Rome (Italy)

Spring Breakers: A Thrilling Corruption of the Disney Princess Set

Access Zero Reboots Industrial Rock

Three of Hearts

Nick Lowe, The Musical Instrument Museum, 10/1/12

Nick Lowe @ The Musical Instrument Museum|10/1/12If the tag "The Jesus of Cool" strikes you as hyperbolic or overblown, you've never watched 63-year-old Nick Lowe strut onto the stage, strap on his big Gibson J-200, and proceed to crack jokes and break hearts for 90 minutes. Lowe, with his easy En ... More >>

Your Music Guide to the Arizona State Fair

Caesar's Messiah: Rome Invented Jesus, a New Doc Claims

Catholic Conundrum: What's an Anti-Abortion, Pro-Immigrant Voter to Do?

You Ready for the State Fair? A Guide to the Veteran's Memorial Coliseum Schedule

See also: Snoop Dogg at the Arizona State Fair See also: Judas Priest at the Arizona State Fair It used to be that playing the state fair circuit meant you were a has-been, that your rock 'n' roll career had gone belly up (you know, like billed after the puppet show, Spinal Tap-style). Maybe it' ... More >>

To Rome with Love: Everything Continues Apace in Woody Allen's Latest

To Rome with Love: Everything Continues Apace in Woody Allen's Latest

Your Guide to Highly Anticipated Summer Films

10 Favorite Gelato Spots in Greater Phoenix

The origins of gelato -- Italian ice cream made with less butterfat, a higher density, and served slightly warmer than its American counterpart -- date back to frozen treats made from mountaintop snow and ice in ancient Rome and Egypt. Thankfully, for those of us in search of the frozen sweet trea ... More >>

Chris Costantino Wants You to Try His Grandma's Sauce

In Chef Talk this week we introduce to you Chris Costantino of Costantino's Kitchen. After years working in the corporate world, Costantino decided to pursue what he loved most: cooking food. In 2003, he graduated from Scottsdale Community College's culinary arts program and turned his passion int ... More >>

John Huppenthal Invokes Mein Kampf, Queen Boudica, and Hannibal, Rationalizing War on Ethnic Studies Students and Teachers

Hupp goes all Hannibal on the MAS crowd, 6:34 onWhat I like about Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal is his consistency. You know when he opens his mouth, he's bound to say something stupid. It's just a matter of how stupid.His latest round of revelatory idiocies -- at leas ... More >>

Cross Examination

A Sublime History: Looking Back on What Happened to One of the Best Ska Punk Bands of the 90s

​Despite what it does for your record sales, it sucks when a rockstar dies before his time. Hard times came about in 1996 after the passing of Sublime's vocalist and guitarist Bradley Nowell.Even good ol' Lou Dog was bummin'. Frankly, I can't blame him. If I had been more than six years old at the ... More >>

Chef Peter Deruvo of Cuoco Pazzo

Cuoco Pazzo ​Cuoco Pazzo may translate to "crazy chef," but the only crazy thing we noticed about Chef Peter Deruvo is his crazy humility and true passion for providing his guests with great food.   We sat down with Chef Deruvo in this week's Chef Talk to hear how he's handling his two ... More >>

Top 10 Albums of 2011: Melissa Fossum

St. Vincent​Welcome to another installment of Up on the Sun's 2011 Review. We've been counting down our favorite songs, shows, national and local releases of 2011. Today's list comes from contributor Melissa Fossum. Maybe I'm too indecisive for my own good, but year-end lists are always a cha ... More >>

Rico Solinas' Saw-Blade Paintings Elevate a Folksy Tradition

Alexa Wilson's Perfect Food Day

Alexa Wilson ​Alexa Wilson, also known as "the plate lady" is part of the back of the house happenings that you don't usually see as a regular diner. She is the one that executive chefs, banquet managers, food and beverage managers, pastry chefs and any other decision maker in a restaurant t ... More >>

Carmen Chenal Overwhelmed as Tom Horne Pulls an Andy Thomas on Redistricting

Incoming: Alien Ant Farm, Old School Jam, Stephen Stills, Sublime With Rome, Wale

​There are only two kinds of people in the world: those who think Sublime will always be great and those who believe Sublime could only be great as long as Bradley Nowell was around (I guess there is a third kind, too -- people who hate Sublime, but forget about those folks).Either way, it's time ... More >>

Brett Vibber of Tempe's Center Bistro

Maya Dukmasova Executive Chef Brett Vibber at Center Bisto ​This week we talk with Executive Chef Brett Vibber at the recently re-opened and renovated Center Bistro in Tempe. Born and raised in Tempe, Chef Vibber has traveled far and wide, learning recipes and techniques and approaching pro ... More >>

U.S. Airways Pilots: Airline Tried to Intimidate Pilot into Flying Malfunctioning Plane

​The union representing pilots for Tempe-based U.S. Airways say that last month, the airline tried to intimidate a pilot into flying a malfunctioning plane. When she refused, the U.S. Airways Pilots Association says, she was forced off the plane and "met by U.S. Airways corporate security and esco ... More >>

Kirti Dwivedi's Perfect Food Day

Kirti Dwivedi​You might have seen Kirti Dwevedi at one of her favorite restaurants, tweeting about eating (she's a self-professed social media addict - @DiyaMarketing) and otherwise thinking about food. She tweets about live organ donation (#TinyFabKidney) as her mother needed and miraculously fo ... More >>

