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Top 10 "Weird" Al Yankovic Parodies (with Video)

The prince of parodies, "Weird" Al Yankovic, will be riffing on songs new and old tonight (Friday, June 10) in Chandler. With a career that spans more than 30 years and 150 songs (parodies and originals), it might be hard for Yankovic to whittle down his set list. If we had our druthers, "Weird" A ... More >>

Spy Games: The Citadel Turns Everyday Phoenicians into Covert “Spies”

The prince of parodies, "Weird" Al Yankovic, will be riffing on songs new and old tonight (Friday, June 10) in Chandler. With a career that spans more than 30 years and 150 songs (parodies and originals), it might be hard for Yankovic to whittle down his set list. If we had our druthers, "Weird" A ... More >>

Geek Beat: 5 Geeky Freebies for This Week

We don't have to tell you that the event listings for Phoenix shrivel in the summer heat. As the calendar rolls from May to June to July and the thermometer raises from hot to hotter to "oh, crap, the mercury exploded," locals literally head for the hills. Of course, the upside to being ge ... More >>

Geek Beat: Celebrity Geeks and Gaming Freaks at RandomCon

See... hot blondes can be geeks too.I grew up in the Dark Ages of role-playing games. I'm talking the late '80s, when Christian groups were protesting Dungeons & Dragons as a satanic tool and mixed-up drug addict and heavy D&D player Chris Pritchard -- now out on p ... More >>

Mastodon

See... hot blondes can be geeks too.I grew up in the Dark Ages of role-playing games. I'm talking the late '80s, when Christian groups were protesting Dungeons & Dragons as a satanic tool and mixed-up drug addict and heavy D&D player Chris Pritchard -- now out on p ... More >>

Jimmy Eat World: A Decade of Clarity

See... hot blondes can be geeks too.I grew up in the Dark Ages of role-playing games. I'm talking the late '80s, when Christian groups were protesting Dungeons & Dragons as a satanic tool and mixed-up drug addict and heavy D&D player Chris Pritchard -- now out on p ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 5, 2009

See... hot blondes can be geeks too.I grew up in the Dark Ages of role-playing games. I'm talking the late '80s, when Christian groups were protesting Dungeons & Dragons as a satanic tool and mixed-up drug addict and heavy D&D player Chris Pritchard -- now out on p ... More >>

From the Society for Creative Anachronism to Self-Propelled Electronic Armored Racks, Simon Rohrich is a True Renaissance Man

See... hot blondes can be geeks too.I grew up in the Dark Ages of role-playing games. I'm talking the late '80s, when Christian groups were protesting Dungeons & Dragons as a satanic tool and mixed-up drug addict and heavy D&D player Chris Pritchard -- now out on p ... More >>

The Unborn Raids the Modern Horror Memory Bank, from The Exorcist to Auschwitz

See... hot blondes can be geeks too.I grew up in the Dark Ages of role-playing games. I'm talking the late '80s, when Christian groups were protesting Dungeons & Dragons as a satanic tool and mixed-up drug addict and heavy D&D player Chris Pritchard -- now out on p ... More >>

Final Fantasy

Convention an unofficial ode to one of the greats

Phoenix band Malakai takes a cerebral approach to death metal

Convention an unofficial ode to one of the greats

Elf Life

Shadowrun is fresh, exciting -- and on its way to being obsolete

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of December 5

Shadowrun is fresh, exciting -- and on its way to being obsolete

One Toke Wonder

Tenacious D gets the band back together, and . . . and . . . and?

Glacial Profiling

Slow-paced Valkyrie Profile offers dull apocalypse

Hi, My Name Is Ryan

The clown prince of Phoenix's downtown art scene is sacrificing madcap antics for a Mormon mission

Only in America

Real-life ghost story yields another Hollywood horror

Goblin Cock

Metal for indie goth nerds

MC Chris

Nerdcore galore

Geek Chic

Get your game on at HexaCon 15

About Face

Ray Krone's got it all. A new look. Money. Problem is, he can't seem to forgive those who screwed up and put him on Arizona's death row

Addicted to PSP

Tabb finds several more things to glue him to the screen

Rapid Fire

Brace Yourself
(self-released)

The Melvins

Aberdeen rockers did it first

Shorties

EPs are usually ignored by reviewers. Here are a few recent releases worth the attention.

War Games

For the Valley's extreme gamers, the action is often too big for a computer screen

Cursor Curser

Eric "Gailand" Baron provides un-PC PC support

The Mile High Guys

With unlimited free flying and online access to singles worldwide, working for the Valley¹s hometown airline is the next best thing to being James Bond

Dead Meadow

Shivering King and Others (Matador)

Evil Empire

A self-proclaimed 'God of Video Games' with a real-life god complex is determined to rule gamers, girls and the world.

Geddy Lee

My Favorite Headache (Atlantic)

End-of-Year Projections

The best movies of the worst movie year in a while

Kind of Blue-Collar

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson on Huxley and the proletariat

Dream Weaver

Sandman author Neil Gaiman finds magic in the damnedest place

Chamber Punk

Helium comes up for air and brings along an intoxicating new album