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TO THE COPS, SOME CRIMES JUST SEEM LESS IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS

By Michael LaceyJuly 28, 1994

When the flames from the arson fire were put out last month, investigators discovered human remains in the upstairs bedroom. While dental records were the only way to identify the charred body of 24-year-old Michael Despain, there was one piece of physical evidence the fire did not destroy: The male...

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SHAME AND FORTUNE

By John DoughertyJuly 7, 1994

Towering trees line the twisting country lane leading to the top of Seminary Ridge in the horse country of Lutherville, Maryland. At the crest of the hill, where Mays Chapel Road bears sharply to the left, lies an old wooden post marking the entrance to one of Baltimore County's few...

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A BLOSSOM SPILLS THE BEANSROBIN WILSON ON SUCCESS, SONGWRITING AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT

By Peter GilstrapOctober 27, 1994

No doubt it's a bit late in the game to begin a Gin Blossoms story with the headline "Local Band Makes Good." The saga of the Tempe quintet--from the early days at Mill Avenue beer joints through the tours and Letterman appearances to the suicide of Doug Hopkins last December...

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AUTEUR DE FARCE

By Dewey WebbOctober 27, 1994

In Tim Burton's recent big-screen biography of Ed Wood, actor Johnny Depp re-created key scenes from several of that Grade Z movie director's masterworks from the 1950s: In the climactic flying-saucer attack that highlights Plan 9 From Outer Space, flaming paper plates dangling from fishing poles strafe a papier-mch model...

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LOUSY FOOTBALL, PART TWO: ASU

By Tom FitzpatrickSeptember 22, 1994

I had time to kill. So before last Saturday night's Arizona State football game, I went to Fat Tuesday, one of those joints that have created a blight along Mill Avenue in Tempe. You know the kind of place. If you have a ticket stub, they will give you $1...

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TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH: THE SUPER BUSES DO BATTLE

By Peter GilstrapSeptember 15, 1994

War of the Super Buses--The Confrontation: Last week on these very pages, you were promised the titillating lowdown on the ultimate grudge race to the death--the power-packed, diesel-only dirt on a new low in merchandising gimmickry. That's right, the toy replicas of the mighty touring coaches of country legends Billy...

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RECORDINGS

By Ted Simons and OthersNovember 24, 1994

Dead Hot Workshop River Otis (Seed/Atlantic) You know about Dead Hot Workshop. You've heard 'em, you've seen 'em. It's the band most likely to succeed the Gin Blossoms as Tempe's top pop export. Indeed, many would argue that Dead Hot was the best band on Mill Avenue back before the...

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TAPES IN THE MAIL

By Peter GilstrapMarch 9, 1995

The Beat Angels at Long Wong's? Unthinkable? Impossible? Perhaps, considering the bile that the Angels' fey, puckish singer Brian Smith has spewed on the Mill Avenue "scene" in these very pages. But apparently, Smith and the boys' insatiable need to simply "entertain" won out; last Saturday, "bile" turned to "smile"...

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ANGELS AND INBREDS

By Ted SimonsFebruary 16, 1995

Russell Sepulveda wears a cowboy hat and sings with a twang. His songs leave room for pedal-steel-guitar breaks, and his bands--both of 'em--cover C&W tunes by the likes of Buck Owens and Gram Parsons. Sound like a country boy? Not quite. "Country music today is so far from its roots,"...

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HOWDY MOODYBEAUTIFUL NOISE FESTIVAL OFFERS A CHANGE OF MUSICAL ATMOSPHERE

By Peter GilstrapFebruary 9, 1995

Let us now perform a general dissection of the various forms of rock 'n' roll music being performed in the Valley of the Sun. There are the pop guitars on Mill Avenue that go jingle jangle jingle; there is the bouffant metal of Phoenix; you've got your neohippie groove funk;...

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SECOND HELPINGS, 6-29

By Howard SeftelJune 29, 1995

Well-Bread: In the old days, you'd walk into a sandwich shop at lunchtime and order a BLT on white toast or a ham and cheese on rye. Not anymore. These days, your sandwich bread is much more likely to come directly out of the oven than out of a Wonder...

