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House
Revenge of the Verdes
Natives finally glean a few reparations for a legacy of genocide
By David Holthouse
Published: August 5, 1999
The pinball symphony of 400 slot machines morphs into the thump and wail of a Yavapai-Apache drum circle as I leave the dim, eau d'ashtray interior of the Cliff Castle Casino...
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Music
Stoner Rock Royalty
Queens of the Stone Age finds tipped-out serenity in its private desert oasis
By Serene Dominic
Published: August 5, 1999
Was it Magnet, Spin or Pulse! that first coined the insidious term "stoner rock" in an effort to describe a new sound emerging from the desert? The sound that's at times...
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Cafe
The Marinara Has Two Faces
By Howard Seftel
Published: August 5, 1999
Tal's, 13610 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, 480-348-0086. Hours: Dinner, Monday through Thursday, 5:30 to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 5:30 to 10 p.m.; closed Sunday. When...
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Film
Popular Mechanics
Animated The Iron Giant earns its metals
By M.V. Moorhead
Published: August 5, 1999
First published under the title The Iron Man in Great Britain in 1968, The Iron Giant is a minor classic of 20th-century children's literature. The slim volume by the English...
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Stage
Writing Crop
New Works festival helps whip untested stage fare into shape
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: August 5, 1999
Ever since he was a boy, Richard Warren has been haunted by Buffalo Bill. In an attempt to exorcise his Wild West demon, Warren ditched a career in public relations and, in...
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Night & Day
Bread and Circuitry
By Owen S. Kerr
Published: August 5, 1999
Steven Spielberg wants your money. This isn't exactly news -- he's forever coming up with new and better ways of parting you from your dough, in theaters and out. GameWorks in...
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Feature
The Plot To Assassinate Arpaio
It was a diabolical scheme. Problem is, most of it was hatched by the Sheriff's Office.
By John Dougherty
Published: August 5, 1999
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Sidebar
Mr. Nuts and Bolts
By M.V. Moorhead
Published: August 5, 1999
Brad Bird, the adapter/director of the warmhearted animated feature The Iron Giant, made his name with edgier fare: He created TV's Family Dog, and worked on such series as The...
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Music
Cosmic American Muse
More than 25 years after his death, the spirit of Gram Parsons rides high with a new tribute album
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 5, 1999
Chris Hillman knew Gram Parsons perhaps better than anyone, or at least as well as anyone could know a wealthy young man dedicated to living fast, loving hard, dying young, and...
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Second Helpings
Second Helpings
By Howard Seftel
Published: August 5, 1999
Gregorian Enchantment: What's the best restaurant in town? There's no indisputable answer. But right now, after a memorable revisit, my list of top contenders would have to...
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Nightwatch
Uncover Girl
Doin' the town with a porn queen, a record weasel and a big bong
By Brian Smith
Published: August 5, 1999
So what would it be like to cab around the city with a record-company weasel, a couple of writers, a punk-rock singer, a porn-PR pro and an adult-film star wielding a large...
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Night & Day
North Fest Passage
Published: August 5, 1999
It's hot out. Thank God New Times is around to break stories like this that other Valley media outlets won't touch, but we aren't content just to bellyache -- we offer...
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Feature
Growing Complicated
Already, the state's grand plan for halting urban sprawl appears doomed
By Laura Laughlin
Published: August 5, 1999
The governor's Growing Smarter Commission is visiting a dozen cities in Arizona this summer, offering free cookies and drinks and a 13-page draft report that could shape the...
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Sidebar
A Song for You
The essential Gram Parsons discography
By Bob Mehr
Published: August 5, 1999
Someone once said of Gram Parsons that "his sadness was like his image." That he "should have played the blues." Had he been born a poor black sharecropper's son, he probably...
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Film
Comic Book Zeroes
Super crime crusaders sans powers, winning Mystery Men proves that mite makes right
By Hal Hinson
Published: August 5, 1999
In the highly competitive, dog-eat-dog world of the modern-day superhero, the members of the group that eventually becomes known as the Mystery Men -- they don't really have a...
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News
Reaching Out
Phoenix Parks Department balances bosks and ball fields in its plans for Reach 11
By Michael Kiefer
Published: August 5, 1999
In 1986, when the city of Phoenix entered into an agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to re-dedicate a 1,365-acre tract of federal land as a city park, housing...
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Music
Roll Out the Red Carpet
A group of admiring locals is set to salute country legend Buck Owens with a birthday bash
By Bob Mehr
Published: August 5, 1999
It's a Thursday, early in the evening, and the barroom at Tempe's Balboa Cafe is abuzz with more than the usual happy-hour rumblings. In a corner by the stage, amid the din of...
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Film
Petty Woman
Veiled in mediocrity, Runaway Bride isn't much of a catch
By Hal Hinson
Published: August 5, 1999
Runaway Bride, the long-anticipated reunion of Pretty Woman stars Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, isn't a sequel, but it feels like one. In everything, there is a distinct...
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Wonk
Reservations Required
Hotelier Steve Cohn continues his anti-Skip crusade with an initiative and an ad campaign
By Amy Silverman
Published: August 5, 1999
The city of Phoenix has created a monster, and his name is Steve Cohn. In the past three months, Cohn -- the managing director of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Phoenix,...
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Molten Wax
Recordings
By Jonathan Bond and Brian Smith
Published: August 5, 1999
Ween Paintin' the Town Brown (Elektra) Paintin' the Town Brown, the most recent offering from demented duo Ween, reeks of contractual obligation or more likely Elektra's...
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