Big Time

We’ve said it before and we’ll gladly say it again: Andy Herrera (a.k.a. Big Latin) is one of the hardest-working cats in the P-town DJ and dance scene. He’s got gigs going down at some of the biggest Latin nightspots around the Valley. For instance, every Friday afternoon and evening,…

New Classicals

Based out of Chicago, this groundbreaking Grammy-winning sextet presents an entertaining program of contemporary classical music entitled The Only Moving Thing, which features “provocative and engaging” performances, compositions, and instrumentation. Take a look at this video of the group in action, and I’m sure you’ll agree: Tue., Oct. 21, 7:30…

King Pong

Here’s the sitch: You and your partner have managed to vanquish friend and foe alike at the alcohol-fueled bar sport of beer pong. The boys from the frat house? Easy pickings. The mooks down at the neighborhood tavern? Made ’em beg for mercy. But before anointing yourselves “champeens of the…

DJ Dan, DJ Hixxy, & LAZRtag

Hope you’re in the mood to shake a tail feather this weekend, as the PHX is being invaded by a trio of top-shelf EDM talent. SoCal house maestro DJ Dan, a boffo beat-mixing protégé of Donald Glaude (who’s been rated one of the best in the biz by BPM), visits…

Veggie Boy: Pie Zanos Kitchen

The “Kung To-Fuey.” “Vegans are punk as fuck!” My late friend Sean Pettibone was kind of a caustic guy, as you’d probably reckon by the above quote. More opinionated than Henry Rollins (and twice as mouthy), Sean was a funny and whip-smart spitfire of punk ideology who was rock solid…

It Came From YouTube: Black Flag’s 1982 Phoenix Gig

A long-haired Henry Rollins (circa 1983) sings with Black Flag in Tucson. Photo by Ed Arnaud. I was fortunate enough to attend Henry Rollins’ incredible spoken word gig last night at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe. As staff writer Niki D’Andrea detailed in her review of the show, the punk…

Festival of Frugality

Dunno if y’all heard the news, but the economy’s kinda in the toilet. Majorly. So much so that what little money you have for leisure activities has to be stretched tighter than the spandex hugging the naughty bits of the Cardinals cheerleading squad. Hence, you’re probably in the market for…

Living Legened

Sign number one of Dennis Rowland’s renown: he’s got an entry on Wikipedia. Sign number two: he used to perform with Count Basie. Sign number three: he’s got some seriously smooth pipes, as evidenced by this video of one of his sessions in the studio. Sun., Oct. 12, noon, 2008…

Hell on Earth

Santa, forgive us for saying this, but screw Christmas. In our opinion, Halloween is the most wonderful time of the year. And since the haunted holiday is just around the corner, there’s gonna be plenty of scary soirees that we’re going to be hanging out at over the next few…

Diablo II

Santa, forgive us for saying this, but screw Christmas. In our opinion, Halloween is the most wonderful time of the year. And since the haunted holiday is just around the corner, there’s gonna be plenty of scary soirees that we’re going to be hanging out at over the next few…

Veggie Boy: Phoenicia Cafe

By Benjamin Leatherman It’s not a deep-fried corn dog, but it’ll do nicely. I used to love the Arizona State Fair. But this year I’m gonna hate it. Endlessly. See, one of the main highlights of attending our fair state’s annual exposition (which kicks off this weekend) has been loading…

Who’s performing at tonight’s First Friday art walk

By Benjamin Leatherman DJ William Fucking Reed will be doing an after-hours spin session at Modified Arts tonigh…err, Saturday morning starting at 1:30 a.m. There’s gonna be plenty to see and do at the monthly First Friday art walk. As Lilia Menconi wrote earlier today, Chaos Theory 9 will be…

Veggie Boy: Gluten-Free Creations Bakery

By Benjamin Leatherman GFCB’s “Chocolate Delight” Cookies: egg-free, dairy-free, wheat-free, but not flavor-free. When I last visited my doctor in April, he didn’t pull any punches. Start losing weight now, he told me, or you’ll be dead in 10 years or less. Damn. As depressing as his proclamation was, it…

And We Are Live At Edgefest

By Benjamin Leatherman After a little bit of a delay with credentials and whatnot, we are setup backstage at Edgefest out in Queen Creek and doing the liveblogging thing. White boy rapper Mickey Avalon is finishing up his set and UK rockers The Kooks are getting ready to go on…