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Feature
Serving Up Stapley: Why’s the Don Stapley Prosecution a Big Joke? Because the Accusers Are Far Shadier Than the Accused
By Ray Stern
Published: November 26, 2009
Dirt on Don Stapley, a 15-year member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, began flowing in spring 2008 from County Attorney Andrew Thomas' office. A paper trail of Marico...
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Stage
George Is Dead, and Even Marlo Thomas Can’t Resurrect This Play
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: November 26, 2009
Oh, dear. And I was so looking forward to seeing Elaine May's new comedy, too. Most of the rest of you — those of you unfortunate enough to have gone to see this dismal flop...
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Night & Day
APS Fantasy of Lights Opening Night and Parade
By Julie Peterson
Published: November 26, 2009
If your inner Cindy Lou Who is craving an electric parade, Santa's arrival, fireworks, and a massive tree, then be in place for opening night of the annual APS Fantasy of Lights. T...
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Night & Day
Women's Rites
Femmes take the fore at Chocolate Factory
By Nicki Escudero
Published: November 26, 2009
We’ve seen lots of performance art downtown, but nothing like a non-striptease striptease. It’s all part of the “Unpolished” exhibit, a new feminist-art instal...
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Night & Day
Mental as Anything
Revolver’s new-music series gets ears vibrating in a different way
By Steve Jansen
Published: November 26, 2009
Do you wonder what planet you came from because you appreciate the heck out of Roscoe Mitchell’s Sound? Are you generally a low-key cat except for when you flip anytime you he...
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Night & Day
Cause and FX
San Fran emcee takes you back to the classical Nintendo era
By Adriane Goetz
Published: November 26, 2009
Most musicians incorporate the things they love most into their art. This may include significant others, cherished family members, or “big-booty hos” if you’re 2 Li...
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Night & Day
Midnite Special
You stuffed your belly, now stuff your head
By Heather Hoch
Published: November 26, 2009
After pigging out on more food than your body has room for, you’re invited to pull on those super-stretchy sweat pants before heading over to MADCAP Theatres for the Dawn-to-D...
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Night & Day
Bug Out
Veteran local hip-hoppers launch latest salvo
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: November 26, 2009
Tempe DJ and rapper duo Foundation and Brad B have been on their grind in the Valley hip-hop scene for about a decade as part of the bigger black-sheep squadron known as the Drunke...
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Night & Day
ZooLights Opening Night
Published: November 26, 2009
This year's theme is "Leapin' Lizards," in conjunction with the new Land of the Dragons Komodo dragon exhibit, and there'll be a special Komodo light scene among the 2.5 million bu...
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Night & Day
North by Southwest
It may be a snowbird magnet, but it’s a really good one
By Clay McNear
Published: November 26, 2009
We don’t like hanging out with snowbirds any more than you do, but Heard Museum’s Ornament Marketplace is one of those events that’s worthy in spite of the slow-driv...
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Feedback
Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, November 26, 2009
Published: November 26, 2009
THE DEFIANT ONES Uh, Joe's a politician, not a cop: We're sick and tired of New Times always bashing the best police officer we have, Joe Arpaio, and building up those who oppose ...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
On Spreading Stereotypes and Buying into the Reconquista
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: November 26, 2009
I live in a little village in England in a house that's 200 years old, just down the hill from a tiny church so old that it was actually built before God said, "Let there be light,...
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Music
Trap Is a Local Rapper Working Overtime to Put Phoenix on the Hip-Hop Map
By Mike R. Meyer
Published: November 26, 2009
It's no secret that Phoenix is desperately seeking its first rap superstar. The commercial failure of Willy Northpole's debut album this summer simply reinforced Phoenix's status a...
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Shrapnel
Fake Kissing: A Tribute to the Long History of Kiss Tribute Bands
By Jay Bennett
Published: November 26, 2009
With the average ticket to see Kiss costing more than $50, there's definitely a chance your broke ass can't afford to witness the long-in-the-tooth cartoon rockers breathe fire and...
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Live Wire
Nico Vega
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: November 26, 2009
As we all know, Carson Daly isn't good for much. But I have to give him — or, more accurately, Last Call's talent booker — credit for bringing the excellent Los Angeles...
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Live Wire
Final Folk Festival
By Jason P. Woodbury
Published: November 26, 2009
Is it just me, or is "folk" as a descriptive term battling "indie rock" to the finish line of complete uselessness? Take the Monsters of Folk, the singer/songwriter collective that...
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Turntable
Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing
Published: November 26, 2009
THURSDAY 26 AZ88: DJ Mark 5 (rare groove, trip-hop) Bobby Q's: All-Star Thursdays (hip-hop) Bomberos: Rani G., dk.strickler, Deon Pearson, & Alkeme (house) Chasers: Red Monkey'...
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Cafe
Modern Burger, Bourbon Steak, and Other Carnivore Eateries Attract Budget-Conscious Patrons with Mouth-Watering Burgers
By Michele Laudig
Published: November 26, 2009
The only reason I typically eat at the mall is because I turn into a low-blood-sugar bee-yotch after schlepping shopping bags for too long on an empty stomach. (Forced exposure to ...
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Forking
Forking Via Facebook
By C.M. Redding
Published: November 26, 2009
I've recently promised a few friends I wouldn't write stories about them. I'm about to break that promise because their stories are just too odd and funny to hide. But I feel comfo...
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Feature
School of Hard Knocks: Three-Sport Gamer Mike Nixon’s Tried It All, But Can the Whip-Smart ASU Defensive Star Make It to the NFL?
By Steve Jansen
Published: November 19, 2009
Mike Nixon walks through the front door of his Tempe home and drops a maroon-and-gold Arizona State University gym bag to the tile floor. A piece of ill-torn plastic wrap holds an ...
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