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61. Letters

    Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 29, 2007

    Published: November 29, 2007

    MAN OF THE PEOPLE? Elias responds: Thank you! Your article does shine light into my life. I am a man who has fallen many times, and I am determined to get up [just] as many...

62. ˇAsk a Mexican!™

    Meet the Padres

    Before Asians take their jobs

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: November 29, 2007

    With a scant four weeks before I cram my mochila with a few clothes for me and a horde of presents (read: bribes) for my future cuñadas, sobrinas, y mi mera suegra, I...

63. Music

    A Beautiful Accident

    Skeleton Key continues its joyous, frightening bang and clang

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: November 29, 2007

    "I'm a big fan of beautiful accidents," says Skeleton Key leader Erik Sanko. And he might as well be. Though he is referring to spontaneous creative accidents, Sanko also...

64. Club Candids

    Post-Turkey Papago

    Libations and laziness

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: November 29, 2007

    It took us a couple of days before we dragged our bloated bellies out in public after stuffing ourselves on Thanksgiving. Instead of hitting a hotspot with expectations of...

65. Shrapnel

    Light My Menorah

    Imagining a rock star Hanukkah

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: November 29, 2007

    These days, most gentiles (that's non-Jews, folks) think Hanukkah is some sort of Christmas equivalent for God's Chosen People, but the truth is, it's one of Judaism's minor...

66. Shrapnel

    Techno Prisoner

    Jay Vance is Captured! By Robots

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Since 1996, Jay Vance (a.k.a. JBOT) has been a prisoner of robots he originally created to serve as his onstage death metal band. That's the gist of Captured! By Robots' bio...

67. Home Grown

    Psych 101

    Attachment Disorder
    (self-released)

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: November 29, 2007

    We need some Quaaludes. We can't stop listening to Phoenix rock trio Psych 101's Attachment Disorder, and it's totally messing with our heads. All of its danceable dirges are...

68. Listen Up

    The Kim Philbys

    Whir Whir Whir
    (Evangeline)

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: November 29, 2007

    San Francisco trio The Kim Philbys has guts — don't they realize bands these days are supposed to be predictable, either melodious or arty-abrasive, not both? In this...

69. Listen Up

    Kevin Michael

    Kevin Michael
    (Downtown/Atlantic)

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Where is R&B going these days? That is the question posed by this Philadelphia newcomer, whose self-titled CD features guest appearances from Lupe Fiasco, Q-Tip, and Wyclef...

70. Listen Up

    Muscles

    Guns Babes Lemonade
    (Modular)

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: November 29, 2007

    It's hard to know when, or whether, the Australian one-man dance act known as Muscles is being serious. Live, ensconced behind a tower of keyboards and contraptions, he'll yell...

71. Live Wire

    Vampire Weekend

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Music scribes can appreciate the smart-ass lyrics of Vampire Weekend's über-groovy song "Oxford Comma," wherein singer and guitarist Ezra Koenig quips and croons, "Who...

72. Live Wire

    Thollem McDonas

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Much like free-jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, who pioneered an unapologetic sound birthed from classical training, San Francisco-based Thollem McDonas manages to perform solo piano...

73. Live Wire

    Melt-Banana

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: November 29, 2007

    It's not for nothing that this legendary Japanese four-piece, which is largely ignored in its home country, gets greeted with hysterical, slack-jawed enthusiasm by its American...

74. Live Wire

    Will Hoge

    By Tracy M. Rogers

    Published: November 29, 2007

    While Nashville's Will Hoge may lack the smooth soul grooves of the John Mayer Trio or the witty charm of Ben Lee's pop rock, Hoge's soulful voice and introspective lyrics will...

75. Live Wire

    Eyedea & Abilities

    By Chris Parker

    Published: November 29, 2007

    This Minneapolis duo has been a team since their teens, when DJ Abilities left home, and Eyedea's mom put him up in their basement, where their partnership flourished. Eyedea...

76. Needle Exchange

    Delight 2007

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: November 29, 2007

    The dance floor funkheads behind Outside World Entertainment are always busy cooking up some kinda PLUR-heavy throwdowns for rave fans here in the PHX, whether it's a shindig...

77. Turntable

    Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

    Who's spinning what, where and when

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Baja Tilly's: DJ Adrian (old school, R&B, cumbia, reggaeton) Bikini Lounge: Sophisticated Boom Boom with DJ HFE (rockabilly, surf, jazz, classic country, indie, obscuro,...

78. Cafe

    SanTan Scene

    By Michele Laudig

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Scottsdale can't have all the fun. Sometimes it feels as though that city has a monopoly on dining hotspots, from the action around the canal, to the stuff around Shea, to the...

79. Film

    With Siblings Like These . . .

    Margot sees family for what it is: prickly

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: November 29, 2007

    There are comedies of discomfort, and then there's Margot at the Wedding, Noah Baumbach's scalding follow-up to The Squid and the Whale. An immersion in sibling malice and...

80. Film

    What a Toad

    Fairy-tale land and the real world collide

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: November 29, 2007

    Hard to believe that it's been 20 years since the release of The Princess Bride, if only because it hasn't aged a day — the mark of something truly, blessedly timeless....