trade show, conference and festival every year in Austin Texas, have been announced. Unlike my Coachella post earlier this week, the list comes straight form SXSW.com so we know it is right (but subject to change). This year's line up has a ... More >>

First Dates Go Better with Buffalo Wings and Blue Cheese

The first batch of bands for SXSW, the large music industry trade show, conference and festival every year in Austin Texas, have been announced. Unlike my Coachella post earlier this week, the list comes straight form SXSW.com so we know it is right (but subject to change). This year's line up has a ... More >>

We May Be Losing Cultural Cornerstones Like ASU’s “Duke” Reiter and SMoCA’s Susan Krane, but Just As Much Talent Is Coming to the Valley As Leaving It

The first batch of bands for SXSW, the large music industry trade show, conference and festival every year in Austin Texas, have been announced. Unlike my Coachella post earlier this week, the list comes straight form SXSW.com so we know it is right (but subject to change). This year's line up has a ... More >>

Austin's The Meat Puppets Have New Album, Tour

The Meat Puppets of Austin, Texas Austin, Texas based-band The Meat Puppets (How much do you old Mill types hate seeing that? But that's how they bill themselves!) have a new album, Sewn Together, coming out next month and will tour extensively in support of it, playing everywhere in the continenta ... More >>

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Reviewing the Reviews

Fogman talks back

The Quakes

Quiff Rock!
(Orrexx)

Spyro Gyra

Still not a Greek pasta dish

Five Long Years

Great Smoky songwriter

Ozzfest 2005

Bands to watch

Destiny's Child

Ike Diogu's the Pac-10's player of the year. Will he stay at ASU or go to the NBA for millions?

Being Supreme

Jim Carrey's sheer heaven as Bruce Almighty until the praying

Radio Goo Goo

It's possible to change the way you feel about the Goo Goo Dolls with Gutterflower

Big Dreams

Mercury Rev looks to the future without forgetting its past

Devils' Advocate

Karl Whitmire is a sex offender's best friend

Haunted by Spirits

John McCain derived his wealth from his marriage to Cindy Hensley McCain, whose father started his road to riches as a bootlegger. As a politician, the senator has remained beholden to the liquor industry and the family business

Talking Tiki

John McCain derived his wealth from his marriage to Cindy Hensley McCain, whose father started his road to riches as a bootlegger. As a politician, the senator has remained beholden to the liquor industry and the family business

Anarbor Announces Massive Tour, Gets Song On "The Hills"

Local kiddie dance-pop act Anarbor has announced a massive slate of tour dates with The Cab, The Secret Handshake, Forgive Durden and You Me and Everyone We Know, as well as a stint on Warped Tour.The Phoenix-based band has been touring pretty much non-stop since releasing Free Your Mind, their seco ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, June 25, 2009

Local kiddie dance-pop act Anarbor has announced a massive slate of tour dates with The Cab, The Secret Handshake, Forgive Durden and You Me and Everyone We Know, as well as a stint on Warped Tour.The Phoenix-based band has been touring pretty much non-stop since releasing Free Your Mind, their seco ... More >>

Kanye West, Lady Gaga Plot Tour: Phoenix is First Stop

​Kanye West and Lady Gaga are coming to U.S. Airways Center on November 10, the first date on their Fame Kills joint tour.Having been blown away by Kanye's last tour, I'm super excited, as you should be, even if that Taylor Swift stunt pissed you off, as it did Michael Lopez.Full concert dates bel ... More >>

Time Bomb: A '70s Cop Killing Investigation Leads to a Chicago Law Professor Who Helped Launch Barack Obama's Political Career

​Kanye West and Lady Gaga are coming to U.S. Airways Center on November 10, the first date on their Fame Kills joint tour.Having been blown away by Kanye's last tour, I'm super excited, as you should be, even if that Taylor Swift stunt pissed you off, as it did Michael Lopez.Full concert dates bel ... More >>

Arty Girl: SMoCA Eliminates Senior Curator Position

Photo by Roarke Lacey.Dan Perjovschi's drawings at the "Seriously Funny" exhibition, co-curated by Claire Schneider.​The radio tells me that 8.5 million Americans have lost their jobs due to the economy.Make that 8.5 million and one.Today is Senior Curator Claire Schneider's last day at the Scotts ... More >>

JRC, What Are You Eating?

​ JRC The co-owner of The Trunk Space and Art Space in downtown Phoenix runs OneWordLong, a media imprint that produces CDs and other items based on storytelling and "labors of love". What'd you eat for dinner last night? A bowl of Shredded Wheat with raisins--I was too sick to leave my house, ... More >>

Job for a Cowboy Tour Dates and Landmine Marathon Album Stream

Job For A Cowboy​Wanna hear some free local metal? MetalSucks is hosting an exclusive stream of Landmine Marathon's new album, Sovereign Descent, which hit stores on Tuesday, March 16.In other Phoenix-area metal news, Glendale's Job for a Cowboy have announced a spring headlining tour that kicks o ... More >>

Bobby Flay's New Foray in This Week's "TV Dinner"

Photo by Jason Kempin, Getty ImagesBobby Flay and Stephanie March​Wow, being asked to join a major network like NBC must be quite an honor. Imagine being in the same category with respected show hosts like Jay Leno and Regis and Kelly. Looks like the Food Network's own cutting-board jumping/Mo ... More >>

