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Please, Someone, Buy Eric Schaefer Jack in the Box Tacos for His New Year's Eve Birthday

This holiday season, Chow Bella asked some of our favorite writers to regale us with tales of the holidays -- and food. We're at the tale end this week, with New Year's. Today: Eric Schaefer on the joys horrors of a NYE birthday. See also: - Champagne: Good, Better, Best Options with Kimber Stoneh ... More >>

Big Bangs Theory

Mark Sultan @ Trunk Space

Andy Biggs' Bull Outed by Arizona Eagletarian Blogger Steve Muratore

Biggs: "a certain bovine excrement type of swear word..."Could the Arizona Republican Party be any more obvious in its desire to quash the efforts of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, mainly because of that one word, "Independent"?What the heck are they afraid of? It's unlikely the G ... More >>

Top Ten Things That Make Frank Sinatra Cool

A young Frank Sinatra, after being arrested for "carrying on" with a married woman (which was a crime way back then). Not one of the things that makes him cool, but a damn good photo.​When it comes to crooners, they don't get any cooler than Frank Sinatra. Over the course of his 60-year career, "O ... More >>

Andy Biggs, the $10 Million Chairman, and His Tuesday Night Massacre

Senator Biggs: Thanking God every day for Ed McMahon It's apropos that state Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Andy Biggs, the man primarily responsible for a bill that will drive a Ryder Truck full of nitro through the state's Medicaid program, is himself a very wealthy man.He's not ric ... More >>

Joe's Real BBQ: Summertime Secret

Jose Gonzalez Joe's Real BBQ's summertime temptation - mac & cheese, potato salad, and bbq chicken sandwich.Summertime is on full blast, which means that we're definitely in the midst of barbecue season. To tell the truth, though, while there's nothing more satisfying than serving up juic ... More >>

Let freedom rock: Ten musical moments that shaped who we are as a country

Future Shock: Sarah Brightman, Ice Cube, The Mars Volta, and more

Why wait until December? Let's commence with the 2008 music year in review

Small Wonder

Where the girl is

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Selfish
(self-released)

Link Wray

Front line of the American Invasion

In With a Bhangra

New Year's Eve events feature Indo-Pakistani beats

BEST LOCAL RON BURGUNDY

Ron Hoon

Groovin' on a Sunday

Wind down the weekend with dance

Mind Games

George Clooney impressively toys with the twisted delusions of a game-show producer

My Favorite Year

Critic beholds screen, sees miracles

In This Corner...

For David Hans Schmidt, there's no business like ho business

Haul the Dreck

It seems every fa-la-la-la-lousy Christmas recording is in light rotation, but not these holiday turkeys

Excess Baggage

Jane's Addiction tries to find relevance in a rock world it helped to shape

Rebel Rouser

The recently rediscovered Lee Hazlewood finds his place among a new generation of fans

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

(Rhino DVD)

Serb Service

Refugees from war-torn lands find sanctuary under the Golden Arches

Paul Revere and the Raiders

>Midnight Ride
Goin' to Memphis
Hard 'N' Heavy (with marshmallow)
Alias Pink Puzz
(Sundazed)

Blast From Repast

A Glitch in Time Saves None

Where were you when the lights didn't go out? All the dangers of Celebration 2000 that Phoenix shut-ins sat out.

At Long Lost Live?

In search of the historic double live album . . . who started it, and who finally finished it off?

Barbecue Pith

Flashes

Revering the Raiders

After 40 years on the road, Paul Revere still works hard for the money

Rockin' Bones

Rockabilly hero Ronnie Dawson is still crazy after all these years

Paul's Rocky Revival

With new book and home video, Paul McCartney tries to get in the last word on his fab past

Calendar for the week

Late Bomber

Ronnie Dawson was a Dallas rockabilly sensation in 1958, but it took another 30 years for him to find the spotlight

Never Mind the Macarena--Do the Freddie!

Ten other zany dance crazes that shook the world

Never Sing Ill of the Dead

Hereafter, tunes extolling departed musicians should assume they might have a chance in hell

RECORDINGS:

ZIGGY MARLEY AND THE MELODY MAKERS, PARLIAMENT, JEFFERSON STARSHIP

BLACK LIKE HEWITH THE DEATH OF WOLFMAN JACK, THE LAST TRUE CHILD OF RADIO IS GONE

ANNIE HAD A CO-WORKER

HANK BALLARD BROUGHT ROCK 'N' SEX OUT OF THE DARK AGES AND INTO THE HALL OF FAME. OH, YEAH, AND HE INVENTED THE TWIST!

AWESOME DAWSON

THE BLOND BOMBER FROM TEXAS STILL HAS A LOTTA RHYTHM LEFT IN HIS ROCKIN' BONES

MONKEE SEE, MONKEE REDUXNO LONGER THE YOUNG GENERATION, ROCK'S PREFAB FOUR'S STILL GOT SOMETHING TO SAY

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

BEND TO NEIL!EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT DIAMOND, AND DIDN'T CARE TO ASK

SON OF SPAMMEAT-PACKING HEIR GEORDIE HORMEL HAMS IT UP IN PHOENIX SOCIETY