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Men in Black 3: Go Back in Time (at 2012 Prices)

Keize Montoya Explains, "Mad At 'Cha" (Video)

Don't let yesterday's drizzle fool you, it's "summer, summer, summer, time"(To borrow a hook from DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince). With temperatures and gas prices rising, commuters and everyday working stiffs alike are gonna need an infectious, feel good jam to brighten the day. Local music p ... More >>

Up on the Sun's Halloween (Video) Mixtape

Screamin' Jay wishes you a happy Halloween.​We know it's a school/work night and all, but it's still Halloween, which means you have a perfect excuse for shucking off the Monday blues and getting creepy. There's plenty going on around the Valley: indie-punk supergroup Wild Flag are scheduled t ... More >>

Five Food Disasters on Film

On April 24, 2005 -- the day after YouTube officially opened its doors to all the cute cat videos and leave-Britney-alone pleas the madding crowd could muster -- a little video called "Flambe Disaster" became the third video to be uploaded on the site. A short video chronicling the disastrous ... More >>

Five Best Food Fights on Film

Tony Curtis (left) looks on as Jack Lemmon gets hit in the face with a brandy-flavored cream pie in 1965's The Great Race. Lemmon has a taste before proclaiming, "Brandy! Throw more brandy! Moooore brandy!" From the classic Laurel and Hardy custard pie fight to Eva Mendez angrily chucking veg ... More >>

Out of Reverie Tour: Day 3

But most of the day was spent trying to pass the time. Griffin and Teran spent most of the day at the mechanic while the rest of us tried to find last minute shows.

The Top Ten Lamest, Most Overplayed Hip Hop Songs from the Late 90's

Can't stop, won't stop​​Inspiration comes from many different places, the radio being one of them. While carousing around town in my hooptie the other day, the Notorious B.I.G./Puff Daddy/Mase 1997 classic "Mo Money, Mo Problems" came on over my speakers, much to my odd delight. After I was done ... More >>

A Recap of the 2011 Grammy Awards: A Quick, Easy Guide to What Happened

Dan MacMedan, USA TodayNicki Minaj, doing what she does best: always trying to get attention.​The 2011 Grammy Awards kept things classy this year: There wasn't even a single mention of Ke$ha during the entire show!Good job, Grammy people! Thanks for taking out the trash this year. Aside from the l ... More >>

Steampunk: The Past and Future of Cooking?

​ Courtesy of Steampunk Cookery The steampunk chef slices up a brisket.​While trolling the net, we stumbled upon a creative little blog called Steampunk Cookery that got us thinking about potential culinary trends for 2011. The blog is run by a Steampunker slash culinary studen ... More >>

9 Year Old Hip-Hop Sensation Makes Her Music Video Debut

​Little Miss Hit Maker and potential diva-to-be Willow Smith will premiere the music video for her first single today, according to Gossip On This.Willow has announced on Twitter (@OfficialWillow) this morning that she's making her video debut via Vevo and BET's 106 & Park. She has also made a ... More >>

Celebrity Parents Bring Success to Their Kids... Sometimes

​So many children of celebrities get sucked into the music business by their famous parents. For example, Jada Pinkett and Will Smith's nine-year-old daughter Willow Smith released her very first single earlier this month. Right after its release, Jay-Z signed Willow to Roc Nation.Even though Will ... More >>

Will Smith's Daughter Drops Her First Single, Jay-Z Signs Her Right Away

Will Smith's little fashionista and pop star, Willow​ Child pop stars have been making it big for ages. I'm not talking about teens who hit it big from their participation in the Mickey Mouse Club; I'm talking about the Osmonds and Stevie Wonder.And don't forget Michael Jackson; he was kind of a ... More >>

Mayhem Explained

A Look At Each of the Mayhem festival’s Headliners

Lucky Genes

Painter follows her family’s footsteps

Zooey Deschanel: This Actress/Singer Really Can Act and Sing

Painter follows her family’s footsteps

New Weezer, Rob Halford, Pavement Reunion

Electric Mustache: We Want YouWaved Rumor: Weezer - (If You're Wondering if I want you to) I Want You ToSpin: Q&A: Rob Halford of Judas PriestIdolator: Tracking The Ever-Shifting Priorities Of MTV Networks' Standards And Practices DepartmentSo Much Silence: Good Afternoon, Vintage Photo Of Will ... More >>

