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Annie Lopez gives as good as she gets. Offend her and you'll likely find yourself starring in her artwork. An example at hand of her cathartic approach is a piece she created...
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There are three standard reasons a rock act would refuse to do interviews:
1. The Freddie Mercury Royal Snub. This occurs after an artist gives unlimited access to a press...
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I'm thinking about homemade prime rib. Which I do surprisingly often. But I'm now thinking specifically about the prime rib that a friend of mine prepared for me not long ago....
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The bad news for Memento fans is that Christopher Nolan's Insomnia is far less complex and challenging in form than the backward-edited art-house hit that sparked as much...
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Thirty-four years later, Carson has returned to the school to deliver a series of lectures on the power of fable and film as metaphor, and he asked Coppola, whose film was...
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Crowds dance differently at an Israel Vibration performance. Blame it on the spliff smoke or the general state of mimicry into which Jah-praising singers lull their audiences...
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Buddy Strong sauntered through the throng during an intermission at the Cricket Pavilion last Sunday night, looking for friends and family there to celebrate his...
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It's about noon in Lawrence, Kansas, on a recent Monday — the day before the Get Up Kids release their first new album in three years, On a Wire. Get Up drummer Ryan...
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It's beginning to dawn on me: My friends and I have coughed up $500 a head to stare at each other, and we're thrilled. This is last weekend, and we've come together at Mary...
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It's very tempting to not just dismiss Enough, the latest bill-paying gig by Michael Apted (Enigma) starring Jennifer Lopez, but shred it altogether. Ms. Lopez hasn't exactly...
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Idon't know that I've seen a show all season that I've enjoyed as much as Sophisticated Ladies, which is currently whirling its way flawlessly across Phoenix Theatre's main...
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A bustling parking lot at sunset glows from hundreds of cars painted in rich, metallic hues. Beyond the dull, growling rumble of engines, one can hear the swaggering Hammond...
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Phoenix aviation department officials are considering canceling an $800,000-a-year contract for a security services company owned by Phoenix city councilman Michael Johnson...
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Whenever and wherever Junior Brown performs, you can bet your Telecaster that a gaggle of guitar geeks will be standing in front of the stage, their mouths wide open, drooling...
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I just slapped my 5-year-old on the head. He wasn't wearing a helmet. He stumbled a bit from the blow.
He squared up again like some tough guy, so I thumped him in the gut....
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Jerry Lawson doesn't get rattled easily.
Lawson, the lead singer of the Persuasions — arguably the finest a cappella vocal group of all time — has experienced...
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Sometimes The Spike just wants to bang its pointy little head against a brick wall. The one at Phoenix's downtown Fire Station 1 will do nicely this time.
What's got The...
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We regard the Breeders as perhaps you regard your no-account, jail-prone Uncle Bob — if he shows up for Thanksgiving dinner at all, you're happy and relieved. Even if...
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Disappearing ActNeighborhood watchers: I thoroughly enjoyed reading the article about Eva Mae Wilson ("Whatever Happened to Eva Mae?" John W. Allman, May 16). I, too, was...
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The difficulty with keeping it real in punk lies in the danger of repetitiveness. That's where bands like Sweden's the Hives come in. Singer Howlin' Pelle Alqvist has got the...