Chad Krystals Explains "Keep It Live" Off Mind Games

Chad Krystals, 'Mind Games'​Next week is a special one for Chad Krystals. The local hip-hop musician is releasing his new, third independent album, Mind Games, on July 5, off his own independent label, Krystal Clear Inc. He's giving Valley music fans a little taste of the album with a special show ... More >>

Train Makes 'Drops of Jupiter' Wine

​Pop music hit makers Train are making a "Drops of Jupiter" wine, according to Entertainment Weekly.Train's wine, which is a 2009 Petite Sirah, will be available for just $9.99 as of July 18. The proceeds from the sales will be donated to a charity called Family House.The idea for making the group ... More >>

What's Selling? Top Ten Lists from Valley Record Stores

Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues ​Want to know what new release discs and platters are moving across the Valley at local record stores? We've got you covered with another installment of What's Selling. Looks like Fleet Foxes are doing pretty well this week, with their heady folk album Helples ... More >>

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi's Rome

​Danger Mouse has done a lot of things over the course of his career, but Rome, his new album released yesterday with composer Daniele Luppi, may be one of his best projects. As a producer, Danger Mouse (born Brian Burton), has received accolades for his work with artists like the Gorillaz and B ... More >>

Death Cab For Cutie to Stream New Music Video as They Shoot It

​The music video for Death Cab For Cutie's latest song "You Are A Tourist" is about to be made, but it won't be a typical music video shoot, according to Pitchfork.Death Cab has chosen to make a live stream available to allow their fans to watch the music video creation process as the video i ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Day of Bigotry, Barbarism and Triumph

Democratic Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford, calling out Pearce as a "dictator"In the end, they all passed out of the state Senate Appropriations Committee, all of state Senate President Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant bills, other hate-filled measures offered by his stooges, and cataclysmic proposed l ... More >>

Assassin Screed

Angels, inquisitors, and dybbuks, oh my

Arrowheart, What Are You Eating?

Sara Robinson​Sara Robinson What'd you eat for dinner last night? I had a 6-inch turkey sub from Subway, Sara-style! Favorite food: During the week, I eat healthy, but on weekends I eat my favorite food, which is the breadsticks from Olive Garden and Orange Chicken from Panda Express. Least favo ... More >>

The Rite Features Demons No Scarier Than Nasty Older Sisters

Jack White and Norah Jones Join Danger Mouse for New Project

​Jack White and Norah Jones will be featured on Danger Mouse's long-running project with Daniele Luppi, according to Consequence of Sound.While Norah Jones has only been rumored to be on the album in some capacity, Jack White has been in the loop for a while. After having showed off his work to Ja ... More >>

Gasper Manno of Gasper's Casual Italian Dining/Pizzeria, Part Two

Gasper Manno and his wife Maria grew up in towns 20 minutes apart on the Italian island of Sicily, but they didn't meet until they wound up at the same college in New York City. Halfway around the world decades later, now they work together at Gasper's Casual Italian Dining/Pizzeria.

Happy B-Day, Tosca

Torture, murder, and suicide set to music

Weezer at Fall Frenzy Last Night

Luke HolwerdaWeezer on stage at Arizona Fall Frenzy.​New York magazine put it best: "There are few things more terrifying to longtime Weezer fans these days than the prospect of a new Weezer album."That review of the band's latest album -- sarcastically headlined, "Is Hurley Weezer's Best Album Si ... More >>

The Dirty Heads and Sublime at Tempe Beach Park Last Night

​There was something about reggae riffs and smoking weed that really appealed to yesterday's Fall Frenzy crowd. In between the harder rockin' lineups scheduled for Friday and Sunday was a hippie day. California bands The Dirty Heads, Sublime and Weezer had a lot to offer locals who enjoy good jams ... More >>

Gold Rush: Soaring Prices, Unscrupulous Precious-Metals Dealers, Right-Wing Paranoia -- We've Been Down This Yellow-Brick Road Before

The Dirty Heads

Arizona Fall Frenzy 2010 Announced: Weezer, Devo, The Cult, STP, Primus

The scene at Fall Frenzy 2009.​The lineup for Arizona Fall Frenzy 2010 has been announced and it's a huge step-forward for the festival, in its second year at Tempe Beach Park.Stone Tempe Pilots and The Cult top the bill on Friday, September 17. Tickets are $75 or $80 at the door. Weezer, "Sublime ... More >>

Scab "Sublime" Singer To Appear On X103.9

Does this look like a good place to do a little dancing? Ask X103.9.​The radio station formerly known as "The Edge," X103.9, will host the new singer of "Sublime" on Friday. Rome Ramirez, a chubby 21-year-old California kid who was in elementary school when Brad Nowell died of a heroin overdose, w ... More >>

Phoenix (Band) at the Marquee Theatre

Kirsten Veng-PedersenPhoenix singer Thomas Mars on stage at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe. See more shots in our Phoenix Slide Show.​Just how ridiculous are the Grammy Awards? The nominees for 2010 "Best Alternative Music Album" included Depeche Mode and David Byrne, two acts that were active for a ... More >>

Jimmy Buffett Killed Vacation

The Universe of Keith Haring

Eurotrashed

It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. At least nobody died

The Prince of Pasta

Mangia at Marcellino Ristorante

Rim Shot