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Warbeast Bypasses Phoenix, Talks 9/11 Riffs With Us Anyway

Earlier this month, Gwar and Warbeast kicked off a tour and brought down the house at Tucson's Rialto Theatre. But the thrash metal gods, lo and behold, have forsaken us here in Phoenix, and the tour didn't come our way. Hell, the duo is even going through spots like Des Moines, Little Rock, Green ... More >>

The Best and Worst Beatles Conspiracies (NSFW)

Conspiracy theories are my comfort food. After all, all a conspiracy is "the action of plotting or conspiring," and not just about tin-foil hats and Reptillians. When Reagan's cronies illegally sold weapons to Iran in the Iran-Contra Scandal, that was a conspiracy. When the CIA sold crack to kids in ... More >>

Battleship: Because Every Generation Needs an Armageddon

The Life of a State: A Timeline of Arizona's History

Joe Arpaio and Pals Call DOJ's Racial-Profiling Investigation Political "Witch Hunt." Sheriff's Resignation: "Never Gonna Happen"

Jamie Peachey From left: MCSO Deputy Chief Jack MacIntyre, MCSO attorneys Joe Popolizio and John Masterson, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- flanked by two attorneys and MCSO Deputy Chief Jack MacIntyre -- held a press conference this afternoon to address the Dep ... More >>

Maricopa County Sheriff Russell Pearce?

www.olfred.org​Russell Pearce may be spending "a little time with [his] god" after getting the boot from his powerful position as state Senate president Tuesday night, but for the less pious, Pearce's ouster means one thing: it's time to speculate about what he'll do next.The predictions have rang ... More >>

Captain America Ignores Its Roots for Easy Money

John McCain Campaign Continues to Play J.D. Hayworth "Dumbest-Member-of-Congress" Card After J.D.'s Latest Gaff

www.printedclothing.com​ Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth made one of his more-legendary gaffs over the weekend, and Senator John McCain's campaign responded the way it often does when J.D. opens his trap and something dumb comes out: with a mildly humorous Web ad.In case you missed it, ... More >>

Hot Links: Arizona Lottery, USS Arizona, and Kevin Whaley

​A man is in custody after leading police on a chase and then crashing a truck into a Tempe building. The accident happened shortly after 6 a.m. at 48th street and Southern Avenue. Police received reports that a man saw someone drive off in his truck, and tried to pull the truck over. After plowin ... More >>

Chemtrails: Strong Competitor for Dumbest Conspiracy Theory Ever

Most conspiracy theories are so ridiculous, it's hard to choose which are the least plausible or which faces the higher mountain of opposing evidence. Some seem within the realm of the possible, such as the ones that surround the assassination of JFK, the Pearl Harbor attack or the murder of Pr ... More >>

Arizonans Give Generously to Pearl Harbor Memorial, But Goals Still Unmet

Arizonans and local companies have donated nearly $2.5 million for a long-awaited restoration of the USS Arizona  Memorial's visitor center in Honolulu, Hawaii, the tourist attraction that showcases the sunken tomb for the sailors trapped inside the 93-year-old battleship. Yet the fundraisi ... More >>

Bartenders & Baristas: Carson Quinn at Roka Akor

Poston Prison Blues

An ugly chapter of Arizona's past

Monument Valley

The plumed wonder hates to agree with GOP gun moll Ann Coulter philosophically, but about our 9/11 memorial . . .

Origin of Innocence

Boldly reclaiming Pocahontas from Disney

Unknown Soldiers

Compelling story never comes to life

Send In the Clones

Michael Bay's tricks -- now older than ever

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Dangerous Dance

Ominous storm clouds threaten to trample the Constitution and turn our republic into a theocracy.

U.S.A-holes

Trey Parker's puppets play for power in Team America: World Police

Greek Weak

Michael Crow has made ASU's frat boys his bitches.

Pitt and the Pabulum

Troy gives Homer the heel and opts for big-budget grandiosity

Boys Gone Wild

Michael Bay's back with Will and Martin, and the result is exactly what you'd expect

Battle Hymns

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

Critics Vs 2002

The Year's Best in Movies, TV and Music

The Scarlet Isle

Northern Ireland's troubles explode in a new depiction of Bloody Sunday

Good Will Stunting

Matt and Ben pick a predictable, maudlin project to Greenlight

Revolting

The New Guy offers the same ol' dopey crap for kids

Hell on Earth

In the first battle of the Vietnam War, they were Soldiers, and then some

Cheaters Never Win

Even with Rushmore's Jason Schwartzman, Slackers swindles its audience

Hell and Back

Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down pays grim, gritty homage to real-life warriors

Devil's Advocate

Audiences love Jerry Bruckheimer. Critics don't. Like he cares.

War on War Books

Donald Miller has rewritten one of the best books on World War II, but will anyone care?

Cease Fire

Stage adaptations of War of the Worlds clash with current headlines, but can't compete with the original radio hoax

Arabian Knight

Jack Shaheen crusades against cinema's depiction of Reel Bad Arabs

Say Nothing

When two lovers meet in Serendipity, it's a rather unfortunate accident

Law & Disorder

As one of TV's best and best-loved series launches a new spin-off, its creator grapples with the aftershocks of terror

Culture Shock

How will Hollywood react now that real life is more terrifying than fiction?

Legally Bland

Reese Witherspoon's talents are wasted in the muddy, unoriginal Legally Blonde

High Travoltage

Amped-up Swordfish offers fast relief from summer movie blahs

Snora! Tora! Bora!

Overblown Pearl Harbor bombs all over again

Pearl Jam

Film examines Japanese-American draft resistance in the wake of WWII internment

In Cold Blood

Novelist James Ellroy reshapes America's ugly history in his own image

Dead Air

Past-life regression, psychic predictions and paranormal palaver: For 11 years, KTAR radio host Frank Baranowski has spooked his occult following

Sansei Sensibility

Artist Roger Shimomura plays historian and reporter with cartoonish impressions of life in an internment camp

The Blizzard of Ooze

Snow Falling on Cedars flakes out under avalanche of overproduction

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