Wayne

The 17 Most Anticipated Metal Albums of 2013

I'm almost a little bummed that the world didn't end on December 21. No War of the Worlds or 2012 scenes became a reality, although I was so sure that the only reason gas prices were down was because all the rich people were holed up in their submarines, burrowed into the Alps like a goddamn modern- ... More >>

NRA's Wayne LaPierre and Neo-Nazi Agree on Sandy Hook Solution: More Guns

It's dang encouraging to learn that the National Rifle Association's top propagandist Wayne LaPierre is practically on the same page as Maricopa, Arizona neo-Nazi Harry Hughes regarding what the nation should do in response to the massacre of the innocents in Newtown, Connecticut. More guns! As I ... More >>

Change Coming to The Farm at South Mountain

If you've wandered the grounds of The Farm at South Mountain, you've probably spotted owner A.Wayne Smith scooting around on his mini tractor. As a landscape architect, he's stayed very involved in the property he bought in 1983 and slowly transformed into a soothing pastoral retreat for frazzled u ... More >>

Beau Mac Dishes on Wayne Gretzky, Fried Chicken, and Photo Radar Trucks

This is part two of my interview with Beau Macmillan, executive chef at Sanctuary. Read part one here. You're dining at a restaurant. What's the one thing that makes you crazy?: When the check is presented, the server has got to be on top of it; if you say you will be right back, you'd better be ... More >>

Tugboat's Phillip Hanna Talks About the Band's Breakup, Final Shows, and What Happens Next

​Phillip Hanna is recently single and on the prowl. After spending six years with Tempe indie outfit Tugboat, the keyboardist and his longtime collaborative partner, Wayne Jones, have decided to go their separate ways. Musically, that is. The duo and their band will play three final show ... More >>

Metal Goes Pop: Five Examples of Doing It Right

​Yesterday our compatriots at Country Grind announced that heavy rockers Torche and Part Chimp will team for upcoming Chunklet-issued 12-inch record that finds Torche covering legendary lo-fi rockers Guided By Voices. Torche have always been a metal band unafraid to embrace big pop sounds, and th ... More >>

Donald Beaty, One of Arizona's Most Infamous Killers, Hopes to Outlive The Rapture

We corresponded with child killer Donald Beaty for awhile back in the late 1980s, for a story on Arizona's death row. In fact, we met him briefly during a surreal tour of Cellblock 6, where the condemned used to be "housed" for decades.Donald Wayne Beaty: "I am not guilty of killing that little girl ... More >>

Fulton Brock/Susan Brock Jailhouse Phone Conversations Released. Joe Arpaio, Mormon Blessings, and Special Visits for "Couples" Amongst Topics of Conversation

Fulton Brock and his prison-bound wife are in the market for a prison that offers special visits for "couples."​The Chandler Police Department released its notes from telephone calls between Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock and his prison-bound/somewhat-estranged wife, Susan, that too ... More >>

Superstar Billy Graham Made It Big in Wrestling -- Now the Steroids That Got Him There May Be Killing Him

Five Solid Music Moments from SNL (With Video)

​From the Blues Brothers to Steve Martin playing King Tut, legendary musical moments are part of what make Saturday Night Live more than just another comedy show.SNL still holds its own sometimes but it was at its prime a few decades ago when it was lot edgier. Edginess is an, ahem, double-edged s ... More >>

Wayne Coyne Makes Commemorative ACL Screen Print With His Own Blood

​The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne made a poster using his own blood as ink, according to Consequence of Sound.Wayne poured four vials of blood that he had drawn in early September into a cup, spilled his hemoglobin onto a screen print, and went to town on an Austin City Limits poster. A warni ... More >>

Kinch Keeps Bringing It

Kinch Keeps Bringing It

NSFW: New Yeasayer Video For "Ambling Alp" Is Frighteningly Sexy

Yeasayer's new NSFW video for their fantastic new single "Ambling Alp" confuses and titillates me all at once​If you were wondering if you should make bones about the recent rash of NSFW music videos these days, please don't. Bands and artists alike are stretching the boundaries for what should be ... More >>

