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John Dickerson won the 2008 Livingston Award for Young Journalists in the local reporting category, for "Prescription for Disaster," a series about poor regulation — and...
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A HERO'S STORY
War hero is deserving of a higher honor: What a life Tony Tercero's lived! And Paul Rubin tells his story well. Tony does indeed deserve a higher honor from...
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I was riding the light rail when two female Mexicans sat down and start talking rapid-fire Spanish non-stop for 45 minutes! It seemed as if neither one stopped to take a...
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In the increasingly formula-following rap game, Phoenix rapper Willy Northpole likes to do things a little differently. For example, because he's signed to a Def Jam imprint...
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Put simply, Loretta Lynn is the "Queen of Country Music." The just-turned-74 singer occupies rarefied air in the pantheon of country musicians, and deservedly so. She's...
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You can count the number of Valley residents who have made a major splash in country music on one hand, even if that hand has lost a finger in a farm equipment mishap. There's...
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Cardiac Party singer Ryan McDowell had it all planned: By including a pack of Skittles with a copy of his band's new EP, Teen Challenge, he says, he was assured of getting at...
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The pale, delicate-boned wraith known as Peter Murphy gained his seat as an anointed dark king in the 1970s and '80s as frontman of the legendary Bauhaus. Channeling the glam...
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Virtually everything that musician/producer Dave Sitek touches — including albums by his own band, TV on the Radio — turns to gold, and the Sitek-helmed Dance...
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More often than not, a band's hometown or adopted place of residence heavily influences its music. Bands love to sing about what they know, and the city where they grew up or...
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It's been six years, but the wait is over for die-hard Third Eye Blind fans — all 10 of them. TEB is set to release Ursa Major, their first studio album in six years, in...
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It seems everyone wants a piece of the Johnny Cash legacy these days. In 2005, Walk the Line chronicled the country music legend's life, scoring Reese Witherspoon an Oscar for...
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Autobots and Decepticons are gonna be battling across the silver screen at your neighborhood megaplex in a couple of weeks, so it's only natural that some local EDM promoters...
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THURSDAY 11
AZ 88: Mark 5 (rare groove, trip-hop, house)
Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance)
Cherry Lounge: Scandalous Thursday with DJ Juan Rocha (house, electronica)
Club Red:...
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Summer travel season has arrived.
It seems everyone's starting to leave town, talk about their vacation plans, or post quirky Facebook updates from far-off places. Me? I'm...
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If you really want to make a statement while cooking for that special someone, then dress the part. Professional cooks wear a smock and a fancy hat, mostly because of hygiene...
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Want to know how a city works? Start by watching 1974's The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, a primer in which subway hijackers test how long it'll take a million bucks to pass through...
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Midway through A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers' solipsistic, terminally-apologetic-for-being-solipsistic...
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It seems Nearly Naked Theatre has been doing "naughty" plays for so long now that the company can appear subversive only by presenting a traditional musical. But the...
