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7-Eleven Inc.

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    "We Got Cactus," Bloodspasm (1985), Al Perry (2004), The Dusty Buskers (2010)

    Editor's Note: An abridged version of this article appears in this week's issue, featuring 100 Songs that Defined Arizona. In celebration of Arizona's centennial, we spoke with Eric Swedlund, a writer, photographer, editor, and all-around-good-dude in Tucson, Arizona, about "We Got Cactus," sort of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Metallica & Lou Reed's Lulu: Music for Gas-Huffing, Denim-Clad Arizona Teenagers?

    ​Clanging acoustic guitars, pitched somewhere between Led Zeppelin's ballads and John Fahey's American Primitivism, and then, a voice, singular and unmistakable. It is the voice of Lou Reed: "I would cut my legs and tits off when I think of Boris Karloff and Kinski / In the dark of the moon / You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Naked Pizza Comes to Phoenix

    Inside the new Naked Pizza in Goodyear. Ever since filmmaker Morgan Spurlock gained 25 pounds in one month by eating McDonald's grub for his documentary Super Size Me, the public eye has scrutinized fast food's contribution to the American obesity epidemic.  Obama's 2010 legislatio ... More >>

  • Film

    June 9, 2011

    Super 8: J.J. Abrams Deploys Humor and Destruction In His Catastrophe Flick

    Inside the new Naked Pizza in Goodyear. Ever since filmmaker Morgan Spurlock gained 25 pounds in one month by eating McDonald's grub for his documentary Super Size Me, the public eye has scrutinized fast food's contribution to the American obesity epidemic.  Obama's 2010 legislatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Top 6 Celebrity Chef Parodies

    Paula Deen chewing "butter gum," Rachael Ray at 7-Eleven, and wait -- is that Gordon Ramsay yelling at a nun in a soup kitchen? Like many celebrities, TV chefs get jabbed by the spoof stick, too. We don't mind, as long as it's all in good fun. And now that it's summer, we thought we'd chill inside ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 12, 2010

    Holy Crepes! Chez Vous, Sandwich Club, and Other Valley Crepe Joints

    Paula Deen chewing "butter gum," Rachael Ray at 7-Eleven, and wait -- is that Gordon Ramsay yelling at a nun in a soup kitchen? Like many celebrities, TV chefs get jabbed by the spoof stick, too. We don't mind, as long as it's all in good fun. And now that it's summer, we thought we'd chill inside ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 3, 2010

    Slush Life

    Paula Deen chewing "butter gum," Rachael Ray at 7-Eleven, and wait -- is that Gordon Ramsay yelling at a nun in a soup kitchen? Like many celebrities, TV chefs get jabbed by the spoof stick, too. We don't mind, as long as it's all in good fun. And now that it's summer, we thought we'd chill inside ... More >>

  • News

    February 4, 2010

    Going Rogue: An Obsessive Phoenix Patrol Cop Tried to Nail the Wrong Guy in the Baseline Killer Case

    Paula Deen chewing "butter gum," Rachael Ray at 7-Eleven, and wait -- is that Gordon Ramsay yelling at a nun in a soup kitchen? Like many celebrities, TV chefs get jabbed by the spoof stick, too. We don't mind, as long as it's all in good fun. And now that it's summer, we thought we'd chill inside ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 2010

    Return to Sender: The Feds, Fueled by Local Anti-Immigration Hostility, Are Draining Talented Undocumented Youth into Mexico

    Paula Deen chewing "butter gum," Rachael Ray at 7-Eleven, and wait -- is that Gordon Ramsay yelling at a nun in a soup kitchen? Like many celebrities, TV chefs get jabbed by the spoof stick, too. We don't mind, as long as it's all in good fun. And now that it's summer, we thought we'd chill inside ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 12, 2009

    A Maker of Wacky Birdhouses and Other Phoenix Artisans Must Fly the Coop Because a Circle K Is Moving In

    Paula Deen chewing "butter gum," Rachael Ray at 7-Eleven, and wait -- is that Gordon Ramsay yelling at a nun in a soup kitchen? Like many celebrities, TV chefs get jabbed by the spoof stick, too. We don't mind, as long as it's all in good fun. And now that it's summer, we thought we'd chill inside ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    The Bird Wants to Take a Blowtorch to 287(g) and Looks Forward to Saturday’s Anti-Arpaio March

    Paula Deen chewing "butter gum," Rachael Ray at 7-Eleven, and wait -- is that Gordon Ramsay yelling at a nun in a soup kitchen? Like many celebrities, TV chefs get jabbed by the spoof stick, too. We don't mind, as long as it's all in good fun. And now that it's summer, we thought we'd chill inside ... More >>

  • News

    January 29, 2009

    On Sticking Up for the Legal Immigrants and Being 20 Years Behind the Times

    Paula Deen chewing "butter gum," Rachael Ray at 7-Eleven, and wait -- is that Gordon Ramsay yelling at a nun in a soup kitchen? Like many celebrities, TV chefs get jabbed by the spoof stick, too. We don't mind, as long as it's all in good fun. And now that it's summer, we thought we'd chill inside ... More >>

  • News

    December 25, 2008

    On Lingering Christmas Lights and Getting Around to Your Questions

    Paula Deen chewing "butter gum," Rachael Ray at 7-Eleven, and wait -- is that Gordon Ramsay yelling at a nun in a soup kitchen? Like many celebrities, TV chefs get jabbed by the spoof stick, too. We don't mind, as long as it's all in good fun. And now that it's summer, we thought we'd chill inside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2008

    Gross Out: Slime, mold, dirt and bacteria in your drink?

