Things have an uncanny way of coming full circle for John “Johnny D” Dixon, longtime Valley music scene fixture. Example: Back in 1967, he rolled tape at a small Scottsdale club called the Red Dog a Go Go, recording an act fresh from Las Vegas called the Nooney Rickett IV...
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HBO’s Vinyl is the latest in a series of cultural hard-ons for the rough-and-tumble world of pre-Koch NYC: From novels like Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers and Garth Risk Hallberg’s City on Fire to online photo galleries of graffiti-splattered subway trains and can-you-believe-this-juice-bar-used-to-be-a-crack-den slideshows, there's a hunger for what Manhattan looked,...
When Slope Records began releasing vintage Phoenix punk records toward the end of 2015, there were a few jewels in the crown for the fledgling label. One of those jewels was a 1987 live recording by the infamous Mighty Sphincter, which was released under the title Undead at Hammersmith Odeon...
Pyrotechnics and Aqua Net hair spray could normally be a combustible combination but thankfully no one's spandex caught fire when Alice Cooper and Motley Crue rolled through town Saturday night at the Talking Stick Resort Arena. Co-headliner Cooper pulled out all the stops (and props) with a head-spinning romp...
Phoenix might not be New York or Hollywood, but it's still a pretty good city for talent of all sorts. Although many artists move five hours west on the I-10 once they make it big, there are plenty of your favorite bands have Arizona ties. Since we all know about...
Ah, tourists. In Phoenix, we'll be hardpressed to point out a tourist at any given theater, museum, or cultural center -- we're all wearing T-shirts and shorts, most of us are taking pictures and instagramming anything that moves, and no matter how many times we say we've acclimated, there's not...
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I discovered GNR in the '90s, when MTV was deciding what we liked. At eight years old, running around my bedroom in Superman briefs, my first exposure to a genuine rock star was Axl Rose, who seemed like a pirate hijacking my TV screen when he told me that we were...
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Taste of Elegance Culinary Competition at the East Valley Institute of Technology Today At today's Taste of Elegance culinary competition, 10 chefs will each prepare a signature pork dish to be judged by a panel. Attendees can sample each entree and vote on the best in the People's Choice Award. Christian...
Lita Ford picked up the guitar when she was 11 and has been shredding the hell out of it ever since. As a kid, she was inspired by classic rock and spent hours learning her favorite songs, and jamming with other musicians in her California 'hood. In 1975, at age...
Writing a top ten list vacillates between easy and hard faster than the questions in a typical Trivia Crack game. Sometimes, the lists flow right out and you nail it. Others, though, you stew on and cross things off, add them back, and cross them off again while the little...
At one time or another, two worries cross every fan’s mind about their favorite musician: What if the artist gets bored (we’ve all seen that disconnected, smug expression on stage)? Even worse, what if they get burned out? Some of the world’s greatest have met their demise this way, channeling...
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March always brings a packed calendar of events to the Valley of the Sun — we have Spring Training, which brings more than 100 baseball games spread across a dozen fields, lots of outdoor festivals, and the calm before the 100 degree days. The spring also prompts bands out to...
Mitchell Hillman listens to more local music than just about anyone in the Valley. He presents his picks for best new music in his column, Right Hear, Right Now. The Love Me Nots - "Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me" I could think of no better way of kicking...
Still scrambling for a last-minute Halloween costume? We've got your back. From politicians to musicians to criminals, Arizona is full of scary-as-hell people just begging to be your muse. Here are 14 DIY costume options that promise to horrify your friends: 14. Jan Brewer All you need is a blond wig,...
While any time of year is good for giving gifts to those you love, the holiday season provides an excuse to overindulge. With that in mind, the best types of gifts are those that are personalized, and us metalheads are big on that. We don’t really care about the commercialization...
The holiday season is winding down, and we at Phoenix New Times hope that you had a great 2015. As we look forward to the New Year, I wanted to re cap some of the best Metal Mondays blogs of the year. These were picked based off of social media...
In 1956, a twangy rockabilly song called "The Fool" announced to the country that Phoenix, Arizona, was good for more than temperate winters and citrus groves. Sung by Sanford Clark, a baby-faced kid stationed at Luke Air Force Base, the song was written and produced by local DJ Lee Hazlewood...
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Up for seeing a show? There are plenty to choose from around town. Here are our picks for best concerts in Phoenix this week. For more options, check out our comprehensive concert calendar.Rising Sun Daughter - Monday, November 30 - Crescent Ballroom Grace Rolland might be best known for her cello...
Holly Golightly - Monday, November 23 - Valley Bar As long as there has been music, there have been dance crazes. There were those stemmed in ’60s R&B, like “The Locomotion,” that were brilliant, and there were duds like the “Hokey Pokey” and “Macarena.” Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs would...
Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That's because every Wednesday from now to the end of the year or before someone really big stops us, Heritage Hump Records (a temporary subsidiary of Onus Records) and New Times will be bringing you a limited edition collector's item of a much beloved...
If you think you’ve heard all the Alice Cooper stories, think again. You haven’t heard them the way the original bass player, Dennis Dunaway, remembers them in his new memoir, out today, entitled Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs! My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group. Though Alice was the iconic face...