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Battleship: Because Every Generation Needs an Armageddon

Five Ways Not to Buy Wine

Vine Geek Brian Reeder co-owns AZ Wine Merchants in Scottsdale. Wine is subjective. Every wine is different. It all depends on your taste. Price doesn't equal quality. It's all the same anyway. Just drink what you like. Blah. Blah. Blah. We've all heard the nomenclatures. The bullshit lines that e ... More >>

Meghan McCain: Not a Lesbian. "Strictly Dickly," She Says

​Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain, isn't a lesbian.That's about the most important fact we derived from her new Q&A with Playboy, in which she mostly talked about dudes and some politics.McCain was asked to expand upon her recollection of a girls trip to Sedona after her father's ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Illegal Immigration

​Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain, isn't a lesbian.That's about the most important fact we derived from her new Q&A with Playboy, in which she mostly talked about dudes and some politics.McCain was asked to expand upon her recollection of a girls trip to Sedona after her father's ... More >>

O'Brother's Johnny Dang on the Band's Sound, Thrice, and "Cleanse Me"

Atlanta's O'Brother may seem like a real life version of The Soggy Bottom Boys from O Brother, Where Art Thou? (just Google the band's name), but name and hometown are the only things the band and film have in common. O'Brother uses three intricate guitars to play a combination of sludge, progressiv ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Sics Feds on Alleged "Cop-Killer" Website Owner Who "Threatened to Kill" Sheriff

​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced today that the FBI's Portland, Oregon office raided a house belonging to the person they believe was running a website that glorified killing cops and "threatened to kill" the sheriff.The suspect, 35-year-old Clifton Dawayne Brooks, wasn't arrested, bu ... More >>

Valentine Sketching, The Museum of Broken Relationships, and an Animated Google Doodle

Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We'll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here's what's buzzing this morning: 1. Anti-Art School's V-Day Sketch If you're lookin ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Takes on "Cop-Killer" Website; Plans to Serve Search Warrant at Google's California Headquarters

​Detectives from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office are heading to Santa Clara, California this afternoon, where they plan to serve a search warrant at Google headquarters to try and determine who's responsible for death threats made against Sheriff Joe Arpaio on a website that glorifies killing ... More >>

Jose Olmos Breaks Into Apartment Office to Steal Drill and Look at Porn

Jose Jesse Olmos​Here's what we know: 38-year-old Jose Jesse Olmos broke into an office at the Mesa apartment complex where he lives, stole a power drill, and looked at porn on a computer in the office -- as captured on the office's surveillance camera.What we -- and, more importantly, people who ... More >>

Intelligent Design

Jose Jesse Olmos​Here's what we know: 38-year-old Jose Jesse Olmos broke into an office at the Mesa apartment complex where he lives, stole a power drill, and looked at porn on a computer in the office -- as captured on the office's surveillance camera.What we -- and, more importantly, people who ... More >>

Reggae Music and Jokes Collide at Sail Inn This Upcoming Saturday

​​Bob Marley once said that "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." Reggae music, especially, has a way of making you forget your problems. Maybe because the kinds of people who listen to it are the usually same kind of people who enjoy getting ferociously high. At ... More >>

French Quarter Tour Diary - Week 2

The southern California leg concluded nicely. Thanks to a great promoter and the draw of some awesome local rippers, we played to 130 kids at The Smell in Los Angeles, a well-known downtown all-ages space with a relatively big stage. We don't normally get the opportunity to play with big PAs and dru ... More >>

Five Weird Collabortions That Rival Jack White and ICP Song

When the news broke last Wednesday that modern rock 'n' roll icon Jack White was pairing with the sticky, Faygo-coated Insane Clown Posse (ICP) for a "Mozart cover" called "Lech Mich Im Arsch," a simultaneous "wutttt?" was uttered by music fans across the globe. Surely Jack White is the type of dud ... More >>

Kara Roschi, What Are You Listening To?

