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The Phoenix Mercury is offering free tickets to their May 30th pre-season game for all fans of their Facebook page. For now, all you have to do is become a Facebook fan.

http://www.facebook.com/phoenixmercury

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Baskin-Robbins has $.31 scoops tonight only at all locations (in the US and Canada) from 5-10 PM. The promotion is to support firefighters! Check it out

For more information, please refer to the following link:

http://www.baskinrobbins.com/spotlight/31CentScoopNight.aspx

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Here’s more of our coverage of the X-Men Origins: Wolverine World Premiere in Video and Photos!

Ryan Reynolds -- Walking the Red Carpet

Taylor Kitsch and Liev Schreiber -- Walking the Red Carpet

Hugh Jackman -- Walking the Red Carpet

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These clips are hot off the presses from Paramount.  After watching them, I can say that this is going to be a great movie!

Enlist in Starfleet

Kirk Meets Uhura

What Gives you the right

Space Jump

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The Desert Ridge Marketplace is holding a contest and the winners will get tickets to and advanced screening of the new Star Trek Movie.  All you have to do is e-mail the following question to BeamMeUp AT shopdesertridge.com and you could win!

The question is…

If you could go anywhere in time and space, where would you go?

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I just wanted to drop a quick note about the wonderful people at the Teriyaki Experience in the Tempe Marketplace which has some of the best and most affordable Teriyaki take out in the area!  They have everything from the Classic Teriyaki meals, to Sushi, Salads, Yahisoba,and  Noodle Soups.  They even have a vegetarian menu!

So swing on by the Teriyaki Experience in the Tempe Marketplace and get yourself some great food!

2000 East Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, AZ 85281
480-377-YAKI(9254)
http://www.teriyakiexperience.us/

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We are working behind the scenes on a story related to the premiere as tons of local media (TV, Print, and online media) who were shut out of being able to cover the event over national and LA Media.

For now, we have pictures and video of the event on our Facebook fan page for you to look over.  Video of the event will be posted to YouTube whenever they finish whatever mainentence they are working on right now.

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WOW!  What a show!

I normally don’t start reviews like this but….WOW!  The Flaming Lips have been, for many years, on a short list of bands I have always wanted to see and finally got the opportunity to go see.

As the Flaming Lips crew started bringing all the instruments and gear out for the show I noticed one thing that I have never seen before.  The band set up their own gear, tuned their instruments along side the crew until everything was set.  The stage went dark and then this happened…

Here’s the opening song of the set. Watch it in HQ:

From that point on, even though I didn’t know a single Flaming Lips song, I was blown away not only by the musicianship but their stage show as well.  Four guys putting out sometimes technical yet brilliant music for the entire duration of the set isn’t an easy thing to do.  Yet, they’ve been doing this for 25 some odd years.

The songs they performed, the Prince and Madonna cover song excluded, weren’t catchy or poppy tunes.  No, the music they put out to the masses that evening was like a harmonious symphony, with a touch of complete and utter chaos, and a whole heaping pile of plain and simple fun!  I don’t think there is any other way to describe the coolness of this show to the lay person.

What a way to close out the McDowell Mountain Music festival!  I’ll say this, I know I’m not the only one who has been converted to wanting to listen to more Flaming Lips songs.

Set List (from the Flaming Lips Message Boards):

Ta Da / Bubble
Race For The Prize
Lightning Strikes The Postman
Purple Rain (Just a minute or so)
Borderline (as in the Madonna cover)
Fight Test
The Process
(I heard a couple notes of What Is Light)
(Happy Birthday to Jake the tech)
Vein Of Stars / Firebird Suite
Mountain Side
Yoshimi part 1
Pompeii AM Gottemdaumerung
Taps
The WAND
She Don’t Use Jelly
Do You Realize

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I wanted to post this video we shot from the Assist4Africa tournament last weekend as it’s taking off like wild fire on YouTube right now with the amount of views it’s gotten so far.

This footage was shot April 19, 2009 during the Assist4Africa Charity Basketball game at US Airlines Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. Over $50K was raised during this event! The MC had the great idea to get Kurt Warner and Larry Fitzgerald out on the court to strut their stuff right after a kids dancing contest. Enjoy.

Editor’s note: As of 3:33 AM Arizona Time on April 25th, 2009 this video has received over 60,000 Views thanks in part to it being featured mainly on Yahoo! and Sports Illustrated’s websites.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/extramustard/hotclicks/04/23/kelly-brook-jennifer-ellison-hot-clicks-anniversary/index.html

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Deep-Posts-Kurt-Warner-and-Larry-Fitzgerald-bri?urn=nfl,158601

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If you haven’t noticed all of the subjects listed under ‘Article Topics’ have changed.  We are in the process of re organizing all the news items we have published over the last year into these new categories. We should have this all finished in the next day or so.

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1) Movies under the Stars #1 – Movies in the Park – Biltmore Fashion Park – 7:30 PM – FREE – Dr. Zhivago will be playing.

