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Risqué Business: If Porn Star Taryn Thomas is Any Indication, the Valley of the Sun May Be the Next Porn Capital of the World
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: August 13, 2009
Taryn Thomas isn't shy about anything, which makes for an unnerving lunch. On a breezy Friday afternoon on the patio at Zipps Sports Grill in Scottsdale, she's chain-smoking...
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PMT Ambulance's Management Has Union Roots -- and Labor Pains
By Sarah Fenske
Published: August 13, 2009
As president of the United Phoenix Firefighters Association for more than 20 years, Pat Cantelme turned the union into a political force — and, in the process, made it...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
The Mexican on Huevos, Cojones, and Mexico's Answer to Bill Gates
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: August 13, 2009
We begin, as we do each week, with cojones, although the huevos in question deal with my column a couple of semanas ago on why gabachos prefer the former term for testicles as...
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Objectified
Published: August 13, 2009
The new documentary by Gary Hustwit (Helvetica) takes a look at manufactured objects and gadgets and how they affect our daily lives. It features in-depth interviews with...
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Raven Gregory
Published: August 13, 2009
The offbeat and more than mildly twisted graphic novelist signs Tales from Wonderland, the fantastical third entry in Gregory's contemporary update of Lewis Carroll's Alice's...
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"With a Twist" Classic Cocktails Pairing Party
Published: August 13, 2009
As anyone who consumes calories knows, 50 bucks don't go very far these days, but they will at this throwback Scottsdale mixer. Five measly sawbucks'll get you six bar-food...
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Urban Renewal Film Festival
Published: August 13, 2009
The traveling DIY-fest examines increasingly significant urban issues, including sustainable housing, community building projects, cooperative ownership models, and community...
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Blue-Ribbon Band
All-female trio perform new classics at Modified
By Steve Jansen
Published: August 13, 2009
We had an epiphany the other day: modern music that’s heavy on the woe-is-me whine or anything that’s cute is, well, not good. Agent Ribbons, who are like a rocking,...
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Dinomite
Indie rockers give the people what they want, then multiply it by two
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: August 13, 2009
The genius of Oreos Double Stuf cream sandwich cookies is that they give people more of what they want. Austin post-punkers When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth take nearly the same...
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PHX Music Rules
Don’t believe it? Then hit up the Sail Inn for this show.
By Steve Jansen
Published: August 13, 2009
If one of your friends ever allows this phrase to purse his or her lips – “The Phoenix music scene sucks” – we suggest defriending the dude or dudette. From...
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Twilight of the Year
Lit dorks gather to celebrate Stephanie Meyer-spawned empire
By Lilia Menconi
Published: August 13, 2009
How much do you love Twilight? Did you get misty-eyed when Edward Cullen broke up with Bella Swan and left her emotionally comatose in the woods? Or how about when Jacob Black...
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The Bear Necessities
Divas can wield firearms, too
By Leslie Barton
Published: August 13, 2009
Hey princess, your lumberjack prefers camping and shooting targets to your expensive dinners and satin gloves, but still makes time to pull out your chair? Well, love is a...
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Brent Ghelfi
Published: August 13, 2009
The Phoenix resident and best-selling mystery/thriller author will be present at the national launch party for his third book, The Venona Cable. Tue., Aug. 18, 7:30...
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Robert Glennon @ Changing Hands Bookstore
Published: August 13, 2009
The University of Arizona (we won't hold that against him, promise) law professor signs Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What To Do About It. Thu., Aug....
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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 13, 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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The Tao of Sheriff Joe
Mister Arpaio finally inspires something awesome
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: August 13, 2009
If anything good has come from Sheriff Joe’s tyranny, it’s the art being created in response. The latest creative commentary to surface is New Carpa Theater...
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Meta-Cinema for the Soul
Paul Giamatti stars in this instant classic
By M.V. Moorhead
Published: August 13, 2009
Did you roll your eyes at the by-the-numbers triteness of Being John Malkovich? Did you yawn and squirm in your seat at the formulaic banality of Eternal Sunshine of the...
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An Almost-Star is Born
ASU-alum actress switches gears (again) with new book
By Clay McNear
Published: August 13, 2009
Hollywood almost-star Lisa Cerasoli has made a sorta-career out of making semi-wrong turns. But however you frame her present, the cutie-pie Arizona State University alum seems...
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"Strong Heroines in Crime Fiction"
Published: August 13, 2009
Mystery authors Ann Parker, Juliet Blackwell, and Sophie Littlefield (pictured) discuss their many femme creations in this panel discussion. Sat., Aug. 15, 2 p.m., 2009
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Blind Screw
Published: August 13, 2009
The tasting-slash-guessing game challenges participants to guess if a certain wine came with a screw cap or a cork. Those who guess 'em all right receive a prize. ...
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