Valentine’s Day gift ideas: Roses. Candy. Hallmark. Shooter’s World Guns and Roses Range Package. Shooter’s World owner Phil Roux understates the case when he calls his venue’s smokin’ deal “a non-traditional date idea.” For a reasonable $99.99, the facility will provide couples an hour of target time, firearms rentals, a…
The biggest problems facing Americans today? We’re fat and we’re pale. If you want to rub shoulders with folks who are neither, head out to Goodyear Rodeo Days at the fabulously authentic Estrella Mountain Regional Park Rodeo Grounds. There’ll be cowboys up and purty rodeo queens, which should provide some…
Matthew and Gunnar Nelson were never cool, even when their “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection” hit No. 1 in 1990, but who would have guessed that the lion-maned twinkies of hair pop would fall so far? How far? Mesa’s ViewPoint RV & Golf Resort, where Ricky Nelson’s boys…
David Wilson’s curmudgeonly showcase for the freakishly brilliant in Culver City, CA, is about as far as you can get get from, say, MoMA on this plane of existence. This is a good thing. Past exhibitions have included dogs of the Soviet space program, flowers created from the scales of…
The Chinese culture is a lot older than ours, so they must know what they’re doing when they salute the beastly Rattus rattus during the Chinese New Year Cultural and Cuisine Festival. The event, scheduled features ethnic cuisine, live entertainment, and a Year of the Rat ceremony at noon Friday…
A while back, we were chatting up Robert Earl Keen — the best songwriter no one outside of Texas has heard of — and we dropped the “country” bomb. Now, Keen’s a pretty mellow dude, but he got all worked up, saying, “I’ve never written a country song in my…
New Year’s didn’t work out like you’d hoped? Get jack-stomped in the parking lot? Breathalyzed and tossed in the stir? Well, Buddha bless the Chinese, who offer us losers a second shot at the thing with their New Year celebration. Thank the Rotund One personally while you’re pounding trail at…
El Marques. El Chucky. Hijo de Hurracan Ramirez. Aquaman. Fishman. All ages. Children welcome. Ooooo-kaaaay. It’s safe to say that the abyssal fiends who’ll be grappling at the Superstars of Lucha Libre of Mexico bash won’t be staging a south-of-the-border High School Musical. Rather, they’ll be trying to rip off…
It’s always a thrill to see how our bohemian betters live during the Willo Home Tour & Street Fair, but we prefer the fair, which attracts offbeat, under-the-radar vendors displaying their wares. This year’s group includes businesses such as Sparkling Copper Butterfly Garden, Front Page Bags, and Belinda’s Pickles. It…
In May 2005, professional mountain climber Ed Viesturs joined the Mile-High-Plus Club by summiting Nepal’s Annapurna. It was the last of the world’s 14 8,000-meter mounts for Viesturs, and made him only the 12th climber in history to conquer ’em all. Sounds like a choice gig — kicking it at…
Oh, those crazy kids over at Horns & Halos! They’re at it again with this show, where fetish/erotica wear is “mandatory.” The odd edict begs the question, what would you wear to something called Fetish Revolution 8 if it didn’t promise bodily harm? Is it common for frat boys in…
Oh, we hope not. The Phoenix Suns’ December 17 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio represents one of the Suns’ few quality wins this season. But as piss-poor as they’ve played at times, the dudes from Planet Orange can take much of the sting away with a…
Telling stat: The New England Patriots’ All-World (formerly All-Thug, purportedly All-Rehabilitated) wide receiver Randy Moss was held to a total of two — two! — catches in the Pats’ playoff wins against the Jacksonville Jaguars and San Diego Chargers. This was planned. As one TV sports sage wagged, sagely, the…
Showcasing the odd yet appealing pairing of Mary J. Blige and Maroon 5. Thu., Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m., 2008…
Adults-only, no-brats access to the NFL Experience. Thu., Jan. 31, 9 p.m.-midnight, 2008…
The Super Bowl. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You’ve got a 33 percent chance of seeing a decent game — if you can get in. Then, if you can scrape up the dough, you’re eating pocket lint for supper, plus you’re seated next to some carpet-bagging corporate weenie who has to ask…
The Celebrity Flag Football Challenge features Doug Flutie — The Little Midget Who Could — and his Flutie Brothers Band. Sat., Feb. 2, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 2008…
Featuring Snoop Dogg’s All-Star Football Team versus Chandler Youth All-Stars. Proceeds benefit the Matt Leinart Foundation. Sat., Feb. 2, 1 p.m., 2008…
Most people would finger George Romero’s 1968 Night of the Living Dead as the first modern horror film, but what about the movie that most influenced Romero? That would be 1964’s The Last Man on Earth, the first cinematic take on Richard Matheson’s 1954 book I Am Legend. (The second…
Art-jewelry designer Michael Sugarman is, interestingly enough, a former rock musician, and he brings that Guitar Hero spirit to his exquisite pieces, which are wild but not crazy, if you catch our drift. It’s our guess that Sugarman brings home a lot more bling these days, too. Thu., Jan. 31;…
We always thought that Jazzy Jeff got the raw end of the deal when he parted ways with that freaky-bubbly dude who went on to take TV by storm as the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, then conquered Hollywood and the delightfully luscious creature named Jada Pinkett. How fair is…
The 2006 trapped-in-a-cave film The Descent is sorta dopey, but its albino, Nosferatu rat monsters are truly creepy. The pigment-challenged critters in the 1984 trapped-in-a-cave film What Waits Below are just plain dopey – like, original Star Trek dopey. Still, dorky demons don’t faze the Midnite Movie Mamacita, and our…
