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Ask a Mexican on Mexican Pride and Speaking English

Arizona Man Joins Al Qaeda Group and Tours the Middle East Fighting

A former U.S. soldier raised in Phoenix is hopping around the Middle East lending his services to various warring countries and jihadist groups, according to Fox News - there's a seemingly authentic Youtube video to back it up (see below).The article says that Eric Harroun, 30, was most recently in ... More >>

15 Metro Phoenix Restaurants to Visit During Spring Training 2013

Spring Training is almost upon us, which means winter is officially over and it's time to break out the shorts. This right here is the weather we Phoenicians live for, the reason we endure five hellish months of summer and severe cases of cabin fever . . . just for the few all-too-brief months of ba ... More >>

Men of War Find Redemption in The Whipping Man

Jan Brewer on Blast by DREAMers and CBA in Protest: 3 Arrested

As Governor Jan Brewer addressed the Arizona Legislature in her state of the state speech Monday, protesters took over the state House lobby, demanding that Brewer rescind an executive order denying driver's licenses to Arizona DREAMers who qualify for President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood ... More >>

The 25 Creepiest Heavy Metal Album Covers

By Jason Roche Halloween is the time where it's acceptable to wallow in the creepy, the crawly, the dark, and the macabre. Sounds like the themes of heavy metal, year-round! Here then, are those most spine-tingliest metal album covers, for your All Hallow's Eve viewing pleasure. Step inside... See ... More >>

Anat Cohen: From Israel With Swing

By Mark Keresman Quickly: How many female jazz instrumentalists can you name? Not singers, of which there are aplenty, but ace players of instruments of the female gender? There are more prominent ones on the scene than there were, say, 30 years ago--composer/bandleaders Carla Bley and Maria Schnei ... More >>

Paul Penzone Can Beat Arpaio, If He Turns Up the Heat

Jon Kyl Accuses Obama Administration of Apologizing to Embassy Protesters, Goes Straight for the Rape Analogy

See also: Jon Kyl's Lies "Not Intended to be Factual Statement"Attention Senator Jon Kyl's press secretary: please re-send the statement clarifying that the senator's words are "not intended to be a factual statement." Kyl's getting attention now because he told a group of reporters that a press rel ... More >>

2 Days in New York's Julie Delpy Rocks the Big Apple

Julie Delpy Rocks New York

The Tale of Two Suffering Bastards

Ring the bell, it's time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady's, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. See Also: Trader Vic's original Mai Tai, from yours truly. This coming ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on a Mexican Marshall Plan and Foul Language

DJ Tranzit on His Alter Ego, New CD, World Travels, and the Current Oversaturation of EDM

The future 's looking pretty damn bright for Steven Chung, which is probably why he's wearing those Von Zipper shades in the picture above. Over the next 72 hours alone, the 31-year-old house music maestro (who performs as DJ Tranzit) will open for EDM wunderkind DallasK this evening at Wild Knigh ... More >>

Rapper One Be Lo Has a Way With Letters

Bryan Lightningrod: Officially the Creepiest Musician in the Valley

Are you ready for the Lightningrod?​You should know that this post is totally NSFW. Prepare for a serious case of the willies. Before I get started, here's a little backstory behind all the weird you are about to stumble into. Yesterday, I was inputting concerts into New Times calendar databa ... More >>

Top Ten Things That Make Frank Sinatra Cool

A young Frank Sinatra, after being arrested for "carrying on" with a married woman (which was a crime way back then). Not one of the things that makes him cool, but a damn good photo.​When it comes to crooners, they don't get any cooler than Frank Sinatra. Over the course of his 60-year career, "O ... More >>

How to Avoid a Weinergate; Some Suggestions From the Mayor of Twitter-Town/Former AG Grant Woods

www.yahoo.comPoliticos: Listen to Grant Woods if you want to avoid headlines like these.​As "Weinergate 2011" enters day 11, there are now bipartisan calls for New York Congressman Anthony Weiner to resign. Given the congressman's current conundrum, former Arizona Attorney General/New Times-declar ... More >>

Top 40 Songs with Arizona in the Lyrics: Songs 40 through 21

Wikimedia CommonsArizona: Land of sun and song.​There have been more than 140 songs with lyrics about Arizona in them. Seriously. Some of them have been big hits by huge acts, too ("Get Back" by The Beatles, "Take It Easy" by The Eagles). The lyrics to these songs capture various snapshots of the ... More >>

Osama bin Laden Death Swag Selling Well, At Home and Abroad

Cafe PressIt's never too early to become a patriot.​We might not be getting pictures of Osama bin Laden's corpse from Barack Obama -- but there's some interesting memorabilia for sale. The Toronto Star is reporting that t-shirts, greeting cards and coffee mugs celebrating bin Laden's death are se ... More >>

