God bless the Internet. The Information Superhighway has opened yawning new realms of possibility for the once-dispossessed, including the ability to make a living from breakfast meat. Not eating it. Not manufacturing it. Waxing rhapsodic about it. Bacon is the niche that Heather Lauer has carved out for herself. The…
God, are we sick to friggin’ death of watching celebs and regular schmoes tip the scales on reality weight-loss shows like The Biggest Loser and DietTribe. This is America, land of the lard-ass and the free, and our national verve seems to be going the way of our fatty acids…
Director Nic Balthazar’s critically acclaimed 2007 film — based on a true story about an autistic boy who committed suicide after being bullied — stars Greg Timmermans as the put-upon title teenager, who retreats into the world of video games to escape the horrors of reality. Mon., Aug. 10, 6…
Director Nic Balthazar’s critically acclaimed 2007 film — based on a true story about an autistic boy who committed suicide after being bullied — stars Greg Timmermans as the put-upon title teenager, who retreats into the world of video games to escape the horrors of reality. Thu., Aug. 6, 6:30…
Many of you will assume we’re Looney Tunes when we say you should join the Dog Day Moon Full Moon Sunset Hike at South Mountain Park and Preserve. And your reasoning is immaculate: The hike’s outside, and so is the friggin’ heat. But moonlight hikes in the desert are a…
This event features screenings of James Tartan’s documentaries about two early Chicano art exhibits (Los Four, Murals of Aztlan) in conjunction with the “Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement” exhibit. Sun., Aug. 9, 1 p.m., 2009…
The 1978 Italian film Quel maledetto treno blindato has had several other titles in English. According to imdb, it has been known at one time or another as Counterfeit Commandos, Deadly Mission, Hell’s Heroes, The Dirty Bastard, and, because of the presence in the cast of Fred “The Hammer” Williamson,…
Normally, we liken the tribute-band experience to that of watching our favorite movies through a Cricket cell phone, but somehow NYC’s Daft Punk cover DJ crew, Faux Punk, makes the “next best thing” seem pretty damn good. Flossing the same android helmets, music equipment, and laser lights, Faux Punk recently…
Greg Proops might have given you the wrong impression. You can’t size him up merely by the Whose Line Is It Anyway? episodes that first brought him into your home. You also have to consider his funny business alongside the likes of Drew Carey, Wayne Brady, and Ryan Stiles, as…
To the average person, bees are only good for two things: honey and cute little animated films starring Jerry Seinfeld. So no one really seemed to be paying attention last year when scientists announced a worldwide decline of the fuzzy, useful insects. Of course, if life turns out to be…
Agatha Christie meets, well, John Lescroart in Lescroart’s latest thriller, A Plague of Secrets — which gathers characters from various Lescroart franchises (Dismas Hardy, Abe Glitsky, Wyatt Hunt) in the same San Francisco courtroom for one rip-snorting legal brouhaha. Whodunit, indeed. Tue., Aug. 11, 7 p.m., 2009…
“Too Thirsty for Love” is the latest swamp-rock dance-craze release from Rhinestone Records’ darlings of all things violently innocent: Quintron and Miss Pussycat. The New Orleans-based musician and puppeteer, respectively, co-headline a Puppet Rock Show for big kids at Great Arizona Puppet Theater. What exactly, New Times asked the pair,…
When director Wayne Wang misses, it’s by a mile, but when he hits — as with The Joy Luck Club or Eat a Bowl of Tea — you’re in for a lovely time. This simultaneously gritty and effervescent peek at the inner workings of the semi-estranged relationship between an old-country…
The pot partnership between Method Man and Redman was just meant to be. As a founding member of Wu-Tang Clan, Mr. Meth lived up to one of his many aliases, Johnny Blaze, torching verses as fiercely as he smoked trees. Meanwhile, Reggie Noble, better known as Redman, grew up spitting…
If you think of The Gin Blossoms as the primary legacy of Valley music, you’re invited to hop into the Delorean that is “The Grid: Music Edition” exhibition. The Trunk Space, hosts of this sweet show, posed this simple question to The Shizz online local music community: “What’s the oldest…
The nighttime course is lined with glowing lights, and each golfer receives a glow necklace and fluorescent ball — the better not to brain the other players. The tourney starts at dusk. Sat., Aug. 8, 2009…
Don’t tell Los Angeles — they’ll be pissed — but there’s a new documentary that details the ways in which its modern-art scene came of age in the Fifties and Sixties. If Angelenos are annoyed by The Cool School: How LA Learned to Love Modern Art, it’ll only be because…
The fan-friendly affair features a televised breakdown of the night’s Diamondbacks road game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, along with giveaways, drink specials at nearby bars like Cadillac Ranch and Dave & Buster’s, and more. Thu., Aug. 6, 7 p.m., 2009…
Forty years ago this month, the not-yet-miraculous Mets languished 10 games behind the Chicago Cubs in the National League East before overtaking the kamikaze Cubs and, eventually, winning the World Series. Don’t expect anything quite so stupefying – unless it’s in the bad way – when a much more run-of-the-mill…
Call it the second coming of Independence Day or the perfect excuse to wear that stars-and-stripes jacket, but don’t call Freedom Concert ’09 a concert. Yeah, there will be music or whatever by “Achy Breaky Heart” pioneer Billy Ray Cyrus and Lee Greenwood (best known for the tugging-at-the-heartstrings hit “God…
Bob Dylan can’t even get a decent drink in his wife’s backwater of a hometown. Perhaps that’s why he carries a gun during most of his new record, Together Through Life. He’s just an ordinary citizen, looking for someone to love, in “If You Ever Go to Houston” (a town…
Since the British Invasion, Americans have been such suckers for any artsy music from overseas. Because of this, we imagine that Caspian Hat Dance – a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based band that plays traditional Gypsy, klezmer, and “misbehaved village wedding” music – will attract a mighty following when they perform at The…