Kara Roschi​Kara Roschi The local artist is co-owner of Practical Art. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I am proud to be car-free! But when I did have one, it was NPR in the afternoons, KSLX in the evenings ('specially Gettin' the L ... More >>

Fox News Sparks Controversy Over Common's White House Invitation

​Being biased is just another part of doing jobs at Fox News. This time, they're suddenly changing their opinion of rapper Common now that he has received an invitation to a White House event, according to Rolling Stone.Fox News has labeled Common as a "vile rapper" without any support. The claim ... More >>

Patrick Boll of Spotted Donkey Cantina ii, part two

Keyon Fareghi​For Patrick Boll of Spotted Donkey Cantina ii, a two-word response to any question simply will not suffice. We got all of the trivial stuff out of the way yesterday and today get into a more intuitive conversation with him about his future as well as that of downtown Phoenix. In a ... More >>

Veolia Transportation Subpoenas Records From Yahoo, Union Boss, Others in Search of Who Leaked Unflattering Internal E-Mails

Veolia Transportation is bent on finding out who leaked internal company e-mails. ​While Veolia Transportation, the company that operates Phoenix city buses, is in the midst of contentious negotiations with the bus drivers' union, corporate executives are dropping subpoenas to gain access to ... More >>

Fry Girl's Year of Eating Dangerously

Veolia Transportation is bent on finding out who leaked internal company e-mails. ​While Veolia Transportation, the company that operates Phoenix city buses, is in the midst of contentious negotiations with the bus drivers' union, corporate executives are dropping subpoenas to gain access to ... More >>

Jack White Angry With eBay Auction Participants

​Jack White is pissed off at his own fans, according to Antiquiet. Jack's own Third Man Records' recent eBay auctions for one of five copies of the White Stripes' rare first album reissue didn't quite go as planned. He's angry at flippers, the fans that buy these albums for cheap prices and resell ... More >>

Andrew Levi Hiller, What Are You Eating?

Andrew Levi Hiller​ Andrew Levi Hiller The singer/songwriter for Wizards of Time, who also loves to paint, is currently working on the band's first 12-song album, called Will the Soft Curse Plague On?, to be released in early 2011. You can hear a teaser with three 15-second song clips here. H ... More >>

Chaka Chaka Rocks a Mean Jerk Chicken Sandwich

​I'm psyched about a new restaurant called Chaka Chaka, and not just because it's five minutes away from my office. The place also happens to make a delicious jerk chicken sandwich that chef-owner Charlie Blonkenfeld says is the signature dish at his week-old eatery, located just south ... More >>

Mood Swings

Cool tunes, daddy-o

Far East Movement - Like A G6

​Song: Far East Movement, "Like A G6"Context: Someone told me Far East Movement killed it when opening for Mike Posner last week. This is their big single, currently in the top 25 on Billboard and iTunes. A Google search reveals that "a G6" is either something totally obscure or a Pontiac. Let's h ... More >>

The Most Worthlessly Obscure Bands on The Soundstrike's Arizona Boycott List

​Well, Thursday is finally upon us -- however, what could have been an entirely shitty day was made less so by the wonderful foresight of U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton and her injunctions on SB 1070. Gov. Brewer's evil army of mercenaries will have to wait until a decision is made on the ... More >>

50 Cent at Celebrity Theatre

Luke Holwerda50 Cent live at Celebrity Theatre.I have to admit, I wasn't really expecting much from 50 Cent's show last night. Maybe it's unfair to Fiddy, but the last few mainstream rap shows I've attended have led me to believe that commercial rap stars have at least one annoying trait in common w ... More >>

Rapper Pitbull Cancels Phoenix Show In Protest Over SB 1070

Pitbull, sinking his teeth into SB 1070Cuban-American rapper Armando "Pitbull" Perez is taking a bite out of Arizona over the state's "papers please" legislation by canceling a stop in Phoenix  at the Celebrity Theatre as part of his "Mr. Worldwide's Carnival" tour.The popular rapper, perhaps b ... More >>

The Love Me Nots in Europe: The Hilarious Google-Translated Version

http://happy-few.tumblr.comA fan photo from the Love Me Nots European tour.​How is The Love Me Nots tour of Europe going? Pretty well, at least according to the foreign language reviews we're reading with the help of Google Translate.Now, honestly, it's sorta hard to tell just how professional the ... More >>

Arizona Mountaineering Club's Old Website Goes XXX; Porn Site Takes Over Lapsed Domain Name

  Image: www.amcaz.org (the non-porn Web site) ​ After the Arizona Mountaineering Club launched its Web site on a new domain name last year, www.amcaz.org, club officials figured it would be okay to let the old domain expire. Robert England, the club's president, says he remember ... More >>

All About the Bacon at Smeeks

​Leading up to Caramelpalooza, I stopped by Smeeks to do some shopping in the name of "research." Couldn't help but notice the kooky food-centric novelties they've started stocking, including the motherlode of bacon-themed tchotches. Calling Heather Bauer of Bacon Unwrapped -- assuming you h ... More >>

