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2 Live Crew Live in Phoenix (in 1990)

By Shea Serrano 8:45 p.m.: So here's what this is: More than 20 years ago, 2 Live Crew, one of rap's most notoriously offensive acts, performed in Phoenix. The concert was recorded and released as a live show album called The 2 Live Crew Live In Concert. It came out a few months after their Banne ... More >>

The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

The last few days, Village Voice Media's indefatigable music staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests to downright lame. Below, you'll find our cr ... More >>

Cafe ZuZu: Happy Hour Report Card

​The Spot: Cafe ZuZu at Hotel Valley Ho, 6850 E. Main St., Scottsdale, AZ 85251. (480) 421-7997. www.hotelvalleyho.com/scottsdalerestaurants/cafezuzu.html The Hours: 4 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday The Details: Labeled "Cool Redux" and printed on pretty cyan paper, the Cafe ZuZu happy hour featu ... More >>

An Interview with David Walker, Co-Founder of Firestone Walker Brewing Co.

​The man: David WalkerThe brewery: Firestone Walker Brewing Co. The history: Walker is a British expatriate and the husband of Adam Firestone's sister. He brought an English twist to Firestone's beers, and the two founded Firestone Walker in 1996. We sat down with Walker during Arizona Beer Week. ... More >>

Ten Favorite Phoenix Happy Hours

​ We've never met a happy hour that we didn't like but just like everything else in this world, some are better than others. Whether you're playing hooky from work on a Tuesday or just need a strong cheap drink after a grueling day in your dismal cube we know a few places In no particular order, h ... More >>

Phil Smithers' Green Bay Packers Man Cave

It isn't hard finding someone who's a fan of the Green Bay Packers these days, especially since the NFL powerhouse is in the midst of one of its best seasons in history (and is currently riding a 14-1 record into the upcoming playoffs).The real trick, however, is finding the true Packers fanatics wh ... More >>

Las Vegas 48 Hours Festival: The Best and Worst of the Debauchery, Bands and Backstage

​48 Hours Festival was insane. Picture this: more than 20 heavy-hitting rock bands, VIP pool cabanas in the middle of a Vegas parking lot, and lounges with such names as Debauchery and the Godfather, moonshine, strippers, and massages, all fenced in at the Luxor Festival Grounds in Las Vegas. ... More >>

Halloween Guide

Indie Bowl 3: Day Drinking and Kegling

Maria Vassett​It was the day-drinkin'-est Independents Bowl yet. By noon on Sunday, an hour before the 1 p.m. first roll, Let It Roll Bowl's bar was already filled with hipster bowlers knocking back $2.50 PBR tallboys and ordering pitchers of Miller Lite. Maria Vassett​You had to feel a little ... More >>

Our Guide to Scaring Up a Good Time This Halloween

Chopped Logic

Win something pretty sweet at a motorcycle party

Sam Haldiman, What Are You Eating?

Sam Haldiman (left) with his girlfriend, Jacque Arend​ Sam Haldiman The improviser and instructor with The Torch Theatre in Phoenix performs regularly with Searching For X What'd you eat for dinner last night? Last night my girlfriend Jacque and I made patty melts for dinner. It was the firs ... More >>

Psychobilly Rodeo Band at The Rusty Spur Saloon

The Psychobilly Rodeo Band gets people movin' and shakin'.​This is part of a series of reviews on weekly events at local bars. Having lived in the Valley my whole life, I only recently realized that tons of bars offer weekly events featuring bands that are staples of the music community. The shows ... More >>

6th Annual Buddy Stubbs Bike Week Bash

Culinary Dropout, Mabel's on Main, and Mad Chef Keep You Moving on a Gastropub Crawl

DJ Medik Talks Old School, West Valley Clubs, Pigeon John, La Roux, and More

Benjamin LeathermanDJ Medik spins at Renee's Grand Avenue Tavern.​Name: Mark Nielsen AKA: DJ Medik Current club nights: Tuesdays and Saturdays at Chilly Bombers, it's all videos. I've gotten into doing my own video remixes. It's actually pretty cool. And then I do Sangria Luxe Lounge on Friday n ... More >>

