Santa Claus

Vial of Sound - Crescent Ballroom - 4/13/2013

Vial of Sound @ Crescent Ballroom, 4/13/2013 Obviously, I was not at Coachella. But I don't get what the big deal about it is, so I didn't care. Besides, something great happens when a bunch of local talent comes together. Sure, music scenes have their pitfalls, their petty grudges, the recycled re ... More >>

Once Upon a Time: The Re-Emergence of Storytelling

Make The Yuletide Gay

Santa Swarm

Club Candids: World of Beer

Getting drunk with Santa Claus would be pretty awesome when you think about it. St. Nick is already pretty generous with gifts if you've been nice, but just imagine what he would get you when you've been nice and kept the IPAs flowing? We can't guarantee you that World of Beer's very own Claus will ... More >>

Forget the S.S. Coachella; Now There's a Music Festival on a Plane

Someone has taken concert creativity to a whole new level. I can't decide if they're an idiot or a genius, but their idea is definitely ridiculous; so much so that I'm set on believing it's just not cool. An announcement was made yesterday that the first in-flight music festival will take place ... More >>

Holly Jolly July

Christmas Songs That Don't Suck: Part IV

​Folks, it's just a few days more until that jolly old elf slides down your chimneys, so we at Up On the Sun have been loading you up with a ton o' tunes to get you through the season. For instance: Are you in a grinchy mood? Check out our recent run-through of eight classic un-Christmas songs. B ... More >>

Is Santa a Pervert? Four Songs That Say "Yes"

​Sometimes I'm astounded by the music parents let their children listen to. I know personally. At 9 years old, I knew all of the lyrics to Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love," much to my father's pride and horror. But I tend to think Christmas music is the worst of it all. The holiday has so many s ... More >>

Santarchy Invades Scottsdale on December 17

​ Bar owners of Old Town Scottsdale take warning: There's a good chance your establishment will be invaded by sea of red-suited revelers sometime during the evening hours of Saturday, December 17. Here's a tip on how to deal with the situation: Refrain from ringing up Scottsdale's finest and ins ... More >>

All of the Lights

Meat Puppets Debut "Orange" Video (Spoiler Alert: It's Freaky)

​The Meat Puppets released a new album, Lollipop, back in April, and  Pitchfork TV has debuted a video for their song "Orange," a particularly driving psych-rock with Cris Kirkwood's heavy bass leading the charge, from the record. The stop-motion animated video is damn twisted, too. Chock fu ... More >>

Humbug is Here

A Christmas Carol no more, m’lady

Cookie Showdown: And the Winner Is . . .

​The Chow Bella team came out in force for our latest food showdown, this time a battle of holiday cookie recipes. Thank goodness somebody showed up with a gallon of milk! I had an entire plate filled with all kinds of baked treats, and somehow I had to taste through them all and pick a winne ... More >>

X-Mess

Take in some “holiday” flicks

There's A Light

Actually, there’s a bunch of them at this big parade

Eli Kluger, What Are You Eating?

​Eli KlugerThe video producer of Phoenix Rising has a slew of other films at www.youtube.com/beatfilms What'd you eat for dinner last night? I ate a granola bar.Favorite food: My favorite food has to be pizza, or Peter Piper Pizza buffet, more specifically. I can't resist all-you-can-eat deliciou ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Santarchy, Joe Strummer, and Roller Girls

Jonathan McNamaraThe annual Santarchy affair will fill the streets of Scottsdale with kooky Kris Kringle clones on Saturday.​When Clement Clarke Moore first penned The Night Before Christmas in 1823 (and thus, gave birth to many of the conceptions associated with Jolly Old Saint Nick), the Victori ... More >>

Really Bright Lights

Cookie Monster

Tempe Town Lake celebrates birthday with a gigantic baked good

Piping Hot Udon at Cherryblossom Noodle Cafe

​Am I an honorary Phoenician now that eating hot soup and drinking hot tea in the middle of summer doesn't faze me? No matter -- the promise of a steaming bowl of noodles come fall still thrills me to the core. I can't tell you what kind of mood I was in until I sat down to this simple, comf ... More >>

Photo Enforcement in Arizona Makes Wall Street Journal

Speed cameras are blossoming all over the country, the Wall Street Journal has discovered in an overview article today that covers revenues, counter-methods and the anger felt by some ticket getters.Those subjects are nothing new for readers of New Times, but it's refreshing to see another take from ... More >>

On Lingering Christmas Lights and Getting Around to Your Questions

Celebrate Santa's "Bad" Side Tonight In Tempe

Billy Bob Thornton as Willie T. Stokes, the model for Bad Santas everywhere. Everyone deserves to be a little dirty, even jolly old Saint Nick. In fact, we're sure he's probably in major need of a stiff shot and a lap dance right about know, especially since he's likely hip-deep in elves and p ... More >>

Scratching for Santa

Deejays go up on the rooftop to wait for the sleigh

Curtains: Miracle on 34th Street at Theater Works

   Kelly Leeth and Fred Bornhoeft are adorable in Miracle on 34th Street. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he was heard mildly cursing into his body mic during a quick backstage costume change last Saturday night in Peoria. But he shouldn't feel bad. Seriously, actor Fred B ... More >>

Posse Galore

Pussy girls give new meaning to the term “stocking stuffers”

The Ghosts of Kitschmas Past

Seventh Avenue boutique brings out the vintage goodies

Kick Out the Jammies

Pillow-fight for your right to party at The Sets

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of December 12

Punch Your Coworkers

Sky High

Mondo Resolutions . . .

When new Choos aren't enough

Holiday Dysfunction

Donning gay apparel, and other traumas

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Just Claus

You better not pout

Merry Christmas, Beeyotch!

Forget caroling. Here's a few hip-hop jammy-jams to warm your Yule log

Well Trained

The Polar Express breathes life into holiday characters

Hokey for the Holidays

Christmas CDs are as unpredictable as the seasons, but a few find character of their own -- somehow

Beat It

Only band fans need stand in the Drumline

Ho Ho Huh?

Once more, Tim Allen drops a lump of coal down the chimney in Santa Clause 2

Song for Xmas

The trailer-park Grinch revisits his year of misery

Yule Tank

The Case of the Disarming Santa

Santa Gets Down

Twelve Yuletide carols that'll put a lump of soul in your stocking

Kid Pics for the week

Kid Pics for the week

Kid Pics for the week

DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?SOME OVERLOOKED CHRISTMAS ALBUMS OFFER RELIEF FROM THE USUAL SEASONAL BLAHS

CLAUS AND EFFECT