A Quick Guide to Grains

Carol Blonder grains and seeds​ One of our tips for cooking meatless is to prepare a pot of grain over the weekend, mostly brown rice, and have it on hand to add to soups, stocks, and casseroles or to make a fresh grain and vegetable salad during the week. Going meatless one day a week is m ... More >>

Comatose Border Patrol Victim Spared Deportation, Removal from St. Joseph's (For Now)

UnivisionJose Gutierrez, who is in a vegetative state, with part of his skull removedSaint Joseph is traditionally the patron saint of workers and immigrants. The latter is because the father of Jesus was forced to flee to Egypt to save the Christ child from Herod the Great's wrath. Once King Herod ... More >>

Make Your Own Matzo

Carol Blonder house made matzo​ The best matzo we've ever tasted is handmade shmura matzo. We were introduced to it by a friend who orders a shipment from New York each Passover. Comparing it to industrialized matzo from the grocery is like comparing a fresh baked artisan loaf to Wonder bre ... More >>

Senator Scott Bundgaard Plays Patty-Cake with Jason Rose, and Russell Pearce Goes KGB on Pro-Immigration Activists

USA Soccer Scores Late Magical Goal To Advance In World Cup

ussoccer.comLandon Donovan​ Somehow, someway the United States got the job done. With Phoenix's own Robbie Findley suspended for piling up yellow cards, the US turned to other players to try and punch in a few goals. And though they had numerous chances (and also had another goal taken away bad ... More >>

Findley Mediocre In Second Game As The United States Battles Back For 2-2 Tie With Slovenia

espn.comRobbie Findley​ Another game, another bland performance in the World Cup by Phoenix's own Robbie Findley. After an unimpressive opening match against England, Findley didn't fare much better this morning against Slovenia as the teams played to a 2-2 draw. While we give credit to Findley ... More >>

Tranzit Screens His Chronicles of a DJ Documentary Tonight at Cream Stereo Lounge

​Few DJs in the Valley pimp themselves as hard as Tranzit.  Every time the award-winning house mixmaster has an event to promote, my cell phone, Facebook, and e-mail seem to blow up with announcements aplenty from the dude. This week was no exception, as the 29-year-old has been promotin ... More >>

SB 1070: Many Shout That Arizona's New Immigration Law Has Awakened a Sleeping Giant Who's Ready to Kick Some Political and Economic Backside

Paul McCartney's Worst Songs

Paul McCartney's Worst Songs

The Pink Negro: As an Ivy League Lawyer, is President Barack Obama Hard Enough to Confront the Evil Personified by Sheriff Joe Arpaio?

He Comes in Peace

Former Prez proposes a new plan for the Middle East

Nativist Roy Warden Storms the Arizona Supreme Court, Kinda-Sorta

Roy Warden addresses the troops, all six of 'em...I confess, I'm drawn to the deep and abiding weirdness of the nativist movement for the same reason I watch televangelists, bird-dog neo-Nazis, and listen to on-air wackjobs like Michael Savage or Glenn Beck. Freaks are fascinating, let's be honest. ... More >>

Can Maynard James Keenan Put Arizona Wine on the Map?

Letters from the issue of Thursday, June 26, 2008

"Masterpiece Replayed: Monet, Matisse and More" anything but a blockbuster

Feminine Mystique

Overwritten and understated

Off the Reservation

If you think the Heard Museum is all about dusty old pots and Indian blankets, you haven't been there lately

Grumpy Old Men

Lions tames Duvall and Caine with feel-good corn pone

White Men Can't Rap

But they talked your ear off about war, morality and patriotism in the '60s. Is Young America again ready for More Talk, Less Music?

The Tao of Esteban

Confounding all his critics, an aging Scottsdale lounge guitarist transforms himself into the heartthrob of TV's Home Shopping Network

Flanagan's Wake

VH1 vice president's novel about the music business mourns an era just since passed

Exorcise in Futility

As demonic-possession thrillers go, Stigmata's no head-turner

Recordings

Wham! Bam! Thank You, Chan!

Jackie C. kicks butt in Operation Condor

The Nature of the Bistro

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

THE FLYING LEININGER BROTHERS

THEY'RE JUST A COUPLE OF NICE BOYS WHO CHOKE PEOPLE, CRACK JOINTS AND THROW THEIR WEIGHT AROUND. IT'S CALLED JUDO, AND THEY'RE NATIONAL CHAMPS.

THE PERSIAN GULP