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Top Five Must-See Shows in Phoenix This Week

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Prosecutors Team With Debt Collectors to Terrorize Consumers

Scottsdale's One of the Gayest Places in America, According to People Measuring Gayness

According to people attempting to calculate the gayest places in America, Scottsdale's pretty gay.We're not gayness assessors, but it would appear that Advocate magazine is totally making up this shit.

Just in time for Christmas, J&G Steakhouse Resurrects the Tom & Jerry

For most of us, the phrase "Tom & Jerry" conjures two crazy cartoon characters, a cat and mouse who tortured each other in every fiendish way possible. But our grandparents probably remember Tom & Jerry as a frothy, warming alcoholic beverage similar to eggnog. See also: - Eleven Holiday Cocktails ... More >>

AndyTalk: The Anatomy of a Tart, Or, I'm Not a Lazy Cook, I Just Don't Want to Go to the Store

​I'm headed to a neighbor's for dinner, and I want to bring something besides a bottle of wine. I want to bring dessert. I have apples, and I tell myself that I should be able to make a pie. So what if it's only 3 apples, and I don't have any flour? I don't want to drive to the store for ingred ... More >>

Platinum, Chemistry, and Creosote in SALT at Eye Lounge

If you ever need a science geek to complete your Trivia Night team, consider Claire Warden, if she's in town."You can buy platinum from different chemical suppliers," she offers. "Platinum, actually, you can get in crystal form. It's actually red!"The Montreal-born, ASU-educated, and L.A.-resid ... More >>

Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps Is Gut-Busting Farce from Arizona Theatre Company

It's just polished and adorable silliness from beginning to end. That's most of what there is to say about the Tony-winning lunacy of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, in a fine production transplanted from Minnesota's Guthrie Theater by Arizona Theatre Company. Director Joel Sass has the four perfo ... More >>

Cider's Growth has Big Beer Jumping on the Bandwagon

​Cider is so hot right now. On Monday, Miller Coors craft/import division Tenth & Blake purchased Minneapolis, Minn.-based Crispin Cider. The deal also includes Fox Barrel Cider Company, a Crispin affiliate that produces multiple varieties of pear cider. Not to be outdone, Anheuser-Busch ann ... More >>

For Book Lovers, Library of Congress Prints Now on Sale

​The Library of Congress is our country's oldest federal cultural institution, which means they have a pretty amazing collection of stuff, including these bold and colorful prints that would make book lovers drool. You can, of course, browse the collection in person or online, or if you'd lik ... More >>

Joleen Lunzer, What Are You Listening To?

​Joleen LunzerThe stand-up comedian headlines the Tempe Improv Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I recently found a station that plays hip hop/R&B from the 90's and early 2000's, 101.1 FM. I also ... More >>

Victoria Jackson Goes From Comedy Heights to Being the Tea Party's Princess

Crash and Burn

Rich Heider II at Casablanca Lounge

​The tender: Rich Heider IIThe bar: The Casablanca Lounge (7134 E. Stetson Dr., 480-970-7888) The pedigree: Heider was once a corporate bar trainer for Dave & Buster's, opening locations in Maple Grove, Minn., Times Square and Tempe. He helped open J&G Steakhouse, then became GM at a ... More >>

Best Reader Caption For Photo of Michele Bachmann Kissing Joe Arpaio's A$$?

Joe Arpaio's Twitter pageYour caption here.​Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for a caption for the above photo of Minnesota congresswoman/presidential candidate Michele Bachmann kissing Joe Arpaio's ass as she begs like a dog for Arpaio to endorse her candidacy for this week' ... More >>

Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, and The Walkmen at Comerica Theatre, 9-15-11 (With Video)

Maria VassettBon Iver​Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, and The Walkmen Comerica Theatre Thursday, September 15, 2011 It feels like I've been discussing the term "indie" with a lot of people lately. Last week's Foster the People show spurred a lot of the conversation, which basically boils down to this: ... More >>

Jeff Dahl Band @ Hollywood Alley

Brewed For Battle: American Brown Ale

Jonathan McNamaraSurly Bender, and Palo Santo Marron.​​At what point does one elevate from merely drinking beer to being a full-on beer snob? Answer: when you feel compelled to tell other people what to drink. And the inevitable result of this peculiar ailment is the beer argument. In the s ... More >>

DJ ill-legal? Talks Dubstep, Subversion, Rusko, Lazer Sword, Hyphy, Hovatron, and More

DJ ill-legal?​Name: Blake Ludera AKA: DJ ill-legal? Genres spun: Glitch, dubstep, breakbeats, and hip-hop mostly. I also like to scratch and get into some turntablism stuff, and on rare occassion I'll play house music or drum 'n' bass. I'm really all over the place when it comes to different ge ... More >>

