Antarctica

John Spiak's Swan Song at the ASU Art Museum Reminds Us of the Burdens of Beasts

Cold Ace

Three’s Company

The Future According to Gwar

The Future According to Gwar

What's Selling: Record Store Day Roundup

​This week, looking at What's Selling is a little different. That's because Saturday was the long-anticipated Record Store Day, and hopefully you didn't miss out.Not only did all of our favorite local record stores have live in-store performances, but they sold a ton of exclusive material only ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Third Friday, Drinking Marathons, Everclear, and More

Cassie MarmasThe madcap madness from last year's Marathon Pub Crawl.​We hope you've been training hard in anticipation for this weekend. Building up endurance, strengthening stamina, and basically preparing yourself for the long haul. So, are we talking about this year's edition of the ultra-grue ... More >>

GWAR Seeks Crack: The Whiff and Wisdom of Oderus Urungus

Cassie MarmasThe madcap madness from last year's Marathon Pub Crawl.​We hope you've been training hard in anticipation for this weekend. Building up endurance, strengthening stamina, and basically preparing yourself for the long haul. So, are we talking about this year's edition of the ultra-grue ... More >>

Recipe: Vietnamese Pepper Pot from Mosaic

Lauren GilgerChef Deborah Knight in the kitchen of Mosaic.The travels of Deborah Knight are documented in her recipes. She's visited almost every continent (Australia and Antarctica seem to be the only two left off her list) and she's getting ready to head off again, when her restaurant, Mosaic cl ... More >>

Shorts But Sweet

Pithy Independent Exposure collection gets right to the points

Phoenix the Source of Most Balloon-Caused UFO Reports, Says NASA

NASA can always depend on the Phoenix area for UFO reports. Our clear skies and large population apparently make the Valley number one when it comes to hysterical cries of alien invasion every time a research balloon goes up. Following yesterday's media reports about the earthly origins of a sph ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Rubs Shoulders with Minuteman Chris Simcox, and Alleged Trespasser Anna Gaines

Joe and the nativists, the love that never dies... You judge a man, sometimes, by the company he keeps. So what does it say of Sheriff Joe that he recently spoke at the Arizona American Italian Club to a group of notorious nativists, including minuteman honcho Chris Simcox, and alleged criminal tre ... More >>

Podcast: Glochids

Joe and the nativists, the love that never dies... You judge a man, sometimes, by the company he keeps. So what does it say of Sheriff Joe that he recently spoke at the Arizona American Italian Club to a group of notorious nativists, including minuteman honcho Chris Simcox, and alleged criminal tre ... More >>

Werner Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World

Joe and the nativists, the love that never dies... You judge a man, sometimes, by the company he keeps. So what does it say of Sheriff Joe that he recently spoke at the Arizona American Italian Club to a group of notorious nativists, including minuteman honcho Chris Simcox, and alleged criminal tre ... More >>

Summer Guide: The season of big-budget movies uses its brain

Joe and the nativists, the love that never dies... You judge a man, sometimes, by the company he keeps. So what does it say of Sheriff Joe that he recently spoke at the Arizona American Italian Club to a group of notorious nativists, including minuteman honcho Chris Simcox, and alleged criminal tre ... More >>

Culver’s ButterBurger and Jersey Mike’s Subs make their Valley debut

Joe and the nativists, the love that never dies... You judge a man, sometimes, by the company he keeps. So what does it say of Sheriff Joe that he recently spoke at the Arizona American Italian Club to a group of notorious nativists, including minuteman honcho Chris Simcox, and alleged criminal tre ... More >>

Shakin’, Not Stirred

Pacific NW band plays everything but the South Pole

Creature Feature

John Carpenter’s classic flick slays

So Close, and Yet So Far

The intimate pleasures and necessary detachments of Toronto 2007

Amblin' Man

The "topical pop" creations of a bass-playing adventurer

How to Refresh Your Library

Because New Times is only once a week

Xtreme Cuisine

Arizona's cunning culinary wizard Chef Kaz Yamamoto prepares taboo illegal moveable feasts for the elite and über-rich

Primal Fur

Disney parade of pooches

The Penguin Factor

Why them? Why now?

Rad Alert

Old is new at Trunk Space

Miracle on Ice

No shades of gray in Antarctic survival doc

Mouse Trap

Modest Mouse: On the Mellow Tip

Film Previews

By Luke Y. Thompson and Gregory Weinkauf

A Modest Success

Ugly Casanova may fail as a hoax. But as an offering from Modest Mouse's enigmatic front man, it works just fine.

Ugly Casanova

Sharpen Your Teeth (Sub Pop)

Fruit Bats

Echolocation (Perishable)

John Vanderslice

Time Travel is Lonely(Barsuk Records)

Hoax, Lies and Audiotape

John Vanderslice is an excellent musician and songwriter. He's also a pretty good prankster.

Hold the Oil

Lunch with an environmentalist offers food for thought

Don't Take a Hike

School board nixes a P.E. teacher's request for paid leave to help a blind climber

The Man of Ink

Creator of Wonder Boys and supermen, Michael Chabon is a literary hero

Mouse on the Moon

Modest Mouse, the band that would be indie rock's king, navigates a major-label existence

Modest Mouse

The Moon and Antarctica
(Epic Records)

Gimmick Shelter

The Moon and Antarctica
(Epic Records)

Stewart Saves His Century

The Moon and Antarctica
(Epic Records)

How Grand Was My Canyon

Glendale scribe dishes the dirt on world's biggest hole

Coming Attraction

Glendale scribe dishes the dirt on world's biggest hole

The Outer Space Undergroud

Arizona's quiet visionaries yearn to make the state a hub of commercial space travel

The Center of the Warm

Nationally renowned ASU scientist Robert Balling thinks environmentalists have exaggerated the threat of global warming. He knows politicians and the press have distorted the climate debate.

FREON EASY

ARIZONA'S REPUBLICAN LEADERS WANT THE STATE TO BUCK FEDERAL LAWS ON CFC PRODUCTION. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WEIRD SCIENCE MIXES WITH WACKY POLITICS.

CHILLY RECEPTION

ARIZONA'S REPUBLICAN LEADERS WANT THE STATE TO BUCK FEDERAL LAWS ON CFC PRODUCTION. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WEIRD SCIENCE MIXES WITH WACKY POLITICS.

DESPERATELY SEEKING SASQUATCHTHESE SCIENTISTS SPEND THEIR LIVES CHASING ANIMALS THEY ONLY THINK EXIST

ARIZONA'S REPUBLICAN LEADERS WANT THE STATE TO BUCK FEDERAL LAWS ON CFC PRODUCTION. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WEIRD SCIENCE MIXES WITH WACKY POLITICS.

CHIMI SWEEP

ARIZONA'S REPUBLICAN LEADERS WANT THE STATE TO BUCK FEDERAL LAWS ON CFC PRODUCTION. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WEIRD SCIENCE MIXES WITH WACKY POLITICS.