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2010 Stories by Leslie Barton

• Sunday Funday

  published December 30, 2010

  We’ve got a serious case of the Sundays, and we need the soulful twilight ministrations of Paisley Yankolovich’s The Liberal... More >>

• Family Ties

  published December 16, 2010

  For the longest time, we thought Christmas was about spiking the office party eggnog, dirty dancing with horrified strangers, and force feeding... More >>

• Pussy Power

  published December 9, 2010

  Could we train our old pussy cat? We think Mr. Tubbles might be from too shallow a gene pool. We'll see what a fancy blueblood can do at the... More >>

• Crappy Holidays

  published December 2, 2010

  Who would evict three old ladies from their Sun City condominium during the holiday season? In Space 55's production of A Bloody Mary... More >>

• Seitanic Worship

  published November 25, 2010

  What did an animal ever do to you? Were you mugged by a cow or raped by a rabbit? Did some veal slap your mother? Perhaps a turkey took your... More >>

• Queer Campaign

  published November 18, 2010

  A Radical Phoenix group wants to turn our capricious youths into mug-clutching coffee klatchers with their Queer Coffee meet-up. Case... More >>

• Loony Bin

  published November 11, 2010

  With the advent of reality television shows, a theater of the absurd seems like overkill. (Oh, would sweet Snooki awaken as the cockroach she... More >>

• Bad Bad Religion

  published November 4, 2010

  UCLA evolution professor Greg Graffin has plenty to say without his famous band Bad Religion backing him. He’s published a book called... More >>

• Air Time

  published October 28, 2010

  When The Manic Hispanic: On The Air premieres today at Herberger Theater Center, you can expect caustic mockery of the radio... More >>

• Hump Day

  published October 21, 2010

  Our friend in black leotard gestured to us, "Where does a horny mime go to get laid in this dust bowl?" We pointed our gloved hand to our... More >>

• Tennis, Anyone?

  published October 14, 2010

  Which LGBT tennis tournament only has one woman signed up? The Gay and Lesbian Tennis Alliance-sanctioned Cactus Open 2010. "Bigger... More >>

• Taco Time

  published October 7, 2010

  If you eye a taco shell correctly, it resembles a golden Southwestern sunrise that could be dawning right before the Arizona Taco Festival.... More >>

• Very Munny

  published September 30, 2010

  The last toy we ever scribbled on was our keepsake Alice In Wonderland doll. Then Mom discovered the gangster tats on her face. Oh, if... More >>

• All A-Bored

  published September 23, 2010

  Man, are we bored. We called a friend and they were bored, too. Summer cobwebs? Shake off those doldrums with the Urban Wine Walk. The... More >>

• Daddy's Girl

  published September 16, 2010

  Meghan McCain is, like, totally the new maverick. We hope she's on the ballot in 2024. She's young now, but with further education and... More >>

• Attention Starved

  published September 9, 2010

  According to Michael Pollan's eaters’ manifesto, In Defense of Food, we are fast becoming a "nation of orthorexics: people with an... More >>

• Stoner Doom

  published September 2, 2010

  Smoke and Feathers, the Austin, Texas, psychedelic rock band that are recording with Chris "Frenchie" Smith, recently plowed through Tempe in... More >>

• Heavy D

  published August 26, 2010

  By 1983, Dave Mustaine had been kicked out of Metallica for being a boozy, substance-abusing asshole; bitched to rock magazines that Kirk... More >>

• Trolling for Dignity

  published August 19, 2010

  Director Michael Paul Stephenson has sewn a silk purse out of a sow's ear. As a preteen, Stephenson was cast in the starring role of... More >>

• What About Bob Ray?

  published August 12, 2010

  Helping to keep Austin weird for years now, Bob Ray has a flair for capturing the everyday dramatic. Just look at Total Badass, a... More >>

• Soul Stealer

  published August 5, 2010

  Commercial photographer Tyson Crosbie says he "steals souls for a living." If that’s true, his latest gallery exhibition, “The... More >>

• Hi Ho Silver

  published July 29, 2010

  According to famous female illusionist and impresario, RuPaul, "You haven’t lived until you’ve had your dick tied to the back of your... More >>

• Project Pat

  published July 22, 2010

  As an icon for a legion of girls in the 1980s, Pat Benatar sold out arenas by belting out “Heartbreaker,” “Hit Me With Your Best... More >>

• Picture Perfect

  published July 15, 2010

  We know vinyl records and 112-degree weather don’t mix, but Revolver Records and air conditioning, plus free popcorn and a flick, is a... More >>

• Love Bites

  published July 8, 2010

  Love only kinda’ stinks. At least that’s the message put forth by Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre’s interpretation of The... More >>