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1. Feature

   Information Blockade

   The sheriff's made a career of stonewalling critical media — the public's right to know be damned

   By Ray Stern

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Maricopa County law enforcement violated the constitutional rights of this newspaper and its readers in October, going so far as to subpoena the identities of anyone who'd...

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   Wallace & Ladmo Birthday Celebration at Changing Hands

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Though only half of the Wallace & Ladmo duo is still with us, their legacy lives on. Come celebrate Wallace's (Bill Thompson) birthday at Changing Hands Bookstore. The shindig...

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   Arizona Indian Festival

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Traditional Native American dances, musical performances, and cuisine. Fri., Jan. 18, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 19, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., Jan. 20, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., 2008

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   David Muench

   By Clay McNear

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Some artists who've been touched by the Universe have the ability to make a lovely place look lovelier than it is. Obvious choices would be Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter, and,...

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   The Worst Noël?

   MADE bling will restore your Christmas spirit

   By Nina Carapetyan

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Ah, Christmas time. The whole family gets together, gathers around the fireplace, and sings carols while decorating the Christmas tree. What? You don’t have a fireplace?...

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   Mingle All the Way

   Hip photog hobnobbed his way to the top

   By Nina Carapetyan

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Andy Warhol in drag. Macro shots of swelling veins and taut musculature. Photographer Christopher Makos certainly knows how to tune our nipples. After all, Makos is the man...

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   They Got Rhythm

   Down-by-law locals school the fans in Tempe

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Phoenix is a hotbed for jazz and jazzy-type players. Yes, really. Here’s proof: • Juini Booth, NYC-based Sun Ra Arkestra bassist and temporary snowbird to our fair...

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   Special K

   By Clay McNear

   Published: December 13, 2007

   10K? Are you kidding me? If you're gonna go to all that trouble to shape up, you might as well run with the big dogs at the Desert Classic 30K. The out-and-back also includes a...

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   Voodoo Gurus

   Three Bad Jacks cast a spell at the Rhythm Room

   By Leslie Barton

   Published: December 13, 2007

   Lonely whistle of a distant freight train becomes a shrieking, pumping metal coffin driven by a wild-eyed, sharp-fanged conductor spinning a stand-up bass guitar. That, more of...

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    Candy Ass Kids

    By Clay McNear

    Published: December 13, 2007

    Do we have to mention glowsticks and Candy Kids every time we write about a rave? They're so over -- or should be. But there'll surely be a few luminescent losers at Kandieland...

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    Pushing 'Toon

    Local boy gets an A-plus for F Minus

    By Peter Breslin

    Published: December 13, 2007

    Tony Carrillo used to push tin -- you know, those tarmac hustlers who use the little orange sticks, waving in planes after landing. You’d need a sense of humor for a job...

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    Fop Star

    Victorian dandy meets 21st-century Beck -- in one stylin' suit

    By Adriane Goetz

    Published: December 13, 2007

    With a name like Alfred Darlington, it’s not terribly surprising that the IDM and electronica producer behind Los Angeles’ one-man band Daedelus looks like a cross...

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    The Wonder Year

    Wordsmiths aim to recapture the spirit of '76

    By Julie Peterson

    Published: December 13, 2007

    We were changed forever by Stevie Wonder's 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. The romantic nostalgia that evoked our personal stuff. The social commentary that wedded hope to...

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    House Party

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: December 13, 2007

    If anything, Calaca Café -- a gathering of musicians, performers, and Mercado-style art -- is the shit because of its venue. Join the folks of the Calaca art collective...

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    Surf the Alps

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: December 13, 2007

    Austria. Home of Mozart, Hitler, The Sound of Music, the Governorator, and, uh, surfing? That’s right. A bunch of beatniks from the landlocked European country created the...

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    Wet Paint

    By Clay McNear

    Published: December 13, 2007

    The danger with "ART"ini Thursday -- an inspired bit of marketing in which patrons can hand-design their martini glasses as customized souvenirs -- is that said patrons will...

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    A Familia Affair

    No Eduardo Van Halen for these dudes

    By Niamh Wallace

    Published: December 13, 2007

    Local Latin funk band Gunzawless -- composed of the Gonzales brothers Frank, Pete, and Paul, Matt Vaiza (a cousin), and Mike "Cheeba" De La Torre -- is steadily gaining a...

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    Black Devil Doll From Hell

    By Clay McNear

    Published: December 13, 2007

    Midnite Movie Mamacita ends her long-running affiliation with Paper Heart -- which is closing up shop at the end of December -- with "director" Chester Novell Turner's just...

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    After Shock

    The Grinch who gave back Christmas

    By Clay McNear

    Published: December 13, 2007

    Old shock-rockers don’t die, they just play golf a lot. And make public-safety commercials. And -- like any reformed blood-spewing, snake-fondling maniac -- become pillars...

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    Bum Steer

    John Travolta can go to hail. We’re goin’ to Rawhide.

    By Clay McNear

    Published: December 13, 2007

    You probably already know this, but Urban Cowboy was a bunch of bull. Englewood, New Jersey's John Travolta on a mechanical mount? Cleveland Heights, Ohio's Debra Winger in...