Nebraska

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.

Arizona Legislators Send Another Top-Priority Bill to Governor: 20-Week Abortion Ban

When can fetuses start to feel pain? Nobody knows for sure, but the chief scientists at the Arizona Legislature would like to declare that it's 20 weeks.According to some actual scientists, the concept of fetal pain can occur at 24 weeks, 26 weeks, between 29 or 30 weeks, or more than 30 weeks, amon ... More >>

Nebraska Woman Lets Jan Brewer Know Proposed Abortion Bill Actually Affects People

Sometimes it's hard for people to realize the potential effects of all the anti-abortion bills that are always being tossed around at the Capitol until after they're passed into law.That's why a Nebraska woman has written a letter to Governor Jan Brewer, imploring her to veto House Bill 2036 if it l ... More >>

Shooting After Tyga Concert in Nebraska Last Night Causes Cancellation of Rapper's Upcoming Scottsdale Show

​Hip-hop artist Tyga, who was set to perform in the Valley this weekend, was involved in an altercation last night after a concert in Omaha, Nebraska, that resulted in a shootout.In addition to injuring two of his posse members, the incident has caused the cancellation of Tyga's appearance on Frid ... More >>

This Week's Tastiest Links!

​- The chimichanga as our official state food? Macayo's says yes. I say no. - Chow Bella - The James Beard Foundation announces its semifinalists for the 2012 JBF Restaurant and Chefs Awards. Let's hear it for Valley love! - Chow Bella - Think coffee-cup rings are boring? Artist Hong Yi begs ... More >>

Top 10 Cities That Spend the Most on Fast Food: AZ City Makes the Greasy Cut

David McNew, Getty Images​Value meals, super sizing, quick trips through the drive thru -- America loves fast food. Wedging itself into nearly every nook and cranny of our society, its everywhere. And some cities in the good ol' 'U.S.of A. take advantage of it more than others. So says the mo ... More >>

Michelle Kable, What Are You Listening To?

Michael Markowski Michelle Kable​Michelle KableThe associate artistic director for the Space 55 Theatre Ensemble invites you to the variety show 7 Minutes in Heaven, every Saturday in June at Space 55 at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $10, and more info may be found at www.space55.org.When you put your ... More >>

Feds to School Districts: No, You Can't Deny Undocumented Kids an Education -- And Don't Bully Them, Either

SalonMemo to legislators: son niños. They're children.​The Department of Justice mailed out a gentle reminder to school districts across the country over the weekend advising that undocumented students are, in fact, entitled to attend primary and secondary schools in America without being hassled ... More >>

Dirty Beaches @ The Trunk Space

Avery Brewing Co. Pulls Out of Arizona, 7 Other States

whatweredrinking.blogspot.com ​Get your Maharaja, The Czar, and White Rascal while you can. Colorado-based Avery Brewing Co. announced Thursday it plans to withdraw from eight states and seven other partial-state markets beginning in April.

Slaid Cleaves

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 8/5 Issue

​This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts. Who are the most worthlessly obscure artists boycotting AZ over SB 1070? What are the five best remixes of t ... More >>

An Open Letter To Conor Oberst: What Will You Do If Nebraska Passes an SB 1070 Clone?

Charlie Janssen: The man who may make Conor Oberst boycott his own state.​Dear Conor,Open letters about SB 1070 are all the rage right now, so I'm writing you one. I enjoyed the letters you and Arizona promoter Charlie Levy exchanged a few weeks ago and I thought your essay on the topic was though ... More >>

Conor Oberst Pens Totally Reasonable (Yet Dead Wrong) Open Letter About SB 1070 Boycott

​Remember local promoter Charlie Levy's open letter urging bands not to participate in the Sound Strike boycott of Arizona because of SB 1070?It was, as Chris Farley might say, awesome.Levy has received a response from Conor Oberst (a.k.a. That Guy Who Should Re-Assemble Bright Eyes).Link here.Obe ... More >>

The Dream Is Over: Arizona State Baseball Eliminated In Omaha

thesundevils.com​In a flash, the dream is over. A mere 36 hours after the first pitch was thrown, the Sun Devils are done after getting embarrassed 11-4 by South Carolina. Two games and out. Elimination from the 2010 College World Series. Poof. Good luck next season.

