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When Ed Pastor, as Arizona's ranking (and only) Democratic congressman, was asked to nominate Janet Napolitano's successor as U.S. Attorney early in 1998, he deliberately...
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They were almost lost in the hype of a tour so hyped even the hype was having trouble finding its way. Long before a note was played, cynics had written off Paul/Bob '99 as...
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Summer in the City: This is the time of year when tourists disappear and locals stay home and plant themselves in front of their air-conditioning vents. That makes it tough...
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The new Adam Sandler comedy, Big Daddy, isn't just the funniest movie of the summer; it's also the most improbable feel-good movie of the season. It's improbable because...
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thursday
june 24
ASU theater student A.J. Morales is the author of the cycle of six plays about cars, ranging in length from five to 40 minutes, collectively known as...
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Officer Scott Masino began CPR even though he knew his friend was dead. Masino tried in vain to push breath into the chest of fellow cop Marc Atkinson, to get his heart to...
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Between his weekly radio show on KJZZ and his work as entertainment director of the Rhythm Room, Bob Corritore has long held the title of the Valley's greatest advocate for...
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Whole Foods Market, 5120 South Rural, Tempe, 480-456-1400. Hours: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week.
Now is the summer of our discontent.
It's the time of year that APS...
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Simon West, the director of the new thriller starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe, likes the kind of close-ups that bore into an actor's face, exposing every clogged...
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The clock is ticking for Tempe's College Street Garden, which for 25 years has been operated by green-thumbed members of the community, including the Kids Garden Club....
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Here We Go Again
The Flash tore up this week's column after hearing that the bank-fraud conviction of former governor J. Fife Symington III had been overturned by the U.S....
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Shudder to think that here in Phoenix, more than 12,000 people show up to see rock relics like Poison and Ratt while AOR radio stations look forward to the upcoming...
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Twice Upon a Yesterday seems almost too geared for the Sliding Doors crowd. By relying on the same kind of conceptual sleight-of-hand as that recent Brit hit (which owed a...
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What are audience members in for when they go to a performance by Essential Theatre Company? "They're going to experience stories from their lives," says artistic director and...
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As I walk into Dusty Macgruders, at 24th Street and Thomas, that 4 Non Blondes dim ode to twentysomething trust-fund angst called "What's Up" trumpets through the small bar's...
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If you're a Dylan freak, the center of the universe is, of all places, Grand Junction, Colorado.
Mick and Laurie McCuistion reside there, operating an enormous business...
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Shock Doc
Thanks for the excellent article on Dr. Brian "Kiss My Ass" Finkel ("The Terminator," Amy Silverman, June 17). It brought back memories from when I was active...
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Pavement
Terror Twilight
(Matador Records)
It's one of the little ironies of indie-pop that Pavement has hit its creative stride just as much of its initial,...
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I don't wish ill on the clerk to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, but it's a good thing she was sick on June 15.
That was the day the Board of Supervisors met in...
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It was inevitable that the trend in tribute albums honoring contemporary singer/songwriters--which kicked into high gear more than a decade ago with Famous Blue Raincoat,...
