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Author: Lilia Menconi
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    Too Close for Comfort

    Doc illuminates man of a thousand giant faces

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: July 2, 2009

    If you are a friend or family member of Chuck Close, God help you. You've most likely had your portrait blown up to a monumental size (we're talking 8x10 feet) to really show...

  2. Art

    How Long Can Art One Hold On?

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: July 2, 2009

    It's been a year since I sat at Art One Gallery in Scottsdale with a Cornish Rex cat sleeping on my lap. And on a recent visit to check in with owner Kraig Foote, history...

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    The Good, the Bad, and the Sexy

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: June 25, 2009

    Stick a hot chick in a world of black spandex, laser security systems, high-tech weapons, and karate superstar violence and all of America gets a hard-on. Boobies plus...

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    Petting Zoo

    This ain’t your eighth-grade hello dance

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: June 25, 2009

    You're single and want some action. However, when you bone down with a virtual stranger, it leaves you unsatisfied, paranoid about a crotch disease, and full of self-loathing...

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    Turrell Skyspace Sunrise Viewing

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: June 18, 2009

    Here at New Times, we've covered the ever-living shit out of artist James Turrell's skyspace viewing chamber Knight Rise at SMoCA. Don't believe us? Scroll up and punch...

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    Off the Stooks

    Local sad bastard releases new album

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: June 18, 2009

    We're hearing the term "old, sad bastard music" thrown around quite a bit. Could this be a burgeoning genre? If so, JD Stooks – who openly admits to ripping the descriptor...

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    Gang of New York

    Doc shows how de Kooning, Pollock, et. al., stole Paris’ fire

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: June 11, 2009

    Hard to believe, but there was a time when an artist from New York meant about as much to the art world as a creative type from Phoenix means to it today. Burn. Seriously,...

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    Urban Legend

    Our decoder ring says: Great show

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: June 4, 2009

    We love it when “urban” is used to describe art. Our decoder ring says it’s a soft and very PC way of saying the works include racial themes. Such is the case...

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    Urban Legend

    Our decoder ring says: Great show

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: June 4, 2009

    We love it when “urban” is used to describe art. Our decoder ring says it’s a soft and very PC way of saying the works include racial themes. Such is the case...

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    Open Water

    East Valley waterpark opens for season

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: May 21, 2009

    You don’t need a thermometer to tell it’s summertime. Just look at the kids. They’ve got dry, crackling skin dusted with funky chlorine residue, green hair,...

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    Open Water

    East Valley waterpark opens for season

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: May 21, 2009

    You don’t need a thermometer to tell it’s summertime. Just look at the kids. They’ve got dry, crackling skin dusted with funky chlorine residue, green hair,...

  12. Art

    SMoCA’s “Seriously Funny” Exhibit Will Leave You Either in Stitches or Wondering How You Missed the Punch Line

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: May 21, 2009

    Walk through SMoCA's "Seriously Funny" exhibition and you'll be entertained. But don't expect every piece to make you, um, lol. At first, I was disappointed with the show. I...

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    Babes for Bush

    Comedy variety show hits the G-spot

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: May 14, 2009

    Here’s a little pop quiz for ya: 1) Do you love ladies? 2) Do you love the vagina? 3) Would you wear a button that reads “I heart my cunt”? If you answered...

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    Brave Nu World

    Heard shoots for the hip with new series

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: May 14, 2009

    There's no denying that women, in our Western society, are constantly sexualized. Just think of art history. Since man figured out how to paint, he's been slapping up images of...

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    Graveyard Shift

    Party offers Euro flair without all the dead bodies

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: May 7, 2009

    So, it's been a dream of yours to fly to Paris and see the grave of Jim Morrison at the famed Pere Lachaise cemetery since 14-year-old you hung that Forever 27 poster on your...

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    Twilight With 'Tude

    No sugar-coated vampires lurk among these pages

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: April 30, 2009

    Our major gripe with author Stephenie Meyer is that her goddamned Twilight kids are so squeaky clean. No drinking, no cussing, no teenage bone-downs. With that said,...

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    White Hot

    Caucasian, yes. Vanilla Icey? No.

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: April 30, 2009

    It’s no wonder how DJ Icey got his name. One look at his mug shot and you'll be reaching for the SPF 50. It’s true that Icey’s a fair lad, but that doesn't...

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    Booty Call

    DJ Seduce roasts rumps with his Brazilian spins at Hotel Indigo

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: April 23, 2009

    What do you think of when someone mentions Brazil? If you say Terry Gilliam, the filmmaker of the flick with the same name, then shut up, because you’re a big nerd. You...

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    Hope Precariously Floats

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: April 16, 2009

    The outside world must think of Arizonans as big, fat poseurs who are always looking to copy character instead of creating their own. And they may have a point. Ten years ago,...

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    Ask the Sexpert

    Author focuses on the ins and outs of the whole ordeal

    By Lilia Menconi
    Published: April 16, 2009

    Sex. Think of all the different ways of, uh, putting it. You can make love, bone down, screw, engage in intercourse, or (God forbid) rip guts. But no matter how you word it,...

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