57: David TinapplePart artist, part engineer. And teacher. David Tinapple explores images, video, sound, and human interaction. He writes, “I create interactive systems, performance tools and image capture devices. I want to illuminate the forces at work around us andwithin us, explore our assumptions about the world.” Tinapple did his…
Recently, ’80s one-hit-wonder Ah Ha broke up. They realized that the 1980s were over and even though “Take On Me” was a catchy song, its time in the limelight was over. They got the memo. Desert Stages apparently didn’t. Their rendition of The Wedding Singer is full of nostalgia, but…
It had to happen eventually; I’m reviewing a play I’ve already reviewed (presented by a different theater company, of course). And you’ll have to click here to find out how cool I think Rupert Holmes, who co-wrote Curtains, is, because I can’t beat that horse again either. Mesa Community College’s…
Since there’s really no better accessory than a cocktail in your hand, each week Jackalope Ranch brings you a tasty adult beverage from one of our favorite drinking establishments, complete with recipe. This week: The Patrontini served up by FEZ. There’s no argument that vodka or gin can make a…
Vibrators have come a long way since Dr. Joseph Mortimer Granville patented the first one around 1880. Gone are the days when women had to plug their sex toys into the wall and hope the cord would reach the closet — these are the days of glow-in-the-dark, 27-setting, waterproof, music-playing…
Steph Carrico has no worries in the friend department. That’s because she helps to run the Trunk Space, a popular downtown art and performance venue that’s been going strong for six-plus years.But just in case she gets all lonely, she can always count on more than 100 sock monkeys at…
Mike Dana is a downtown Phoenix lawyer and musician — and a self-described “huge supporter” of downtown performance venues and eating establishments. He was one of the producers and music composers for the film “Hi My Name is Ryan.” So, what are you wearing? I work a lot from home…
For a young, hard-working couple, home is the place to escape from the world. Rachel and Jim Malloy, creators of Bunky Boutique have found that being entrepreneurs is not for the faint-hearted. It takes long hours and a ton of commitment. So when they do find themselves at home together,…
58: Tanner Woodford Tanner Woodford’s a graphic designer and educator living in Tempe with his wife Amanda Woodford, a vegetarian illustrator (though we assume she illustrates more than veggies).Tanner can be found at Arizona State University, where he’s a busy web designer and teacher of Advanced Media, Motion Graphics and…
You might want to ramble over to this week’s ArtWalk in Old Town Scottsdale. Not only because it’s the city’s 30-year-old tradition that jazzes up every Thursday except Thanksgiving, but also ’cause it’s your last chance to see Eve Plumb’s “Coffee With . . .” at Bonner David Galleries. Plumb’s…
The members of Sleepwalk, A Robot may not take themselves seriously as people (they once made a music video called “Eff Practice, We’re Doing Cannonballs” where — indeed — the duo did simply jump butt-first into a pool over and over again) but as musicians, the band’s electro-pop sound has…
Jim Bachmann, a country-styled man about town whose a fixture at Tempe’s Yucca Tap Room. Bachmann once did a Sun Session cover of Alan Jackson’s “Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow” which I still regard among the best we’ve done. Bachmann has a great voice and writes simple, classic country songs about…
Like Baywatch, Balkan warfare and runaway Internet speculation, Lyle Lovett will always be indelibly linked to the 1990s. It was in the ’90s, after all, that the spindly country crooner won three of his four Grammy Awards, married Julia Roberts in history’s most egregious abuse of Funny-Looking-Musician Romantic Privilege, and…
So you missed June’s daylong Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago’s Toyota Park, which sold out in minutes and featured legendary guitarist Eric Clapton along with a star-studded mob of musical greats.This time, you’re ready. And this time, you’ve got popcorn.For one night only, Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 will…
Screenwriter, director, and comedian Kevin Smith launched his first “Smodcast” in 2007 with friend and producer Scott Mosier. “We sit around and add to the detritus of a wasteland of podcasts,” Smith explains. As far as the funky name is concerned, Mosier had this to say: “It’s really clever. Your…
This is going to be a disaster. Or maybe it’s going to be the best thing ever.Salt River Tubing & Recreation is already a circus on dirty, polluted water. Now imagine the riv packed with a bunch of freaks dressed as if it’s October 31.Uhhhhh or yay!, depending on your…
Every summer, the Phoenix metro area turns into the “Valley of the Hotel Pool Party.” But as great an excuse as it is to get drunk, half-naked, in the middle of the afternoon, one problem remains: it’s a hundred and fifteen friggin’ degrees. Since 50 percent of attendees don’t step…
Back in the day, Star Eyes brought hip sounds from across the pond way before statesiders had even heard the stuff. More than fifteen years later, one of the first female drum and bass DJs in the lower 48 is still bringing the ruckus. Star Eyes, aka Vivian Host, originally…
It’s likely that no one cares that one of the props used in FrogWoman, a new play by Theatre In My Basement founder Chris Danowski, is a device made with the 9Kv/15A transformer from an oil-fired boiler; has a power-surge relay override; two eighteen-inch, six-gauge copper electrodes; and is built…
To the lazy minds behind Anheuser-Busch’s marketing, weekends were made for Michelob. For small armies of Phoenix filmmakers, weekends were made for making movies. The Beat the Clock Summer 48 Hour Film Challenge Screening collects the works of those who braved searing temperatures and sweated out creating a short film…
It’s a good thing Afterlife sells energy drinks, because the kids are going to need them at tonight’s We Are Going Ballistic party. The multi-faceted nightclub, which includes pool tables and a hookah bar, will become a glow stick-filled raver’s paradise as resident DJs Sam Groove, Josh Evans, and Spear…
For Phoenix sticker artist and impresario Mike Neely (better known as Mad One), the streets don’t sleep. With the world at large as his canvas, Neely has created ridiculous amounts of art pieces over the last 10 years. Juggling works that range from guerilla-ready adhesive art and wheatpaste posters to…
