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What is Nike Air Mag?

a. A fanzine for “sneakerheads” that features information about limited edition and discontinued versions of Nike shoes. b. Self-tying high tops that Nike modeled after the ones worn by Marty McFly in “Back to the Future Part II.” c. A Nike-sponsored gun show held in Oregon that only features Nerf and BB guns.

ANSWER: The Nike Mag is a limited edition self-tying shoe replicated after the ones featured in the 1989 film “Back to the Future Part II.” In 2011, about 1,500 pairs were auctioned on eBay in support of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s research. Michael J. Fox, who portrayed Marty McFly in the movies, received the first pair. The shoes were rereleased this year and feature light-up panels and power laces.

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WHETHER IT’S BINGE WATCHING A FAVORITE SHOW, WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY FOR CLASS OR MAKING A JOKE ABOUT INVITING SOMEONE OVER TO “NETFLIX AND CHILL,” NETFLIX IS A MUST FOR MOST STUDENTS. YOU MIGHT WATCH IT IN CLASS OR MOOCH OFF YOUR ROOMMATE, BUT CHANCES ARE YOU’VE PROBABLY GIVEN UP A FEW NIGHTS OUT TO STREAM SOMETHING. NEW SELECTIONS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING ADDED, SO IT’S A GOOD TIME TO BRUSH UP ON YOUR NETFLIX TRIVIA BEFORE YOU SCAVENGE THE “HORROR” SECTION FOR SOMETHING NEW TO DEVOUR. CARSON MLNARIK• COLLEGE TIMES

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11 FINES-PIRATION Netflix founder Reed Hastings was inspired to create a DVD mail-delivery service after he received a $40 fine for returning “Apollo 13” to a video store a few days late.

10 BAD MOVES Blockbuster turned down multiple offers to buy or partner with Netflix, thinking a streaming and DVD mail-delivery service would “never take off.” It turned out this was not their best decision.

9 SUCCESS IS THE NEW BLACK “Orange is the New Black” is Netflix’s most-watched original series. It has won a slew of Emmys and was nominated for six Golden Globe awards. OITNB has been renewed for seven seasons.

8 NETFLIX ORIGINALS By the end of 2016, Netflix will have released about 126 original series and films, more than any other TV station or cable channel.

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BINGE-WATCHING Netflix was instrumental in coining the phrase “binge-watching” when it started releasing its series’ seasons all at once. The fact that people survived waiting week after week is beyond us when we can’t even wait 30 seconds for the next OITNB episode to start.

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5 ALL AROUND THE WORLD Netflix reaches every country in the world except China, North Korea, Syria and Crimea.

CATEGORICALLY CRAZY Netflix has more than 76,000 categories, including “Mind-bending Romantic Foreign Movies,” “Cool Moustaches,” “Romantic Indian Crime Dramas” and “Evil Kid Horror Movies.”

3 TIME AFTER TIME The average Netflix subscriber watches it about 90 minutes a day.

2 ’90S KIDS You may Google “Netflix” to get to the website, but Netflix has been around longer than Google. It was established in 1997, a year before the searchengine site was founded.

1 SPACE FOR DAYS Netflix’s library takes up more than a petabyte of space, which is the equivalent of 1,047,576 gigabytes or more than 4,092 largest-sized iPhone 7s.

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Netflix accounts for 37% of internet traffic in North America, more than double YouTube and ahead of iTunes.

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Maybe a backyard haunted house doesn’t scare you, but if you can walk away from Fear Farm without screaming once, you’ve got some serious guts. One of Phoenix’s scariest haunted house attractions is bigger than ever this year, spanning more than 30 acres.

This year, Fear Farm will feature five indoor and outdoor sequences, including Undead, Slaughterhouse and The Bunker. For those looking for something new, this year also presents the Haunted Hayride.

Fear Farm, 2209 N. 99th Avenue, Phoenix, fearfarm. com, times vary, through Saturday, November 5, $25-$32.

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You might not need an excuse to eat Bacon Nutella Pickles and funnel cake like nobody’s watching, but if you do, it has arrived! The Arizona State Fair is the best place for a date, family outing or to see a concert. Wednesday through Sunday, you can catch a ride on the Ferris wheel, visit the petting zoo, win a teddy bear or swing upside down. Also check out the many artists performing throughout the fair’s stay, including B.o.B, Iggy Azalea, Charlie Puth and Scotty McCreery.

Arizona State Fairgrounds, 1826 W. McDowell Road, Phoenix, azstatefair.com, times vary, Friday, October 7, to Sunday October, 30, $5-$10.

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How many notes of “Hedwig’s Theme” does it take before you start singing along at full volume? Join your fellow Muggles, witches and wizards for the Phoenix Symphony’s annual Halloween tradition.

It wil perform Harry Potter favorites as well as seasonal selections with a touch of magic. Wear your Halloween costume and keep your wand at the ready!

Symphony Hall, 75 N. Second Street, Phoenix,

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phoenixsymphony.org, times vary, Friday, October 7, to Sunday, October 9, $28-$93.

OKTOBERFEST What’s more October than Oktoberfest? The fun, outdoor festival is back again and even bigger than before.

Whether you’re out to try some international beers, fall back on your Four Peaks favorites or eat a whole bunch of pretzels from the food trucks, you’ll find it all here. Enjoy the traditional Bavarian festival atmosphere during the day and get ready to dance at night when this year’s entertainment, Lil Jon and Jared and the Mill, take the stage.

Tempe Beach Park, 80 E. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, tempeoktoberfest.com, times vary, Friday, October 7, to Sunday, October 9, $7-$80.

THE 1975 The 1975 has gone from being that one small alternative band to the genre’s must-see in three short years. After selling out last time in the Valley, The 1975 is back supporting its new album, “I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It.” The band will be playing fan favorites along with new hits “The Sound,” “Somebody Else” and “Love Me.” Comerica Theatre, 400 W. Washington Street, Phoenix, the1975.com, 8 p.m. Thursday, October 13, $30-$50.

CITY LIGHTS MOVIE NIGHT Who you gonna call?

Everyone’s favorite Halloween movie, “Ghostbusters,” will be playing under the downtown Phoenix stars at CityScape.

There will be appearances by the Arizona Ghostbusters, giveaways and photo opportunities. Bring your picnic chair, blanket, food and don’t be afraid of no ghost!

CityScape Downtown Phoenix, 1 E. Washington Street, Phoenix, cityscapephoenix. com, 6:30 p.m. Friday, October 14, free.

RAINBOWS FESTIVAL Arizona’s second-biggest LGBTQ event takes place in Heritage Square Park in downtown Phoenix every fall.

Sponsored by Phoenix Pride, the festival boasts that it is “Arizona’s Greatest Street Fair.”

Last year’s festival brought more than 25,000 families, friends and allies out for more than 150 exhibits, live entertainment and fun.

Heritage Square Park, 113 N. Sixth Street, Phoenix, phoenixpride.org, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, October 15, to Sunday, October 16, free.

BOO! ARIZONA 2016 If you’re suffering from post-Mad Decent Block Party depression, you don’t have to wait too long for your next good time. BOO! hits Arizona this year, bringing ghoulish headliners like Knife Party, Excision, NGHTMRE and Ghastly to the stage. There will be devilishly fun dancing and music for all those in the Halloween spirit. When night falls and the creatures begin to lurk, is there anywhere else you’d want to be?

Rawhide Event Center, 5700 W. North Loop Road, Chandler, rawhide.com, 6 p.m. Saturday, October 15, $55-$99.

CHANCE THE RAPPER Chance the Rapper was recently dubbed by Kanye West as “the future” during the MTV Video Music Awards. His new mixtape, “Coloring Book,” was the first album to chart on the Billboard 200 on streams alone. A fan favorite, Chance is known for bringing together good vibes with a unique blend of gospel and rap in hits like “No Problem,” “Sunday Candy” and “Cocoa Butter Kisses.” Don’t wait to grab your ticket to the Magnificent Coloring World Tour because shows have been selling out all across the country.

Mesa Amphitheatre, 263 N. Center Street, mesaamp.com, 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 18, $50

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With classes and the football season in full swing, there’s no shortage of school spirit at ASU’s Tempe campus. Find the College Times Street Team outside of the Sun Devil Campus bookstore and snap a pic with your forks up!

