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Issue: September 25, 2008
Page: 3
71 stories found - 41 through 60
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  1. Sideshow

    The Masterful Mr. Tea

    By Wynter Holden
    Published: September 25, 2008

    Jeffrey Hattrick is a real-life Mad Hatter, minus the shaggy gray sideburns and cartoonish purple getup. Most days, you can find this self-proclaimed "tea guy" in a top hat and...

  2. Sideshow

    The Hero of Honda Repair

    By Jonathan McNamara
    Published: September 25, 2008

    By day, he is mild-mannered Tait Johnson. But when evil strikes your carburetor, he finds the nearest open phone booth and becomes . . . Honda Man! Okay, not really. He...

  3. Sideshow

    The Outrageously Odd Couple

    By Benjamin Leatherman
    Published: September 25, 2008

    If ever there was an embodiment of Phoenix's weirder side, then Stephen Strange and Sahar Mitchell are it, and proud to be. He's a 32-year-old occultist and magician with a...

  4. Sideshow

    The Beautiful Brown Diva

    By Marcos Najera
    Published: September 25, 2008

    Forget any notions you've ever had of a fat lady singing opera onstage. Mezzo-soprano Olga Perez looks more like she belongs in the cast of American Idol. But this fall,...

  5. Sideshow

    The High-Voltage Madman

    By Benjamin Leatherman
    Published: September 25, 2008

    Barry Schwartz is a wired guy. Jittery and manic, the overly hyper artist sounds as though he's practically plugged into the wall as he explains the large-scale electrified...

  6. Sideshow

    The She-Jay of 1,000 Tracks

    By Benjamin Leatherman
    Published: September 25, 2008

    Andrea Silkey is obsessed with the quality of her music mixes. Every week, the 31-year-old DJ (who's also know as Sonique des Fleurs) spends several hours in front of her...

  7. Fenske

    Doug Lingner Was Just Hired to Run the County’s Public Housing Program Though He’s Totally Unqualified

    By Sarah Fenske
    Published: September 25, 2008

    When the Housing Authority of Maricopa County began the hunt for a new executive director, it had some specifics in mind. Its hire would be running the county's public housing...

  8. Sideshow

    The Whiz Kids of Robotics

    By Marcos Najera
    Published: September 25, 2008

    You might remember the story of four young Latino men from Carl Hayden High School who built an underwater robot named "Stinky" in 2004. They stunned the nation when Stinky...

  9. Sideshow

    The God-Loving Glam Goofball

    By Jose Gonzalez
    Published: September 25, 2008

    There's a sly smile that highlights Paisley Yankolovich's face. It's the kind of bemused calm of knowing that the Christian performance artist's journey with Jesus is less a...

  10. Feedback

    Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 25, 2008

    Published: September 25, 2008

    JOE'S SONG Crackers, gimme a break: The Juan Mendoza Farias case is so typical of what has gone on repeatedly in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jails. Somebody gets put inside for a...

  11. Sideshow

    The Soaring Soviet Sweetie

    By Benjamin Leatherman
    Published: September 25, 2008

    Oksana Kroshkina's background is as intriguing as her alluring Russian accent. The 31-year-old Soviet-born beauty spent almost a decade traveling the world, masterfully...

  12. ˇAsk a Mexican!™

    On Anchor Babies and Mexican Penis Sizes

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: September 25, 2008

    What is an anchor baby? I am a 45-year-old male born in the U.S.A. My mother was born in ex-Yugoslavia (now Serbia), and my father was also born in ex-Yugoslavia (now Croatia)....

  13. Music

    When Gogol Bordello Takes the Stage, Expect a Cultural Rebellion and One Hell of a Party

    By Toph One
    Published: September 25, 2008

    As a Croatian-American electro-funk DJ with a powerful thirst for liquor and trouble, I knew I'd like Gogol Bordello from the moment I heard about the group. The act's pulsing...

  14. Music

    Edgefest Lowdown: Micky Avalon, Authority Zero, Flogging Molly and More

    By Martin Cizmar
    Published: September 25, 2008

    Mickey Avalon (11:30 a.m. on the main stage): It's not unfair to call Mickey Avalon the male Peaches. They both started their adult life innocently before turning to the...

  15. Shrapnel

    Byrne After Reading: Advice from a Talking Head

    By Michael Alan Goldberg
    Published: September 25, 2008

    This week, we present "Byrne After Reading," our new advice column by musician/artist (and former Talking Heads frontman) David Byrne. Dear David: I am a singer who used to...

  16. Listen Up

    Ben Folds

    Way to Normal
    (Sony BMG)

    By Sam Femino
    Published: September 25, 2008

    Ben Folds has never strayed far from his trademark geek-pop sensibilities. He's honed the sound even further over the past few years, playing for crowds of adoring college...

  17. Listen Up

    Tricky

    Knowle West Boy
    (Domino)

    By Phil Freeman
    Published: September 25, 2008

    After the seething, explosive brilliance of Tricky's first two albums, 1995's Maxinquaye and 1996's Pre-Millennium Tension, inspiration is spreading thin. Later releases Angels...

  18. Listen Up

    Slipknot

    All Hope Is Gone

    (Roadrunner)

    By Phil Freeman
    Published: September 25, 2008

    Four albums in (five, if you're an eBay-stalking obsessive), Slipknot is having an identity crisis. Frontman Corey Taylor's side project, Stone Sour, has allowed him to unmask...

  19. Listen Up

    Nelly

    Brass Knuckles
    (Derrty Ent, Universal)

    By Ben Westhoff
    Published: September 25, 2008

    Brass Knuckles is Nelly's Thriller. I'm not kidding. Brass Knuckles is not a perfect album, but neither was Thriller. It jumped styles and was not particularly cohesive;...

  20. Listen Up

    Young Jeezy

    The Recession
    (Def Jam)

    By Ben Detrick
    Published: September 25, 2008

    Fuck Huey Long: Young Jeezy is the master of populism. Here's a self-made millionaire who empathizes with the day-to-day troubles of the working class, preaches distrust of the...

Issue: September 25, 2008
Page: 3
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