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Top 20 Phoenix Concerts of 2012

2012 isn't even over yet, and we're already feeling sort of nostalgic for it. We saw a lot of great shows this year, so narrowing it down to the most mind-blowing 20 wasn't easy, but it was a lot of fun. Enjoy, our Top 20 Phoenix Concerts of 2012. See also: Top Five 2012 Heavy Releases In Pho ... More >>

Jeff Flake Smiled at Rich Carmona's "Prettier" Joke, Now Lamely Makes Hay Over It

So why can't a man be prettier than a woman? Look at Brad Pitt. Leonardo DiCaprio. Johnny Depp. David Beckham. And, um, Congressman Jeff Flake. Not that Channel 12's Brahm Resnik is in their league. I mean, he's no Joe Dana. If you ask me, you folks who were outraged by former Surgeon General an ... More >>

Rob Zombie's Guitarist John 5 Has a Motto: "More is More"

"I love Phoenix," Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 says excitedly. "Rob [Zombie] and the other guys in the band, they like the colder weather, but for some reason I love the really hot weather." He pauses, then anxiously asks, "It should be really warm there still when I'm there in September, right?" ... More >>

See Alice Cooper's Dark Shadows Costume at the Musical Instrument Museum

See also: Musical Instrument Museum Debuts "I Am AZ Music" Exhibit See also: Alice Cooper: No More Mr. Bad Guy When Alice Cooper, Phoenix's resident lord of the underworld/radio personality/Christian activist, pops up in the Tim Burton new flick, Dark Shadows, what he's wearing should look mighty f ... More >>

21 Jump Street Is Now a Buddy Comedy

Narcisse Champagne and Tea Lounge to Host Mad Hatter Tea Party Saturday

Narcisse​Oh Alice, relax. It's not that kind of Tea Party. Now pass the bubbly. ​From noon to 5 p.m., this Saturday, June 18, Narcisse Champagne and Tea Lounge, the upscale hangout in the Scottsdale Quarter featuring more than 200 kinds of bubbles, tea service, and tapas-style eats, wi ... More >>

The Art of Getting By Gives Adolescence a Bad Name

Keith Richards Gets Brass Balls

Wikimedia CommonsKeith Richards​Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards will be honored at Spike TV's "Guys Choice" awards on Friday, June 10. And what does he get for playing guitar and surviving rampant drug use for almost 50 years? Brass balls, of course. We imagine Richards is one of those " ... More >>

Prom: As If Experiencing Your Own Wasn't Bad Enough

A Recap of the 2011 Grammy Awards: A Quick, Easy Guide to What Happened

Dan MacMedan, USA TodayNicki Minaj, doing what she does best: always trying to get attention.​The 2011 Grammy Awards kept things classy this year: There wasn't even a single mention of Ke$ha during the entire show!Good job, Grammy people! Thanks for taking out the trash this year. Aside from the l ... More >>

Digital Summer, The Doors, Betty White, Long John Hunter, PHX Nightclub, and More

Digital Summer is scheduled to perform tonight at Marquee Theatre.Digital Summer has been on a major roll lately. Their latest album (Counting the Hours) is about to drop, the single "Run Away" is seemingly being played hourly on KUPD, and lead singer Kyle Winterstein claims the band is about sign a ... More >>

Phoenix Film Festival Review: Closing Night Screening of Middle Men, Complete with Celebs

​Last night the Phoenix Film Festival came to a close. Finishing out its 10th year, the fest decided to go out with a bang. The closing screening was of a new movie starring Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, James Caan, and Gabriel Macht titled Middle Men, which won't be released until August.While th ... More >>

Monday Night Martha, Sticky and Sweet

​For this Monday Night Martha, we did something decidedly un-Martha. We baked Sticky Toffee Pudding while still wearing our pajamas. Yeah, that's right. We were in our pajamas past noon. It's hard for us to imagine the super-achieving, real Martha cooking in her pajamas. And even if she did, w ... More >>

Summer Guide: Coppolla, Mann, Allen, and Tarantino Bring the Summer Flicks

Summer Guide: The season of big-budget movies uses its brain

'Roid Rage Returns

Metroid Prime 3 is the best you can get for the Wii

A Masterpiece on Canvas

Bond in a Bikini

Like Star Trek With Worms

Blessed Are the Buttmunches

Grizzly Man

Redford grows old gracefully

Bad News

One more awful remake strikes out

Bar None

Candy man Colin Redding chocs it up to experience

Movies: the Year in Review -- From Major to Minor

Why the best films of 2004 look like indies but aren't

Crash and Yearn

Scorsese paints Hughes larger than life

Soft-Shoe Soft Sell

Shall We Dance? twirls into a feel-good finish

Skags to Riches

Jerry Stahl goes from smack to paperback

Feels Like 80 Days

"The whole sordid affair is craptacular-craptacular."

Risky Biz-ness

J. & K. hang with the mullets, bois and lipstickers at P-town's premier gay-girl bar

The Elected

Me First (Sub Pop)

Gaybangin'

Our night shift explores the rowdy gay gangsta hip-hop scene

Dude, Where's My Temporal Orientation?

In The Butterfly Effect, Ashton Kutcher comes unstuck in time

Mollusk Massacre

At Nantucket Seafood and Raw Bar, there are bivalves dying foryou sins

House of Fun

Eddie Murphy's trapped in The Haunted Mansion, and it's literally a good ride

Kitty Litter

The Cat in the Hat forms clumps for easy scooping and disposal

Shakedown Cruise

On his maiden voyage, veteran director Peter Weir masters the sea epic

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

Impossible Dreamer

Terry Gilliam sets out to make Don Quixote, but becomes him instead

The Loner

Emotionally fragile Texas legend Daniel Johnston ventures out into the wicked world

London Broil

With Snatch, Guy Ritchie once again proves himself the Tarantino of the Thames

Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

Lasse Hallström greets the season with a huge dose of Chocolat

Hot and Bothered

Goldwater heir and local urban-music impresario join forces to turn up the Heat

Live by the Sword

Jim Jarmusch brings new tricks to samurai-themed Ghost Dog

Hit Me, Baby, One More Time

Jimmy Eat World gets some Rolling Stone-size love from Blink-182

Jack's Back

Irony-Poor Blood

Anemic Touch needs emergency transfusion

Blood on the Tracks

Four years after quitting the Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Frusciante embraces his demons

AUTEUR DE FARCE

A GUY. A DRESS. A CAMERA. BALLEY MOVIEMAKER PAUL WILSON IS A ONE-MAN CAST OF THOUSANDS.

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