There’s a Janis Joplin tribute band playing in Phoenix, and as the late ’60s icon herself would say, “Get it while you can.”Phoenix resident Susan Ballard has been impersonating blues singer Janis Joplin since 1997, when she played her first tribute show at a club on 7th Avenue called Desert…
President Obama will give his speech on economic woes at Dobson High School tomorrow, reportedly because he wants to see an area hit hard by home foreclosures, and for its easy access to the US 60 freeway and Sky Harbor Airport. Never hurts to have a quick getaway route, we…
We’ve been known to pull one over on the public before — our spoof stories on Preserve A Life garnered fax orders for human taxidermy, and the Anna Nicole Smith secret love child story was picked up by major media outlets, including People, US Weekly, and TV’s Inside Edition. But this…
We gotta admit it: the 1st Annual Arizona Porn Star Ball wore us out.The feral festivities started at 9 p.m. and lasted well beyond last call. The list of special guests was longer than John Holmes’ tool, and included adult film stars Pharyn Sparxxx, Mya Lee, Taryn Thomas, Priya Rai,…
Editor’s note/correction: There’s incorrect information in this New Times article. There’s no proposal by the NBA for a tattoo cap on players. The story about NBA Commissioner David Stern proposing a limit on players’ tattoos appeared on Foxsports.com. But it was a reprint of a spoof story by Con Chapman…
Latin music, in all its variations, has become one of the most popular and prominent genres in the United States over the past several years. In addition to the explosion of reggaeton, Latin music artists have crossed into mainstream music with contributions to rock and hip-hop, and many have established…
AriZona Green Tea is one of the most popular pre-made teas, so when we heard the company made a new Green Tea Energy Drink, we figured we’d give it a try, despite our reservations about how strange a “lightly carbonated” green tea might taste. Looks like: The can is black,…
Will there be balling at Arizona’s 1st Annual Porn Star Ball? We can only hope. But one thing’s for sure — there will be boobs and booze aplenty (and some local hip-hop, too) at the February 11 hoedown (pun intended), set to steam up the windows at Babylon Showclub, 3613 East Van Buren.
“Jenny, I’ve got your number/I need to make you mine/Jenny, don’t change your number/867-5309…”Tommy Tutone’s 1982 hit”867-5309/Jenny” is one of that decade’s most popular songs. And the phone number that Tutone sings about still receives thousands of calls from people wondering if “Jenny” will answer. The number in various states…
Hip-hop legend Russell Simmons is calling FOX News personality Bill O’Reilly out.Simmons, the new Editor-In-Chief of Globalgrind.com, recently wrote a blog on the site asking O’Reilly to bring his criticisms of hip-hop directly to the hip-hop community and do a guest blog on the site.”For far too long Bill has…
As suggested by one of our readers in the comments of a previous Caffiend, the new Blu Frog “Wildly Healthy” energy drink is supposed to provide an energy boost similar to the most popular energy drinks on the market, but with healthier ingredients.
Rob G., a tattoo artist known for his work on celebrities such as Suns star Shaquille O’Neal, hip-hop stars G-Unit, Ice Cube, Lil Jon, and DMX, and the New England Patriots, died at his home in Orlando, Florida on Monday, January 26.
Lynyrd Skynyrd pianist Billy Powell died in his home near Jacksonville, Florida last night. He was 56 years old. While an official press statement from the band states “We have no further details,” this article from MTV.com suggests that Powell may have died from a heart attack.
In anticipation of Queensrÿche’s upcoming new album, we take a look at our picks for the “Top 10 Concept Albums of All-Time,” ordered from least to most outstanding, with apologies to Iron Maiden’s Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Styx’s Kilroy Was Here for just barely missing the list.
Amy Winehouse’s husband filed for divorce two weeks ago. Now, he says he’s entitled to half the Grammy-winning singer’s money.
Tattoo pioneer Ed Hardy was one of the first artists to start using color in his tattoos, more than 40 years ago. His energy drinks (which come in orange, apple, and pomegranate flavors) are touted as “tattoos for the tongue.” Hardy’s brand of clothing is also popular (especially among the hipster-clubber set), but a little more expensive than his energy drinks, which retail for around $1.99 each.
We recently ran across this list of the “Top Ten All-Time Arizona Musicians” from Arizona Premiere Living. Some of the choices are obvious: Meat Puppets, Jimmy Eat World, Jordin Sparks, Gin Blossoms, Alice Cooper, and Linda Ronstadt almost always make the “top” lists of Arizona musicians.
Tempe-based music artist The Wiley One has been booked to perform at the “Jocks That Rock Super Party” in Tampa, Florida on Friday, January 30. The Wiley One’s newest album, No. 7 Kid, was released on Sun Dawg Records last year, and serves up a well-wrought mix of ska, hip-hop, and folk, with a stylish troubadour touch that the ladies seem to love.
Think comic conventions are only for geeks, nerds, and losers? Well, we may not argue with that, but we will argue that being called a “geek” and a “nerd” are no longer derogatory terms. Those guys who picked on Bill Gates for wearing glasses so thick he could see into the future during the ’70s are now probably the same guys who fix Gates’ plumbing when one of the 18 toilets in his mansion is on the fritz — if they’re lucky.
Maybe Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin should take a lesson in sportsmanship from Leinart.
On Saturday, January 17, the twisted minds behind the monthly *Sadisco events hosted their annual “Fight Club” themed *Sadisco at J-Heads. The scene was post-industrial-apocalyptic, as revelers meandered around the perimeter of the venue among precarious chain link fences, newspaper trash, and spray-painted signs that said things like “I am Jack’s inner homosexuality.”
The makers claim that a 2-ounce shot of 5 Hour Energy contains “350% the energy” of a Red Bull, but they don’t disclose the actual caffeine content. We estimate it to be about 80 mg, or the equivalent of a Red Bull. The shots also contain 40 mg of vitamin B6 and 500 mcg of B12.