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LOCALS ONLY CLARK PARK FARMERS MARKET GROWS COMMUNITY MADISON RUTHERFORD • COLLEGE TIMES

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lark Park Farmers Market is all about community, sustainability and progress.

These are concepts that are also represented by its venue, Clark Park on Roosevelt Street in Tempe.

The market’s location was formerly a cityowned swimming pool.

After it was shuttered, the market’s founders applied 8 for a grant to turn the

pool into a community garden.

They filled the pool with dirt, made wooden garden boxes and rented them out to members of the community.

Last October, as a way to provide income to keep the garden growing, they held the first Clark Park Farmers Market.

This Saturday, October 8, the market will open for its second season and will continue every

Saturday through May. According to Mollie Heiden, a board member and recreational therapy major at ASU, the market is completely volunteerrun and all proceeds go directly into maintaining it.

Heiden’s major, under ASU’s College of Public Service and Community Solutions, requires her to have a minimum of 200 hours of community field experience. Heiden chose to volunteer at the market because she wanted to learn a variety of skills in a community setting.

She started as an informationbooth volunteer and was recently invited to join the board.

“They gave me chances to

program plan which is really great for my future career,” she says. “I’m done with my careerfield experience hours, but I’m staying on because I just kind of love it there and I want to stay on as a board member.”

Heiden credits her education at ASU for giving her the opportunities and resources to gain experience in her field.

When she graduates in May, she says she will be certified to facilitate activities that improve the daily function, quality of life and independence of various populations. She ultimately wants to go into senior care, aiding people who suffer from Alzheimer’s and dementia.

“This market was a great

experience for that because a lot of what my major relies on is community and making connections and creating that third space,” she says. “A lot of the majors under this school are super community-oriented.”

Heiden says it is that community feel that keeps people coming back.

“The fact that it’s volunteerrun by people who live right down the street from the actual park is really exciting,” she says.

“Most of our vendors also live in the neighborhood and are extremely local people and I think the environment of being in the actual garden is also very unique.”

Heiden says the garden has

more ASU students.

“Living on campus, it can be kind of difficult to find good, healthy produce,” she says. “We’re a little over 2 miles away from ASU...if you’re on a bike or a skateboard, you can just come through the neighborhood and find us, which is really nice.”

This year, Heiden hopes to coordinate more projects to supplement the market’s shopping experience. Last season, she helped organized activities and events for Halloween and Earth Day. “Those two days were like my favorite days of the year at the market because we were bringing (people) in for more than just shopping, it was about community,” she explains.

“We really want to grow that and have at least something every other week. Even if it’s small... it can vary in complexity,

but just something there that’s special.”

The market will consistently offer free morning yoga sessions so attendees can find their chi before they find the perfect produce.

Whether it’s jamming to music, munching on veggies or hanging out with your neighbors, Heiden reiterates that it’s all about keeping it local.

“That’s another thing that I would love to promote,” she says. “Shopping local and promoting these businesses and supporting the local economy.”

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shaded seating areas where market patrons can sit, enjoy live music and visit with their neighbors after they’re done shopping.

“We want you to know who your neighbors are,” she says.

Local musicians will play every weekend, including two ASU professors and “a neighbor who loves playing acoustic covers.”

This year, the market will feature 40 vendors including local favorites like Abby Lee Farms, De Cio Pasta and Doc’s Artisan Ice Creams.

The market will adhere to the food-truck fad by featuring meals on wheels from Curbside Crepes, Kruzin Cuisine and Barazza.

Heiden says the demographic and attendance varies week to week, but she’d like to see

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PROVE THEM WRONG

SCOTT BIERSACK SHARES HIS APPROACH TO DESIGN AND LIFE MADISON RUTHERFORD • COLLEGE TIMES

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SOME OF BIERSACK’S DECK DESIGNS FOR GIRL SKATEBOARDS

assion, practice and patience.

These three words drive the creative process of 23-year-old designer, illustrator and ASU alum Scott Biersack, and it works. He has already gone on to land design gigs with Blue Moon, McDonald’s, Starbucks and Girl Skateboards.

“All of those things are what led me to be where I am today,” he says. “Without practice, I wouldn’t have the skills that I do.

Without the passion, I wouldn’t be motivated to do what I do ... and it’s just one of those things you have to have the patience for. It takes time.”

He classifies himself as an illustrator and designer, but he focuses on lettering. Inherently artistic, he says art and design really are different worlds.

“Art, to me, it has very little structure, whereas design, there’s a lot of structure, a lot of grids and guidelines and rules. With art you can just like

paint a streak and call it art,” he explains.

Biersack took a load of art classes in high school and especially enjoyed painting.

His junior year, his high school launched a graphic-design program. At the time, he assumed art and design were synonymous.

“I thought if I can do art, I can do design,” he recalls.

Biersack’s graphic-design teacher was a recent ASU grad who fueled his desire to attend the design school himself.

“Just her energy, her method of teaching and the fact that she went to ASU was literally my ultimate inspiration to go to the ASU program,” he says. “I didn’t really put too much thought into it, honestly. I was like, ‘I like design, let’s give it a shot,’ and the rest is history.”

Biersack got his big break when he was a junior in the visual-communication design program at ASU. He has two

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things to thank for that, he says: a chalkboard and social media.

In 2013, Biersack gave himself a personal project: create something new every day for a year. He dubbed the challenge “Project 365.”

“Through that process, I was trying to not only draw with pencil and paper, pen and colored pencils but I was trying to venture outward and try some new mediums and new things,” he says.

“I was constantly sharing work on Instagram because it’s kind of like a portfolio for me,” he says. “It was a great way for me to get my work out there and get my work seen by people.

Honestly, if I didn’t have social media I wouldn’t be where I am today.”

It was another social-media site, Behance, that gave Biersack the opportunity to design decks for Girl Skateboards.

“Girl Skateboards was having a competition and they said, ‘Hashtag your work and possibly get to work with us on a new, limited-edition line of skateboards,’” he explains.

Biersack hashtagged photos of a previous project, on which he had painted inspirational quotes on old skateboards.

A week later, he received a call that he was among three winners. He was flown out to Girl’s headquarters in Los Angeles for what he refers to as his “dream job.”

“It was an amazing opportunity and I wouldn’t have

had that opportunity if I wasn’t constantly pushing myself to make something new,” he says.

Social media also catalyzed the connection between Biersack and Mehdi Farsi, co-owner of State Bicycle Co. in Tempe. Farsi commissioned Biersack to create pieces for the company’s “Monday Motivation” campaign.

“Every Monday they post a new piece of inspiration or motivation to get your Monday started off right,” Biersack explains. “They provided me with some images of their bikes and all I had to do was come up with some sort of phrase, draw a refined piece of lettering to then share it on social media.”

Instead of paying Biersack in cash, Farsi paid him with a brand-new bike.

Biersack graduated from ASU in May of 2015. Two months later, he took that bike with him to New York to attend Type@ Cooper, a rigorous year-long typeface design program.

Last month, Biersack moved

“I like to show them that I can back to Phoenix and is now be successful in what I’m doing freelancing full-time. and there’s no reason to just Biersack says his work sit idly by and not do anything reflects his life, which hasn’t about it,” he says. always been easy. Nearly a Biersack’s approach to decade ago, both of his parents “making it” is equally as simple: lost their jobs, which forced Never stop creating. him and his family to live “My advice is always to “borderline homeless.” Biersack just create something, even if says this caused him to spiral you don’t want to, just make into a bout of depression for something and then share it,” nearly three years.

“Life, in general, has definitely he says. guided my work to be what it is now because I feel like I hit rock bottom and I had to slowly come out of it,” he elaborates. “I try to use all of my past experiences.”

Among the inspirational phrases featured in Biersack’s work, his favorite is short and sweet: “Prove ONE OF BIERSACK’S DESIGNS FOR STATE BICYCLE CO.’S them wrong.”

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This is when he came across the chalkboard outside Coor Hall on ASU’s Tempe campus, which he says most people saw as a platform to write “a lot of nonsense and noise.” Biersack saw it as a blank canvas.

He began creating large-scale chalk pieces, experimenting with fonts, phrases and designs, and featuring motivational quotes and phrases. He says each piece took him five to six hours. Eventually, passersby started taking notice, snapping pictures and posting them on Instagram.

