If you’re anything like me (and I recognize that most Arizonans–nay, most Americans–are not), you don’t get football.The overall appeal, the rules, the weird players-slapping-each-other-on-the-ass thing–it’s all a bit baffling. But, there are a surprisingly large contingent of us who still attend Super Bowl parties every year for two overwhelming…
It would be easy to dismiss an event like Phoenix Comicon by pointing out all the nerds and laughing at their elaborate Ouran High School Host Club costumes or their excitement over the presence of Spawn creator Todd McFarlane. Make no mistake, there were plenty of “nerds” (in the most…
So, last night, American Idol took its tone-deaf dog-and-pony show to Louisville, Kentucky. But, really, does it matter where we were? Louisville was the same as Phoenix, which was the same as San Francisco, which we all know is going to be just like Tuesday’s show in Jacksonville. There’s the horrible…
The home of Rice-A-Roni, the Golden Gate Bridge and a bevy of fabulous gays was host to the third night of pre-Hollywood American Idol auditions, and can we agree on one thing right off the bat? Yes, yes, there was the excitement of the Inauguration, but isn’t it really Akilah…
Be honest: You’ve had a sip. You know what I’m talking about–you’ve taken a little tug from that sweet, refreshing Obama Kool-Aid. It’s OK — most of us have. And things will hit a fever pitch today, what with the inauguration and the excitement over you-know-who taking off for pastures…
So last night marked the return of the out-of-control musical delusionfest known as American Idol. And the first episode of the eighth season featured summer auditions that took place RIGHT HERE IN PHOENIX!!! Oh my God, the excitement was just too much! How exciting was it going to be to…
As Americans, there are a lot of things we don’t agree on. But if there’s one thing I think we can all get behind, it’s this: British/Irish/Scottish accents make everything better. You could call my mother a dirty slut in your boring old American accent and I’d want to punch…
I rode the light rail for the first time last night, from downtown Phoenix to downtown Tempe and back again. For my money (which is to say, free, because I have a student pass that allows me to ride public transit to my hearts content) it was a most excellent…
When I was little, my dad would take my brother and I to see amateur boxing matches. I would spend pretty much the entirety of the bouts watching through my fingers, praying that the boxers didn’t kill each other. While I still blame having to sit through those matches for…