Green Day Announces Summer Tour, Phoenix Date in August

Luke HolwerdaGreen Day's Billie Joe Armstrong on stage at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix. See more shots of last year's Green Day concert in our slide show.Green Day announced a summer tour this morning, including a show that will bring the band to Phoenix for a second straight August.Last year the ... More >>

By the Time I Get to Phoenix: Courtney Marie Andrews Is the Biggest Star in the Valley's Blooming Pop-Folk Scene

Luke HolwerdaGreen Day's Billie Joe Armstrong on stage at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix. See more shots of last year's Green Day concert in our slide show.Green Day announced a summer tour this morning, including a show that will bring the band to Phoenix for a second straight August.Last year the ... More >>

Fool's Gold: Prospectors Have Looked for the Lost Dutchman's Gold for a Century, But Jesse Capen Figured He Could Find It. He Probably Died Trying.

Luke HolwerdaGreen Day's Billie Joe Armstrong on stage at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix. See more shots of last year's Green Day concert in our slide show.Green Day announced a summer tour this morning, including a show that will bring the band to Phoenix for a second straight August.Last year the ... More >>

We Are the In Crowd Hopes Vans Warped Tour Fans Want to Join Their Clique

​If you're heading to the Vans Warped Tour at Cricket Wireless Pavilion today and are a little overwhelmed by the array of band choices in front of you, newbies We Are the In Crowd might be worth a listen--especially if you're a fan of female-fronted groups with catchy pop hooks. The band from Pou ... More >>

Landmine Marathon Debuts New Video for "Shadows Fed to Tyrants"

​How do you make a metalhead swoon? Play him the new video for "Shadows Fed to Tyrants" by Phoenix grindcore band Landmine Marathon. If you read my feature on the band last year, you probably didn't have to read between too many lines to figure out that I have a huge crush on lead screamer Grace P ... More >>

Gold Rush: Soaring Prices, Unscrupulous Precious-Metals Dealers, Right-Wing Paranoia -- We've Been Down This Yellow-Brick Road Before

​How do you make a metalhead swoon? Play him the new video for "Shadows Fed to Tyrants" by Phoenix grindcore band Landmine Marathon. If you read my feature on the band last year, you probably didn't have to read between too many lines to figure out that I have a huge crush on lead screamer Grace P ... More >>

A Wing and a Prayer: Zipps Sports Grill Tackles Pullano's Pizza

Watching actress Drew Barrymore chow down on some Buffalo wings in her latest rom-com Going the Distance -- her face slathered in sticky orange goo and creamy white sauce -- got me all hot and bothered. Hot for some crispy, golden wings, that is. Offered in varieties from grilled ... More >>

The Word Alive Scores a Spot on the Billboard Chart

​When Phoenix metalcore band The Word Alive told a New Times reporter it was "about time" the year-old band got signed it was clear the guys were either really smart or really cocky.It's apparently the former: The band's new full-length, Deceiver, landed at #96 on the Billboard Top 100. They're no ... More >>

Competitive Eating: Zach Fowle's Adventures in Man vs. Food

​When Phoenix metalcore band The Word Alive told a New Times reporter it was "about time" the year-old band got signed it was clear the guys were either really smart or really cocky.It's apparently the former: The band's new full-length, Deceiver, landed at #96 on the Billboard Top 100. They're no ... More >>

Phoenix Ranked Third "Most Miserable" Pro Sports City in Country (No, Women's Basketball Doesn't Count as a Real Sport)

We don't anticipate the 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks doing too much to turn that frown upside down.​Phoenix-area sports teams just can't win -- even in a contest where all they would need to do to win is lose consistently.Forbes Magazine released its list of the country's "Most Miserable Sports ... More >>

JRC, What Are You Listening To?

JRC​JRC The co-owner/founder of The Trunk Space invites you to Dr. Zombie's Movie Lab of Terror at the venue this Saturday, April 23. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? NPR. It's the the most "reasonable volume" news in the mornin ... More >>

"Buffalo" William Willis, Alleged Tunnel-Digging/Cross-Dressing Kiddy-Porn Connoisseur, Busted by U.S. Marshals

"Buffalo" William Willis​Call off the dogs...Glendale's infamous/alleged Tunnel-Digging/Cross-Dressing Kiddy-Porn Connoisseur, "Buffalo" William Willis, has been located and taken into custody.Willis' ankle monitor, which he was ordered to wear as his kiddy-porn case works its way through the cour ... More >>

"Buffalo" William Willis, Alleged Tunnel-Digging/Cross-Dressing Kiddy-Porn Connoisseur, Flips His Wig When Busted by Marshals

It puts the lotion on its skin​"Buffalo" William Willis, the alleged cross-dressing kiddy-porn connoisseur who removed his court ordered ankle monitor earlier this week, was not only busted by U.S. Marshals yesterday, he was busted wearing a wig -- which is both fitting and terrifying.When Willis ... More >>

The Quakes' Paul Roman on New Lineup, Getting Deported, and Psychobilly in the '80s

Melissa Fossum​ In spited of limited commercial success, The Quakes are one of the most influential bands in the tatted up, creepers-and-pompadour subgenre psychobilly. The band formed in Buffalo, New York in 1986 and relocated to London shortly thereafter, where they established a reputatio ... More >>