“I had no intentions of getting any type of feedback or reciprocations, so it was crazy to check the ASU hashtag and see five to ten photos of people taking photos of it and somehow getting inspired or motivated by it,” he says.

Though his chalk creations initially were personal and impermanent, they have been preserved through social media, which Biersack credits for his success.

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FOUR PEAKS OKTOBERFEST BRINGS EUROPEAN TRADITION TO TEMPE LONI BRYANTT • COLLEGE TIMES

he Four Peaks Oktoberfest is headed back to Tempe with new features to give attendees a premier, authentic Germanstyle experience at Tempe Beach Park from Friday, October 7, to Sunday, October 9, organizers say.

“The Tempe Oktoberfest is as authentic of an experience for a true Munich Oktoberfest that

you’re going to get in Tempe, Arizona, as far as an overall experience,” says Ben Schwirk, high-end brand manager for Anheuser Busch.

The festival is similar to years past, but this year, guests will have to pay admission to enjoy the beer, food and live music the event has to offer.

Gretchen Pahia, public relations manager for the

event, says purchasing tickets will make the experience simpler. Pahia says with the initial payment at the gate, guests can expect, “better food choices, better beer options and an overall better experience all around.”

For example, festival-goers no longer need to worry about purchasing beer tickets. A 16-ounce cup is $6 and cash and credit/debit cards will be accepted at all food and beverage tents.

Guests can purchase a VIP pass, which includes access to parking, three beverages of choice, one meal provided by the Tempe Sister Cities’ booth, and access to the Spaten VIP Lounge throughout the day of admission. The lounge contains

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The festival’s headliner is Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Jon. The energetic entertainer will bring his infectious hip hop to the Lakefront Stage on Friday. Tempe Oktoberfest will also feature Whiskey’s Quicker, Royal Bliss, Mogollon, Aubachtal Sexette and DJ Munition to provide a soundtrack while you sip.

This event is not just for adults, as The Landings Credit Union Kinderfest includes an arts and crafts center, a photo booth with a German-theme background, Lego center, and a performance by the ASU Dancing Devils.

Four Peaks’ Oktoberfest will also have carnival rides, dozens of games and

FOUR PEAKS OKTOBERFEST Tempe Beach Park, 80 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, tempeoktoberfest.com, various times Friday, October 7, to Sunday, October 9, $7-$80.

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cooling misters, airconditioned restrooms and a private dance floor and entertainment.

“It will be just a little more comfortable experience,” Pahia says.

Vendors of American and German food give guests a smorgasbord of options. Schwirk says that the authentic beer is among the biggest draws of the event.

Four styles of beer from Spaten Brewery will be available, along with a variety of Four Peaks options, says Schwirk.

A complete list of brews available can be found on the event’s website, tempeoktoberfest.com.

“The Spaten Oktoberfest beer was the first version of Oktoberfest or a Martinson-style beer,” says Schwirk.

carnival-style food.

This year, the festival partnered with Uber.

Guests will have the option to buy their ride to and from the event when they pre-purchase tickets. Uber cars will also be readily available onsite. A portion of the Uber presales will also go to Tempe Sister Cities.

To buy tickets in advance, visit tempeoktoberfest. com. The site features a schedule of events and FAQs. All of the festival’s proceeds will benefit Tempe Sister Cities, an organization that aids students, educators and professionals in providing international exchange programs.

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What was your most unexpected freshman-year experience?

“Meeting (newscaster) Robin Roberts because of the Cronkite school, and how great it is in helping us meet professionals in our career paths.”

- MADDY RYAN, JUNIOR

“Dealing with a roommate situation that was so extreme. It was such an intense conflict, and I didn’t get any help for it, either. My CA didn’t help and the complex didn’t help. My mom had to speak to the dean of students to get it figured out.”

– RACHEL BATH, JUNIOR

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“It wasn’t just one moment. It was a series of little moments wherein I made amazing friends; friends I have no doubt I’ll stick with for the rest of my life. Never would I have expected to meet such amazing people, and I’m really grateful.”

– OLIVIA KNECHT, JUNIOR

“Realizing that my major wasn’t for me.

Because I came to this school really set in my ways, realizing that wasn’t what I wanted to do after all was a big thing for me.”

– VICTORIA GRIJALVA, SOPHOMORE

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NICK SALAZAR, JUNIOR

If you could change one thing about your freshman year, what would it be?

I wouldn’t have stayed in the dorms because it wasn’t the experience I was hoping for, and it was a lot of money.

If you could change one thing about your freshman year, what would it be?

I would say to try and get good grades rather than letting loose since you already got admitted.

When I transferred to ASU from Xavier University, my GPA was so low I didn’t receive any financial aid.

What’s one college cliché that you’ve actually experienced firsthand?

People don’t make very good decisions their freshman year. I remember going to some event in Tempe, and I was with a whole group of girls I didn’t know very well. They met this guy on the light rail and they were like, “Hey, he wants us to go to his dorm and hang out with him.” It just seemed like such a bad idea.

What’s something you learned from college that can’t be taught in a classroom?

The biggest thing I’ve learned is that if you want to get ahead and you have a goal that you’re striving for, you’re the only person who can make it happen.

College classes can only teach you so much, and the rest you have to find ways on your own to get ahead.

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Pick your friends wisely.

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What’s something you learned from college that can’t be taught in a classroom?

How to have passion and motivation in my intended major. Most people seem to just go to college to have a degree, but it means so much more when you get excited about getting further in school to learn about your area of study and you’re not dreading class because you want to sleep in.

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ART & SOUL ARTIST FRANCISCO FLORES USES LIGHT, SOUND AND SPACE TO EXPLORE SOMETHING BIGGER MADISON RUTHERFORD • COLLEGE TIMES

where he was able to visually explore those concepts. He started working with audio, video, computers, cameras and microphones as media of self-expression. Flores says his background in psychology deeply informs his art.

“It was kind of weird, but I tried to study how God intersects into our everyday or how I can bring the cultural aspects of religious people into mainstream culture,” he says.

“And how do we have those values in our everyday, how can you bring that without the religious aspect?”

Flores wants his audience to think about their connection with their environment, their

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Though Flores says being around people makes him feel “alive, inspired and with energy to do whatever,” some of his most memorable moments have stemmed from solitude and self-reliance. He says meditating and being alone allows him to “restructure things within.”

“I’ve had moments of just being alone in a random city and not having anybody, it’s just me and my backpack,” he muses. “It really allowed me to be a better version of who I am.”

Flores doesn’t think life imitates art, he believes life is art.

“I think life is the greatest art form,” he says. “I think this body is the greatest art there is...the

laboratory that nature is. I’m against the whole concept of artists because an artist is a lot of things.”

Flores hopes to redefine the way the world thinks about art by restructuring ourselves and our environment. He says his time at ASU really helped him develop his style and sense of self.

“I was just doing a bunch of crazy stuff like merging aesthetic with sacredness, thinking about cities and wellbeing,” he says. “I’m interested in this redesigning of urban spaces and being able to sort of engineer for empathy and humanity.”

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community and themselves. His most recent exhibit, “Crystals and Lasers,” explored the ideas of meditation, intention and wellbeing. The crystals represented universal healing, while the lasers created a sense of purity.

We try to do new things that are functional, even though they’re artistic,” Flores says.

“They try to have an interaction that allows you to think deeper or see yourself in another perspective.”

“Crystals and Lasers” was not initially intended to be an exhibition. Flores describes it as more of a “ceremony,” a manifestation of his search for spirituality.

“I needed an experience that allowed me to feel that, to make it real,” he says. “I needed to make it a tangible thing.”

Flores says he wanted it to be an intimate experience, so he invited only a handful of close friends. Each person took turns sitting within a grid of eight

crystals as a slew of laser beams reflected off of them. Flores encouraged the participants to meditate and set intentions, an experience he described as “beautiful and surreal.”

Flores curated photographs from the event and displayed them at Unexpected Art Gallery in downtown Phoenix in July.

He says he also introduced temporality as another theme of the exhibit. He chose to use 21 days to represent the journey of practice and progress. He coordinated 21 consecutive events inspired by self-reflection and well-being, including dinner, dance performances and meditation nights.

“I wanted to make a point on being consistent and having a practice,” he says. “It was hard, but it was amazing because...I know that people need this. We need spaces of inclusion. We need spaces of practicing wellbeing. We don’t have enough spaces where we practice that.”

