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South by Southwurst
AzRockabilly and Laveen are a match made in hot-dog heaven
By Leslie Barton
Published: June 18, 2009
Even if you don't know you're building it, they'll still come. AzRockabilly founder Fernando "Wolf" Figueroa tells New Times he didn’t choose the rural town of Laveen for...
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Night & Day
Dive-In Movie: Twilight
Published: June 18, 2009
Catch Stephenie Meyer's hit vamp flick on the facility's 40-by-22-foot screen whilst soaking in a two-million-gallon wave pool. Aaaaah. Sat., June 20, 6:30 p.m., 2009
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Night & Day
Juneteenth Unity Prayer Service and Breakfast feat. Reverend Al Sharpton
Published: June 18, 2009
The controversial Sharpton will speak up about issues both theological and political (specifically racial profiling) at this event commemorating Phoenix's annual Juneteenth...
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Night & Day
Remember the '80s Party
Published: June 18, 2009
Do we have to? Well, if we have to, then we might as well do it up right, with '80s tunes from Rock Lobster, spins by DJ Mike G, a classic-car show, break dancing, a costume...
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Night & Day
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
By Clay McNear
Published: June 18, 2009
It is, of course, one of the enduring rituals of the American summer to take a tyke to the circus, or just go by yourself and stuff your maw with cotton candy. This year's...
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Night & Day
Draft Magazine Craft Brewing Festival
Published: June 18, 2009
Drink yourself silly on fine brews by New Belgium, Dogfish Head, Four Peaks, Papago, San Tan, Redstone, Lost Coast, Flying Dog, Coronado, Left Hand, and many others while...
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Night & Day
Outta the Outback
A Look at Pop Music's Top 10 Aussie Acts
By Mike R. Meyer
Published: June 18, 2009
With Australian singer-songwriter, one-man band and noted didgeridoo enthusiast Xavier Rudd stopping in town this week, we thought this would be a great excuse to compile a Top...
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Night & Day
Joe DiPadova
Published: June 18, 2009
For those urbanites looking for a more subdued kind of music mix, Joe DiPadova will be manning the booth tonight at Hanny's, painting the classy CenPho watering hole with a...
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Night & Day
Red White & Blues Sundays
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: June 18, 2009
Shhh! Can you keep a secret? Good, because we wanna drop dime on the laidback, under-the-radar-style affairs that are going down at speakeasy-like Merc Bar every Sunday...
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Night & Day
Chandler Cinemas' Last Bash
Published: June 18, 2009
The Valley will be indie-less (cinema-wise) come Monday morning, but before that happens, Chandler Cinemas owner Matthew Yenkala and pals will end the most unlikely mating of a...
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Night & Day
Handmade in the USA
Artist-crafted piggies run the gamut from whimsical to political
By Julie Peterson
Published: June 18, 2009
We want our belongings to work as hard as we do. That wish sometimes clashes, gladiator-like, with artists’ urge to make art that does not, on the surface, seem to offer...
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Fenske
Phoenix Police Raid a Local Pastor’s Home For Holding Church Services
By Sarah Fenske
Published: June 18, 2009
Last Thursday, a swarm of police officers descended on Michael Salman's northwest Phoenix home. Armed officers herded Salman, his wife Suzanne, their five young daughters, and...
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Feedback
Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, June 18, 2009
Published: June 18, 2009
FAKE IT 'TIL YOU MAKE IT Editor's note: Plenty of readers criticized us and/or local singer Sonny Long for our recent cover story, "Sonny Long Is a Legend in His Own Mind,"...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
On Gabachos with White-Collar Jobs
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: June 18, 2009
I write to you with a doubt similar to the one that Incensed in Chicago felt a couple of weeks ago, when her friend couldn't believe that Mexicans worked in professional,...
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Music
Michelle Blades Welcomes Your Sounds to Her Ukulele Improvisation
By Steve Jansen
Published: June 18, 2009
It's open mic night on the outdoor patio of Conspire, and several local poets and writers are taking turns reading prose poems or excerpts from novels-in-progress. Then...
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Shrapnel
Ida Maria and a Brief History of Scandinavian Pop
By Craig Outhier
Published: June 18, 2009
Norwegian pop-punk damsel Ida Maria is making a serious run at American stardom, and that's awesome. We love, love, love Scandinavian pop stars, with their plump cheeks, slick...
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Shrapnel
Didgeridoo-ist Xavier Rudd: One Day He May Join Kylie Minogue, Rick Springfield, and Men At Work in the Top 10 Aussie Acts
By Mike R. Meyer
Published: June 18, 2009
With Australian singer-songwriter, one-man band and noted didgeridoo enthusiast Xavier Rudd stopping in town this week, we thought this would be a great excuse to compile a Top...
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Live Wire
MewithoutYou
By Craig Outhier
Published: June 18, 2009
Lead singer Aaron Weiss wants to set the record straight: MewithoutYou are not a Christian rock band. Unless you want them to be. "It's not like I'm offended if someone calls...
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Live Wire
The Dendrites!
By Craig Outhier
Published: June 18, 2009
Where can you find a fix of pure, unadulterated sensual pleasure for the insanely low, low price of $6? You know, without habit-forming side effects or the use of needles? Try...
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Live Wire
Authority Zero
By Wilson, Kelly
Published: June 18, 2009
Authority Zero frontman Jason DeVore is one hell of a juggler. He sings and plays guitar in the Celtic-rock band The Bollox, who have quickly attracted a fan base in the...
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