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Phoenix Suns vs. Utah Jazz

SWING SHIFTFORGET DISCO, HIP-HOP AND MOSHING--JITTERBUG IS BACK!

Skunk Rock

Tori, Tori

Worst of Phoenix--The Music Scene

Just a few splashes of vinegar to cut all the honey in this issue . . .

Second Helpings

Just a few splashes of vinegar to cut all the honey in this issue . . .

Second Helpings

Just a few splashes of vinegar to cut all the honey in this issue . . .

Flashes

Just a few splashes of vinegar to cut all the honey in this issue . . .

Letters

From the week of March 29, 2001

Top 10 sellers at Eastside Records

From the week of March 29, 2001

What's On Tap For Tonight's First Friday

"Arms Wide" by Lindsey Nochta. We're changing things up for this month's edition of our First Friday preview post. In addition to providing you with a rundown of musicians performing at the monthly event, from here on out we'll also be giving you the scoop on much of the artwork being shown at t ... More >>

Salt Lake City Slickers

Multimedia collective shows Utah’s not all it’s cracked down to be

Have Guitar, Will Travel

Valley singer/songwriter takes his really good show on the road

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 1, 2007

Valley singer/songwriter takes his really good show on the road

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Step inside

The Naming Debate

Special reader-feedback edition

Stop Your Railing!

Sure, light-rail construction is painful, but it will be worth it in the long haul

It Practices What They Preach

Cast into the spotlight by fugitive polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs, the mainstream Mormon Church's trying to distance itself from its infamous cousin

Torino It Off

This horrible Winter Olympics game doesn't even medal

Under Siege

Polygamists are barricading their homes in the midst of mounting legal assaults by authorities

The Dwarves; The Freak Accident

The Dwarves Must Die
(Sympathy)
The Freak Accident
(Alternative Tentacles)

Janet's Missed Opportunity

Governor Napolitano went to Utah, and all we got was some lousy ring kissing.

Various Artists

Death by Salt: A SLUG Magazine Compilation (Eighteen Percent Gray Records)

Double Exposure

Arizona's finally followed Utah's lead and launched serious action to stop abuses by polygamists

Polygamy's Odyssey

A brief history of the Mormon tenet

Bound by Fear: Polygamy in Arizona

For decades the state has let a feudal colony of fundamentalist Mormons force underage girls into illegal polygamous marriages

Marijuana and Mortality

Boomers should look kindly on the medical marijuana measure

Short Shrift

White-bread girl with tame issues keeps secrets for 50 cents a pop

Flame and Fortune

The Olympic torch makes hot spots of two Valley sites

Babe Linkin'

Lunch with Jaime Bergman from the TV show Son of the Beach

Little Room for Improv-ment at the Phoenix Improv Festival

It sounds like the premise of an especially horrific nightmare: You're on stage in front of at least 100 strangers. One of them yells out the phrase "Silly String in the Desert." And then the crowd, who all paid $15 to be entertained for the evening, expects you to use that phrase as the title of th ... More >>

Green Day Announces Tour Dates (But Not Venues), Phoenix in August

Green Day announced dates for their 21st Century Breakdown Tour this morning (full list on jump) but haven't said where they'll be playing in each city. They come to Phoenix on August 22. That could just be a hiccup -- bands do sometimes announce dates before venues if one or two are up in the air ... More >>

Former Format Frontman's New Band, Fun, Starts Touring Tomorrow

That Format-size hole in the heart of Phoenix music fans is about to get a little healing. Fun, the new NYC-based project by The Format's Nate Ruess, with ex-Anathallo multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost and Steel Train's Jack Antonoff, will embark on a 34-date tour with Manchester Orchestra tomorrow ... More >>

Curtains: Hale Centre Theatre's April Ann in Gilbert

Heather McCloud is April Ann.You may not realize it, but we have a Hale Centre Theatre in the Valley because a nice young couple, Ruth and Nathan Hale, moved from Salt Lake City to the L.A. area in 1943 and discovered they could get more acting work if they opened their own theater. The family busin ... More >>

For All He-Mankind

Macho tome offers proof that two heads are better than one

Puscifer Sets Tour Dates, Plays Phoenix December 3 and 4

​Arizona-dwelling Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan's side project, Puscifier, has announced fall tour dates, including two shows at Phoenix's stunning Orpheum Theatre. The show, which actually allows you to see Maynard, unlike Tool's concerts, where he stands on the back of the stage, has been e ... More >>

