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The Top 10 Phoenix Albums of 2012

Ladies and gentleman, here are our 10 picks for our favorite Phoenix albums of 2012. Enjoy! See also: -13 Phoenix Bands You Need to Hear in 2013 -Jason P. Woodbury's 10 Best Things I Heard in 2012 -Top 10 Reissues and Compilations of 2012 -Top Five 2012 Heavy Releases In Phoenix -That Was 2012 Wr ... More >>

10 Tripped Out Songs About Hallucinogens and Psychedelics

See also: The 10 Coolest, Scariest, Freakiest Songs About Heroin See also: 10 Songs About Cocaine See also: 15 Songs to Light Up to on 4/20 Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll. It's in many ways the enduring holy trinity of pop music. Like it or not -- we're not advocating anything -- drugs are responsib ... More >>

Russell Pearce Talks "Crushed Scrotum" at Nationally Televised Event

Pearce telling his "scrotum" jokeDuring a Lincoln Day Luncheon today in Phoenix televised live by C-Span and featuring a keynote address by GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, recalled state Senator Russell Pearce regaled an audience of fellow Republicans with a weird tale about some fella's "cr ... More >>

Antony James Wheeler: Domestic Violence Veteran/Alleged Panty Thief

Antony James Wheeler's Facebook pageAntony Wheeler: "head bouncer"/alleged panty thief.​An alleged panty thief is off the streets -- but only after allegedly assaulting his ex-step-daughter, sexually abusing his ex-wife and, of course, stealing her panties.Antony James Wheeler, the "head bouncer a ... More >>

Prescott Couple Accused of Baking Out Hotel Room With Heroin Smoke as 11-Month-Old Played in Crib

MCSOStefani Bindes and her baby-daddy, Matthew Nakihei, are accused of child abuse after police found heroin in the hotel room they've been staying in with their 11-month-old daughter.​Heroin's not good for anyone -- especially an 11-month-old baby, like the one who was found in a Scottsdale hotel ... More >>

Lil Wayne: Rap's Most Dependable Weirdo Coming to US Airways Center

​Perma-stoned New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne has been hip-hop's eccentric golden boy for five years now. On the heels of his magnificent breakthrough album Tha Carter II, Wayne went apeshit, releasing mixtape after groundbreaking mixtape. Some of them, like 2006's Dedication 2 and Lil Weezyana, ... More >>

Summer Guide: Books

A Young Woman Believes She Would've Died If She'd Continued Treatment for Supposed Lyme Disease from Chandler Clinicians

Eric Schaefer's Perfect Food Day

Eric Schaefer asked that we not use his picture, so here's one from one of his Perfect Food Day spots.​This is how Eric Schaefer describes himself in the "About Me" section of his blog, Eric Eats Out: I'm a 30-something husband, father, business-owner, drummer, pilot, car-nut, a ... More >>

Mesa Perv Who Drugged/Molested Girlfriend's Daughter Going to Prison -- For a Long Long Time

They don't make 'em much perv-ier than William Riedel. ​A Mesa pervert who convinced his girlfriend to help him drug and then molest her own daughter has been sentenced to a fairly lengthy prison sentence.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Paul McMurdie this morning sentenced William Lewis Riede ... More >>

Medical Marijuana: Prop 203's Passage Means a New Billion-Dollar Industry for Arizona

Soma-Impaired Driver Gets Seven Years for Killing Bicyclist; Aaron Chubick Also Fled Scene

  Image: Arizona Department of Corrections Aaron Chubick was loaded on Soma two years ago when he ran over a bicyclist. He was sentenced last week to seven years in prison.​A Peoria father of three boys who creamed a bicyclist in 2008 while drugged up on Soma was sentenced last week t ... More >>

Night Train Express

www.angelfire.com/mi2/sfroad/page1104.html Night Train Express, leaving the station en route to drunkenness.​Anyone that has searched the couch cushions for a handful of change knows that boozing on an extreme budget can be a risky proposition. To help you decide how to spend that meager pi ... More >>

Queen Creek Woman Fatally Shoots Boyfriend in Head After He Was "Pushing Her Emotional Buttons All Day"

MCSOSusan Quinnett​A Queen Creek woman, hopped up on pharmies and rage, shot and killed her boyfriend and initially tried to tell cops it was a suicide after calling the police herself, according to court documents acquired by New Times.On Wednesday night at about 7:45, police were called to the Q ... More >>

The Album Leaf

The Album Leaf

Peoria Man Who Killed Bicyclist in 2008 Collision was Impaired by Prescription Drugs, Cops Say

  Peoria police accuse Aaron Chubick of being impaired on prescription drugs prior to the 2008 collision that killed a bicyclist.​A Peoria man accused of killing a bicyclist in 2008 could barely stand up because he was so impaired by prescription drugs on the night of th ... More >>

Top 5: Laws of the Lunchbox

​With the rigors of the morning workday including pointless meetings, office gossip and hours on Facebook, who wants to be greeted at noontime by a sad, stain-ridden paper sack whose food contents reflect the imagination of those in the HR department? It is possible to create tasty, thrifty, ... More >>

Cardinals Sendoff Rally Scheduled for Friday; Why Do Politicians Get Involved in This Stuff?

