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Of Course, Las Vegas Now Has All-You-Can-Eat Caviar

Caviar is one of the most expensive delicacies in the world, a single ounce can cost upwards of $1,000. See Also: --Confirmed: Caviar Vending Machine Is Real, Dispenses $500 Caviar and Mother of Pearl Spoons --The $666 Douche Burger. For Real.

Heineken Upset About Phoenix Man Selling "Heinie Sniff'n" Dog Toy, Lawsuit Claims

A Phoenix dog-toy manufacturer who was once involved in a lawsuit with Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch over his dog toy called "Buttwiper" is now involved in a federal lawsuit with another brewer.This time, a lawsuit filed on behalf of Stephen Sacra's Phoenix-based company, VIP Products, claims that ... More >>

New Phoenix Mixtape Pairs T.I., Lil Wayne, and E40 with Phoenix Rappers

Rapper T.I. must have seen something he liked when he stopped by Phoenix this past weekend. His Atlanta-based record label Grand Hustle is showing Arizona some love with a new mixtape, The Phoenix Edition Mixtape. The 17-track release showcases some of the Valley's up and coming hip-hop acts inclu ... More >>

50 Shades of Chicken Parody Cookbook Has a Sexy Trailer

"What happens in this room will be very intense for you," intones the narrator as he strips to his waist and begins forcefully but lovingly... trussing up a chicken. This is from the trailer for 50 Shades of Chicken a titillating parody cookbook following in the trail blazed by the socially accepta ... More >>

Five New Books About Wine

There's a time to drink, a time to think and time to combine both of these marvelous things. Welcome to a breakdown of some of the best books of the year on wine. From funny to educational, if you're a wine lover these books should be on your list. The best thing is, you can read with a glass of win ... More >>

Korn Guitarist Munky Discusses Moving Away From Dubstep With Next Record

This past Saturday, Korn crashed through town, performing at the Arizona State Fair. I watched in glee. This is a band that truly contributed to opening the door to metal for me. Before that discovery, I was a sixth grader rocking out to Westside Connection, much to my Backstreet Boy-loving locker p ... More >>

50 Shades of Chicken Cookbook Spoofs 50 Shades of Grey

If you were thinking that the 50 Shades of Grey shenanigans would die down well before the release of its tentative 2014 movie, you may have been wrong- 50 shades of wrong. See Also: So This Exists: The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Suing Ben & Cherry's Pornos: Schweddy ... More >>

Rob Koebel: Ex-Wife Caused Him to Whiz in Public (They've Been Divorced 17 Years)

See also: Rob Koebel Was Allegedly Peeing Outside an Apple StoreSee also: Boob's Tube See also: The Devil's in the Details See also: Below the Belt Former KNXV-TV Channel 15 reporter and Sheriff Joe Arpaio suck-up Rob Koebel finally gave some comment to local media after being arrested for allegedly ... More >>

Roll Acosta Teams With John Vanderslice For This Dreamt Existence

Tucson indie poppers, Roll Acosta recruited John Vanderslice to produce its forthcoming debut full length album, This Dreamt Existence. Vanderslice's touch can be heard in the album's intricate instrumentation, which falls somewhere between fun.'s acrobatic melodies and Cold War Kids' strained funk, ... More >>

Mr. Meeble Releases Nostalgic for Now

See also: Mr. Meeble's European Adventure See also: Mr. Meeble at Crescent Ballroom For glitch dance duo Mr. Meeble, music and visual effects go hand and hand. The duo's latest music video for "Star Power," features the visually stunning "ghost portal" and many of the effects that make the Meeble l ... More >>

Village Voice Media Rolls Out Seven Sins, an Electronic True-Crime Anthology

Every week writers for New Times and our parent company, Village Voice Media, produce elegant magazine-style feature writing -- a gritty portion of which comes in the form of true-crime stories.Now VVM has collected some of its best recent true-crime yarns into an ebook: Seven Sins: A True Crime Ant ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Wusses Out of Disbarment Appeal; Judge May Order County to Pay Mary Rose Wilcox; Conley Wolfswinkel Wins Again

Here's a quick rundown on Maricopa County news today:* Andrew Peyton Thomas, former Maricopa County Attorney, failed politician and author of right-wing books, won't appeal a state Supreme Court Disciplinary Panel's decision to cancel his law license. We've cut-and-pasted his wussyish comments about ... More >>

David Bickford, What Are You Listening To?