Hot Links: Bible Studies, Swarms of Bees, and Mexican Brandy

​Home Bible studies have been banned in Gilbert. An ordinance that forbids Gilbert churches from having potlucks or home Bible studies was enforced on the Oasis of the Truth Church, which received a cease and desist order after holding Bible studies at several different homes. The church has filed ... More >>

Job for a Cowboy Tour Dates and Landmine Marathon Album Stream

Job For A Cowboy​Wanna hear some free local metal? MetalSucks is hosting an exclusive stream of Landmine Marathon's new album, Sovereign Descent, which hit stores on Tuesday, March 16.In other Phoenix-area metal news, Glendale's Job for a Cowboy have announced a spring headlining tour that kicks o ... More >>

Phoenix Suns Punctuate Regular Season with Drubbing of Utah Jazz

www.nba.com/sunsAmar'e Stoudemire: 20 points in the season finale.​Heading into Sunday night's first-round playoff opener against the Portland Trail Blazers, the Phoenix Suns look like a team that's going to be tough to beat. Against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday in a game that had big seeding implic ... More >>

Morning Poll: Can the Phoenix Suns Handle the Los Angeles Lakers After Sweeping San Antonio Spurs?

Can Steve Nash and the Suns beat Kobe Bryant and the Lakers?​We know the Los Angeles Lakers won't officially be the Phoenix Suns opponent in the next round of the NBA playoffs until they beat the Utah Jazz one more time -- which will likely happen tonight -- but, if history tells us anythin ... More >>

Joe's Farm Grill Gets "America's Best Restroom" Nod

​I don't care whether you actually need to go or not -- just pop your head in the restroom the next time you're at Joe's Farm Grill in Gilbert. Yes, more people checking out the loo at this idyllic Agritopia retro burger spot will make the line longer for the folks who really do need to use the fa ... More >>

Mates of State

East coasters to document one of downtown’s best art venues

The Soundtrack to Your Holiday Strip Scan

Sostadiumstatus.blogspot.comYou can see (ahem) a lot in a TSA scan.... including this gun!​Damn, TSA, buy a girl a drink first. The new full-body image scanners at airports this holiday season have already stressed and nervous travelers in a tizzy. Sure, nobody wants a bomb on their plane, but it ... More >>

Former Alice in Chains Bassist Found Dead in Salt Lake City

Mike Starr (1966-2011)​According to Associated Press, former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead in a home in Salt Lake City earlier today. Starr, 44, played bass in the band from the band's formation in 1987 till 1993, when he was kicked out of the group- but not before playing on D ... More >>

Missing Reaction: An Arizona Soldier Goes AWOL, and the Army Doesn't Tell Anyone Until It's Too Late

Mike Starr (1966-2011)​According to Associated Press, former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead in a home in Salt Lake City earlier today. Starr, 44, played bass in the band from the band's formation in 1987 till 1993, when he was kicked out of the group- but not before playing on D ... More >>

Final Funnies

Mike Starr (1966-2011)​According to Associated Press, former Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr was found dead in a home in Salt Lake City earlier today. Starr, 44, played bass in the band from the band's formation in 1987 till 1993, when he was kicked out of the group- but not before playing on D ... More >>

Voodoo Swing to Represent Phoenix Rockabilly on European Tour

Voodoo Swing​Phoenix rockabilly band Voodoo Swing is like the rock 'n' roll train that never stops coming. Since 1993 (when they were based in Salt Lake City), they've been releasing records, and their latest and sixth album, Keep On Rollin', is out now on Electric Lotus Music. They've alread ... More >>

Flier of the Week: S.L.F.M.

​The old-fashioned, vintage-looking design on this flier for S.L.F.M.'s upcoming show at the Trunk Space quickly caught my eye. There's no bad day that a bold top hat and a variety of mustaches can't fix.S.L.F.M. has been described as "one-woman distorted ukulele blues" from Salt Lake City, U ... More >>

Want to Avoid Overeating? Bring a Big-Ass Fork to the Table.

Take that, overeating!​In search of a smaller waistline? Try bringing along a big-ass fork on your next restaurant visit. According to USA Today, findings released from the Journal of Consumer Research show that people who use a large fork eat less than those who use a smaller utensil. How ... More >>

Wasatch Pumpkin Ale

Zach Fowle​Beer: Wasatch Pumpkin Ale Brewery: Utah Brewers Collective Style: Pumpkin beer ABV: 4 percent Pumpkin beer month continues! Huzzah! This week's addition to the best family of vegetable beers around often flies under the radar, but is nonetheless so tasty that it topped our recent list ... More >>