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Ricky Brindley, What Are You Listening To?

Ricky Brindley Brindley performs with sketch comedy troupe Bully Mammoth tonight at the Tempe Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. For more information, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? The station that plays my iPod or 91.5-FM (NPR ... More >>

Gangnam Style Bests Justin Bieber for Most-Watched YouTube Video Ever. What's the Formula?

By Dan Moore Psy's Gangnam Style is now the most-viewed YouTube video ever, and as we go to press Monday morning that means it's been watched coming up on 830 million times. That means that the single biggest pop culture event of 2012--the video you're most likely to talk about with your grandma at ... More >>

What's Your Kitchen Entrance Jam?

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. Miss a question? Go here.It's no secret there's a connection between food ... More >>

Joleen Lunzer, What Are You Listening To?

​Joleen LunzerThe stand-up comedian headlines the Tempe Improv Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I recently found a station that plays hip hop/R&B from the 90's and early 2000's, 101.1 FM. I also ... More >>

Anton Mackey, What Are You Listening To?

Anton Mackey​Anton Mackey Mackey is a yoga teacher at LifePower Yoga and Summit North Scottsdale and a fitness trainer at FITLIFE Scottsdale. What songs are you vibing on these days? "Hold You," by Gyptian (Major Lazer remix); "I Wanna," by Sahara & Bob Sinclair (featuring Shaggy); "One by O ... More >>

Seven Awesome Things About The Gathering of the Juggalos

​ When it comes to summer music festivals, most people tend to think of well established, corporate-sponsored events like Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, or the Pitchfork Music Festival. But one music festival that seems to be establishing itself as something of a big ticket in recent years is the annual ... More >>

The Soundtrack to Your Holiday Strip Scan

Sostadiumstatus.blogspot.comYou can see (ahem) a lot in a TSA scan.... including this gun!​Damn, TSA, buy a girl a drink first. The new full-body image scanners at airports this holiday season have already stressed and nervous travelers in a tizzy. Sure, nobody wants a bomb on their plane, but it ... More >>

MC Hammer Beefing with Jay-Z? Hammer Connects H.O.V.A. and the Devil in Terrible New Track

Remember when MC Hammer went all thug and changed his name to Hammer to get a little edge? He recorded that awful "Pumps and a Bump" song and turned his backup dancers into a newly-hard posse of wannabe street thugs? History is repeating itself.Hammer -- last spotted as a Social Media Guru pitchin ... More >>

The Summer Set, Leon Russell, Cheap Trick, and More in This Week's Issue

The Summer Set: Not so original, but still kickin' out the jams.​This week's music feature is on The Summer Set, and their unapologetically unoriginal music that's still worth a listen.The oft overlooked Leon Russell is working on a new collaboration with the likes of T-Bone Burnett, Elton John, a ... More >>

M.C. Hammer

Incoming: KISS, Ted Nugent, Three 6 Mafia, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, MC Hammer

We owned two copies of this album on cassette when I was 6​Does it matter if it's a slow week for show announcements if one of those announcements features MC Hammer?I say no to that, and such is this week's fate. Sure, this week features a fewer number of shows than in previous weeks, but c'mon p ... More >>

Asylum Street Spankers

MC Hammer Is Working All the Angles

Interview with MC Hammer: Once The Awesomest Guy Alive, Now Another Social Media Guru

MC Hammer before Twitter.​There's probably no human being I've ever held in higher regard than MC Hammer. Truly. Over the span of my 29 years, I'm hard-pressed to think of anyone I idolized quite like Hammer circa summer 1990 something my mom confirmed earlier this year upon discovering some old V ... More >>

November 19 In Blogs: Jaenelle Antas, MC Hammer, Thanksgiving, and World Toilet Day

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Blue Boy Video: See the Creation of the African-American Face That Was Too Much for an Ar ... More >>

Jimmy Rollins in Old MC Hammer Video, Jackson Film a Hit, Nirvana Live at Reading Trailer

Sound of the City: And Now Let's Play "Find Jimmy Rollins In The MC Hammer Video"So Much Silence: Dfactor: Shake ItIdolator: I Can't Wait For Lil Wayne To Create A Whole Mixtape About The Cake Created In His LikenessWaved Rumor: Sea Wolf, Sara Lov Friday at Modified (PHX)Electric Mustache: Video: Ta ... More >>

Bon Jovi Comes To Glendale on February 24

​If this week's U2 stadium show didn't slake your thirst for overblown artists from yesteryear, the coming weeks and months will undoubtedly satisfy your cravings for throwback acts: KISS is on their way to the Valley, as well as The Misfits, Y&T, MC Hammer, Cameo, and Brian Setzer. You can s ... More >>

Shaq Meets Fans at 5 & Diner in Phoenix Through Twitter

As we reported on this blog back in November, Suns star Shaquille O'Neal's on Twitter, the "micro-blogging" site where users can post short messages on the Internet (through computers or their cell phones) that detail what they're doing at any given moment. (For example, Shaq Twittered on January 16 ... More >>

Ma$e Gave Up a Career as Puff Daddy’s Protégé to Rap for God – the Weird Thing Is He Stuck with It

Yo, Stephen Hawking Raps

The world already has its share of ridiculous ring tones, but now, thanks to a company called FunMobility, you can hear the voice of famed physicist Stephen Hawkings rapping "Baby Got Back" whenever that special someone calls your cell phone.

A fake AC/DC and other bands we love that you’ll loathe

KISS, Marilyn Manson, the Brady Kids and . . . Max and the Marginalized?

Morgan Spurlock attempts political commentary with Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? but falls short of Michael Moore

Willy Northpole and the Phoenix hip-hop scene explode

Sound Systym

Disc out of the box

The Big Sleazy

Tall trannies, polyamorous pagans and tipsy rounds of tonsil hockey: That's Hot Pink! redux, baby

Got Mole?

Cut a rug with Page from history

The Way of the Wu

Haven't got enough Wu-Tang merchandise? Now there's a book

I ♥ Bono

How to deconstruct U2's Bomb? Let Mom review it.

Hot Pink Perdition

The night crew checks out an after-hours hot spot

Fallen Angels

Charlie's high-flying heroines kick ass, but not the sequel syndrome.

Backdoor Boogie

30,000 bands can't be too wrong -- CD Baby hands 'em independence

Ice Ice Maybe

A decade after Vanilla Ice melted down, he's back with the man who made him.

Fresh Ground

Stephen Malkmus leaves Pavement behind with a slanted and enchanting solo debut

Night & Day

January 14 - 20, 1999

Trick or Trash

Trashman dresses as himself for Halloween

Risky Business

Seventeen years after its advent, sampling remains mired in legal and aesthetic controversy

Blasphemous Rumors

Let's just get right to it

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