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Zia Records Now Accepting Local Submissions for You Heard Us Back When Compilation

Zia Records' "You Heard Us Back When" compilation has a solid history. The comp has been going strong since 2008, giving a bevy of local acts from Phoenix, Tucson, and Las Vegas a chance to shine. The likes of Snake! Snake! Snakes!, Kinch, Courtney Marie Andrews, Scorpion vs. Tarantula, Dry River Ya ... More >>

Joshua Johnson of Kai Dishes on Antelope Liver and Working for a Celebrity Chef

Joshua Johnson Kai at Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa 5594 W. Wildhorse Pass Boulevard, Chandler 602-225-0100 www.wildhorsepass.com See also: -- Todd Sicolo Dishes on Grant Achatz and His Short-Lived Las Vegas Marriage -- Conor Favre Leaves Arizona Biltmore for Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa This is ... More >>

Zach Fowle's Got Some Advice for Those of You About to Roast Chestnuts on an Open Fire

Ah, the holidays. Christmas is all about love, sharing, sweetness and light -- and keeping the antacids handy. In keeping with the spirit of the season, Chow Bella presents "Eating Christmas," in which some of our favorite writers nosh on the real lessons we learn this time of year. Today, Zach's nu ... More >>

Michael Hall's Back in Arizona, After Allegedly Killing Ex-Girlfriend in Front of a Child, Then Heading for Vegas Strip

After allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend to death in Avondale -- in front of their 4-year-old daughter -- Michael Hall decided to skip town, in favor of Las Vegas.Not some residential suburb of Las Vegas, and not some crime-riddled corridor of the city -- Hall was popped last month by Las Vegas M ... More >>

Live Nation Looks to Cash In on EDM Rage with Identity Festival

Name Kitchen 56's Giant-Ass $18 Burger (and Then Possibly Be Killed By It)

Extending a middle finger high and proud to rising food prices, world hunger, and nationwide obesity, Kitchen 56, the Arcadia restaurant serving American comfort food, wants you to name its newest burger. The reward? The winner gets one a month until the end of the year. Where, given the burger's un ... More >>

Culinary Dropout Expanding to the Hard Rock in Vegas

It appears the tentacles of restaurateur Sam Fox are reaching out to expand his empire once again -- this time in Vegas, baby. The 2012 James Beard Foundation semi-finalist for Outstanding Restaurateur has announced that Culinary Dropout, his trendy gastropub in Scottsdale, will open a location in ... More >>

You Heard Us Back When Vol. 6 Tracklist Tops 30 Songs

While $3 isn't enough to buy you a gallon of gas these days, it is enough to buy you the sixth installment of Zia Record's local music compilation, You Heard Us Back When. The double-disc album is scheduled for release on next month's Record Store Day, April 21, and features 37 songs by local musici ... More >>

7 Seconds and More Added to Punk Rock Bowling Lineup

​Today is a big day for fans of Las Vegas, punk, and/or bowling. The full lineup for the 14th Annual Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival will come out sometime today. We're guessing it's going to happen in the afternoon since three-day passes go on sale today at 1 p.m. Pacific. Once again BY ... More >>

Sign Language

Out of Reverie Tour: Day 8

Wikimedia CommonsBoise, Idaho​Well folks, this last post is kind of a sad one. The two local bands on the Las Vegas show dropped out at the lat minute, which forced the promoter to cancel Out of Reverie's last scheduled date. We kicked around a few options and Darian Reneé (the singer of S ... More >>

Aria Las Vegas Stay Likely Resulted in Sickness for AZ Couple, Doc Says; Hotel Takes Steps After Legionnaires' Outbreak

​ Two Northern Arizona University students were struck with Pontiac Fever after staying at the Aria in Las Vegas, which has been struggling with lingering bacteria problems.Joseph Dougherty and Erika Keller arrived at the hotel on July 5, stayed two nights before driving back to Flagstaff, the ... More >>

The Glitch Mob Infiltrate The Venue Scottsdale

The Glitch Mob​Los Angeles-based electro-dance musicians, The Glitch Mob, are bringing their reverberating talents to the Valley when they play The Venue Scottsdale on Tuesday, June 28. The orchestral trio made up of Justin Boreta, Ed Ma, and Joshua Mayer will be blending futuristic robotic beeps, ... More >>

Kim Porter

Did Simply Bread Bite Off More Than It Could Chew?

