‘Energy Charge’ Defies Everything I Hate About Video Art
If I wanted to enjoy cinema, I’d go to a theater or stay home and not have to deal with assholes walking in front of the screen every 10 seconds or muttering that they don’t understand it to everyone within earshot.
Why Are the Names of Phoenix Suburbs So Shitty?
The name Phoenix is nothing short of kickass, layered in meaning and metaphor. So why do all the other names for cities in Maricopa County fucking suck?
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‘You Weren’t There’ Exhibit Captures Phx Punk History With No Context [Fotos]
I’ve visited “You Weren’t There” twice so far, and the one thing that leaped out at me both times I was there was the lack of context. But the lack of any kind of explanation for what we see at “You Weren’t There” MAKES the exhibition and gives it a certain power that detailed scholarship...
PHX SUX Presents Our Earbleeding Night of Neuraligia
Night of Neuralgia is about the transition from the beautiful to the edge of chaos in short bursts and back again. You should come! We promise your ears won't bleed that much...
Kraftwerk in Phoenix Blurred My Perception of Reality
Several people informed me of the particular hallucinogens they were on, completely unsolicited. Appropriate, but I can attest it was not a prerequisite—this show can mindfuck you just fine without psychedelics.
‘The Last Phoenician’ — Imagining Phx Lovecraft-Style
In the heart of this arid cradle once sprawled a city: a network of glass and steel that dared to defy the tyrant sun's will. Yet there came a time when the weeping earth did swallow all of mankind and its arrogance, while the great solar eye watched unblinking.
Loving the Blemish
True to its perfect name, Phoenix is a risen city, one destined to destroy itself ad nauseum. Living here is pure defiance, not only to nature, but to reason.
Juliette Lewis Rocks Scottsdale’s Old, Wrinkly, White Socks Off
Juliette Lewis is hands down one of the greatest performers of our generation. Her solo stuff is just as good, but it will make you shake your ass.
One Day Your Ears Will Ache Like Mine Ache: The Body & Full of Hell at 51 West
Even with the plugs in, my ears ache from the night’s offerings. It’s a good ache, though. The kind that blows the cobwebs off your brain and eardrums.
Three Birds In Flight or The Pied Piper of Roosevelt Row?
Whenever a natural disaster comes, the animals are the first to flee. Maybe the caged bird sings because ‘Merica?
