Wanna see some naked bodonkadonk? Rumor has it that some folks will be partially and/or fully in the buff during the free Independence Mass/Alleycat cycle ride. Downtown’s Lost Leaf is the final destination. Prizes will be awarded for best costume, ugliest bike, and, quite possibly, best glistening ass. Yummy…
Okay, ´fess up. When you see those promotional signs for the Big Boys and Their Toys expo, do you honestly think about a bunch of testosterone-charged, Monday Night Football-watching dudes checking out graphite golf clubs and custom autos in some clinical convention hall? Didn’t think so. You probably equate “Big…
Rejoice in the blush of a beautiful Arizona dawn and head toward Two Cow Cove on the shore of Lake Pleasant when Arizona Wakeboard Association Competitive Wakeboard participants slash and spin through the brilliant blue water. The early wakeboarder scores the tasty waves as single-board “skurfers” shred water in search…
“Where were you 38 years ago for the first moon landing?” the Usery Mountain Regional Park Web page inquires. Apparently, some conspiracy theorists were watching the live taping at a Hollywood studio, because that’s where it really happened, right? Whatever crackpot theory you believe, celebrate the 1969 moon dance during…
Goofiest Valley bar? Gotta be a tossup between Giligin’s and Monkey Pants. Granted, Giligin’s has Chuey the Midget Bartender and the Wheel of Fear Factor. But Monkey Pants cooks up its own brilliantly kooky promotions like Mustache Mondays and Wigger Wednesdays. One of its most popular ventures is Fish Races…
Thursday night is never too early to get out, get effed, and get down. Partying before the weekend may seem decadent and unnecessary, but two weekend nights per week aren’t enough to satiate a true partier’s appetite. Besides, a hangover on a Friday is just as common as the collective…
It took Tim Gunn way too long to decide to re-up for Project Runway. Like, way too long. In the meantime, we’ve been relegated to syndication hell while watching re-runs of What Not to Wear. Lame. While we wait for the fall collections and more Project Runway, we’ll check out…
Though the Kon Tiki hotel made the most repugnant Blue Hawaiians on God’s green Earth, we wept when it was razed in 1993, marking the end — we thought — of Phoenix’s once-thriving Polynesian-lounge scene. But the stone gods are smiling again thanks to a new generation of retro hipsters…
Hold the phone, PETA rads and animal-husbandry sickos. No animals will be injured or violated at Goat Kegger Monday — at least no four-legged ones. The weekly bash is one of the best deals in town for sultans of suds. Buy a Goat Head cup for $5 and receive bottomless…
The whole point of tubing on the Salt, as we see it, is to take clothes off, but Salt River Tubing & Recreation encourages its patrons to don beastly duds for Halloween on the Salt River. If the whole deal seems incongruous, not to mention hell on the tan line,…
When U.S. Marine Jason Santa Maria returned to Iraq for a second tour of duty, his brother Chris “felt that the chance of losing him or of him getting hurt had increased tenfold. I’m used to being able to protect him.” Fraternal anxiety led to a bonding haircut: “I had…
In our opinion, we need more rock-star parties for book releases, especially when it’s the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series. The slamming Harry Potter Midnight Release Party features live music and fire-breathers…
We’re all aware of what haunts us every time we attempt to negotiate reality when we look in the mirror. We ask ourselves if we’re prettier than the ex, the neighbor, or — admit it — the best friend. It’s the non-gender-specific spectrum of attractiveness and, like it or not,…
If you felt Grindhouse was too polished (and lacking in T&A) to be mistaken for true ´70s exploitation cinema, Jonathan Yudis’ 2003 Pervert! doesn’t make the same “mistake”; it’s as shamelessly bad as can be, with naked, pendulous breasts nudging their way into almost every frame – context be damned…
Wayne Michael Reich claims he once roamed the arid streets of downtown Phoenix for five hours before he saw a single living soul. Not so much as a cop car or homeless dude crossed his path. But Reich – a NYC transplant with designs on the Phoenix art scene –…
Someone famously noted that the young Michael Stipe’s voice was R.E.M.’s lead instrument, and so it is with Theo Kogan of Theo and the Skyscrapers. When we slide in So Many Ways to Die, the NYC trio’s slammin’ debut, we hear in Kogan’s dispassionate snarl echoes of one of rock’s…
After the Wedding (IFC) The Astronaut Farmer (Warner Bros.) Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad (Funimation) Brutal (Lionsgate) The Comedy Collection (Lionsgate) Elizabeth Taylor Collection (St. Clair) Extras: The Complete Second Season (HBO) Fat Burning Hip Hop Dance Party: Urban Style (Shami) Fred Astaire Collection (St. Clair) Frankie & Annette: MGM Movie…
Ever since we could use our eyeballs, humans haven’t been able to shake a major staring problem with the night sky. The ancient Babylonians were so obsessed that they created the first-known practice of astrology — which we now use as fodder for cheap come-on lines in bars. In the…
Art exhibitions can be frustrating, confusing, and challenging. It’s always a struggle to decide whether the art in an exhibition is total crap or you’re just too dumb to get it. So every once in a while, it’s time to take a break, shelve the ego, and just enjoy something…
“Homegrown AZ Artist Show” at Windup Gallery: Graffiti — it’s not just for cinderblock anymore. The bold and energetic aesthetic has recently popped up in galleries (like five15, or Wet Paint when it was showing artists) and coffee shops. With reasonable prices, the work is gaining popularity among the young,…
The magic has returned to the Harry Potter franchise — albeit magic of the old, black variety. The darkest and most threatening, by far, of the five Potter films, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is also the only series entry outside of the third, Alfonso Cuarón’s Harry…
George Ratliff’s Joshua debuted at the Sundance Film Festival to raves from a particular breed of audience member: parents. Because no matter how hard Fox Searchlight’s trying to sell this movie as a horror picture — Rosemary’s Baby meets The Omen on the way to The Exorcist’s for a play…