​Why did Simply Bread simply close its doors a little over a week ago, when business seemed so robust? Why are 87 people now suddenly out of a job? The official word is that the bakery's Michigan-based bank is to blame. However, I've been talking to lots of local restaurant owners who wonde ... More >>

Escape the Fate @ Marquee Theatre

Charred Remains of Woman Found Near Hoover Dam Identified as Owner of Las Vegas Escort Service

www.uncivilsociety.org​The charred remains of a woman found near the Hoover Dam last month have been identified as the owner of a Las Vegas escort service. She was murdered, authorities say, over a $9,000 debt.The remains are those of 39-year-old Yung Park, according to court documents first obtai ... More >>

Cook Like an Iron Chef with Michael Symon Starts With Dissing The Food Network

​Iron Chef Michael Symon breaks out of Kitchen Stadium this Thursday with his new show on The Cooking Channel, Cook Like an Iron Chef. Symon, who owns Lola, Lolita, Bar Symon, and the B Spot restaurants in Northeast Ohio, as well as Roast in Detroit, says the show is for people who've watched ... More >>

Chef Talk: Andrew Ashmore of Modern Steak

At first glance, Andrew Ashmore looks more like a rocker than the executive chef of Scottsdale's Modern Steak. The 26-year-old from Grand Rapids, Mich. has a youthful appearance, with spiky hair and tattoos peeking out of his chef's jacket. Nicki Escudero On the patio of Modern Steak​But th ... More >>

Prescient U.S. Justice Department Report on Courtroom Safety Released as Vegas Killer Struck

We were rummaging through the post-holiday e-mail riffraff this morning, and happened onto this timely report from the U.S. Department of Justice. ​It concerns the growing number of threats to federal judges, U.S. Attorneys, and federal prosecutors (from members of the community, not, mind yo ... More >>

Jacob Smigel CD Release Party At The Trunk Space

​ Jacob Smigel is hosting a CD release party for his new album, Hope This Passes the Secretary on January 16 at The Trunk Space. The Las Vegas transplant. makes "warm thoughtful folk and found audio" and while the folk is good the found audio project is really the coolest part. As Jacob descr ... More >>

Las Vegas Man Busted Here With 660 Boxes of Meth-Making Ingredient Pseudoephedrine

www.funnyaussiephotos.com​What could someone possibly need with 660 boxes of pseudoephedrine? That was the question Arizona Department of Public Safety officers were asking a Las Vegas man after they found an absurd amount of cold medicine in his car, and it didn't take long for them to figu ... More >>

Darude Awakening

Youth Brigade

Roka Akor Gets a National Nod

Did your April Bon Appetit land in your mailbox yet? Mine just did, and I was happy to see Scottsdale's chic Roka Akor included in restaurant editor Andrew Knowlton's list of ten best new places for sushi. Sure, the place stands out from the crowd more for its unusual robatayaki offerings than its ... More >>

The Best Movies of 2008

King Pong

Brew crews try to bounce their way to Sin City

Unsexy Beast

The AFLAC duck is on the mic

Flier of the Week: Antique Scream

Prize Fighters

Winners of big-kid scavenger hunt could be contenders

Mexican Dogs

!Ay Chihuahua!

Wonderdogs

Poor Al and gang say “nyah, nyah” to their detractors

Panic! At the Disco

Emo! at the Arena

The Year of Acceleration

Used To Have a Life
(self-released)

The Crystal Method at Myst

Home with the range

Catching Air

Action, but not much acting

Hit Parade

Glendale Arena packs a punch with Showtime boxing

Hooter Nanny

It seems gourmets go for sports-bar grub, too

Fee Circus

Spice gets stiffed

BOB's a Bust

Bank One Ballpark was touted as a powerful economic engine for downtown. Data show, however, that BOB has fueled sales mostly for BOB. The meager spillover doesn't bode well for the Arizona Cardinals' stadium aspirations.

The Bench Warmer and the Straggler

Gubernatorial candidates have been playing the usual political game. One of them lost a long time ago.

Head Time for Gonzo

Terry Gilliam plays a long shot in loopy Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas filmization

Impersonation Nation

The Blues Brothers, Marilyn, The Killer, Ol' Blue Eyes, Der Bingle and The King himself! The "Legendary Superstars" revue takes a Las Vegas formula to Apache Junction and audiences are, well, doubled over.

Paging Bull

He's JJ! He's the owner! He's the King of Beepers! And we've got his number!

Meeting 95 Projections

INTERSTATE HIGH JINKS

LAND BATTLE PITS REP. JON KYL (R-DEL WEBB CORP.) AGAINST REP. JIM BILBRAY (D-SUMMA CORP.)

CASINOS CHECKED OUT BABBITTHIS DENIALS OF GAMBLING DON'T FIT RECORD

WHEN CACTUS AND CIVILIZATION COLLIDETRIFLING WITH SAGUAROS CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO ONE'S HEALTH

WINNER IS SERVED