Mardi Gras Block Party

Watch Football Tonight, Get Sushi for a Buck

​At the start of the 2009 football season, Kabuki Japanese Restaurant in Glendale and Tempe introduced a Game Day promo where sushi slash football fans could take advantage of "buy one, get one for a dollar" sushi and drink specials while watching a Cardinals game on Kabuki's flatsc ... More >>

Party Favors: At Rasputin's Equestrian Manor, the Debauchery Continues Well Past Closing Time

Scare City: What To Do and Where To Go on Halloween

New Zealand Golf Course Takes "Party Hole" Page Out of TPC Scottsdale Playbook

www.aboutgolf.com Hole 16 at TPC Scottsdale​Golf is typically considered a game of etiquette, where observers are well-behaved, quiet, and polite. However, anyone who has been to the FBR Open in Scottsdale can tell you that it can also be a game of debauchery.The 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale ... More >>

Don’t Let Earthmen and Strangers’ Ryan Rousseau Use Your Gear

Zaireeka: Listening Party at Yucca Tap Room Tonight

We're pretty excited about The Flaming Lips at McDowell Mountain Music Festival this weekend. So excited, in fact, that we're having a little shindig tonight to pre-game for the show. It's our first tweetup (follow Phoenix New Times and me) but we're also promoting it here, in case you're not yet fo ... More >>

Late Night Deals: Kabuki

A general drinking guideline: Any drink with a name suffixed by the term 'bomb' is sure to get you bombed. Here's a deal you can take advantage of long after Happy Hour's come and gone. From 8 to close, Sunday through Thursday at Kabuki, you can knock yourself out with bombs of the sake variety. D ... More >>

The Green Party

The Green Party

The Lowdown on All-Star Weekend's Biggest Parties

Nelly will attempt to fill Chris Brown's shoes during this weekend's All-Star festivities. The Valley's about to get a little "derrty." Universal Records rapper Nelly is doing the Nix's hip-hop fans a solid by filling in at the two gigs that Chris Brown abandoned eartlier this week due to the rece ... More >>

Night Train: Priest Drive/Washington (Stop #19)

Where: Draw 10 Lounge (5444 E. Washington St., 602-273-1061) which is only a half-mile west of the station accessible in 15 minutes by foot. Drink: 32-ounce "mega" mugs of draft beer. Get yours for the tidy price of 4.50 for domestics like Coors Light, Miller Lite, and Bud Lite and $5.75 for Blue ... More >>

Night Train: Sycamore/Main Street (Stop #28)

I'm on the nightrain, Bottoms up,I'm on the nightrain, Fill my cup,I'm on the nightrain, Ready to crash and burn, I never learn.-- W. Axl Rose, 1987 "Nightrain," the Guns N' Roses song, is actually about a brand of bum wine that'll get you pissy, punch-your-best-friend d ... More >>

No Beer Gut, No Glory

From piss-quality to fancy, author has guzzled it all

5 nights of pints

Pint-size guide to Phoenix's Irish Pub scene

A Paradise Valley homeless man who burned to death in December may have been tortured

Pink Slip

Um, forgettable

¡Viva la Revolución!

A rogues' gallery of rock 'n' rollers reflects upon the USA's big day

T.G.I.F.

Is the party over?

It's Not Just Tequila

The info you need to fire up the fiesta

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Haunt the PHX in Style

Haunt the PHX in Style

Roadhouse Rules

Our night stalkers find a pint of the London punk scene at TT's in, of all places, Scottsdale

His So-Called Good Life

Tim Kasher sings his heart out on tour

What a Wuss!

But, boy, is Shawn Harrington of Jed's A Millionaire good at it!

The Selling of ASU Football

No matter what happens on the field, ASU athletics hits pay dirt every game--with a nonstop stream of advertisements

Park Belly Future

Strange Brew

For one day, the second annual New Times Music Awards Showcase pours all the Valley's various scenes into one big, weird melting pot

At Lager-Heads

Harvey McElhannon sells Diamondback Beer, and was the first to file for that trademark. Now Jerry Colangelo and Major League Baseball want him eighty-sixed.

!AYE, CHIHUAHUA!"DANCE OF THE LITTLE DOG" HAS NIGHTCLUB HOPPING, YOUTHS DISROBING