Can a forty-something volleyball mom be Forever 21? We admit it — we’ve tried to find clothes at this trendy, inexpensive store in Scottsdale Fashion Square, but each attempt found us walking out empty handed, frustrated by the lack of organization and contemplating whether a martini at Modern Steak would…
Jacki O. has done some crazy things over the years as an artist, but she’s really about to outdo herself. Coming in August is PoolBoy, a DIY magazine devoted to the male form. In other words, naked photos of dudes. Jacki O., a local multi-media artist and writer, has been…
Andrea Beasley-Brown, better known to film fans as the Midnite Movie Mamacita, is the Valley’s guru of grindhouse films, B movies, and underground cinema. She’s currently the programming director at Madcap Theaters, and also serves as director of horror programming for Phoenix Comicon and festival director of the International Horror…
We happen to know an eight-year-old who would freak the eff out if she saw this new item at Red Hot Robot.It’s tough to say why kids go crazy for the Ugly Doll line of plush toys, action figures, notepads, books, and anything else you can think of. But they…
Charles Choueiri is a media producer and closeted claw-game addict — well, was a closeted claw-game addict. Pushed by a good friend and inspired by the presentations at 2008’s Ignite Phoenix, the the one-night information-a-thon featuring folks from the creative, technical, and business communities presenting five-minute nuggets of idea-spreading goodness,…
When locals heard that Sea Life aquarium would replace the Hi-Health store at Arizona Mills Mall, everyone balked. Especially when it was revealed that the attraction, owned by British entertainment company Merlin Entertainment Group, would receive major tax breaks.Apparently that didn’t stop locals from checking out the aquarium. The mall was packed at the Mid-May…
92: Lisa Starry When we saw Lisa Starry’s dancers shaking what their mamas gave them like nobody’s business at the New Times 40th Anniversary Party last month, we knew we had to get her into our 100 Creatives list — and soon. This season will mark 11 years for Starry’s…
This one is pretty self-explanatory, y’all…
Time-lapse photography is for the impatient. Sitting through sped-up phenomena like the transformation of caterpillar to butterfly or the life of a flower from bud to dead, shriveled, brown thing skips the importance (and potential appreciation) of each moment. Patience was clearly a virtue of the five artists featured in…
Watch the nation’s number-one seed play host to Wisconsin-Milwaukee during the 2010 NCAA Baseball Regional. Fri., June 4, 7 p.m., 2010…
Learn how to make your garden grow — your potted garden, that is — with produce and herbs that can beautify a patio or balcony and improve your cooking. Event is sponsored by the Phoenix Permaculture Guild. Tue., June 8, 6:30-8 p.m., 2010…
“Mass murder makes me happy/Dead bodies make me happy/Until eternity/We’ll always have Juggalo family.” -“Juggalo Family” (2001), Dark Lotus Consider the preceding lyric. Savor it. Swish it in your mouth. It’s puerile, no? Vulgar, vicious, toxic, all that. But embedded within the murderous glee of the lyric is something else…
Is “indie movie trailer” its own genre yet? It’s hard to hear the final minute of a song like “The Cave” by London’s Mumford & Sons, marked by a soaring yet contemplative refrain of “I will change my ways,” without envisioning it accompanying scenes of, say, Jesse Eisenberg and Kat…
We’ve had something of a contentious relationship with the tattooed types who run local website AZPunk over the past decade. They’ve sniped at us for our coverage of the Phoenix music scene on more than a few occasions and we’ve fired right back. But just like on-again, off-again lovers, we’ll…
The members of the Valley’s premier Grateful Dead tribute band present a weekly jam session at 910 Live. Grab your granola, hop in the microbus, and groove on down to the Tempe music venue for a listen. Thursdays, 9 p.m. Starts: June 10. Continues through July 31, 2010…
Trance-music don Christopher Lawrence is arguably the best-known name in dance music to come from the United States, a country with no shortage of top-notch DJ talent. Consistently ranked alongside the U.K.’s hottest jocks in DJ Magazine’s annual poll, in 2004 Lawrence checked in at number seven, placing higher than…
Whereas your ordinary run-of-the-mill pianist prefer to tickle out the tunes on baby grand or Steinway, this classically trained musician utilizes a toy piano to perform quirky, experimental compositions. Sat., June 5, 7:30 p.m., 2010…
On alternating hump days, DJs Johnny Volume and Horsepussy take turns spinning up a variety of classic punk, garage rock, hardcore, outlaw country, ska, or whatever else is in their vinyl collection at the retro Tempe diner. Every other Wednesday, 10 p.m., 2010…
Although he’s best known as the drummer for Berkley’s favorite indie rock/hip-hop outfit WHY? — as well as being the brother of the group’s vocalist Jonathan “Yoni” Wolf — Josiah Wolf has a penchant for jazz-influenced psych pop. So much so that the curly-haired cat released his own solo album…
There’s magic at a dive bar dance night. First, strong drinks loosen you up quick. Second, super dinky size of the joint ensures the dance floor is filled. And, most important, you check pride at the door as soon as you walk into the bathroom. So when the beats compel…
It takes a certain breed to get into mountain biking. You must love the thrill of flying down bumpy trails lined with razor sharp rock edges and cacti needles. You have to enjoy tinkering with busted chains, sliced tires, and broken spokes. And, let’s not forget, you have to feel…
“We had the Charlie Daniels Band out here for Bike Week,” says Chester’s Harley-Davidson’s Marketing Director, Andreanne Depape, “and that sat about 13,000 people.” That’s some party pad. Depape, who “moved to the front seat” in 1999 with a Road King Classic, now hosts a more manageable crowd of 300…
