“Chandler nightlife” sounds like an oxymoron. Sure, the city is home to a skatepark and a big mall, but unless you’re a teenager borrowing your parents’ car, the town isn’t exactly a nightlife hot spot. Because of this, Chandler benefits from businesses that stay open past 10 p.m. There are…
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Ever since Curiosity survived the seven minutes of terror and landed on Mars last Sunday, we continue to be fascinated by the rover’s pictures. Last week the device, which looks like it could be Wall-E’s cousin, took a cool black and white panoramic shot of the red planet. The environment…
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Question: What do Larry Bird, Rocky Balboa, and Avril Lavigne all have in common? Answer: All have sported Chuck Taylors at one point. The versatile, minimalist sneakers have made their way from standard basketball footwear to punk rocker must-have over the past few decades. And they’re changed stylistically, too. Originally…
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Yesterday, Fat Wreck Chords released the very sad news that Tony Sly, singer and guitarist of ’90s punk band No Use for a Name passed away on July 31. The cause of death has not been released. Sly was 41…
Grade school teachers love to emphasize this concept to students, but it takes adult perspective to realize it’s true: Math is at the root of just about everything a person does. Sure, you can use an app to calculate the tip, but it’s so much cooler if you can do…
It hasn’t taken long for Kickstarter to seem as played out as a months-old Internet meme (I can haz money, plz?). But the fact remains, the crowd-funding service is all the rage with indie musicians trying to raise capital. For the average price of a record, you can secure your…
During hot summer days, Mill Avenue is easy to navigate- you can easily find an unoccupied meter on Mill, and the lines in bars and restaurants aren’t too long thanks to ASU students going home between semesters. The same cannot be said for weekend summer nights, as certain Mill hotspots…
Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion was one of 2009’s best, and ‘Collective fans are understandably antsy about its followup three years later. Well, the waits is over: Animal Collective has a new album, Centipede Hz due in September. Yesterday, the band shared “Today’s Supernatural” on the recently launched Animal Collective…
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Prescott may be a nice place to go to get out of town for a while, and though there are plenty of bars to stagger into on Whiskey Row, but the town isn’t exactly known as a party hot spot. Of course, it all depends on the company you keep…
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Dancing is a great way to get closer to a special someone while buffing up and having a blast. But when it comes to shimmying and shaking, most of us don’t stray too far from cheering on our favorite celebs on Dancing With The Stars or doing some grooving to…
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It’s safe to assume that if you’re going to the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises tonight, you’ve already seen Batman Begins and The Dark Knight a few times this week (or you plan on watching about 10 hours worth of Batman movies today). You’ve washed your lucky bat-underwear…
