John Wayne

10 Best Country Bars in Metro Phoenix

Practically every Western film one can think of has at least one saloon scene, a place where the sound of honky tonk piano creates the mood, where the town folk mix with the cowboys and ranchers, the gamblers and outlaws rub shoulders with the Marshall and his deputies, and the mustachioed bartende ... More >>

Gangster Rep

No Seconds: Henry Hargreaves Visualizes Death Row Final Meals

We've talked about Henry Hargreaves' work before. In contrast to his radioactively colorful rainbow food, this gallery is darker by degrees. "No Seconds" features simply arranged death row meals. Serial killer John Wayne Gracy's meal, seen above, might make you leery of making a late night trip to s ... More >>

Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker's David Lowery on Texas, Barry Goldwater, and John Wayne

David Lowery and Cracker​David Lowery stands at the helm of two well known bands -- Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker -- and he's playing with both of them tomorrow, Tuesday, September 13, at Martini Ranch in Scottsdale. Not only is Lowery pulling double duty, but both bands will be playing semin ... More >>

True Grit: How the West Is Won

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 9, 2010

Ask a Mexican on AeroMexico and Shaving Heads

The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio

​Song: The National, "Bloodbuzz Ohio"Context: This very well might be my favorite single of 2010. Also, being carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees sounds pretty good when the alternative is an airport full of John Wayne wannabes refusing to submit to TSA's scanners on principle. 06 Bloodbuzz O ... More >>

Ask A Mexican on Arizona and Manifest Destiny

Monarchs, "Mexicans": California Band Hires Latino Day Laborers to Play Them In Music Video

San Francisco's Monarchs have an interesting new video featuring three Latino day laborers. It is, at turns, both hilarious heartbreaking.The really touching part comes about 35 seconds in when you see how nervous, and probably a little scared, the three laborers who the band pick up in their tour ... More >>

Cottonwood Rednecks Freak Over Korean Statue of Mother Earth Named "Mago"

from MagoEarthParkGalleryWhat's all the hubbub? Looks pretty cool to me...To cop and alter a line from Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I, the rednecks are revolting! Yeah, man, they stink on ice.Like you needed more proof that Arizona's chock full of backwards, toothless puddin'heads who ... More >>

Durant's Closes Due to Fire

Early this morning, a small kitchen fire broke out at Durant's, the legendary lounge that hosted the likes of Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne in its heyday. The blaze was quickly contained by firefighters, but there was some minor damage to the building's roof and ventilation system. No one was injure ... More >>

El Diablo Made Him Do It

Joe Arpaio inks a deal with the Devil in topical seasonal tale

On Easily Understood Hand Gestures, Large Sums of Money, and Cultural Acceptance

Country Thunder 2009: Where My 'Necks At?

Watch out, another twisters a-comin! Damn, how I wish we were in that there V.I.P tent!I've spent the last year telling everyone who'll listen that Country Thunder is the premier music festival in Arizona. Whether you like country music or not, you should recognize that compared with any other festi ... More >>

On Productos Femeninas and Not Slandering Undocumented College Kids

Oliver Stone on W. and the President Who Would Be John Wayne

Top 20 Songs to Play in a Quiet Office to Annoy Your Coworkers

Cellar Beware

They obviously should not have gone in the basement

Robin's Hood

Weird and Wonderful

Top DVDs of 2006

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of December 12

Ford Tough

Psycho Cowboy

High midnight

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

The Impossible Bomb

Homo on the Range

Ledger and Gyllenhaal are cowboys in love

Funky Bunch

Oddly, it's not so bad

The Devil & Mr. Zombie

Director's second stab a true gore fest

MDC

Unpleasant as ever, and that's a good thing

BEST CAESAR SALAD

Durant's

Like Moths to Flame

Ladder 49 is "consistently admirable and just a bit dull"

Infinite West

Cowboy junkies get their fill at fest

Bush Comes to Shove

Like America's current leaders, Viggo and Hidalgo try to "enlighten" the Arabs with Western justice

Score!

When it comes to hockey movies, Miracle is as big a winner as its heroes

White Dork Down

Silly Caucasian boy Tom Cruise likes to play with Samurai swords

Indian Giver

The Missing misses plenty, except ancient prejudices

Dimension Zero

This Is Hell (Century Media)

Chow Time

It's no art movie, but Bulletproof Monk finally gives American audiences the real Chow Yun-Fat

Crash Course

Chef Jessie's Casita serves sizzling Sonoran fare

Death Wish

By the second reel, you'll be hoping for a swift end to Life As a House

Dust to Dust

Once more, a man calls upon the troops to save The Alamo, before it's gone forever

His Father's Son

For Miles Hood Swarthout, the story is in the retelling

Organ Grinder

Return to Me pumps unintentional laughs out of transplant travesty

Revenge of the Verdes

Natives finally glean a few reparations for a legacy of genocide

Dig the New Breed

Double bill of Sleepwalker and Gloritone reveals the changing face of Tempe guitar rock

Grand Prix-Fixe

THE TINES, THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'

REMODELING! A NEW MENU! DURANT'S, HIGH CHURCH OF THE BEEF-'N'-BOOZE CROWD, BIDS A BITTERSWEET ADIEU TO THE 1950S.

THE BAD NEWS BEARERS

EVICTIONS, SUBPOENAS, REPOS--CONSTABLES SPEND THEIR LIVES GIVING PEOPLE GRIEF. NOW THESE HARBINGERS OF HEARTBREAK JUST MIGHT BE LOOKING AT THEIR OWN PINK SLIPS.

ACHY BREAKY STEAK