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Scottsdale's Axis-Radius Closing on June 29, Will Become Music Venue and Drinkery

Load up your copy of Avicii's "Last Dance" and steel yourself for some depressing news, EDM fans and nightlife fiends: Axis-Radius, the longest-running dance club in Scottsdale, will close by month's end after 16 years in operation. The Old Town institution -- which has served as the epicenter for D ... More >>

Celebrate Yuri's Night 2013 with These Songs about Dying Alone in the Darkness of Space!

Say what you will about Nikita Khrushchev, but the man knew how to make the poignant-songs-about-cosmonauts train run on time. April 12 marks Yuri's Night 2013 -- a chance to party on an even larger and more scientific scale than Earth Day -- and the 52nd anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's famous manned ... More >>

Phil Mickelson Seeks Real Name of Anonymous Online Hater by Suing Internet Provider

Phil Mickelson, who remains one of the world's most popular golfers even as his game slowly fades, was cordial, yet short, when we asked him at the Waste Management Open about his new lawsuit.   ​"I support freedom of speech 100 percent all the way, but I'm not going to ... More >>

Andrew Jackson Jihad's Sean Bonnette on Knife Man and Gawker

​Well, he's done it. Sean Bonnette, one half of Valley mainstays Andrew Jackson Jihad, lover of hip-hop, passionate defender of all things Phoenix, has moved away. But don't get up in arms. "This is just a temporary thing," Bonnette says of his recent move to Chicago to be with his girlfriend. ... More >>

BroLoaf Brings Its "A Game" to the Marquee

BroLoaf: Ben Brah and Coach Grundy in the Raw

Craig CohenBen Brah and Junior Junior​Editor's note: We barely knew what we were getting into when we sent Serene Dominic to interview BroLoaf -- but we damn sure ended up with more of it than could fit in our paper. So, for your high-fiving, beer-ponging pleasure, here's Serene's extended int ... More >>

Eight Bands That Should Make a Children's Record

​They Might Be Giants' new album, Join Us, comes out today. If you've only been following TMBG for the past four or five years, you might be under the impression that this Brooklyn-based band is a children's music group. That would be understandable, considering Join Us is the first TMBG album si ... More >>

Trail's Pace

Suns go head to head with the Blazers

Setting Sun: Steve Nash's Quitting the Phoenix Suns to Enter Canadian Politics

Phoenix Suns Sweep Men in Black Over Weekend. Looks Like They'll Face Fearsome Los Angeles Lakers in Western Conference Finals

nba.com Steve Nash looks better here, before his right eye swelled nearly shut after a collision with Tim Duncan's elbow. Nash still took over the game in the fourth quarter. ​At the end of the Suns' game yesterday against San Antonio, Spurs great David Robinson ran onto the ... More >>

Nik Richie, Stooge Behind TheDirty.com, Marries Reality TV Star 24 Hours After Meeting Her

Nik Richie​Remember when Michael Jackson awkwardly kissed his then-wife, Lisa Marie Presley, at the 1994 MTV Music Video Awards and then turned to the crowd and infamously said, "And just think, nobody thought this would last"? We all know how that turned out, and in seemingly related news, ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Gut Out Another Big Win Against a Good Team Wednesday Night to Go 6 in a Row. Next Up: the Trail Blazers Tonight

www.suns.com "Lightening" Lou Amundson gives Phoenix the edge.Deeee-Fence! We never thought we'd be saying this, but the Phoenix Suns won the last two games against tough Western Conference foes with solid D, and now find themselves on a 6-game winning streak. Of course, this ... More >>

Prediction: Grant Woods Won't Ask Mayor K.J. About "Summer of '95"

We've always enjoyed a good relationship with former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods, except when he got pissy with us for a long while over the infamous "hot dog vendor" spoof back in the day.   Woods is a savvy and funny guy, something in fairly short supply among the lega ... More >>

As Good As It Gets: Phoenix Suns Face King James and his Cleveland Cavaliers Tonight

