Here they come, walkin’ down our street. Three of the grooviest guys who ever filled the pages of Tiger Beat. Blue-eyed Bobby Sherman, darling Davy Jones and the adorably dimpled Peter Noone. Yes, the Teen Idols Tour is coming to our town! Three boss guys who were every happening teeny…
Every now and then, Theatre Works departs from its standard practice of serving up audience-pleasing productions of mostly conservative faves, and presents something odd to shake up the subscribers. What other community theater–with a Sun City audience base, no less–would attempt Marat/Sade, or Steven Sondheim’s controversial musical Assassins? This tradition…
Something about Arizona brings out the rugged–or eccentric–individualist in people. It makes a certain kind of sense that the breeding ground of Barry Goldwater would also draw the Rainbow People’s convention. If there’s going to be a harmonic convergence, maybe it really will happen in Sedona. Build a Biosphere and…
That oversize place everybody keeps calling BOB and its snaky home team may get all the press, but they ain’t the only game in town. For a solid season before the Diamondbacks came along, we have had an unsung team chock-full of local athletes playing pro ball for a small…
Brian Wilson Imagination (Giant Records) In the months leading up to the release of Brian Wilson’s second solo album of new material–and first in a decade–the buzz was that Imagination marked a return to the innocence and warmth of 1965’s Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!). In the hands of co-producer…
Since The Kingston Trio has been hitting America’s highways–including a certain fabled stretch that passes through the great desert southwest–for four decades, what headline act could be more appropriate for Flagstaff’s Route 66 Celebration? Touring an average of 28 weeks a year, the Trio still makes a joyful acoustic noise…
Though Jackie Martling, a.k.a. “The Joke Man,” may be best known as the head writer for The Howard Stern Show, when the weekends come, he works his way across the country doing his own standup act. His gimmick: nonstop dirty jokes. No heartwarming stories of his childhood. No clever word…
Write what you know–no one in popular music has ever taken this dictum more to heart than Loudon Wainwright III. For nearly 30 years, his cult of fans has looked forward to the continuing chapters of his work-in-progress. During a span of more than 15 albums, this “one man guy”…
Natalie Imbruglia Left of the Middle (RCA Records) Natalie Imbruglia radiates star power. A common first reaction to the video for “Torn”–a much-recorded song that Imbruglia has now made her property–has been, “I don’t know who she is, but she’s gonna be huge.” Imbruglia is an Australian model/singer whose chiseled…
Andy Warhol and his circle of ’60s scenemakers are the focus of a cinematic renaissance. I Shot Andy Warhol detailed the attempted assassination of the pop artist by would-be feminist visionary Valerie Solanas. Basquiat, coming soon, features David Bowie as the pale media manipulator of the mid-’70s. And currently at…
Chances are you’ve never heard of John Pierson, but if you make a point of reading the Film section, chances are you’d enjoy his book. Pierson has spent the last decade working in the independent-film industry, under the job title “producer’s representative.” This roughly translates as “the guy who gets…