Flores says this is a common theme across urban spaces, a concept he explored in his thesis while at ASU. He wants to transform spaces to be more conducive to connectivity, an environment he found when he went to Burning Man music festival in August.

“The environment allows you to connect with the people in a way that’s not about how you look or what you have,” he says.

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y definition, Francisco Flores is an artist. He works out of a gallery, participates in First Friday and creates evocative visual pieces.

But Flores says he doesn’t like art, at least not in the traditional sense, which he describes as “making pretty things.” Flores’ work is intrinsically complex, provoking a deeper dialogue about space, community, architecture, self-reliance and spirituality.

In 2010, Flores earned a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary arts and performances with a focus on interactive systems from ASU. Last year, the 27-year-old went back to the university to get his master’s in interdisciplinary studies with a digital art focus.

“With school, I was just making things related to how I can bring ideas of sacredness and well-being to aesthetics or an installation or a functional thing,” he explains. “That’s why I don’t like making art. For me, it’s not about something that looks cool; it’s about engaging that line of thinking.”

Flores grew up in Tijuana, Mexico, where he says he was exposed to a lot of adversity at a young age. When he was in high school, his mother sent him to live with an aunt in Yuma, an experience he was initially opposed to. He didn’t know any English when he arrived.

Flores learned the language very quickly and was soon at the top of his class. Flores says he has always been an “outsider,” but was fascinated by the human condition, which lead him to ASU to study psychology.

“When I was in college, I had this uncle who was a big teacher to me and sort of deconstructed a whole religious paradigm,” he says. “It allowed me to think about real sacredness, which is our bodies and our relationships and how we commune with the world and ourselves, so that’s why I started studying psychology.”

Flores’ interest in sacredness and spirituality ultimately lead him to art and performance,

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hink Comic Con, but for horror enthusiasts -- less Wonder Woman costumes and more fake blood.

Lots more.

That’s FearCon, extolled as Arizona’s largest independent gathering to scare the wits out of you, this year sponsored by “Fangoria,” a magazine for horror-film fans.

The three-day scare fest features film screenings, panel discussions, vendors, live body painting, musical performances, workshops and a zombie pageant.

The fright runs Oct. 7-9 at Sun Studios of Arizona in Tempe, a brand new venue that boasts two sound stages and a 225-seat theater with surround sound.

Although founded in 2006

by Chris McLennan and her husband, Jim, this is only the seventh FearCon. “We never did it like every single year, we did it whenever we felt like it was right,” she says.

“As soon as we started talking

to people about it...we just got a huge response.”

The first FearCon was at a small, now-defunct art gallery in downtown Phoenix called Paper Heart.

“The gallery held like 80 people, and on the day of the event 150 people showed up, which showed me there was a basis for doing this event,” says McLennan. “People liked it, they liked the way that I put the event together, which was not just a film festival. It had other things going on.

“We had bands playing, we had freak shows happening, we had cosplayers involved, we had the vendors, of course, that were there. But then we also started bringing in celebrity guests and it was a little bit of everything.

There was kind of like a filmfestival convention, Comic Con flavor to the whole thing, so we made it very unique and it kind of dominoed from there.”

This year, special guests include Lynn Lowry, who debuts her film, “Model Hunger,”

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Tiffany Shepis (“Tales of Halloween,” “Sharknado 2” and “Night of the Demons”) and Ari Stidham from Scorpion, with his directorial debut, “You and Me in the Desert.”

McLennan says the team started its call for film submissions in January. Every year, it gets 30 to 100 features and 50 to 60 short films. She and her husband dedicate hundreds of hours to watching and analyzing the entries, of which they pick no more than five features and about 20 to 30 shorts for the event.

McLennan says it’s inspiring to see the dedication and passion put into the films.

“You can see that these independent filmmakers put all their money, all their time, all their blood and sweat, into them, knowing that submitting to film festivals isn’t going to guarantee anything,” she says.

The festival awards “Best Feature,” “Best Short,” “Best Actor” and “Audience Favorite,” which are honored with

homemade trophies. McLennan makes the base of the trophies out of wood and spray paints them to look like a tombstone.

She then hammers in varioussize knives for each award, including a giant carving knife for “Best Feature” and a small dagger for “Best Short.” She paints the knives gold and tops them all off with fake blood.

FearCon also partners with several movie-distribution companies. Each year, winners may get their films internationally distributed.

McLennan says some of the submissions are “beautiful, rough gems” from amateur filmmakers who often “need a little more practice.” If they believe a film has potential, they will still show it, even if the acting or editing is rough around the edges.

“Quite a few films over the years that we’ve put on there, that, even though they were rough, were amazing and ended up getting picked up and

distributed by either television or Netflix or Redbox,” she says.

“It always pleases us to no end to see a movie on there and say, ‘That one was at the FearCon five years ago.’ Things like that are just wonderful for us, to see them getting the exposure that they want and deserve to have.”

McLennan believes that horror is a great outlet for people to relax and have fun. She says she loves horror movies that don’t take themselves too seriously.

“There’s so much horror in the world, but...you go to see a horror movie and it’s fun, it’s exciting, it’s scary, it’s just a big release for people to be able to go to a horror movie and enjoy themselves,” she says.

Tickets to the event range from $30 for daily admission to $150 VIP tickets that include a meet and greet, drink coupons and other spooky swag. A percentage of ticket sales go to the Phoenix Shanti Group, a community-oriented

to get the community to notice independent filmmakers, notice people who are in the horror genre,” she says. “Our whole event is based on our involvement in the community. We want to make sure that local businesses get noticed, as well as local filmmakers... to make sure that they get more exposure than they’re already getting.”

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McLennan also hopes to cultivate a sense of community through the festival, which celebrates local filmmakers, artists, vendors and musicians.

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smartphone app that allows users to meditate and focus on mindfulness may seem slightly contradictory.

Instead of finding a way to pull people away from their phones to meditate, Stop, Breathe & Think co-founders Julie Campistron and Jamie Price developed a way for people to use their phones to check in with their emotions instead of on Facebook or Foursquare.

The app was originally intended to supplement workshops for Tools for Peace,

a nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating compassion and kindness in the daily lives of youth and adults. Price wanted to take the program a step further and find new ways to inspire and connect with young participants. She quickly realized the best way to connect with young people is through technology. The duo set out to translate the mindfulness techniques and exercises from the workshops to a user-friendly app.

The app asks users to do an “emotional check-in” and

provides quick, customized guided meditations based on how the user is feeling.

Campistron says most of the meditations are fewer than 6 minutes.

“Even though it’s on a device that’s highly interruptive in your day and highly distracting, to some extent it’s leveraging something you already have in your hand all the time,” she says. “It’s giving you the ability to turn it into something that’s going to settle you down and able to connect with your feelings a couple

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of times a day and be able to do something about whatever those emotions are that you’re dealing with.”

Campistron says the app has had nearly 5 million emotional check-ins since they launched in 2014. Users can choose up

and we encourage you with stickers,” Campistron says, “It helps people stay on track and really encourage them.”

According to Campistron, half of the app’s users are younger than 25. She says the quick and easy nature of the app is especially ideal for college students. She proposes that simply taking a moment to do an emotional assessment is highly therapeutic for the erratic lives that most students lead.

“We see a lot of feedback from college kids around us helping them with their social anxiety as they get into college, but also preparing for finals,” she elaborates. “It really doesn’t require a lot of time to check in and do a short meditation... you really only need to carve out basically 10 minutes a day... it’s really less about how long you spend and more about how consistent you can be.”

Campistron recommends making meditation part of a daily routine by associating it

with everyday activities like breakfast or brushing your teeth.

“It’s also something you can turn to if you’re having a panic attack because you have a final,” she adds.

Campistron and Price are working on augmenting the app’s features by including more activities and making the emotional tracker more robust.

“Our goal is to be more than just a meditation app and to really be an emotional wellness app,” says Campistron.

As the app develops and evolves, Campistron says one thing has remained consistent: positive feedback from users. Campistron says people have used the app to overcome everything from assuaging daily stress to dealing with PTSD. “It’s so infrequent that we take those few minutes,” she says. “We really see the

efficacy of it with regard to alleviating stress and really helping people feel more balanced and calm.”

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to five emotions categorized from highly positive to highly negative. The app then uses an algorithm to recommend three short meditations based on those emotions.

