We were hanging out at the Trunk Space a few weeks back, listening to an awesome local noise artist, one that we once saw contact mic and rip up a cassette tape at the Grand Avenue venue. Following that set, a crazy, tribal drum-circle band with a vocalist who yelled…
Brandon Roy’s scoring 22 points a game for the Blazers Tonight’s Phoenix Suns versus Portland Trail Blazers game is not only an important matchup for the team’s push toward Western Conference respectability, but it also marks the return of Suns Coach Terry Porter to the city where he starred…
Ever played a partner-based card or board game and wanted to cheat? Well, here’s one way to do it: speak Spanish, and make sure your opponents are a bunch of gringos who don’t. From 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 21, you can pick up some en español skills while…
Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings ain’t nothing to eff with. Now that the Arizona Cardinals are division champeens for the first time in 33 years, we offer this plea: Don’t screw this up, y’all. Though the Cards put a lockdown on the NFC West last weekend, there’s still a…
Phoenix Suns fans: Here’s a quick-and-dirty introduction to the team’s newest member, Jason Richardson, who was acquired in Wednesday’s five-player trade that sent Raja Bell and Boris Diaw to the Charlotte Bobcats…
For the first time ever, the best team in a local men’s college basketball doubleheader that’s not named the Cactus Classic/Sleep America Tourney might be the Arizona State Sun Devils. Wow, really? Yes, on the real. In case you haven’t been paying attention, the nationally ranked Devils have been schooling…
It’s December, y’all. Time for holiday cheer, right? Yeah, sure. It’s really time to crank up the aggression to match the surly tone down at the mall checkout lines. But instead of knocking over some poor bloke with your shopping cart, here’s a way to release some aggro in a…
If you’re a regular reader of New Times, you know that the Phoenix Coyotes don’t get too much ink (okay, no ink whatsoever). Nothing personal, Coyotes. We actually like ice hockey and stuff. It’s just that y’all are so forgettable, like post-Matrix Keanu Reeves. It also doesn’t help that you…
Andrew Bogut and the Milwaukee Bucks come to town We’re always trying to find trends with our hometown sports teams. For example, our genius minds figured out that the ASU Sun Devils football team sucked all season long. Same with the Phoenix Mercury and the Coyotes, thus far. So imagine…
During an early season East Coast road trip, the Phoenix Suns learned something: Play Shaquille O’Neal and win. Don’t and get your ass handed to you. Case in point: four convincing victories against the Nets, Pacers, Grizzlies, and Milwaukee Bucks when Shaq wasn’t wearing $3,000 street clothes on the bench,…
You gotta admit, the holidays in Phoenix are kind of lame. No snow except for snowbirds, few brisk days, no outdoor ice-skating rinks . . . you picking up what we’re putting down? However, Golfland SunSplash makes up for it a wee bit by putting it down (get it?) with…
Whether you’re a Sun Devil, Wildcat, or a house divided, there are plenty of places to watch this year’s Duel in the Desert, a.k.a. the ASU Sun Devils/Arizona Wildcats football game, if you’re not planning to make the trek down to that smelly place down south on Saturday, December 6…
Whether you’re a Sun Devil, Wildcat, or a house divided, there are plenty of places to watch this year’s Duel in the Desert, a.k.a. the ASU Sun Devils/Arizona Wildcats football game, if you’re not planning to make the trek down to that smelly place down south on Saturday, December 6…
There’s this thing called The Zone. (No, Phoenicians, not that super scary area in the avenues near the Arizona State Capitol.) It’s that Zen-like state where you’re being and not doing, whether its creating art or dominating an opponent in sports. On November 4, 2008 in East Rutherford, New Jersey,…
Rewind, for a moment, to the 2005-06 NBA season. The Miami Heat visit the Phoenix Suns in a marquee matchup. Talk of a future NBA Finals series between the two powerhouses flood the sports talk airwaves. But despite Shaquille O’Neal’s (playing for Miami at the time) team-leading 13 rebounds, the…
What are your top five albums of all time? Betcha they’re not as cool as ours. Says who? Says us. Okay, then, let us see your list. Uh-huh. No Mississippi Delta blues in there. Typical. And what’s this? Limp Bizkit? Are you for serious? That whole rap-rock craze wouldn’t exist…
Ever since Willow House closed in August, many downtowners have been at a loss for a late-night place to hang. And because downtowners can be a tough crowd (us included), they’re sometimes resistant to trying new spots. Thankfully, there was a newish, supercool place to defect to: Conspire. (To be…
What do the 2008 football Clemson Tigers, Tennessee Volunteers, and Arizona State Sun Devils have in common? They were all ranked in preseason polls, but turned out to be supersucky squads. Plain and simple. The suckiest of the sucky suck. To be fair, all of these teams suffered from inflated…
Fallen Eagle: Despite Recent Benching, Donovan McNabb Gets the Start Thursday Against the Cardinals Oh, City of Brotherly Hate, are things jacked up in your neck of the woods. In case you haven’t heard, do-everything Philadelphia Eagles’ (5-5-1) signal-caller Donovan McNabb – a five-time Pro Bowl QB who once led…
It’s really bothersome to watch whiny little twerps succeed, and it’s been a bitter pill seeing New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning get mad props after bordering on bust for his first three seasons. Super Bowl XLII MVP? Ooh, that burned…
A few weeks ago at the Arizona State Fair, we witnessed our first demolition derby. Our reaction? Uhhhh . . . what in the . . . ? Needless to say, it was interesting in its redneck-friendliness, especially when folks went ape shit over the especially brutal-looking wallops of fast-moving…
In August, Leesa Irwin, mother of former New Times staff writer Megan Irwin, was involved in a car accident that killed her husband and left the surviving spouse with not only life-threatening injuries, but also mountains of medical bills. Local bands, DJs, friends of the Irwins, and overall good people…
