El Paso

Ask a Mexican on Heritage and Mexican Driver's Licenses

Alexus Poulette, What Are You Listening To?

Alexus Poulette Poulette plays Aldonza in the musical, Man of La Mancha, performed by the Scottsdale Musical Theater Company tonight, December 28, through Sunday, December 30. For tickets, go here. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? The ... More >>

Phoenix Rapper Sar KAZum Says "F**K a Label"

When it comes to hip-hop, cadence is everything. Well, maybe not everything, but a rapper's flow is a damn big deal. Whether you're making a club banger or flexing your lyrical chops, delivery makes or breaks a jam. Phoenix emcee Sar KAZum knows this, so he looked to hip-hop heavyweights like KRS-O ... More >>

Pilots on Their Airplane Shtick, Harry Potter Obsession, and Busting Into the Local DJ Scene

As anyone who's seen the Leo DiCaprio flick Catch Me If You Can is likely to attest, being a commercial pilot is a certainly a pimp experience. Sky captains certainly command plenty of respect (unless they're unlucky enough to get caught on tape spewing vulgarities), which is one of the things that ... More >>

Mexicans Pay in Blood for America's War on Drugs

Treasure MammaL's "The Real Talk Diaries: The Road to SXSW"

See also: Treasure Mammal's SxSW "Real Talk Diaries" by Tye Rabens We see our first hipster in the Las Cruces, New Mexico gas station; we must be getting closer to SXSW. We gunned it in the rented Kia Forte straight to El Paso, where we have a fly-by, "gas station money" gig at a place called M's ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Ethnocentric Idiocy and Etymology

Arizona Boycott? Not for Hypocritical Attendees of National League of Cities Conference

​ Faced with the choice of sticking to principles or attending a fun-filled fall conference in Phoenix on the public dime, guess what politicians from El Paso, Texas and Washington State are doing? That's right -- margaritas and networking! Whoo-hoo! In fact, the Natio ... More >>

The Mars Volta Perform Three New Songs from New "Future Punk" Album

​ BY LAUREN WISE After a two-year break, The Mars Volta has wrapped up their sixth studio album, the follow-up to 2009's Octahedron. Yet-to-be-titled, the album is slated for release in 2012. But don't worry, we wouldn't leave you hanging out there without a little taste. Songs from the album re ... More >>

Billie Maxwell's Records Are the Oldest Made By an Arizonan-- and John Dixon Wants One

Tempe and Scottsdale Ranked Amongst "Rudest Cities" in English-Speaking World

​Two Arizona cities (that happen to be home to a large number of Arizona State University students) are ranked in the top 10 when it comes to rudest cities in the English-speaking world.According to a study conducted by the Foursquare social network, Tempe ranks No. 6 when it comes to rudeness, wi ... More >>

President Obama Signs Anti-Border Corruption Act Into Law; Requires All Prospective Border Agents to Undergo Polygraph Test

​President Obama has signed into law a measure that requires that all prospective Customs and Border Protection employees undergo a polygraph test.It seems like a no-brainer, especially considering that federal officials who investigate corruption within the agency say that polygraph ... More >>

Innocence Lost: Childhood in Juarez Often Is Spent Hiding Behind Closed Doors, Coping with Dead Bodies, and Seeing Ghosts

Asylum Denied: Unlike Refugees from Other Troubled Countries, Only a Fraction of Mexicans Seeking U.S. Asylum Are Accepted -- No Matter Their Wounds or Stories

A Report from Juarez, Mexico, the Bleeding Front Line in the War on Drugs

Hot Links: Smoking Bans, Marijuana Tax, and SRP Vandalism

​In the next month, student groups at all four ASU campuses will vote on a proposed smoking ban. The ban would prohibit smoking anywhere on campus, and university administration says it is likely to accept the votes. If the ban passes, ASU would join about 381 colleges in the U.S. that prohibit sm ... More >>

Face to Face

Valley artist showcases 2D pieces downtown

Face to Face

Valley artist showcases 2D pieces downtown

Face to Face

Valley artist showcases 2D pieces downtown

Hot Links: Big Surf, Prison Books, and NAU's Porn Lawsuit

​Big Surf water park in Tempe will close at the end of Labor Day, perhaps for good. Golfland Entertainment Centers, which has operated the park since 1991, announced yesterday it will cease operations of the park to focus on its other ventures. The El Paso-based company that owns Big Surf has not ... More >>

We Out

KonGeror Dreams of Post-Rap Glory in the Frigid North Woods

Skull and Bones, Pancho Villa's Head, and a Possible Phoenix Connection?

Pancho Villa, with head still attached... Curiosity's driven me to write a little follow-up to my post Wednesday about the WASPy wieners at Skull and Bones being sued by the heirs of the Apache warrior Geronimo. They're suing because it's rumored that Yale's secret society has posses ... More >>

On Mexican-era history (or the lack thereof) in Orange County

On Olympic gold medal winner Henry Cejudo, striped donkeys, and the “Pachuko Hop”

Discotropolis

Casualties of War

Norteamericanos can’t go home again in acclaimed new book

Who Moved My Queso Amarillo?

Funny, You Don't Look Like a Pinche Gabacho

Now with misunderstood lowriders!

Bet on Black

The season college hoops smashed the color barrier

The Mars Volta

Frances the Mute
(Universal)

Do or Die

For most Mexicans who're flooding our borders, it's a life-or-death choice

Alien Nation

Undocumented workers constitute the biggest political issue in Arizona. But do we want to send them packing?

Sparta

Porcelain
(Geffen)

A Dyeing Scene

COLORS paints the town

Dishonor Among Thieves

The recent gas crisis should inspire reform

Drive Away

The members of Sparta leave At the Drive-In, expectations and a so-called hiatus behind

Shock Treatment

California eats lots of power, but it doesn't like growing its own power plants. Instead, Arizona is becoming the new power farm for the Coast.

Letters

From the week of November 30, 2000

Politically Indirect

Eschewing overt dogma, Texas rockers At the Drive-In don't encourage riot, they embody it

Liver Let Die

Trashman misses his brush with God's organ grinder

Guarding a Legacy

Marty Robbins is gone, but Ronny Robbins fiercely defends his father's hard-won integrity

Various artists

The I-10 Chronicles
(Back Porch)

"I Felt As If I Was the Apocalypse . . ."

The diary of a promising student describes many pitfalls

What a Crock

A recent gift of pottery leaves ASU's art museum wondering where to stack its wares

Junkeez for Life

It's do-or-die time for Joe "Soulman" Valiente and the most infamous band in the Valley

Take My Wife

He claimed custody of their child because his wife skipped town. Now he's in custody himself, for attempted murder of his wife.

King Bobby

Bobby Fuller billed himself "The Rock & Roll King of the Southwest." His reign was short. He dropped acid, died young and left behind some of the wildest rock guitar ever.

On Lion Controversy

Politician who favors mountain-lion hunting gets Internet death threats; but did FBI arrest the wrong Web browser?

Pressure Point

WHILE THE BORDER PATROL IS ATTACKING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS, THE AGENCY IS LITERALLY RETREATING IN ARIZONA. THE RESULTS ARE COSTLY AND DANGEROUS.

BONE APPETIT