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The Bermudez Triangle
The immigrant rights movement needs Elias Bermudez, only there's a problem: A lot of his own people don't trust him
By Megan Irwin
Published: November 15, 2007
Not a hair on his salt-and-pepper pompadour is out of place, but there are huge bags under Elias Bermudez's eyes. He's behind the microphone on a recent Wednesday morning, at...
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Die Laughing
By Steve Jansen
Published: November 15, 2007
Recollect President Abraham Lincoln and his killer sense of humor? Yeah, we don’t either. Regardless, the Remember Abraham Lincoln Comedy Show, a weekly shindig produced...
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Antiques Roadshow, Home Edition
You may be surprised in Surprise
By Clay McNear
Published: November 15, 2007
So your grandma willed you a Navajo rug, and you've been using it as a door mat. Stop, for Chrissakes, and haul it down to the American Indian Art & Artifacts Appraisal Day. As...
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Shrink Wrap
Gifts that keep on giving – for cheap
By Leslie Barton
Published: November 15, 2007
“So, what gifts are you giving for the holiday?" Your psychiatrist poises her pen while you clutch at the box of Kleenex in your lap. “I’ve got plenty of time to pick something...
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Left Field of Dreams
By Clay McNear
Published: November 15, 2007
Of all the athletes in the world, Arizona Diamondbacks left fielder Eric Byrnes is the one we'd most like to hang with. He's just so fuckin' cool. We've got our chance, and so...
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Butt Out
By Clay McNear
Published: November 15, 2007
Okay, you've lounged around on your expanding tush all summer long, but the heat's history, so get your fat ass in gear at the sixth annual Hawk Trot. The 10K/5K starts on...
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Accentuate the Negative
Exhibit showcases photography’s pre-digital roots
By Steve Jansen
Published: November 15, 2007
These are scary times for photography, an era in which a confused 6-year-old looks at the back of a film camera following shutter release and expects to see a digital preview....
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Sodden Impact
By Clay McNear
Published: November 15, 2007
They call ´em boats, but the mechanized beasts competing at the 24th annual Coors Light IHBA World Finals are more like rockets whistling across the drink at speeds of up to...
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Sour Grapes
Prepare to spew at Jamaican Blue
By Clay McNear
Published: November 15, 2007
Granted, it's an attention-getting device, but some come-ons are better than others, and Jamaican Blue Coffeehouse & Wine Bar's weekly White Trash Wine Night is brilliant....
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Raising the Titanic
Well, bits and pieces of it, anyway
By Steve Jansen
Published: November 15, 2007
We once had a college roomie who would accuse us of “driving the Titanic” whenever we wielded the remote and chose a television program that wasn’t to his...
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General Eclectic
Mythos and DJ Seduce offer you the world
By Steve Jansen
Published: November 15, 2007
You may not know it, but Mythos Mediterranean Bistro is one of the wackiest destinations in the Valley, a spot where you can chow down on dolmas while listening to jazz by...
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Pups Runneth Over
Sun Devils look to steamroll Yale's smarty-pants pooches
By Leslie Barton
Published: November 15, 2007
Yale women's basketball coach Chris Gobrecht turned her mewling purse puppies back into Bulldogs in just one season, and thinks they're ready to take on our Lady Sun Devils....
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The Pain Event
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: November 15, 2007
You want The Truth? Can you handle The Truth? SoCal emo-metalcore sextet Bleeding Through's third album hits like a falling anvil to the cranium: Ferocious blast-beats,...
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Your Friends Are Losers, Charlie Brown
Sex, drugs, and goth rock in Peanuts Land
By Clay McNear
Published: November 15, 2007
One of the many charms of Charles Schulz's Peanuts gang is that they're ageless and timeless. Charlie Brown's the perpetual dweeb who wears the same clothes every day. (Either...
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Props to Oz
By Cole Haddon
Published: November 15, 2007
Australian and an occasional resident of his mum’s homeland, this writer has a serious passion for Aussie rock. Unfortunately, it’s been a few years since he’s called Australia...
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Radioheads
SoCal popsters are jocks of all trades
By Clay McNear
Published: November 15, 2007
We grew up listening to an anything-goes radio station that played everything from pop to metal to Motown to hard-core soul. Vocalist/guitarist Rich Michalowski of Southern...
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A La Kart
By Steve Jansen
Published: November 15, 2007
Whether you like it or not, Americans have more in common with the French than you think. Maybe most surprising is an obsession with kart racing. (Who knew the Frenchies...
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Baby It's True
Bacharach-David fans have been wishin' and hopin' for this one
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: November 15, 2007
There are those of us who will do almost anything to hear someone sing “Alfie,” arguably the most famous and most-often-recorded of Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s many hundreds...
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Friend in High Places
Hot career, homemade beer
By Niamh Wallace
Published: November 15, 2007
It takes us forever to keyboard-pick these words each week, so when we hear about the career trajectory of individuals more talented, creative, and ambitious than we,...
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Heroine Addiction
Dames, fans know there's a thin line between love and skate
By Julie Peterson
Published: November 15, 2007
Amid feverish preparations for the Arizona Derby Dames League Championship, a few of the rollergirls speak to a cautiously adoring public:Sally Whacker of the Brutal Beauties:...
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