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Chilaquiles Clash: La Tolteca vs. Comedor Guadalajara

Chilaquiles -- a starchy, spicy, comforting dish of quartered and fried corn tortillas, ladled with or simmered in chile sauce -- are one of Mexico's favorite hangover cures. They're also the go-to for thrifty Mexican mamas who want to whip up a quick breakfast and get rid of going-stale tortillas i ... More >>

Fantastic Corn Dogs, With a Side of Cooler Weather

The Guilty Pleasure: Corn Dog (bacon-wrapped and double-fried if you dare). Where To Get It: Devil's Pantry, on Whiskey Row in Prescott. The Price: $3 small, $5 large, $2 extra for the bacon; cash only. What It Really Costs: Justification for a day trip to Prescott. Easy enough in summer. See Also: ... More >>

Buckethead on His Time in Guns 'N' Roses: "No Answer."

In the world of eclectic guitarists, Buckethead stands out. With his face hidden by a hockey mask and long dark hair cascading out of a KFC bucket perched on his head, and using guitars shaped like human torsos and other visages of the macabre, he is not easily missed. And, yes the man born Brian ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Gabacho Whining and Mexicans in the Media

Deadmau5 Rocks Parties and Bodies

There's A Light

Actually, there’s a bunch of them at this big parade

There's A Light

Actually, there’s a bunch of them at this big parade

What's Selling: Eastside Records

​A 10" record of "Coming to the Mountain" by Bruce Haack topped the chart at Eastside Records this week.Music lovers were also really into buying albums that mention rabbits. TunaBunny's self-titled album slipped into the mix, and No Bunny's "First Blood" LP did as well.The unique audio graphic no ... More >>

Mi Patio: Lunch $10 and Under

​We are well aware that there is a million and one places to grab a burrito in this town, but how many of those places offer a Gyro Chimi on the menu? We can only think of one place --- Mi Patio.  Mi Patio doesn't have a patio, which is fine with us since it's 100 outside. Besides the in ... More >>

Gin Blossoms, Blessthefall, The Love Me Nots and More Have Big Plans for the Valley

What does a band do if its tour bus hits a deer? Ask Blessthefall, who at least pretend to deal wit that situation in the latest dispatch from the Bangover tour, currently selling out shows in Canada. How do we know it's Canada? Just listen for the part where the band goes on and on about finding a ... More >>

CityScape Adds Giant Comedy Club: This is Not Another CityScape Joke

​When the Arizona Republic posted a story on April 1 about CityScape's adding a giant comedy club, I sorta figured it was an April Fools Day prank. Nope.Stand Up Live, a 17,000-square-foot space with 600 seats, will be located next to Lucky Strike Bowling on the second level of the project's weste ... More >>

Treats and Trends at Last Week's Fancy Food Show in San Francisco

Jan Wichayanuparp, co-owner of the popular Sweet Republic artisan ice cream shop in Scottsdale, attended last week's Fancy Food Show in San Francisco to taste her way through the latest in gourmet foods from around the world. ​Imagine a lavish spread of drinks, pates, cheeses, chocolate and ... More >>

Dirty Dishes: My Kingdom for a Parking Space

​We don't care what anybody says, you can't make it in this town without a car. You can try, and lord knows we have. Even living on our main drag and ridin' Miss Metro's wheels of steel just ain't enough right now. Don't get us started about your late night toilet paper replenishmen ... More >>

Exile on Main Street, U.S.A.

SoCal artist punks Disney

Hot Links: Lethal Injections, Tribal Theft, and Jesus In Concrete

A federal judge ruled yesterday that Arizona's lethal-injection procedure is similar to the method approved by the U.S. Supreme Court. Executions have been on hold in Arizona since November 2007, when the Arizona Supreme Court stalled the execution of inmate Jeffrey Landrigan pending a federal decis ... More >>

On Mexican Mouseketeers and Delusions of Grandeur

Arty Girl: Make a Run for it

Courtesy of shaggy359 at flickr creative commons.Now just picture this at night, without that pink shirt.You know I love art if I'm willing to blog about it from California, on the morn of a trip to Disneyland.God bless laptops and wireless internet, eh?And you'll be relieved to know that this blog ... More >>

It's the Stadium, Stupid

Fancy-schmancy new park changes the face of spring ball

Rockin’ Rides: AZ gets music theme park proposal, we get some baaad ideas

Star Tech

Noisy boys assault the eardrums

The Blasters

Phil the music

The Devil Went Down to Phoenix

. . . will it be any better than downtown Tempe?

Commons Killer

Conceptual like a Fox

Primal Fur

Disney parade of pooches

This Year's Models

Fast cars & chicks at Cricket

Long, Strange Trips

Dispatches from the world of travel writing

Going Mental

Truly stupid fun

Art Scene

Current exhibitions, shows, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits and installations

Eroticide

Raw but legal

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions, and installations

Feels Like 80 Days

"The whole sordid affair is craptacular-craptacular."

The Princess & Me

Everyone's favorite ogre is back for more

In The Zone

Eloy's Skies are raining men, and sprinkling hot chicks, too.

House of Fun

Eddie Murphy's trapped in The Haunted Mansion, and it's literally a good ride

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Queens for a Day

Outing the Magic Kingdom

Ahoy, Oh Boy

Treasure Planet reveals an embarrassment of riches

Tangential Rage

Ex-Meat Puppet Curt Kirkwood, now with Eyes Adrift, rambles on for the sake of rambling

Best Place To Cop Out

The Phoenix Police Museum

Best Place For Smokers, Strippers, Swappers And Soothsayers

Gene's Hickory Smoked BBQ

Mill Rut

Monti's La Casa Vieja

Take Me to the River

Mouse Party

Club Disney

Straight Outta Scottsdale

To the four suburban teen rockers in Chronic Future, the future's looking good

GOODBYE, COOL WORLD

FIDDLE FADDLE

A LA SHOPPING CART

SILENCE OF THE CLAMS

THE WORLD OF SUSHI WRONG