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Night & Day
Grand Tour
By Clay McNear
Published: December 18, 2008
Generally speaking, we frown on guided hikes. The Sonoran Desert is not the Louvre, and true hikers hardly need to have someone spell out its (fairly obvious) magnificence. The...
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Night & Day
Tomme Arthur Beer Tasting
Published: December 18, 2008
The "rock star of yeast" discusses his favorite Port Brewing and Lost Abbey beers. Fri., Dec. 19, 6:30 p.m., 2008
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The Bird
Andrew Thomas Cuts a Plea Deal with a Neo-Nazi, County Democrats Reorganize, and a Phony UPS Guy Delivers Redflex Ticket
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published: December 18, 2008
PASTOR'S SON Sympathy for a racist skinhead? Has The Bird gone bonkers? Maybe. But as this avian considers the curious case of Patrick Bearup — on death row for nearly...
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News
The Outcome of the "Serial Shooter" Case Seems Certain, While the Doug Grant Mormon Murder Trial Is Anything but That
By Paul Rubin
Published: December 18, 2008
Two wildly divergent high-profile murder trials are well under way at the Maricopa County courthouse in downtown Phoenix. On the 13th floor of the Central Court Building, the...
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Feedback
Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 18, 2008
Published: December 18, 2008
KILLER DILLER A PR nightmare to off aged killer: I agree that it would be a PR nightmare for a state that's already known for its cruelty (via Maricopa County Sheriff Joe...
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News
Staff Writer Wanted
Published: December 18, 2008
New Times has an immediate opening for a full-time staff writer. We’re looking for a journalist with sharp investigative skills who understands the difference between...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
Your Mexican-American Reading List for the Holidays
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: December 18, 2008
A couple of columnas ago, I published a short list of my favorite books regarding Mexicans and Mexican-Americans and urged ustedes to submit better choices so that gabachos can...
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Sonic Truth
Minibosses, The Advantage, and sBACH Prove Video Game-Influenced Music Isn't Just Playing Around
By Martin Cizmar
Published: December 18, 2008
Most musicians have little more than quiet distain for video games employing a plastic guitar. Not Minibosses. Drinking Diet Mountain Dew and Dr Pepper while congregated around...
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Shrapnel
2008's Best Christmas CDs
By Christian Schaeffer
Published: December 18, 2008
Some music fans will argue that the art form known as the Christmas album achieved perfection with Vince Guaraldi's score to A Charlie Brown Christmas. Others will argue for...
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Shrapnel
Snoop Dogg, Amy Winehouse, and Ozzy Explain Hanukkah
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: December 18, 2008
Let's face it. Every year around this time, many of the non-Jewish among us struggle to understand (or spell) Hanukkah. Some mistakenly think it's the "Jewish Christmas," while...
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Live Wire
Agnostic Front
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: December 18, 2008
Around this time last year in these pages, I noted that a shit-ton of ancient hardcore punk bands are still regularly out on the road, and that "if you actually go see some of...
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Live Wire
Peachcake
By Michael Lopez
Published: December 18, 2008
Wading through the horde of indie pop coming out of Carefree/Cave Creek is no easy task. Well, maybe it's a little easier than expected, thanks to goofballs Stefan Pruett and...
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Live Wire
The Verdicks
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: December 18, 2008
Phoenix isn't anywhere near topping the list of the punkest cities in the U.S. Not even close. Burgs like New York City, Frisco, and Detroit have always, and will always, be...
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Live Wire
Authority Zero
By Michael Lopez
Published: December 18, 2008
Live shows by touring bands are quite a rarity so close to the holidays. Musicians are people, too, and they would rather return to their hometowns to stay closer to the ones...
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Live Wire
Soweto Gospel Choir
By John Roos
Published: December 18, 2008
Simultaneously familiar and otherworldly, the Soweto Gospel Choir is the right group performing at the right time. While so much of our fragile planet is being torn apart by...
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Live Wire
Sonorous
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: December 18, 2008
Downtown Phoenix's art scene is hard to exactly quantify in some respects, with creativity running amok across multiple genres and mediums. Hyphenates abound as musicians, DJs,...
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Needle Exchange
DJ Swift Rock & WinterFresh
By Benjamin Leatherman
Published: December 18, 2008
If you're feeling the need to bump your hump to some hip-hop, R&B, or Top 40 dance jams, a few off-the-hook urban dance parties will be happening over the next 48 hours that...
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Turntable
Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing
Published: December 18, 2008
THURSDAY 18 Blooze Bar: DJ El Dedo (rockabilly) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Cherry Lounge: DJ M2 (hip-hop, Top 40) Club Red: The Blunt Club with DJ Swift Rock, Pickster Uno,...
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Cafe
True Food stumbles in its Delivery of Dr. Andrew Weil's Healthful Diet
By Michele Laudig
Published: December 18, 2008
Recently, I was struck by some pleasant surprises at District, a downtown eatery that didn't exactly give me high hopes from the get-go. And this week, I find myself...
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Forking
Making a First Impression with Roasted Garlic
By C.M. Redding
Published: December 18, 2008
A few years ago, I was involved with a little Italian girl who moved all her belongings into my house. Yes, we had just taken that fabled step into co-existence/co-dependence....
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