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What the Hell's Going on With the Obscura Dance Night at Rips?

What exactly is going on with Rips' monthly Britpop/'80s/new wave event, Obscura Dance Night? The party's official Facebook page has vanished, followed by a flurry of subsequent "new" Obscura Facebook pages, which have all since been taken down. An event page for this month's dance party, which feat ... More >>

Joe Arpaio and Steven Seagal Star as Complete Asses on the Colbert Report

Please reset the "days without an Arizona-related Comedy Central news segment" counter back to zero.Thanks to Sheriff Joe Arpaio taking this weekend to exploit dead children by inviting the media and a pseudo-celebrity to a simulated school shooting, Arpaio and Steven Seagal were featured on yesterd ... More >>

The Lumineers @ Marquee Theatre

Your Gonzo Guide to the Republican National Convention

Lovin' It

The Knux Kick Off US Tour at Scottsdale's Rogue Bar

​It's a pretty common complaint around town that awesome acts often skip Phoenix on tour. Well, here's a story that argues the opposite. New Orleans-based rap duo The Knux are kicking of their tour here in the Phoenix Metro, at Scottsdale's Rogue Bar on Tuesday, November 8. The band often gets c ... More >>

The "Reality Hits You Hard, Bro" Guy Hopes Fortune Follows His Fame

Bon Iver Fleet Foxes The Walkmen Comerica Theatre = Indie Rock Pants Wetting

Bon Iver​ In case you've missed practically every noteworthy blog hyping it, or didn't watch The Colbert Report last night, here's some news: Bon Iver, the band, released Bon Iver, the album, today. It's the band's second outing, and technically the first that was recorded as a band and not just ... More >>

Black Comedy

Andrew Jackson Jihad, Best Coast, and More in This Week's Issue

Stephanie CarricoAndrew Jackson Jihad has some interesting thoughts on the differences and coexistence of Central and Downtown Phoenix.​Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty of local duo Andrew Jackson Jihad have some interesting thoughts on the differences between the areas within Phoenix. The city may b ... More >>

Purple Reign @ Talking Stick Resort

One of 2010's Best Musical Moments on TV: "Whip My Hair" by Springsteen

Late night television was packed with some pretty memorable musical moments in 2010. With the craze over young Willow Smith's first single "Whip My Hair" came an unforgettable cover by Jimmy Fallon featuring Bruce Springsteen on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon back in the middle of November. Fallon pla ... More >>

Ratatat @ The Venue Scottsdale

A Perfect Circle's Hiatus Over: Marquee Theatre Shows Scheduled

​Arizona winemaker/Tool singer Maynard James Keenan is getting his band A Perfect Circle back together.The group, which also includes Billy Howerdel of Ashes Divide, will embark on a five-city tour this fall including a three-night stop at Tempe's Marquee Theatre.

Governor Jan Brewer's Debate Brain Fart Inspires Video Parodies

By now, much of the country has seen the horrendous debate performance Monday night by Governor Jan Brewer. Let the parodies begin. (Full Disclosure: Um, we know this child.) Next up is a video that's garnered a few thousand hits with Brewer played by a drag queen:

Menomena Bring "Killemall" to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Dana Edelson​There's no mistaking how venerable a band Menomena have become. They came from a rather fruitful Portland music scene -- one, among others, that helped define just what a flannel-clad, ironically-mustachioed hipster should listen to. However, their brand of indie rock had loads of pro ... More >>

Podcast Away

Join a live recording of one of comedy’s smartest mouths

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern in Arizona Is Made Even More Bizarre, Thanks to Confusing and Creepy Play-Date With Chris Bianco

​So last week, Andrew Zimmern goes on a quest for real Sonoran cuisine in Arizona on Bizarre Foods and hooks up with Chris Bianco, the wait-in-line-for-two-hours pizza guy of Pizzeria Bianco. Huh? What? Why? Were all the Mexican foodies in the Valley busy? Did Silvana Salcido Esparza, owner of Bar ... More >>

Arnold Schwarzenegger Latest Celeb/Politician To Dis Arizona's SB 1070

The Governator yuks it up at AZ's expenseYou know it's bad when California's tres unpopular, washed-up screen star guv -- whose dad was a member of the Nazi party back in the day -- is using your state's "papers please" law as the butt of his shuck-and-jive before a crowd of college grads."I was als ... More >>