“There are specific meditations and topics that work better to calm you down if you’re angry versus to energize you if you’re feeling sad or depressed versus getting rid of your anxiety,” she explains.

“If it’s in the evening, we’ll also recommend a sleep meditation or if it’s in the morning, we’ll usually recommend welcoming the day meditations, which is a great way to start your day.”

They recently added a feature that allows users to do another emotional check-in after they meditate. The app provides a platform for users to track their progress and see how their moods have evolved.

Stop, Breathe & Think offers incentives to encourage daily practice.

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MONICA VAUGHN’S LAST SEASON AT ASU IS IN FULL SWING MADISON RUTHERFORD • COLLEGE TIMES

...AND I REALLY LIKED WINNING, SO THAT WAS KIND OF A MOTIVATION...

after she graduates in May,” she says. “Our juniors are going to have to step up and they have big shoes to fill when Monica graduates.”

Vaughn is the only senior on the seven-player team. FarrKaye says that the team’s size creates an intimate, family-like dynamic.

“There’s a lot of bonding and having a good time and having fun together,” Farr-Kaye says.

“We all like to give each other a little bit of a hard time and tease each other a little bit, but we really do, we have a lot of fun together.”

Vaughn and Farr-Kaye agree that traveling for tournaments also creates a unique dynamic.

This year, they will tee off in Florida, New Mexico, Hawaii, California and South Carolina.

The team’s next tournament is the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, California, on October 14.

“Being on the road, you

really get to know each other on a different level,” says FarrKaye. “It’s like having a lot of sisters on the road. Sometimes you’re going to get on each other’s nerves but most of the time we really have a lot of fun together and laugh a lot...it’s nice to kind of get away from the golf course every once in awhile and experience some of the cool places we get to travel to.”

Though Vaughn is the oldest player on the team, she says she is constantly learning from her teammates and feels very fortunate to play alongside talented golfers from across the globe.

“We all have these same goals, but our team has always been very international,” she explains. “I think the most interesting part to being on this team is getting to know so many different people from so many different countries and how they approach the game

of golf and even how they approach life.”

Vaughn says she can’t imagine her life without golf.

“So much of my life, so much of my accomplishments, the places I’ve been, the people I’ve met have been through golf,” she says. “Golf brought me to ASU, golf took me all over the world, I’ve met some of the most amazing people through this sport and I would never take that back for the world.

Even through all the hard times and the ups and downs, I would still choose golf every day.”

Vaughn doesn’t hesitate when asked about her future.

Her goals for the upcoming season include winning a national championship. In the long run, she plans to go pro.

“With practice and hard work and putting in the time, on the course and in the classroom, I think we’re going to have a really good year this year,” she says assuredly.

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a win, and I did. They called me a couple of weeks later and told me I made the team.”

Vaughn’s pride in her achievements is shared by head coach Missy Farr-Kaye, a former Sun Devil and pro golfer who has been coaching women’s golf at ASU for 16 years. Farr-Kaye went to Ireland over the summer to watch Vaughn play in front of thousands of people at the Curtis Cup. “Her demeanor on the golf course and how she handles herself is just absolutely fantastic to watch,” Farr-Kaye says. “She went out and earned it and that’s a huge feather in her cap for her resume, to be a Curtis Cupper for the rest of her life. There are a lot of great players that never make it on the Curtis Cup team.”

Though it seems effortless to her now, Vaughn says striking a balance between practice, classes, studying and traveling for tournaments initially was very difficult.

“I never knew just how much time we would be gone,” she says. “In high school tournaments, we were just gone for the day. Now, we’re gone for four or five days at a time and that really adds up over a season. I just kind of learned how to balance class time with practice time and what works for my schedule.”

Vaughn finally hit her stride last semester when she received the best grades of her college career. She says her time at ASU has taught her how to manage her time and compartmentalize her life, which is reflected in her grades and on the golf course.

“My freshman year, I was just really overwhelmed with college and trying to figure out how things worked,” she says. “I definitely learned what works for me and that’s helped me improve as a player and as a person, as well.”

Farr-Kaye says she has “grown leaps and bounds” since her freshman year.

“We will miss her dearly

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When most girls her age were playing with blocks or Barbies, Monica Vaughn was swinging a golf club. Vaughn, a senior communications major at ASU, says she held her first iron when she was 3 years old and started playing in tournaments when she was 8. She is now entering her final season on the ASU women’s golf team, ranked No. 14 in the nation.

Vaughn, who hails from a little town in Oregon with a small nine-hole course, says golf was always a family affair.

Her mom, dad and sisters are avid golfers. With a push from her dad, Vaughn says she got more serious about it as she got older.

“I think the older I got and the better I got, the more passionate I got,” she recalls. “I realized that if I put in the time and I put in the hours, that I would reap all these rewards and I really liked winning, so that was kind of a motivation... that’s really when I started taking it more seriously.”

This year, Vaughn got the call that she made the Curtis Cup team, which she describes as the highest achievement for an amateur golfer. She admits it wasn’t originally on her radar, but when she got an invitation to come to a practice session last December, it “just kind of kicked in.” That was when Vaughn truly started eating, sleeping and breathing golf.

“I honestly have never worked so hard for something in my entire life,” she says. “I kicked up my practice, I kicked up the amount of play I was doing. I was out there early in the morning until late at night.

I just wanted to make that team so bad.”

Vaughn says winning the first tournament of the year last spring “sealed the deal.”

“My resume was good, but to make the Curtis Cup team, it was just lacking something,” she says. “I had a phenomenal week that week and I just was so driven and so motivated to come out on the other side with

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FOOTBALL SCHEDULE The Devils suffered their first loss of the season to the USC Trojans on October 1, breaking their streak of four consecutive wins.

Though it was a rough game for the team, kicker Zane Gonzalez celebrated a personal victory. The senior Sun Devil became the first ASU kicker to hit two field goals longer than 50 yards in the same game, breaking the Pac-12 career record.

His two 54-yard FGs, both in the first quarter, were the second longest in ASU history. Gonzalez now touts more than 80 career field goals, which places him in the top 10 in the NCAA’s

century-long history.

Unfortunately, ASU quarterback Manny Wilkins didn’t see the same success. The sophomore QB got sacked in the last few minutes of the second quarter. He suffered an injury to his left leg, which hindered him from finishing the game.Redshirt freshman Brady White stepped in to replace him, with the Trojans leading 27-6. The final score was 41-20.

The Sun Devils have a chance to redeem themselves on Saturday, October 8, when they host the UCLA Bruins.

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ARIZONA COYOTES VS. SAN JOSE SHARKS NHL regular season games are approaching, so come out and support our very own Arizona Coyotes on October 7 when we take on the San Jose Sharks in the last game of the preseason.

The Sharks beat the Coyotes in the last game of the 201516 season, but with Gila River Arena on their side, anything can happen.

Gila River Arena, 9400 W. Maryland Avenue, Glendale, coyotes.nhl.com, Friday, October 7, 7 p.m., $17-$315.50.

MONSTER JAM It’s not the drivers you’ll be watching at this year’s Monster Jam. You won’t be able to keep your eyes off of the spinning wheels on the 12foot, 10,000-pound machines tearing up a custom designed track at University of Phoenix Stadium. Watch them soar and smash as you root for your favorite crazy, ridiculous car, like the Grave Digger, Lucas Oil Crusader, El Toro Loco, Son-uva

Digger or Northern Nightmare.

University of Phoenix Stadium, 1 Cardinals Drive, Glendale, monsterjam.com, Saturday, October 8, 7 p.m., $20-$135.

ASU TAKES ON UCLA It’s always a good time when the Sun Devils play at home, but when the boys play UCLA, it’s guaranteed that the already-warm weather is going to triple in degrees. Last year, the Sun Devils took home a win and they’re not planning to let up. Make sure to get to the game early for a good spot and to scream your loudest. The Bruins are not taking this one!

Sun Devils Stadium, 500 E. Veterans Way, Tempe, thesundevils.com, Saturday, October 8, time TBD, $40-$299.

WWE LIVE If you plan your week around making sure you’re home for every WWE event, you’re going to want to block out a little more time when the superstars come to Talking Stick Resort Arena. Don’t miss the likes of

Dean Ambrose, AJ Styles and John Cena as they battle it out in the ring using their favorite gimmicks and moves.