Coming to a big screen near you: LeBron James (center in white) and the Cleveland Cavaliers At first, this blog was going to chronicle the sudden resurgence of the Phoenix Suns, who instilled a little hope with a modest two-game winning streak (hey, they gotta start somewhere) that included an imp ... More >>

Tougher San Antonio Spurs Find a Way to Beat the Phoenix Suns -- Again

This time, it wasn't a heartbreaking three at the buzzer that pushed the San Antonio Spurs past the Phoenix Suns. It wasn't a cheap-shot foul by a Spurs sub against a Suns star. It wasn't Suns turnovers killing any chance Steve Nash & Co. had of winning the game. It wasn't less-than-Al ... More >>

Suns Battle Old Pals Boris Diaw, Raja Bell, and Joe Johnson in Charlotte Tonight and Atlanta Sunday

Charlotte's Boris Diaw in his strange new role: starter. If Charlotte were Philly, the Phoenix Suns would be wise to beware of flying alkaline batteries and half-filled beer cups when they take the court against the Bobcats at Time Warner Cable Arena at 5 p.m. tonight. But North Carolina's s ... More >>

Bear Market: Phoenix Suns at Memphis Grizzlies Tonight

The Boston Celtics bought themselves an NBA Championship in 2007-08. The Los Angeles Lakers nearly stole one by snookering away the rights to All-Star forward Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies last February 1 for the NBA equivalent of nothing. Oh, Memphis Coach Marc Iavaroni, a former Suns ass ... More >>

Phoenix Suns, Without Nash and O'Neal, Look Promising in a Road Loss to Talented New Orleans

As bizzare as it may seem, we were thrilled by the Phoenix Suns' road loss to the New Orleans Hornets 104-91. Playing without Shaquille O'Neal (resting, as usual, on the first of back-to-back games) and Steve Nash (flu-like symptons), the Suns looked much better Wednesday night again ... More >>

Can former Phoenix Sun Kevin Johnson overcome his past to become Sacramento’s mayor?

K.J., the tainted ex-Suns star, wants to be mayor of Sacramento

Don't let the Suns catch you crying

Pig Pickin'

Right on 'cue

Valley of the Suns

The Barkley-dominated Suns had a stranglehold on us. Team Nash is better. Let's go crazy!

Jaa Rules

Martial arts sensation Tony Jaa makes the most of his screen debut

Some Other Monster

Ten years before short hair, Napster, sobriety and group therapy for Metallica, there was Metallimania

Red Bull Run

P-town's Pleasure Squad squeezes into Scottsdale's swank Six Lounge for a Satanic Red Sunday.

Big Scam Theory

Downtown Phoenix has always had its high points, but the Civic Center boondoggle isn't one of them

World Atlas

Driven, ambitious Valley MC takes feelers from two labels, and prepares for global domination

Fatboy Slim

Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (Astralwerks)

What Ails Him?

The Cure's Robert Smith reveals the man behind the makeup

Flashes

From the week of July 8, 1999

Outta the Park

Mitt Museum of Art

Bank One Ballpark collection doesn't quite cover all the bases

Lust Cause

Valley phone-sex operators claim they're getting screwed

Recordings

Knight Fever, Knight Fever

The Boogie Knights in white polyester lit the fuse on a retro-disco craze that exploded in college towns across America. Tempe was ground zero.

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.

SLAM JUNK

TWILIGHT OF THE GOD

THE SUNS' EXTERMINATING ANGEL

ELVIS IS BACK, AND HE'S TERROR IN THE PAINT

BARKLEY FACES THE DOWNHILL AHEAD

SUNDAY IN THE LOCKER ROOM WITH CHARLES

THE FIGHT BUSINESS

CAN'T ANYBODY HERE PLAY DEFENSE?

A RIVET RUNS THROUGH ITFLESHING OUT THE BODY-PIERCING PHENOMENON

BASKETBALL, THE NEXT BIG THING

This and That

PLEASE, SIR, CAN I HAVE SUMO?

MIA: Truth