Sat 1/17 So much for all that ginkgo biloba, meditation and PBS. Our gray matter is about to take a hit. This Saturday, January 17, The Paper Heart presents "HAZ MAT 2004: Hazardous Material for Your Mind" -- and the head games are so huge that the Heart has to...
Sat 12/13 Short attention span? Meet your match this Saturday, December 13, when the Phoenix Indieclub rolls its first short film festival. The local branch of the international independent filmmakers club is set to screen selections from seven Arizona filmmakers; fare ranges from war drama to documentary to claymation. Hatched...
Once you're nearing your fourth decade as a recording artist, your audience has every reason to expect you will never again make an album that hits the ball out of the park 13 out of 13 times. Hell, they'll be happy if you lumber around the bases even once like...
Fri 10/3 Downtown's First Friday art tour gets another stop this weekend, which showcases the work of local photographer Marilyn Szabo. Sponsored by Szabo's regular gallery, Victoria Boyce Gallery of Scottsdale's Main Street, Szabo's latest will be shown in her personal studio space. Szabo, known for her stunning work in...
CLUBS ACME Roadhouse: In its original Scottsdale location, ACME catered to Harley-Davidson weekend warriors. In its new Tempe incarnation, it entertains the college set with dancing and, on Saturdays, local rock bands. Dance space is at a minimum, but there's plenty of room for other social rites. Sun: Live music...
Linda Saville leans across the table in a downtown Phoenix restaurant and recites the pledge she made at the moment her brother was acquitted of conspiring to kill Sheriff Joe Arpaio. "I swore I was not going to let this happen to someone else," she said about that fateful Friday...
The following is a select listing of concerts, balls, parties, dinners and other happenings around the Valley on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December 31. Reservations are required in virtually all cases; be sure to ask whether price includes tax and tip. Happy New Year! Phoenix-West Valley Arizona Theatre Company Herberger...
Thursday, October 2 Steve Martin's first full-length play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, debuted off-Broadway to critical acclaim in 1995. Set in 1904 in a Parisian cafe, the humorous play tells the story of a hypothetical meeting between two 20th-century geniuses, Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein, when they were both...
Toy AnxietySince opening 10 years ago, this toy box has gone from run-of-the-mill geek (Star Wars figurines) to frighteningly specific freak (a 12-inch plastic YS German Anti-Tank Rifle Panzerbchse 39). Combat keepsakes range from historical (Civil War Brotherhood of Arms infantry outfits come in Wisconsin, Georgia, Carolina and Pennsylvania versions) to hysterical (the 21st Century “Armed […]
Toy AnxietySince opening 10 years ago, this toy box has gone from run-of-the-mill geek (Star Wars figurines) to frighteningly specific freak (a 12-inch plastic YS German Anti-Tank Rifle Panzerbchse 39). Combat keepsakes range from historical (Civil War Brotherhood of Arms infantry outfits come in Wisconsin, Georgia, Carolina and Pennsylvania versions) to hysterical (the 21st Century “Armed […]
The only thing shocking about Johnny Rotten these days is the fact that the notoriously smarmy Sex Pistols singer sounds like a finger-wagging grandpa at times. But c'mon, how's Rotten going to scandalize anymore, now that swearing at people while spouting inflamed rhetoric is the stuff of navy-suit network news?...
As Queens of the Stone Age's crew preps the Lollapalooza stage for the droning stoner-rock band's set, a silence falls over the Verizon Wireless Center in Noblesville, Indiana. It is July 5, the opening night of the 1990s powerhouse festival's return to the national touring stage, and the sky is...
The local punk crowd erupted out of left field last week. Literally. The Vans Warped Tour, which since the late 1990s has become the U.S.'s prime traveling summer punk and ska showcase, routinely attracting stars of the genres (Rancid, Less Than Jake) as well as the artists pushing the noise...
4/25-4/27 One of the more interesting aspects of this particular planet's people is the way we compartmentalize ourselves into identifiable groups. Nations are formed; flags are waved; and beliefs, customs and practices become identifiable over time as part of individual cultures. The word "culture" also can mean the enlightenment and...
John Calleo, former roadie for Megadeth and ZZ Top, a concert producer, all-around rock 'n' roll guy and a storied prankster, died two weeks ago after a long, slow demise partially related to congenital heart disease. The response from local musicians has been overwhelming. At a benefit gathering held at...
Thursday, April 3 We don't think rock 'n' roll ever died in the first place, but for the past two years, there's been nonstop buzz about its revival. Whether you believe the hype, you only need to believe in the beat and it's alive and well with the next generation...
For our recent arrivals, a summary of big stories, events and news you can use from your home state. CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES The L.A. Times reports that District Attorney Steve Cooley let the Newhall Land & Farming Co. off the hook after he bungled an investigation into the rich developing...
"Destroy 'em down! Destroy 'em all! Downstroy!" It's a chilly Easter Sunday night in Vancouver. Max Cavalera and his band Soulfly are onstage churning out a massive wall of heavy metal thunder that, if not exactly powerful enough to raise the dead, is certainly packing enough punch to roll away...
Follow heavy metal's primary syllogism: Do you like to rock? Yeah! Do you want to rock? Hell yeah! Then let's rock! You can laugh if you want, but concepts don't come much more Zen than that. Rock 'n' roll, even in its most unbearable, screaming caveman form, doesn't die, and...
The Spike's family holds a fierce belief that everything from holidays to horoscopes is the work of Satan, so The Spike had "Egg and Bunny Day" instead of Easter, and went to church carnivals instead of celebrating Halloween. When trick-or-treating, The Spike was escorted by its pistol-toting father because Satan...
Ten. Now there's an arbitrary number for a best-of list. Kinda limiting. What about 11, 12 and 13? Didn't they matter? Completely in the interest of self-indulgently trumpeting la crème de la crème of 2002 cinema without throwing down a laundry list here's my traditionally unorthodox tip-top lineup, sorted mainly...
