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61. Live Wire

    Flobots

    By Ray Cummings

    Published: September 25, 2008

    Denver's Flobots seem intent on fomenting a populist revolution — or, at least, cashing in on the sugarcoated, romanticized, anything-can-happen idea of one. Perhaps...

62. Live Wire

    Santana

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: September 25, 2008

    Few artists have gone through more reinventions than Mexican-born guitarist Carlos Santana, going from his Latin-jam days fueled by his unforgettable appearance at Woodstock to...

63. Live Wire

    Ra Ra Riot

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: September 25, 2008

    When guitarist Milo Bonacci started Ra Ra Riot at Syracuse University in 2006, he was looking to put together a classical-tinged rock band that could stir up dramatic moods but...

64. Needle Exchange

    Electrostatic

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: September 25, 2008

    Looks like the DJ freakazoids behind Electrostatic have found a new home for their popular weekly dance night, formerly hosted at the shuttered Glam. And fittingly enough, it's...

65. Turntable

    Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

    Published: September 25, 2008

    THURSDAY 25 Axis/Radius: Red Bull Ladies Night with DJ MCB (hip-hop, rock, Top 40) Bar Smith: Peppermint Lounge with DJ Brazilia, DJ Mara, & guests (electro, funk,...

66. Cafe

    Imagine Spain Has Paella but No Passion

    By Michele Laudig

    Published: September 25, 2008

    The restaurant name is so evocative: Imagine Spain. It has me thinking of a country that's sophisticated, exciting, and naturally beautiful, where the good life is all about...

67. Film

    Miracle at St. Anna: Spike Lee’s WWII Drama Is an Epic Bore

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: September 25, 2008

    On some level, you've got to hand it to Spike Lee. There are probably less than a handful of directors working in Hollywood today who could put together the financing for a...

68. Film

    Chuck Palahnluk’s Choke Adaptation Needs the Heimlich

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: September 25, 2008

    There's a whole lotta fucking going on in Choke, Clark Gregg's adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's first-person novel about a sex addict named Victor Mancini with severe Mommy...

69. Art

    We May Be Losing Cultural Cornerstones Like ASU’s “Duke” Reiter and SMoCA’s Susan Krane, but Just As Much Talent Is Coming to the Valley As Leaving It

    By Kathleen Vanesian

    Published: September 25, 2008

    I'm sort of befuddled about the recent requiems for Phoenix arts community members who've left town for greener pastures — just as they always have and just as they...

70. Stage

    Doubt, a Parable Presents a Catholic Boys' School Melodrama That Will Leave You Second-Guessing Yourself

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: September 25, 2008

    There's no preaching in John Patrick Shanley's Doubt, A Parable, which is set in a Catholic boys' school in 1964. Its story concerns that ages-old tradition of priests...

71. Game On

    There’s Nothing Evolutionary About Spore

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: September 25, 2008

    After years of development and nearly as many years of hype, Spore has arrived — an event made so big by the association of Will Wright (SimCity, The Sims) and EA's...