Einstein's Responds to Our Facebook Promo Concerns

Gee, that was fast. No sooner had we posted our concerns about Einstein's Facebook bagel promo -- wondering just what they were going to do with all that info they're admittedly gathering when we sign up for a free bagel with cream cheese -- than we'd heard back from Corporate HQ.Anne Wilde, Digital ... More >>

Ingrid Michaelson

Gee, that was fast. No sooner had we posted our concerns about Einstein's Facebook bagel promo -- wondering just what they were going to do with all that info they're admittedly gathering when we sign up for a free bagel with cream cheese -- than we'd heard back from Corporate HQ.Anne Wilde, Digital ... More >>

Phoenix Police Recruiting Billboards Go for Soft Sell

Maybe this Phoenix police recruitment billboard does wonders for recruitment...      ... but it sure as heck doesn't inspire confidence in the police force.

Michelle Branch Headlining "Chicks with Picks" Fest in Tempe

Though she sometimes strives for demure in promo shots, Michelle Branch ain't no Tori Amos -- at least I've never seen Tori look like this -- making her an interesting choice for an all-woman music festival. But it's Branch who's slated to headline the Chicks with Picks Music Festival in Tempe later ... More >>

Obtain a Kiss Kiss with Couscous

Though she sometimes strives for demure in promo shots, Michelle Branch ain't no Tori Amos -- at least I've never seen Tori look like this -- making her an interesting choice for an all-woman music festival. But it's Branch who's slated to headline the Chicks with Picks Music Festival in Tempe later ... More >>

Aural Surgery

Brazilian sound artist highlights ASU museum’s new batch

Larry Fitzgerald's Alleged Domestic Abuse Buried Deep in Pages of Arizona Republic

The New Year's Eve news exclusive from sleazy entertainment Web site TMZ.com about Arizona Cardinals player Larry Fitzgerald alleged domestic abuse incident was the "kind of momentary headline that can damage a good name," writes Arizona Republic sports columnist Dan Bickley in a Sunday article ... More >>

Arty Girl: Steampunk by ASU Sculpture at First Studio

So it's a First Friday tonight and I'm sure your schedule is packed with this, a little of that and probably some of this...But please allow me to suggest one more. The ASU Sculpture students, faculty and some extraneous local artists have come together for an evening of Steampunk.Okay, I know Steam ... More >>

Arizona Republic Still Won't Name St. Johns Murder Suspect's Family

His dad -- the one he's accused of killing -- was named Vincent Romero. His mother's name has been reported nationwide as Eryn Thomas or Eryn Bloomfield. The Arizona Republic won't name either of the boy's parents to avoid identifying the 8-year-old murder suspect from St. Johns. Though it's nice to ... More >>

MC Chris

His dad -- the one he's accused of killing -- was named Vincent Romero. His mother's name has been reported nationwide as Eryn Thomas or Eryn Bloomfield. The Arizona Republic won't name either of the boy's parents to avoid identifying the 8-year-old murder suspect from St. Johns. Though it's nice to ... More >>

When every song ever recorded fits on your MP3 player, will you listen to any of them?

His dad -- the one he's accused of killing -- was named Vincent Romero. His mother's name has been reported nationwide as Eryn Thomas or Eryn Bloomfield. The Arizona Republic won't name either of the boy's parents to avoid identifying the 8-year-old murder suspect from St. Johns. Though it's nice to ... More >>

Fu Manchu: Back on tour and headed for Mesa

His dad -- the one he's accused of killing -- was named Vincent Romero. His mother's name has been reported nationwide as Eryn Thomas or Eryn Bloomfield. The Arizona Republic won't name either of the boy's parents to avoid identifying the 8-year-old murder suspect from St. Johns. Though it's nice to ... More >>

The Real Rip-Off Report

Ed Magedson calls himself an advocate. His enemies call him an extortionist

Commons Killer

Conceptual like a Fox

Dream Weaver

Denny Le Nimh, the Yoda of PHX rock DJs, parties with the Kreme posse at Paco Paco for Plus One

Ditch That Rut

Quit whining and keep your promises

Swearing In

Year of the R-rated comedy

Whacksing Poetic

Dave Gorman Googles it

Home Grown

The Sciannas, Gene Michael Best, Until August, J.D. Simo, & Thaahum

Geeks Gone Wild!

Wardriving hackers take the revenge of the nerds to the street

Scorched Earth

Fed to Your HeadTriptych (Rubric)