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21. Film

    Past Prime

    Uma as an old lady? Yeah, sure, why not?

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: October 27, 2005

    With a name like Prime, a movie had better be about something more than an older woman digging on a younger man, much to the disapproval of the younger man's mom. It ought to...

22. Halloween Guide

    Trails to Terror

    Welcome to Creepy Town

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: October 27, 2005

    You feel the chill in the air, that spooky tingle at the base of your spine, the growing sense of dread in the pit of your stomach. You know it's coming, and your ass had...

23. Urban Experience

    O Solo Trio

    Something new under the sun

    By Wynter Holden, Clay McNear and Julie Peterson

    Published: October 27, 2005

    MON 10/31Tracy + the Plastics is not a real band. Or is it? The beauty is that it's so hard to tell. The brain child of "lesbian feminist video artist" Wynne Greenwood, Tracy +...

24. Shrapnel

    Blessed Resurrected

    Third album's a charm for Blessedbethyname

    By Serene Dominic

    Published: October 27, 2005

    When somebody tells you that his new album is divided into four musical acts with Roman numerals and movements, well, you run, quite frankly. But when it's Eddie Kelly of...

25. Film

    Gettin' Jiggy Again

    An even sharper sequel

    By Luke Y. Thompson

    Published: October 27, 2005

    Talk about striking while the iron is hot: It's been only a year since Saw became an instant cult hit, as well as a topic of debate among horror fans. Was it an innovative new...

26. Art

    Art Scene

    Current shows

    By Leanne Potts

    Published: October 27, 2005

    Stella Lai at ASU Art Museum: Lai's deceptively pretty paintings are about how ugly it is to be a woman or an animal in her native Hong Kong. Sad yellow chicken carcasses and...

27. What Else Is New?

    New Times' top DVD picks for the week of October 25

    Published: October 27, 2005

    ABBA: The Movie (Universal) AC/DC: And Then There Was Rock (Chrome Dreams) Alias: The Complete Fourth Season (Buena Vista) Audioslave: Live in Cuba (Sony) The Beat That...

28. Sports/Outdoors

    Toe Jam

    Pounding the skins at Kokopelli

    By Niki D'Andrea, Steve Jansen and Julie Peterson

    Published: October 27, 2005

    SAT 10/29What is it within us that makes us want to do things like wrestle in Jell-O or pudding, bathe in spaghetti noodles, or feel mud squishing up between our toes? If...

29. Live Wire

    Sage Francis

    Not even Gandhi is safe

    By Chris Parker

    Published: October 27, 2005

    If his rhymes were weapons, he'd be a 30mm chaingun, eviscerating the landscape with enough unrelenting wordplay to make the New York Times' crossword seem childishly quaint....

30. Film

    Fairest of Them All

    A thing of beauty, a joy forever, etc.

    By Luke Y. Thompson

    Published: October 27, 2005

    To the knowledgeable comic book fan, all one need say about MirrorMask is that it was scripted by Neil Gaiman and directed by Dave McKean, with a final product that, while less...

31. See/Be Seen

    Naked Dinner

    Magickal mystery tour

    By Niki D'Andrea, Steve Jansen and Clay McNear

    Published: October 27, 2005

    SAT 10/29Alas, you won't see gore-rock band Samhain playing a nude set with backing vocals by a buff Samantha Stevens from Bewitched at "Rites of Hekate, Samhain 2005."...

32. Live Wire

    Haggis

    Every bit as good as it sounds

    By Serene Dominic

    Published: October 27, 2005

    On April 13, 2003, two-time New Times Music Showcase "Best Pop Band" winner Haggis found itself nominated in the "Most Entertaining Live Show" category, which necessitated a...

33. Film

    Foiled Again

    Maybe it's time for this blade to stop swinging

    By Bill Gallo

    Published: October 27, 2005

    It's been 85 years since Douglas Fairbanks slashed his way into the top tax bracket as the masked hero Zorro, and Hollywood still can find no reason to shut down the franchise....

34. Performance

    Bite Me

    Bloody good show

    By Niki D'Andrea, Wynter Holden and Rebecca Zumoff

    Published: October 27, 2005

    10/28-11/5Bram Stoker's famed and fanged beast has sure turned into a sexy sucker within the past 50 years. The vampire has gone from the gaunt and pallid look of Bela Lugosi...

35. Live Wire

    Merle Haggard

    Different train

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: October 27, 2005

    Merle Haggard can't sleep well at night knowing what's become of his beloved country music. Every time Kenny Chesney sashays across a stage, ol' "Hag" has to want to dig out a...

36. Live Wire

    Dwight Yoakam

    Mellow by moonlight

    By Henry Cabot Beck

    Published: October 27, 2005

    He's lean, he's mean, he's a -- well, he's got a nice hat. But Dwight Yoakam is more than the sum of his style and practiced scowl. He's a closet beatnik and he eats tofu and...

37. Live Wire

    The Epoxies

    Nouveau retro

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: October 27, 2005

    New Wave was a joke two years ago, and probably will be in two more, but in the meantime, bands like The Killers and The Bravery are milking it for every penny they can. The...

38. Live Wire

    Beck

    Maybe he can free Katie

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: October 27, 2005

    Great Xenu's ghost! Didja know Beck Hansen's a Scientologist? That's correct, alt-rock's favorite shabby-chic troubadour is a Dianetics-following, E-meter-reading Hubbardite --...

39. Live Wire

    Atmosphere

    Little light passes through

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: October 27, 2005

    Anyone who's been following Atmosphere -- the Minneapolis indie hip-hop act comprising MC Slug and DJ Ant -- over the past 10 years likely isn't too surprised by the sarcastic...

40. Live Wire

    The Dwarves

    Unrepentant punks

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: October 27, 2005

    Dear God, Blag Dahlia here, from scum-punkers The Dwarves. We've been around 20 years and I'm getting a little older now, so there's a few things I think I need to get square...