Sammy Davis Jr.

The Five Wildest New Year's Costume Parties in Phoenix

​ Costume parties and masquerades are only supposed to happen during the Halloween season, right? Not if it's up to organizers behind this weekend's Goblin King Masquerade Ball or the Fast Times at Sandbar High parties, who are encouraging revelers to flash back to the 1980s for their parties on N ... More >>

Top Ten Things That Make Frank Sinatra Cool

A young Frank Sinatra, after being arrested for "carrying on" with a married woman (which was a crime way back then). Not one of the things that makes him cool, but a damn good photo.​When it comes to crooners, they don't get any cooler than Frank Sinatra. Over the course of his 60-year career, "O ... More >>

Not Guilty?: A List of Five Songs Inspired by the Casey Anthony Trial Verdict

This woman is not a murderer, according to FloridaTuesday was dominated with the news of the not guilty verdict in the Casey Anthony murder trial, the latest trial to gain such massive media attention. Anthony was acquitted by an Orange County, Florida jury fn the murder of her 2-year-old daughter C ... More >>

Comic Detour

In Living Color comedian returns to his main road

Style

Guys and Molls

A revisionist history of Mob-era Las Vegas

Gutter Depravity

P-town's party patrol belly-flops into divey Ky's for free pool, cheap booze and hella-hot bar tarts

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Shrapnel's Very Special™ holiday music guide

Something Missing

A best-seller adapted, without the best results

Animal Crackers

Where the wild things find themselves

Bada Bomb

An offer you can refuse

Dough Boy

Our foodie finds the top five pizza spots in town

The Best and the Rest

Our drama critic reviews the year in theater

Day of the Dreads

Good and bad hair days in Scottsdale

Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke at the Copa (ABCKO)

Don of the Dead

Resurrecting the Rat Pack to an audience with its mouth full

Simply Awful

Desert Foothills' homage to Sammy Davis Jr. hits all the wrong notes

Season of the Switch

Local theater companies are offering a different kind of program this season

White Men Can't Rap

But they talked your ear off about war, morality and patriotism in the '60s. Is Young America again ready for More Talk, Less Music?

Various artists

Eee-O 11: The Best of the Rat Pack, Live at the Sands (Capitol)

Beauty and the Beat

Nikka Costa has a big, funky voice and a great butt. Which will you notice first?

Timeless Flight

L.A.'s twangy, trippy Beachwood Sparks ascend with a white-soul masterpiece

Life of Riley

Sun Records' rock 'n' roll pioneer survives cult-hero status

Look Ahead

D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it

Unsung Heroes, Pasta and Pizza

Small wonders greet adventurous diners in Tempe.

Prance Charming

Octogenarian dancer still on his toes

Best Chain Store for New CDs

Virgin Megastore
Arizona Mills mall
Priest and Baseline, Tempe
480-413-1700

Fretting

My guitar's now appearing with the contraband

The Award for Mediocrity, Again

Yearning for civil unrest from any '99 Grammy nominee

Pack Again

Giant Steps

They Might Be Giants hope that the revolution will be downloaded

Mojo Working

Local R&B pioneer Henry "Mojo" Thompson battles back from a devastating string of operations

Night & Day

January 14 - 20, 1999

Fascinating Rhythms

Three new centennial tribute albums shed new light on Gershwin's complex legacy

Retro Facsimiles

Dirty Mind

After more than three decades in the wilderness, Andre Williams reclaims his kingdom of raunch

Below the Belter

Old-fashioned love songs redeem Crooners' off-key plot

Goodbye, Phoenix

Impersonation Nation

The Blues Brothers, Marilyn, The Killer, Ol' Blue Eyes, Der Bingle and The King himself! The "Legendary Superstars" revue takes a Las Vegas formula to Apache Junction and audiences are, well, doubled over.

Recordings

Poppin' Off

Basking in the glory of coolness that is Cherry Poppin' Daddies, woefully unsung heroes of evolutionary, cross-genre rock

Hail, Caesar

The Mother Road

A new compilation disc celebrates the mythology of Route 66

Pic Hits for the week

Pic Hits for the week

PORT O' CRAWL: TUCSON

GOOD GOLLY, MISS GAL S!SINGER DIAMANDA GAL S AND JOHN PAUL JONES GIVE ROCK THE CROWBAR ENEMA IT SO RICHLY DESERVES

TRICKLES OF RICKLES

MR. WARMTH HEATS UP ON ROCK, THE RAT PACK AND, YES FRANK

BRUTALLY FRANK: ROCK STARS VERSUS FRANK SINATRA: WHO DID IT HIS WAY FIRST?

WHAT MAKES TAMMY RUN?GAMBLING-CAPITAL SKEPTICS HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT DEBBIE REYNOLDS, LAS VEGAS' UNLIKELIEST INNKEEPER