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Arizona's prison system is in crisis.
The state's prisons are built to hold 26,000 inmates. They now hold more than 30,000.
Under Arizona's current sentencing laws, the...
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Alex Gonzalez has a lot to say. The prodigious drummer for gigantic Mexican rock band Maná has every right to be jaded. Been there, done that -- he could be talking shit...
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Once upon a time, in restaurants far and wide, food was food. There was Italian, Chinese, Mexican . . . but we pretty much always knew what we were getting when we ordered....
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Sometimes something so wonderful appears on the big screen that I want to leap up like a shameless non-professional and hug it. Such is the case early on in Sylvia, a superb...
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Famous people are often boring, and Jay Leno is very, very famous. A chat with the Tonight Show host and former Doritos pitchman often turns to his collection of vintage cars...
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Imagine a placid lake reflecting a cloudless sky. Now take a deep breath as a boat sails into view, and hold your breath for a count of five -- the exact time it takes for the...
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Pussy Galore
The Spike was invited to an art opening this past Saturday. In a cat shelter. In Sun City.
The spawn of local artist Steve Yazzie and the Sun Cities 4 Paws...
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In the beginning, there was rhythm. Hairy hominids banging bones. Then, pokey Neanderthals touched the monolith and discovered the handclap -- they grunted with glee -- then...
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Luz Acosta, the owner of Pepe's Taco Villa in west Phoenix, barely took a break from her job to give birth to her first daughter. One day not long ago, she stood very pregnant...
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Given the way the United Nations has been taking a beating in the American media over the past year or so, it may not be a bad thing that the new movie Beyond Borders is at...
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On October 12, BBC America aired the second-season premiere of The Office, the beloved mockumentary that follows paper-selling rats 'round the maze of cubicles leading to the...
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Thursday, October 23Familiar with the mood-enhancing, color-changing wall behind the bar at SIX? Now the sleek Scottsdale lounge takes the transformation several steps further,...
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On America's top 45 AM radio stations, 310 hours of every week is occupied by bilious chatter from conservative talk show hosts.
By comparison, liberal hosts account for only...
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Stupidity can't really be called a cultural offense anymore, especially in pop music, where seemingly every successful act now can be evaluated in degrees of dumb. Eminem? The...
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That a new feel-good sports movie called Radio contrives to move us is just fine -- that's what feel-good sports movies are supposed to do. That its makers choose to move us in...
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Picture a painting, suffused with a golden glow, in which naked men and women writhe in what appears to be a bed of gleaming black lava, like tortured souls in purgatory...
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Something's bubbling up from the performance arts underground -- ¡Teatro Caliente!, an intercultural theater festival that makes its debut this weekend.
It's an idea...
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The long-expected happened Monday afternoon, when abortion doctor Brian Finkel took the witness stand in his own defense at his sexual assault and abuse trial.
A minute or so...
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Calling punk an attitude has become an MTV-generation cliché. It's used as a post-mortem tribute to a musician's rebelliousness: Johnny Cash, yo, that guy was punk. But...
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If there's a good reason why almost no one writes or produces farce anymore, I wish someone would share it with me. My fondness for all things foolhardy and my affection for...
