Indiana

Local Wire: Cover The Crescent, Alice Bag, And More Valley Music

[The Valley is a big place, and it puts out more interesting music than we could ever hope to cover. Every week or so, Mike Bogumill will use this space to cover a little more of it. - Ed.] The goal of this column is to document, explore, and create awareness for interesting things happening in loc ... More >>

Family Finds a Disturbing Surprise in Their Canned Green Beans

We've all heard the horror stories of people finding all sorts of scary stuff in their food. Well, chalk another one up to the list because, just this week, a family in Indiana found something in their dinner that had them green in the face. See also: - Japan Has Shitty Beer. No Really, Beer Made ... More >>

Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band @ Crescent Ballroom

Solar Firm Matinee Energy is Full of Hot Air

Virgin Boy Eggs Just Like Any Other Street Food -- Except for the Boy Urine Thing

When it comes to well-known foods from around the country, Chicago has its hot dog, Philadelphia its cheesesteak, and Indiana its "Hoosier Pie" (Hoosier Pie?) -- what does Arizona have? Nothing. Not a damn thing. At least not officially. And what happens when you have nothing? Someone gives you some ... More >>

Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax: Indianapolis Mobilizes for an Epic Battle with an Urban Legend

Tempe Ranked Second-Worst College Town in America (By Online Education Peddlers)

www.motifake.comAt least the scenery's nice...​According to a new survey, Tempe, the home of Arizona State University's largest campus, is the second-worst college town in America -- worse even than places like Waco, Texas, Ruston, Louisiana, and Poughkeepsie, New York.However, the survey was cond ... More >>

SHINE: Scottsdale Icons

Luau Pork, White Bean Hummus and Irish Republic Ale at TASTE, the (Very Warm) Chandler Culinary Festival

Murphy's Law served up a deliciously savory Chicken Shepherd's Pie.​October may be a popular month for outdoor festivals, but it's not the most reliable. Caught in an annual tug-of-war between summer and fall, October promises states like Indiana the first snow of the year, while in Arizona we cr ... More >>

You Me and Apollo @ Modified Arts

Top 10 Cities That Spend the Most on Fast Food: AZ City Makes the Greasy Cut

David McNew, Getty Images​Value meals, super sizing, quick trips through the drive thru -- America loves fast food. Wedging itself into nearly every nook and cranny of our society, its everywhere. And some cities in the good ol' 'U.S.of A. take advantage of it more than others. So says the mo ... More >>

Joker’s Wild

Avery Brewing Co. Pulls Out of Arizona, 7 Other States

whatweredrinking.blogspot.com ​Get your Maharaja, The Czar, and White Rascal while you can. Colorado-based Avery Brewing Co. announced Thursday it plans to withdraw from eight states and seven other partial-state markets beginning in April.

Tempe and Scottsdale Ranked Amongst "Rudest Cities" in English-Speaking World

​Two Arizona cities (that happen to be home to a large number of Arizona State University students) are ranked in the top 10 when it comes to rudest cities in the English-speaking world.According to a study conducted by the Foursquare social network, Tempe ranks No. 6 when it comes to rudeness, wi ... More >>

Quick PHX: Collections

Zia Records Chandler: Spinning Records and Wheels with Bandcycle

BandcycleDan and Maj of Bandcycle kickin' it in Baltimore for a brief break so their legs don't fall off from so much biking.​Documentary makers have given a new meaning to riding in style. A team of five filmmaking Brooklynites known as Bandcycle are biking across the country to make a rock doc o ... More >>

Margot & the Nuclear So and So's @ Rhythm Room

Tater Tot: Ben Quayle's Smart. He Can Spell Potato. But He Wouldn't Be a GOP Congressional Nominee Without the Name Daddy Dan Made Infamous

The Ataris

The Ataris

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Hanny's Anniversary, Black Fag, and More

Man-candy mixmaster Jared Alan will be holding court tonight at Sanctum.​Officially, the re-launch for Jared Alan's notorious fauxShow Night at its new home isn't taking place until next Friday. Unofficially, however, the hunky hipster DJ is kicking things off a whole week early with an under ... More >>

Electronic Dreams

Curtains: The Taffetas at Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria

I'll take all four: From left, Jeannie Shubitz, Katrina Hogofsky, Shayla Benoit, and Laura Berger are a singing, dancing box of fluffy kittens in The Taffetas.​I like music. I like theater. I've found that I even like musical theater at least some of the time. But the "revue" genre of theater is a ... More >>

Highway Robbery? Toll Roads Coming to Arizona

  http://www.et.byu.edu/~jbarney3/tollboothtragedy/ This is soon to be the scene on area highways.There are few things in life more wilting than a blast of 115-degree air, like the one we get when we open the car window in mid-July. Now, thanks to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Phoen ... More >>

The Nuclear Option

Miss-Behavin'

A flaming hottie and other sizzling chicks take over PHiX

Wolf Trap: Phoenix Suns vs. Minnesota Timberwolves Here Tonight

A mid-January game against the Minnesota Timberwolves is no big D, right? The playoffs-bound Phoenix Suns will ring up these bottom-feeding fools without stainin' their sweats, yo? Wrong on both counts. And that "playoff-bound" part is dicey, in and of itself. Everyone but the Suns seems to reali ... More >>

Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

The Vinlanders Social Club pays a visit to members of Rusty Childress' United for a Sovereign America (w/update on Buffalo Rick Galeener's public urination case)

Sarah Fenske’s in dogged pursuit of maternal instinct

Sundance 2008 leaves just a handful of buzz-worthy movies in its wake

Psych 101

Attachment Disorder
(self-released)

Andrew Jackson Jihad/Ghost Mice split CD

Self-Titled
(Plan-It-X Records)

Amanda Monrad

Handful of magic beings

The Four Horsemen Tour

Coming soon to an apocalypse near you

The Feeblez

Scattered Data
(self-released)

Murder By Death

Like Se7en, but more jokes

10,000 Leagues Below the Funk

Wherever it is, you're there

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Bad Stain Records 10 Year Anniversary

Smile! You're on Channel 44

Fast Track

Smooth-rhyming rapper Ol' Green Eyes rides his ticket to overnight stardom

Letters

Letters from the week of June 10, 2004

Ron Sexsmith, with David Mead

Hot Hot Feet

Heatwave look to ice their opponents

News From Home

A look at the state of the world – and Alice Cooper

Fretting

My guitar's now appearing with the contraband

Mean Season

A once-powerful Arizona Boys Ranch football team struggles to find its way into the end zone

Estranged Bedfellows

Straying mates are divorced from reality in numbing Random Hearts

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Justice After Hours

Maricopa County's Initial Appearance Court plods on through the wee hours