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THE BULK STOPS HEREBUMMED-OUT CO-OPERS FEEL THEY’RE BEING MUSCLED OUT AS GENTLE STRENGTH GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS

By Dewey WebbJuly 13, 1995

Like organic tomatoes, natural peanut butter and tofu hot dogs, controversy has always been a hot commodity around Tempe's Gentle Strength Co-op. Let someone suggest anything more substantive than "Have a nice day," and you can be sure some disgruntled faction inside the member-owned cooperative will squawk that the organization...

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THE GLASSMAN COMETHKEITH JACKSON PREACHES THE PUNK GOSPEL FROM STAGE AND SCREEN

By Ted SimonsJuly 6, 1995

Think of the conventional rock 'n' roll ne'er-do-well of recent generations: the angry greaser, the macho rocker, the sneering punk. Mix their DNAs and saddle the results with a guitar. You'll get something that looks a lot like Keith Jackson. That's him leaning against a wall in the parking lot...

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CLOSE TO THE VESPA

By Marc RamirezAugust 10, 1995

The mad scientist of scooterdom is a little guy in shorts by the name of Bob Darnell. In truth, he is not so little--maybe five feet nine or ten, possibly five feet eight, he's not exactly sure--but he seems small in the diminutive, oil-spattered world he's created from an old...

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VARIOUS ITEMS IN THE MAIL

By Peter GilstrapMay 18, 1995

Instead of the usual rambling nonsense on how I wasted my weekend (though this one did involve garlic, a mood ring, nausea, high-speed travel, and a fat, squirrelesque employee at a convenience store in Cottonwood with a pulsating red scar on his forehead), let's head straight into what really matters:...

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THE WONG AND WINDING ROADDEAD HOT WORKSHOP MAKES THE JUMP FROM A TEMPE BAR TO THE REST OF THE WORLD

By Ted SimonsMay 11, 1995

You're Dead Hot Workshop. You're a hometown hit in Tempe. The locals consider you the Valley's next prime music export. You've recently signed a major-label deal and you're starting out on an extended tour designed to introduce yourself to the great American masses. That's you, a day and a half...

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HARD-CORE ADDICTSPOISED ON THE BRINK OF BIG TIME, THE PHUNK JUNKEEZ STILL LIKE IT LOUD AND STUPID

By David HolthouseSeptember 28, 1995

Beer, weed, girlies and greed. That's what little Phunk Junkeez are made of. In five years, the locally grown punk-hop act has graduated from a series of infamous break-and-enter warehouse concerts to touring the nation on corporate money. "Trauma/Interscope treats us great," says the PJ rapper Soulman in a phone...

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GIVE A HOOT. OR TWO.

By Peter GilstrapSeptember 28, 1995

Hey, I've always said that good things come in pairs, right? So I was wrong. I went to the recent grand opening (oy--finally!) of the Valley's third Hooters restaurant. Or is it a sports bar? Or maybe just a place where a man can relax with his buddies, down a...

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THE BOYS IN THE TRUNKMURDER AND OTHER MUNDANE SUBJECTS POWER-UP TRUNK FEDERATION’S MUSIC MACHINE

By Serene DominicSeptember 7, 1995

In a pop perfect world, there would be some deep, cosmic rationale behind every band name. In reality, knowing that Buffalo Springfield is a brand of lawn mower doesn't yield much in the way of brilliant insight. Since most of the really cool titles--like the Temptations and the Heartbreakers--have already...

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BLUE SUNDAY

By David HolthouseAugust 31, 1995

Thank God for Deepak Chopra. If it wasn't for that Svengali of self-help, I'd have the mental acuity of an ether addict right now. My tally for the weekend: 12 bands, one rave, and a nerve-jangling run-in with the cops. It's a few hours 'til twilight on Monday morning, and...

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Pic Hits for the week

By Clay McNearNovember 2, 1995

thursday november 2 Arizona State Fair: The annual corn-dog carnival continues daily, through Sunday, at the fairgrounds, bounded by McDowell Road and Encanto Boulevard between 17th and 19th avenues. Along with the usual attractions--midway rides and games, livestock and agricultural exhibits, etc.--this year's fair features Thunder Lagoon, a manmade "rain...

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Letters

November 2, 1995

Learning Curb As an ex-homeless Grapevine vendor, I want to thank those people responsible for such papers on the streets today ("Median Income," Marc Ramirez, October 12). Lest we forget, a person who is homeless and surviving on the streets is still a human being--a fact that will be with...