Talking Stick Resort Arena, 201 E. Jefferson Street, Phoenix, 800.745.3000, ticketmaster. com, Saturday, October 15, 7:30 p.m., $20-$105.

SPARKY’S CHALLENGE Join the ASU community for the sixth annual Sparky’s Challenge. Whether you’re down for a 5K or a 10K, you can kick off the week of homecoming festivities with a fast and friendly event for all ages and abilities. Participants can choose to either walk or run and all will receive an official race shirt and finisher’s medal.

There will be real-time results, age-group awards and runners’ snacks awaiting those at the finish line.

Arizona State University West Campus, 4701 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale, bit.ly/2del31W, Sunday, October 16, 3:30 p.m., free for students & $10.

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CAPTAIN COYOTE SHANE DOAN SAYS IMPROVEMENT IS THE KEY TO 2016-17 SEASON CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI • COLLEGE TIMES

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the switch at Glendale Glitters a few years back. In September, he was a guest conductor for the Phoenix Symphony’s version of “The Star Spangled Banner.”

“As a player, you get the opportunity to do things you normally don’t get to do,” he says. “It was pretty special.”

Doan, who turns 40 in October, was born in Halkirk, Alberta, Canada, to Bernie and Bernice Doan, who ran a Christian summer camp.

Married to Andrea and the father of four children, Doan has played for the Coyotes for most of his career. He signed a one-year contract in July, leading to speculation that he’ll retire a Coyote at the end of this season.

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Our special teams should be in the Top 10 for both penalty killing and power play. It gives us a better chance. Better, more consistent and harder.”

Doan has been the Coyotes’ leader since the 2003-04 season, making him the NHL’s longest-serving captain. The media has dubbed him “caring” and “helpful,” and those adjectives are well-deserved.

For the 2011-12 season, Doan won the Mark Messier Leadership Award, which is given to a player selected by the legendary hockey player to honor an individual who leads by positive example through on-ice performance, motivation of team members and a dedication to community activities and charitable causes, according to its website.

For Doan, it comes naturally.

“If you’re capable of helping, help,” he says matter-of-factly.

The Valley has thanked him in return. He smiles widely when he talks about flipping

“As a player it’s became home for my family and me,” adds Doan about his love for the community. “I’ve been here longer than anywhere else, as a player.

“It’s become a place where my kids were born and raised.

This is home for them. At the same time, I feel I owe it to my team. They’ve been good to me my whole career, so I ought to be good to them.”

THE ARIZONA COYOTES Season begins Saturday, October 15, against the Philadelphia Flyers at Gila River Arena, 9400 W. Maryland Avenue, Glendale.

For ticket information, visit http://coyotes.nhl.com/.

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rizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan slowly skates off the Ice Den Scottsdale’s RJM Rink on a hot September afternoon. At 6 feet 2 inches—plus skates—he towers over the small crowd there to see him and others practice.

The 2016-17 season begins Saturday, October 15, against the Philadelphia Flyers at Gila River Arena. But Doan has been practicing with “some of the guys” since August for the new year—one that he hopes will be more successful than the last. The Yotes finished 3539 with 78 points, and landed in fourth place last season.

“As a team, we had some success last year,” Doan says.

“We have some new young guys, but we have to be better as a group. We’ll find ways to improve on some of the good things and really improve on some of the things we struggled with.

“The second half of the season, we could have done better.”

The Coyotes manage to keep the games fun, however.

“It’s a big part of it,” he says. “We find ways to keep it enjoyable and keep up the excitement. Sometimes that means something about the game or just working hard.”

Doan is working on improving his skills, as well, something he acknowledges he still needs at age 39.

“For me, I need to keep it simple,” he says. “I need to do all the little things that the coaches require me to do as a player. I need to contribute along with the younger players and help our team win.”

As for the team’s goals, Doan put it simply.

“The team has to get better.

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PENETRATING THE MARKET SAN DIEGO’S PIERCE THE VEIL IS MAKING ITS MARK WITH ‘MISADVENTURES’ ALAN SCULLEY • COLLEGE TIMES

ierce The Veil may not be a new band in terms of calendar years. In fact, the band is starting its second decade together, having formed in San Diego in 2006.

But in at least one way, the promotional cycle for its fourth album, “Misadventures,” is making Pierce the Veil feel like a whole new venture for vocalist and founding member Vic Fuentes.

“Now our songs actually have been getting radio airplay on KROQ and big (radio) stations and stuff like that,” he says. “This is where we feel like a brand-new band because that’s where we had no idea of these things. It’s all new to us.”

The idea of Pierce The Veil breaking into rock radio may surprise the band, but it probably hasn’t come as a shock to fans.

“Misadventures” was touted as one of 2016’s most anticipated rock albums prior to its release in May, and more than a few media outlets have predicted that Pierce The Veil could be on the verge of a major breakthrough.

The band hasn’t quite broken through yet, but the radio play is a promising sign. And the fact that “Misadventures” debuted at No. 4 on Billboard’s all-genre Top 200 album chart, while also topping the magazine’s Top Alternative Albums, Top Hard Rock Albums, Top Rock Albums and Independent Albums charts, certainly indicates that the group is still on an upward arc.

That kind of chart impact probably easily exceeds any

expectations Fuentes and his brother, drummer Mike Fuentes, had when they launched Pierce The Veil by recording the 2007 album, “A Flair for the Dramatic,” themselves. (Guitarist Tony Perry and bassist Jaime Preciado joined shortly after the album was completed.)

The success the band is experiencing didn’t come without some sweat and struggle during the making of “Misadventures.”

The biggest hold-up involved Fuentes’ efforts to write the lyrics for the album.

As with the previous albums, Fuentes didn’t write lyrics until the music for many of the songs was completed.

That part of the creative process went well, with music for much of “Misadventures” having been essentially finished as far back as 2014.

Unfortunately for the vocalist, it took a lot longer to make headway on the lyrics.

“The whole time we had the same songs,” Fuentes says.

“We had these songs I really believed in, and I felt really strongly about them. I had a lot of emotional attachment to them. At the time when I was trying to write the lyrics in the studio, I felt pretty uninspired with the way I was living and where I was. I just didn’t have anything kind of driving me creatively to complete the record with the caliber (of lyrics) that I wanted.”

After scrapping a set of lyrics he wrote because they lacked the substance he wanted, Fuentes and his bandmates agreed that, rather

(“Floral & Fading”) and the vocalist’s perspective on the terrorist attack at the Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris last fall (“Circles”).

The finished album pleased the band to the point that the group performed “Misadventures” in its entirety on its spring American tour.

That won’t be the case on this fall’s tour, although Pierce The Veil figures to play several songs from “Misadventures” along with a cross-section of tunes from the three earlier albums.

Another difference will be the visual production for the show, which will continue the band’s tradition of bringing as big a spectacle as possible on the road.

“We’re definitely trying some new stuff we’ve never done before.

We’re going pretty big with the production on this,” Fuentes says.

“Basically we did as much as they would let us on these kinds of stages. We took it as far as we could, yeah, so we basically (jammed) as much fun stuff as we can into one show, and it’s all different. It’s a new concept that we’ve never tried before, a new look.”

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than continuing to grind away on lyrics, they should put the album on hold and go on tour.

The band signed on for the 2015 Warped Tour, and after finishing that outing, Fuentes took a different approach in hopes of kickstarting his lyrics. He began a tour of various West Coast cities, staying for the most part in Airbnb homes, hoping the changes of scenery would help him tap into ideas that would hold up lyrically.

The plan worked, as Fuentes began spinning stories covering a variety of topics, including the tale of a tumultuous former romance that eventually ended on a good note (“Texas Is Forever”), a look at the online harassment Fuentes’ current girlfriend has endured

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ith his Robert Plant good looks and alt-rock vocals, The Black Moods’ Josh Kennedy was bound to be a frontman.

National music magazines have picked up on Kennedy’s talents as well, choosing “Someone to Save Us,” the first single from the Tempe band’s debut album “Medicine,” as their hot picks.

“I’ve been doing interviews with people from the U.K. and all kinds of crazy stuff,” says Kennedy, who also plays guitar. “It’s been a trip, for sure.”

It’s about to get busier for The Black Moods, as “Medicine” is slated for release on Friday, October 14, on Another Century/Sony Music. The same night, the band will host a CD release party at Wasted Grain in Scottsdale. The trio— which also includes drummer Chico Diaz and bassist Johannes Lar, an Army combat vet—will spend Saturday, October 15, at Phoenix Children’s Hospital singing for kids and their parents.

