“I hated the ’90s. The ’90s fuckin’ sucked,” says professional wrestler Randy “The Ram” Robinson early on in The Wrestler — and he should know. Over the hill and past his prime — his steroidal body a palimpsest of battle scars, his graying hair dyed a Nordic blond — Robinson…
The “interconnected indigenous experience” by mixed-media artist Cro features masked creatures reflecting “the universal myth of humanity’s subservient relationship to the Fates,” set to a soundtrack composed by the artist. Sat., Jan. 3, 1-5 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 17, 1-5 p.m., 2009…
The “interconnected indigenous experience” by mixed-media artist Cro features masked creatures reflecting “the universal myth of humanity’s subservient relationship to the Fates,” set to a soundtrack composed by the artist. Fri., Jan. 2, 6-10 p.m., 2009…
The Valley resident and host of the TV show Smart Spaces: Inside & Out discusses his green-living creation, the “holistic home” he calls the Urban Farm. Mon., Jan. 5, 7 p.m., 2009…
The two humongous gangs clash in a simulated “stadium” located just south of the department store. Sat., Jan. 3, 6-8:30 p.m., 2009…
Two-mile sunset to moonrise trek. Sat., Jan. 3, 4-6 p.m., 2009…
If there’s one thing that P-Town has its fair share of, it’s DJ collectives. There’s the VinylTech DJs (who dig on the house music thing), the Overmind Works crew (focusing in psytrance and downtempo jams), or perhaps the Ultra Lounge DJs (who are all over the musical map). But none…
He refers to himself as “the most fortunate person in the whole world.” To the rest of us, he is Holocaust survivor Leon Leyson, born Leib Lejzon. After two years in World War II concentration camps and several more in a displaced-persons camp near Frankfurt, Germany, Leyson went to work…
We knew that Matthew Reveles was too good a singer/songwriter to keep all to ourselves. The dude’s got a massive amount of talent coming out his ying-yang, and he’s been filling local venues like Modified Arts and Trunk Space with his rootsy, six-string strummings month after month. (Our personal favorites…
Slasher films were as much a part of ’80s-generation adolescence as awkward boners and acne. Speaking of hard-ons, we still get a little revved up when thinking about all the hot pseudo-action we used to get at the Bijou. We don’t know what was more awkward, the terrible acting on…
By the time the sun peeks over the horizon at approximately 7:33 a.m. on Thursday, January 1, most P-Town revelers will have already gone to bed. But not the hardcore dance freaks at Myst. No, these 24-hour party people will be rocking around the clock at Mystified Sunrise, an after-hours…
By the time the sun peeks over the horizon at approximately 7:33 a.m. on Thursday, January 1, most P-Town revelers will have already gone to bed. But not the hardcore dance freaks at Myst, 7340 East Shoeman Lane in Scottsdale. No, these 24-hour party people will be rocking around the…
Two days into the New Year and you already feel your commitment to those resolutions slipping away. You’re still justifying using leftover holiday snacks to lard your body (you can’t just toss them!) and you haven’t yet started your running regimen (it’s chilly outside!). As for your goal of being…
ASU professor Frank Timmes speaks in conjunction with the Center’s Adults’ Night Out event. Fri., Jan. 2, 7 p.m., 2009…
Resolved for ’09: Don’t go bankrupt. Hug the kids more. Spend time outdoors in this little slice of nirvana we call home. Many of you will scoff at the notion of Phoenix as any sort of heaven, but schmoes in less-clement climes pay handsomely to bask in our rays. Our…
Encaustic (hot wax) art is messy, semi-dangerous, and difficult to work with. The only bonus, really, is the kinky stuff you can do with the leftovers. But when lifelong painter Susan Foley encountered the technique, it was love at first sight. “My work has always been about surface, and I…
Drawings, embroideries, and mixed-media pieces saluting Florida kitsch by Nick DeFord. Fri., Jan. 2, 5-10 p.m., 2009…
Drawings, embroideries, and mixed-media pieces saluting Florida kitsch by Nick DeFord. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Starts: Dec. 19. Continues through Jan. 10, 2008…
People are into some weird shit these days. For example, mermaid porn, which some viewers may see in Jessica Dolence’s “Sequence” exhibit at eye lounge. In one of Dolence’s digital works, a mermaid coquettishly lifts her skirt, exposing turquoise pubic mounds that are known to grow on such nubile young…
Hit it, maestro: Guns guns/Guns guns/We heart guns/Guns guns/Guns guns/We heart guns . . . Wait, what? Yep, that’s right. Ever since that Obama character became president-elect, we’ve been stockpiling firearms like there’s no tomorrow. Because we know (and you know) that it’s just a matter of time before them…
If you were a child of the ’80s, did you have hot-or-not birthday parties? If your Lee Press On Nails-sporting mom invited five of your friends over to the house, served meatloaf, and fired up the VHS for The Land Before Time, then definitely not. On the other hand, if…
At first listen, it’s easy to write off Pepper as just another poor man’s Sublime, but aging bodies in Volcom gear who sing about pot can be deceiving. Southern California’s catchy Hawaiian import has more than a decade of experience at making white kids feel like they know exactly what…