    Paula Deen chewing "butter gum," Rachael Ray at 7-Eleven, and wait -- is that Gordon Ramsay yelling at a nun in a soup kitchen? Like many celebrities, TV chefs get jabbed by the spoof stick, too. We don't mind, as long as it's all in good fun. And now that it's summer, we thought we'd chill inside ... More >>

  • Film

    January 3, 2008

    Counter-Strike

    Steel yourself for 2008 with a look back at the year's best scripts

  • News

    May 3, 2007

    Femmy Nazis

    The Taloned One ogles white pride wenches, welcomes an infamous mining titan to town, and takes another swipe at illegal-immigrant-bashing car king Rusty Childress

  • Music

    June 29, 2006

    ¡Viva la Revolución!

    A rogues' gallery of rock 'n' rollers reflects upon the USA's big day

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2005

    Hit Parade

    How slow can they go?

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2005

    Mad Props

    An evening of rage, frustration and risk

  • News

    March 4, 2004

    The Fast and the Frustrated

    All revved up with no place to go, Valley teens -- and hemi-ed up husbands -- go wild on the streets

  • Music

    February 19, 2004

    Club Directory

    All revved up with no place to go, Valley teens -- and hemi-ed up husbands -- go wild on the streets

  • Music

    April 10, 2003

    Club Directory

    All revved up with no place to go, Valley teens -- and hemi-ed up husbands -- go wild on the streets

  • Music

    July 25, 2002

    Playing With Power

    Still seething, Speedealer stretches out and slows down — a little

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    Cop Out

    Did Phoenix police drive an incomprehensibly drunken man to his death?

  • Calendar

    April 19, 2001

    Vincent to Go

    Get it before it gets hot as this fair-weather, and decidedly upscale, farmer's market

  • Music

    April 19, 2001

    Group Efforts

    Make-ups, breakups and other local band gossip abound

  • Music

    November 23, 2000

    The Shazam

    Rev 9 (Not Lame Records)

  • Calendar

    June 1, 2000

    Songs by the Gross

    Rev 9 (Not Lame Records)

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    The Last Man in Cactus

    City zoning rules make it tough for Larry Jany to sell his property and retire

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Targets Beyond The Turf

    Will you be next in the line of gang fire?

  • Music

    December 9, 1999

    Misanthrope Through and Through

    Nursing a broken heart and bruised ego, Trashman seeks solace and finds . . . Bush

  • Film

    July 15, 1999

    Tents Situation

    The Blair Witch Project pitches camp for terror

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    Letters

    Fromthe Week of May 13, 1999

  • Dining

    March 4, 1999

    Second Helpings

    Fromthe Week of May 13, 1999

  • News

    May 28, 1998

    Suspects of Convenience

    The sting targeted stores selling over-the-counter medicines that could be cooked into meth. But the cops warned major retailers to stop the sales while throwing the book at mom-and-pop shops, most of which are owned by Arab immigrants.

  • Music

    May 21, 1998

    Mother's Little Girl

    Trashman observes a trailer-park family cursed by tragedy

  • Music

    November 21, 1996

    Regarding Henry

    Trashman observes a trailer-park family cursed by tragedy

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    Heart for Hire

    Trashman observes a trailer-park family cursed by tragedy

  • News

    April 25, 1996

    Mutiny At The County

    Sheriff Arpaio's deputies say his vaunted posse does little more than waste money and slake their boss's thirst for publicity

  • Music

    April 18, 1996

    1996 New Times Music Awards Showcase

    Sheriff Arpaio's deputies say his vaunted posse does little more than waste money and slake their boss's thirst for publicity

  • News

    December 14, 1995

    Death of a Circle K

    Sheriff Arpaio's deputies say his vaunted posse does little more than waste money and slake their boss's thirst for publicity

  • Music

    August 31, 1995

    BLUE SUNDAY

    Sheriff Arpaio's deputies say his vaunted posse does little more than waste money and slake their boss's thirst for publicity

  • News

    August 23, 1995

    HOOKED ON PHOENIX

    Sheriff Arpaio's deputies say his vaunted posse does little more than waste money and slake their boss's thirst for publicity

  • News

    July 21, 1994

    SPIRITED CONVERSATION PSYCHIC DEATH COUNSELORS JUMP ON THE GRIEVING TRAIN

    Sheriff Arpaio's deputies say his vaunted posse does little more than waste money and slake their boss's thirst for publicity

  • Dining

    June 15, 1994

    TO SKEWER, WITH LOVE

    Sheriff Arpaio's deputies say his vaunted posse does little more than waste money and slake their boss's thirst for publicity

  • Dining

    August 4, 1993

    THE COSMO GRILL

    Sheriff Arpaio's deputies say his vaunted posse does little more than waste money and slake their boss's thirst for publicity

  • News

    February 24, 1993

    INNOCENT BYSTANDERS

    THEY MET BY ACCIDENT AT SAGURO LAKE. A WEEK LATER, THEY WRER IN JAIL.

  • News

    February 3, 1993

    BETTER RED THAN DEADHOW THE SAND RUBIES SURVIVED A SNAKEBITE

    THEY MET BY ACCIDENT AT SAGURO LAKE. A WEEK LATER, THEY WRER IN JAIL.

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