If you’ve attended a major music festival, club night, or dance party within the past 12 months, it’s almost certain that you’ve heard “Spaceman” being blasting over the sound system. The otherworldly six-minute track, crafted by Dutch-house wunderkind Hardwell (pictured) earlier this year, has pretty much become the new “Levels,”…
If you haven’t been inside the nightspot located across Saddlebag Trail across from El Hefe and Majerle’s Old Town in Scottsdale recently, there have a been more than a few changes to the place recently. What was once the debauchery-laden Pussycat Lounge (which closed this past summer) is now the…
Unless you happen to be a killjoy – or maybe a conservative Christian – next weekend will offer plenty of chances to don a costume, down a couple of drinks, and engage in some Halloween fun. Even though the actual observance of All Hallows Eve on October 31 falls on…
If you happened to be a member of the Valley’s old school DJ/rave scene back in the mid-1990s, there was one place where you almost always hit up for both your music and gear: Swell Records. Without getting too overly hyperbolic, the music and clothing emporium owned by Russel Ramirez…
When British dance club impresario Joe Fournier first visited Scottsdale in 2007, he instantly fell in love with the city and its nightlife. “I was fascinated with the Scottsdale, with its contrast of old and new,” he says. “I had one of the best nights of my life here and…
If you happen to be one of those quaint locals who’s legitimately a native Arizonan, no doubt you suffered through a few sleep-inducing history classes concerning cowboys and Indians while growing up in these parts. Thing is, our fair state’s rough and rumble past was actually quite dynamic and action-packed,…
One the sad day when foul-mouthed comedian Dave Attell eventually shuffles loose the mortal coil and stands tall in front of the pearly gates, the libidinous and licentious stand-up comedian will have plenty to discuss with Saint Peter. The noted vulgarian has indulged in his fair share of sinning in…
Ask any of the whippersnappers who make up the majority of electronic dance music’s current fanbase to name some of the superstars of EDM’s previous heyday, more a decade ago, and you’d likely get nothing but blank stares in return. Their heads are filled with the names of today’s biggest…
From the outside, Blondie’s Sports Bar in Tempe looks as though it’s open for business. The lights are all on, the illuminated beer signs on the walls are still glowing, and the Internet jukebox is still hawking three songs for a dollar. Too bad the Mill Avenue jock joint hasn’t…
Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars are rather durable shoes, to say the least. (And we ain’t referring to the fact that ever-popular canvas kicks, which were invented in 1917, have been around for nearly a century.) If you’ve ever owned a pair, there’s no doubt you can attest to how the…
Everyone’s trying to get more bang for their buck these days. That’s even true for the thriftier members of the young and beautiful party crowd, who usually show up early at nightspot hotspots in order to score early bird drink specials before the rest of the population crowd the place…
When it comes to the professional wrestling world, there are few bigger icons than Sting. Both a living legend and general of the ring, he’s been a part of the business for more than 25 years and has held more than 12 world championships in that time. Currently one of…
Professional wrestler Jeff Hardy is a bit of a freak. Even the 35-year-old Total Nonstop Action superstar admits it. He’s also a pretty creative dude. Besides designing his own face paint and ring attire, the punky and funky grappler also recorded his own theme music with his band Peroxwhy?gen. Whenever…
Sam Dorko is pretty adept with a set of turntables, a laptop, and a few dozen tracks. Catch the 25-year-old when he performs either as DJ T.A.I. (shorthand for his mixmaster identity “The Asian Invasion”) or with his longtime partner Andrew Hood their local EDM band Pastries With Teeth, and…
After Jeff Hardy left the one-ring circus of World Wrestling Entertainment in 2009, most fans considered the daredevil grappler to be a has-been whose best days were firmly in the rearview. He was beset by allegations of substance abuse, mired in a legal battle over charges of drug possession, and…
We’re in the midst of Halloween season, which means those in the business of scaring the crap outta people are busier than a masked psychopath slaughtering teenyboppers in an ’80s slasher film. That includes the frightening freaks over at Monsterland, 18 West Main Street in Mesa, who are dishing out…
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Fred Williamson is more of a man than probably about 90 percent of the males in the world. During his seven-year stint in pro football with such teams as the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs, he earned the nickname “The Hammer” for his aggressive, smashmouth style of play. Plus,…
Bully Ray is a major asshole. And wrestling fans love to hate him. Every week on Total Nonstop Action’s weekly TV show Impact Wrestling on Spike, the 41-year-old ring veteran portrays a bad-ass, loudmouthed thug who roughs up TNA’s heroes and gets under the skin of the audience and gets…
It’s a fact of life that everyone has a pratfall or accident now and again. Just ask Greg “SensOne” Voeller, who pulled a gaffe not once, but twice, during his DJ sets. Besides embarrassing the crap outta the local selector, it caused a few of his cohorts to give him…
If you were saddened by the closure of the original Eastside Records in Tempe two years ago — as well as the shuttering of its pop-up reincarnation earlier this year — dry those tears, grab some extra cash, and get ready for a vinyl spending spree. The venerated record emporium…
Students at Arizona State University in Tempe have a pair of new places near campus where they can grab a bite between classes and also party up a storm after dark. University Drive is now home to Northside Sandwiches and The Firehouse Tempe, two establishments that serve as eateries by…
