X103.9's Throwdown, Telekinesis, Black Fag, Civic Space Jam, and Other Weekend Events

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Henry Rollins might not dig Black Fag, but don't let that dissuade you from attending their gig this weekend in Scottsdale.

According to the MySpace blog for the over-the-top gay Black Flag tribute act, Hank was reportedly a little gruff when Black Fag's frontman attempted to invite him to participate in one of their shows earlier this year.

If you haven't happened to catch the band during any of their previous gigs in the Valley over the past few years, here's the lowdown: The five-member band offers a rather catty and mincing take on the legendary punker iconoclasts, complete with drag outfits and a vampish singing style.

Read on for more info on the show, as well as nine other inexpensive events happening this weekend around the Valley.

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Dark Mark, Calvin Harris, Liam's Problem, and Other Weekend Events

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The dubstep scene is the Valley right now. How big? There are at least four different nightsdevoted to the bass-heavy dance music genre by our count. For instance, the cats over at Subversion are bringing in some of the biggest dubstep DJs in the world every Thursday night, including Jakwob, 12th Planet, and others.

Then there's DJ Dark Mark. A veteran of the Tranzylvania scene, this masked maestro of the mixers whips out a rather intoxicating sonic stew of dubstep blended with darker elements, harder beats, and industrial rhythms that are guarteend to result in nefarious deeds taking place on the dance floor.

Dark Mark's staging a special dubstep set tonight at the Vagabond Ballroom along with DJ JodoKazt. All the details can be had after the jump, as well as the lowdown on a few other events and cheap thrills worth investigating.

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Matthew Reveles, The Venomous Pinks, Obscura, and Other Valentine's Weekend Events

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​If you're single, Valentine's Day kinda sucks.

You'll likely spend this weekend sitting on your ass, alternating bouts of drinking with visits to online porn sites, while your friends and their respective S.O.'s dine, drink, and dance, all in the name of romance.

Then again, if you're in a relationship, Valentine's Day still kinda sucks.

It's practically mandatory to spend scads of money on snookums, leaving your bank account empty as a result.

It doesn't have to be that way, however, as you can utilize our list of 10 different low-cost events during Valentine's Weekend to avoid either fate.

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Booze Bombs, No Age, Strange Young Things, Handsome Family, and Other Weekend Events

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Whether you like it or not, winter visitors are on their way to the Valley en masse, if they haven't touched down already. Some we can tolerate, others we despise. A good example of the former is German rockabilly foursome The Booze Bombs.

Consisting of a quartet of bombastic Berliners, the group has made it a regular habit to visit the Valley around this time of year, staging performances at numerous local rock clubs for Phoenix's hepcat brigade.

The Booze Bombs annual Arizona experience goes down this weekend, as they'll setting up shop a such venues as the Rhythm Room and the Dirty Dogg in Scottsdale.

Read on for full details, as well as our weekly rundown of killers events that will cost you $10 or less.

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Jakwob, T-Pain, Tierra del Fuego, Small Leaks Sink Ships, and Other Events This Weekend

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Mikel Lander and his red Epihone.
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Heads up, y'all: If you've seen a red left-handed Epiphone hollow body guitar being used at a live music gig anytime in the last couple weeks, Mikel Lander would like to know. Ditto for a purple left-handed Flying V by Gibson.

Both southpaw six-strings were unfortunately stolen from Lander's unlocked car in late December, which was parked outside of the Sail Inn.

The guitarist, who plays with girlfriend Meredith Moore in the ironically-named The Sugar Thieves, had just finished a performance at the Tempe bar when the theft took place.

"I had just gotten done with a gig and loaded everything offstage and into my car," he says. "I was inside settling things up and came out 30 minutes later and the guitars were gone. It was one of those things where I initially thought I'd misplaced them, but it didn't work out like that."

Lander says he's checked local pawn shops and filed a police report, but to no avail. He's hoping his gear's uniqueness helps him locate the guitars.

"I'm hoping that because they're so different and left-handed that they'll stand out," he says. "There aren't a lot of lefty guitarists around."

In the meantime, Lander still has plenty of other guitars to use for his band's upcoming shows, including this Friday's gig at Teakwoods Tavern in East Phoenix. Find out more details about the show (as well as nine other events worth checking out) after the break.