"The Great One" Called to Give Deposition in Phoenix Coyotes Bankruptcy Case

  michaelmindes.com That silver thing's called "The Stanley Cup," Phoenix area, and the guy hoisting it's Wayne. Doubt the now-Coyotes' coach will ever come this close to the cup again. If you had told Wayne Gretzky when he was 17 years old and already playing professional hoc ... More >>

Coronado’s Peacocks Have Some Neighbors Squawking

Hot Links: Basketball, the Baseline Killer, and Baby Crazes

University of Arizona will hire hire Tim Floyd as the new head basketball coach for the Wildcats, Ktar.com reports. Floyd was most recently head coach at USC...Phoenix Suns General Manager Steve Kerr indicated he'll bring Alvin Gentry back as the team's head coach, and that some roster changes might ... More >>

Fountains of Wayne deliver debut DVD

After releasing their first album in 1996, power pop purists Fountains of Wayne finally deliver their debut DVD, No Better Place - Live in Chicago, 13 years later. While that may seem a little late in the game, it's about right on schedule for FoW time. After all, this is a band that earned a G ... More >>

Wayne "The Train" Hancock

Fried: QuikTrip Taquitos, Breadsticks, and a Surprisingly Good Chicken Wrap

A true feast ... If there is anything worse than moving -- and I'm not certain there is -- it may well be attempting to move in that frantic time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. But I'm nothing if not stupid, so my movers are scheduled to arrive bright and early December 3. ... More >>

Lola Coffeebar debuts next week

Low Note

Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore do not make sweet, sweet music

Cold-Hearted

Lost Planet delivers, but it’s not for the timid

Hick Hop

White trash Christmas

Bloodshot Eye Candy

Whose alt is it?

Wayne "The Train" Hancock

Swinging and singing

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, March 2, 2006

Stolen Goods

Robbers on High Street make a getaway to success

The Ransom of Redford

Veteran actors breathe life into an old storyline

Streaker

The rise and fall -- and rise and fall -- of Phoenix Coyotes record-breaking goalie

Letters

Letters from the week of December 11, 2003

Blue-blood Boil

Hank Williams III does his own thing. Nashville, beware.

Dogs' Life

British punk-era warriors Slaughter and the Dogs regroup for a shot at the respect they never got

Not Worth Saving

Trying to pass off gross-out gags as fantasy, Saving Silverman is a stink bomb

The Psychic Network

So many movies have beat The Gift to the punch that it doesn't have any of its own

Jazz, You Like It

Suck 'n' Cover

New Times' critical vultures swoop down to pick at the latest carrion and dross

The Down Underdogs

Aussie and harried, Castle stormers wage losing battle

Honky Tonk Blender

Wayne "The Train" Hancock

Letters

Wayne's World

Less than three months after the death of Brad Singer, Zia Enterprises endures the summer of its discontent

Meet the Crusties

Spanging, squatting and looking for Hot Dog Jesus with Tempe's street kids

Letters

Banquo Is Me

A pair of Shakespearean travesties runs the gamut from bard to worse

Beavis and Butt-head's Excellent Creator

Meet the man who fathered America's favorite teenage cretins

Poverty, Phoenician-Style

A resident of the exclusive community claims indigence, is awarded taxpayer-funded defender

Death of a Defendant

21 months after being charged with looting the estates of elderly Arizonans, one defendant dies. The other awaits trial.

AS HELPLESS AS CHILDREN

A PROMINENT MESA LAWYER AND HIS FLUNKY WERE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE ELDERLY IN THEIR CARE. INSTEAD, THEY PLUNDERED THE OLD PEOPLE'S ASSETS.

WILL THE REAL TEDDY ROOSEVELT PLEASE STAND UP?

ACTUALLY, WE'D SETTLE FOR WAYNE DELLINGER

SHOWDOWN IN CATTLE COUNTRY

THE KLUMPS HAVE RUN COWS ON PUBLIC LAND FOR DECADES. NOW THEY'RE TELLING THE GOVERNMENT THEY OWN IT.