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41. Backstage Pass

    Taylore Mahogany Scott

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: December 20, 2007

    She’s got the lead in Black Theatre Troupe’s production of Tony Kushner’s Caroline, or Change, but actress Taylore Mahogany Scott has also got humbling memories...

42. Theater Scene

    Reviews and Previews of What's Running Now

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Anything Goes: Not to be confused with the super-cheesy '70s game show of the same name (Remember? Pie fights and challenge rounds featuring The DeFranco Family?), this popular...

43. Game On

    Xmas Present & Past

    How yesterday's games spawned today's bestsellers

    By Gary Hodges and Chris Ward

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Nothing says "holiday spirit" quite like stabbing a terrorist or hammering a goombah, as the hottest games this season invite us to do. But no matter how cutting-edge the stars...

44. DVDish

    Singular Sensation

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Once (Fox) Easily the year's most perfect pop album — damned good movie too, the finest "musical" of the past 20 years. The disc's making-of refers to it as a "modern...

45. What Else Is New?

    New Times' top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

    Published: December 20, 2007

    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Volume Two — The War Years (Paramount) Alien Apocalypse (Anchor Bay) Balls of Fury (Universal) Black Moon Rising (Anchor...

46. Night & Day

    The Odd Couplet

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Are you a poet and you know it? Psh! Talk to the hand, because we know the cats in the Jazz Poets, backed by folky rockers Obadiah Parker, are the real deal. Fri.,...

47. Night & Day

    Suck It Up

    By Clay McNear

    Published: December 20, 2007

    The ’07 Atlanta Falcons suck, victims of quarterback Michael Vick's dog-fighting debacle. But we don’t have to tell you that the Arizona Cardinals historically suck...

48. Night & Day

    Bach Choir Eat World

    Here’s proof that you can wear a robe and still be hip

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Name a Phoenix-based musical act that’s been nominated for five Grammys in the same year. Alice Cooper? False. CeCe Peniston? Uh, no. Jimmy Eat World? Gross, dude. Phoenix...

49. Night & Day

    Latin Dance Fever

    By Adriane Goetz

    Published: December 20, 2007

    If the term “butt-shake” isn’t part of your musical vernacular, you had better get hip ASAP and have a listen to Phoenix’s own Acapulco-Five-O. Inspired by...

50. Night & Day

    Medium Cool

    Everything old-fashioned is new again

    By Niamh Wallace

    Published: December 20, 2007

    The tendency of art in the past century has been to kick the old to the curb, to break away from the traditional once any medium is labeled as such. Lately, certain...

51. Night & Day

    Blockbuster Audio

    By Clay McNear

    Published: December 20, 2007

    We pansy-ass boutique shoppers are pretty ambivalent about the new Tempe Marketplace megashopolopolis, but we do dig the big-box nirvana's Third Thursday at Tempe Marketplace...

52. Night & Day

    Bach Choir Eat World

    Here’s proof that you can wear a robe and still be hip

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Name a Phoenix-based musical act that’s been nominated for five Grammys in the same year. Alice Cooper? False. CeCe Peniston? Uh, no. Jimmy Eat World? Gross, dude. Phoenix...

53. Night & Day

    D.I. Won’t D.I.E.

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Y’know, it’s pretty remarkable how many ancient hardcore bands -- ones most of us thought were long gone -- are still crisscrossing this great land of ours with...

54. Night & Day

    The Prize is Right

    By Clay McNear

    Published: December 20, 2007

    If your gift list's long and bank account short, we suggest a pit stop at Artist Alley. Local artists and artisans will be selling their handcrafted goods at prices ranging...

55. Night & Day

    Dirty Pretty Things

    Somewhere between Pigpen and Martha Stewart will do

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: December 20, 2007

    To remain attractive, personal hygiene is important. However, if your cleanliness creeps toward godliness and spills over into the realm of sterilization, it’s just not...

56. Night & Day

    Whoa, Susana

    Lassos and lamé at Karamba

    By Leslie Barton

    Published: December 20, 2007

    While our lame ass sits at home reading crime novels and waiting for the phone to ring, somewhere in this city of immolation Susana is carefully choosing a skin-tight outfit to...

57. Night & Day

    Ow Canada

    By Clay McNear

    Published: December 20, 2007

    The Phoenix Suns' December 5 schooling of the Toronto Raptors on the latter's home court stretched Phoenix's winning streak against the birds of prey to seven. The Sunnies try...

58. Night & Day

    Bach Choir Eat World

    Here’s proof that you can wear a robe and still be hip

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Name a Phoenix-based musical act that’s been nominated for five Grammys in the same year. Alice Cooper? False. CeCe Peniston? Uh, no. Jimmy Eat World? Gross, dude. Phoenix...

59. Night & Day

    Dark Victoria

    By Serene Dominic

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Ben Franklin defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results,” which explains why he only flew his kite into lightning once....

60. Night & Day

    Knit Picking

    Overcome your angoraphobia at McDuffy’s

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: December 20, 2007

    Agoraphobes dread going outside. Dentophobics haven’t had a teeth cleaning in years, and sufferers of lachanophobia are deathly afraid of vegetables. As for us, we’re...