What happens after the Super Bowl XLIX leaves town

Why does everyone make a big thing about the Super Bowl coming to town? Friends from long ago pop up like crocus through the snow looking for a place to stay, roadways and restaurants are obnoxiously full and your once-pleasant waiter is now a tired, annoyed automaton watching the clock or hiding in the cooler… Read more »

2015 Coachella Music Festival Full Lineup

Well isn’t this the best First News of 2015! Coachella Music Festival announced the lineup and you’ll never guess who’s on it. Well, you don’t have to…here it is! The big headliners for the weekends are, respectively, AC/DC, Jack White (I was wondering if he’d show again this year), and Drake. For you seasoned folks,… Read more »

MMMF 2014 Line-up Announcement and a Party Foul

MMMF 2015 lineup

This year the McDowell Mountain Music Festival organizers did something different. They hosted a Lineup Announcement Beer Bash Party. (No finer words have been spoken into my ears. Beer—Music Festival—Line-up announcement—Party). The gig was at Copper Blues in Phoenix and featured local bands The Haymarket Squares and The Senators. Deschutes beer was poured. Fun was had. And… Read more »

Meet the Meat Puppets

Meat Puppets at Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, AZ

I got dragged to the Meat Puppets show (with a free ticket and the promise of comped drinks by my friend CC). They played at the Crescent Ballroom in Downtown Phoenix last week, and had it been anywhere else I might have declined. Granted, there aren’t a lot of things to do on the Friday after Thanksgiving and the Crescent… Read more »

McDowell Mountain Music Festival 2015 Announcement Party

MMMF 2015 lineup

This year the McDowell Mountain Music Festival organizers are doing something different. They are hosting a Lineup Announcement Beer Bash. No finer words have been spoken into my ears (or actually, read by my eyes). The party is Decmber 13th at Copper Blues in Phoenix. Time: 7-12pm. Local bands will play (The Haymarket Squares and The Senators) and Deschutes… Read more »