David Bickford​David Bickford Bickford writes two prominent local blogs, PHX Rail Food and PHX Trail Dude. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I listen to KJZZ for news by day and jazz by night. I grew up listening to rock, and it still ... More >>

Phoenix Rapper MegaRan Creates 8-Bit Hip-Hop

"Screw the Skinny Bitches....I Want to Eat" Cures the Break-Up Blues With Booze, Food and a Fun Read

"Screw the Skinny Bitches...I Want to Eat!"​If Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda bumped into Martha Stewart, hit it off, became gal pals and then one of them got dumped -- this book would be the result.   "Screw the Skinny Bitches...I Want to Eat" is a sassy hybrid of break-up bi ... More >>

Critics Claim Supreme Master Ching Hai's Followers' Restaurants Featuring Tasty Vegan Fare Front For an Exploitive Movement.

Kosher Food: It's Not Just for Jews Anymore

amazon.com Not a pious Jew? You still might be interested in learning more about kosher food, and on Sunday the author of a new book on the topic will be in town to discuss it. According to the National Association of Specialty Food Trade (NASFT), sales over the last decade of koshe ... More >>

Why Snorting "Bath Salts" Is Popular -- and Dangerous

Static March: All At Once EP

​Artist: Static MarchTitle: All At Once, a six-song EP.Basics: Formerly known as Five High, this mellow Phoenix trio plays alternative/indie rock inspired by -- according to to the band -- Incubus, Muse, Death Cab for Cutie and Kings of Leon.Red flag!While the Kings may be personas non gratas with ... More >>

KPHO Goes After Wife of Phoenix Officer Who Witnessed Police Shooting of Unarmed Man

www.amazon.com​KPHO ran story last night about the criminal history of the wife of the cop who witnessed Phoenix Police Officer Richard Chrisman allegedly go berserk in a Phoenix trailer earlier this month, ultimately killing a dog and an unarmed man.That officer, Sergio Vergillo, was heralded by ... More >>

9 Totally Crazy Pieces of Band Merch

If someone is a hardcore fan of a band or artist, it seems he will shell out any amount of money to get his hands on their merch.I'm not just talking shirts or albums, either, and bands have been answering that call by offering up some truly ridiculous shit to satisfy the needs of their fans to have ... More >>

ILLEGAL Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone (Chapter 6)

SxSW: Japan Nite and the Future of Japanese Music in America

Jonathan McNamaraJinnyOops! performing at Japan Nite 2010. See more shots in our Japan Nite slide show. ​The chances are fairly good that you have never heard of Japan Nite. Never mind the fact that this SxSW showcase has been going on for 15 years; the odds are you won't recognize any of the band ... More >>

Transsexual Phoenix Author to Speak at City Event; Sex-Change Patient Grew Up in Detroit in 1960s

In the late 1960s, Millie C. Bloodworth was a city boy from Detroit who didn't like guns, the Army, snakes on field trips, or the looming prospect of getting shipped off to Vietnam. What he really wanted was a sex-change operation and a wardrobe of pretty dresses. Bloodworth, who describes her offbe ... More >>

Geek Beat: Late Night Sex Scenes Sizzle, Fizzle

​When it comes to "stoking the fires of passion," men have porn and women have authors like Diana Gabaldon. Yeah, yeah, we know that there are plenty of women who find some manner of porn -- whether it be Internet smut, Debbie Does Dallas or Penthouse letters -- enticing, and ... More >>

