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Shrapnel
Good Thinking
Old-time, longtime
By Scott Faingold
Published: December 8, 2005
Catherine Ann Irwin and Janet Beveridge Bean have been at this Freakwater thing since about 1988, which is pretty impressive when you stop to realize that Gram Parsons died...
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Film
Jesus Saves
Unspeakably funny
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: December 8, 2005
Hands down (and hands down her pants, from the sound of it), the funniest bit from the summer's raunch smorgasbord The Aristocrats was hearing Sarah Silverman tell the...
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Urban Experience
Click Clique
Flashes of brilliance at PAM
By Jodey Brown, Niki D'Andrea, Steve Jansen and Clay McNear
Published: December 8, 2005
12/11-3/12If the photographers whose work will be displayed at Phoenix Art Museum's new exhibition "Keeping Shadows" were a baseball team, they'd be the 1927 Yankees. The...
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Letters
Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 8, 2005
Published: December 8, 2005
The Meth Plague How to deal: My hat goes off to Maggie Voss and her accomplishments. What she's done for herself and her family is no easy feat ("Ice, Ice, Baby," Robert...
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Shrapnel
Critical Fatwa
Give it a rest. In peace
By The Ayatollah of Rock
Published: December 8, 2005
All hail Big Poppa! Not only was the Notorious B.I.G. a master storyteller and MC, but he also has never humped a corpse. That may seem faint praise for such a legend. However,...
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See/Be Seen
Gojira a Go-Go
Beastly fun at Atomic Comics
By Niki D'Andrea, Benjamin Leatherman and Casey Lynch
Published: December 8, 2005
SUN 12/11We need some advice. Godzilla's 51st birthday is coming up, and we haven't a clue as to what to get the big fella. Imagine the pressure involved with selecting the...
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Shrapnel
RIAA-holes
How they misspell relief
By Sam Machkovech
Published: December 8, 2005
Conspiracy theorists, ready your blogs: The RIAA unleashed last month's Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now on the American public to convince us to stop sending aid to...
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Sports/Outdoors
Waterships Down
Tempe loves a parade
By Steve Jansen, Clay McNear and Douglas Towne
Published: December 8, 2005
SAT 12/10If you want to act a fool this holiday season after consuming one too many eggnogs, feel free. Just don't expect to rock the boat and poop on somebody's parade during...
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Home Grown
Chilee Powdah
Code of Loyalty
(D2 Loyalty)By Niki D'Andrea
Published: December 8, 2005
If hip-hop's all about the handle, the hooks, and the homies, then local wordsmith Chilee Powdah's got the full package. His name (complete with a double "e" for easy rhymes)...
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Performance
Phair Game
Songwriter no longer in Exile
By Niki D'Andrea and Kristi Eaton
Published: December 8, 2005
SAT 12/10Liz Phair doesn't want to be your blowjob queen anymore. She may have sung such on her groundbreaking 1993 album Exile in Guyville (an answer to the Rolling Stones'...
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Home Grown
Stereo Typed
Stereophonic Travelers
(Avenue of the Arts Recordings)By Michele Laudig
Published: December 8, 2005
The travel bug bit Stereo Typed hard on the Phoenix hip-hop trio's debut full-length. As the album title suggests, these guys get around -- but they're more globe trekkers with...
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Listen Up
Madonna
Confessions on a Dance Floor
(Maverick)By Sam Machkovech
Published: December 8, 2005
With Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madonna makes progress in returning to form after the preachy, pale American Life, but this seamless, beat-filled ode to dance clubs isn't...
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Live Wire
Keith Urban
The man Nic oughta pick
By Serene Dominic
Published: December 8, 2005
In case you were pining for another four-month Hollywood/Nashville marriage to fill the Kenny Chesney/Rene Zellweger void, forget it. Urban and Nicole Kidman are currently not...
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Live Wire
Nickel Creek
Mood pop
By Chris Parker
Published: December 8, 2005
Gorgeous bluegrass shaded with a blend of contemporary pop and rock influences, the San Diego trio Nickel Creek's supple, earthy tones blow gracefully across genre-bending...
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Live Wire
Micah Bentley
Wheels on fire
By Casey Lynch
Published: December 8, 2005
Breaking into your 20s can be harder than breaking into the music industry, but the acoustic-driven alterna-rockers in the band Micah Bentley have done both with a guileless...
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Live Wire
Kaskade
Deep dance
By Chris Parker
Published: December 8, 2005
Growing up in Chicago, Kaskade was initially into British New Wave acts such as The Cure and The Smiths before discovering clubs, Frankie Knuckles and house music. You can hear...
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Live Wire
Propagandhi
Still Winnipeggin' away
By Chris Parker
Published: December 8, 2005
Steadfastly political and occasionally amusing (as on "Homophobes Are Just Mad They Can't Get Laid" and "Degrassi Junior High Drop Outs"), these Canadian anarchists were one of...
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Live Wire
Cave In
Noisy desperation
By Chelsea Ide
Published: December 8, 2005
In the past 10 years, Cave In has made itself a household name among hardcore, indie and metal fans. The Boston band became the king of split records by sharing discs with the...
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Needle Exchange
Rob Swift
It is, in fact, going down
By Brendan Joel Kelley
Published: December 8, 2005
Known for his beat-juggling skills with his '90s New York DJ crew the X-Men (who would later become the X-ecutioners, so as not to get sued), Rob Swift blew minds back then by...
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Turntable
Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing
Who's spinning what, where and when
Published: December 8, 2005
Thursday 8Acme Roadhouse: College Night with DJ J. Alan (Top 40) Ain't Nobody's Bizness: DJ Suzy (hip-hop, dance) Anderson's Fifth Estate: Area 51 with DJ Jeremy (goth,...
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