By Sarah Fenske and Amy Silverman Just when it felt like the Valley’s arts community was growing strong, it shrunk. First it was Wellington “Duke” Reiter, dean of the college of design at Arizona State University, announcing that he was headed for greener pastures (namely, the Art Institute of Chicago)…
By Jonathan McNamara I’ve been told by several family members and friends that the number of drinks one should consume when looking to have a good time is three. “Thou shalt drink only three,” they would say. “No more…no less.” I was told not to drink four drinks or only…
At 10 a.m. on the last Wednesday of each August in Buñol, Spain, one man climbs a two-story greased pole to grab the ham on top. This signals a team to fire water cannons, which alert the thousands of people waiting in the city’s streets that it’s time to lob…
Tomorrow another issue of your favorite alternative weekly will hit the stands and the Web. Take this opportunity to pick Phoenix’s collective brain on last week’s stories. On: Postmodern John McCain: the presidential candidate some Arizonans know — and loathe “Whatever happened to real journalism? Where you remove all the…
By DJ Big Latin DJ Big Latin is a Phoenix-based music promoter who created and owns Big Latin Entertainment. He was inspired to get into the music industry when he worked as a driver for Studio 47 in the Bay Area and had the opportunity to talk to music talents…
By Joseph Golfen Surrounded by autographed guitars and gold records, twelve aspiring rock legends took up their plastic axes in Hard Rock Cafe to compete in the Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Rocks the Hard Rock contest. With a chance to fly to Boston and meet Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler (not…
By Jonathan McNamara This weekend The Crystal Method brought the dance to Phoenix. Did you feel the beat on Friday night? Also, some Imperial scum and villainy got together to do some good by raising money for Phoenix Childen’s Hospital at Tempe Marketplace. Not enough action for one weekend? Here’s…
By P.J. Standlee By day Tristan Moriuchi plugs in numbers and counts beans as an ordinary accountant in Phoenix. At night he has a different job. It doesn’t pay much—in fact it doesn’t pay at all—but it’s all worth it knowing that he’s helping others while protecting the Republic as…
The Smob, 2mex, dEw Bi, Hidden House
By Jonathan McNamara Friday August 8: The Crystal Method at Myst The Crystal Method started recording in an abandoned bomb shelter. It’s terribly appropriate, I would say, as their tracks tend to explode with a furious electronic force. Check out The Crystal Method’s remix of “Jack’s Suite” from Pirates of…
By Jonathan McNamara It’s a shame I like this beer so much. If I didn’t, I would tell you that this beer tastes like what you get a face full of when you lift a kilt: ass. Alas, blasting Tempe-based Four Peaks Brewing Company’s Kiltlifter was not meant to be…
By Jonathan McNamara Last week Music Editor Niki D’Andrea tossed her opinion built on years of musical immersion into the ring of Phoenix-based Slut Sister’s newest album Raw Meat. She stated that the album “sounds epic and violent, but it’s the lurching, creepy, stalk-you kind of malevolence, rather than the…
Tomorrow another issue of your favorite alternative weekly will hit the stands and the Web. Let’s take this opportunity to pick Phoenix’s collective brain on last week’s stories. Below you will find a choice selection of comments left across our articles and blogs. Be sure to check them out, Phoenix…
By Jonathan McNamara That’s right, Phoenix! Have you checked out Weezer’s Web site today? If you had you’d know that the geeky foursome from california is coming to the Arizona State Fair on October 18. For the complete list of dates and locations (in text rather than cryptic picture collages…
By Jonathan McNamara Weezer loves YouTube. If the video for “Pork and Beans” wasn’t proof enough, there’s this latest offering from the band on their official YouTube channel that reveals the band’s upcoming tour route…through song. Did I hear “Phoenix” in there? The band says the concert will begin on…
“Breaking Dawn” Midnight Release at Changing Hands Bookstore Several fans showed up to get their hands on the latest Stephenie Meyer release on Friday August 1, 2008. See more from the midnight release in our slideshow “Breaking Dawn Midnight Release Party at Changing Hands Bookstore” Top 15 Rocker Faces of…
By Joseph Golfen It’s a total drag when you really need someone bumped off and you’re a little short on cash. Enter the Discount Assassin. The super-low budget short by local filmmaker Shaun Clayton, premiered at Samurai Comics on Saturday night. The six-minute film takes a look at the gritty…
By Jonathan McNamara Friday August 1: Breaking Dawn midnight release party at Changing Hands Bookstore Twilight Series fans are too busy scanning the internet for details about the upcoming book in the series. Harry Potter anyone? If you don’t know about Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Series, get your head out from…
By Joseph Golfen Everybody’s got one. That song that’s always on no matter where you go or what you do. That song that is at once instantly recognizable and eternally evil! You cringe at the opening chords and every time you hear it a little piece of your love for…
What’s Crackin’ Azilla? This is your boy Justus coming to you live and direct from the Heart of the Phoenix. I just want to thank Phoenix New Times for allowing me to break down what is going on in our exploding underground scene — not from the eyes of a journalist, but the eyes and ears of an artist who lives this scene every day
Take a look back at the stories of July 2008 in this month in photos slideshow…
By Jonathan McNamara Before we get on to the brew, I’d like to ask you to read past the jump to learn about the first (potentially of many depending on how this one goes) Brew Review contest. Please read to the end! Carling is a familiar beer brand to anyone…
