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Dougherty
Bird in Hand
U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton has a rare opportunity to investigate Sheriff Joke. Will he do it?
By John Dougherty
Published: August 18, 2005
In the weeks leading up to last September's Republican primary election for sheriff, challenger Dan Saban predicted that someday someone inside Sheriff Joe Arpaio's inner...
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Revolver
Proof Positive
Eminem's pal hits the 'Nix
By Brendan Joel Kelley
Published: August 18, 2005
Here in the 'Nix, we're not known as a hotbed for mainstream hip-hop -- we're an indie hip-hop town, with a packed schedule of weekly club events and frequent visits from crews...
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Cafe
Dim Sum Days
The best à la cart(e)
By Stephen Lemons
Published: August 18, 2005
The only deity I've ever had a personal affinity for is that corpulent, jolly "buddha" with a small "b" known as Jin Foo, Bu Dai, or Hotei, depending on whom you ask....
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Film
Flight Risk
Now boarding: a tight homage
By Luke Y. Thompson
Published: August 18, 2005
Red Eye may not seem to be your typical Wes Craven movie. It's not really horror, there are no marketable monsters, and unlike Cursed, Scream 3, and other recent Craven...
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Speakeasy
Out on a Limb
Branching out with the Tree Lady
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: August 18, 2005
Attention, shoppers: You can forget about parking in the shade, at least when you're headed for Metrocenter. Despite Karen Bauernschmidt's best efforts, the west-side mall...
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Night & Day
C'mon, Get Happy
Art imitates life in acclaimed film
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: August 18, 2005
"Feel-good lesbian movie" sounds like an oxymoron when you consider that most big "lesbian" movies end with people getting shot (Boys Don't Cry), dragged off by the Gestapo...
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Feature
Angela's Ashes
The party's hot, but the Valley's fashion scene? Not so much
By Joe Watson
Published: August 18, 2005
On a sweltering Sunday night in mid-July, the Pussycat Lounge in Old Town Scottsdale is crawling with twentysomethings pounding shots of Patrón and sipping mojitos. A...
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Music
Paperback Writer
The 33 1/3 book series lets love-struck authors celebrate their favorite records
By Rob Trucks
Published: August 18, 2005
In 2002, while holding court in his office overlooking NYC's Madison Square Park, David Barker -- a friendly young Englishman editing a series of chapbooks on contemporary...
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Film
Cherry on Top
Dirty and sweet, with a heart-on
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 18, 2005
Some art-house programmer would be wise to schedule a double bill of The Aristocrats, Paul Provenza's talkumentary about the dirtiest joke ever told, and The 40-Year-Old...
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Art
Candid Cameras
Mostly meat, with a little cheese
By Leanne Potts
Published: August 18, 2005
Art photography doesn't get its due. Because everyone has a camera, most people figure taking art photos is as easy as pointing the lens at something, uh, arty, and pushing...
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Night & Day
This Week's Day-by-day Picks
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: August 18, 2005
THU 18Comedian Alonzo Bodden doesn't need to worry about planes malfunctioning when he travels. The comic worked as a jet mechanic for Lockheed and McDonnell-Douglas for nine...
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Letters
Letters
Letters from the issue of Thursday, August 18, 2005
Published: August 18, 2005
Joltin' Joe Indecent exposure: You should do an exposé on what has to be the worst major metropolitan newspaper in the country, the Arizona Republic. For 10 years...
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Shrapnel
Critical Fatwa
For their sins, they will suffer
By The Ayatollah of Rock
Published: August 18, 2005
All hail the mighty compact disc! That piece of technology that let you listen to OK Computer without having to sit through "Fitter Happier." While we know that no audio format...
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Film
Bird Droppings
Never leaves the hangar
By Jean Oppenheimer
Published: August 18, 2005
Even today, British kids grow up listening to stories about life during the London Blitz and the hardships their parents and grandparents endured during the Second World War....
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Art
Photo Flop
More Goth than Gothic
By Leanne Potts
Published: August 18, 2005
Carlos Batts is a big-deal Los Angeles-based photographer who, since the mid-1990s, has shot models for fashion spreads, rock and rap bands for CD covers, and hot gals for sex...
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Night & Day
Squid Pro Quo
Artists make tentacle of themselves
By Clay McNear
Published: August 18, 2005
A couple of months ago, Matt Brown bashed the heck out of a bunch of old computers to create what he calls "robotic sculpture." This time around, he and several cohorts are...
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Shrapnel
Ozzfest 2005
Bands to watch
By Chelsea Ide
Published: August 18, 2005
Want to get more out of Ozzfest than watching Ozzy stumble around on stage? If so, the place to be is the second stage, where you'll find the bands that still play small clubs...
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Film
Aw, Nuts
The lunatics have taken over, and they're very horny
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 18, 2005
Ain't nothing in this world more tedious than highbrow erotica, which works itself into a lather and then wipes off the sweat before anyone notices how awfully and...
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Art Scene
Art Scene
Current shows, exhibitions and installations
By Leanne Potts
Published: August 18, 2005
"Hector Ruiz: La Realidad (Reality)" at the Heard Museum: Phoenix artist Hector Ruiz fires a shot between the eyes of American values with wood carvings, block prints, and...
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Urban Experience
Rad Alert
Old is new at Trunk Space
By Niki D'Andrea, Clay McNear and Julie Peterson
Published: August 18, 2005
8/19-9/14The Trunk Space's new exhibition "Old/New/Traditional/Radical" showcases "artists with classic training and a modern aesthetic," says the gallery's JRC. Alan Jones,...
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