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Drug Lord

The bandit Jesus Malverde has been dead for nearly a century. He's still wanted on both sides of the border.

By Sam Quinones and Leigh Silverman
Feb 11, 1999

At the swap meet on 35th Avenue and Buckeye, the smell of duros fritos blends with car exhaust and dust stirred up from the parking lot. Festive banda music pumps through the outdoor mall where vendors hawking pony rides, discounted window tinting, kitchenware, boots, toys and velvet tapestries vie for...
Renegade Radio

Radio Free Phoenix delivers everything you ever wanted to know about music but were afraid to request

By Leigh Silverman
May 28, 1998

In an age when program directors are less inclined to stick their necks out than a turtle, the creators of Radio Free Phoenix--Dwight Tindle and Danny Zelisko--have launched a radical Sunday-evening show (7 p.m. to midnight) that they hope will shake up mainstream radio or, at the very least, air...
Boogie Men

Dislocated Styles find the common ground for hip-hop, hard rock and old-school funk

By Leigh Silverman
Apr 23, 1998

On a balmy Thursday evening in Cave Creek, the members of Dislocated Styles, Phoenix's only seven-piece white hip-hop band, are sharing rounds of pale amber ale and appetizers at the Satisfied Frog. Joe Boogie (his legal name) plucks a deep-fried chili pepper from a platter of veggies and wings, smothers...
Under the Knife

Even legislation can't end violence in Valley hospitals

By Leigh Silverman
Mar 12, 1998

We must all work together to stop the violence that explodes [in] our emergency rooms. --President Clinton, State of the Union Address, January 25, 1994 The plum-colored bruises on the left side of Pauline Hanusosky's face have healed since she was assaulted by a patient more than four years ago...
Peace, Weed and Snowboarding

From a South Phoenix foam factory, Bldg 5 battles oppression, pollution and environmental destruction

By Leigh Silverman
Mar 5, 1998

As the bowling ball plunges down the narrow wooden lane, Kevin Dye, guitarist and lead singer of Bldg 5, pivots on one leg, raises clenched fists and flashes a big-league smile. Before the group of onlookers at Tempe Bowl exhales so much as a cheer, the ball swiftly and unexpectedly...

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