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Merry Christmas From Up on the Sun

Merry Christmas, dear readers. We're taking the day off to enjoy our holiday, and we hope you're having a great one. We'll resume our blogging activities tomorrow, with leftover cookies in tow. See Also: -Emby Alexander Wishes You A Blue Christmas (And Doesn't Want To Fight Tonight) -Clay Aiken ... More >>

Emby Alexander Wishes You A Blue Christmas (And Doesn't Want To Fight Tonight)

There are only five shopping days left of Christmas...are you sick of hearing dogs "sing" "Jingle Bells" yet? At least the Sprint commercial with animals singing "Deck the Halls" is pretty cute. Fortunately, Emby Alexander breaks out of the obnoxious Christmas cover routine by putting its own spin ... More >>

Clay Aiken on Christmas, American Idol, and Donald Trump

At one point during our early morning interview, singer and performer Clay Aiken yawned. It was a deep, expressive yawn. He did not ask to be excused, but he didn't need to: Aiken is among the most affable, pleasant, and charming interviews I've ever enjoyed. Plus, the guy has every reason to be w ... More >>

Serene Dominic Hits TheRecordingArtist.com

In this week's issue of Phoenix New Times, writer and musician Serene Dominic details the reality TV-style site TheRecordingArtist.com, which features bands recording tracks in realtime. Here, he dives into the studio, and journals the process for Up on the Sun. I will admit to being somewhat skep ... More >>

Mac Miller @ Mesa Amphitheatre

You've Been Trumped: The Donald Rampages Through Scotland

Chow Bella's Top Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all fit in your mouth ... or in this ca ... More >>

How To Be a Restaurant VIP and What It Will Get You

See also: Kevin Binkley Stiffed at Beard Awards Shh, don't tell anyone, but some people get the royal treatment in restaurants while others don't. You've probably witnessed some version of Special Handling in action -- servers scurrying to and from a particular table, the chef-owner engaging in an ... More >>

The 10 Greatest White Rappers

See also: EL-P's Dystopian Hip-Hop is No Sci-Fi Fantasy See also: Asher Roth Is Bro Rap Incarnate, but Don't Hold It Against Him See also: Action Bronson @ Club Red See also: Ten Awesome Mixtapes To Download Right Now (NSFW) What are the first names to come to mind when we say "white rapper?" Vani ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Orders a Go-Kart Race and an Immigrant Roundup for His 80th Birthday

There were no blind people around to ruin Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's birthday this year, so he sent the boys in beige to round up some brown folks, then went to race go-karts.Illegal-immigrant roundup/"employer sanctions operation" number 61 took place this mornings at a car parts store in ... More >>

Barack Obama Wants Mitt Romney to Be More Like John McCain -- Good Luck, Pal

Here's an odd advertisement from the Barack Obama campaign -- why can't Mitt Romney just be like Arizona's own Senator John McCain?The video, as you can see above, shows McCain during the 2008 campaign trail, not hitting the meatballs served to him about Obama being the scariest man on the face of t ... More >>

Dee Snider Talks About His New Book, Shut Up and Give Me the Mic, and New Album

Dee Snider fronted heavy metal act Twisted Sister in the '70s and '80s, but we'd forgive you for knowing him more for reality TV, radio, voice acting, screenwriting, and hanging out with Donald Trump. The dude likes to keep busy. Which is why it made sense to release a new book, Shut Up and Give ... More >>

Laurie Notaro's Eight Food(ie) Terms Past Their Expiration Dates

​Some people, such as readers of Eatocracy, followers of multiple food blogs, and Food Network devotees, consider themselves as inductees in a special club of "culinary provocateurs" who rise far above the standard chewers of mealtime. So much to the point that as any exclusive rank, they've inven ... More >>

Santa Jaws

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Birther Bozos Claim Joe Arpaio Vows to Probe Barack Obama's "Fake Birth Certificate"

Among other things, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is now apparently a "Birther."​Remember when President Barack Obama released his birth certificate to get Donald Trump, Tea Party "patriots," and conspiracy theorists to cool it with the claims that he's not an American citizen?Well, that appa ... More >>

Donald Trump Takes the Hint -- Will Not Run for President

Donald Trump is NOT running for president.​According to a recent poll, Arizonans mirror much of the rest of the country and can't stand billionaire reality TV bozo Donald Trump, and he's apparently taken the hint -- Trump announced this morning that he will not run for president, ending months of ... More >>

