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Filmmaker Brian Pulido Celebrates the Horror of Phoenix in The Graves
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: April 30, 2009
On an intense night in the dead of summer, two pretty young women are shivering — tied up back-to-back in an old power station, sullied with sweat, blood, and dirt. The...
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The Bird
Arpaio’s Avondale Sweep a Bust, Pima County Sheriff Wants to Check School Kids’ Immigration Papers, and Chris Simcox Takes on McCain
By Stephen Lemons
Published: April 30, 2009
DUPNIK'S SHARK Where the right wing meets the sick and surreal. Is this what Arizona's become? Every day in this state, one's faith in humanity is challenged on the subject of...
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Craig Newmark Speaks at Victim's Memorial in Wake of Craigslist Killings
By Bradley Campbell and Matt Snyders
Published: April 30, 2009
An update to this story written on May 7, 2009 can be found here. In October 2007, Katherine Olson was looking for work. Since graduating summa cum laude from St. Olaf College...
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Night & Day
Stand-Up 360, Edition 1
Published: April 30, 2009
The first in a summer series of flicks featuring live, uncensored sets by various up-and-coming comedians, Edition 1 features performances by Wali Collins, Roz, Vanessa...
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Stand-Up 360, Edition 1
Published: April 30, 2009
The first in a summer series of flicks featuring live, uncensored sets by various up-and-coming comedians, Edition 1 features performances by Wali Collins, Roz, Vanessa...
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Panty Rave
Barely legal coeds ditch their cotton shackles at ASU
By Steve Jansen
Published: April 30, 2009
There’s a pretty cool tradition developing at ASU that’s not about frat-tastic athletics or drinking. Namely, the Undie Run, which features hundreds of postpubescent...
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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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See Jane Walk
Urban trek puts community in motion
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: April 30, 2009
You're melting in traffic and you know that there must be a better way. There’s just gotta be. Jane Jacobs felt your pain, too, and her ideas will be brought to life with...
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Flesh Trade
Tired of Inc.? Try Ink.
By Ed Kummerer
Published: April 30, 2009
Now’s a bad time to be looking for a career. The only positions available are in “marketing” (selling knives door-to-door), “customer service”...
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Killah Instinct
Wu-Tang affiliate swings a mighty sword of lyricism
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: April 30, 2009
Earlier this year, some shamsters put out word that prominent Wu-Fam rapper Killah Priest would make a stop in the Valley, going so far as to politick with locals to set up a...
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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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River Phoenix
As Ronnie Van Zant would say, turn it up
By Clay McNear
Published: April 30, 2009
What’s there to like about summer in Phoenix? 1) Salt River Tubing at Salt River Recreation. 2) Hmmm. No, that’s about it. After a winter of wearin’...
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Anita and Secrets of Sweet Sixteen
Published: April 30, 2009
Midnite Movie Mamacita presents the 1973 "steamy Scandinavian schoolgirl sex-a-thon" starring Christina Lindberg, a.k.a. "the sultry, baby-faced beauty of Swedish erotica"...
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Bhira Backhaus
Published: April 30, 2009
The Phoenix-based ASU grad's making some waves with her debut novel, Under the Lemon Trees, which explores the clash of cultures in a Sikh Indian-American community in...
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Dune Warriors
Join the desert-rat race at SpeedWorld
By Clay McNear
Published: April 30, 2009
Now that that dirt-ball institution named Manzanita Speedway is history, what’s a speed-freak desert rat to do over the weekend? We recommend a trip out to dusty Wittman...
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Supergroup Therapy
Big-name Latin acts descend on downtown
By Clay McNear
Published: April 30, 2009
For a town with the Hispanic presence of Phoenix, we see far too few big-name Latino/a musical acts. The folks behind the annual Food City Cinco de Mayo Festival are remedying...
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Captain Marvel
Comic-book kingpin makes a pit stop in Chandler
By M.V. Moorhead
Published: April 30, 2009
Stanley Martin Lieber changed the face of American pop culture. Don’t recognize the name? Chop off the last syllable. As Stan Lee -- he was saving his full name for...
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International Free Comic Book Day Celebration
Published: April 30, 2009
SpazDog celebrates with a conclave of local comic creators who'll be showing off their work. The lineup includes Daniel Davis, Matthew Goodall, Ben Templesmith, Chinh Potter,...
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The Late Show
Locals party ’til dawn for the arts
By Wynter Holden
Published: April 30, 2009
Phoenix isn’t known for being a late-night town. Not like the doors roll up at 6 or anything, but if you’re looking for food after 10 p.m., we hope you’re in the...
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Planet Love
Cheeky event transports would-be Kings and Queens back to the ’80s
By Leslie Barton
Published: April 30, 2009
Remember prom? Only the biggest party of the year! What if you had a do-over? Would you take it? Hey! Cue the time machine! Shizz Prom 2009: An Enchanted Evening on Mars...
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