Arty Girl: Grey Gardens Coloring Books

"They don't weaken, no matter what." from the Grey Gardens Coloring Book, Vol. 1 by David Crotty.​When I discover something I absolutely love, I have this insatiable need to share it with the world. And, long before Drew Barrymore wore a bald cap and Angela Landsbury put on an old lady face, I was ... More >>

"TheEroticReview.com" Founder David Elms Receives Four Years in 2006 Drug and Weapons Case

Thanks to one of our on-the-ball online commenters, we can tell you that David Elms, founder of a popular Web site for finding quality hookers, has been sentenced by a California judge to four years in prison. California authorities say Elms, 38, may do the time in Arizona, where prosecut ... More >>

Phoenix Symphony Plays the Blues, Arizona Department of Corrections Honcho Charles Ryan Attends Marcia Powell’s Memorial Service, and a Democratic Loser Writes a Book on How to Win

Hughes Your Daddy?

The Breakup Society recalls teen movie angst

Record Store Day: Why You Should Care

Record Store Day - it exists and it is happening this SaturdayBelieve it or not, record stores still function in this digital day and age. On top of that, this Saturday is Record Store Day, or "Time to Give a Shit About Record Stores." While record stores are a debatable topic, a day that celebrates ... More >>

iTunes Price Hikes Hurt Some Track Rankings

The big music news today is a report from Billboard on iTunes price changes and their negatively affecting chart positions for the top 100 songs.Last week, iTunes introduced variable pricing, with some newer and more popular singles priced at $1.29 while other songs remaining at 99 cents and some ol ... More >>

"TheEroticReview.com" Founder David Elms Arrested in Phoenix, Suspected of Trying to Hire Killer

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office mug shot The founder of theeroticreview.com, a Web site the New York Times calls the Amazon.com of prostitution, has been arrested in Phoenix on suspicion of trying to kill one person and seriously injure another, selling drugs and misconduct with weapons.David ... More >>

Animal Collective, John Frusciante, Atmosphere, and Lady GaGa are Just Some of What's Selling at Zia Record Exchange

The animals of B'More foursome Animal Collective. Do y'all smell that? No, it's not the repulsive scent of the titanic dump those Pittsburgh Steelers bastards dropped on the PHX's collective hopes and dreams for Super Bowl championship. I'm talking about something much, much better: The glorious ... More >>

CD Sales Down 54.6 Percent from Peak in 2000

As if the news from Wall Street, Detroit, and Starbucks was not bad enough, DigitalMusicNews.com is reporting that CD sales have now fallen to less than half the number of CDs sold in their peak year, 2000. In 2008, CD sales were down 54.6 percent from 2000, or a giant 514.6 million units less. Soun ... More >>

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Joe Arpaio writes another book, goes through a case of crayons in the process.

Reviewing the Reviews

The Fiery Furnaces

Hughes Your Daddy?

The Breakup Society recalls teen movie angst

Reese's Piece

A humanist reading of a literary character

This One Time, at Film Camp...

Film students take the fast track

On the 8th Day...

...came the words, 'Let there be death metal.' And Nile was born.

Arts and Crafts

Mesa Contemporary Arts presents its annual crafts show, and it's not as boring as it sounds. Honest.

Grill Instructor

Lessons from Mad Coyote Joe

Shut Up, Jeremy!

Two rock critics tackle all 25 live Pearl Jam albums, and for what? Nothing, man.

Kids' Play

The Moss Brothers are a novelty act -- until you hear them

Dream Weaver

Sandman author Neil Gaiman finds magic in the damnedest place

The Pains of Mel

Gibson may have a reputation for machismo, but pull it all together, and it looks more like masochismo

Mission To Marcia

Meet alien abductee/author/prophet Marcia Schafer and the UFO-seeing, consciousness- raising, technology-obsessed new wave of New Age

Judy, Judy, Judy