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Ramen Rematch: Republic Ramen vs. Sushi Ken

When you've had ramen done right, you just know. It's a shame it's even referred to by the same name as its Styrofoam cup counterpart. The base is always a flavorful, unique broth with an extra boost from added traditional Japanese veggies like seaweed (Japan's bay leaf) and kamaboko. All that's pou ... More >>

Once Upon a Time: The Re-Emergence of Storytelling

Jennifer Pilates, What Are You Listening To?

Jennifer Pilates Pilates has been an advanced pilates instructor and celebrity trainer for more than 13 years. For more information, go here. What's the first album you bought? You have stumped me. It's a tie between Madonna and Michael Jackson. What's the first concert you saw? Bon Jovi. I'm alw ... More >>

Phoenix Cartoonist Doug Pike Finds Wine World Funny and Profitable

He's not a grape geek per se, but local cartoonist Doug Pike knows a hell of a lot more about wine than the average recreational drinker. You might say he makes wine his business, given that he earns a nice chunk of change creating wine-centric cartoons for the likes of The Wall Street Journal, Forb ... More >>

Chow Bella's 5 Favorite Food and Drink Apps

If you're like us, you have a smart phone...a smart phone that is being highly under-utilized, subjected to menial tasks when it could really be tackling complex algorithms or at the very least launching virtual birds out of a slingshot. Which is why we at Chow Bella have decided to start using ou ... More >>

Arizona Food Banks Accept Citrus Donations, But You'll Have to Pick It

Okay, we all vowed to shed a few pounds in 2013, that's a given, but if one of your resolutions involved being a stand-up citizen and doing something good for your fellow man, here's an easy, feel-good contribution: Pick the citrus you won't and cannot possibly use from your trees (you know, the bag ... More >>

Dan Deacon, 10/18/12, Crescent Ballroom

Dan Deacon @ Crescent Ballroom|10/18/12Dan Deacon's live shows are not only deafening, they're legendary. I've heard of his infamous methods of crowd participation, playing on the floor, surrounded by his fans, even using coercion to get everyone to play along. Basically, he'll unsympathetically poi ... More >>

Now That's What I Call Good News!: Now! Music Series To Give Up The Ghost

Not all signs of the record biz's struggle for life are depressing. Thanks to EMI's $1.9 billion merger with Universal Music Group, a few things will get shaken up, including a chance the wretched informercial sludge Now That's What I Call Music! series will be put six feet under.

Phoenix's New Theater Season Looks for an Edge

SMoCA's Time-Capsule Exhibition Is Entertaining But Lacks Innovation

Hoodlums Music and Movies in Tempe To Close in August (Temporarily?)

See also: Hoodlums Music Turns 13: Reflections From Owner Steve Wiley See also: Hoodlums to Host "Hoodstock" Festival to Benefit Tempe's Broadmor Elementary Sad news out of Tempe today: Hoodlums Music and Movies is going into "hibernation" on Wednesday, August 15. It's a curious term, hibernation ... More >>

Paper, Not Plastic: Do You Have Your Copy of Quick PHX Yet?

Yeah, yeah, we're all about the smartphone these days, but sometimes don't you dream about putting down that iPhone and flipping through something real, something paper? Something you can rustle, turn the pages down on, tear pictures from and stick them on a real bulletin board? (Sorry, Pinterest.) ... More >>

The Saltmine in Mesa: Where DMX, Bone Thugs, and More Find Their Groove

See also: Five Reasons We Still Love DMX See also: DMX: Going Old School on New Album? Settled right of Main Street in the heart of Mesa, you would have no idea just by looking that Saltmine Studios is the recording home of legendary artists, producers, and hit tracks. The first time I set foot on ... More >>

Snapshots of a City, and New-Found Love for a Hometown

A Night Out w/ Braden McCall

​Braden McCall is a full-time architecture student, dedicated local music mastermind, and part-time party enthusiast. Known mostly for his prior involvements in a few different local bands, the 29-year-old currently spends the majority of his time buried in school books, tutoring other archit ... More >>

Steff Koeppen Strips Down for an Acoustic Set At Coffee Plantation in Scottsdale Tonight

Drip, drip, drop. There's nothing quite as soothing as a nice little December shower to cool the senses. Unless of course if you throw in a nice hot cup of coffee and some acoustic musings by Tucson pop rockers, Steff Koeppen and the Articles. Koeppen along with a violinist from her band will be ... More >>

Rain or Shine, Pie Social Will Go On!