Lucinda Williams, Nathan's Hot Dogs, St. Vincent and Myst Over the Weekend

Lucinda Williams Plays the Non-Hits at Mesa Arts Center It takes some chutzpah to read your lyrics off a music stand. When you've been dubbed "America's Greatest Songwriter" by Time magazine (a publication that's not known for its music criticism, but nonetheless notable in any grand pronouncement) ... More >>

Guest DJ Madness

Lucinda Williams Plays the Non-Hits at Mesa Arts Center It takes some chutzpah to read your lyrics off a music stand. When you've been dubbed "America's Greatest Songwriter" by Time magazine (a publication that's not known for its music criticism, but nonetheless notable in any grand pronouncement) ... More >>

NBA All-Star Weekend 2009

Lucinda Williams Plays the Non-Hits at Mesa Arts Center It takes some chutzpah to read your lyrics off a music stand. When you've been dubbed "America's Greatest Songwriter" by Time magazine (a publication that's not known for its music criticism, but nonetheless notable in any grand pronouncement) ... More >>

Seven Pounds Has Will Smith Encoring The Pursuit of Happyness with a Pursuit of Misery

Lucinda Williams Plays the Non-Hits at Mesa Arts Center It takes some chutzpah to read your lyrics off a music stand. When you've been dubbed "America's Greatest Songwriter" by Time magazine (a publication that's not known for its music criticism, but nonetheless notable in any grand pronouncement) ... More >>

Arty Girl: Steampunk by ASU Sculpture at First Studio

So it's a First Friday tonight and I'm sure your schedule is packed with this, a little of that and probably some of this...But please allow me to suggest one more. The ASU Sculpture students, faculty and some extraneous local artists have come together for an evening of Steampunk.Okay, I know Steam ... More >>

So, Four Comedians Walk Into a Bar . . .

For the punch line, hit the Improv

Hancock squanders potential greatness with lame humor and a half-baked hero

For the punch line, hit the Improv

Miami Sound Machine

Dirty-south DJ spins some sick electro

How does Man Man stack up to other Philly bands?

Dirty-south DJ spins some sick electro

Super Bowl weekend

Dirty-south DJ spins some sick electro

Floyd "Money" Mayweather Presents: "Dancing With the Stars"

Dirty-south DJ spins some sick electro

Alone Ranger

Vincent Price outwits, outplays, and outlasts the living dead

DJ Jazzy Jeff

Vincent Price outwits, outplays, and outlasts the living dead

Legend Has It

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

Life After Morrissey

Former Smiths drummer is still alive and stickin'

Rich Man, Poor Man

Rags-to-riches flick declares: Money does indeed buy happi(y)ness

Wicked Wisdom

Fresh princess

Letters

Letters from the week of March 17, 2005

Just One Hitch

The date doctor is in, but the prognosis is not good

Captured! By Robots

The date doctor is in, but the prognosis is not good

Floundering

Cruel, vapid and unfunny, this Shark bites

THE NIGHT:Standard at Elixir

THE DJ:Translator

Papa Tried

Family man Smith goes soft in a story about a Girl

Boys Gone Wild

Michael Bay's back with Will and Martin, and the result is exactly what you'd expect

DJ Jazzy Jeff

The Magnificent (BBE)

Bet on Black

If there's a sure crowd-pleaser this summer, it's the fast-paced spectacle that is MIIB

We Knew Jack

Lemmon's legacy lives on in far-flung video canon

A Fairway Runs Through It

If you love watching golf, you'll love Robert Redford's new snoozer of a movie

Best Used Jazz CD Selection

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Alias Smith and Kline

Wild Wild West derailed en route from television to megabudget movie screen

Enemy of the State: Totaliterrible

Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott have a political agenda: It's called box office

Stranger Danger

In the wacked-out Men in Black, subtlety is an alien concept

Tempest in a Saucer

In the wacked-out Men in Black, subtlety is an alien concept

THE SHAM WHO CAME TO DINNER, TINKER, TINKER, LITTLE STAR

In the wacked-out Men in Black, subtlety is an alien concept