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Feature
The Scarlet Letter
Sophie Fisher is autistic. Her mother isn't so sure she wants you to know
By Amy Silverman
Published: December 7, 2006
The little boy was perched atop a plastic mountain, the highest point at the Princess Playground, the name my girls and I have for the indoor play area at Scottsdale Fashion...
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Revolver
Noise in the 'Hood
Good listeners make bad neighbors
By Brendan Joel Kelley
Published: December 7, 2006
My neighborhood in Tempe is a pretty noisy place. The guys next door have a band practicing inside their house with the windows open every few days, and my neighbors across the...
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Cafe
Nice Tip
Birth of the brews
By Michele Laudig
Published: December 7, 2006
When Malcolm Gladwell wrote The Tipping Point a few years ago, he pointed to fashion trends like Hush Puppies as evidence of how trends reach critical mass in the same way...
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Film
Apocalypto Now!
Nasty and brutish, but not short
By J. Hoberman
Published: December 7, 2006
Apocalypto has a faux Greek title and an opening quote from historian Will Durant that ruminates on the decline of imperial Rome. It may seem an odd way to comment on the...
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Studio Visit
Church of Light
Emission possible
By Lilia Menconi
Published: December 7, 2006
James White, 57, longtime Arizona State University sculpture professor, creates humorous and whimsical works that incorporate his custom bent tubes of neon light. White's...
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Game On
All Dressed Up . . .
PlayStation 3 has potential -- but for the moment, little else
By Gary Hodges
Published: December 7, 2006
I did not have to fend off a horde of bloodthirsty geeks for my PS3. And nobody shot me either, as one hapless Connecticut gamer was. Actually, I just preordered my console...
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Night & Day
Figure Great
The buff that dreams are made of
By Lilia Menconi
Published: December 7, 2006
Naked people totally kick butt, especially when one needs to brush up on his or her life-drawing skills. But when the semester is over and your boyfriend won’t hold still...
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News Sidebar
"Water Through My Fingers"
By Cheryl Fisher
Published: December 7, 2006
"Dark, but happy, little sprites dance around the forest under the trees," I tell my daughter. The story goes on, and I try to keep the tale steps ahead of my inquisitive...
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Music
That '70s Sound
Wolfmother brings the buzz
By Ed Masley
Published: December 7, 2006
"Just standing in front of an amp as though you're being bathed in fuzzy volume is quite a nice feeling," says bassist/organist Chris Ross of Australia's latest gift to...
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Film
Women's Glib
The awful truth about Nancy Meyers
By Scott Foundas
Published: December 7, 2006
From its wink-wink, nudge-nudge, movie-within-a-movie opening through to its boldfaced quoting of such classic Hollywood farces as The Lady Eve and His Girl Friday, Nancy...
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Art
Bright Ideas
Covering the spectrum
By Lilia Menconi
Published: December 7, 2006
Remember when your first-grade teacher said that without the abundant rays of the sun, the Earth would die? Humans can't get enough of the stuff, and nothing proves our...
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DVDish
A Masterpiece on Canvas
By Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky
Published: December 7, 2006
Rocky: 2-Disc Collector's Edition (MGM) An old TV commercial for Rocky included here compares Sylvester Stallone to Pacino, De Niro, and Brando -- and though we now know this...
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The Bird
Monkey Love
The blarney-lovin' buzzard's craw is full o' scuttlebutt from Covance's monkeyshines, trigger-happy Tasers, and Jello Biafra's Stinkweeds wig-out
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published: December 7, 2006
Ever since drug-testing colossus Covance announced its Chandler invasion, this selfish sandpiper's generally sided with the biotech behemoth, which does federal-mandated animal...
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Club Candids
North Side Nookie Market
Single belles
By Lilia Menconi
Published: December 7, 2006
Sometimes a night out in Scottsdale with all things shiny and plastic is just what we need. The hordes of twentysomething bronzed babes and stylish studs remind us that the...
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Film
Say It With Diamonds?
Circling the industry, Zwick flick tackles nada
By Nathan Lee
Published: December 7, 2006
"T.I.A.," mutters Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), slouched across a bar in Sierra Leone. It is 1999. As the West obsesses over Clinton's blowjob, the West African nation is...
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Art
Art Scene
Current installations, exhibitions and shows
By Wynter Holden
Published: December 7, 2006
"Big Works" at Herberger Theater Center: Critics of Chicago's newly installed Agora, a public art sculpture featuring 106 headless bronze figures, can attest to the fact that...
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What Else Is New?
New Times' top DVD picks for the week of December 5
Published: December 7, 2006
The Architect (Magnolia) Beerfest: Unrated (Warner Bros.) Charlie Chan Collection, Volume 2 (Fox) Coma Girl (Cinequest) The Conformist: Special Collector's Edition...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
Bugs and Basques
Mexican TV humor and surname sticklers
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: December 7, 2006
I was flipping through my television when I noticed the Spanish-language channel showed a man in a red suit with yellow pants, antennae on his head, and a heart with the...
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Shrapnel
Friends in a Jam
They won't Cher
By Serene Dominic
Published: December 7, 2006
In Backbeat Books' newly published Skydog: The Duane Allman Story, author Randy Poe gives a thorough account of Duane's recorded legacy up through his output with the Allman...
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Letters
Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 7, 2006
Published: December 7, 2006
Core Values The "lack of vision" thing: Megan Irwin and Robrt L. Pela wrote very insightful articles ("Wrecking Phoenix," November 23). It is a great relief to hear...
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