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It's probably been terribly tough getting ahold of your artist friends lately. Don't worry, that monolithic mixed-media piece of theirs hasn't toppled over and pinned them...
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The Wu-Tang Clan shouldn't still exist. In an industry where today's rap superstar becomes tomorrow's MC Hammer, nine Staten Island MCs pulled off the impossible. They...
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God, I could go for a pint of Stella Artois, or "wife-beater," as it's sometimes referred to in merry ol' England. I'm in a black-and-white box of an eatery, surrounded by...
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The novel Be Cool, written by Elmore Leonard in 1999 while the ink was still wet on the publisher's advance, existed only because the beloved writer of seedy thrillers and...
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The Michael Jackson jury has been selected, and, not unlike Jackson himself, it's two-thirds female and mostly white. And if this jury doesn't help convict Jackson of the...
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For a day and a half, hundreds of local activists will try to shape a small corner of Arizona State University into the world they wished existed.
For many who attend Local...
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What began as a quiet gallery stroll is approaching full-blown street fair now that thousands of regulars clog Roosevelt Street on the first Friday of even the hottest Phoenix...
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My friend Billy used to always wear a button that said "Who Cares" on the collar of his jacket, until "some bitch" stole it off of him at a dive bar near our neighborhood....
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Come this time next year, The Jacket may well occupy the slot in movie discourse that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind does now -- that of the film that...
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"Bwian," I say to my pal Brian -- because of the Monty Python film Life of Brian, but who I really like to call Emerald Brian since I know so many damn Brians -- "who all is...
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THU 3
Objects, the Biltmore's newest men's and women's clothing and home furnishings boutique, is already known for its global thinking, snatching up apparel and...
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You don't fool me for a minute. You're admiring that Jeff Falk painting, maybe even whispering to your companion about Jeff's confident use of tempura and his canny allusions...
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In recent years, James Murphy has undeniably helped direct the hipster strata of New York music. DFA, the label that he produces with partner Tim Goldsworthy, is the Neptunes...
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The Pacifier, starring the human battering ram Vin Diesel as a Navy SEAL ordered to protect five kids from baddies out to steal their dead dad's invention, was written by...
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Maybe I'm not laughing as much at zombie flicks these days because I got a huge hole in my gut that's leaking blood and stuff all over the house, but still . . .
Last...
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I'm pacing outside the Chicago Cubs clubhouse at their winter training facility, Fitch Park in Mesa, at about 8 a.m.
Beyond the foyer is a gaggle of Chicago beat writers who...
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Trouble is, now I'll never be able to collect that $21,000 that Hunter S. Thompson's owed me for going on 20 years.
Not that I ever had expected to see a bloody nickel of...
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In the language of analog recording, "wow" and "flutter" were terms used to describe the distortion common to the recording process. The title of The Kills' second album is...
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If you want to know what Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior is all about, it's pretty easy to sum up. It starts with a big fight, as a group of local villagers plays capture-the-flag...
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Designers are maligned as the pragmatists of the art world, the art majors who were employable instead of outrageous, responsible instead of romantic.
Unlike artists,...