“With us being such a part of the Phoenix scene, we wanted to do something like this,” Kennedy says. “We’ve done it before in Los Angeles.

The kids have a good time and the parents have a good 32 time, too.”

‘MEAT AND POTATOES’ Kennedy calls “Someone to Save Us” a “straight-up rock song” that deserves to be heard.

“As far as the band goes, it represents everything we do,” he says. “I think it’s that song. It has all the elements.

It’s raw. It has hooks. It has a pop element, as well as the standard meat and potatoes.

“We don’t play to tracks. It’s completely organic with us.

There are three guys on stage playing rock songs. That’s it.

We can do it anywhere.”

Kennedy was bred in the most unlikely of spots for a rock singer—Wheaton, Missouri, in the Ozarks, where his head was filled with Southern rock and country music. Wheaton has a population of only 700.

He found his calling when his dad summoned him to the living room to see a band that he liked.

“They didn’t have MTV,” he says. “This one day I was in my room playing and my dad says, ‘Hey Bub—he calls me Bub—come check out this band.’ It was the Gin Blossoms playing ‘Hey Jealousy’ on an awards show.”

Josh’s dad told him he

could write music like that because it wasn’t virtuosic.

“I decided when I was 13 that I was going to play guitar for the Gin Blossoms,” he says.

“On my 21st birthday, I was on tour with the Gin Blossoms.

They invited me onstage and I got to play guitar.”

Flashback to when he was a teen, when he met the Gin Blossoms’ Robin Wilson, after a show with his side project Gas Giants.

“I was a super fan,” Kennedy says with a laugh. “I talked to him after the show.

His advice? Go to college. He was playing 200-seaters to 50 people. Of course, I didn’t listen. I came out here. I found him playing Long Wong’s and I hit him up for a job. I worked at his studio.”

The Gin Blossoms proved to be a huge influence on Kennedy’s songwriting. “‘Someone to Save Us’ is an example of a song that has the Gin Blossoms kind of feel,” he says. “It also has a harder rock sound than those guys have.

“We take elements of stuff

I grew up on—Bad Company, Led Zeppelin. I listen to them just as much as I did the Gin Blossoms.”

Now he has the jangly alterna-pop musicians’ phone numbers on speed dial.

“The 13-year-old me would be freaking out,” he muses.

On the business side, The Black Moods are influenced by local rocker Roger Clyne, who has hosted The Black Moods at his shows in Rocky Point.

“He brought us to Mexico and made us part of what he’s created, which we are super grateful for,” Kennedy says. “Initially, I went down by myself when he heard my record. He invited me to sing a song with him, me and the Peacemakers. Then, he invited us as direct support and we gained many fans from that.”

Music is all the trio does.

When they return from touring, they get right back into their Tempe studio.

“Arizona’s my favorite place,” he says. “Out of all of the states we’ve been to, it’s worth coming back to Tempe,

Arizona.

“Everything that’s happening leaves my head spinning a little bit—where is this going? Is it taking off?

That’s part of the gig, though.

You have to be willing to risk (relationships). You have to trust people, the people in your camp. We have it and it’s working. There’s no reward without risk.”

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Friday, October 7, $7-$80 (three-day VIP).

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CALENDAR OCTOBER 6

Chvrches, Marquee Theatre, 7 p.m., sold out Tourist, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $12-$15 Chook Race, Yucca Tap Room, 8 p.m., free Dizzy Wright, The Pressroom, 8 p.m., $23$25 DJ Johnny Volume, Valley Bar, 9 p.m., free Yolanda Be Cool, Livewire, 9 p.m., $17

OCTOBER 7 Florida Georgia Line, Ak-Chin Pavilion, 7 p.m., $42-$467 Devin Townsend Project w/ Between the Buried and Me, Marquee Theatre, 7 p.m., $25 Julian Lage Trio, Musical Instrument Museum, 7:30 p.m., $28.50-$35.50 Xylouris White, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $12

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Cyndi Lauper, Salt River Grand Ballroom @ Talking Stick Resort, 8 p.m., $35-$130+ Tears For Fears, Comerica Theatre, 8 p.m., $38-$75 The Casualties, Pub Rock, 8 p.m., $15-$18

OCTOBER 8 Twiztid, Marquee Theatre, 5:45 p.m., $25 Palisades, Nile Theater, 6 p.m., $12 Big & Rich w/Cowboy Troy, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 7 p.m., $20 Voodoo Glow Skulls, Yucca Tap Room, 7 p.m., $12-$15 The Felice Brothers, Valley Bar, 7:30 p.m., $16-$20 Failure, Livewire, 8 p.m. $27 Miniature Tigers, Rebel Lounge, 8 p.m., $15-$17 Inna Vision, Pub Rock, 8 p.m., $10-$13

Mr. Boogie Woogie Combo, The Rhythm Room, 9:15 p.m., $10

OCTOBER 9 Brian Culbertson, Livewire, 6 p.m. $29.50 Banks and Steelz, Crescent Ballroom, 8 p.m., $25-$27 ZZ Top, Pool @ Talking Stick Resort, 8 p.m., $25$125+ La Sera, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $12-$14 Banditos, The Rhythm Room, 8 p.m., $8-$10

OCTOBER 10 Echo and the Bunnymen, Marquee Theatre, 7 p.m., $30 Honne, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $15-$17 OCTOBER 11 Halestorm, Marquee Theatre, 6 p.m., $29.95$49.95 Corey Smith, Livewire, 7 p.m., $19 Annie Moses Band, Musical Instrument Museum, 7 p.m., $45.50$53.50 Schoolboy Q w/ Joey Badass, Mesa Amphitheatre, 7:30 p.m., $50$160 I Am Hologram, Yucca Tap Room, 9 p.m., free

FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE W/ COLE SWINDELL, THE CADILLAC THREE AND KANE BROWN Ak-Chin Pavilion, 7 p.m., $30.25-$79.50.

“Cruise” on down to Ak-Chin Pavilion to see the band who has exploded in country music. The boys of Florida Georgia Line have toured with some of the greatest acts around and now they’re running the show with their “Dig Your Roots Tour.” Expect a mix of new cuts and your favorites with songs like “H.O.L.Y.” and “This Is How We Roll.” Opening acts Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three and Kane Brown will have you up on your feet from the first note.

OCTOBER 12 Yellowcard, Marquee Theatre, 6 p.m., $30 Cheap Trick, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 7 p.m., $20 I The Mighty, Pub Rock, 7 p.m., $13-$16 Tory Lanez, Livewire, 7 p.m., $26-$99 M.D.C, Yucca Tap Room, 7 p.m., $12 Jon McLaughlin, Crescent Ballroom, 8 p.m., $17-20

OCTOBER 13 B.o.B, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 7 p.m., $20 Joey Alexander Trio, Musical Instrument Museum, 7 p.m., $33.50$43.50 How To Dress Well, Crescent Ballroom, 8 p.m., $15-$20 The 1975, Comerica Theatre, 8 p.m., $29.95$49.95 New Kingston, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $12 The Darts, Yucca Tap Room, 8 p.m., free DJ Supavaiza, Valley Bar, 9 p.m., free

OCTOBER 14 Totally ’80s, Livewire, 7 p.m., $29.50 Pierce the Veil, Marquee Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $27.50-$42.50 That 1 Guy, Valley Bar, 7:30 p.m., $12-$15 Rudresh Mahanthappa, Musical Instrument Museum, 7:30 p.m., $33.50-$38.50 Los Lobos, Showroom @ Talking Stick Resort, 8 p.m., $30-$65 Bonnie Raitt, Celebrity Theatre, 8 p.m., $64$101 Ra Ra Riot, Crescent Ballroom, 8:30 p.m., $18-$20 Cold Shott & The Hurricane Horns, The Rhythm Room, 9 p.m., $8

OCTOBER 15 BOO!, Rawhide At Wild Horse Pass, 5 p.m., $63$500 Beartooth, Nile Theater, 6 p.m., $19.50 Iggy Azalea, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 7 p.m., $25 Drive By Truckers,

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SCHOOLBOY Q Mesa Amphitheatre, 7:30 p.m., $50-$160.