Arizona Senator John McCain Second-Most-Disliked U.S. Senator in the Country; Jon Kyl "Well Below Average," According to Poll

english.sxu.edu What voter apathy looks like.​Just three days after Public Policy Polling found that just about no one likes Sarah Palin or Donald Trump, the pollsters say today that Arizonans don't like their senators either.Arizona Senator John McCain -- who had a 40 percent approval rati ... More >>

Donald Trump and Sarah Palin Not in the Good Graces of Arizona Voters, According to Poll

politisite.com​A poll of 623 Arizona voters released today reflects a couple things -- almost nobody likes Donald Trump, and most people would prefer Sarah Palin not move here. In the poll -- from Public Policy Polling -- opinions are recorded about possible GOP nominees for the 2012 presidential ... More >>

May 3 In Blogs: Ethnic Studies, Indie ArtHouse, Tequila, Beckett's Table, and Donald Trump

​​​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:

Attention, Birthers: Shut Up. Barack Obama Releases Long-Form Hawaiian Birth Certificate

www.sidawson.orgWith the cornerstone of Donald Trump's potential "presidential campaign" now eliminated by the release of Barack Obama's birth certificate, "the Donald" might actually have to rant about something that matters.​Donald Trump must have flipped what is obviously his wig this morning w ... More >>

Camelback Corridor: Phoenix City Council Deciding Whether To Strip Building Restrictions From 44th Street & Camelback Road Project

Phoenix City Hall​The Phoenix City Council is expected to vote later today on whether or not to strip the northwest corner of 444th Street and Camelback Road of zoning restrictions that now limit the building heights to 36 feet.If the restrictions are removed, building heights would increase to 56 ... More >>

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work: Getting Old Isn't for Sissies

Bobby Flay's New Foray in This Week's "TV Dinner"

Photo by Jason Kempin, Getty ImagesBobby Flay and Stephanie March​Wow, being asked to join a major network like NBC must be quite an honor. Imagine being in the same category with respected show hosts like Jay Leno and Regis and Kelly. Looks like the Food Network's own cutting-board jumping/Mo ... More >>

Apocalypse Soon

Catastrophe conference helps you prepare for the big finish

Carrie Prejean's Loss of Crown Means Miss Arizona Could Become Miss USA, Say Pageant Officials

Chance may crown her. Thanks to missteps by Carrie Prejean that led to her firing by Donald Trump, Miss Arizona 2009, Alicia-Monique Blanco, could become Miss USA by default -- as we suspected. It's a longshot that depends on what happens to the current Miss USA, Kristen Dalton, say Miss Univer ... More >>

Carrie Prejean's Loss has Miss USA Officials Mulling Whether to Make Miss Arizona "1st Runner-Up"

Image: Wikimedia CommonsTami Farrell Donald Trump stripped Miss California, Carrie Prejean, of her crown today -- and also of her status as 1st Runner-Up for the 2009 Miss USA Pageant. The organization has already decided that Tammi Farrell, 1st Runner-Up for the Miss California pageant, will become ... More >>

The Death-Defying Strongman

Scott Coles Paid $375,000 for Lunch With Donald Trump

Someone, please throw Meet the Spartans into that bottomless pit

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, March 30, 2006

Trill Thrills

The Boss Hogg and Aeon Flux of the PHX hit the Hidden House and cop a bag of hip-hop at The Shop

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Shrapnel's Very Special™ holiday music guide

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 24, 2005

Gomer, You're Fired!

Our feathered fiend bombs Trump-haters, racist soccer moms, Uncle Joe and the ACLU. Who's gonna be next?

Mistressed Out

Mine is no longer ours

Atllas

Hunger and Starvation
(Fire Flock Entertainment)

Letters

Letters from the week of March 10, 2005

Taste Magnet

Tempe has the goods, and here's where to find them

Monster Magnet

BEST LOCAL EATERY WE WISH WERE A CHAIN

The Fry Bread House

Hype-Happy

Finally, a restaurant that actually cooks up to its reputation

Cursed . . .

. . . and put a stake in it!

Wee Got the Beat

Midgetmania's scrawny and brawny fight it out at Celebrity

Flashes

Getting Along Famously

Woody Allen's Celebrity fans the flames of star worship

Choo Choo Children

GIVE A HOOT. OR TWO.