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Feature
Matt's Big Hassle
Three years ago, Mayor-elect Phil Gordon promised to make it easier for small businesses to renovate old buildings. But the problems faced by one indie restaurateur show that, if anything, it's harder than ever
By Michele Laudig
Published: November 30, 2006
If anyone should have an easy time opening a business in a cool old building downtown, it's Matt Pool. After all, Pool got his start managing Bar Bianco for his sister,...
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Music
Dark Star Rising
Watch out for the undertow
By Scott Faingold
Published: November 30, 2006
"We're planning to do a children's show in a couple of days, and I was asked which song I would like to play for this kids' show. I started going through the songs on the...
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Cafe
Worth the Drive
Hidden jewel in a master-planned community
By Michele Laudig
Published: November 30, 2006
"Geez, Michele, are we driving to New Mexico?" The two guys I was dragging to dinner weren't particularly hungry when we hopped on the I-10 in central Phoenix, but by the...
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Film
The Passion of the Christ: A Very Special Episode
Conception far from immaculate in teenybop retelling
By Scott Foundas
Published: November 30, 2006
No, the Virgin Mary doesn't get high on aerosol fumes, and Joseph doesn't ride in on a skateboard, but in most other respects, The Nativity Story is less of a departure for...
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Stage
Worth Hailing
It must be a limousine
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: November 30, 2006
Toward the end of Act One of Arizona Theatre Company's Jitney, Chuck Patterson positions himself near the lip of center stage and recites a monologue about a dream that...
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Game On
School Daze
Bully takes you back to the battlefield of high school
By Luke O'Brien
Published: November 30, 2006
By now, you've probably heard about Bully. It's the game that was supposed to finally ruin America's youth. Crusading lawyer Jack Thompson, the self-appointed schoolmarm of...
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Feature
Phoenix Rising?
A peek at the future cityscape
By Megan Irwin
Published: November 30, 2006
In a city like Phoenix, it's almost too easy to be cynical about the future. If you listen to the talk out there, downtown Phoenix is on the verge of a comeback — though...
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Niki at Nite
Twisted Sisters
Mindy and Desiree Duponte are the future of Phoenix death metal
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: November 30, 2006
Desiree and Mindy Duponte are teenaged sisters, attractive blond girls who each stand around five feet tall and have unusually tiny hands. When they tell people they're...
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Film
North by Northwest
Grungy road movie takes an adventure out of time
By J. Hoberman
Published: November 30, 2006
A dozen years ago, Kelly Reichardt made her feature debut with a wonderfully desultory, nearly avant-garde riff on the last romantic couple. Reichardt's River of Grass was a...
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Stage
Theater Scene
What's running now
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: November 30, 2006
Tuna Christmas: It's back: that better-than-most holiday sequel to Greater Tuna, this one about Christmas in Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas. The good news is that the...
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DVDish
Extra! Read All About It
By Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky
Published: November 30, 2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (Warner Bros.) At long last, Richard Donner's much-whispered-about "original version" of Superman II sees the light of day, and it quickly...
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The Bird
Koetter Carve-Up
No, this ain't some artist's rendering of Dirk Koetter post-whacking; it's the scary new statue of Pat Tillman at You Pee Stadium
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published: November 30, 2006
This pigskin-lovin' pelican knows it's all about winnin' on the gridiron. But even this point-spread-obsessed avian draws the line at — gulp — murder. Not so...
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Club Candids
Beautiful Drag
Photophobic turkeys
By Lilia Menconi
Published: November 30, 2006
There's nothing like a good ol' drag show to scum up a wholesome holiday with the family. That was the idea at Amsterdam's 4th Annual Thanksgiving Night Show last Thursday,...
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What Else Is New?
New Times' top DVD picks for the week of November 28
Published: November 30, 2006
The Ant Bully (Warner Bros.) Criminal Minds: The First Season (Paramount) Dane Cook: Vicious Circle (HBO) The Ellen DeGeneres Show: DVD-licious (Warner Bros.) Foo...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
One big, drunk, Catholic family
Yet another reason for McDonald's to use Spanish
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: November 30, 2006
Dear Readers: Many kind, drunken words from ustedes regarding my November 16 column proclaiming Mexicans and Irish "brothers in depravity." Let's start with a wab: Man,...
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Shrapnel
Plant Medley
Chia DVD
By Ed Masley
Published: November 30, 2006
Five of the 11 tracks on Robert Plant's first DVD, Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation (Rounder/Zoe), are new performances of old Led Zeppelin songs. But this set isn't...
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Letters
Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 30, 2006
Published: November 30, 2006
Stinks on ICE Frankenstein's agency: Thank you for your very accurate article regarding the disaster known as ICE ("Meltdown," Ray Stern, November 16). I recently left ICE...
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Shrapnel
Pixies Dust
They will find you
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: November 30, 2006
"I worry that I'm going to forget, like with 'Gouge Away,' I'm gonna think it's in G," Kim Deal says in Loud QUIET Loud: A Film About the Pixies (MVD Visual), providing just...
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Shrapnel
Bad Brains Storm
CBGB you and me
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: November 30, 2006
Bad Brains: Live at CBGB 1982 (MVD Visual) captures two historic and defunct components of punk rock's '70s heyday — the classic lineup of the seminal Washington, D.C.,...
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Shrapnel
Chasing Cohen
He's covered
By Mollie Wells
Published: November 30, 2006
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (Lionsgate) is not a documentary. Leonard Cohen obsessives learned this the hard way, flocking to jam-packed theaters only to encounter Bono's banal...
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