Arizona Fetish Prom 2008 at The Venue of Scottsdale

By Joseph Golfen If the streets of Downtown Scottsdale are suddenly overrun by men in fishnet shirts and tattooed girls wearing red platforms and vinyl corsets, it must be time for the annual Fetish Prom at the Venue of Scottsdale. Every year, hundreds of leather-clad fetish enthusiasts deck out in…

Arpaio spouts SOS in new drug-conspiracy documentary

By Ray Stern Do illegal drugs fund a government plot to keep black and brown people down? Whatever the answer, it’s a conspiracy theory that makes for a somewhat interesting documentary now airing on Showtime called American Drug War: the last White hope, a movie to which ex-DEA agent and…

Another New Times story makes prime-time TV

By John Dickerson In 2003, New Times’ Amy Silverman, now the newspaper’s managing editor, penned a gripping account of a husband’s abuse of his a quadraplegic wife, who’d already survived one abusive husband — barely. Tomorrow, CBS’ 48 Hours will retell Heather Grossman’s story to the nation. The show airs…

This Weekend: Fetish Prom and One Night Stands

By Jonathan McNamara John Huntington wants you to dance your ass off tonight. The man famously known for throwing sweet shindigs is blessing club e4 with is party stylings tonight. For more information and a comprehensive sampling of why he’s the party patron, see Benjamin Leatherman’s article 24 Hour Party…

Mill Ave. Inc. Offers Nostalgia Over Substance

By Joseph Golfen When filmmaker Nicholas “Nico” Holthaus started filming local bands playing on Mill Ave. in the mid-1990, it’s unlikely that he realized he was capturing a dying era. But where flannel-clad music fans once crowded outside seedy haunts like Long Wong’s listening to alternative rock, there now stands…

Letters from the issue of Thursday, May 22, 2008

EMPTY BUBBLE What goes up: What a great story on a true real estate scoundrel (“Dirty Deeds,” Ray Stern, May 15)! And you can see how this kind of guy could make out like a bandit because everybody was itching to make big bucks in the game. Mark Bosworth took…

This car will get you laid!

By Sarah Fenske We’re not in the market for a Beemer, but we couldn’t help but notice this ad on AutoTrader.com. The seller, who’s apparently one of those of shiny-shirted Scottsdale boys, claims that this seven-year-old BMW “has gotten me laid so many times it’s ridiculous … I’m not saying…

Club Candids: Curry Up

1700 Curry on Saturday, May 17th By Lilia Menconi Yep, there was some hot tail. For more, check the slide show We love music. We love art. And, by God, we love booze. So when we heard about Convergent at 1700 Curry, we felt it was our duty to head…

rder Trial–says prosecutor played dirty

By Paul Rubin Robert Ortloff, who recently was convicted of killing 20-year-old Kathleen Smith at her Tempe condo back in 1984, has been a rather accomplished jailhouse lawyer since his incarceration in 1986 in an unrelated case (sending a mail bomb to a U.S. Army soldier based in Texas). But,…

The Arizona Supreme Court to the rescue?

By Sarah Fenske Do Arizona homebuyers have the right to sue builders for shoddy construction? That was the question before the Arizona Supreme Court this morning, as that august body heard arguments for the Lofts at Fillmore case. I wrote about this one earlier this year, but for those who…

Caught in the Act: 1700 Curry

By Jonathan McNamara Yesterday’s post about 1700 Curry chronicled the end result of graffiti and fine artists joining forces to tag Building G. Thanks to photographer Michael Healy, you’ve now got a chance to see what the building looked like before the work was finished. Looking at these pieces you…