El Diablo… Still wicked… The true victim… Is Laurie Roberts trying to sprout a conscience? Does she no longer wish to be the Repugnant’s soccer-momish Queen of Mean? On Wednesday, she was decrying ASU Prez Michael Crow for using private donations to fund undocumented students. She claimed Crow was thumbing…
Fred Goldman on Oprah: If you spot him in the men’s section at Nordstrom, don’t ask to try on the size 12 Bruno Maglis… Anyone catch the Valley’s most famous Nordstrom employee on Oprah yesterday? I’m talking about the silver-mustachioed Fred Goldman, father of O.J. Simpson-victim Ron. See, Goldman, who…
Dean Martin’s new song: Everybody hates somebody sometime… Immediately after AZ State Treasurer Dean Martin was informed by The Arizona Republic that ASU’s Michael Crow was helping undocumented students with private funds, ya know what he said? “Taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for them, and this is…
Go back to Mexico, honors students! And take your little dog, Toto, too… I could envision Arizona Republic columnist Laurie Roberts turning over Jews to the Gestapo. This is assuming she jumped in the way-back machine and time-traveled to Hitler’s Germany. After all, that was the law back then, right?…
Give ’em hell, Yoda… Just listened to the Yoda of 9/11, aka Pat Curley, on The World Tonight with Rob Breakenridge, an excellent radio talk-show out of Calgary. The subject, of course, is those wacky troofers, and Breakenridge and Curley get into some interesting areas during the hour-long segment. Of…
I love these guys. Need a break from all the anti-immigrant hate-mongers out there, the Terry Andersons, Lou Dobbses, Michael Savages and so on who make their livings spewing forth venom and bile onto the poorest, meekest members of our society? Then check out this episode of the Penn and…
From the Omaha Nazi rally, J.T.’s the second from the right. The Ernst Roehm of East Valley, former Mesa City Council candidate J.T. Ready has been lying low for a while, at least since I saw him arm-in-arm with AZ state Rep. Russell Pearce, after his rabble-rousing speech at the…
Virginia’s North High School yearbook photo. Another yearbook photo, with Virginia on the left. A stunning development regarding the case of deported teen Virginia Gutierrez: Twelve days after Gutierrez signed voluntary deportation papers and was placed on a bus bound for Nogales, a bench warrant was issued for Gutierrez’s arrest…
Two supporters of Virginia Gutierrez, shortly after Wednesday’s rally. A peaceful rally on behalf of deported teen Virginia Gutierrez was disrupted Wednesday at the state capitol by an ugly mob of bigoted rednecks shouting inanities about the Iraq War and mocking speakers with sarcastic “Boo-hoos.” The counterdemonstrators appeared towards the…
Ipso Schmucko: The Repugnant’s Muttonhead Montini, menace to local journalism. See the front page of The Arizona Republic today? The article titled Feds Helping police nab more migrants, with the subhead, Policy shift: ICE now responds to every Valley call ? The piece features a photo of Immigration and Customs…
Kid (right) with Ruben (left) and LL Cool J (center). ***UPDATED WITH COMMENT FROM POWER VP NAT GALVIN BELOW*** Hip-hop radio employees slipping on KKK hoods to pay a visit to their rivals? As incredible as it sounds, that’s the tale told by a lawsuit filed August 21 by 101.5…
A photo of Virginia Gutierrez from her supporters. Just received the following announcement of a rally at the State Capitol this Wednesday on behalf of recently deported 18-year-old Virginia Gutierrez. The above photo came with it, the first glimpse so far of the former North High School Student who I…
Back on the bus: Psychic TV’s Genesis P-Orridge and Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge. (from left) Lady Jaye, Genesis P-Orridge, and William “Fucking” Reed welcome the lunar eclipse. Under a blood red moon we sat on the sidewalk like children, clapping to encourage the completion of Monday’s lunar eclipse. “Clap your…
Rusty’s new group. Rusty’s old group. Rusty’s thong. Kia-peddler and brown-basher Rusty Childress is a co-founder, along with this guy Danny Smith, of an anti-illegal immigrant bike group called the American Freedom Riders. Their shtick is to harass day-laborers at this Episcopal Church up in Cave Creek. They also have…
I know P-Orridge was feeling a lot more mellow after the show, but the following press release sent to me this morning via PTV spokesperson Howard Wuelfing reflects P-Orridge’s frustration at that point in the evening prior to the gig. It’s unclear what happened at The Sets, and why it…
This would almost be funny if the poor guy hadn’t been freaked out by it. I got to the show late last night, as I was on deadline for my column till 11. I did get to hang out with the band afterwards, and interview Genesis P-Orridge. We all watched…
Amazing! It never ends. Just got a call from William “Fucking” Reed. Seems Luckyman pulled out at the last minute, or something. The Psychic TV gig is no longer at The Sets, but will instead take place at The Rogue East, 423 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, phone: (480) 947-3580. WFR…
P-Orridge puts the smack down, right on Tom Anderson’s skully. Genesis speaks! And Anderson takes it on the chin. What else can be said? So let it be written, so let it be done…I love the line at the bottom, “PEE WHERE THOU WILT SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE…
AZ GOPer Horst Kraus, just the way I want to remember him: Clothed! Just got this press release over the transom, and it’s so good, I have to share. Seems the Phoenix Business Journal has also picked this one up. NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2007 Nudist czar…
Year of the dog, indeed: But in the case of DMX, it’s Maricopa County’s “Deputy Dawg.” One thing we know about Sheriff Joe Arpaio: He loves publicity more than the truth, human rights, the U.S. Constitution, and his own conscience, if he has one. That’s why you should take the…
The power of P-Orridge compels you: Psychic TV icon Genesis P-Orridge plans to land the mothership in Tempe. Promoter William “Fucking” Reed has just announced that the Psychic TV show will go forward at The Sets in Tempe. Same date: 8/27/07. Doors open at 8 p.m., with Psychic TV to…
Will rock band Psychic TV make it to the PHX this Monday? If so, where will they play? A victory for local transgender activist Michele de LaFreniere, and a huge disappointment for fans: That’s my initial take on the news that Tom Anderson has cancelled the Monday concert of experimental…
