Long Beach (New York)

Air-Cooled Athletic Endeavors Await

fIREHOSE's Ed Crawford: "...It Was Our Job. We F**kin' Showed Up Every Day."

It's always a questionable thing when a long-gone band suddenly reappears on the musical landscape. Too often the motive is obvious--money--and the performances laughable. Yet, there are those bands with the integrity to come back and do it right. More often than not, these are punk bands. (Remember ... More >>

Last Call Goes On Spring Break: Adios Motherfucker!

It's that time again, time for the students at ASU to be on spring break, heading off to Puerto Peñasco or Lake Havasu or goodness knows where. And with spring break comes a time-honored tradition for college students everywhere: Binge drinking. One of the most popular mixed drinks for copious cons ... More >>

Phal Kilmer Talks Spy vs Spy Collab, Set to Challenge in The Voicebox Battles

For a little less than a year now, Tucson has been the arena to a rap battle royale called, The Voicebox Battles. It's a place where wordsmiths throw verbal jabs, lyrical left hooks and insulting uppercuts at one another, all in the name of battle supremacy. Although this showdown takes place two h ... More >>

Dengue Fever: "It Doesn't Matter...They Don't Know What the Hell We're Saying Anyway"

Imagine wild organ swirls, rolling surf licks and jazzy party horns coupled with angular and decidedly eastern melodies, plus a sultry singer who shifts between English and her native Cambodian dialect. That's just a fraction of what shapes Dengue Fever's original sound. The band discovered its ca ... More >>

A Sublime History: Looking Back on What Happened to One of the Best Ska Punk Bands of the 90s

​Despite what it does for your record sales, it sucks when a rockstar dies before his time. Hard times came about in 1996 after the passing of Sublime's vocalist and guitarist Bradley Nowell.Even good ol' Lou Dog was bummin'. Frankly, I can't blame him. If I had been more than six years old at the ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Pronunciation and Texas Football Fandom

Dozens of Teenage Boy Scout Explorers Have Been Sexually Abused by Cops; Should Scouts Share the Blame?

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 >>

French Quarter Tour Diary - Week 1

​I won't attempt to explain the amalgam of esoteric in-jokes that manifested into the tour poster seen above. There's a perfectly good but lengthy explanation for why the four of us chose to put John Fogerty's head on a French Quarter t-shirt, gave him dice for eyes and exhorted the viewer to ... More >>

Q&A: The Growlers' Brooks Nielsen Talks Getting Drunk, Being Weirdos and Bill Murray

​ The Growlers aren't your average band. Sure, that statement might be sort of cliche, but take the time to listen to these guys and you'll be convinced they're far from traditional. Blending elements of surf rock with psychedelic pop and intriguing lyrics, they're part of the recent re-emergence ... More >>

L.A. Primer: Abe Vigoda, Best Coast, Warpaint, and More

Tempe Gets All-Ages Venue on Mill: The Fixx, Run by Local Zine Publisher Tempe Starving Artist Will Have Concerts, Art, Coffee

​The Mill Avenue scene has always been well-lubricated -- more boozy than arty, with happy hour deals and/or long lines of girls in heels, depending on the spot.The Fixx aims to change that. The new all-ages coffee house/venue at 15 E. 7th Street, behind Jack In The Box, will officially open Satur ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 21, 2010

Hiding In Plain Sight: Cops Finally Apprehend a Killer, Now 82 and Ailing, Who'd Been on the Lam for 22 Years

Ask a Mexican on Apple Day and Targeting African-Americans

Warren G & Nate Dogg Classic "Regulate" Gets Explanation via Wikipedia

"Regulate" - finally explained via Wikipedia!​A funny thing happened this past Thursday: a synopsis of the 1994 Warren G and Nate Dogg song "Regulate" popped up on the track's Wikipedia page.The song -- featured on the Above The Rim Soundtrack as well as Warren G's Regulate...G Funk Era -- te ... More >>

The Dirty Heads

The Dirty Heads

Aaron Johnson, What Are You Eating?

Ernest Allen Aaron Johnson eating a Gringo Starr at That's A Wrap!​Aaron JohnsonThe local poet hosts First Friday Ignite at The Firehouse this Friday, April 2. What'd you eat for dinner last night? All-you-can-eat sushi at Koi Sushi Bar and Grill (4372 West Olive Ave., Glendale). Favorite food ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Santarchy, Joe Strummer, and Roller Girls

Jonathan McNamaraThe annual Santarchy affair will fill the streets of Scottsdale with kooky Kris Kringle clones on Saturday.​When Clement Clarke Moore first penned The Night Before Christmas in 1823 (and thus, gave birth to many of the conceptions associated with Jolly Old Saint Nick), the Victori ... More >>

Crystal Antlers

Octogenarian Cold-Case Suspect Extradited to Phoenix on 1987 Manslaughter Charge

Image: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office​Back in 1987, cops say, Roger Cook blasted a guy with his .357 Magnum for doing little more than jumping over a fence.The single bullet killed 22-year-old Terrance Keenan. The young man's friend, Richard Fair, dodged more shots fired his way by C ... More >>

"Hemingway in the Latin World"

Behind the Bar: Tyler King at Jugheads

Benjamin LeathermanTyler King does his drink-mixing thing at Jegheads in east Phoenix.​Tyler King is one tough-looking hombre. Sporting a tee shirt for notorious New Jersey hardcore band Shattered Realm and innumerable tattoos covering his burly frame from head to toe, the 38-year-old bartender ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 1, 2009

Death Valley: Cops Bust Elderly Man in Connection With 1987 Murder

  ​The Phoenix police cold case squad, in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Office, arrested an elderly man at a long-term care facility in connection with a 1987 murder. Cops say that on October 20, 1987, Roger Cook (pictured) pointed a .357 Magnum at two young men ... More >>

Badfish/Scotty Don't

Snot

The Crystal Method

Crystal Antlers

Cold War Kids

Loyalty to Loyalty
(Downtown Records)

Bringing Down the Houses

Underage crew is taking the private sector by storm

Gridiron Grudge

Caliente seeks redemption against Aftershock

Kitch in Sync

The same competitive fire that took Kitch Kitchen from the war-zone streets of Newark to basketball stardom has now made her the Valley's hottest rapper.

Road Weary

The Grievous Angels bid goodbye with a bleak chronicle of a traveling band

Black Stars

Talib Kweli offers his reflections on the state of hip-hop, Levi's, and the role of MCs in the African-American community

Enter the Dragons

In the tradition of the Zeros and the Nuns, the youngest Escovedo talks siblings, booze and Dragon slaying

A Dogg's Life

Rapper Snoop Dogg comes to terms with his violent past and pleads for peace in his autobiography

Molten Wax

Recordings

Pitching Distaff

Snoop Doggy Dogma

Recordings

Putting at Windmills

Lifestyles of the rich and famous (of miniature golf)

Slow Strokes

Once dominant, U.S. swimmers have fallen back in the Olympic pack. And some observers are questioning whether Gary Hall Jr., the world-class sprinter from Paradise Valley, has the work ethic to find gold in Atlanta.

Pic Hits for the week

Recordings

MOTLEY MOTORHEADTHE ONLY CRUE VINCE NEIL NEEDS THESE DAYS IS IN THE PIT

FATE AND LOATHING IN BULLHEAD CITYLIFE'S EVEN MORE OF A CRAPSHOOT WHEN YOU'RE ACROSS THE RIVER FROM A CASINO