​The sendoff rally for the Arizona Cardinals is set for Friday morning at Sky Harbor International Airport, and the Cards want you there.The Cardinals are heading to New Orleans to face the Saints on Saturday afternoon, and the team is inviting fans to come to the airport for a pep rally to ge ... More >>

Tiger Woods Reportedly Coming to Arizona Rehab Center For Sex Addiction

www.insidesocal.com​The rumor mill is turning and it sounds like the Tiger Woods shame-train might be rolling through the Grand Canyon State sometime after Christmas.The Daily Mail is reporting that Tiger, in wake of his now super-public philandering, is "planning to go into rehab in Arizona in th ... More >>

Concrete Bungle: Tempe’s Twin-Towers Condo Project Collapses Financially, Leaving Investors in the Rubble

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, July 9, 2009

Doug Grant Gets Five Years After Slain Wife’s Sister Pressed for His Conviction Based on a Dream

Hate For Doug Grant: Despite Scant Evidence That Grant Killed His Wife, the Jury Convicted Him Anyhow

Tense Testimony Tendered In Mormon Murder Trial

Prosecutor Juan Martinez tried to paint murder defendant Doug Grant's current wife Hilary as a co-conspiring, manipulative, slutty, cold-blooded, gold-digging, backstabbing floozy during hours of tense testimony Wednesday.   Doug Grant, a onetime nutritionist for the Phoenix Su ... More >>

Medical Examiner At Mormon Murder Trial: "I Have No Evidence To Support This Being A Homicide."

The county pathologist who performed the autopsy on alleged murder victim Faylene Grant in 2001 told a rapt jury yesterday afternoon that he could find "no evidence to support this being a homicide."   Dr. Arch Mosley, a former Maricopa County assistant medic ... More >>

Sonoran Alliance Blog Lobs Anonymous Grenade at Republican Lobbyist, Gets Blowback

We've been having fun ribbing our in-the-closet blogging buds at Sonoran Alliance for their habitual use of anonymous writers, but today the cyber-conservatives are getting flak from their own kind. The faceless cowpokes took on Republican lobbyist Farrell Quinlan (right) in a recent blog post ... More >>

The Outcome of the "Serial Shooter" Case Seems Certain, While the Doug Grant Mormon Murder Trial Is Anything but That

Key Prosecution Witness in Doug Grant Mormon Murder Trial Refutes State's Theory

  Let's cut to the chase on Wednesday's testimony at Doug Grant's first-degree murder trial in downtown Phoenix: Grant (pictured) certainly has some major issues, or we (and a slew of national media types) probably wouldn't be sitting in court watching this proceeding slowly unfo ... More >>

Key Prosecution Witness Finally Finishes Testifying In Mormon Murder Case

Jenna Stradling -- the 18-year-old stepdaughter of murder defendant Doug Grant (the smiling guy in the photo) and a key prosecution witness in the high-profile case -- finally finished testifying a few hours ago after several tense days on the stand. The Brigham Young University freshman ... More >>

Key Witness at Mormon Murder Trial Still on Stand

Jenna Stradling, the daughter of alleged victim Faylene Grant, returns to the witness stand later this morning as testimony continues in the wacky and tragic Doug Grant murder case. Stradling, an 18-year-old student at Brigham Young University, faced a barrage of questions from prosecutor Juan Mart ... More >>

Dramatic Testimony Heard In Mormon Murder Case

Jurors and a packed courtroom heard riveting, often heartbreaking, testimony today as the prosecution opened its first-degree murder case against former Phoenix Suns nutritionist Doug Grant. Actually, Jenna Stradling, who is alleged murder victim Faylene Grant's 18-year-old daughter, is on the st ... More >>

Prosecutor Takes First Shots in Mormon Murder Case

Gilbert Pols Meet in Executive Session on Mormon Murder Case

A Gilbert Detective Crossed the Line to Turn Doug Grant’s Wife’s Bathtub Drowning Into a Murder Case

Mormon Widower Doug Grant Wasn’t Counting on a Murder Rap When He Followed His Late Wife’s Instruction to Marry His Ex-Lover

Scott Coles: The story behind the life — and death — of the flamboyant owner of Mortgages Ltd.

Letters from the issue of Thursday, April 3, 2008

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Sleep Through the Static
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French Diss

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