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The top 21.5 things to do for the week ending September 9th, 2010

Not too much going on this weekend…must be a holiday weekend or something. Seriously though, there’s some great events going on this week. However, most entertainment options are taking the weekend off. Starting next week, the Fall events and entertainment will be many and varied. You can call this weekend ‘the calm before the storm’. [...]

Randy Johnson – Rock Photographer?!?!?!?!

PHOENIX-Last week you may have heard that the ‘American Carnage’ tour with Megadeth, Slayer, and Testament played the Dodge Theater on August 27th. I’m willing to bet even some of you might have gone to the show. What you didn’t know was that former Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks pitching legend Randy Johnson was taking [...]

Fox Sports Arizona announces High School Football broadcast schedule.

PHOENIX-Fox Sports Arizona announced their high school football schedule for the upcoming season. Fox Sports Arizona and the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) have teamed up to bring fans 16 games this season. Games (schedule below) will be broadcast on Fox Sports Arizona or for free via FoxSportsArizona.com. “Our coverage of AIA football adds even more [...]

Conan O’Brien announces the name of his new show…..Conan style

As you may or may not know, Conan O’Brien’s new show will be starting soon on TBS. Up until a few days ago, no one knew what the name of the show would be. Conan O’Brien posted the following video to YouTube to make the announcement. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHeyO2W8aPU

Preview: Arizona Fall Frenzy – Day 1 – Stone Temple Plots headlines a solid lineup

TEMPE-On September 17th, 18th, and 19th, Tempe Beach Park will host what is the strongest lineup for a local outdoor music festival fans have seen in recent years. The 2010 Arizona Fall Frenzy boasts an incredible lineup of a wide range of artists from rock, to alternative, to ear bleeding metal. We’re going to have [...]

Movie Trailers: Black Swan

Black Swan -- Starring Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder, and Vincent Cassel www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWeIoWu8tBM Fair Game -- Opens December 1st. More info about the movie from IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/

Mickey’s Hangover is back?!?!?

I was out driving last night in Old Town Scottsdale and saw the sign above posted at the now defunct Mickey’s Hangover. When you go to the website referred to on the sign… http://whathappenedtomickey.com/ …you can enter your information to what I’m guessing will be an e-mail list about the opening of Mickey’s. There is [...]

Movie Trailers: Monsters

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IshZoIwz_o Monsters -- Opens October 29th More info about the movie from IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470827/

Move Trailers: Freakonomics

Freakonomics -- A Documentary based on the world wide bestselling book www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfC-ZHJ4A5U More info about the movie from IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152822/

The top 21.5 things to do for the week ending September 2, 2010

Tons of stuff going on AND our events list is getting so big that we may need to create a separate page for Events on the Horizon. There’s so many fun things going on it’s hard to actually what’s THE best thing to do for the coming week. From Green Day, to the Mercury starting [...]

Movie Trailers: Megamind

What happens when evil wins for once? Starring the Voices of Will Ferrel, Tina Fey and Brad Pitt www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJtot_f-snU Megamind -- Opens November 5th More info about the movie from IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1001526/

Video Game News

Rockstar Games will be throwing the ‘Ban Hammer’ down on hackers in ‘Red Dead Redemption’ starting today – Rockstar Games Microsoft Games Studio resurrects ‘Flight Simulator’ in the form of ‘Microsoft Flight’ – Neowin.net Valve announces ‘The Sacrifice’ DLC for Left for Dead 1 and Left for Dead 2 – 1UP Microsoft announces ‘Age of [...]

Phoenix wins WEC event in December

PHOENIX-On August 18th during the broadcast of ‘WEC: Cruz vs. Benavidez’ on Versus, the winner of the ‘Hometown Takedown’, a contest sponsored by AMP Energy drink, was announced. Getting over 70,000, votes Phoenix will host a ‘World Extreme Cagefighting’ (WEC) event December 16th at the Jobing.com Arena. More details about the event will be announced [...]

4 Major Application Upgrades for your Blackberry

Over the past couple of weeks, there have been four major Blackberry phone apps that have brand new upgrades. The majority of the Blackberry users I know use at least one of them. It is highly recommended that you upgrade to the latest version of any of the apps you use below. Note: This page [...]

Top 21.5 things to do for the week ending August 26, 2010

There seems to be a bug going around which has taken over the editor so we’ll make this brief. Get out, and enjoy your weekend! 1) Foodies Like Us 1st Anniversary Fiesta -- August 23rd -- 5:30-7:30 PM -- La Hacienda located in the the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Hotel 2) Shaggy with special Guests Steel [...]