Conan O'Brien, Adult Swim, AZ Tattoo Expo, and 9500 Liberty Over the Weekend

​An Arizona Tattoo Expo Ink Explosion An explosion of ink overwhelmed the Mesa Convention Center this past weekend. The Arizona Tattoo Expo exposed attendees to a nonstop barrage of tats and piercings. There was even a naked Megan Fox appearance...well sort of...see photos. ​Adult Swim ... More >>

Jon Stewart Calls Arizona "The Meth Lab of Democracy" in Response to Trifecta of Wild West Legislation

www.punditkitchen.com​Just in case you missed it -- which, if you own a TV, radio, computer, newspaper, telegraph machine, or have talked to another human being anywhere in North America in the past few days, you probably haven't -- the Arizona legislature passed a series of controversial bills la ... More >>

Phoenix, France

Purple Reign

'Good Morning America' Needs to Get a Life, Cancels Adam Lambert

​In lieu of the whole, "I'm gay and open and will fondle whomever I darn well please on-stage" performance by Adam Lambert at the American Music Awards this past Sunday, ABC's Good Morning America has canceled an appearance by the fabulously glam singer on tomorrow's show. Because, you know, ... More >>

McCain Jokes About Demanding Recount on Tonight Show

www.michaellotten.com​John McCain's presidential dreams just won't die.Our fearless senator took the stage of The Tonight Show last night, and joked with host Conan O'Brien about demanding a recount of the 2008 presidential election."I land in the airport today, LAX, and I'm walkin ... More >>

Black Eyed Peas Show Band Muslims, Guitar Hero Gets Cobain Avatar, Puff Daddy Hearts Arctic Monkeys

NME: Malaysian Muslims banned from Black Eyed Peas showNME: P Diddy tells Twitter followers to buy Arctic Monkeys' 'Humbug'Idolator: "Twilight" Fans To Be Over The Moon For Death Cab For Cutie Really SoonIdolator: Music Biz Hoping That Whitney Houston's New Album Will Restore At Least A Little Honor ... More >>

Bill Maher Interview of Janet Napolitano Focus of Demo by Immigration Activists

from Maher's Facebook profile Maybe the immigrant rights crowd can "help" Bill question Janet...  The National Day Laborer Organizing Network has announced a demonstration outside the studios where Bill Maher will be interviewing Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano for Friday's ... More >>

The Voiceover of His Generation

The Taco Bell Chihuahua hits The Comedy Spot

Stephen Colbert Smoochin' Joe Arpaio: America's Voice Fires Up Last-Minute E-mail Campaign

Will Arpaio be in on the joke? In a last-ditch effort to impact the way Stephen Colbert treats mean ol' Joe Arpaio on The Colbert Report tonight, the folks at the pro-immigration org America's Voice are urging people to e-mail a message to the show's producers through their Web site. Thi ... More >>

Mad Maz

Middle Eastern funnyman is Persian – like the cat

TV on the Radio on The Colbert Report: Better than the Grammys

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cTV on the Radio - Dancing ChooseColbert Report Full EpisodesFunny Political NewsChristian Bale ParodyJoke of the DayTV on the Radio appeared on The Colbert Report on Monday night to perform their single "Dancing Choose," off their latest album, the cri ... More >>

The Lady With All the Answers

The Final Countdown

Pokémon on a Mission

Comic looks all fluffy until he strikes

The Ed Forman Show, With ME! ED FORMAN!

Big Dipper

The cleated tweeter tackles O.J. Simpson, The PHX's hip-hop Klan war, and Police Chief Harris' second helpings of salary pie

Any Other Preguntas?

We Be Buggin'

Frog One, Bugz in the Attic's Daz-I-Kue, and the scrumptious Sy Smith tear up the club at Mythos' Symposium

A Very Long Run

The Shipping News

Jose Avila's furniture designs are out of the box

Voodoo Priestess

Mistress' ministry melds Mormonism, magic and tropical fruit

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

Bless This Mess

The Go-Go's, sweethearts of pop, move beyond old sins

Best News Talk Show

The David Leibowitz Show
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Mission: Unfilmable

Beloved makes an awkward transition from the page to the screen

THE BASEBALL STRIKE: AS BORING AS IT IS STUPID

PEROT: THE WET LOOKMYSTERIOUS RAIN SPOT PRECIPITATES INTEREST