North Korea

Banchan, Bibimbap, Bulgogi and More at Koryo Korean BBQ Last Night in Glendale

Koryo Korean BBQ opened quietly in a Glendale strip mall about three months ago in a space previously occupied by two other Korean joints. From the outside you won't expect to find the modern design of the restaurant's interior -- but we have a feeling owners Billy and Christine Cho wouldn't have it ... More >>

Maricopa County Mugshots of the Week: Unusual Suspects

At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert's own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we'll take care of the rest.This week, you may notice something's a little off about our alleged offender ... More >>

How Undercover Animal-Rights Activists Are Winning the "Ag Gag" War

Laquint Cherry Arrested for Tweet Saying He Planted IEDs in Jodi Arias Courtroom

An 18-year-old man was arrested by Maricopa County Sheriff's Office deputies after tweeting that he planted improvised explosive devices in Jodi Arias' courtroom.Laquint Cherry, whose Twitter account indicates a severe lack of common sense, was ratted out by local TV news station ABC 15, the station ... More >>

Goldwater Institute Feeds from Tax-Exempt Trough While Decrying Cost of Medicaid Expansion

When the Goldwater Institute isn't "lending" $1.9 million to some fatcat on its board or suing the state government over a fish-foot-sucking cosmetic practice, it's arguing against the evils of expanding Arizona's Medicaid program so as to cover hundreds of thousands of poor people and pump billions ... More >>

Godzilla and Flowers: The Films of Kim Jong-il

This Pizza Infographic Reveals How Many Blue Whales Worth of Pepperoni We Eat Each Year

Actually, the most shocking bit of info in this graphic isn't that Americans eat the yearly GDP of North Korea in pizza or that the average American consumes 11 pounds of cheese a year, but that CiCi's Pizza is the most popular brand of pizza in the country. Apparently "pizza buffet" are the magic w ... More >>

Channel 12 Reporter Booted from State House Floor

GOPer and State House Speaker Andy Tobin's turning into a regular Russell Pearce clone these days.Earlier in the year, there was his support of new restrictions on freedom of speech at the Arizona Capitol, and today, according to Channel 12 reporter Melissa Blasius, Tobin's officious flack Rey Torre ... More >>

Tumblr of the Week: Kim Jong-Il Dropping the Bass

There's nothing like a good Photoshop job when it's done right (for example, our Shawn Anderson's Photoshopped work on this very blog). Tumblr is a great showcase for creative 'Shop work, and occasionally, when we're not reblogging photo of kittens or vintage black-and-white band photos, we check ou ... More >>

Kim Jong Il No Longer 'Ronery' -- in 'Warm Corner of Hell' With Hitler and bin Laden, According to John McCain

As you probably know by now, North Korea's communist dictator, Kim Jong Il, is dead. In addition to being dead, the "Dear Leader" is also in a "warm corner of hell" with the likes of Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden.That's according to Arizona Senator John McCain, who reacted to the North Korean dic ... More >>

L.A. Weekly's Karina Longworth Names Her Top 10 Films of 2010

The Village Voice's J. Hoberman Unveils His Favorite Films of 2010

Ray Stevens' Dumb, Anti-Immigrant Song "Come To the U.S.A."

Nearly two million views and growing, Stevens' redneck anthem "Come To the U.S.A."I'm sure everyone under the age of 45 is scratching their heads, going, "Ray, who?" But Ray Stevens was actually popular in the '70s for a second, crooning silly comedy songs about streaking and one called, believe it ... More >>

Phoenix Chorale: Grammy Winners Turn to Facebook for Survival

Phoenix Chorale

Grammy Winners Turn to Facebook for Survival

Phoenix Chorale

Grammy Winners Turn to Facebook for Survival

Hot Links: SRP Rates, Pit Bulls, and Homeless Students

​An American missionary from Arizona has reportedly been arrested in North Korea. Robert Park, 28, traveled into communist North Korea via China last week, on a mission to improve human rights. North Korea's Korean Central News Agency said an American was being detained after entering the country ... More >>

Q&A: Dr. Dog's Jeffrey Lewis

By Frances Michelle Lopez ​It takes a brave person to release an album of covers. Sure, Rod Stewart's "Great American Songbook" had some sweet old school jams, not to mention the nostalgic tracks off of the infamous Pop Goes Punk compilations, and the growing number of indie artists covering hi ... More >>

Ling/Lee Vigil

Shorts But Sweet

Pithy Independent Exposure collection gets right to the points

Barack Obama Threatened, Reviled at Tea Bag Hate-Fest at Arizona Capitol

So, who doesn't belong in this picture?I'm not sure what the highlight of Wednesday's big tea-bag-Obama-hate-fest at the Capitol was for me. Was it the high-school girl carrying a sign comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin? Or the belligerent dork talking to state Senat ... More >>

The Pelican Sticks a Fork in Nova M, Finds Out if Obama is a Red, and Logs On to Grant Woods' Web Cast

MCSO's missing press release, and the siege of the Wells Fargo bank building.

Feedback from the issue of Thursday, August 7, 2008

Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay in this forced sequel

How to Refresh Your Library

Because New Times is only once a week

Xtreme Cuisine

Arizona's cunning culinary wizard Chef Kaz Yamamoto prepares taboo illegal moveable feasts for the elite and über-rich

Abort

Running the franchise into the ground

Against Me!

Searching for a Former Clarity
(Fat Wreck)

Bombs and Bikinis

Aiming low and accurately

Second Run

Celebrating the overachieving, underhyped movies of 2004

Letters

Letters from the week of September 2, 2004

The Living Dead

No more room at the inn. Our Bunker of the Apocalypse has been filled.

Letters

From the week of January 28, 1999

Suppression Roulette