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Matt & Kim Make the Best NSFW Videos Ever

Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino do whatever they want. They play with whatever kind of bands they want, they get naked in videos, they do the "Harlem Shake," and they picked a band name, Matt & Kim, that immediately establishes their singular style of indie/pop. See also: -Matt Johnson of Matt & Ki ... More >>

Guy Fieri Spends Time With Six Valley Restaurants for New Season of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives

Recently, Guy Fieri has been in the spotlight, thanks to Pete Wells utterly destroying his new Times Square restaurant, Guy's American Kitchen, in a New York Times review. But this week, the restaurateur and Food Network host has been quietly filming six Valley restaurants for the 14th season of hi ... More >>

Please, Someone, Buy Eric Schaefer Jack in the Box Tacos for His New Year's Eve Birthday

This holiday season, Chow Bella asked some of our favorite writers to regale us with tales of the holidays -- and food. We're at the tale end this week, with New Year's. Today: Eric Schaefer on the joys horrors of a NYE birthday. See also: - Champagne: Good, Better, Best Options with Kimber Stoneh ... More >>

Ask a Failed Musician: Success is Influence

Welcome to Ask a Failed Musician, in which I will help struggling musicians make sense of their careers and even offer some advice. Whether or not it will work, who knows? It obviously didn't work for me. But then again, I was on Kimmel once, so there's that. By Daniel Hopkins A musician res ... More >>

New York Deli and Restaurant Coming to Scottsdale

New York deli fans looking for pickled corned beef and pastrami, matzo ball soup, and New York style bagels with lox and schmear would do best to keep their eyes peeled for the opening of Abe's of Scottsdale, the deli and restaurant opening soon in the Acacia Creek Village Shopping Center at the sou ... More >>

Rich Heider II at Casablanca Lounge

​The tender: Rich Heider IIThe bar: The Casablanca Lounge (7134 E. Stetson Dr., 480-970-7888) The pedigree: Heider was once a corporate bar trainer for Dave & Buster's, opening locations in Maple Grove, Minn., Times Square and Tempe. He helped open J&G Steakhouse, then became GM at a ... More >>

Matt Johnson of Matt & Kim Talks SB 1070, Fighting Kim, and Getting Naked in Times Square

​You'll never see another musical duo that's as energetic and excited about playing music as indie rockers Matt & Kim. There's just two of them, but they put on one hell of a great show. The first thing their concertgoers often notice is how happy they are when they perform: vocalist/keyboardi ... More >>

Pusha T's 20 Fattest Coke Lines

Brush up on Pusha T's 20 best coke lines of all time

Downtown Phoenix to Look Like Times Square, Compliments of Arizona Diamondbacks and Phoenix Suns (and Why That Sucks)

Coming soon to downtown Phoenix.​Driving through downtown Phoenix today, we thought to ourselves "hmmm, this city definitely needs a collection of giant, gaudy, lighted ads for things like Pepsi, and Doritos -- on par with places like Las Vegas and Times Square -- to line the sides of buildings ne ... More >>

Feb. 14 In Blogs: Kyrsten Sinema, Coronado, Calexico, CityScape, and Wade Ridley

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

The Soundtrack to Your Holiday Strip Scan

Sostadiumstatus.blogspot.comYou can see (ahem) a lot in a TSA scan.... including this gun!​Damn, TSA, buy a girl a drink first. The new full-body image scanners at airports this holiday season have already stressed and nervous travelers in a tizzy. Sure, nobody wants a bomb on their plane, but it ... More >>

Burger King's New York Pizza Burger: Set Fast-Food Freak Show Weapon to "Stun"

thisiswhyyourfat.com​Holy burger bomb! How's a Fry Girl supposed to catch up with the latest Jersey Shore dirt (news flash: Ronnie called Sammi a bitch -- for serious!) when the worldwide interwebs is all bogged down with bloggage about Burger King's New York Pizza Burger? Set fast-food feak sho ... More >>

Heroin-Filled Hiking Boots Earn Mexican Doctor Seven-Year Prison Sentence

www.nrainsights.com​Two Mexican men, one a medical doctor, were sentenced to prison yesterday for their participation in a heroin-trafficking conspiracy that stretched from a drug cartel in Colombia, through Arizona, and all the way to New York City.Dr. Jose David Portillo-Lopez, 39,&nb ... More >>

