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Welcome back! We hope you had a sufficient amount of ho-ho-hoing and present opening to last another twelve months. Just in case you haven't, here's a package of some of the stories and photos you may have missed during the holiday.  Light Rail Launch Hundreds of thousands turned out to celebrate ... More >>

Cheap Thrills: Hottest Dance Party of the Weekend

This Saturday night is Cheap Thrills IV billed as "An Evening of Dancing and Debauchery," the new monthly Dance Party by DJs and promoters Jared Alan and Sean Watson. The party happens the last Saturday of every month at The Black Forest Mill (4900 E Indian School Rd in Phoenix). You can view our ph ... More >>

Best Friends Forever

This Saturday night is Cheap Thrills IV billed as "An Evening of Dancing and Debauchery," the new monthly Dance Party by DJs and promoters Jared Alan and Sean Watson. The party happens the last Saturday of every month at The Black Forest Mill (4900 E Indian School Rd in Phoenix). You can view our ph ... More >>

Easter Moon Festival

This Saturday night is Cheap Thrills IV billed as "An Evening of Dancing and Debauchery," the new monthly Dance Party by DJs and promoters Jared Alan and Sean Watson. The party happens the last Saturday of every month at The Black Forest Mill (4900 E Indian School Rd in Phoenix). You can view our ph ... More >>

Liquid Assets

Hot spins? Full bar? No piss? We’re there.

Party Foul! Fridays

Hot spins? Full bar? No piss? We’re there.

Liquid Assets

Hot spins? Full bar? No piss? We’re there.

Bootie Call

Mash-up legends visit the PHX

Bootie

Mash-up legends visit the PHX

Cheap Thrills at Black Forest Mill Goes Weekly Starting This Saturday

www.myspace.com/jaredalan You only wish you could be as cool as DJ Jared Alan. Turntablist impresario (and man-candy extraordinaire) Jared Alan has become an ace at packing in the hipster types to his numerous wingdings over the past couple years. Back when bygone danceteria Glam was still a ... More >>

Adult Swim

www.myspace.com/jaredalan You only wish you could be as cool as DJ Jared Alan. Turntablist impresario (and man-candy extraordinaire) Jared Alan has become an ace at packing in the hipster types to his numerous wingdings over the past couple years. Back when bygone danceteria Glam was still a ... More >>

Club Candids: Adult Swim and Star Swim Kick Off Wyndham Hotel Pool Parties

Adriane GoetzChillin' pool side. See more shots in our Club Candids slide show. Star Swim and Adult Swim, two of the most popular pool parties from last summer have really amped up their game. Walk into the lobby of the Wyndham Hotel where they are both booked for the rest of the summer and prepare ... More >>

Petting Zoo

This ain’t your eighth-grade hello dance

Adam Freeland

This ain’t your eighth-grade hello dance

Party Monsters

Sky Blu and Red Foo get the Ranch bumpin’

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

Sky Blu and Red Foo get the Ranch bumpin’

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Stanky Legs, Industrial Mayhem, and Free Booze

The GS Boyz are scheduled to perform tonight at Afterlife in Scottsdale.​ That nutty naturalist Henry David Thoreau once wrote, "All good things are cheap." Frankly, we couldn't agree with the Walden author more, especially since our weekend roundup if chock full of events and gigs that are ... More >>

Harlot

The GS Boyz are scheduled to perform tonight at Afterlife in Scottsdale.​ That nutty naturalist Henry David Thoreau once wrote, "All good things are cheap." Frankly, we couldn't agree with the Walden author more, especially since our weekend roundup if chock full of events and gigs that are ... More >>

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 >>

fauxShow

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 >>

DJ Dossier: Jared Alan

​It's shaping up to be a big weekend for Jared Alan. Mere hours from now, the 32-year-old DJ/producer/scenester/ fashion plate/eagle scout will be staging the "official" re-launch of his long-absent fauxShow Friday Nights gig at Sanctum. Less then 24 hours later, he'll then welcome NYC disco-pun ... More >>

Turntable Settings

​It's shaping up to be a big weekend for Jared Alan. Mere hours from now, the 32-year-old DJ/producer/scenester/ fashion plate/eagle scout will be staging the "official" re-launch of his long-absent fauxShow Friday Nights gig at Sanctum. Less then 24 hours later, he'll then welcome NYC disco-pun ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

​It's shaping up to be a big weekend for Jared Alan. Mere hours from now, the 32-year-old DJ/producer/scenester/ fashion plate/eagle scout will be staging the "official" re-launch of his long-absent fauxShow Friday Nights gig at Sanctum. Less then 24 hours later, he'll then welcome NYC disco-pun ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

​It's shaping up to be a big weekend for Jared Alan. Mere hours from now, the 32-year-old DJ/producer/scenester/ fashion plate/eagle scout will be staging the "official" re-launch of his long-absent fauxShow Friday Nights gig at Sanctum. Less then 24 hours later, he'll then welcome NYC disco-pun ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

​It's shaping up to be a big weekend for Jared Alan. Mere hours from now, the 32-year-old DJ/producer/scenester/ fashion plate/eagle scout will be staging the "official" re-launch of his long-absent fauxShow Friday Nights gig at Sanctum. Less then 24 hours later, he'll then welcome NYC disco-pun ... More >>

