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Night & Day
We Out
KonGeror Dreams of Post-Rap Glory in the Frigid North Woods
By Mike R. Meyer
Published: February 26, 2009
Chris Martinez may be the best local rapper you've never heard of — but not for much longer. The 22-year-old producer and MC, who records under the name KonGeror (or, more...
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Night & Day
The Vinyl Frontier
Djentrification busts out his bizarre repertoire of records at the Bikini
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: February 26, 2009
If you've been wondering why all the cool obscure vinyl from places like Eastside Records and Tracks in Wax has disappeared lately, chances are these platters have found their...
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Night & Day
Seriously Joking
Local punk trio JJCNV brings the noise — and the knee-length, airbrushed boob T-shirts
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: February 26, 2009
On a sweltering Friday night in mid-July, an experimental punk band called Janis Joplin Crap N Vomit takes the stage at Club Red in Tempe, looking like a trio of misfit...
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Night & Day
Hail to the King
Bay Area hyphy pioneer E-40 hits Scottsdale
Published: February 26, 2009
Hyphy sure has faded quite a bit in popularity over the past couple years. The rambunctious and uptempo Bay Area hip-hop subgenre, which helped introduce "ghost riddin' the...
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The Bird
The Bird Wants to Take a Blowtorch to 287(g) and Looks Forward to Saturday’s Anti-Arpaio March
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published: February 26, 2009
VINNIE'S BOO-BOO "WTF?!" That's what this ticked-off Toucan thought when he saw that local Immigration and Customs Enforcement flack Vinnie Picard was quoted in the paper of...
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Fenske
With the Arizona Legislature Signing Off on $1.6 Billion in Budget Cuts, How Can We Justify Music Therapy?
By Sarah Fenske
Published: February 26, 2009
It was the music therapy that pushed me over the edge. For the past month, I've been getting an endless series of pleas, begging me to lobby the government not to ax this...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
On Words Betraying Political Beliefs and a Nagging Familia
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: February 26, 2009
I believe that the words people use to describe other people, intentionally or unintentionally, reflect their political values. But I want to give you the benefit of the doubt,...
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Feature
Guantánamo’s Final Days: America Prepares to Shutter the Infamous Prison Camp, and Jihad Looms
By Tim Elfrink and Jesse Hyde
Published: February 26, 2009
The soldiers move through the wheat field, scanning the windswept plain for signs of trouble. There are six of them, dressed in fatigues and body armor, wearing the sunglasses...
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Music
KonGeror Dreams of Post-Rap Glory in the Frigid North Woods
By Mike R. Meyer
Published: February 26, 2009
Chris Martinez may be the best local rapper you've never heard of — but not for much longer. The 22-year-old producer and MC, who records under the name KonGeror (or,...
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Shrapnel
Zappa Plays Zappa Stays True to Frank’s Vision
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: February 26, 2009
Attention, audio adopters like Diddy who think classic rock sounds better with a rap track laid down over it: Keep your hip-hop mitts off Frank Zappa's songs. Dweezil Zappa,...
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Shrapnel
The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde Kicks Out Some Tasty Jams On Break Up
By Chris Parker
Published: February 26, 2009
Artists are more often like soda than wine: bubbling with ideas in the beginning, losing their fizz over time, before going completely flat. So though Chrissie Hynde's led an...
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Live Wire
Sound the City
By Wilson, Kelly
Published: February 26, 2009
Sound the City is the latest Valley band to carve out a large fan base before picking up high school diplomas, following the lead of successful locals Scary Kids Scaring Kids,...
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Live Wire
The Expendables
By Mike R. Meyer
Published: February 26, 2009
At first listen, The Expendables sound like just another ska-punk band from California, a state teeming with such bands. But on closer examination, it becomes clear that this...
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Live Wire
The Rÿche
By Mike R. Meyer
Published: February 26, 2009
I admit that I have a soft spot in my heart for cheesy '80s prog metal. If you perused my collection of old cassettes, you'd find all sorts of stuff featuring intricate dual...
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Live Wire
Fujiya & Miyagi
By Michael Lopez
Published: February 26, 2009
Go ahead and count the number of British musicians who came to the Valley in the past year — you may even be able to count them on both hands. It's a low number, thus...
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Live Wire
Ghost to Falco
By Michael Lopez
Published: February 26, 2009
Eric Crespo was doing fine as the guitarist for Portland, Oregon band Alarmist when he decided to go his own way and start his own one-man band. The result of his brave ways is...
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Live Wire
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
By Stacy Davies
Published: February 26, 2009
While a helluva lot of music from the 1990s really sucked (Spice Girls, Ace of Base, all those boy bands), one brief moment toward the end of the decade caused mainstream...
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Turntable
Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing
Published: February 26, 2009
THURSDAY 26 Axis/Radius: Ladies Night (Top 40, rock, dance) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Cherry Lounge: Scandalous Thursday with DJ Juan Rocha (house, electronica) Club Red:...
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Needle Exchange
Boom Boom Room
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: February 26, 2009
Logan Howard (a.k.a. DJ Element) has cooler friends than you'll ever have. Among his plethora of pals are a slew of artists, rappers, and turntablists, all of whom can...
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Cafe
At Scottsdale’s Posh, Your Dinner Is Improvised
By Michele Laudig
Published: February 26, 2009
Feeling adventurous? Then get yourself to Posh, a contemporary American restaurant in Scottsdale where I bet you'll be pleasantly surprised. I mean that literally. Posh calls...
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