Top-Ranked Arizona State Baseball Set to Face #15 Arkansas; Winner Goes to Omaha

http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/asu-m-basebl-body.html​Looking to actually watch some decent baseball this weekend? The D-Backs suck but you're in luck -- the Arizona State baseball team, the number one overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, play a best-of-three series again ... More >>

Nebraska Woman Gets Probation for Accepting Package Containing 13 Pounds of Weed. Of Course, the Package Came From Phoenix

www.growbrain.com​In the words of the late, great Mitch Hedberg "I love the Fed-Ex guy because he's a drug dealer and he don't even know it." Unfortunately for a Nebraska woman, the person who delivered a package containing 13 pounds of weed to her home figured out what it was they wer ... More >>

Pigeon John

Pigeon John

Dennis McCarthy, Nebraska-Based Attorney, Is Gila County's Pick to Prosecute Stapley/Wilcox Cases

Dennis McCarthy​The Gila County Attorney's Office is recommending that a Nebraska-based attorney prosecute cases against Maricopa County Supervisors Don Stapley and Mary Rose Wilcox.The Gila County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on the appointment of Dennis McCarthy as special pro ... More >>

The Sugar Thieves Carry Arizona’s Flag to the International Blues Challenge

Goddard Tells Congressional Delegation to Drop "Nebraska Compromise" From Health Care Bill

Attorney General Terry Goddard​Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is doing something fairly out of character: Taking a stance on a controversial issue.  Goddard sent a letter to the Arizona congressional delegation today urging them to oppose a provision of the national health care bill t ... More >>

Hot Links: Crystal Meth, John McCain's House, and Park Fees

​The former home of Senator John McCain is going up for auction. The home, near Glendale and Central avenues, has 13 bedrooms, two guest houses, and 14.5 bathrooms. The auction price will start at $5.9 million...Queen Creek officials are asking residents to help decide on a slogan for the city ... More >>

The Voodoo Organist

Hot Links: Dr. Drugs, Brewer's Big Bills, and Voodoo

A medical doctor in Kingman has been charged with 14 felony counts, after an investigation revealed he regularly wrote up to as many as 100 prescriptions a day at his practice, for painkillers such as Percocet and Oxycontin. The doctor, Albert Szu Sun Yeh, also has a practice in Las Vegas, and was o ... More >>

Obama Rockets Ahead In New Hampshire Polls, Expect Long Lines At the Election Booths, McCain Arrives In Phoenix

Arizona Recently Had Custody of Teen Dropped Off in Nebraska

Kerry McCue

Remembering the cone with the curl on top

Critical Darkling

Hooray for the one who got away

'06 Pandemic Poll - Tyler King installment

Says Who??

Tilly and the Wall

Paradiddle off to Buffalo

Neva Dinova

Hot old band

Bright Eyes, and The Faint

This time with electro

Josh Rouse

The Smooth Sounds of Josh Rouse DVD
(Ryko)

Tearing Down the House

Arizona legislators want to slash state spending. Well, how about some real House cleaning?

Starting Point

After ironing out the kinks with two EPs, The Gloria Record finally emerges with a stunning full-length debut

The Toxic Sublime

Uncovering the faint beauty of a defaced, degraded American West

Various Artists

Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska (Sub Pop)

The Faint

Blank-wave arcade (Saddle Creek)

Letters 05-25-2000

Homeboys Do Cry

Ouch. Film serves art but disses reality -- sort of

The Ho Chi Menu Trail

Instrumental Asylum

Swingin' Sting? Bluegrass Bruce? Rhapsodic R.E.M.? You'll do a double take now that CMH Records has given your '80s favorites a second look.

Thunder Roadwork

Despite some glaring omissions, Tracks cuts an intriguing parallel path through Springsteen's career

Sizzle Shtick

Hodgepodge Lodge

Steinboss

Bruce Springsteen takes up where The Grapes of Wrath left off

KING OF THE RING GLYNN ROSS WANTS TO KNOCK YOU OUT WITH WAGNER'S MASTERPIECE