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41. Shrapnel

    Blitzen Trapper catches buzz through the fuzz

    By Ray Cummings

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Drum kits crash and explode; uncontrollable feedback erupts; random, screeching wraiths arrive and disappear with an equal lack of warning; relaxed fits of laughter compete...

42. Shrapnel

    Sax machine Ravi Coltrane talks about his new project and vaunted heritage

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Ravi Coltrane is many things: a producer (credits include Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour), a son (his parents were John and Alice Coltrane), and an accomplished jazz...

43. Shrapnel

    Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl raises the bar on Kurt Cobain

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: February 28, 2008

    From this week's proceedings in the Court of Public Opinion, Case #89675-B: The People vs. Dave Grohl. "The defense may now present its closing arguments." "Thank you, your...

44. Listen Up

    Goldfrapp

    Seventh Tree
    (Mute U.S.)

    By Ryan Foley

    Published: February 28, 2008

    If Supernature was Goldfrapp's ode to stylish disco saturnalia, Seventh Tree is the elegy for the inevitable "Suicide Tuesdays": when clubbers ache to dispel that raisin-y,...

45. Listen Up

    Ojos de Brujo

    Techari Live
    (Six Degrees)

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: February 28, 2008

    On this document of their 2007 world tour, the Barcelona-based, self-styled "hip-hop flamenco" band plays music from their latest studio recording of the same name, while also...

46. Live Wire

    Adrian Belew

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: February 28, 2008

    There aren't very many guitar-slingers who could consistently work with such exacting taskmasters as Frank Zappa and Robert Fripp, not to mention the thin white duck, er, duke...

47. Live Wire

    Against Me!

    By Chris Parker

    Published: February 28, 2008

    In the past dozen years, Against Me! singer Tom Gabel's gone from being an Americanized Billy Bragg strumming angrily against the man to a rock juggernaut with enough...

48. Turntable

    Seven nights of DJs and dancing

    Published: February 28, 2008

    THURSDAY 28 27th Avenue Bar & Grill: DJ Tranzo (hip-hop, Top 40) Axis/Radius: Ladies Night (Top 40, rock, dance) Blooze Bar: DJ El Dedo...

49. Needle Exchange

    ((Stereo))

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Here's a no-brainer: The radio situation here in the PHX sucks a fat one. Between annoying adverts for overpriced car stereos and overplayed earworms like "Hey There Delilah,"...

50. Cafe

    Sunnyslope hangout Corbin's exceeds all "bar and grill" expectations

    By Michele Laudig

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Good people-watching? In Sunnyslope? I can hardly believe I'm saying this, but indeed, there's plenty of action on north Central Avenue. I'm talking about Corbin's Bar &...

51. Film

    Semi-Pro is only half bad. Will Ferrell's half.

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Semi-Pro's much better than Blades of Glory, which wasn't nearly as good as Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, which was a little better than Anchorman: The Legend of...

52. Film

    The Other Boleyn Girl: Sibling rivalry in all its royal glory

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: February 28, 2008

    "When you sleep with the king, it ceases to be a private matter." And so it comes to pass that young Mary Boleyn (Scarlett Johansson) must stand before her father, Sir Thomas...

53. Stage

    Robrt L. Pela has a ball at Phoenix Theatre's The Full Monty

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: February 28, 2008

    The premise of The Full Monty is pretty simple: Six broke, unemployed Buffalo steelworkers decide to stage a one-night-only striptease act after noting the sell-out crowds...

54. Stage Frights

    Robrt L. Pela's plea to Valley thespians: Keep yer pants on

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Folded somewhere into the cramped coldness of my tiny mind is a virtual list titled Things I Hope Never to See Again. I've compiled this list over several decades as a reminder...

55. Theater Scene

    Reviews and previews of what's on Valley stages now

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Kissing: Here's proof that tiny Theatre Artists Studio is a force to be reckoned with: Their latest production stars Bob Sorenson, one of the few New York stage "stars" Phoenix...

56. Brown Town

    Hollywood needs to unlearn what it's learned about Latinos

    By Marcos Najera

    Published: February 28, 2008

    [Fade up from black] I'm running through Sky Harbor Airport. I drop my suitcases. Tense music pounds. Quick shots cut from uniformed guards dodging women and children on their...

57. Game On

    Words get in the way of an otherwise stellar Lost Odyssey

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Words get in the way of an otherwise stellar Lost Odyssey. Lost Odyssey wants to be Microsoft's answer to Final Fantasy — not that that's such a good idea. Like Star...

58. DVDish

    Justice League: The New Frontier is a cartoon strictly for Mom and Dad

    By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Justice League: The New Frontier (Warner Bros.) Based on Darwyn Cooke's comic-book miniseries — a masterpiece starring all of DC Comics' major-leaguers at the dawn of...

59. What Else Is New?

    New Times' top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

    Published: February 28, 2008

    Barbie: Mariposa and Her Butterfly Friends (Universal) Comanche Moon (Sony) Day Zero (First Look) Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale (HBO) Family Affair: Season Five...