2) Movies under the Stars #2 – WaterDance Film Festival – Westgate City Center – 8:00 PM – Free – Blue Chips will be playing

3) McDowell Mountain Music Fest – A very eclectic lineup will be playing at this years festival at Westworld

4) KC and the Sunshine Band – Chandler Center for the Arts  – 2 for 1 tickets are available

5) Tickets for Beyonce (July 7 @ US Airways Center) go on Sale April 25 at 10 AM at all Live nation Ticket outlets.  Stay tuned for an article with more information.

5) Tickets for Aerosmith/ZZ Top (July 27 at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion) -  Go on Sale April 27th at 10 am at all Live Nation outlets.

6) Tickets for Marilyn Manson and Slayer headlining gigs at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival (July 17 at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion) go on Sale Friday April 24th at 10 am

7) Shake! – Every Saturday Night – Rogue Bar – Scottsdale – $5 (approx) If you are a frequent reader of this site you know that one of the best places to go on a Saturday night is Shake!. Great Music and fun for a great price!

http://www.azvibe.com/phoenix-entertainment/2008/10/27/review-shake-the-rogue-saturday-october-25th/

8) FUSE – Bar Smith – Friday Nights – $5 – Bar Smith – Downtown Phoenix – 10PM – 2 AM

9) Star Trek Exhibition at the Arizona Science Center – How cool is it when you get to not only sit in Captain Kirk’s chair but check out the bridge from the Enterprise D? Open Daily. Please refer to the link below for hours and ticket information.

http://www.azscience.org/star_trek.php

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Every Friday at 7:30, from now until May 8th, the Biltmore Fashion Park will be hosting ‘Movies in the Park’.  It’s another movies under the stars night and there are only three more weekends left before the summer.

The movies are free and all you need to bring is something to sit on:

The next three movies showing are as follows:

April 24 – Doctor Zhivago
May 1- From Russia with Love
May 8- Vertigo

For More information, please refer to the Biltmore Fashion Park’s website:

http://www.shopbiltmore.com/events.asp?id=9160

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=110117270783108833567.000468359338403944ec9&ll=33.510896,-112.028049&spn=0.000995,0.001891&z=19

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So let’s say you’re in the mood for a movie but you really don’t want to sit inside of the house on such a warm evening.  What do you do?  Well, the Westgate City Center has the first annual WaterDance Film Festival going on right now every Friday night through the end of June.  The event is free and all you need to do is bring your chairs and get ready for a great time!

The Schedule of Movies is as follows:

• April 24 – Blue Chips
• May 1 – Beach Month Kicks off with Jaws
• May 15 – Jimmy Buffett Live From Wrigley Field
• May 22 – 50 First Dates
• May 29 – Grease
• June 5 – The Month of June is Summer Blockbusters – Ir on Man
• June 12 – Transformers
• June 19 – Spider-Man
• June 26 – Superman Returns

For More information, please refer to the following site:

http://www.westgateaz.com/mg.php

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=110117270783108833567.0004556aa2b0020fe77a7&z=19

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One of the best R & B voices of this generation is coming to Phoenix for a 7:30 PM July 7th Show at US Air Arena.  Tickets for Beyonce’s ” I AM…” World Tour stop in Phoenix go on sale April 25th at 10 AM at all Ticketmaster outlets and from Live Nation’s website.

However, this concert is going to be more of an event than just a normal concert. Beyonce has cooked up some great stuff for her show.

First off she is going to be sponsoring a non-perishable food drive at every show as part of the ‘Show Your Helping Hand’ initiative. You can either bring non-perishable food items to her show or you can donate online by clicking this link:

https://secure2.convio.net/a2h/site/Donation2?idb=0&df_id=4980&4980.donation=form1&s_src=C094SYHH&JServSessionIdr010=9wvj35p029.app1b

Finally, L’Oreal Paris, one of the co-sponsors of Beyonce’s “I AM…” world tour is celebrating their 100th anniversary.   Concertgoers will be allowed into the “L’Oréal Paris Glam Station” where they will be provided with mini makeovers and touch ups. Then fans will walk out and be allowed to have a VIP photo session and “VIP L’Oreal Paris lanyard credentials”.

Don’t miss this opportunity to see one of the greatest R & B concerts of the year!!!

Ticket prices are as follows, $20.75, $59.75, $79.75 and $99.75 and are available at all Ticketmaster outlets and by visiting Live Nation’s Website.

For more information on the ‘Show Your Helping Hand’ initiative please refer to the following link:

http://www.showyourhelpinghand.com/

Live Nation’s website:

http://www.livenation.com/

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That’s right!  You can purchase 2 for 1 tickets to the KC and the Sunshine Band’s concert this Saturday April 29th at the Chandler Center for the Arts.  The Show starts at 8 PM!
For more information and to purchase tickets (with no extra ticket fees!) please refer to the following page:

http://chandlercenter.org/performances/0409.html#anchor_kc_sun

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