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Michael Bay Injects Potent Absurdity Into Pain & Gain

See the real-life Pain & Gain slideshow.

Arizona AG Tom Horne's Sex Scandal Scuttles Gubernatorial Bid

Your Guide to Highly Anticipated Summer Films

STRFKR's Josh Hodges on Conspiracy Theories, Getting Down, and Not Taking It Too Seriously (But Still Kind of Seriously)

Strfkr​There's a curious balance at work in the music of Oregon's Starfucker (STRFKR, for the less profane), a mix of the dark and dancey, as evidenced on the band's 2011 album Reptilians, and the track "Death as a Fetish" in particular. Over bouncy beats and buoyant synth, singer Josh Hodge ... More >>

Phoenix's Most At-Risk Homeless Find Their Way, Thanks to a Team of "Navigators"

Why Did the Arizona Department of Corrections Put a Mentally Ill Man in a Cell With a Convicted Killer?

The Feds Have Been Investigating Arpaio Since 2008, So Where the Hell are the Indictments?

Hanna: Virtuoso Filmmaking and Retro Politics Propel This Crisp Thriller

An SB 1070 Prediction: The Feds Will Come to the Rescue

Barenaked Ladies: The Sordid History of the World's Most Canadian Band

Edge of Darkness: Mel Gibson Gets Some Kind of Revenge With a Semi-Successful Vigilante Flick

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: No Pants Light Rail Rides, Elvis/David Bowie, Arizona Cardinals, and More

Adam Nollmeyer/Acme Photography Don't be shocked if you see something like this on the light rail this Sunday.​"Grab your best underwear! No Pants AZ is coming!" This is the message emblazoned across the homepage of local urban prankster group Improv AZ by its organizer Jeff Moriarty announcing t ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Meet the Press Moment Interrupted to the Tune of Bohemian Rhapsody

photo by Adriane Goetz Joe, showing a little leg...You cheeky devil, youSheriff Joe Arpaio's circus came to ASU's Cronkite School of Journalism Monday night, only to be cut short by the sounds of a pro-immigrant ditty, sung to the tune of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.The evening was filled with protest ... More >>

Arizona Congressmen Lead Charge in Investigating Congressional Interns Who Happen to Be Muslim; Slangin' Coffee is Apparently a Threat to National Security

www.fiscalconservatives.com Arizona Congressman John Shadegg​Congressmen John Shadegg and Trent Franks are two of four legislators calling for an investigation into a potential threat in Washington D.C. -- a possible conspiracy where Muslims plan to infiltrate the highest levels of the U.S ... More >>

Errol Morris cuts Abu Ghraib MPs some slack in Standard Operating Procedure

Republiloon Karen Johnson visits moonhowler Alex Jones' radio show, signals she's straitjacket-ready.

Thrill of the Hunt

Two hardened journalists and a newbie go after a war criminal

Yoda (aka, PHX's Pat Curley of Screw Loose Change) on Rob Breakenridge's The World Tonight

Pearl Harbor

Doing justice to Mariane and Daniel’s story

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, March 29, 2007

Hate Jock

The taloned one takes on the 9/11 liars' confab in Chandler and rips the white sheet off right-wing radio hatemonger "Dumbass Darrell" Ankarlo

Ankarlo Kisses Arpaio's Ass

Royale Flush

The Bond franchise takes a gamble on a new guy, and comes up aces

Goldwater Uncut

You've seen the G-rated HBO documentary on the Arizona legend, but there was so much more to Goldy than that

What's Eating Crow?

Our eagle-eyed scribbler talons Commander Crow, the Dalai Lama's merchandisers, columnist Jon Talton and the artful Phoenix City Council

Space Crash Course

Beam me up, Becky

George of the Bungle

Moore's controversial documentary paints a portrait of incompetence

Geeks Gone Wild!

Wardriving hackers take the revenge of the nerds to the street

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Columbine Harvester

Michael Moore goes threshing about in search of fear itself

Letters

From the week of October 4-10, 2001

Crushing a Contrarian

The 'patriotic' squelching of Bill Maher is a scary sign of an emerging groupthink

Culture Shock

How will Hollywood react now that real life is more terrifying than fiction?

Hoax, Lies and Audiotape

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

Punk Positive

Propagandhi's singer sets the record straight -- he's not gay, straight-edge, or prone to violence

Tape Worm

Dishing with Lucianne Goldberg

Limited Engagement

Meet the Parents' premarital mayhem has a too-familiar ring

Cult of the Darned

Brain-dead Skulls hasn't a thought in its head

London Calling

My assignment tracking Governor Hull across the pond was a real riot

A View to a Shill

Unfunny, product-placement-packed Austin Powers sequel can go shag itself

"I Am Not a Cook!"

Death Wish

County prosecutors seeking capital punishment for Tovrea killer

The Internet Internist

Dr. Pietr Hitzig of Maryland has prescribed a fen-phen panacea for all manner of ailments to thousands of patients he has never met. One of them, Alvin Chernov, killed himself.

Flashes

Night Songs

The Spy Who Left Me Cold

Affirmative Reactionaries

Arizona's militias aren't the exclusive domain of white supremacists - people of color are joining the ranks, too.

SCHOOL FLUNKS THIS ONE

CITING POSSIBLE DIVESIVENESS. MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH PRINCIPAL CENSORS STUDENT EDITORIAL

LAWYERS, GUNS AND MONEY

THE FEDS DESPERATELY WANTED THE CROATION IMMIRANT TO BE AN ILLEGAL GUNRUNNER. WHEN HE REFUSED, THEY BUSTED HIM ANYWAY.

HOME OF THE BRAVE

A REVOLUTION ERUPTS ON THE CHEMEHUEVI INDIAN RESERVATION.