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On a Saturday night in mid-July, the Paper Heart is in a groovy time warp. Tonight is the second evening of a special two-day celebration of Russ Meyer's 1970 cult classic...
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Phoenix is a tough town for bands — the city doesn't have a sound of its own (please don't count Gin Blossoms-style jangle rock), and you can count on one hand the number...
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It's not hard to figure out why college students and ethnic restaurants go hand in hand. One demands food that's a cheap, quick, and tasty alternative to instant ramen, and...
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One of the weakest and most ridiculous aspects of popular culture is its narcissistic now-ness. There's often no then or later, and without past experience or the messy...
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It's not unfathomable that Richard Greenberg's exuberantly chatty Take Me Out won all the big-deal theater awards in 2003. Greenberg's supple use of language and powerful...
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For most people, the words "role-playing game" conjure images of sweaty Dungeons & Dragons-obsessed weirdos, wearing cloaks and screaming "Lightning bolt!" at each other. ...
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Irresistible music and community-building art unite when StraightNoChaser Presents: “one,” a hip-happening evening of danceable grooves and visual art. Two rooms --...
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So I'm minding my own business, lounging in my triple-XL Underoos, crunchin' on a big bowl of Cocoa Puffs and watching a rerun of the Squidbillies that I'd taped off Adult...
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Malibu "psych-folk-rock" band Simon Dawes and math-rock mavens Don Caballero might be on to something: Give your band a solo-sounding name, play full-bodied songs, and watch...
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Low, which is to say no, expectations can be a wonderful thing; expect nothing, and maybe you'll get that little outta-nowhere sumpin-sumpin that turns an otherwise...
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He's played everything from a foppish French baron (in Les Liaisons Dangereuses) to a seven-foot-tall singing whisk (in Beauty and the Beast). These days, while he waits to go...
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Veronica Mars: The Complete Second Season (Warner Bros.)
Any concept along the lines of "high school hottie solves crimes" is bound to make for watchable TV, but who would...
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Owning a home is the American dream, but Arizona's version has turned into a nightmare for hundreds of people who bought shiny new houses, only to discover that the floor is...
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Do hairstyles influence musical styles? They do if you're Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge, whose various 'dos (and don'ts, in the case of her late...
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If, at this remove, we can imagine Vienna in the late 1890s, we behold a great imperial capital in ferment. Gustav Mahler is not only reinventing the harmonic structure of...
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The Hispanick Zone: This comedy, written and directed by Teatro Bravo founder Guillermo Reyes, launches the company's new season. Set in Arizona in 2006 and told in sketch...
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The Apartment (Lions Gate)
The Bill Cosby Show: Season One (Shout! Factory)
The Blue Light (Pathfinder)
Conviction: The Complete Series (Universal)
Dances With Wolves:...
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What's with Mexican-Americans who live in New Mexico claiming they're Spanish and not Mexican? Many actually get angry and combative if you ask them if they're Mexican. But if...
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If you asked Black Label Society guitarist/singer Zakk Wylde if he were a beer, what kind would he be, he'd probably heroically spout out the names of some hearty stout or...
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Snakes on a Plane represents the ideal of contemporary major-studio filmmaking — which is to say, major-studio marketing. Who needs word-of-mouth screenings or critics...
