Subject: Perez Hilton

• The worst jobs in rock

  August 28, 2008

• The Dirty's Hooman Karamian, a.k.a., Corbin Grimes, a.k.a., "Nik Richie" Wusses Out

  Hooman Karamian, the wannabe Perez Hilton... Sometimes, God sends you free room service. That's what it felt like a couple of days ago when Hooman Karamian's flack with the mega firm of 5W PR called me and offered him up to me on a silver platter. Hoo-da Hooman? You know him better as "Nik Richie," purveyor of ribald pics of drunken nightlifers vomiting and/or exposing themselves for the camera. Karamian's decidedly retail genius is that through a variety of Web sites spun off from The Dirty.c

  November 21, 2008

• Ready, Set, Go! It's Time To... Move My Lips and Pretend I'm Singing

  So I've been getting raked over the coals by Tokio Hotel fans over the last few days because I wrote a blog pointing out that, well, it's kinda weird for teenage girls to be attracted to a guy who looks a lot like them. I asked why, I got a few thoughtful (and a lot of crazy) replies. Sample: YOU EAT SHIT. tokio hotel is cool, and you smell like smelly cattle. bill doesnt look like Boy George. you do! Martin Cizmar is GAY! (if that is you) your a Asshole. Children... so precious.ANYWAY, wi

  December 10, 2008

• Katy Perry Is One of the Girls Just as Much as Boys

  Luke HolwerdaSee more shots from her concert in our Katy Perry slide show. Katy Perry is hot! Well, she's cute and she's hot. This seemed to be the general consensus from the sold-out audience at Tempe's Marquee Theatre on Tuesday. Perry, who wore a flashy gold dress and looked like she should be adorned on the top of a cake of some sort, worked the crowd with her pinup good looks and wide-eyed demeanor throughout her nearly 90-minute set. The audience, comprising teens, tweens, parents and ev

  February 4, 2009

• Jessica Simpson's Weight Gain Makes Three Magazine Covers, and the President Is Speaking Out

  Do you think Jessica Simpson is fat? The not-so-talented Jessica Simspon graces the cover of three celebrity weeklies today, according to celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton. Simpson, who has been all over the news lately because of her recent weight gain, will appear on the cover of People, Us Weekly and In Touch. The latter has the best headline: "'I'm Not Fat.' Exclusive: Jessica Is Stunned that the Whole World (Even the President!) Is Talking About her Weight Gain."  Tony Romo's main

  February 6, 2009

• Millionaires Get Paid and Laid (Presumably) at Modified Show

  Jonathan McNamaraIn this line of work, feeling a little old on the job is an occupational hazard. Still, few times have I felt more disconnected from the concertgoers around me than I did walking in during the last two songs by critically despised teeny-bopping post-hardcore act I Set My Friends on Fire, wherein the singer interrupted his screamo growl to make a joke about a booger, much to the delight of the crowd. It was that kind of night at Modified, where humorously profane female rap trip

  February 19, 2009

• A New Way to Tell Who Was Buzzing at SxSW

  If you are like most people reading about SxSW on every blog out there, it can be a bit overwhelming. But that is nothing compared to how overwhelming it can be to actually be at a festival where 300 bands are playing at every minute (how many stages does Coachella or EdgeFest have going at any one time? Three? Four? SxSW has HUNDREDS at any moment). Well, the people over at Digital Music News came up with a way to see who really was creating a buzz at the festival this year. Twitter. They searc

  March 23, 2009

• Perez Hilton Allegedly Beat Down By Manager, Crystal Castles Beat Down Security, Jack White and Jimmy Page Diss 'Guitar Hero"

  Electric Mustache: Woods coming to Phoenix Idolator: Crystal Castles: Still Brawlin' NME: Jack White and Jimmy Page diss 'Guitar Hero' video game Pitchfork: Radiohead/Wilco/Marr/Finn Supergroup Benefit Album Details Revealed Rolling Stone: Perez Hilton Reportedly Assaulted By Will.i.am's Manager So Much Silence: Brendan Benson: Feel Like Taking You Home Spin: Watch: Beck Covers Velvet Underground

