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Night & Day
Lasso Del Sol at WestWorld
By Steve Jansen
Published: December 27, 2007
The sport of roping ain't just for a bunch of steers and queers. Steers, definitely, but not the latter. If you're not buying it, we challenge you to approach a cowboy and drop...
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Night & Day
Coyote Ugly
Boneheaded mutts host NHL’s top dogs
By Clay McNear
Published: December 27, 2007
The Cardinals are perpetually pilloried. The Suns are scrutinized like lab rats. The Diamondbacks get love even in the off-season. The Phoenix Coyotes are just ignored, and...
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Night & Day
Oldies and Goodies
Happy Days are here again
By Adriane Goetz
Published: December 27, 2007
When it comes to the automobile, grandma’s right: They just don’t make ’em like they used to. Sure, cars are more environmentally friendly now, but they’ll...
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Night & Day
Rising Arizona
By Clay McNear
Published: December 27, 2007
Sure, the Arizona Cardinals will end yet another season without a winning record, but – and we can’t believe we’re saying this – Ken Whisenhunt has ’em...
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Night & Day
The Whoring Twenties
Return of the slutty and devious Roxie Hart
By Lilia Menconi
Published: December 27, 2007
The 1920s seem glamorous to 14-year-old girls lacking in American history. Case in point, young gals (including us, back in the day) who whore it up for Halloween, complete...
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Sidebar
Alien Nation
Anti-immigrant sentiments are nothing new in America
By Megan Irwin
Published: December 27, 2007
Though Arizona is considered ground zero for the current debate surrounding illegal immigration, this is not a new fight. What is new is a national push, led by Arizona, toward...
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Feature
Our Community Under Siege
Where do we turn when law enforcement threatens citizens like a grim force of nature?
By Michael Lacey
Published: December 27, 2007
County Attorney Andrew Thomas has not issued a single grand jury subpoena in the wake of the fallout from my arrest and that of my business partner, New Times CEO Jim...
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Feature
Dennis the Menace
Arpaio's lawyer can't explain away his fudged résumé
By Amy Silverman
Published: December 27, 2007
On October 19, the day after New Times' owners were arrested, the county attorney very publicly fired special prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik. That same day, Bill French very...
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Feature
Money Shot
If Maricopa County supervisors wanted to go after Sheriff Joe Arpaio, they could. They could focus on his office's finances
By Sarah Fenske
Published: December 27, 2007
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has long maintained that he's accountable to the people — but the people's accountants are a different story. After 15 years in the job, Arpaio has...
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Letters
Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 27, 2007
Published: December 27, 2007
COGNITIVE DISSIDENCE Boggles the mind: Your series on constitutional abuses by Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been mind-boggling. Each week...
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Music
Boxing Match
Record companies get greedy with repackaging excess
By Keith Laidlaw
Published: December 27, 2007
As two different Radiohead releases this month prove, rock boxed sets aren't becoming any more sensible. The "discbox" version of the band's new release, In Rainbows, is...
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Club Candids
Christmas Formal
Dolled up to get down
By Lilia Menconi
Published: December 27, 2007
The holidays are a time for comforting surroundings and family. Since we made Faux Show Fridays at Glam our second home in 2007, we decided to spend some of our holiday cheer...
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Shrapnel
Reviewing the Reviews
The Fiery Furnaces
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: December 27, 2007
The Fiery Furnaces — the frequently conceptual Brooklyn indie/art rock band with siblings Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger at its creative core — is typically...
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Shrapnel
Eve of Reconstruction
Jerry Riopelle rocks on
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: December 27, 2007
Jerry Riopelle is an old-school cat, which means that the singer/songwriter's been making records longer than almost anybody else in the Valley. As a staff writer and producer...
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Home Grown
Andrew Jackson Jihad/Partners in 818
Self-Titled
(self-released)By Steve Jansen
Published: December 27, 2007
It's not uncommon for a rock group to feature guest spots, rotating personnel, or additional instruments. Add a guitarist here, substitute a vocalist there, mic that kit a bit...
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Home Grown
Dimonet
Self-Titled
(www.myspace.com/dimonetonline)By Niki D'Andrea
Published: December 27, 2007
This East Valley quartet labels its music as "rock/funk/jazz," but it's easy enough to file their self-titled debut under just good ol' "rock." Many of the songs feature piano...
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Listen Up
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble
Black Unstoppable
(Delmark Records)By Steve Jansen
Published: December 27, 2007
It's a bloody shame that many folks outside of Chicago have never heard of Down Beat Magazine award-winning flautist Nicole Mitchell. Black Unstoppable, the first Delmark...
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Listen Up
Daft Punk
Alive 2007
(Virgin Records)By Penn Bullock
Published: December 27, 2007
The '70s fell to Pink Floyd — and so the Zeroes have fallen to Daft Punk. The French duo started churning out techno/house/electronica music in the '90s. Now, they're...
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Locals Only
Jody Gnant
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: December 27, 2007
Though she gained plenty of attention for participating in Kyle MacDonald's One Red Paper Clip trade project and her 24-hour lifestreams on the Internet, the music remains the...
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Live Wire
Nashville Pussy
By Tom Murphy
Published: December 27, 2007
If sleaze rock is the tongue-kissing cousin of heavy metal, then Nashville Pussy is Gene Simmons' hillbilly stunt double. Led by the twin-guitar attack of husband and wife duo...
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