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Feature
Redemption Song
Twenty years ago, Ken Lamberton seduced one of his junior high students. Here's what's happened since
By Megan Irwin
Published: March 1, 2007
Gravel crunches under Ken Lamberton's sneakers as he follows the Yetman Trail near the Tucson Mountains west of the city on a clear, cold morning in early January. Lamberton...
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Revolver
Kid Rock
Fretting the small stuff
By Brendan Joel Kelley
Published: March 1, 2007
Other than a few years of classical piano as a preteen, I never learned to play music. My parents wouldn't buy me a guitar or a drum kit, I never got to sing in front of an...
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Cafe
Family Style
Escargot there
By Michele Laudig
Published: March 1, 2007
Restaurants conjure their magic in many ways, and sometimes it takes some pretending on the part of the guest. When I want to be wined and dined, I can easily imagine I'm in...
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Film
Hussy ´n´ Flow
God-fearing black man tames slutty white girl
By Rob Nelson
Published: March 1, 2007
It may be hard out there for a pimp, but it ain't too hard for a writer-director to make a movie whose marketing hinges on the lurid spectacle of Samuel L. Jackson pulling a...
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Art Detour Guide
Your Art Detour 2007
Listings, maps, and special surprises
Published: March 1, 2007
Click here to read the full-length comic by Deborah Sussman Susser and J. Haddock (PDF) Art Detour Listings by Benjamin Leatherman Art Detour Maps...
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Game On
Virtually Perfect
Virtua Fighter 5 delivers . . . exactly what you'd expect
By Gary Hodges
Published: March 1, 2007
For the aging videogamer, nothing's as sorely missed as the corner arcade. Unlike the family-friendly Dance Dance Revolution discos you see today, classic arcades were seedy...
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The Bird
Hate Jock
The taloned one takes on the 9/11 liars' confab in Chandler and rips the white sheet off right-wing radio hatemonger "Dumbass Darrell" Ankarlo
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published: March 1, 2007
"I am conservative, but I am not a right-wing nutjob," claims KTAR 92.3 FM morning talk jock Darrell Ankarlo in a station promo tease. Oh, please allow this smart-ass starling...
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Shrapnel
Shades of Gray
Hipstory-hopstory-history
By Tracy M. Rogers
Published: March 1, 2007
In the 30 years since its inception, hip-hop has grown from a means of expression for oppressed black youth to a major force in American popular culture. As such, hip-hop has...
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Film
Killer Instinct
Type-A approach to filmmaking pays off
By Scott Foundas
Published: March 1, 2007
When editorial cartoonist turned amateur sleuth Robert Graysmith published Zodiac, his sprawling, meticulously researched account of the titular San Francisco serial killer, he...
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Studio Visit
Sticker Club Girl
Slumber arty
By Steve Jansen
Published: March 1, 2007
Lisa Jacobs, 31, known to many as Sticker Club Girl, is a multitalented designer of handcrafted "wearable art" textiles, ranging from jewelry and tee shirts to purses and...
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DVDish
Weed Killer
By Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky
Published: March 1, 2007
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (New Line) You probably already know where you stand on Tenacious D, the pudgy hard rock comedy duo that made Jack Black famous. And if you...
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Letters
Letters From the Issue of Thursday, March 1, 2007
Published: March 1, 2007
Activist Grudges Got burned?: Thank you for stirring up hatred against patriotic Americans with your lying, slanted "profile" of me ("Burn, Baby, Burn!" Stephen Lemons,...
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Shrapnel
Queer Eye
Miffing accomplished
By Ed Masley
Published: March 1, 2007
For nearly 20 years, the Queers have made a crude pop art of thrashing through their most infectious songs with the reckless abandon of a hardcore band — a really funny...
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Film
Like Pigs to Slaughter
Cast of old men in leather pants on the road to nowhere good
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: March 1, 2007
Wild Hogs — in which John Travolta, William H. Macy, Tim Allen, and Martin Lawrence play emasculated suburbanites taking a cross-country motorcycle trip to rediscover...
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Stage
Ugly Betty
Christopher Durang's very funny, but you wouldn't know it from Nearly Naked Theatre's latest
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: March 1, 2007
About halfway through the second act of Christopher Durang's wildly funny Betty's Summer Vacation, a couple of electric saws appear out of nowhere and hack a giant hole into...
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What Else Is New?
New Times' top DVD picks for the week of February 27
Published: March 1, 2007
Bratz: Fashion Pixiez (Lions Gate) Conversations With God (Fox) Cool It Carol (Image) Deep Red (Blue Underground) Dreamland (Image) Filmation's Ghostbusters...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
Lying, Stealing, and Teasing
Ask a stupid question, get a funny answer
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: March 1, 2007
As a kid, I grew up with Mexicans who stole things just to steal. As an adult, I see much of the same behavior from adult Mexicans and their children. And I don't mean just the...
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Club Candids
Party Like a Rock Star
Shaking asses and eardrums at The Rogue
By Lilia Menconi
Published: March 1, 2007
After hitting up a couple empty clubs this past Saturday night, we finally gave in and headed to The Rogue in Scottsdale for Shake!'s two-year anniversary. Leave it to William...
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Stage
Best Bettys
Thespians a.k.a. Elizabeth
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: March 1, 2007
Betty Comden: As one half of the legendary musical duo of Comden and Green, Betty Comden produced six decades' worth of Hollywood and Broadway hits. The duo penned screenplays...
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Music
Poppy Hybrids
Annuals´ sound stems from Brian Wilson, Brad Paisley, and "big-ass dogs"
By Ed Masley
Published: March 1, 2007
"I thought it was garbage," says guitarist Kenny Florence, recalling the first time singer/songwriter Adam Baker let him hear the new songs he'd been writing as Annuals. "The...
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