Hot Fudge Sundaze

​It's shaping up to be a big weekend for Jared Alan. Mere hours from now, the 32-year-old DJ/producer/scenester/ fashion plate/eagle scout will be staging the "official" re-launch of his long-absent fauxShow Friday Nights gig at Sanctum. Less then 24 hours later, he'll then welcome NYC disco-pun ... More >>

Black Forest Mill Restaurant Closes, Leaving Hipster DJs Homeless Once Again

A scene from the scenester-heavy Cheap Thrills night at now-shuttered Blackforest Mill.​What is it about this town that causes cool clubs or venues hosting hip dance nights to shut down? (Maybe all those fashion plate patrons spend too much time mugging for photos instead of buying enough al ... More >>

Cinco de Mustache

A scene from the scenester-heavy Cheap Thrills night at now-shuttered Blackforest Mill.​What is it about this town that causes cool clubs or venues hosting hip dance nights to shut down? (Maybe all those fashion plate patrons spend too much time mugging for photos instead of buying enough al ... More >>

Conan O'Brien, Adult Swim, AZ Tattoo Expo, and 9500 Liberty Over the Weekend

​An Arizona Tattoo Expo Ink Explosion An explosion of ink overwhelmed the Mesa Convention Center this past weekend. The Arizona Tattoo Expo exposed attendees to a nonstop barrage of tats and piercings. There was even a naked Megan Fox appearance...well sort of...see photos. ​Adult Swim ... More >>

Cheap Thrills, The Ramones, Roller Girl Tryouts, and More

​Been missing your weekly dose "dancing and debauchery" via Jared Alan and Sean Watson's weekly Cheap Thrills party? The DJ duo has some fantastic news. Not only will the event be landing at a new home this fall, it's also making a brief return this weekend for a special one-off. I spoke with ... More >>

Cheap Thrills Relaunches At Its New Home in September

Benjamin Leatherman The scene at Cheap Thrills over the weekend.​The Phoenix Police Department can sometimes be a major buzzkill. Just ask the folks who attended the Cheap Thrills one-off this past weekend. Around 100 or so were in attendance at the hepcat party on Saturday night, dancing ... More >>

Dive In Move

Adult Swim Finds A Temporary Home For Memorial Day Weekend

Sunday Best

Chi-town cat posts up at weekly club event

Adult Swim's Labor Day Massive

Chi-town cat posts up at weekly club event

Adult Swim

Chi-town cat posts up at weekly club event

Cheap Thrills Relaunch, Hellbilly Hoedown, Boats 'n' Hoes, and Other Weekend Events

Benjamin LeathermanJared Alan (left) and Sean Watson of Cheap Thrills"We have been waiting all summer long for this," states the Facebook event page for this weekend's relaunch of Jared Alan and Sean Watson's Cheap Thrills dance party. They ain't kidding, as many fans of the DJ duo have been eager f ... More >>

Out With the Auld

Waiting for the bomb to drop in Phoenix, Tempe

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

Waiting for the bomb to drop in Phoenix, Tempe

Cheap Thrills' Daft Punk Tribute, The MadCaPs, Freakfests, and Other Halloweekend Events

​ If you missed out on all the outrageous action of the first night of Halloweekend, fear not. (Better, yet, check out our pictures of one rather potent party that took place). Two more evening of exciting and enthralling All Hallows Eve entertainment is scheduled to transpire both tonight an ... More >>

Fridays @ The District

​ If you missed out on all the outrageous action of the first night of Halloweekend, fear not. (Better, yet, check out our pictures of one rather potent party that took place). Two more evening of exciting and enthralling All Hallows Eve entertainment is scheduled to transpire both tonight an ... More >>

Halloweekend 2011 @ Brick and The Venue Scottsdale

​ If you missed out on all the outrageous action of the first night of Halloweekend, fear not. (Better, yet, check out our pictures of one rather potent party that took place). Two more evening of exciting and enthralling All Hallows Eve entertainment is scheduled to transpire both tonight an ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

​ If you missed out on all the outrageous action of the first night of Halloweekend, fear not. (Better, yet, check out our pictures of one rather potent party that took place). Two more evening of exciting and enthralling All Hallows Eve entertainment is scheduled to transpire both tonight an ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

​ If you missed out on all the outrageous action of the first night of Halloweekend, fear not. (Better, yet, check out our pictures of one rather potent party that took place). Two more evening of exciting and enthralling All Hallows Eve entertainment is scheduled to transpire both tonight an ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

​ If you missed out on all the outrageous action of the first night of Halloweekend, fear not. (Better, yet, check out our pictures of one rather potent party that took place). Two more evening of exciting and enthralling All Hallows Eve entertainment is scheduled to transpire both tonight an ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

​ If you missed out on all the outrageous action of the first night of Halloweekend, fear not. (Better, yet, check out our pictures of one rather potent party that took place). Two more evening of exciting and enthralling All Hallows Eve entertainment is scheduled to transpire both tonight an ... More >>