​Hey all you bakers and pie eaters out there -- don't fear the forecast. We know, we know, our iPhones say "rain" too, but the folks at Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row have put our heads together and come up with a rain location (to be decided, if need be) for Saturday's Pie Social -- 2 p.m. o ... More >>

Hoodlums Music Turns 13: Reflections From Owner Steve Wiley

​Birthday parties for 13-year-olds are usually pretty awkward (or maybe I'm thinking of my own, just-sorta-pubescent 13th birthday), but that doesn't seem to be the case with Hoodlums Music's 13th birthday bash this weekend. On Saturday, November 5, the local record store institution celebrate ... More >>

Tommy Reed Gets Life in Prison For Murder of Man He Met Through an iPhone Gay Social Networking App

Tommy Reed was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder.​Tommy McKey Reed was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where Judge Paul McMurdie sentenced him to life in prison for the 2010 murder of a man he met through a gay social networking app for his i ... More >>

Getting your iPhone stolen? Yeah, There's an App for That -- Just Hang Out in Tempe

www.designtaxi.com​Over the past several weeks, the Tempe Police Department says at least two groups of thieves have stolen iPhones and other electronic devices from at least eight Arizona State University students on or near the university's Tempe campus.The most recent heist happened Monday nigh ... More >>

Car Hits Light-Rail Train in Phoenix -- Right Outside Our Door; Looks Like No Injuries

If you're waiting for the eastbound light-rail train right now, it may be a few more minutes. A guy in a Cadillac just side-swiped the train at 12th Street and Jefferson, just outside our door. The collision happened about 15 minutes ago, interrupting us with the sound of a "thud" and then screechi ... More >>

Brocked Up: Supervisor Fulton Brock Attempted to Cover Up the Sexual Liaisons Between His Wife, Daughter and a Teenage Boy

Foodish: The App That Combines Food Photos With a Health & Happiness Meter

A Foodish screen shot.​Take pictures of your food much? Um, yeah, we all do. Now there's a simple new app for iPhone users that combines your food photos with a health and happiness meter and does away with scales and calorie counts. Clean and simple, Foodish takes your food and drink photos ... More >>

Now Open: El Hefe Super Macho Taqueria

​There's a new boss in town, located on Saddlebag Trail in Scottsdale near Axis/Radius and Suede. El Hefe, a play on the Spanish word for boss, opened its massive garage doors to the public on March 23, though the official grand opening wasn't until yesterday. The "super macho taqueria," run ... More >>

Best of Phoenix: Yup, There's An App For That

​Introducing the Best Of App for iPhone (pictured right). Don't worry, the good, old-fashioned paper version of Best of Phoenix isn't going anywhere. Still, the print and paper version isn't exactly pocket friendly. Consider this a smaller version of your favorite guide to Phoenix (and severa ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon's Business Deal With Protester-Killing Bahrain was Seriously Bad Timing

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and girlfriend Elissa Mullany, who was hired to set up the ill-timed economic deal with Bahrain.​ Dealing with the ruling royalty in far-flung parts of the globe could have possible benefits for Arizona, but these non-democracies can be brutal, as Phoenix Mayor P ... More >>

Arizona Republic Officially Jumps the Shark in Coverage of Chandler Mall Shooting

www.informationsecurityresources.com​Leave it to the Arizona Republic to take a fairly interesting story, take its coverage way too far, and, in turn, bore us to death.A story about a violent fugitive shooting it out with police at a crowded mall before taking hostages at a nearby restaurant is al ... More >>

Cookie Showdown: Adulterated Mother-in-Law Macaroons

​ Cookie exchanges are a staple at every holiday office party, including the offices of Chow Bella. But the contributors to this blog are a cutthroat bunch, and with an inordinate amount of trash talk thrown about, our cookie exchange quickly became a cookie showdown. Check back here each da ... More >>

New Gorillaz Album Recorded on an iPad... Yes, Really

​In between dates on an extensive international tour, Damon Albarn has been recording a new Gorillaz album on his iPad, according to NME.Albarn said he hopes he has "made a completely different kind of record." In an effort to be the first to release an iPad-made album, he hopes to release his wor ... More >>

Oct. 19 In Blogs: Soap, Indie Bowl, Candy Addict, and Ken Bennett

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Sea Wolf at the Rhythm Room Last Night

​When Sea Wolf's Alex Brown Church called last night's audience at the Rhythm Room "rambunctious," I just had to call bullshit."Rambunctious?" In what world? And don't give me the sarcasm thing; he's too earnest. Church was basically singing acoustic lullabies to the crowd all night, so there real ... More >>

