Alice Cooper enters the batter’s box. Courtesy. As you read this—assuming of course you’re frantically refreshing the site on the day it’s posted—I am in Mesa, Arizona to watch my beloved Oakland Athletics play baseball. Well… sort of, since they’re mostly players destined for the minor leagues and the…

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers perform at the Van Buren in Phoenix, Ariz. on Dec. 29, 2018. Photos: Brent Hankins. Roger Clyne never envisioned himself as a pioneer. Yet after a dispute with a record company led to the 1998 dissolution of his first band, The Refreshments, Clyne set…

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers perform at the Van Buren in Phoenix, Ariz. on Dec. 29, 2018. Photos: Brent Hankins PHOENIX — Roger Clyne strode onto The Van Buren stage amid a thunderous ovation from the local crowd at the packed venue. Fans had braved the biting wind to…