Where to meet people to date in the greater Phoenix area

When I chose to write our series of dating articles, the decision was based on conversations I’ve had with a few female friends of mine along with noting Facebook wall posts of other friends of mine. All of the conversations and wall posts had a common theme. Just about everyone had challenges meeting and dating [...]

Movie Trailers: Unstoppable

Based on a true story ‘Unstoppable’ stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC6QM8y0ejo Piranha 3D -- Opens in November More info about the movie from IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477080/

D-Backs release design photos of new Spring Training home

SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY (Arizona)-The HKS Sports & Entertainment Group, designers of many world class sports facilities like the new Cowboys Stadium (Irving, Texas), Miller Park (Milwaukee, WI), and the new Glendale Spring Training Facility (Spring Training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox), today released design photos for the new [...]

Local foodie group celebrates their first anniversary in style

SCOTTSDALE-On Monday August 23rd from 5:30 to 7:30 PM, Foodies Like Us, a Scottsdale based food-centric company, will hold it’s first year anniversary party….er….Fiesta at La Hacienda located in the the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Hotel. Don’t miss this wonderful night of foodie fun by helping Foodies Like Us celebrate not only a milestone of where [...]

Star Wars movies coming to Blu-Ray in 2011

ORLANDO-Yesterday at Celebration V in Orlando, Florida, Director George Lucas dropped a great bit of news for all Star Wars fans during a rare interview with the Daily Show’s ‘Jon Stewart’. Lucas announced that all six Star Wars motion pictures will be available on Blu-Ray DVD Box set in the fall of 2011. The package [...]

Movie Trailers: Piranha 3D

The interesting thing to note about this trailer is that the movie was filmed entirely in Lake Havasu. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkF5VMRJGek Piranha 3D -- Opens August 27th More info about the movie from IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464154/

‘BioShock Infinite’ takes to the skies (Trailer included)

Here’s the first trailer for ‘BioShock Infinite’ out in 2012 (Trailer is available in Standard Definition and High Definition): This is the first ‘BioShock Infinite’ trailer from Irrational Games studios. Bioshock, without a doubt, is one of the best selling game franchises in the past few years. From the game’s website: “BioShock Infinite is a [...]

Activision announces ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ Hardened and Prestige editions

Activision and Treyarch studios announced yesterday that there will be two collectors editions of their upcoming game ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’. The contents of each package are at the bottom of the page. According to Treyarch’s website “The follow up to the Best Selling Game of All Time, Call of Duty: Black Ops is [...]

Top 21.5 things to do for the week ending August 19th, 2010

As you can see from the list below, there’s so much to do across town for the coming week! Highlighting this list is former 10,000 Maniacs singer Natalie Merchant on her first tour in seven years. Free Concerts, free national park admission, free open houses are among some of the fun things going this week! [...]

Movie Trailers: Jackass 3D

We posted this last week on our Twitter and Facebook pages. We thought a post here was definitely in order. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKwjU_pSSW4 Jackass 3D -- Opens October 15th More info about the movie from IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1116184/

10 bad places for introductory dates

Last week we published an article on 10 great places to take dates in the greater Phoenix area. This week we give examples of places NOT to go on the first few dates. When you head out on a date (and this goes for both men and women) you need to find out if there [...]

Phoenix International Raceway to host two NASCAR races in 2011

Make sure to follow us on Twitter! @azvibesports PHOENIX-The Phoenix International Raceway (PIR) announced today that they have been awarded two NASCAR Sprint Cup races for the 2011 season. The 2011 races are as follows: February 27th, 2011 – Subway Fresh Fit 500 – Race starts at 1 PM Arizona Time – Race will be [...]

Rockstar releases Red Dead Redemption Legends and Killers Pack

Today Rockstar Games released their ‘Legends and Killers’ pack for the best selling game ‘Red Dead Redemption’. Here’s the Trailer: According to the press release from Rockstar Games: The Legends and Killers Pack for Red Dead Redemption is now available for download to your PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, via PlayStation Network ($9.99) and Xbox [...]

Full Video of the D-Backs retiring Luis Gonzalez’s #20

For those of you who missed or couldn’t get tickets to Saturday afternoon’s game, here’s the full video footage of the Arizona Diamondbacks retiring Luis Gonzalez’s #20 in front of a sold out Chase Field Crowd of 48,946. (Video Courtesy of Fox Sports Arizona) http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/pages/video/?PID=gcKJX0Bkmjquknu_ekoCtb4Itb2h5gPF

D-Backs make Gonzo’s retirement a memorable one – Audio included

Photos from the Retirement Ceremony can be found on our Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/azvibe PHOENIX-”I guess I can relax now, huh?” Arizona Diamondbacks great Luis Gonzalez said as he addressed the media. He spoke to the assembled media following the retirement of his number #20 in front of a sold out Chase Field crowd of [...]