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  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Safeway Pulls the Plug on "Pink Slime" Textured Beef

    Ah, there's nothing like ammonia-treated meat. Lovingly called, "pink slime," it's been the recent subject of celebu-chef Jamie Oliver, fast food, school lunches, and of course, our nightmares. Apparently consumer pressure on this meat monstrosity -- specifically beef with the controversial filler ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2012

    Hips Don't Lie

    Ah, there's nothing like ammonia-treated meat. Lovingly called, "pink slime," it's been the recent subject of celebu-chef Jamie Oliver, fast food, school lunches, and of course, our nightmares. Apparently consumer pressure on this meat monstrosity -- specifically beef with the controversial filler ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2011

    For the Record

    Ah, there's nothing like ammonia-treated meat. Lovingly called, "pink slime," it's been the recent subject of celebu-chef Jamie Oliver, fast food, school lunches, and of course, our nightmares. Apparently consumer pressure on this meat monstrosity -- specifically beef with the controversial filler ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    National Record Store Day's "Back To Black" Friday: 10 Releases Worth Leaving The House For

    Black Friday. One of those days when people like me hole up for one more day of food-coma bliss, fearing the heightened level of commercialism that turns consumers into zombified shopping maniacs, out for blood over $30 plasma televisions. But the upside to Black Friday is when the words Record S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Hoodlums Music Turns 13: Reflections From Owner Steve Wiley

    ​Birthday parties for 13-year-olds are usually pretty awkward (or maybe I'm thinking of my own, just-sorta-pubescent 13th birthday), but that doesn't seem to be the case with Hoodlums Music's 13th birthday bash this weekend. On Saturday, November 5, the local record store institution celebrate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Fry's Electronics Employees Take Computer In for Repair, Find Child Porn

    Image: Maricopa County Sheriff's OfficeJames Long, 57, of Glendale, took his computer to Fry's Electronics for repair -- and was arrested yesterday after technicians found child porn.​Fry's Electronics employees discovered child porn on a computer brought to the store for repair last April, leadin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Morning Poll: Should Amazon.Com and Other Online Retailers Pay Sales Tax?

    ​ Online bookselling giant Amazon.com has three distribution facilities in Phoenix and is planning a fourth. Despite the massive movement of sold books through Arizona, Amazon -- like most other online retailers -- neither collects from its customers nor pays, according to the state, any state ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2011

    Final Stretch

    ​ Online bookselling giant Amazon.com has three distribution facilities in Phoenix and is planning a fourth. Despite the massive movement of sold books through Arizona, Amazon -- like most other online retailers -- neither collects from its customers nor pays, according to the state, any state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Two Minutes of Lady Gaga's 'Judas' Leaks

    Lady Gaga's new single "Judas" from her upcoming album Born This Way has leaked a two-minute preview​, according to Idolator."Judas" will be released on Tuesday, April 19 as Gaga's followup single to the track that shares a name with the album. The song clip sounds like a low-quality preview. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Stars Performed For Qaddafi's Family

    ​Usher, Mariah Carey and Beyonce are among some of the artists that have been performing for the family of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi, according to Rolling Stone.Qaddafi's sons Muatassim and Seif al-Islam al-Qaddafi hired the afformentioned artists for their consecutive New Year's parties. M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Zia Prepping Annual Local Music Compilation Disc

    ​Record Store Day is still a few months off, but local chain Zia Records has already put out a call for songs to include on their annual You Heard Us Back When compilation.Bands have until March 7 to get their material in, and they've got a good shot of getting on the album as last year's comp ran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Oh, Fudge! Bass Pro Shops Tackles Cabela's Homemade Sweets

    They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. The way to a woman's heart is just as simple. In fact, it can be summed up in one little word: chocolate. Doctors even compare the endorphins secreted during chocolate consumption to the ones produced during sex. Oh, my! Is it hot in her ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011

    Chang Gang

    Huff and puff on the Valley’s city streets

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2010

    Back in Black

    Go local for holiday shopping

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2010

    Back in Black

    Go local for holiday shopping

  • Music

    October 28, 2010

    Jimmy Eat World @ Marquee Theatre

    Go local for holiday shopping

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Chef Aurore de Beauduy's Summer Salad

    Photo courtesy of Chef Aurore de Beauduy. Chef Aurore de Beauduy's summer salad.​This week's Chef Talk was with Aurore de Beauduy of Vogue Bistro. Below is a recipe for her simple, fresh salad featuring heirloom tomatoes and purple basil. Bon Apetit!

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Local Record Store (Hoodlums) Fighting With Local Venue (Marquee) Over Ticket Prices

    The owner of Hoodlums music store in Tempe is taking on the Marquee Theatre over ticket prices. Ticket price stories tend to make my eyes glaze over pretty fast (I'm a critic, I don't pay!) but Arizona Republic freelancer Serene Dominic did an interesting little piece on the matter. The debate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2009

    Aiello's Celebrates its Two-Year Anniversary With $2 Pizzas

    Whether you plan on waking up at the crack of dawn to get your shop on, or just hide under the covers digesting that big turkey dinner, there's something else to look forward to on Black Friday: two-dollar pizzas at Aiello's. This charming, family-owned Italian restaurant has been serving the neighb ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2009

    Pop Couture

    Glam times in S Town

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Illegal Alien Costume Gets Yanked From Store Shelves for Being Offensive

    www.hamptonroads.com​It turns out illegal alien Halloween costumes aren't even welcome in Arizona -- or America for that matter.Two different "illegal alien" Halloween costumes have been yanked off the shelves of retail stores because consumers say they are offensive. As far as we know, the remova ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Fred's Opens Along With Barneys New York at Scottsdale Fashion Square

