If you happened to spy bizarrely dressed groups of people pushing equally weird-looking shopping carts along the sidewalks of downtown Phoenix over the weekend, you weren’t hallucinating. The Arizona Cacophony Society held the annual Phoenix Idiotarod on Saturday afternoon and caused plenty of colorful chaos as more than 30 teams…
There are exactly 111 days left until this year’s Phoenix Comicon, and the time probably can’t pass quick enough for some local geeks. Especially since organizers of the annual pop culture fest announced some blockbuster names last night that will be appearing at this year’s event.And it includes most of…
What’s in a name? If you’re a DJ, hopefully it’s something clever, unique, or at least a nickname that sounds cool. For some DJs starting out in the business, it’s often a difficult choice to make. The handle has to be catchy, memorable, marketable, and look good on a flier…
Some dudes are more than eager to fork over $24.95 a month to see local porn starlets Priya Rai and Taryn Thomas either on DVD or via the Internet. Valley party promoter Chuck Huus, however, is hoping they’ll be eager to spend that same amount for the opportunity to meet…
Thursday 2 16th Street Bar & Grill: Kickback Thursdays with DJ Cedric Ceballos (hip-hop, classics, neo-soul, reggae, R&B, Top 40, old school) Afterlife: Beat the Scene Thursdays (electronica, dance, remixes) Bar Smith: Ladies Night with DJ Idenaty, DJ EC Rock, & DJ Oh-Jezus (various) Bobby Q’s: Capricorn B-Day Bash with…
As great works of literature and pop culture have taught us, forces of good will always have a vile and villainous nemesis to oppose them. And as anyone who’s seen Anchorman can attest, the (marginally) heroic Channel 4 News Team’s eternal enemies will always be Wes Mantooth and his rival…
When Al Page and his friends started spending their Saturday nights at the Hidden House spinning up hip-hop and old-school cuts back in 2005, the DJ admits the operation was haphazard at first. “We used two CD players and my dad’s vinyl, and it was raggedy mixing,” he says. “Stopping…
This week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open is unlike any other professional golf tournament in the world, to say the least. Whereas most other stops along the annual PGA Tour are button-down affairs filled with silent onlookers, polite applause, and stolid linksmen, the Phoenix Open is infamously more rowdy. It’s notorious…
On any given evening, you’re likely to find Dario Varela inside of a Valley nightclub. If it’s during the weekend, he’ll be working the mixers at joints like Oceans Seven. On other nights, however, he’s usually on the other side of the DJ booth, observing other selectas order to help…
Wanna know what would happen if you’d mix ravers, clubbers, house-heads, and the usual Scottsdale crowd all in one place, all at the same time? You’d likely get the same scenario the ensued on Sunday night at Myst in Scottsdale…
Most people try their damnedest to keep their love of porno under wraps, probably outta fear of looking like a major perv. Renowned hip-hop Kool Keith, however, isn’t one of ’em. The Dirty South artist has been anything but shy about his love of pornography. Kool Keith’s rapped about it…
Strip club owners will try absolutely anything to get you to step through their front door (preferably with pockets full of cash). For many of the Valley’s numerous ecdysiast parlors, it means two-for-one drink deals, theme nights, or special appearances by porn stars. Other establishments, however, entice patrons by giving their…
A year ago, the Icehouse seemed destined for oblivion. As of last December, few events were taking place at the iconic downtown Phoenix gallery and performance venue, its proprietors were uncertain about its future, and thousands of dollars in back property taxes were owed to Maricopa County. As a result, owner…
Thursday 26 16th Street Bar & Grill: Kickback Thursdays with DJ Cedric Ceballos (hip-hop, classics, neo-soul, reggae, R&B, Top 40, old school) Afterlife: Beat the Scene Thursdays (electronica, dance, remixes) Bar Smith: Ladies Night with DJ Idenaty, DJ EC Rock, & DJ Oh-Jezus (various) Bobby Q’s: Capricorn B-Day Bash with…
Throughout human history, cartographers have used a variety of inks and dyes to craft a myriad maps of the world. Truth be told, however, there’s probably plenty of blood, sweat, and tears mixed in, as no border has ever been created without a human sacrifice of some sort. (Or, as…
Let’s face it: Female artists are a distinct minority in the male-dominated electronic dance music biz. It’s even rarer to find female DJ duos, much less a talented twosome like South American siren Monica Farr and Minnesota beat mistress Lucy Luxe. The Twin City team, which performs as Dirty Talk,…
Downtown Phoenix art hangout the Trunk Space has been a haven for nerdy pursuits since it opened in 2004. Over the years, the venue has hosted poetry nights, dudes playing chiptune music on their Gameboys, and geeks thumbing through bins of used records and back issues of comic books.So it…
Earlier this week we wrote about the recent death of local musician/designer/artist Richie “Ressless Legz” Gimbel, who helped put on the weekly Sunday night Hang the DJ dance party at the Rogue Bar in Scottsdale.Gimbel’s galpal Megan Low recently told New Times that she and the other folks behind the…
The instruction manual for the Technics 1200 dictates that the quintessential DJ tool is only to be used with carts, stands, booths or other gear specified and approved by the manufacturer.Nowhere, however, does it state that the turntable is okay to be used on a gigantic burger box. It’s a…
Well-honed powers of observation are an absolute must for any detective. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle knew this, as demonstrated by the sleuthing skills of his greatest creation Sherlock Holmes. Millionaire heiress Frances Glessner Lee also believed criminal investigators should have a similarly keen eye, which is why she helped revolutionize…
Thursday 19 16th Street Bar & Grill: Kickback Thursdays with DJ Cedric Ceballos (hip-hop, classics, neo-soul, reggae, R&B, Top 40, old school) Afterlife: Beat the Scene Thursdays (electronica, dance, remixes) Bar Smith: Ladies Night with DJ Idenaty, DJ EC Rock, & DJ Oh-Jezus (various) Bobby Q’s: Capricorn B-Day Bash with…
After watching the forensic dramatics of television’s CSI franchise for more than a decade, it’s easy to think of cops as omniscient techno-inclined super-sleuths able to unravel any mystery. Such a notion is dubbed the “CSI effect,” where the public expects detectives to ferret out the most minute of evidence…
