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Suntracks
THE HATCHING OF BIRD
FIFTY YEARS AGO, SEDONA'S BUD GOULD SNEAKED INTO A STUDIO WITH CHARLIE PARKER. THEY WALKED OUT INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS.
By Dave McElfresh
Published: September 19, 1990
When Bud Gould invited Charlie Parker and a few other musicians into a Kansas studio fifty years ago, he had no idea that history was in the making. Gould, a former NAU musi...
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News
SEA-MONKEYS,ANT FARMS AND TANG A YEAR INSIDE THE BEEROSPHERE
By Cap'n Dave
Published: September 12, 1990
Editor's Note: Publicity about the Biosphere II project--that plan to seal eight human beings in a greenhouse near Tucson for two years starting in December--is starting to ...
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Suntracks
NEW KIDS ON THE LAMARE THE BLOCKHEADS TAKING OUR YOUTH ON A PRETEEN PATH TO PERDITION?
By David Koen
Published: September 12, 1990
So you've already forked over $26 to give little Brittany the night of her life at the New Kids on the Block concert. Mistake No. 1, blithely ignorant parent. If you'r...
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Cafe
THE PITA PRINCIPLE
By Penelope Corcoran
Published: September 12, 1990
For months, I've had Middle Eastern cuisine on my "to do" list. Ten weeks ago, I could have pulled off a simple restaurant review. Now, with Iraq's annexation of Kuwait and ...
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News
TUNNEL VISIONCHARITABLE TELETHON HIDES ITS EYES FROM THE MENTALLY ILL HOMELESS
By Darrin Hostetler
Published: September 12, 1990
Channel 10 has a "Vision" of a happier Phoenix. The station's "Share the Vision" campaign, the brain child of Channel 10 general manager Ron Bergamo, calls for the stat...
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News
WHEELS OF MISFORTUNETWICE-STOLED TALES OF GRAND THEFT AUTO
By Anna Dooling
Published: September 12, 1990
I fell in love with the car the first time I saw it, and would have bought it even if it hadn't run. It was a 1986 Chevy El Camino, a workingman's Cadillac, a car good only for p...
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Columns
A DEATH IN TELLURIDE
By Tom Fitzpatrick
Published: September 12, 1990
TELLURIDE, Colorado--There are stories so rich in converging dramatic angles that few readers are willing to spend the time to trace them to their conclusion. That had...
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Cafe
WHAT KIND OF FOOD AM I?
By Penelope Corcoran
Published: September 5, 1990
It's tough to review restaurants that represent everything you hate: the type of place that you, as a private citizen, would never frequent in a million years unless maybe some o...
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News
SORRY, RIGHT NUMBER
By Dave Walker
Published: September 5, 1990
Candidates for Arizona's biggest political jobs can advertise themselves for free on a worldwide hotline designed to reach millions of patriotic voters. So far during ...
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Suntracks
BY THE TIME THEY GET TO PHOENIX . . . THE JEFF DAYTON BAND WILL HAVE TOURED THE COUNTRY ONCE AGAIN ON GLEN CAMPBELL'S GRAVY TRAIN
By Jimmy Magahern
Published: September 5, 1990
"Sometimes," says Jeff Dayton, a Valley musician made good, "I sort of forget who I'm up there on the stage with. You know, after three years of doing it, you can start to t...
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News
THE GOP MENUNIBBLE ON THE GOVERNOR WANNA-BES AND SEE IF ANY STAY DOWN
By Darrin Hostetler
Published: September 5, 1990
It might surprise you to find out that choosing a Republican candidate for governor is a lot like ordering dinner. The political menu, compiled by young GOP campaign s...
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News
THE BADDEST CAT IN TOWNTHE AG CANDIDATES ARE ENOUGH TO SCARE ANYONE
By Kathleen Stanton
Published: August 29, 1990
"I'm always nice to Bob Corbin, because if there's one person in Arizona who can ruin your life, it's the attorney general." This observation, made privately by one of...
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Suntracks
PUNK'S FOR THE MEMORIESA FRANK DISCUSSION ON PHOENIX'S GRAND SLAM SCENE
By John Blanco
Published: August 29, 1990
When Mad Gardens closed its doors in early 1984, the Valley's punk community was up in arms. Many slam-dancing teens had spent some of their happiest hours in the wrestling ...
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Cafe
SAIGON HELPINGS
By Penelope Corcoran
Published: August 29, 1990
When I was sworn in last March as New Times restaurant critic, part of my oath of office was to share my restaurant findings with my readers. Sometimes, like this week, I d...
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News
SEE DICK. SEE JIM. SEE THEM RUN
. . . FOR THE STATE'S MOST MUNDANE JOB: CHIEF PENCIL PUSHER
By Darrin Hostetler
Published: August 29, 1990
Children don't dream of growing up to be Arizona Secretary of State. In fact, you expect those who seek the job to be the kind who, as kids, were beaten up by the schoo...
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News
WHO'LL SAVE THE FIREFIGHTERS?
AFTER PRELIMINARY RESEARCH, THE BIG QUESTION REMAINS: DO THEY CATCH CANCER ON THE JOB?
By Paul Rubin
Published: August 29, 1990
Two years and $100,000 later, no one can say for sure how widespread cancer is among Arizona's firefighters. And, just as important, no one knows whether firefighters contra...
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News
THE UGLIEST RACE IN TOWNHEY, PEOPLE, THE JOB IS CALLED JUSTICE OF THE PEACE!
By Darrin Hostetler
Published: August 15, 1990
It's a battle between good and evil. At least that's the way former Phoenix justice of the peace Roger Rudman describes the duel for the JP slot in the East Phoenix No. 1 Di...
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Cafe
SMOTHER LOVE
By Penelope Corcoran
Published: August 15, 1990
Every now and then, the world around you shifts slightly and your personal universe expands. This is how I feel after discovering Bev's Kitchen on South 16th Street. Finally! A d...
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News
THE DIRTY FAMILY SECRETLIKE ALL MOLESTERS, TOM KNOWS HOW TO CON
By Ward Harkavy
Published: August 15, 1990
About fifteen minutes into his talk to the civic group about America's dirty secret, the uniformed deputy sheriff says, "I've brought a guest and his name is Tom. He's a con...
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Suntracks
HIP-HOP HYPEPUBLIC ENEMY TURNS BLACK RAGE TO WHITE-HOT SUCCESS
By David Koen
Published: August 15, 1990
Perhaps no other act besides the living Madonna and the dead Elvis has managed to create such a constant flow of headline-hogging controversy as Public Enemy. At its best, t...
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