Erykah Badu's New Music Video Causes Loads of Controversy: She's Naked and She's Where JFK Was Shot

So in case you haven't yet seen, or heard, about the new Erykah Badu video, it's stirring up quite the controversy. The clip, embedded above, shows Badu walking through Dealey Plaza, in her hometown of Dallas while taking off her clothes one piece at a time.The plaza is infamous as the location whe ... More >>

Bob Carey Ballerina Photographs at Bokeh Gallery Perfectly On Point

Bob Carey"Fame," just one of the 14 images from Bob Carey's "Ballerina Series" at Bokeh Gallery​ The starring ballerina is the same in all fourteen of the mysterious color photographs hanging in Bokeh Gallery, Wayne Rainey's newest downtown Phoenix gallery venture dedicated solely to photogra ... More >>

Curtains: Hale's A Christmas Carol in Gilbert, & Tons of Holiday Revivals

courtesy of Hale Centre TheatreYeah, yeah, God bless you, too.​It's time for Christmas shows! Nearly Naked's Times Square Angel, Arizona Broadway Theatre's A Christmas Carol, and Theater Works' Miracle on 34th Street are all back with many of the same cast, designers, and directors as last yea ... More >>

Angels and Demons

Nearly Naked puts on edgy holiday drama

Singer-Songwriter Brett Dennen Finishes Our Thoughts

Examined Life: Astra Taylor Asks Cornel West and Crew to Take on the Big Question

Bounty Hunter: Post-hangover spa deals

By Wynter HoldenGoing to a wild block party? Catching a couple of local bands play your favorite hangout? Snuggling up on the couch with your sweetie, watching the Times Square ball drop? Whatever your plans tonight, you'll likely need a couple of days to recuperate from the wild goings-on, and our ... More >>

All About Eve

All About Eve

Curtains: Nearly Naked's Times Square Angel at the Little Theatre at Phoenix Theatre

Damon Dering (standing, center) plays Irish O'Flanagan in Times Square Angel in its Arizona premiere, presented by Nearly Naked Theatre. Photo by Nancy Lynn Miller. This week, Curtains flees gratefully back into the arms of the counterculture, but not far enough to avoid seeing another Christ ... More >>

Dec. 17 In Blogs: Sheriff Joe, Top 10 Metal Albums, Fogo de Chao and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Sheriff Arpaio's Captain Joel Fox, Illegal Donation Guy, Must Request H ... More >>

Queen of the Hill

She-man playwright Charles Busch spoofs Wonderful Life

Put the "tour" back into Art Detour with this list of must-see galleries

West is Best

Legend Has It

That old "last man on earth" setup? It really works

What a Toad

Fairy-tale land and the real world collide

Keeping the Meter Running

Unbunch Panties, Please

Hostel sequel is lame, tame, and totally not worth moralizing

Sandow Birk: To Hell and Back

Divinely inspired

Deep Impact

Revisiting the moment porn went mainstream

Y2K-O

Hype springs at Paper Heart

Funk Off You Funkin' Funk!

Mickey's supplies the hangover on NYE

New Deal

Poker Ride stacks the deck

2004-'05 New Year's Eve Guide

Events

Freaks and Geeks

Underground groupie Bob Judd just wants to make Phoenix a little weird

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

This One Time, at Film Camp...

Film students take the fast track

Flash Back

Light show is simplistic but intriguing

Manhattan Project

NYC and ASU collide in the best of "Times Square"

Big Apple appeal

The ambiance at Times Square Deli is Anywhere, USA, but the food is New York all the way

Mogwai

Rock Action (Matador)

Russe Hour

Fast-paced 15 Minutes is gone in 7,200 seconds

Gang of Three

New York trio plays minimalist punk with a British bite

Viva Sandinista!

Is the Clash still the only band that matters?

The Farm Side

Vegging out at the Valley's hippest hoe shebang!

Sexplosive Literature

Sex American Style recalls the late, great sexual revolution in loving detail

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