Warning: This is a real time waster. (But it’s so worth it.) Jason Hill, the Valley-based graphic designer extraordinaire (and occasional New Times contributor), announced this week that his Jason Hill Design website has undergone a serious revamping. Not only is it new, but, in our opinion, it’s improved, too…
Now’s the time to really show your USA spirit. While the Americans’ highly hyped match against England catered to the most casual of soccer fan, the next World Cup 2010 game for the Stars and Stripes will truly test your footy devotion. For one, it’s against Slovenia, a team that…
We promise that you’re not going to find a more wrecked band out there these days. Hailing from the noise-punk/experimental-music epicenter of the world – Vancouver, British Columbia – Shearing Pinx is a three-piece noise-punk ensemble that fills every available space with distorted guitar and general fucked-up-ness, and sometimes with…
This time of year in most American cities, folks drink beer outside, where they have to deal with unpredictable changes in weather, such as wind and rain. Suckers. Locally, we’re smart enough to stay inside while downing our suds in climate-controlled rooms, which is exactly what we’ll be doing during…
This time of year in most American cities, folks drink beer outside, where they have to deal with unpredictable changes in weather, such as wind and rain. Suckers. Locally, we’re smart enough to stay inside while downing our suds in climate-controlled rooms, which is exactly what we’ll be doing during…
The biggest surprise about the latest edition of What Are You Wearing? That today’s subject, performance artist Tuey Burns, actually sat still long enough to take part in this. You see, Miss Burns lives her life like good performance art: You never know what she’s about to do or where…
Local cartoonists Brandon Huigens and Jeff Owens want you to think that their Bong Otter comics series is funny, even when you’re stone freaking sober. You may know the two from around town, especially on the comedy and comics beat. Since 2007, Owens has been sculpting a daily autobiographical comic…
Ever wonder why there are so many palm trees in this place?…
We’re telling you, David Quan and Colin Chillag are two lucky art dudes. In early May, we wrote about Quan and Chillag’s participation in the “The Library of Babel/In and Out of Place” exhibit at London’s 176 Zabludowicz Collection. Well, a few weeks ago, New Times was fortunate enough to…
A man and his best friend jogging in County Island on the east side…
Thanks (or no thanks) to the SB 1070 hullabaloo, we’re thinking this weekend’s Phoenix Copwatch Member Training Meeting may be packed to the gunwales. The grassroots Phoenix Copwatch, formed in 1988, exists to monitor potential police brutality doled out by local law enforcement. According to the org’s website, “Copwatch members…
It’s a soft-focused image on purpose, btw…
If you have a full-ish head of hair and love The A-Team, then we’ve got the deal of the year for you: an East Valley salon is giving people free mohawk haircuts to celebrate the big-screen remount (scheduled to hit theatres on Friday) of the popular 1980s TV series. The…
Somebody’s chillin’ in his downtown Phoenix pad…
Cycling this time of year may be like riding into an oven, but if you’re going to do it, feel free to look super awesome doing so, thanks to a Tempe-based cycling co-op. Now through June 19, Bike Saviours, the non-profit bicycle collective (founded in 2007) located at 601 University…
I see a killer industrial-goods party in somebody’s future…
Pete Petrisko can’t seem to shake this place. The longtime downtown Phoenix creative type/former gallery owner/performance artist, who was recently reported dead by azcentral.com, moved to Tucson a few months back. However, he’s been making frequent trips back to the Valley for on-location shoots for his new video project, Shake…
A recent scene at SideBar…
Looks like Revolver Records and The Shizz are getting into the movie biz. Starting tonight is Movie Mondays at Revolver, a celluloid shindig presented by music-centric website The Shizz. The free weekly – which kicks off at 7 p.m. tonight with a screening of Blue Velvet, the 1986 David Lynch…
On Friday night, the Arizona Diamondbacks snapped their 10-game skid. By Saturday night, they’d won a series. And even though a loss to the Colorado Rockies on Sunday prevented an AZ sweep, the weekend felt like a success. (With such low standards, one stinkin’ win feels like a playoff victory…
It’s hot out, especially for the homeless. :(…
Glen Allan’s not a happy camper.The proprietor of ©haos Gallery, south of busy Roosevelt Row at 801 North 6th Street, recently had an artist bail on a group exhibition, thanks to Senate Bill 1070. Says Allan, “Due to SB 1070, we had a graffiti artist boycott our space, hurting local…
