Whitney Houston

Chill sweetens up Tempe

Mighty Dogs

It's hard to tell what's Spinal Tap and what's not

HIP-HOP HOMEGIRLS

A TRIO OF WOMEN PUTS THE VALLEY ON THE MUSIC MAP

SEARCHING FOR AMERICAN SUPERSTARS

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LAUGHLIN, NEVADA, AND CLINT'S WELL, ARIZONA, YOU MIGHT FIND THE MEANING OF LIFE IN THE '90S. ROGJT.

A GRANDE GIG

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LAUGHLIN, NEVADA, AND CLINT'S WELL, ARIZONA, YOU MIGHT FIND THE MEANING OF LIFE IN THE '90S. ROGJT.

Pew!

The Preacher's Wife hasn't a prayer

Double Threat

Ex-Slugger singer Yolanda Bejarano rebounds with new punk band and mariachi side project

Payne Relief

How good fortune turned a skinny duo into the Valley's most inventive and engaging heavyweight act

Sista Act

Terry McMillan's Groove thang becomes the chick flick of the summer

Pretty in Pink

The (Young) Pioneers bring leftist imagery to an indie world gone apolitical

Hotwired

11 great records paid for with your soul

BEST HIGH-CONCEPT RESTAURANT

Cheba Hut Toasted Subs

Nova M Deader than Bernie Mac? Sheldon Drobny's Mental Breakdown, and More on Randi Rhodes and 1190 AM's Implosion

from TheDailyGut.comDon't get mad at me, Drobny posted this himself once at HuffingtonPost.com.I was planning to save most of this for my Bird column this week, but the news is coming too fast and furious today not to follow up on my recent post concerning Randi Rhodes' disappearance from Nova M ra ... More >>

Cover Your Ears, American Idol Singers on the Loose!

Casey Carlson: Just one night away from going back to making bubble tea for good.After a horrible, seizure-inducing Hollywood Week, I was actually sort of excited to get this show on the road and hear the offerings of The Best Singers in All the Land, as decreed by the "experts." I should have known ... More >>

Feet Accompli

Shoes or no shoes, this babe wails

Full-Serve Philosophy

A gas station attendant pumps out enlightenment

Naked Dinner

Magickal mystery tour

Ron May, Director

A 21st-century Renaissance man

Alicia Keys

A big tour for the little lady

Summary of a Bad Black Movie

No wonder she's Mad

Citizen Cope

He's not your father's neo-folkie

Meow Mixed

Batman's feline nemesis stretches out with her own film

Smokin' Sandwiches

Stephen Lemons hits a new joint

Year in TV: Fear Factor

But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

Dinah Might

The Black Theatre Troupe banks on the strength of a blues singer's popularity

Candles in the Dark

The Blind Boys of Alabama bring their brand of Southern gospel closer to the mainstream -- and help keep roots music alive

Experimental Workout

Films are short in format, long on imagination

It's Always Fair Weather

State Fair's appeal timeless

Brand New Year

Having averted a millennial apocalypse, it's time to catch up on the latest in heritage in roots music

The Award for Mediocrity, Again

Yearning for civil unrest from any '99 Grammy nominee

For the Love of Mike

Yearning for civil unrest from any '99 Grammy nominee

Ms. Houston, We Have a Problem

Yearning for civil unrest from any '99 Grammy nominee

CREDIT CARDS WHERE CREDIT CARDS AREN'T DUE

Yearning for civil unrest from any '99 Grammy nominee

TRES CANADIANS

SCREED

Jackson Doctor's Home Searched, Wavves Coming to Phoenix, Whitney Houston's Grammy Outlook

NME: US Federal Agents Search Las Vegas Home of Michael Jackson's Doctor NME: Josh Homme Reveals Why He Worked With Arctic Monkeys NME: Weezer Debut Three Brand New Songs Electric Mustache: Wavves Are Coming to Phoenix!!! Idolator: Trent Reznor Impersonators Snatching Up His Followers on Twitter Id ... 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 >>

GZA Heads to Gammage Auditorium for “Civil Disobedience WU”

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 >>

The Worst Food-Related Infomercials Ever

It's two o'clock in the morning and you can't sleep. Maybe you had too many triple venti mochawhatchamacalits. Or maybe your Apnea-addled partner is snoring louder than the chorus of boos heard at a Whitney Houston concert. So you turn on the idiot box and watch the only available alt ... More >>

Erykah Badu

It's two o'clock in the morning and you can't sleep. Maybe you had too many triple venti mochawhatchamacalits. Or maybe your Apnea-addled partner is snoring louder than the chorus of boos heard at a Whitney Houston concert. So you turn on the idiot box and watch the only available alt ... More >>

Erykah Badu

It's two o'clock in the morning and you can't sleep. Maybe you had too many triple venti mochawhatchamacalits. Or maybe your Apnea-addled partner is snoring louder than the chorus of boos heard at a Whitney Houston concert. So you turn on the idiot box and watch the only available alt ... More >>

Bobby Brown: Why I Can't Stop Rooting for the New Edition Star and Former Mr. Houston

It's two o'clock in the morning and you can't sleep. Maybe you had too many triple venti mochawhatchamacalits. Or maybe your Apnea-addled partner is snoring louder than the chorus of boos heard at a Whitney Houston concert. So you turn on the idiot box and watch the only available alt ... More >>

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. at the Rhythm Room on Wednesday, June 1

Photos by Maria VassettDale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.​Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.The Rhythm RoomWednesday, June 1, 2011Spoiler alert: If you're at all up to date on any recent NASCAR happenings, there will be a totally corny comparison later in this review. For now, however, I will focus my energies on what to ... More >>

Katy Perry at Comerica Theatre, 8/3/11 (VIDEO)

Maria Vassett​Katy PerryAugust 3, 2010 Comerica Theatre Katy Perry's latest concert is called the California Dreams tour, and by the diverse sights and sounds at her sold-out show last night at Comerica Theatre, the tour does seem like the wildest, sweetest, most colorful dream Perry could have co ... More >>

Jeff Freundlich, What Are You Listening To?

Jeff Freundlich​Jeff Freundlich Freundlich is the co-owner of Fervor Records, home to bands such as Super Stereo.  When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? KWSS. Beef Vegan and the crew crack me up, and they embrace new music. What ... More >>

Serge Gainsbourg Biopic "A Heroic Life" Coming to FilmBar Next Month

Gainsbourg probably related to Popeye's "I yam what I yam" statement. ​The 2010 biopic Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, about the legendary French singer and general scoundrel,  is coming to downtown hot-spot FilmBar next month.Though the film won't premier at the theater until the "last week ... More >>

The Gospel Truth

Gainsbourg probably related to Popeye's "I yam what I yam" statement. ​The 2010 biopic Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, about the legendary French singer and general scoundrel,  is coming to downtown hot-spot FilmBar next month.Though the film won't premier at the theater until the "last week ... More >>

Prediction: Will Kelly Clarkson Nail the Super Bowl XVLI National Anthem?

​So, I may not be the flag-waving American I should be, but hot damn, there's just something about hearing the national anthem that gives me chills. Most of the attention in the build up for this weekend's showdown has been placed on dueling quarterbacks Tom Brady and Eli Manning, million do ... More >>

Adele Won and Nicki Minaj Creeped; We Recap the Grammys

​If Adele could rap, she probably would have won that Grammy as well. Sunday night's Grammy Awards made for interesting viewing, with Adele's sweep, some amazing tributes, performances, and a downright weird and horrible showing from Nicki Minaj. Host LL Cool J opened up with a prayer for Whitne ... More >>