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41. Night & Day

    The Shapeshifters UK

    Published: May 28, 2009

    A slew of marquee-level mixmasters will be guest-starring at Valley clubs over the next seven nights. For instance, British house duo The Shapeshifters UK will be busting out...

42. Fenske

    How the MCSO Neglected a 14-Year-Old Rape Victim — and Went to Town on Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon

    By Sarah Fenske

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Abigail Brown was 14 years old — a high school freshman and a virgin — when some juniors and seniors got her drunk at a party and videotaped her having sex with...

43. Feedback

    Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, May 28, 2009

    Published: May 28, 2009

    JOe's Goon Squad Joe idolizers are birds of a feather: If there was any doubt in people's minds about whether neo-Nazis like J.T. Ready were associated with Rusty Childress'...

44. ˇAsk a Mexican!™

    On Mexican Professionals, Napkin Dispensers, and Improvised Purses

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: May 28, 2009

    My question is simple: Can you please confirm the fact that there are doctors, lawyers, and other professionals living in Mexico? I'm a Mexican-American woman living in Chicago...

45. Music

    For A Life Of Science, Music Is Only Part of the Equation

    By Mike R. Meyer

    Published: May 28, 2009

    To call A Life of Science "ambitious" would be an understatement. The Phoenix band's debut concept album, The Apneist, has grown into a multimedia project that spans both...

46. Shrapnel

    Mayhem’s History Is Painted Black

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: May 28, 2009

    If it's true, as Billy Joel once famously said, that dying is the best career move a musician can make, then the same apparently rings doubly true for musicians who play black...

47. Shrapnel

    Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and All Points West — Pick Your Festival

    By Craig Outhier

    Published: May 28, 2009

    If you attend only one talent-swollen, multi-stage music festival this summer, make it . . . Well, that's the perennial question, isn't it? We live in a veritable golden age of...

48. Live Wire

    The Rosewood Thieves

    By John LaBarbera

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Seeking a mellow, down-to-earth sound that's completely soul-rocking? New York's The Rosewood Thieves have it down to a science. These five folks exemplify modern folk rock...

49. Live Wire

    Erykah Badu

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Miles Davis is often credited with reinventing jazz five different times in such a way that his never-heard-before re-imaginings influenced music as a whole. Arguably, the same...

50. Live Wire

    Jägermeister Tour

    By Craig Outhier

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Does Pennywise represent punk rock's "second wave," as described in the promoter's official literature, or pop-punk's first wave, as described by most critics? Or is it...

51. Live Wire

    Cappadonna

    By Craig Outhier

    Published: May 28, 2009

    One could write a Roots-style epic about Wu-Tang Clan and its countless affiliates, familiars, confederates, and collaborators. If memory serves, didn't Ashley Judd drop a few...

52. Live Wire

    St. Vincent

    By Michael Lopez

    Published: May 28, 2009

    It's often difficult to easily describe just what makes a St. Vincent album such a special work of art. Annie Clark, the brains behind indie-rock act St. Vincent, gloriously...

53. Live Wire

    Lucinda Williams

    By Michael D. Ayers

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Lucinda Williams can get very personal on her recordings, for better or for worse. Last year's West was a melancholy collection about the loss of her mother. The downtrodden...

54. Needle Exchange

    Guest DJ Madness

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: May 28, 2009

    A slew of marquee-level mixmasters will be guest-starring at Valley clubs over the next seven nights. It all starts on Friday, May 29, with an appearance by Jay Tripwire. The...

55. Turntable

    Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

    Published: May 28, 2009

    THURSDAY 28 Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Coach & Willie's: The Recession Sessions with DJ Borisimo, DJ Mecca, DJ Rockledg, DJ Soluna, & guests (funk, hip-hop) Copper State...

56. Cafe

    Gallo Blanco Café at The Clarendon Kicks Up the Taco Shop With Cochinita Tortas and Fresh Crepes

    By Michele Laudig

    Published: May 28, 2009

    When I called Doug Robson, chef-owner of the fantastic new Gallo Blanco Café at the Clarendon Hotel, I almost expected him to ask me not to write about his...

57. Film Feature

    Cannes Film Festival 2009: This Time, It’s Visceral

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: May 28, 2009

    CANNES, France — Memorable for its in-your-face sensationalism, the 62nd Cannes Film Festival opened with the 3-D computer animation Up, saving the "Yours" for the final...

58. Film

    Up Soars In Entirely Unexpected Ways

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: May 28, 2009

    First of all, Up is not a movie about a cranky old coot who, with the help of a roly-poly Boy Scout, finds his inner child during a series of magical adventures experienced...

59. Film

    Drag Me To Hell: Sam Raimi Makes One Hell of a Comeback

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Published: May 28, 2009

    Sam Raimi wants to go home again. Often a drifting virtuoso in the years before finding his Spider-Man gig, with Drag Me to Hell Raimi defaults to the horror romps that made...

60. Film

    Ramin Bahrani’s Quietly Profound Goodbye Solo

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: May 28, 2009

    At 73, the Memphis-born actor, stuntman, former U.S. Marine, and Golden Gloves boxer Red West has the stoic, leathery repose of a barfly on a John Ford or Howard Hawks saloon...