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Fenske
By Sarah Fenske
Halfway through Bryant Wilkerson's trial for manslaughter, aggravated assault, and a host of other felony counts, a juror had an interesting question for Judge Teresa...
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TURNING POINT
Editors note: After the following comments were lodged, Bryant Wilkerson was acquitted of manslaughter, aggravated assault, and felony endangerment. The jury...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
By Gustavo Arellano
For as long as I can remember, Mexicans were known for doing three things: Drinking lots of cerveza, having lots of niños, and saying "¡Ay, caramba!" While I can...
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Music
By Mike R. Meyer
With a name like Sisterbrother, it's probably not surprising that family has played a big role in the Gilbert-based band's musical development. The three members of...
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Music
By Serene Dominic
Living with an addict destroys you.
Either you shut down emotionally to weather the shitstorms or you erupt like Vesuvius because someone has relegated you to secondary...
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Shrapnel
By Michael Lopez
Conor Oberst is a man known to take on any and all musical ventures, starting when the 13-year-old Omaha singer-songwriter self-released an album, Water, recorded on his...
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Shrapnel
By Mike R. Meyer
For a genre that never received much attention, even during its heyday, thrash metal is enjoying one of music history's more unlikely renaissances. In the past few years, a...
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Listen Up
Who Needs a Shepherd? (self-released)
By Martin Cizmar
Maybe it's because I don't listen to a lot of it in my off hours, but I'm constantly surprised by the depth and quality of the Phoenix metal scene. I've yet to have a bad local...
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Live Wire
By Jose Gonzalez
Local favorites Andrew Jackson Jihad once asked, "Why doesn't Mirah come to Phoenix?!" The singer-songwriter (born Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn) has spent the past decade with the...
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Live Wire
By Mark Keresman
We imagine you young 'uns are sick of hearing how fab the 1960s were, but it was a time when assorted strains of roots music were literally in the air. Take Aurora "Rory" Block...
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Live Wire
By Serene Dominic
If you find yourself asking who the Vivian Girls are, prepare to be answered on two fronts. In the literary/esoterica world, the Vivian Girls are heroines who lead a child...
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Live Wire
By Michael Lopez
Ozomatli play the type of music one would expect from a band that takes its name from the Nahuatl word for an Aztec astrological sign. Their mix of Latin, hip-hop, funk, rock,...
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Live Wire
By Mike R. Meyer
With acts like Band of Horses, Grand Archives, and Fleet Foxes already on board, Seattle-based indie label Sub Pop seems to have firmly established itself as the leading...
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Needle Exchange
By Benjamin Leatherman
Zach Sciacca (a.k.a. Z-Trip) may not look like the Easter Bunny, but just like ol' Peter Cottontail, the renowned Phoenix-born turntablist is planning on delivering some treats...
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Turntable
THURSDAY 9
Bomberos: DJ Rani "g," dk.strickler, & guests (house, global soul)
Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance)
Cherry Lounge: Scandalous Thursday with DJ Juan Rocha (house,...
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Cafe
By Michele Laudig
Everything is relative.
Compared to Foodbar, the restaurant that used to occupy the SouthBridge space next door to Digestif in Scottsdale, six-month-old Metro Brasserie is a...
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Forking
By C.M. Redding
"I'm crazy for tryin'. I'm crazy for cryin'. I'm crazy for loving you." La la la. I'm not a country music kind of guy, but living in the Southwest, it's a necessary evil. Now,...
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Film
By J. Hoberman
Martin Scorsese may be presenting Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah, but this corrosive, slapdash, grimly exciting exposé of organized crime in and around Naples comes on like...
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Film
By Robert Wilonsky
Observe and Report writer-director Jody Hill makes mean-spirited tragedies that studios market as inane comedies because otherwise no one would pay a cent to see them. That's...
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Stage
By Robrt L. Pela
When I got home from the theater the other night, I immediately updated my Facebook page. I typed a note to the virtual community that read, "Two things: 1. Go see columbinus...
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