ScHoolboy Q has done features with everyone, from Macklemore to Tyler the Creator. His newest album, “Blank Face LP” features Kanye West, E-40 and Jadakiss. Hear more from the talented rapper when he takes the stage at Mesa Amphitheatre.

Livewire, 7:30 p.m., $30 The Helio Sequence, Valley Bar, 7:30 p.m., $16-$18 Machine Gun Kelly, Marquee Theatre, 8 p.m., $35.50 Willie Nelson, Celebrity Theatre, 8 p.m., $71-$131 The Fremonts, The Rhythm Room, 9 p.m., $10

OCTOBER 16 Luis Coronel, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 5 p.m., $20 Willie Nelson, Celebrity Theatre, 7 p.m., $71-$131 Bob Dylan, Comerica Theatre, 7 p.m., $59.50$129.50 Foreigner, The Pool @ Talking Stick Resort, 8 p.m., $25-$125 Tobacco, Crescent Ballroom, 8 p.m., $15-$18 Ryley Walker, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $12-$14 Eric Hutchinson, Livewire, 8 p.m., $22 Griz, Marquee Theatre, 8 p.m., $27 The Congress, The Rhythm Room, 8 p.m., $10-$12 Campfire Cassettes, Yucca Tap Room, 8 p.m., free

OCTOBER 17 The Faint, Livewire, 6:30 p.m., $34 Danny Brown, Crescent Ballroom, 8 p.m., $28-$99 Hubby Jenkins, The Rhythm Room, 8 p.m., $10-$12

OCTOBER 18 Vanna, Nile Theater, 6:30 p.m., $12-$15 Taking Back Sunday, Club Red, 7 p.m., $35 Chance The Rapper, Mesa Amphitheatre, 7 p.m., sold out Yandel, Comerica Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $48-$100 Mayday!, Pub Rock, 7:30 p.m., $17-$20 Getter, Marquee Theatre, 8 p.m., $28 The Goddamn Gallows, Yucca Tap Room, 8 p.m., $10

OCTOBER 19 Parkway Drive, The Pressroom, 6 p.m., $26$30 Scotty McCreery, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 7 p.m., $20 Niykee Heaton, Livewire, 7 p.m., $20-$89

OCTOBER 20 Cash Cash, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 7 p.m., $20 The Dear Hunter, Crescent Ballroom, 7:30 p.m., $20-$50 The Fray w/ American Authors, Comerica Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $54.50 Stryper, Nile Theater, 7:30 p.m., $25

Hilary Weeks, Mesa Arts Center 7:30 p.m., $20.50-$33.50 Peter Rowan, Musical Instrument Museum, 7:30 p.m., #30.50-$38.50 Hinds, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $15-$18 Otherwise, Pub Rock, 8 p.m., $10-$13 Rockabilly! Cadillac Angels, The Rhythm Room, 8 p.m., $6 The Vibrators, Yucca Tap Room, 8 p.m., free DJ Johnny Volume, Valley Bar, 9 p.m., free Feed Me, Livewire, 9 p.m., $22

$220.25 Troye Sivan, Comerica Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $29 Hiss Golden Messenger, Valley Bar, 7:30 p.m., $15 The Cookers, Musical Instrument Museum, 7:30 p.m., $38.50-$48.50 R. Kelly, Talking Stick Resort Arena, 8 p.m., $65-$105 Seedless, Pub Rock, 8 p.m., $12-$15 Oxley’s Midnight Runners, Yucca Tap Room, 8 p.m., $10 Figure w/ Protohype, Livewire, 9 p.m., $17

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OCTOBER 22

The Amity Affliction, Nile Theater, 6 p.m., $18 Tyrone Wells, Crescent Ballroom, 7 p.m., $17-$33 Charlie Puth, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 7 p.m., $20 Disturbed, Gila River Arena, 7:30 p.m., $34.25-

Sevendust, Marquee Theatre, 6 p.m., $27.50 Wayne Kantz Trio, The Rhythm Room, 6 p.m., $20-$25 The Flaming Lips, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 7 p.m., $20

Keith Urban, Talking Stick Resort Arena, 7:30 p.m., $24.75-$69.75 Kandace Springs, Musical Instrument Museum, 7:30 p.m., $30.50-$38.50 Jerusafunk, Valley Bar, 8 p.m., $5 Viernes 13, Yucca Tap Room, 8 p.m., $10-$12 Soul Power Band, The Rhythm Room, 9 p.m., $8

OCTOBER 23 Jack & Jack, Arizona State Fairgrounds, 5 p.m., $25.00 Mac McAnally, Musical Instrument Museum, 7 p.m., $48.50-$53.50 Kadhim Al-Sahir, Celebrity Theatre, 8 p.m., $66-$207 Yuna, Crescent Ballroom, 8 p.m., $16-$18 CJ Ramone, Pub Rock, 8 p.m., $13-$15

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Nicki Parrott, Rossano Sportiello, and Eddie Metz Trio, Musical Instrument Museum, 7 p.m., $28.50-$33.50 Alessia Cara, Comerica Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $35$128 Opeth, Marquee Theatre, 8 p.m., $29.50 Kikagaku Moyo, The Rhythm Room, 8 p.m., $10 The 4onthefloor, Yucca Tap Room, 8 p.m., $10 DJ Gila Man, Valley Bar, 9 p.m., free

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Comerica Theatre, 8 p.m., $29.95-$49.95.

You’ll know when they’re around because you’ll know the sound of your heart beating loud. The band responsible for those lyrics—The 1975—is the darling of the music business. Now the English quartet is hitting the Valley once more to promote its new album, “I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It.” Expect new hits like “Love Me” and “The Sound” and sing with old favorites like “Chocolate.”

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HOROSCOPES! TOTALLY ACCURATE PREDICTIONS YOU SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT

AQUARIUS

PISCES

ARIES

TAURUS

(JANUARY 20 – FEBRUARY 18)

(FEBRUARY 19 – MARCH 20)

(MARCH 21 – APRIL 21)

(APRIL 22 – MAY 20)

You might be feeling a little lost in the sauce in terms of your career this week, Aquarius. As always, we’re here to give you some very sound advice. Find what you love and let it kill you. Wait, that’s not right. Find what you love and get someone to pay you for it…which might also kill you. At least you’ll die rich.

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It’s no use crying over spilled milk, Pisces, but wine is a different story— especially when it gets all over your laptop. We told you to stop drinking and studying. We don’t care how “productive” you think it makes you.

A broken clock is still right twice a day, Aries, so go ahead and wear that busted watch. It makes you look super cool and sophisticated and like you know what you’re doing, even though it’s perpetually 7:43 and you’re always late.

It’s important not to judge a book by its cover, Taurus, even though you can just tell that statistics textbook will be heinously boring…and overpriced.

GEMINI

CANCER

LEO

VIRGO

(MAY 21 – JUNE 21)

(JUNE 22 – JULY 22)

(JULY 23 – AUGUST 22)

(AUGUST 23 – SEPTEMBER 22)

Every day is a gift, that’s why they call it the present. Even though it’s not really what you asked for, just remember it’s the thought that counts.

Cancer, your inherently emotional nature means that you cry at the drop of a hat. We know it was a huge bummer that your favorite snapback fell into the mud, but c’mon, don’t be such a cry baby.

Dust it off and move on with your life.

Actions speak louder than words, Leo. It’s time to stop talking and start doing.

Seriously, start doing less talking.

You will be faced with a difficult decision this week, Virgo. Just know that your head is in the right place. The stars are a little hazy about where your heart and soul are, though.

LIBRA

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

(SEPTEMBER 23 – OCTOBER 22)

(OCTOBER 23 – NOVEMBER 21)

(NOVEMBER 22 – DECEMBER 21)

(DECEMBER 22 – JANUARY 19)

You will sink to a new low this week when you stumble into a pit of quicksand. You heard partying in college is a slippery slope, but you didn’t realize it would literally put you in the ground.

Good luck getting out of this one, Libra.

This will be a difficult week to overcome, Scorpio. But remember, someone else always has it worse. Ignore the fact that people are using your situation to make themselves feel better about theirs.

Apparently absence makes the heart grow fonder, Sag, but your heart will be frustrated when you lose your debit card and your keys this week.

Your financial situation isn’t looking so hot this week, Capricorn. But here’s a penny for your thoughts: Stop spending all your money on Pokecoins and Doritos.

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