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New Film Documents Southern California's Tattoo Scene, from Danny Trejo to Ed Hardy

Social Distortion's Jonny Two Bags: "I Don't Know What Else I Would Be Doing If I Wasn't Playing Music."

Orange County punk legends Social Distortion have always been generous about performing in Arizona. The band usually plays a double-header at Marquee Theatre early in the year, and once again, Social D will return to the Marquee on January 22 and 23. The Tempe dates are part of a string of multiple ... More >>

Glenn Spencer, Nativist Anti-Semite, Repped By John Munger, Ex-Gubernatorial Candidate

Right-wing attempts to legitimize nativist border wacko Glenn Spencer persist in the strangest fashion.Today, the conservative website Right Side News reported on a letter from former GOP gubernatorial candidate John Munger to Luis Heredia, Executive Director of the Arizona Democratic Party, de ... More >>

Stephen Steinbrink's Condensed Nothing Available to Order From Holy Page Records

When I interviewed Stephen Steinbrink and Christian Filardo for this a column in this week's paper about Kickstarter, I had no idea that they had teamed up for Condensed Nothing, a new cassette from Steinbrink issued on Filardo's Holy Page Records label. Drawing on recordings made between December ... More >>

Key Losers' Katty Davidson: "Phoenix Is Way Cooler than Portland, In a Lot of Ways."

​Though she didn't start playing music professionally until after she had moved away, Katy Davidson of Key Losers (formerly of Dear Nora) says that Phoenicians seem to be able to sense that she's a native. "It's a cool feeling," she says over the phone from Fun Fun Fun Fest, where she perfor ... More >>

TSOL's Jack Grisham Looks Back on 32 Years of Hero Worship and Riots

Pop Art: For Some Local Artists, the Bad Economy Is Good News

Hit Man Trained by Mexican Cartels

Costume Party: Phoenix Comicon Is Here

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern in Arizona Is Made Even More Bizarre, Thanks to Confusing and Creepy Play-Date With Chris Bianco

​So last week, Andrew Zimmern goes on a quest for real Sonoran cuisine in Arizona on Bizarre Foods and hooks up with Chris Bianco, the wait-in-line-for-two-hours pizza guy of Pizzeria Bianco. Huh? What? Why? Were all the Mexican foodies in the Valley busy? Did Silvana Salcido Esparza, owner of Bar ... More >>

The White Stripes Concert Movie, Limbeck, Civet, and More

​Still bitter about the fact that the White Striped snubbed Phoenix on their last nationwide tour? Then it's probably a good idea if you avoid watching their new documentary/concert film Under Great White Northern Lights.The flick (which is a visual compliment to a live album of the same name ... More >>

Elderly Suspect in 1987 Cold-Case Murder Having Memory Problems, Lawyer Says; Fingerprints Confirm Man's ID

Richard Rodgers, 82, (seen here in an undated photo), is being held in Maricopa County jail on a 1987 manslaughter charge​ An 82-year-old suspect in a 1987 murder is suffering from memory problems and requires a competency hearing, according to the man's attorney. Recent paperwork filed in c ... More >>

Who Framed Roger Cook? Confusion Over Name Doesn't Help Elderly Homicide Suspect Escape Jail

An elderly man extradited to Maricopa County in November on a 1987 homicide charge is apparently being held under the wrong name. Confusion in the case, however, didn't help the white-haired, wheelchair-bound man get out of jail during a court hearing on Monday. As we reported previou ... More >>

Walking on Water

Fred Unger's idea of gondolas on Scottsdale's canal went under. Now he's back with a bridge and $250 million

Meat Ball

The fine art of flesh-eating

Apt Pupils

Indie supergroup Eyes Adrift offers a dream fusion of Meat Puppets, Nirvana and Sublime

Traveling Companions

Gray whales are leading tourists, conservationists and business operators on a rocky voyage toward economic and environmental salvation.

Oscar the Ouch

Mistake-laden book by local professor gets panned by readers

Balls to the Wall

Surviving bad luck, barroom brawls and band squabbles, Balls reveals real cojónes

The Sunny Side of Goth

Audra turns the world on with its gloom

Club Meds

The mental-health-care system says Lynda Sue Dale, a young mentally ill mother, is ineligible for treatment -- until she informs the bureaucrats she's talking to New Times

Tsar Power

Little girls understand, so success is a foregone conclusion

Desert Noir

Calexico's Joey Burns and John Convertino take a dark and wondrous turn with The Black Light

It's a Jungle in There

Things are wild at the Phoenix Zoo -- resignations, defecting volunteers, claims of substandard veterinary care, mismanagement and cronyism

Mojo Working

Local R&B pioneer Henry "Mojo" Thompson battles back from a devastating string of operations

A Season on the Rink

A tumultuous year inside the crucible that is the National Hockey League

The Athlete and the Aesthete

Collegiate wrestler Jake Harman turns into Multimedia Man

Trunk Murder?

The Last Temptation of Krista

After operating the Valley's longest-running art cinema for 12 precarious years, Krista Griffin may be nearing her last picture show

Arroz con Polling Place

Mexicans living in the U.S. may no longer have to go home to vote in Mexico's elections

The BOMEX Files

The Arizona State Board of Medical Examiners is failing to protect the public from potentially dangerous doctors

Revering the Raiders

After 40 years on the road, Paul Revere still works hard for the money

Mighty Casey

Phoenix guitar legend Al Casey has spent four decades standing in the shadows of stardom

Horn of Plenty

Legendary R&B saxman Grady Gaines stumbles into the fertile second act of his career

Heavy Competition

One hundred pounds overweight, Dave Alexander is truly an athlete of substance. Nah--go ahead, call him fat. He doesn't mind. He'll just enter another triathlon.

Fire Bugs

The Red Aunts play white-hot, evolutionary punk rock (and they're girls)

Live by the Gun . . .

Tupac Shakur's murder leaves behind a formidable legacy--and disturbing questions

Pic Hits for the week

Handy Man

COME TO HER WINDOWFROM THE CLOSET TO THE CHARTS, MELISSA ETHERIDGE IS OUT AND RISING

RAFTS OF REGULATIONSGRAND CANYON RIVER RUNNERS ANSWER TO A NEW FEDERAL AGENCY--THE COAST GUARD

SELL THE HOT DOG, DO THE TIME

AUTHORITIES RECAPTURE AN ESCAPED FELON WHO, FRANKLY,FED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL A LINE

DEAD & HARRIED

JOSH BURNER BOUGHT A HOME WHERE A WOMAN HAD DIED. NOW SHE'S BACK, AND SHE CLAIMS SHE WAS MURDERED.

THE BOB CRANE MURDER CASE PART ONE

QUAINT MISBEHAVIN'DECADES-OLD PORN PUZZLE BARES PHOENIX'S PURPLE PAST