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Mormon Widower Doug Grant Wasn’t Counting on a Murder Rap When He Followed His Late Wife’s Instruction to Marry His Ex-Lover
By Paul Rubin
Published: October 9, 2008
On September 23, 2001, Faylene Grant wrote a letter to her husband Doug and his ex-girlfriend, Hilary DeWitt. "I know I will be here with my body until it is buried," the...
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fU, mtvU
By Serene Dominic
Published: October 9, 2008
MTV has a lot to answer for. Killing the radio star to forcefeed us hair bands in the Eighties. Re-imagining punk and grunge to be all those lousy bands that filled two entire...
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Death Gawd
Japanese flick chronicles a silent killer
By Jonathan McNamara
Published: October 9, 2008
Just about anything has a license to be extreme in the world of Japanese comics, especially when martial artists shoot fireballs from their hands and fifty-foot-tall robots are...
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More Human than Human
Big Apple slam poet likes the sprite in you
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: October 9, 2008
The odes to self-love in pop culture are legion, ranging from Cyndi Lauper's pouty-voiced paean "She Bop" to the Divinyls' slinky "I Touch Myself." NYC poet Jon Sands' "Being...
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The Day the Music Died
But only for nine months
By Steve Jansen
Published: October 9, 2008
Imagine realizing a lifelong dream by opening your own indie business. Not only does it pay the bills, but it thrives for nearly a decade, becoming a much-needed alternative to...
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Dude itr Out
Extreme duders parlay their skills for all dudedom
By Steve Jansen
Published: October 9, 2008
We hate to buy into and prolong stereotypes, but . . . whatever, dude. We’re gonna do it anyway, bra, and talk dude-speak. How else can we gab about the sick Nissan...
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Roka Nights
By Lilia Menconi
Published: October 9, 2008
A boutique forms a partnership with an artist and what happens? Your friends say that shirt looks like you fell asleep at Basquiat's house. Is that a dis? We're going to assume...
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Wize Guys
With age comes wisdom for Valley hip-hop groove rockers
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: October 9, 2008
Talking to New Times about Cousins of the Wize's impending CD-release show, lead MC Michael "Magnum Pie" Bradford has a laid back steadiness in his voice that never wavers....
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Have a FetishBall
By Steve Jansen
Published: October 9, 2008
One of our favorite movie quotes – courtesy of the late-Chris Farley in Black Sheep, goes like this: “A corn-fed harvest mouse, a hooker, a nun, a Flemish peasant...
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Tour de Phat
Tempe is a chosen one for supercool touring fest
By Nina Carapetyan
Published: October 9, 2008
Bikes, costumes, and a parade. What more could one ask for? How about beer, circus acts, and live music? Heck, yes. Tour de Fat has all of this covered, and Tempe has been...
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The Whole Enchilada
Really. There’s food at this Latino arts festival.
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: October 9, 2008
What’s bilingual and is surrounded by four plays, one musical, mariachi performances, art exhibits, a book signing with local glitter queen Kathy Cano-Murillo, and can be...
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House Muses
By Julie Peterson
Published: October 9, 2008
AZ ain't Connecticut, so our lifestyle gurus are the anti-Martha. Namely, Patrick Murillo and Kathy Cano-Murillo, the latter of whom, Crafty Chica, has already been zazzing us...
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Big Top Circus Punks
Crazy marching band makes with the sis-boom-bah
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: October 9, 2008
In our opinion, parades don't come around often enough. But when they do, there's that entire cleanup of crap such as ticker tape and horseapples. So what to do if you want all...
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Mall Haunts
By Leslie Barton
Published: October 9, 2008
Scoot closer, honey, and turn those lights down so we can tell you something. Legend has it that the government experimented with D-13 serum to turn dead soldiers into fighting...
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Positively Enough
Happy endings? Bah, humbug.
By Wynter Holden
Published: October 9, 2008
Know anyone who’s a pathological optimist, the kind who always sees the glass half full? Maybe you envy them. Or maybe, like us, you secretly hope they’ll...
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It's Always Fair Weather
Hicks in heat give birth to 124-year-old wonder baby
By Clay McNear
Published: October 9, 2008
Way back in 1884, a small band of heat-addled Phoenicians put their hardscrabble noggins together and thunk up the Arizona Territorial Fair, which was essentially a reason to...
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Festival of Frugality
Your dollar goes farther at this weekend's music mega-event
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: October 9, 2008
Dunno if y’all heard the news, but the economy’s kinda in the toilet. Majorly. So much so that what little money you have for leisure activities has to be stretched...
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People of Pixels
Literary mag ain’t like your ordinary blog
By Steve Jansen
Published: October 9, 2008
Owning a computer doesn’t equal mastery of the writing craft. That’s why pulp purists like us are constantly teeth-clenching when reading stuff online. However,...
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Coyote Ugly
Is this the year the postseason drought ends?
By Chris Bowman
Published: October 9, 2008
Want to become relevant in an oversaturated and distressing sports market? Win. Some. Freaking. Games. Already. You can say what you want about the decision makers in the...
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'Boys Town
Cowboys Nation returns to the Red Zone
By Clay McNear
Published: October 9, 2008
Since the opening of University of Phoenix Stadium and the hiring of head coach Ken Whisenhunt, the Arizona Cardinals have made significant strides toward painting this...
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