James Bond

How to Make a Hanky Panky Cocktail

Here I go again with drinks with weird names. Hanky Panky? It manages to be hopelessly outdated, yet still carries a lurid aura with it. The origin of the drink's name is a bit more innocent. It goes back to the early 20th century, at the American Bar in London's Savoy Hotel. See Also: - Corpse Rev ... More >>

Karina Longworth's Top 10 Films of 2012

Skyfall Lays Bare the Unknowable Spy

Fifty Years In, the Spy Is Ever Less Relevant — and Still Beloved. Why?

Shaken or Stirred? Mixologist Micah Olson Explains the Difference

Park your butt on a bar stool at any decent bar in town, and you'll see a whole lot of shaking going on. These days (the third wave of the American Cocktail Revolution), lots of cocktails are shaken, though few are stirred. Questions are: why and how? See also: James Bond Now Drinks Heineken. So W ... More >>

Top Five 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 >>

From High Tea to Fish and Chips, Seven Places to Get a Taste of Britain in Metro Phoenix

See also: Five Must-See Summer Olympics Parties See also: The Best and Worst Olympic Theme Songs in History In case you don't remember from last time the Olympics rolled around, watching athletes burn hundreds of calories can really get you thinking...about dinner. And since we're about to be bomba ... More >>

Span Phly Name-Checks Kissinger Samples The Doors on Spy vs. Spy Vol. IV

See also: Span Phly Drops Third Free Album in Spy vs Spy Series See also: Phal Kilmer Talks Spy vs. Spy Collab, Set to Challenge in The Voicebox Battles Phoenix rapper Jose Alberdi, better known as Span Phly, continues his lyrical assault with the fourth release in his collaboration series, Spy vs. ... More >>

Take Cover: The Swamp Coolers Channel Their Inner James Bond

We've all had dreams of growing up to be a spy at one point or another-- whether we lived vicariously by playing GoldenEye 007 (for Nintendo 64, natch) or we wished Christopher Nolan really was directing the prequel to the James Bond series. Local surf/Americana rockers The Swamp Coolers cover Joh ... More >>

Your New Summer Cocktail: The Americano (No, Not the Espresso Drink)

Summer is upon the Phoenix area once again. Sure, the official start of summer is a couple of months away, but hearing people start every conversation with "Damn, it's hot!" is our equivalent of the first robin of spring. It means different things to different people. For me, it means it's time to f ... More >>

Rider's Block

Bruno Mars Settles For a Fine and Community Service

​After facing charges for cocaine possession in September, Bruno Mars is taking a plea deal, according to MTV News.He's scheduled to appear before a judge in Las Vegas on February 4, a week before the Grammy Awards. He will be pleading guilty to his charges.As long as Bruno Mars, whose real name i ... More >>

The Bad Cactus Brass Band

Bad Cactus Brass Band

Stealthy Table Unveils Debut Menu

The James Bond theme song is playing in my head as I type this.I just got a look at the complete menu for Stealthy Table's inaugural covert dining event -- "My Bloody Valentine," scheduled for V-Day, of course -- and it's looking mighty fine. Pork belly? Cocoa nib-crusted short rib? Meatballs? Choco ... More >>

Advertising in Movies Expected to Double, Says Study Exposing Consumer Response

  www.repmanblog.comJust when we thought we didn't have to watch commercials anymore, with TiVo ending the corporate enslavement of our subconscious, advertisers snuck back in. And we didn't even notice. A study released by the Department of Research and Economic Affairs ... More >>

Towels: Your Kitchen Wingman

Bond is the Bomb

Surfing the Tiber

Lo-fi Italians bring continental bent to garage rock

Hot Links: Role Model Barkley, Gun Seller Iknadosian, and Gigolo Sgarbi

He didn't work a runway in pink underwear, but Sheriff Joe Arpaio still calls Charles Barkley a "model inmate" after the former Suns star talked to 200 teenage inmates on Saturday in Tent City, where he served three days for a DUI...Andrew Segal, 19, a student at U of A, was found dead at the Ph ... More >>

Obama Visit Organizers Ban Observers From Taking "Pens and Paper" Into Dobson High School

www.giladorigami.comAccording to the East Valley Tribune this morning, President Obama's organizers gave the waiting crowd of visitors at Dobson High School a long list of items that were forbidden to take inside, including "pens and paper:" A steady flow of people trickled in last night, and about ... More >>

Hot Links: Video Interview of 8-year-old Slaying Suspect Released by Cops; Four Million May Attend Obama's Inauguration; Credit Market Still

By Ray Stern In a police interview tape, the 8-year-old boy suspected of killing two in St. Johns sticks to his story that he came home and found the bodies. But police have already said the boy confessed to the crime, meaning his words in this video are just another example of his methodical plann ... More >>

Quantum of Solace Gives James Bond a License to Bore

New Times' top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

That's Bond, Jaime Bond

Meet the Mexican 007 at Mythos

Franchise Player

How to . . . 2007

Meta self-help

Royale Flush

The Bond franchise takes a gamble on a new guy, and comes up aces

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of November 7

Pure Bull

Pierce Brosnan shatters his Bond mold

Supergrass

Road to Rouen
(Capitol)

Prints of Pop

Feelin' groovy

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

Fortunate Son

Stinky by-product of the studio system

Titillating Pixels

Tabb gets an eyeful of foxy video-game characters

Bonding Rituals

A 007 fanatic hits the mother lode of secret agent lore

Vid Kid

New video games and DVDs will keep you glued to the screen

007 Heaven

Spy tricks revealed at science exhibit

BEST MARTINI

Durant's

Bar Code

Laws of Attraction is so generic, it oughta be illegal

Dying on the Vine

There are issues amongst the yardlong list of vino and fromage

Pop Goes the Easel

Three Arizona artists illustrate 'Imagery From a New Generation'

Best Place To Feed The Need For Speed

Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving

Thunderbald

Bond is reincarnated — sort of — as a shaven-headed punk in xXx

Goldfrapp

Felt Mountain (Mute)

The Final Frontier

Sci-fi conventions are where movie stars go to burn brightly one more time

Clip Joint

Playing with guns at Crossroads of the West

Recordings

Home, James

Bond franchise runs out of gas in Tomorrow Never Dies

Fast Talkers, Pugnacious Puppets, 007