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Smooth Criminal: Urban Artist DOSE Takes Graffiti from the Street to the Museum and Beyond
By Stephen Lemons
Published: August 6, 2009
It's painfully early on a weekend morning in the 'hood, and Phoenix graffiti artist DOSE and his homie FOES head south through streets filled with homeless crack- and...
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Mexican Standoff
Luchadores play out social issues on the mat
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: August 6, 2009
he ultra-contentious issue of illegal immigration has divided our community into warring camps: sign-toting nativists versus pro-Latino supporters. While it’s unlikely the...
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Band of Gypsies
Netherlands import plays “misbehaved village wedding” music
By Steve Jansen
Published: August 6, 2009
Since the British Invasion, Americans have been such suckers for any artsy music from overseas. Because of this, we imagine that Caspian Hat Dance – a Rotterdam,...
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Basketball Courtship
Get ready for your big day, then watch the Mercury play
By Ed Kummerer
Published: August 6, 2009
Maybe we keep bad company, but most people we know judge weddings on only two criteria: the quality of food and the quantity of alcohol. If you’re looking to get a head...
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Dirty Sexy Munny
Nude toy from wrong side of the tracks puts Mattel belle to shame
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: August 6, 2009
Now in her 50th year, Barbie, festooned in all kinds of lavish outfits, has had more special editions than Star Wars. In comparison, Munny is the hard-scrabble kid from the...
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Barr None
Photog captures central library’s inclusive charms
By Julie Peterson
Published: August 6, 2009
"I started going to the library doing what most people do: looking at books," says Phoenix photographer Peter Sills. "One of the things I noticed was the incredible northern...
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Barr None
Photog captures central library’s inclusive charms
By Julie Peterson
Published: August 6, 2009
"I started going to the library doing what most people do: looking at books," says Phoenix photographer Peter Sills. "One of the things I noticed was the incredible northern...
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Nasty Business
By Adriane Goetz
Published: August 6, 2009
What's the difference between the transient pervert who sits outside the Circle K with a mirror on his shoe and a celeb like Kid Rock? Money, of course, or at least the...
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High on the Hog
Pork princess waxes rhapsodic about crispy breakfast meat
By Clay McNear
Published: August 6, 2009
God bless the Internet. The Information Superhighway has opened yawning new realms of possibility for the once-dispossessed, including the ability to make a living from...
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Winged Victory
Chicken-gnawing contest’s as American as a snout full of RedHot
By Clay McNear
Published: August 6, 2009
God, are we sick to friggin’ death of watching celebs and regular schmoes tip the scales on reality weight-loss shows like The Biggest Loser and DietTribe. This is...
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Independent Film Series: Ben X
Published: August 6, 2009
Director Nic Balthazar's critically acclaimed 2007 film -- based on a true story about an autistic boy who committed suicide after being bullied -- stars Greg Timmermans as the...
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Independent Film Series: Ben X
Published: August 6, 2009
Director Nic Balthazar's critically acclaimed 2007 film -- based on a true story about an autistic boy who committed suicide after being bullied -- stars Greg Timmermans as the...
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Moonstruck
You’ve gotta be crazy to hike in this heat
By Clay McNear
Published: August 6, 2009
Many of you will assume we’re Looney Tunes when we say you should join the Dog Day Moon Full Moon Sunset Hike at South Mountain Park and Preserve. And your reasoning is...
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Early Chicano Art Documentaries
Published: August 6, 2009
This event features screenings of James Tartan's documentaries about two early Chicano art exhibits (Los Four, Murals of Aztlan) in conjunction with the "Phantom Sightings: Art...
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The Italian Job
Can’t wait for Tarantino’s Basterds? See the original first.
By M.V. Moorhead
Published: August 6, 2009
The 1978 Italian film Quel maledetto treno blindato has had several other titles in English. According to imdb, it has been known at one time or another as Counterfeit...
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School of Mock
Daft Punk cover act may be bogus, but it’s pretty damn good
By Adriane Goetz
Published: August 6, 2009
Normally, we liken the tribute-band experience to that of watching our favorite movies through a Cricket cell phone, but somehow NYC’s Daft Punk cover DJ crew, Faux Punk,...
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It's A Dry Humor
Whose Line funnyman is hotter than the sum of his game-show episodes
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: August 6, 2009
Greg Proops might have given you the wrong impression. You can't size him up merely by the Whose Line Is It Anyway? episodes that first brought him into your home. You also...
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Plan Bee
Artist sounds a cautionary note about plight of the honeydrippers
By Wynter Holden
Published: August 6, 2009
To the average person, bees are only good for two things: honey and cute little animated films starring Jerry Seinfeld. So no one really seemed to be paying attention last year...
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John Lescroart
Published: August 6, 2009
Agatha Christie meets, well, John Lescroart in Lescroart's latest thriller, A Plague of Secrets -- which gathers characters from various Lescroart franchises (Dismas Hardy, Abe...
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Strange As Angels
Motörhead meets Mr. Rogers at cave-jam dance party
By Leslie Barton
Published: August 6, 2009
“Too Thirsty for Love” is the latest swamp-rock dance-craze release from Rhinestone Records’ darlings of all things violently innocent: Quintron and Miss...
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