Usher, Miniature Tigers, The Roots, and Faeries Over the Weekend

The Roots and Miniature Tigers at American Junkie Last Night Okay, let's go ahead and get this out of the way first: In terms of who would win in a true, neutral-turf battle of the bands between The Roots and the Miniature Tigers, there is really little doubt that it...

By Jonathan McNamara

November 22, 2010

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The Roots and Miniature Tigers at American Junkie Last Night Okay, let's go ahead and get this out of the way first: In terms of who would win in a true, neutral-turf battle of the bands between The Roots and the Miniature Tigers, there is really little doubt that it would be The Roots...full story

See: The Roots and Miniature Tigers in photos

Usher at Jobing.com Arena Think his abs are great? You should of seen the show. Usher brought the house down with enough belts and straps on his costume to make Lady Gaga jealous...see photos

Phoenix Faerie Festival Pop quiz, hot shot: You're in enchanted faerie land and offered faerie food. What do you do? Well, according to legend, if you dance in a faerie circle or eat faerie food in faerie land, you'll be stuck there forever and become a faerie yourself. But if you're as hungry as we were this past weekend at Estrella Mountain Regional Park in Goodyear, where the Phoenix Faerie Festival was held -- you eat the food...full story

See: Phoenix Faerie Festival in photos

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