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Deck The Balls, Pitch and Moan, Carvin Jones, and Other Christmas Weekend Events

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A​fter six endless weeks of endless hype, treacly commercials, and non-stop carols, we're only 48 hours or so from the arrival of Christmas morning. But you don't have to wait until then to get your presents, as Up on the Sun is presenting y'all with 10 inexpensive activities to be had from tonight through Sunday.

Despite the fact there's no work, your friends and co-workers (the luckier ones, at least) have jetted off to destinations around the world, and many local businesses will be closed, there's plenty of holiday fun to be had (and we're not referring to sitting around sucking down eggnog while watching maudlin movies on the boob tube), including plenty of nighttime naughtiness.

We've made up our list (and checked it twice) of some of the cheap thrills you can experience during the five-day Christmas weekend. Have a look-see for yourself.

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The Funky Formal, Depressed Buttons, Antique Scream, Anarbor, and Other Weekend Events

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There's only a week left before Christmas, which means its time to make a huge decision: Do you go out and blow your paycheck this weekend, or save it for any last minute shopping.

Turns out you can do both at the same time.

We've assembled our weekly compilation of 10 cheap and chic events happening around the Valley over the next 72 hours. 

The list runs the gamut from the sexy (Saturday's Funky Formal) to the surreal (Tonight's Antique Scream gig).

As always, hit the jump for full details.

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Flesh the Racist Crayon, Mr. Pacman,Tron Legacy, and Other Events This Weekend

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Denver's Mr. Pacman is scheduled to perform tomorrow night at Yucca Tap Room.
Blues Harmonica Showcase at Rhythm Room (Thursday): A virtual "who's who" of both local and nationally-know harmonica maestros will be working their blues harps all evening long at the Rhythm Room, filling the joint with all manner of funky jams. The Rocket 88s will host the event and the lineup includes proprietors Bob Corritore, as well as such blues greats as Sugar Bear, Robert Jackson, Harmonica Boyd, John Calley, Walking Cane Mark, Campfire Rick, and others. 7 p.m., $10. (1019 E. Indian School Rd.)

Bass, Lettuce & Techno at Bar Smith (Thursday):
Downtown's premier hipster spot is adding another killer night of DJs and dancing to its already stacked calendar (which already includes such popular events Solstice and The Scenario. DJs Josh Lestis and O.G. will be spinning a mix of deep bass during the evening in an attempt to get folks to stay up late and forget there's a work day on Friday. 9 p.m., $5. (130 E. Washington St.)

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First Friday, Mr. Meeble, Old School Jams, Common Wall Media's Christmas Party, and Other Events This Weekend

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Mr. Meeble is scheduled to perform on Friday at Cityscape.
First Fridays in December are something of a big deal. Although the mercury will likely dip into the 40-degree range, we're expecting a horde of culture vultures will be traipsing about Roosevelt Row and Grand Avenue in order to make the scene and scope out potential Christmas gifts.

Thing is, the hottest party is gonna be happening a few miles away at Cityscape. A slew of local band will be performing at the real estate development's First Friday affair, including Broken Poets, Buskin Cuffs, and Factories (formerly known as Underwater Getdown). The main attraction of the night will arguably Mr. Meeble, as the experimental electro-rock trio will be presenting their first performance in more than a year.

There's plenty of other activity taking place both at the Cityscape party and during nine other event's we've selected for this week's edition of 10 Things. To get the full rundown, however, y'all will have to hit the link below.

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Punk Rockers, Porn Stars, Born Losers, and Other Thanksgiving Weekend Cheap Thrills

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Porn star Priya Rai will be in attendance at Club Silver tonight.
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Unless you happen to be some hermit living by yourself in a Hoarders house, chances are good that you'll be hanging out with your friends and family sometime during the next few days.

But instead of sipping and supping with dear Aunt Mary or crazy Uncle Bob over the Thanksgiving weekend, consider this proposition: drinking and dancing with a pulchritudinous porn star. More specifically, Indo-Pakistani adult film star Priya Rai, who will the guest of honor at tonight's Pre-Thanksgiving Safe-Sex Bash at Club Silver.

Rai, a native of India and one-time ASU student, will be lighting up the downtown Phoenix nightspot while the DJs of Surge Nights Entertainment will fill the joint with Top 40 hits.

For some of you cats, it might just be the closest you'll get to hanging out with a porn star without clutching a fistful of hundies. No that's truly something to be thankful for.

If mixing and mingling with a bodacious Bollywood babe isn't what you're looking for this Thanksgiving weekend, we've got the lowdown on nine other low-cost/no-cost events over the next five nights worth checking out. Read on for full details.

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