It's a wonderful thing having a resident snob like Serene Dominic on hand to point up the truly
greatest moments in rock! Here's a choice sampling of his snobbiest work for the Phoenix New Times.

BACHARACH FRACAS!
That's what friends are for! Maneuvering to whup Dionne's ass in the Bacharach/David interpretation department! Enter our exciting opinion poll!

ELVIS SINGS FOR KIDS...AND FISTICUFFS, TOO!
Twenty-one years after Elvis' death, a guide to his greatest movie "hits"and misses

BRITISH INVASION REDUX
What if Gerry Marsden met John Lennon before Paul McCartney did? Things might not have turned out so fab.

KISS THE CULPRIT
Did Kiss rip off an old Alice Cooper anthem, or is this just a case of sincere homage?

PEPPER SPRAY
It was 20 years ago this week that Sgt. Pepper dropped a bomb on movie theaters, so where's all the rerelease hoopla?

MIKE DOUGLAS HELD HOSTAGE
New video relives the surreal week that John and Yoko co-hosted America's most popular daytime talk show.

FRANKIE WITH THE SNARLING FACE
What future is there for rock without the Chairman of the Board to kick it around?

CHAINSAW OF FOOLS
Where do Wendy and Rob rate among rock's most marginal contributors?

IDLE WORSHIP
New book celebrates fave raves who had the choppers but not the chops.

COOKED THE COLONEL'S WAY
Colonel Tom Parker has kicked the bucket, and the original recipe for rock 'n' roll rotisserie goes with him

TEN SCARIEST CONCEPT ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
Dreck or treat! Warning: Styx and Yes fans won't find this very funny.

BEACH BOYS VS GUNS 'N' ROSES
Who are the real bad boys of rock?

NEVER MIND THE MACARENA--DO THE FREDDIE!
Ten other zany dance crazes that shook the world.

I LOVE A BAND IN A UNIFORM
The fashionable dos and duds of pop's greatest costume gimmick bands.

IF IT'S MISFITS, YOU MUST ACQUIT!
Can Earth A.D. 1996 take a Glenn Danzig-less, Jerry Only-led Misfits seriously?

CONTRACT AND REPEL
Famous parting shots from artists formerly "under exclusive arrangement" with their labels.

TOM MARCHES ON
It's not unusual to find we're still in love with Tom Jones, woah woa woah woah, woah woah woah woah woah woah woah

GRAMMY'S BLOOPERS AND BLUNDERS
Degrading the Grammys will ultimately prove a better pastime than actually getting excited by it.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SLIDE
Twelve steps that led John Denver from firsthand commercial success to secondhand experimental aircrafts.

LIKE A VIRGIN (GODDESS)
Madonna's excursion into Hindu mysticism proves it--the capitol of India is NIPPLE!