“I picked up a professional camera for the first time in February of 2019 [when] my best friend Mikayla gave me her old [Canon EOS 100D] along with a dash of camera knowledge,” says Jackson. “That same night I flipped it on for the first time and shot my first show at The Rebel Lounge.”
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Photographer in Focus: Christina Faye
Whether it’s Tuesday night at The Queer Agenda or Friday night at Rubye Moore’s Beatdown, you wouldn’t be hard-pressed to spot one of Arizona’s most ardent local supporters of all things drag named Christina Faye…
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MILK SHOT: An Interview with Director Valence Heartlock
by Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen
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Two weeks before the state of Arizona enacted their social distancing order, I found myself at what I thought was the premiere of a new band. However, it turned out to be a short film showing/house show extravaganza…
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Photographer in Focus: River Kocur
by Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen – While you might find a plethora of photography pages through your local Facebook feed, it takes a certain kind of chutzpah to...
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Hip Hop Artist Spotlight: Optimystical, Snailmate, + LaTosque
by Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen – As we collectively place our tushes safely inside from the growing pandemic, what better time than now to get to know three...
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An Inside Look at A God Awful Small Affair
Since the dawn of what we know as 21st-century modern drag, it would be inaccurate to say LGBTQA-friendly bars have no place in the drag scene. After all, many of these bars were friendly spaces which allowed these events to flourish with the queer community behind them. Once upon a time, bars couldn’t simply advertise their LGBTQA-friendly stances and operated their promotion out of the spoken word, but in the year of 2020, the possibility of drag outside of the classic gay bar setting grows each year…
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An Inside Look at Rubye Moore’s Drag Talent Show ‘The Beatdown’ at The Rock
Hidden in the wide open, the queer paradox known as the Phoenix-metro drag scene has something for everybody: whether you’re in the mood for pageantry, goth, high-fashion, or the down to earth, every day (except Monday) there seems to be a new drag show at any given gay bar in the Melrose District…
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An Inside Look at La Gattarra Cat Lounge & Boutique
When looking for a drag show in the Phoenix metro-area, you won’t be hard-pressed to find at least one event taking place between Tuesday to Saturday in the later evening hours, with most taking place in Melrose District queer bars with distinct pinache. But what of the folks who can’t stay out late or prefer not to frequent bars? In a valley where even some of the “drag brunches” take place at drinking establishments, a peculiar event recurs monthly on the crossroads of Dorsey and University at La Gattarra Cat Lounge & Boutique, simply titled: Drag Bingo + Cats. La Gattarra translates into English from Italian and loosely means: “the crazy cat lady”…
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Spicy Mayo Album Release Show at The Rebel Lounge
On the 20th of October, I felt my writer-senses tingling after months of inactivity behind the keyboard, and later felt the supernatural compulsion to cover the Spicy Mayo album release show featuring Audrey Heartburn, Dadadoh + The POC, along with Dwayne and The Rock Hard Johnsons at The Rebel Lounge. Today would not only mark the first time I would capture Audrey Heartburn and Spicy Mayo behind the lens, but a perfect opportunity for this old dog to show off his new (slightly more sober) tricks while covering a mysterious, headlining local band with familiar faces…
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A Night Without Monsters: ‘We’ll Never Get Out of the Woods’ [album review]
Slusser took time to focus on his other creative endeavors, like his podcast. But, in the last few weeks, he took a break from his Getting Stoked throne to get back into music, creating his first full-length solo-album under the name, A Night Without Monsters. Can’t you mentally picture the logo on a Hot Topic shirt? You won’t be disappointed. While the album contains new writing conventions spawned by mixed genres, this album reflects on the Matt’s massive metal love. While I sense some nods to metalcore, Matt dug into the sound he wanted and ended up with…
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Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold, American Longspurs Turn Up the Raucous for ‘Tyler’s Birthday Show’ at Crescent Ballroom
by Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen
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I didn’t think for a moment I would end up on the doorstep of the Crescent Ballroom, two shots of Jack Daniels in, about to cover my first country show…
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At Home With: Fairy Bones
After many understandable rejections of the concept by those wishing to keep their lives private, I found the “yes” in Chelsey Louise, guitarist and lead vocals of Arizona band on the up-and-up, Fairy Bones. Nestled in an east-central Phoenix neighborhood with a nondescript dirt front yard lived the lair of pop-punk late twenty-somethings I was slightly intimidated by. While the delivery of Chelsey Louise was warm, the house was so busy — with my usual OCD Martha Stewart behavior — I didn’t know where to start with photos which captured every personality…
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