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From Print: Blogs Teased in Our November 3 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. What does Henry Rollins have to say about Occupy, his new book, and KCRW in Los Angeles? What does Dead Ey ... More >>

Happy Medium

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. What does Henry Rollins have to say about Occupy, his new book, and KCRW in Los Angeles? What does Dead Ey ... More >>

Death Race

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. What does Henry Rollins have to say about Occupy, his new book, and KCRW in Los Angeles? What does Dead Ey ... More >>

Daddy's Girl

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. What does Henry Rollins have to say about Occupy, his new book, and KCRW in Los Angeles? What does Dead Ey ... More >>

President Physician

Former White House doctor tells all

Glenn Danzig Will Be at Mesa's Atomic Comics Saturday

Considering he was famously knocked the fuck out by a Scottsdale band after an Arizona gig, you might expect Glenn Danzig to avoid Arizona. Nope. The ex-Misfit will appear at Atomic Comics on Country Club Drive in Mesa Saturday, signing his new book from 2 to 3 p.m.Danzig's new book, by the way, is ... More >>

Funny Girl

Chelsea Handler cracks up Phoenix

Charles Goyette

Chelsea Handler cracks up Phoenix

Mason Tvert

Chelsea Handler cracks up Phoenix

Sarah Palin Book Tour Schedules Stop in Tempe

www.babble.com​Will Sarah Palin be coming to the Valley to promote her new book? You betchya! On December 1, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the former GOP vice-presidential candidate will be at the Costco in Tempe to promote her new tell-all, Going Rogue.  Palin began her book tour on Oprah y ... More >>

Charline Ratcliff

www.babble.com​Will Sarah Palin be coming to the Valley to promote her new book? You betchya! On December 1, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the former GOP vice-presidential candidate will be at the Costco in Tempe to promote her new tell-all, Going Rogue.  Palin began her book tour on Oprah y ... More >>

Nick Cave's Creative Roll Continues with New Novel and Double Album of Soundtrack Work

nickcaveandthebadseeds.comMulti-media master. In addition to his musical work with The Bad Seeds, Grinderman and The Birthday Party, Nick Cave has penned screenplays, scored films and just released his second novel.​ Things getting better with age is an age-old cliché that rarely holds true f ... More >>

Sir Terry Pratchett

nickcaveandthebadseeds.comMulti-media master. In addition to his musical work with The Bad Seeds, Grinderman and The Birthday Party, Nick Cave has penned screenplays, scored films and just released his second novel.​ Things getting better with age is an age-old cliché that rarely holds true f ... More >>

Turbo Tox

Author exposes the nasty little chemicals that lurk beneath

Digging up Bones

Forensic-mystery authors descend on the Biltmore

Charline Ratcliff

Forensic-mystery authors descend on the Biltmore

Jennifer Steinhauer

Forensic-mystery authors descend on the Biltmore

Daniel Silva

Forensic-mystery authors descend on the Biltmore

Wicked Cool

Author uses smash musical to explore that ol’ good-versus-evil thing

Bestselling Author J.A. Jance to Host Reading at Phoenix Public Library

Mystery writer J.A. Jance, whose best-selling novels are often set in Arizona, will host a free reading at the Burton Barr Central Library on August 1. We've read one Jance book a few years back, Desert Heat, which is part of a series of novels about a female sheriff in southern Arizona. To be hon ... More >>

Scott Calhoun

Mystery writer J.A. Jance, whose best-selling novels are often set in Arizona, will host a free reading at the Burton Barr Central Library on August 1. We've read one Jance book a few years back, Desert Heat, which is part of a series of novels about a female sheriff in southern Arizona. To be hon ... More >>

Shootout at the MV Corral

Panel discussion focuses on the Wild Wild West, circa 1982

The Running Man

New book examines the secrets of distance

Funky Brewster

Wanna be a professional beer drinker when you grow up? Here’s how.

David Wolman

Wanna be a professional beer drinker when you grow up? Here’s how.

Mark Ireland

Wanna be a professional beer drinker when you grow up? Here’s how.

Smash Mouth

Tennis overachiever speaks out

My Favorite Marcia

Meet the one, the true, the original

Movies at the Museum: The Maltese Falcon

Meet the one, the true, the original

The Maltese Falcon

Meet the one, the true, the original

The Maltese Falcon

Meet the one, the true, the original

Hit Refresh

Former Tempe scenester hypes new book, disc

Ads Nauseam

Taking the “identity-makers” to task

Kook's Korner: Run, Peter Cottontail! (hic)

Taking the “identity-makers” to task

Movie Star Wars

Soiled space princess kicks ass and names names

Mike Alewitz

Soiled space princess kicks ass and names names

Man or Astro-Man?

Cosmic CSI tracks down zodiac killers

Will Leitch

Cosmic CSI tracks down zodiac killers

Carolyn Jessop

Cosmic CSI tracks down zodiac killers

Que Shiraz Shiraz

"Personal sommelier" wants to fine-tune your palate

Dear Tabby

Cat lady preaches immortality -- or the nine-lives equivalent

Skags to Riches

Jerry Stahl goes from smack to paperback

Miller's Crossing

Editor discusses book on the Mexican border

Revenge of the Idiot Girl

The Republic's ex-Idiot Girl gets her revenge

The Talking Penis

Basic Instinct author crawls up Bill Clinton's pants and hangs on tight

How Grand Was My Canyon

Glendale scribe dishes the dirt on world's biggest hole