Waco

Holocaust, shmolocaust: My wrapup of Sunday with the 9/11 deniers

Yucko the Clown and Beetlejuice do the PHX.

Monday Night Martha: Dr Pepper Brownies

We must be craving sweets these days because we just realized we've cooked two chocolate dishes back to back. Ah well. What can you do. It's fun to cook with soda pop because you feel like you're breaking some unspoken rule of the kitchen. There are actually dozens of recipes that use Dr Pepper, inc ... More >>

FLASHES

We must be craving sweets these days because we just realized we've cooked two chocolate dishes back to back. Ah well. What can you do. It's fun to cook with soda pop because you feel like you're breaking some unspoken rule of the kitchen. There are actually dozens of recipes that use Dr Pepper, inc ... More >>

Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlatans

Clients of deprogrammer Rick Ross call him a savior. Perhaps that's why people he's branded cult leaders want to crucify him.

Letters

Clients of deprogrammer Rick Ross call him a savior. Perhaps that's why people he's branded cult leaders want to crucify him.

Letters

Clients of deprogrammer Rick Ross call him a savior. Perhaps that's why people he's branded cult leaders want to crucify him.

Letters

Clients of deprogrammer Rick Ross call him a savior. Perhaps that's why people he's branded cult leaders want to crucify him.

History in the Faking

Clients of deprogrammer Rick Ross call him a savior. Perhaps that's why people he's branded cult leaders want to crucify him.

Recordings

Clients of deprogrammer Rick Ross call him a savior. Perhaps that's why people he's branded cult leaders want to crucify him.

Roux Confessions

Clients of deprogrammer Rick Ross call him a savior. Perhaps that's why people he's branded cult leaders want to crucify him.

Trainspotting

Nearly three years after Amtrak's Sunset Limited was sabotaged near Buckeye, firefighters who rode to the rescue remain on the FBI's list of suspects

Letters

Nearly three years after Amtrak's Sunset Limited was sabotaged near Buckeye, firefighters who rode to the rescue remain on the FBI's list of suspects

Clip Joint

Playing with guns at Crossroads of the West

Harm's Way

Arizona Music Forum finally reaches local musicians with its first local jam

Flashes

Arizona Music Forum finally reaches local musicians with its first local jam

Flashes 12-09-99

Arizona Music Forum finally reaches local musicians with its first local jam

Various Artists, Dan Zanes and Friends, Tom Paxton

The Bottle Let Me Down (Bloodshot), Family Dance (Festival Five), Your Shoes, My Shoes (Red House)

Good Sports, Bad Religion

Letters from the week of October 17, 2002

Various Artists

White Riot: A Tribute to the Clash (Uncut Magazine)

Pop Culture: Big Red

Big Red, in various states. We drank the 2 liter.A trip to Texas two weeks ago reawakened a long-held love of mine: Big Red. The creamy, bubble gumesque concoction is ubiquitous in the The Lone Star State, particularly in the hallowed halls of smokey barbecue joints. We didn't have any brisket to pa ... More >>

Man of Steel

Jon Rauhouse gives his music the ol' iPod shuffle

Strange Fruit Project

The Healing
(Om)

Down-Home Delights

Ten of the best from Nashville and elsewhere

Kapusta Kristmas

Thanks to the Internet, you no longer have to be on Al Kooper's holiday list to hear some of the funniest tapes in history

High Times

Paper Heart's got your "420" fix

Hype-Happy

Finally, a restaurant that actually cooks up to its reputation

Blanche Davidian

Attack of the Killer (Exquisite Swine)

Bound by Fear: Polygamy in Arizona

For decades the state has let a feudal colony of fundamentalist Mormons force underage girls into illegal polygamous marriages

Heart and Steel

Jon Rauhouse's debut showcases this fine pedal-steel guitarist

Lonesome Brothers / Ribeye Brothers

Swamptown Girl (Captivating Music), If I Had a Horse...(All Indie)

Ode to Billy Joe

Billy Joe Shaver has a stunning new album in stores. But he can't enjoy it.

