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Feature
Boob's Tube
Here's how publicity hound Joe Arpaio used a TV station to try to destroy rival Dan Saban with a bogus rape claim
By Paul Rubin
Published: January 25, 2007
On the early evening of April 7, 2004, an Apache Junction resident named Ruby Norman shot an e-mail over to Sheriff Joe Arpaio that must have seemed heaven-sent. "I need to...
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Revolver
Dilated Pupils
Producing the future
By Brendan Joel Kelley
Published: January 25, 2007
When I was still in high school in Alaska, I had it in my head for a while that I wanted to be a producer or a sound engineer. I was already way into music. I'd self-published...
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Cafe
Sweet Spot
Breath of fresh air for a chain-choking 'hood
By Michele Laudig
Published: January 25, 2007
I had no idea I wanted a D-Backs jersey, but when a friend gave me one for Christmas — in the perfect size, with the new team colors of white, red and black — I was...
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Film
Ace Up His Sleeve
Overly slick, heavily edited dark comedy works despite itself
By J. Hoberman
Published: January 25, 2007
New-school genre junk food: Take a Tarantino wanna-be with Sundance credentials, add a large, famous-enough cast and a show-biz backdrop, season the violence with references to...
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Art
Secret Identity Crisis
Nudes meet superheroes
By Wynter Holden
Published: January 25, 2007
His pseudonym reads like that of a second-rate sci-fi author. The name of his solo exhibition is derived from the language of the apes spoken in Tarzan novels. His work is a...
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Game On
Dr. Feelgood
You're not a doctor, but Trauma Center lets you play one on TV
By Chris Ward
Published: January 25, 2007
For most of us, the closest we get to practicing medicine is telling a depressed co-worker, "Somebody's got a case of the Mondays." But that doesn't stop us from living...
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Night & Day
Art à la Cart
Gravity, wheels, and cojones
By Lilia Menconi
Published: January 25, 2007
Plein-air painting was supersexy 150 years ago, when Monet and his indie impressionist bros trekked outdoors in search of the perfect natural lighting. Though these bad-boy...
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Night & Day
It Takes a Village Idiot
Phyllis Diller meets Dr. Demento
By Leslie Barton
Published: January 25, 2007
"Fuck You, Joe Arpaio" seems like a threat, but when rapper, one-man band, and comic devil Page the Village Idiot utters the insult, it reeks of promise. Page's meager...
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Night & Day
Dana Carvey at Tempe Improv
By Steve Jansen
Published: January 25, 2007
Funny man galore performs a rare club date at the Tempe Improv. Tue., Feb. 5, 8 p.m.; Wed., Feb. 6, 8 p.m., 2008
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News
Doubting Thomas
County prosecutors charged a teenager with looking at kiddy porn. Turns out they hadn't done their homework
By Sarah Fenske
Published: January 25, 2007
Matt Bandy was a 16-year-old kid who'd never committed a violent crime, had absolutely no prior record, and yet was looking at 90 years in prison. Acting on a tip from...
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Club Candids
Mackin' and Movin' at Myst
Friday-night freaking on the dance floor
By Lilia Menconi
Published: January 25, 2007
The Valley's post-adolescent crusty punk rockers have been getting a lot of camera time lately, so Club Candids hit up one of Scottsdale's most popular clubs, Myst, on Friday,...
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Film
Old Man's Still Got It
Peter O’Toole gets randy with this starring role, his first in years
By Jim Ridley
Published: January 25, 2007
Maurice Russell, a septuagenarian actor facing the end of his career and life, gazes raptly at the present that fate has given him: the company of a sullen but strangely...
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Art
Blurring the Lines
Group show is drawn-out affair
By Wynter Holden
Published: January 25, 2007
Drawing is often considered a "practice" art. Granted, Michelangelo's sketch The Risen Christ sold at auction for a record $12.3 million a few years ago. Even Picasso's rough...
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DVDish
Classic Coke
By Jordan Harper, Jim Ridley and Robert Wilonsky
Published: January 25, 2007
Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia) Slam! Bang! Pow! Snort! This tawdry and giddy documentary tells the story of Miami's transformation from a place where old people go to die to a...
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Letters
Letters From the Issue of Thursday, January 25
Published: January 25, 2007
Chain Gangs Smash-mouth journalism: I have read New Times religiously since moving to the Valley nearly 20 years ago. Stephen Lemons' recent article article on Sheriff Joke's...
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Music
Chico and the Fan
A legendary drummer should go out with a bang
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: January 25, 2007
Updated online January 29, 2007 "I'm the house rocker and the show stopper, the woman's pet and the man's threat. I'm Chico, the Boogie Man." — Chico Chism Legendary...
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Film
The Music Men
Halfway through Sundance and still whistling a happy tune
By Scott Foundas
Published: January 25, 2007
Park City, Utah — On the first Saturday of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, I rolled out of bed and hustled up Main Street for the 8:30 a.m. screening of Tamara Jenkins's...
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Art
Art Scene
Current shows, installations and exhibits
By Wynter Holden
Published: January 25, 2007
After Dark: 100 Years of the Evening Dress at Phoenix Art Museum: Your old prom dress probably isn't a masterpiece, but formal wear by Oscar De La Renta and Gianni Versace can...
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What Else Is New?
New Times' top DVD picks for the week of January 23
Published: January 25, 2007
Brokeback Mountain: 2-Disc Collector's Edition (Universal) Cowboy del Amor (Genius) Crooks (Lightyear) Fiddler on the Roof (MGM) The 2006 FIFA World Cup Film: The Grand...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
Working Hard or Sleeping In?
Ruining stereotypes for the rest of us
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: January 25, 2007
This November, a trusted employee of mine came out about his status as an illegal immigrant. Our big-box retail conglomerate's policy clearly spells out the termination of my...
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