50 Cent at Celebrity Theatre

Luke Holwerda50 Cent live at Celebrity Theatre.I have to admit, I wasn't really expecting much from 50 Cent's show last night. Maybe it's unfair to Fiddy, but the last few mainstream rap shows I've attended have led me to believe that commercial rap stars have at least one annoying trait in common w ... More >>

April 29 In Blogs: Paul Rodriguez, The PHiX, Modern Steak, and Grindr

​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Paul Rodriguez Cancels Arizona Comedy Show in Protest Over SB 1070, and Denver Public Sc ... More >>

iPhone's Gay "Cruising" App Leads to Murder of Phoenix Man, Police Claim

​Murder? Apparently there's an app for that, too. That's according to Phoenix police who say a local guy was murdered by a 19-year-old fellow he met using a popular iPhone app often used by gay men to hook up. Mark G. Woodland, 54, was found dead at his apartment in the 3800 block of East Gree ... More >>

April 28 In Blogs: Linda Ronstadt, Merle Haggard, Salsa, and iPhones

​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Linda Ronstadt Returns, Joe Arpaio Hunts Hispanics, and ACLU Announces Plans to Sue O ... More >>

Pizzeria Bianco: Is it Worth the Wait?

A little wine, a little cheese, and good company makes the wait for a seat at Pizzeria Bianco more than bearable. ​It's purely coincidental that I ended up at Pizzeria Bianco the day after news leaked out about Every Day With Rachael Ray's new March issue, which declares Chris Bianco's pizz ... More >>

Valley Drivers Turning to Twitter to Warn of DUI Checkpoints

​Phoenix police say that more and more drivers are turning to their Twitter and Facebook pages to warn other motorists of police checkpoints and stretches of road with a large police presence in order to help them avoid getting a dreaded DUI.As far as having their cover blown, police say they don' ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: X-Rated Santas, Modified's Farewell, and Free Shows

The Minibosses are scheduled to perfom on Saturday at Modified Arts.​ 'Tis the season for saving some scrilla, whether that means camping out in the cold to nab some doorbusters, or bring stingy when it comes to spending your entertainment dollar. Discount distractions and cheap thrills abound fro ... More >>

Indie Shop 'til You Drop

Or make your own gifts during artsy swap meet

Need to Sneak Across the Border "Safely?" Professor Creates Cell Phone App. to Help Guide Immigrants Across Border

​A brand-new cell phone app., developed by a professor at U.C. San Diego, is supposed to help guide illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border similar to how a GPS system works in a car. UCSD visual arts Professor Ricardo Dominguez created the app., which he is calling th ... More >>

Private Lies

New exhibit crosses personal boundaries

Ignite Phoenix 4: Sun Tzu, Death, Capoeira and More in Five Minutes and Twenty Slides

Jonathan McNamaraJeff Moriarty (left) of the Ignite Phoenix Crew and other igniters hanging out at La Bocca Pizzeria on Mill Ave. during the Ignite Phoenix 4 after-party. "Now, where you go when you die is an age-old question. Here's the answer: 7th Avenue and Jefferson." Stacy Holmstedt didn't ski ... More >>

Franz Ferdinand (Eventually) Resurrects The Dead at Marquee

Martin CizmarSorry folks, this iPhone setlist shot is the best photo we got, as our photographer's credentials were lost.I know it's probably unfair to compare a crowd at the Marquee to a crowd at Coachella -- where the music-obsessed kids even greeted the white reggae band who came o ... More >>

March 18 In Blogs: St. Patrick's Day, iPhone, Free Wine and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Mesa Woman and Three Kids Wait for Illegal Immigrant Dad's Release From ... More >>

Eagles of Death Metal Surprisingly Excellent at Martini Ranch

I only had an iPhone to shoot with -- gimme a break here, folks.The last time Eagles of Death Metal were in town, their show was nearly unberable. Opening for The Hives at the Marquee, the band made their (now latest, then soon-to-be released) record Heart On sound so boring I almost gave up on them ... More >>

Eddie Izzard: The Top 10 Things He Said Last Night That Make Even Less Sense Taken Out of Context

University of Arizona's Mars Mission Videos on iTunes

Naughty and Nice

What do musicians want in their stockings?

Auto-Chaotic

It's good to know Michael Bay won't ever change

It Was Free Cuz I Stole It

The year in unfair shares