Retro No More

Singer-songwriter Neko Case and her musical pals bring country music out of the curio cabinet

Road Weary

The Grievous Angels bid goodbye with a bleak chronicle of a traveling band

Waco Brothers

Electric Waco Chair (Bloodshot)

Various artists

Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records (Bloodshot)

The Filth and the Fury

Never mind the FCC, here's Ghetto Cowgirl

On the Beach

Dialectrics' main man readies an intimate solo effort

Koresh and Burn

Haunting nonfiction Waco documents a cult above

Right Under Their Noses

How did the sheriff's posse commander and his minions miss what is alleged to have been the largest marijuana-smuggling operation ever run by gringos? They were, after all, sharing a warehouse.

Rescue Workers Grilled in Derailment Probe

Investigators check background of firefighter, repeatedly interview thosewho responded to wreck site

Anarbor Announces Massive Tour, Gets Song On "The Hills"

Local kiddie dance-pop act Anarbor has announced a massive slate of tour dates with The Cab, The Secret Handshake, Forgive Durden and You Me and Everyone We Know, as well as a stint on Warped Tour.The Phoenix-based band has been touring pretty much non-stop since releasing Free Your Mind, their seco ... More >>

Q&A: Ted Nugent Talks Guns, Meth, and Hippies Before NRA Convention in Phoenix

The Motor City Madman: Ted NugentTed Nugent talks a lot about discipline. Speaking on the phone from his ranch outside Waco, Texas, the Detroit-born guitarist of "Cat Scratch Fever" fame comes back to it again and again. His life of clean living is the way to go, he says, living another way is nothi ... More >>

The Bloodshot BeerBQ Rocks Tempe on October 24

​For Bloodshot Records' 15th anniversary, or quinceañera, if you will, they're throwing themselves a little party. So far, that party has stopped at 10 cities across these United States with plenty of BBQ, booze and tunes to satisfy the most nomadic and hungry of folk punks. At Tempe's Sail Inn ... More >>

Ted Nugent Helped Me See the Need For Civil Political Dialogue

​For Bloodshot Records' 15th anniversary, or quinceañera, if you will, they're throwing themselves a little party. So far, that party has stopped at 10 cities across these United States with plenty of BBQ, booze and tunes to satisfy the most nomadic and hungry of folk punks. At Tempe's Sail Inn ... More >>

Branded: Can Tucson Ever Live It Down?

​For Bloodshot Records' 15th anniversary, or quinceañera, if you will, they're throwing themselves a little party. So far, that party has stopped at 10 cities across these United States with plenty of BBQ, booze and tunes to satisfy the most nomadic and hungry of folk punks. At Tempe's Sail Inn ... More >>

Cannes 2011 Has Issues

​For Bloodshot Records' 15th anniversary, or quinceañera, if you will, they're throwing themselves a little party. So far, that party has stopped at 10 cities across these United States with plenty of BBQ, booze and tunes to satisfy the most nomadic and hungry of folk punks. At Tempe's Sail Inn ... More >>

The Tree of Life: What Terrence Malick Has to Offer Is Worth Working For

​For Bloodshot Records' 15th anniversary, or quinceañera, if you will, they're throwing themselves a little party. So far, that party has stopped at 10 cities across these United States with plenty of BBQ, booze and tunes to satisfy the most nomadic and hungry of folk punks. At Tempe's Sail Inn ... More >>

Our Favorite Non-Metal Horror Soundtracks

Don't mess with Huey Lewis fans...​In recent years, horror flicks and metal have enjoyed a loving relationship. Metalheads love horror, and the feeling is mutual. (Where did we put that copy of The Blair Witch 2 soundtrack?) Obviously many metal musicians truly enjoy sci-fi, monster and horror ... More >>

Tempe Ranked Second-Worst College Town in America (By Online Education Peddlers)

www.motifake.comAt least the scenery's nice...​According to a new survey, Tempe, the home of Arizona State University's largest campus, is the second-worst college town in America -- worse even than places like Waco, Texas, Ruston, Louisiana, and Poughkeepsie, New York.However, the survey was cond ... More >>