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1. Feature

   Michael Salman wants to build a church in his backyard. His neighbors aren't buying it

   By Sarah Fenske

   Published: January 17, 2008

   The man in the YouTube video is so passionate, he sounds almost angry. His face is just inches from the camera as he expounds for nearly six minutes, barely pausing for breath...

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   Drunken Monkey at Burn

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: January 17, 2008

   Downtown's Burn nightclub is going out with a bang when RedMonkey, in association with White Crane Kung Fu, presents Drunken Monkey. Pete "SuperMix" Salaz put together this...

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   Pathfinders

   Valley photographers tackle the progress duality

   By Jose Gonzalez

   Published: January 17, 2008

   When you’re zooming too fast from one place to another, what do the constant pockets of construction say to you? Hope of a metropolis that balances our humble and quirky...

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   Cheap-Booze Alert. You're Welcome.

   By Clay McNear

   Published: January 17, 2008

   Mondays bite, which you already know. What you may not know is that you can haul yourself and your post-weekend malaise down to one of the hippest joints around —...

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   The Fringe Connection

   Prurient? Creepy? Count us in.

   By Niamh Wallace

   Published: January 17, 2008

   Thanks to WindUp Gallery, the Mormon-rich city of Mesa, of all places, has gained a chokehold on lowbrow art. Since May 2007, gallery owners Anthony and Lindsay Cresta have...

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   Belle Bottoms

   Modern-day hippies save the world — and look good doing it

   By Sloane Burwell

   Published: January 17, 2008

   “Hippie chic” was once an exercise in irony, since there was nothing fashionable about the reality. Patchouli-drenched, unwashed tie-dye shirts. Burlap-like hemp...

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   Pretty Poison

   Doofus dumper shows off her skillz

   By Leslie Barton

   Published: January 17, 2008

   On VH1’s date-a-hairball hit Rock of Love, the tucked-and-tied-together bag of straw that is Poison frontman Bret Michaels whispers, “Only one of you will be my rock...

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   Get Reel

   Trout fishing in the desert? It’s true.

   By Chris Bowman

   Published: January 17, 2008

   A trout-fishing tournament in the drought-stricken desert might seem as sensible as a high-stakes poker tourney in Mormon country. But as odd as it may seem, it’s time to...

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   Red Alert

   Sphere and loathing in Scottsdale

   By Peter Breslin

   Published: January 17, 2008

   “Oh, my! What’s that red ball doing wedged under that bridge?” one spectator will certainly ask. That might be answered with, “It’s not just any large,...

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    Soul Food

    Local mainstays serve up hot chow and cool sounds

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: January 17, 2008

    If any musician in town has the cred to open up a club whose name translates as “voice,” it’s Khani Cole. The adult-contemporary soultress and her skins-playing...

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    A View to a Keel

    California dreaming — not

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: January 17, 2008

    Ecch, California. They’ve got beautiful weather and miles of coastline for their fancy boats. We want some of that. But we like a challenge, and we’ve got grit enough...

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    Auto Erotica

    Enjoy the ride at SMoCA

    By Peter Breslin

    Published: January 17, 2008

    Most folks go to car shows just to see slick autos. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art’s new “Car Culture” exhibit invites a deeper reflection on the whole...

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    New Testament

    Calligrapher gives the Bible an extreme makeover

    By Nina Carapetyan

    Published: January 17, 2008

    It’s a rare child who, when asked about his or her future aspirations, expresses the desire to become scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and to one day inscribe a...

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    Popular Mechanics

    By Clay McNear

    Published: January 17, 2008

    Dodge? Cool? Who knew? While we’ve been preoccupied with the Far East, the American auto manufacturer has been making insidious inroads into our collective subconscious...

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    The Undiscovered Country

    An anti-Nashville anti-star is born

    By Clay McNear

    Published: January 17, 2008

    Except to diehards, singer/songwriter Todd Snider is criminally unknown, and you have to be criminally insane if you don’t check him out. The sardonic, ironic Snider lives...

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    Cause Celebre

    By Clay McNear

    Published: January 17, 2008

    So, you’re famous. You’re rich. You bathe in champagne. You’re filled with fleeting shame when you drive your Ferrari past people who live in boxes. How to slay...

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    Where for Art Thou, Crash Romeo?

    By Ryan Foley

    Published: January 17, 2008

    Crash Romeo work on their power chords as often as they work on their action-figure poses. Guitar-driven verses come with enough space to allow ax-slinger Steve Anderson the...

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    King for a Day

    “I have a dream” comes true in Mesa

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: January 17, 2008

    So it’s Martin Luther King Day and you’re required to work. That’s a toughie. You want to honor one of the most important figures of the 20th century, but you...

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    Gooding & Company Scottsdale Classic Car Auction

    Published: January 17, 2008

    Among the goodies on the block are a 1971 FCA Platinum-winning Ferrari Daytona Spyder, a 1964 Shelby Cobra 289, a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4, a 1941 Lincoln Continental, and a 1969...

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    Slap Happy

    Kickass bassist can still kick your ass

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: January 17, 2008

    What were you doing with your sorry life at 21? Binge-drinking in your mommy’s basement? Watching endless hours of elimiDATE and all of those other lame-o UPN shows?...