    Jamie PeacheyBarneys New York at Scottsdale Fashion Square​Yesterday, luxury department store chain Barneys New York opened its first Arizona location ever at Scottsdale Fashion Square. Along with high-end fashion Barneys brings Scottsdale the culinary creations of Fred's Restaurant. This marks th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    2008 Music Sales Less Than Encouraging For Artists

    You can apply this graph to a myriad of possibilities in today's economy, but let's stick to music sales for now​The Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit took place this past Sunday through  Tuesday in Washington, D.C. and the news coming out of everything was music sales in 2008. Specific ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2009

    Friday Night Frights

    Goths and horror geeks just wanna have fun

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Virgin, Universal to Offer Unlimited MP3s

    Can Virgin - with the help of Universal Music - effectively end online music piracy? We'll have to wait and seeIn an effort to help and curtail online music piracy, Universal Music will partner up with U.K. telecommunications ("telco," if you're British) provider Virgin Media to launch an unlimited ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Stinkweeds Offers a Killer Comp of Local Music for Record Store Day

    The unique CD artwork for Phoenix: We Love It Just in case you weren't already enticed into participating in tomorrow's Record Store Day after reading Steve Jansen's and Michael Lopez's scribblings on the nationwide event (which celebrates the independent spirit of mom-and-pop music emporiums), we ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Detention Shoppers

    John Bender and crew live on at Biltmore’s Movies in the Park

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Cigar Shop Owner Accused of Contracting to Have Wife and Her Family Killed

    A local cigar shop owner has been arrested by Phoenix police and accused of trying to hire a hitman to assassinate his wife, plus her parents and 17-year-old sister.Maricopa County Sheriff's Office mug shotDimitri Rozenman of Mesa had been upset at the terms of his divorce (recently finalized) when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Waiter Confidential: from Car Sales to Table Side

    Tanya Cruise is a trickle-down casualty of our piss-poor economy. With her boom years in car sales gone bust, she's waiting tables, tending bar, and learning the tricks of a new trade. "I was pulling down 7K a month," says Cruise, 26, shifting her career story in reverse while she and I idle in c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Janet Napolitano at DHS Equals Russell Pearce with Skunk Hair and Shoulder Pads

    Embedded video from CNN Video What's the difference between neo-Nazi hugger, and forwarder of white supremacist e-mail, state Senator Russell Pearce and Gov. Janet Napolitano on immigration? Well, to judge by this CNN excerpt from Nappy's DHS confirmation hearings yesterday, I'd say, not much. A lo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2008

    Dork Victory

    Nerds of a feather flock together at the Cronkite

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    Court Gives Green Light to Bashas' Defamation Lawsuit Against UFCW Local 99

    Nerds of a feather flock together at the Cronkite

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2008

    Get Paul Westerberg’s new album for only 49 cents

    Nerds of a feather flock together at the Cronkite

  • Calendar

    July 10, 2008

    Heard Mentality

    Don’t shop around. Go here.

  • Calendar

    October 18, 2007

    Tee and Sympathy

    Well . . . maybe not sympathy

  • News

    September 6, 2007

    Revolting Development

    The CityNorth project hosed Phoenix taxpayers, but don't look to city leaders for an apology

  • Calendar

    August 30, 2007

    Smells Like Teenybopper Spirit

    Pop/punk band is naturally deodorized

  • News

    May 18, 2006

    Nursery's Cool

    The caustic canary on geezer power downtown, car dealers scratching a Scottsdale council candidate's back and the dodo RESIST tagger's latest prank

  • News

    April 21, 2005

    Charity for the Super-Rich

    Mesa voters should deep-six the city's plan to funnel $84 million to greedy corporations

  • News

    April 1, 2004

    Jerry's Law

    There's one set of rules for downtown businesses associated with the Godfather and another for everybody else

  • Music

    March 18, 2004

    Rap Attack

    Sheriff Joe Arpaio creates a musical monster

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 18, 2003

    BEST BONDAGE BOUTIQUE

    Tuff Stuff Custom Leatherware

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 20, 2001

    Best Place To Buy A Christmas Tree

    The Home Depot

  • Calendar

    September 20, 2001

    Best Hangout For The 18-and-under Crowd

    Ahwatukee Foothills Towne Center

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 21, 2000

    Best Video Rentals

    Movies on Central
    4700 North Central
    602-274-0994

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 21, 2000

    Best Place to Wax Poetic About Eyeliner

    philosophy
    510 South Mill, Tempe
    480-968-2424

  • News

    July 4, 1996

    It's Hard to Thai One On

    Singha beer, a staple of Thai food aficionados, is suddenly a rarity

  • News

    November 2, 1995

    OUTLETS of Hostility

    Egoconsumed developers, lobbyists, flacks, detectives and lawyers generate fear and loathing a la Barbarians at the Gate. The reason? Two proposed outlet malls the Valley doesn't really need.

  • Film

    September 22, 1993

    RED-LIGHT SPECIALCHRONIC SHOPLIFTER ORDERED TO INFORM MERCHANTS OF HABIT

    Egoconsumed developers, lobbyists, flacks, detectives and lawyers generate fear and loathing a la Barbarians at the Gate. The reason? Two proposed outlet malls the Valley doesn't really need.

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