Subject: Rainer Ptacek

• Live Wire

  May 9, 1996

• Inner Flame

  New tribute album illuminates the art of Rainer Ptacek

  August 7, 1997

• Letters

  August 21, 1997

• Power Failure

  State liquor board's relentless crusade takes juice out of Electric Ballroom

  October 16, 1997

• Blue Bayou

  Cajun House rakes in the bucks, but makes enemies at every turn

  November 20, 1997

• Copy Cats

  In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

  December 18, 1997

• Critics' Choice

  A year-end recap of the albums that made it worthwhile to own a stereo in 1997

  January 1, 1998

• Billy's Blues

  Singer/songwriter Billy Sedlmayr has spent half his life battling the law and his own dope demons

  November 12, 1998

• Rainer

  Live at the Performance Center (Glitterhouse Records, German import)

  March 15, 2001

• Eternal Flame

  The music of Arizona guitar legend Rainer Ptacek lives on with a trilogy of new releases

  June 29, 2000

• From Mohawks To Mullets

  Images from 25 years of Phoenix music

  April 27, 2000

• Locals

  March 2, 2000

• DESERT-COOKED SOUNDS

  March 24, 1993