Attention Phoenix Comicon fanatics: While there’s still more than three weeks left to go until the event itself — 24 long, agonizing days to be exact — its organizers offered up a tasty appetizer earlier today to help whet your appetites and make the time pass more quickly. This morning,…
The country music world truly lost one of its biggest badasses today when the legendary George Jones passed away this morning at a Nashville, Tennessee hospital. He was 81 years old. The Possum, as he was known to countless, leaves behind a towering legacy in country, a long and troubled…
So what didja wind up doing last weekend? Get drunk and act the fool at a club, perhaps? Or did it involve sacking out in front of the latest episode of Game of Thrones or Mad Men? We’re willing to bet it was nowhere near as pimp as how Valley…
When Disney announced last week that plans are afoot to have a new Star Wars film in theatres every year starting in 2015, when the much-anticipated Episode VII is scheduled to hit the silver screen, we were both thrilled and disappointed at the same time. As major Star Wars fans,…
Arizona Diamondbacks closer J.J. Putz got his mojo working again last night at Chase Field, pitching three solid strikeouts in the ninth inning to help his team nail down a close 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Thursday’s win moved the D-backs (13-9) into a tie with the San Francisco…
When Ben Kitnick first hung out at lo-fi art space and weirdo hangout Funny World last year, the ASU film student thought the house-show haven was a fascinating place. So much so that he immediately was struck by the notion that “someone needs to tell a story about this place.”…
A few hours from now, the dulcet crooning of Mario Moreno and the swingy sounds of his backing act The Ramblers will waft out of The Western and into the Scottsdale night air, announcing the arrival of the area’s newest live music spot. The stylish honky-tonk, which (as we reported…
Exactly one month from now, 40,000 people will invade downtown Phoenix for one reason: to geek out as hard as possible during Phoenix Comicon. During the annual Memorial Day weekend (Thursday, May 23, to Sunday, May 25) convergence of pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, and (of course) comic books, there are…
Old-fashioned common sense dictates that you don’t want to get electricity-powered equipment near a body of water, much less a swimming pool. The newly opened Maya Day & Nightclub, 7333 East Indian Plaza in Scottsdale, flips the script on that particular notion, as its does with a few others. The…
Thursday 25 Afterlife: Touch Thursdays with DJ Tsunami, DJ Michael Ryan, & DJ Matt Fox (Top 40, EDM) AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock, dance) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby…
Special Events Chandler Public Library 22 S. Delaware St., Chandler Pint-size pups both speedy and swanky will be celebrated during Chandler’s Cinco de Mayo Festival on Saturday, May 4. The event’s tradition of Chihuahua races and beauty pageant once again will serve as its main attraction and offer the chance…
Let’s get real for a moment, Arizona Diamondbacks fans.Yes, your hometown heroes are off to a reasonably good start this year and are definitely in the swing of things in the National League West. The hitting’s been pretty decent over the first month of the 2013 season, thanks to numerous…
Arizona Diamondbacks fans watching their team’s battle against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday evening may have felt a nagging sense of déjà vu sometime around the ninth inning. It’s probably because the game was shaping up to be an exact repeat of how the defending World Series champs beat…
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2013 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 27, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists. Up today: Man-Cat The members…
The Arizona Diamondbacks may have dropped two of three games over the weekend to the Colorado Rockies, it quite possibly could have been a complete sweep if not for the impressive efforts of Didi Gregorius. The 23-year-old left-hander, who walloped a pair of base hits during Arizona’s 3-0 loss to…
We’re fairly certain that by now you’re fully up to speed on That Damn Show’s headliner Bad Religion, as well when they’re playing, how they’ve been around longer than you think, and their best albums ever. So what about the rest of the rock, punk, and indie heavy-hitters filling out…
In a week when the entire nation is on absolute high alert concerning any sort of suspicious items being left out in the open, one local wisenheimer may have thought it was apparently high time for a little mischief. Earlier today, officers from the Tempe Police Department investigated a “suspicious…
Downtown Phoenix’s Monarch Theatre is gonna take on old-school aura this weekend when more than a dozen local DJs and selectors showcase mad turntablism in what could be the first step toward superstardom. The Phoenix Regionals for the World DMC DJ Championships, one of the most esteemed competitions for the…
If your stoner friends seem to have an extra glint in their bloodshot eyes lately, it’s probably because this Saturday happens to be April 20. In other words, it’s 4/20, the day on which marijuana lovers of the world celebrate and pay tribute to their favorite plant, likely by burning…
What you see ain’t necessarily what you get. That proves doubly true with downtown Phoenix performance artist Ryan Avery’s annual musical freakfest known as The Real Coachella.Like the more famous mega-concert and hipster haven out in Indio that it parodies, the local event boasts some famous names on its promotional…
To paraphrase some musty, old Klingon proverb we’ve heard once or twice, revenge is a dish best served cold. And in the 1973 Swedish sexploitation schlockfest Hooker’s Revenge, it’s served up with a breakfast of buckshot via the one-eyed, shotgun-wielding female protagonist known as Frigga.Kidnapped, raped, mutilated, and forced into…
Thursday 18 Afterlife: Touch Thursdays with DJ Tsunami, DJ Michael Ryan, & DJ Matt Fox (Top 40, EDM) AZ/88: Black Out Thursdays with Josh 1 (soulful house, lounge) Barney’s Boathouse: Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Pulse (Top 40, rock, dance) Bikini Lounge: DJ Shane Kennedy (juke joint, R&B, French pop) Bobby…