  June 23, 2009

• How PHX's Musicians and DJs Reacted to Michael Jackson's Death (Including Some Exclusive Jacko Mixes)

  Courtesy of Micah ElliottMicah Elliot, AZPunk.com co-founder and drummer for local punk band Gun Fuck, during his childhood.We learned about Michael Jackson's untimely passing yesterday afternoon in likely the same fashion that y'all reading this did: Twitter. In fact, as news of the King of Pop's death spread across the Web 2.0 tweetscape so fiercely that it caused the social media service to pull a major Death Star at certain points (i.e. explode into a massive ball of flame). Celebrities even

  June 26, 2009

• Dookie and the Peak of Profitable Cheap Plastic, Not Music or Culture

  One of the things I like most about New Times Music Editor Martin Cizmar is disagreeing with him. We've had some fun arguments and discussions on music, culture, the role of the press and even Eazy E. Which is why I felt compelled to write this post completely and unequivocally disagreeing with his latest column "An Ode To 1994: Green Day's Dookie and the Peak of Western Civilization." Dookie, while a milestone, was not in any way the peak of Western Civilization. It was the peak of one specific

  August 24, 2009

• Apple Announces New iPods, Lady Gaga on Green Day, Video of The Thermals at Rhythm Room

  Electric Mustache: Video: The Thermals "Now We Can See" at The Rhythm Room 9/8/2009Sky Bison: This Local Arizona Band's Near Death Experience!Idolator: Can The Former Lead Guitarist Of Korn Bring 50 Cent To Jesus?NME: Lady Gaga: 'I used to lick the booklet of Green Day's 'Dookie''Rolling Stone: Perez Hilton Talks Ida Maria, Perezcious Label on Eve of TourRolling Stone: Apple Reveals New iPod Models, iTunes LP - But No Beatles NewsSpin: Against Me! In Studio for 'New Wave' Follow-UpHeard Mentali

  September 9, 2009

• Michael Jackson Family Reality Show, Ida Maria's Boston Freakout, Kanye West Photoshop Craze

  Electric Mustache: Listen To Electric Mustache On BreakThru RadioIdolator: I Knew That Having Ida Maria On The Perez Hilton Tour Would Be A Bad IdeaNME: Jackson family reality TV show on the wayNME: Bon Jovi joins ex-Nirvana members in condemning Guitar Hero over Kurt CobainPitchfork: Devo Reissue Classic Early Albums, Play Them Live on Fall TourPitchfork: Massive New Smashing Pumpkins Undertaking: 44 Songs, All for FreeSpin: WATCH: Flaming Lips Play New Song on 'Colbert Report'Heard Mentality:

  September 17, 2009

• Arty Girl: Monsters of Folk Mural...No Thanks

  Ok, just a warning: I'm going to be mean in this blog. But I assert that anything I say here does not hold a candle to the suffering I feel everyday on my way to work, when I've had to take in a begrudging eyeful of the Monsters of Folk Tour mural.The Monsters of Folk Mural by Joe Pagac.​Yeah, I know, ouch.Now, I really do appreciate the story behind the mural (our music editor covered this a while back). I love that one of our best Roosevelt Row art galleries, eye lounge, allowed local promo

  October 30, 2009

• The End of Idolator

  ​Is there anything more ridiculous than finding yourself upset by a change in management on a music blog? No one seems to managed to stay employed in one place anywhere for long, so Maura Johnston's three year run at Idolator (starting with the site's founding) was bound to come to an end eventually, even though it happened quickly with a sudden goodbye post in the middle of a decade-closing series covering the worst songs of the decade. Immediately, the tributes in the comment section and on

  November 12, 2009

• Reading: EATERAZ

  ​Blog name: www.eateraz.com Who writes it: There's no identifiable writer on the blog, but we've confirmed it's run by Rick Phillips, former publisher of Item magazine, with possible contributors. Catch up here.

  November 12, 2009