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Feature
The Passion of El Cristo
What if Jesus Christ came back as an illegal alien?
By Stephen Lemons and Jim Mahfood
Published: September 14, 2006
Starring: Jesus Cristo as Himself Danny DeVito as God, a.k.a. "Big Poppa" Sheriff Joe Alzheimer's and his deputized Posse of Alter Kockers Senator Jon Kyl as "Satan"...
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Revolver
In Bloom
Cross-pollination creates a sturdy hybrid
By Brendan Joel Kelley
Published: September 14, 2006
Skin shows aren't usually on my agenda for quiet Thursday nights, so I'm a bit startled to find myself watching a band with the drummer banging away wearing only a pair of...
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Cafe
Crabby Chic
Reeling in a big one
By Michele Laudig
Published: September 14, 2006
If middle-school kids work at all, they might mow lawns or deliver papers to earn a few bucks. My first job was a little more unusual. Almost 20 years ago, I worked at my...
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Film
Ghost World
True-crime noir goes searching for Hollywood’s heart of darkness
By J. Hoberman
Published: September 14, 2006
Directed by Brian De Palma from the novel by neo-noirist James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia is a true-crime policier unfolding in late-'40s Los Angeles somewhere between the...
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Don't Ask
Rage Against the Machine
His life is great
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: September 14, 2006
Usually when indie filmmakers get a little street cred, they head for Hollywood or start scouting a bigger distribution deal. Not Phoenix film writer/director Craig McMahon,...
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Game On
Monkey Trials
Super Monkey Ball Adventure takes a wrong turn
By Chris Ward
Published: September 14, 2006
What could be more fun than monkeys trapped in plastic hamster balls? That's the strange philosophy of Super Monkey Ball, a puzzle series that debuted in 2001. Much as with...
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The Bird
Farrakhan Follies
Could Louis Farrakhan's visit to the Navajo Nation have anything to do with tribe Prez Joe Shirley's tight reelection bid? Inquiring tweeters want to know
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published: September 14, 2006
Are the Navajo Nation and the Nation of Islam goin' on the warpath together? That's the scenario this carping canary initially imagined when it heard that none other than...
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Shrapnel
X-Tina on Main Street
Goodbye Yellow-Haired Mouse
By Serene Dominic
Published: September 14, 2006
Christina Aguilera's new double disc, Back to Basics (RCA), is a sonic nod to the music of the '20s, '30s and '40s. But a closer look reveals how the album also draws...
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Film
Guarded State
Hand-wringing twentysomethings ponder monogamy and matrimony
By Ella Taylor
Published: September 14, 2006
Those twentysomethings, poor dears, can never catch a break in the movies. First this maligned generation is told, in countless gritty indies and perky studio comedies, that...
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Studio Visit
Bone Daddy
A million little pieces
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: September 14, 2006
Tiny fragments of fractured machines, antique medical tools, pill bottles, bleached animal bones. These are some of the ingredients composing the bizarre boxlike found-object...
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DVDish
Hooked on Hookers
By Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky
Published: September 14, 2006
I Am a Sex Addict (IFC) Caveh Zahedi has made a movie of our times -- a strange mix of self-absorption, shamelessness in the pursuit of fame, and sex. Most shocking of all is...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
History Creating Itself
On crime, upward mobility, and Tweety Bird
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: September 14, 2006
I see Jews, Asians and Persians making something of themselves and conducting safe, walkable communities. Of course they're not perfect, but I don't see high Jew-crime...
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Shrapnel
A Warm, Fuzzy Feeling
The garage doors of perception
By Ed Masley
Published: September 14, 2006
You'll find no hit singles as big as "Psychotic Reaction" or "96 Tears" in The Knights of Fuzz: The Garage & Psychedelic Music Explosion, 1980 to Now DVD (Dionysus), historian...
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Film
The Longest Yawn
Heavily padded football movie hits all the familiar notes
By Bill Gallo
Published: September 14, 2006
"The Rock" — formerly known as "Flex Kavana" and, a bit later, as "Rocky Maivia" — was a practicing actor long before he turned to movies and started taking down $12...
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Art
Art Scene
Current shows, exhibits, and installations
By Wynter Holden
Published: September 14, 2006
"Safe and Sound" at The Lords of Art Town: Artists Sukhvir Gill and Erika Palomares expand preconceived notions of bondage photography with this exhibition focusing on rope as...
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What Else Is New?
New Times' top DVD picks for the week of September 12
Published: September 14, 2006
Ballets Russes (Zeitgeist) The Batman: The Complete Second Season (Warner Bros.) Beavis and Butt-head Do America: Special Collector's Edition (Paramount) Bottoms Up...
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Letters
Letters From the Issue of Thursday, September 14, 2006
Published: September 14, 2006
Sentence Fragment Criminal element: I read the article on Dan Coleman, and I'm completely disgusted that this man has never been prosecuted ("Killer Candidate," Sarah...
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Shrapnel
Death Rocks
Good for what Cures you
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: September 14, 2006
How many boxed sets are really worth $65? A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box (to be released Tuesday, September 19, by Rhino Records) is — this package is like the Nuggets...
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Film
Sorry Raters
Raucous doc catches moral watchdogs with their pants down
By Rob Nelson
Published: September 14, 2006
Among documentary muckrakers, Kirby Dick may not be as righteously indignant as Michael Moore or as brilliantly droll as Nick Broomfield. But say this for the maker and star of...
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Music
Same As It Ever Was
The Black Keys keep it real
By Rob Trucks
Published: September 14, 2006
The more things change, the more they stay the same. And so it goes — at least musically — with Akron, Ohio, residents Dan Auerbach and Pat Carney, a.k.a. The Black...
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