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Arizona Legislature Apparently Trying to Criminalize Being Annoying on the Internet

​It has been brought to our attention that there's a bill cruising through the Legislature that, according to some critics, could cause people like myself and this blog's commenters to be thrown in jail for generally being jackasses on the Internet.We understand that there's probably a healthy amo ... More >>

Pop Quiz: Are These Chillwave Bands or '80s Toys with William Reed

William "Fucking" ReedWelcome to Pop Quiz, a new recurring series where we sit down notable folks about town and force them to take a geeky pop culture test. Today we feature electronic maven William Fucking Reed. Look out First Friday -- Sticky Fingers, the weekly electronic bash that goes down ev ... More >>

Pablo Francisco Talks Bourbon Street Circus, Millrats, Frank Caliendo, and Country Music

​It's kinda tough to be a stand-up comic from Arizona. No matter how successful and funny you might be, you'll always have to measure up the king of locally grown comedians, David Spade. Pablo Francisco, however, has done his best at giving the former Saturday Night Live performer a run for h ... More >>

Fatel Attraction

​It's kinda tough to be a stand-up comic from Arizona. No matter how successful and funny you might be, you'll always have to measure up the king of locally grown comedians, David Spade. Pablo Francisco, however, has done his best at giving the former Saturday Night Live performer a run for h ... More >>

Adam’s Antics

​It's kinda tough to be a stand-up comic from Arizona. No matter how successful and funny you might be, you'll always have to measure up the king of locally grown comedians, David Spade. Pablo Francisco, however, has done his best at giving the former Saturday Night Live performer a run for h ... More >>

Pitta Party

​It's kinda tough to be a stand-up comic from Arizona. No matter how successful and funny you might be, you'll always have to measure up the king of locally grown comedians, David Spade. Pablo Francisco, however, has done his best at giving the former Saturday Night Live performer a run for h ... More >>

From Left Field

​It's kinda tough to be a stand-up comic from Arizona. No matter how successful and funny you might be, you'll always have to measure up the king of locally grown comedians, David Spade. Pablo Francisco, however, has done his best at giving the former Saturday Night Live performer a run for h ... More >>

10 of 2010's Best Indie Songs

Future Islands' Sam Herring​More lists? More lists, indeed. This time around I'm dealing with my ten best (read: favorite) songs from 2010. Pitchfork whittled their own list down to "Round And Round" by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and NME went with "Spanish Sahara" by Foals. Both are fine choice ... More >>

Hot Pockets

Yes, it’s time for more comedy by Gaffigan

Little Munchkin

Yes, it’s time for more comedy by Gaffigan

Gross Misconduct

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll heave.

Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll heave.

Long Live The Mean Queen

A not-very-nice girl performs at Dodge

Absolutely Superfabulous

Former go-go boy is ready for prime time

The Voiceover of His Generation

The Taco Bell Chihuahua hits The Comedy Spot

Riffer Madness

MST3K’s original cast docks in Mesa

Reganomics

Comic is his own worst enemy – in a good way

Italian Rapscallion

Brains, beauty have Cleveland comic on the cusp

Mad Maz

Middle Eastern funnyman is Persian – like the cat

Macnuggets of Wisdom

Biting sarcasm? Pop-culture quippery? We’re lovin’ it.

Red-Hot, White, and Brown

Canadian-Indian comic seeks world domination

Roastmaster general

Insult comic brings the funny to the Improv

Old Yeller

At 60, comic’s still throwing hilarious tantrums

Girl Behaving Badly

Standup’s latest superstar emerges full-blown. Sort of.

Pokémon on a Mission

Comic looks all fluffy until he strikes

The Frisco Kid

Up-and-comer’s set to rattle the comic Richter scale

Roast Master General Jeff Ross comes to Tempe Improv

Up-and-comer’s set to rattle the comic Richter scale

Bob Riggle

Up-and-comer’s set to rattle the comic Richter scale

The Abominable Showman

Just have 'em write Pootie Tang on my headstone

The Wheel World

Comedy Central's American Body Shop is straight out of Phoenix -- and Sam Greene's head

HAG's Naughty Nurses, Still Stickin' It to the CNA

Comedy Central's American Body Shop is straight out of Phoenix -- and Sam Greene's head

Top 10 best sellers at Hoodlums Music, in the Memorial Union Building on the ASU campus in Tempe

Chart-busters for the week

Get Down With Dave

Chappelle returns with a raucous Party

Grind It Out With Pam

Chappelle returns with a raucous Party

Jesus Saves

Unspeakably funny

Undieworld

Passionate fashion at PAM

Devil in a White Dress

Zombi takes the wedding cake

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Zombi takes the wedding cake

A Dork Has His Day

Our hero is a boring loser. It could be worse

Top 10 selling CDs at Hoodlums Music (ASU Main Campus, Tempe)

Chart-busters for the week

OK, Go Go

Paper Heart makes a Modest Proposal

Sykes 101

Wanda brings "Cotton T-Shirt" tour to Valley

Waiting to Exhale

Comic Attell makes his way to the Tempe Improv

Drum Rush

Rhythm is gonna getcha at Gammage

Foul Factor

Rogan brings dirty act to the Improv

Full Metal Racket

Half-Baked standup revels in the high life

It Happens

Ohmigod! Five seasons in, South Park's the funniest show on TV

Night & Day

June 25 - July 1, 1998

Angle Heart

Scottsdale's Greg Crane calls himself an entrepreneur. Prosecutors in three states call him a grifter. But he's such a young man.