Nobody's Perfect

Almost flawless lives come apart for your entertainment

Muse, Silversun Pickups, Elvis Costello, Owl City, Arizona BBQ Festival, and Zombie Ball Over the Weekend

​Muse and Silversun Pickups at US Airways Center You guys saw that, right? You watched the veils drop on the three towers revealing all three members of British arena rockers Muse as they ripped into "Uprising"? You saw them perched over 20 feet high on their respective stages, the lights shin ... More >>

A History of Underdogism May help the Cardinals Against the New orleans Saints Tomorrow

​The Arizona Cardinals have defied the odds once again and are heading to the divisional round of the playoffs to take on the Saints in New Orleans. The Cards weren't favored to win last week, they weren't favored last year in the playoffs, and, as you may imagine, they aren't favored now.The Card ... More >>

North by Southwest

It may be a snowbird magnet, but it’s a really good one

Motion City Soundtrack, The Bravery Added To Weezer's Dodge Theatre Show

Motion City Soundtrack are scheduled to perform on January 15 at Dodge Theatre.​Weezer's upcoming gig at Dodge Theatre in January keeps getting better and better. The cats at Live Nation sent out an e-mail blast late yesterday trumpeting that Minnesota power-pop band Motion City Soundtrack and NY ... More >>

Fox Sports Uses Ted Williams' Alcor-Frozen Head to Predict Playoffs

www.myspace.com Ted Williams had his head severed and frozen when he died in 2002​The frozen head of Ted Williams made headlines again last week when a new book claims lab technicians at Scottsdale-based Alcor Life Extension Foundation used the Spendid Splinter's frozen head as a baseball a ... More >>

Hot Links: ID Theft, Hoover Dam, and Black Bears

The Arizona Department of Economic Security is warning clients in DES' Early Intervention Program of possible identity theft. After two backup hard drives were stolen from a Phoenix storage facility last October, the department sent out 65,000 letters to warn people of identity theft. Ten thousand o ... More >>

Junket to Saudi Arabia for Mayors Includes No Women; Mayor Phil Gordon and Nine Men Selected by Mayors' Group

Image: City of Phoenix Mayor Gordon recently signed a pact with DubaiPhoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and nine other mayors will travel to Saudi Arabia this month on a junket paid for by the Saudi government, Arizona Republic reporter Scott Wong reports this morning. When we looked at the list of ma ... More >>

Larry Fitzgerald, Jordin Sparks at Minnesota Fundraiser in Memory of Fitzgerald's Mom

CJ/Minneapolis Star-TribuneArizona Cardinals' star wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald Jr. was in his home state last week for a memorial fundraiser with family and friends, including Jordin Sparks (above). The event at the Metropolitan Club Ball Room in Golden Valley, Minnesota, was to raise mone ... More >>

We Out

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

Tim and Eric From Adult Swim Coming to Tempe

Adult Swim fans -- and we know there are a lot of you out there -- are about to freak out. Tim and Eric of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! fame are coming to Tempe next month as part of a national tour. It's a follow-up to this year's tour, which sold out in all 14 cities last April and May."M ... More >>

Iddly Ain't Piddly

The pleasures of no flesh

P.O.S.

P.O.V.

Mine Kampf

A female ironworker fights abuse

Native Son

Keith Secola gives new meaning to Americana

The Soviettes

(Fat Wreck Chords)
LP III

She Works Hard for the Money

Actors Theatre exposes the ways real people make rent

Letters

Letters from the week of August 26, 2004

Letters

Letters from the week of May 6, 2004

Mock the Boat

Cardboard Regatta ships off in Tempe

Gasp From the Past

Retro-ridden 'No Absolutes' is a deconstruction zone hardly worth the detour

Aerial Fotografia

Mexican photography exhibit at Sky Harbor Airport proves a sight for soar eyes

Second Helpings

Desert Solitaire

For singer-songwriters Victoria Williams and Mark Olson, the fast lane ends in Joshua Tree

Carr Wrecks

Richard Carr, president of a firm that wants to build the $350 million South Mountain Toll Road, has extensive experience in "public-private partnerships." Unfortunately, most of those experiences have been bad.

The Museum That Couldn't Think Straight

It's named after Kemper Marley, the apparent inspiration for the murder of newsman Don Bolles. It's full of inaccuracies, racism, Chamber of Commerce blather and third-rate gimmickry.

Raw Deal

With the Breeders on hold, Kim Deal pares down her sound and gets Amped up

Snow Coens

Sixty-One Things to Know About Bob Dylan

THE LOUD POETS SOCIETY

A NEW GENERATION REVIVES THE BEAT ERA AND PHOENIX LITERARY LIFE THROUGH AN OLD FORM OF COMPETITION: THE POETRY SLAM

THE HEMP IRE STRIKES BACK

CANNABIS CLOTHIER, ACCUSED OF MARIJUANA SMUGGLING, IS ON THE LAM

DON'T BLINK