Earth Science

Will There Ever Be an Exodus from Phoenix?

You may have noticed that Phoenix tends to get a bit warm, and the weather gets a bit weird sometimes (think "haboobs).According to one writer, though, Phoenix is in the "climate crosshairs," and a future Superstorm Sandy-like or Hurricane Katrina-like disaster might not be unlikely.See also:-Climat ... More >>

A Horse of Course

Getting Warmer

Jan Brewer's Contact With Channel 3 Reporter: Jab or Light Tap?

What exactly did Governor Jan Brewer do to KTVK-Channel 3 political reporter Dennis Welch?According to one account, "Brewer took her left hand, balled it into a fist and with the back of her hand she slugged the reporter on the back of his right arm."See also:-Jan Brewer Reportedly "Slugged" Channel ... More >>

Jan Brewer Reportedly "Slugged" Channel 3 Reporter Over Global-Warming Question

Governor Jan Brewer's brain-fart response last week to a KTVK-Channel 3 reporter's question about global warming does not appear to be the only Jan bein' Jan moment from that interview.According to a report, Brewer totally punched Channel 3 political reporter Dennis Welch.See also:-Jan Brewer Claims ... More >>

Jan Brewer Claims Weather May Be Caused by "Different Things"

Governor Jan Brewer declared late last week that the components of the weather in Earth's atmosphere are caused by "different things," creating another Jan bein' Jan moment in the governor's repertoire. The setup from KTVK-Channel 3's Dennis Welch was asking the governor whether she believes global ... More >>

Manufactured Landscapes

Mesa-Zoics

Snow Plight

Catch a Wave

Drought Eases in Arizona; Phoenix Area Now "Moderate"

Image: U.S. Drought MonitorArizona's drought is actually easing -- for the western part of the state.​ After the storm like the one the Valley had last night and all the wildfires, you'd think Arizona was one giant dust bowl.You'd be wrong.Despite "exceptional," bone-dry conditions in the sout ... More >>

Planetary Notions

Eight Out

Get Primed for Day 2 of South by Stateside

Chicken of the Sea

That’s Arthur Campbell to you, pal

Mp3s That Will Get You High? Let's Try I-dosing

The interwebs is aflutter with talk of "digital drugs" today after Gizmodo found a hilarious video from a newscast where outraged Okie worry their children are getting high with the help of special tonal Mp3s that alter brainwaves to induce a state of narcotic-like ecstacy.It's a gateway, they clai ... More >>

The Hole Story

Photogs combine old and new pics of the Grand Canyon

The Hole Story

Photogs combine old and new pics of the Grand Canyon

Pathetic Sex Between Weirdo Losers

Sound fun? Wait. There’s more.

Apocalypse Soon

Tucson-based scribe visits with gloomy tome

Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection Worried About News Coverage (Or Lack of It)

  Touchy, touchy. A representative of Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection called us this afternoon to ask why our June 8 post about a roundtable being hosted by the group was so "negative." The woman started off by telling us that she's a journalist who was working for the Alliance a ... More >>

Hot Links: 944 Sued, DMX Back in Phx, and Burger King Baloney

The California promoters behind the 944 Super Village Super Bowl party in Scottsdale have filed a lawsuit against the magazine, alleging 944's executives hijacked the event to promote their magazine and lost close to $1 million...84 students from Gilbert high school have been denied registration to ... More >>

Al Gore's Clean-Energy Group Hosting Talk on "Benefits" of Proposed Law

Image: American Solar Electric A group headed by Al Gore is hosting a library roundtable this Wednesday to talk about the hoped-for benefits of the Waxman-Markey bill, a plan to kickstart clean-energy industries now wending its way through Congress. (No, Gore won't be there). According to Rep ... More >>

Silent Nice

The Silent Years

Reasonable Doubter

Objectivists screen film by controversial naysayer

Waiter Confidential: Endless Summer

When you till the soil in local food and beverage, you learn certain almanac-like lessons in eking out a living. Working in an industry where warm winters mark tourism's high tide and torrid summers slow income streams to trickle, one keeps an eye on the ebb and flow. As for myself, I've come to g ... More >>

Cymbals Eat Guitars Explain Why There Are Mountains

Cover art by Raymond Garneau. Pretty interesting, if you ask me. What's that? You're not asking? Fine, then.Those wily whippersnappers over at Pitchfork have dubbed yet another indie buzz band with their "artist to watch" label. This time around it is Staten Island rockers Cymbals Eat Guitars, maste ... More >>

Blue Skies Revisited

Ataris frontman performs classic disc live

Arty Girl: Hyperbolic Crochet in Scottsdale

"Crochet Coral and Anemone Garden" with sea slug by Marianne Midelburg. Photos by Alyssa Gorelick.Some blogs are easier than others.This one has to do with math so forgive me if I botch some of the ideas here. Trust me, I'm trying.Scottsdale Public Art Program is teaming up with the Inst ... More >>

Much Ado About Nothing

Marketing campaign has all the subtlety of a branded bus

Seinfeld Campus Tour

Hot Links: Phil Gordon recall sigs due, Joe Arpaio arrests landscapers (ignores criminals), Lush gals get nekkid, LPGA's English-only rule slammed, plus Kanye West, Jamie Foxx, and Bono.

Corporation Commission candidate Sam George is Sam Vagenas with a new name and old tricks

Summer's Here

Yippee!

MP3s wanted! Get your music on Up on the Sun

"Green" eatery association exaggerates facts on biodiesel as it shills for the fuelmaker that founded it

Alternative fuels aren't solving Phoenix's air-pollution problem, and it's doubtful that they will anytime soon

Soylent Red

Here’s your pain at the pump

will.i.am

Songs About Girls
(Interscope)

Dissent for Sale

Opposition is a commodity in Sundance docs

You Deserve a Brake Today

Would you like a master cylinder with that?

Gorilla Biscuits

Flaky and hot

Ani DiFranco

Reprieve
(Righteous Babe)

Solstice Retreat

The Arizona Corporation Commission appears poised to toss solar power into the shadows

LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem
(DFA/Capitol)

Tonetraeger

This Is Not Here
(Quartermass)

American Expression

Festival fetes Native arts

Jurassic Lark

Get in touch with your inner dinosaur

NO MINER CONSIDERATION

A CANADIAN MINING COMPANY WANTS TO DIG A 300-ACRE HOLE BEHIND DONNA GOODALE'S HOUSE. ALTHOUGH MOST ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INVOLVED THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE EXCAVATION.