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How's Your Week Goin'? Jamburritos Food Truck's Michael Brown Has Been Busy Closing a Deal on a Brick-and-Mortar Space Downtown in the Midst of Being Rejected by the Food Network

When discussing the highs and lows of food truck ownership, chef Michael Brown of Jamburritos Cajun Grille Express knows they can happen at any time -- sometimes around the same time. See also: - Six Phoenix Food Trucks, Rated - Food Truck Caravan Rolls Into Downtown Scottsdale The ex-New Yorker, ... More >>

Bob Parsons Gave Madison Rising 10 Grand for Their Post-Grunge Star-Spangled Banner, Apparently

I don't want to bury the lede, here: There's a video, in this post, of Go Daddy founder and local philanthropist Bob Parsons making a smoke-filled introduction to AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" next to a bunch of scantily clad dancing girls, getting a big round of applause for saying, "Nuke the Chinese [ju ... More >>

Voting Rights Under Siege by Republicans in The Third Reconstruction

A brilliant little gem from the makers of 9500 Liberty Believe it or not, once upon a time, Republicans were the ones fighting for the expansion of voting rights. Okay, so that was more than a century ago, following the Civil War. Still, it's interesting to watch this short video by Annabel Park ... More >>

Arizona Gun Nuts Rally at State Capitol in New Dennis Gilman Video

Gilman chats up the gun nuts, take one... Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman covered the gun nut rally at the Arizona State Capitol this past Saturday, and caught some interesting footage of the local pro-2nd Amendment crowd, which seems mainly to have consisted of angry white dudes who're afraid t ... More >>

Harry Mitchell Sticks Up for Ben Arredondo, Looks at the Bright Side of Corruption

Former Democratic Congressman and Tempe Mayor Harry Mitchell has taken an interesting route in supporting ex-state Representative and recently admitted felon Ben Arredondo.While prosecutors are looking to lock up Arredondo for as much as three years on a pair of mail fraud charges, Mitchell was one ... More >>

White House Responds to Secession Petitions, Explains How America Works

Although the meaningless online petition begging the federal government to let Arizona secede didn't even get enough signatures to warrant a response, eight other states' petitions did.To paraphrase the White House employee who responded to the petitions, "No."See also:-Arizona Secession Movement Ca ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Top Ten Reasons for Wanting to Be a Neo-Confederate

Sheriff Joe Arpaio thinks it's an honor to be called KKK, remember? So why is anyone surprised that in 2011 he accepted the Sons of Confederate Veterans' J. Edgar Hoover Law and Order Award, apparently for all that hard work he did in ignoring hundreds of sex crimes cases around the county. See a ... More >>

Lincoln: Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg Ably Fill the Hat

You've Been Trumped: The Donald Rampages Through Scotland

Design Within Reach

41: Michael Perry

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

Your Guide to Highly Anticipated Summer Films

Ethnic Studies Revolt: Banned Book Caravan To Barnstorm Tucson

Tony Diaz, dropping some knowledge with the Libro-Traficante caravanArizona's ethnic studies ban has resulted in the eradication of the successful and popular Mexican American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District, and a backward edict banning certain supposedly "dangerous" books by ... More >>

Arizona Republican Party Hate-Fest Video

Above is videographer Dennis Gilman's take on the state GOP meeting in January, which I covered in a previous post.As you'll see, a lot of Arizona Republicans, not unlike their national counterparts, define themselves by what they hate: President Barack Obama, minorities, gays, and the undocumented. ... More >>

Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend

​Valentine's Day -- and Arizona's 100th birthday -- aren't until next Tuesday, but that won't stop the lovey-dovey gallivanting from starting early.Whether you're single, taken, or desperate for a date, here are five things that'll keep you (and maybe help you get) busy this weekend. Tiffe Ferma ... More >>

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Freedom Party

Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party Is as Bad as It Sounds

Presidents Gay

The Conspirator: Robert Redford Helms Another Dull History Lesson

The 15 Best Songs About U.S. Presidents

We at Up on the Sun, like Clinton himself, feel your pain. Every year Presidents Day rolls around and you're struggling to plant that cherry tree and buy all the stovepipe hats you can, all so that you can have the best damn Presidents Day party possible. (C'mon, we can't be the only ones.)So to ea ... More >>

With The Monitor, Titus Andronicus Become Masters of Their Own Domain

Late Registration

Valley celebrates African-American history and heritage

Yuma Mayor Finally Apologizes for Calling Gays "Lacy-Drawered" and "Limp-Wristed"

Yuma Mayor Al Krieger​As vehemently as he defended his anti-gay comments last week -- in one case even referencing George Washington and Abraham Lincoln -- we figured it would be only a matter of time before Yuma Mayor Al Krieger broke down and apologized.We were right.

Yuma Mayor Al Krieger Calls Gays "Lacy-Drawered, Limp-Wristed People"

Yuma Mayor Al Krieger​You can add Yuma Mayor Al Krieger to the long list of Arizona politicians intent on embarassing the hell out of this state.According to this clip from KYMA Channel 11, Krieger used a Memorial Day speech to criticize congressional plans to repeal "Don't Ask Don't Tell" - ... More >>

Stray Cat Theatre’s “Speech & Debate” Smells Like Teen Angst

Hot Links: Lincoln Letter, Pounds of Pot, and Shocking Monkeys

A 22 year-old Tuscon woman has been charged in the death of a Tuscon police officer. The woman, Lluvia Alejandra Dominguez, was cited for failure to yield after hitting officer Peter Mannino while he was on his way home from a shift...Scottsdale resident Lawrence Cutler has donated a letter written ... More >>

Charlie Gibson Proves It: Sarah Palin Is George W. Bush in Pumps.

Smog Alert

Two-ton turd-Reicher J.T. Ready distributes anti-Semitic and racist propaganda at County Republican meeting.

Die Laughing

Patriot Pop Quiz

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Hand It to Him

Theater Scene

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All Mail Revue

Having a wonderful time with mail art

Bombs and Bikinis

Aiming low and accurately

Fortunate Son

Stinky by-product of the studio system

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions, and installations

White Men Can't Rap

But they talked your ear off about war, morality and patriotism in the '60s. Is Young America again ready for More Talk, Less Music?

Letters 04-27-2000

"I Am Not a Cook!"

Gotta Lovett

Letters

BLOOD SPORT

COCKFIGHTING IS ILLEGAL IN 46 STATES. SIXTEEN OF THEM CONSIDER THE PRACTICE A FELONY. IN ARIZONA, IT'S ENTERTAINMENT.

BLAND AMBITION

HE'S RUNNING FOR THE U.S. SENATE ADS AN OUTSIDER, A BORING STRAIGHT ARROW WITH THE COMMON TOUCH.

SPIRITED CONVERSATION PSYCHIC DEATH COUNSELORS JUMP ON THE GRIEVING TRAIN

CONVENTIONEER WAX

SCREED

WANNA SEE BETTE DAVIS' BUTT?

DAVID PARKER WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO GET AN AUTOGRAPH---OR ANY SCRAP OF A CELEBRITY'S LIFE