Silicon Valley

Ask a Mexican on California DREAMing and Mexican Nombres

Gimme Some Sugar: Candy Addict vs. Rocket Fizz

"Who can take a rainbow, wrap it in a sigh, soak it in the sun and make a groovy lemon pie?" Up until two years ago when Georganne Bryant opened her colorful retro candy boutique, Smeeks, no one in Phoenix could. Seems Bryant started a trend. Up popped Sweets and Beats (now defunct),  ... More >>

The Eagles at US Airways Center: They Can Still Sing the Hits

Luke HolwerdaThe Eagles long after hell froze over in Phoenix.​"We should just close our eyes, and maybe they'll sound the same," she says about The Eagles, the band we're headed to see.  I'm sitting next to her in our crowded light-rail car. She smells of strong perfume, too strong, but her ... More >>

The Maine Goes Green: Band Plays Free Show For "America's Greenest School"

The Maine: Ready to fight for a greener society, one concert at a time.​A concert by Tempe pop-rock band The Maine has been deemed a suitable prize for "America's Greenest School." IC Bus, the nation's top school bus manufacturer, will pay the band to play a show at whatever school wins its second ... More >>

Terminator Salvation: Don’t See This Film if You Want to Live

The Maine: Ready to fight for a greener society, one concert at a time.​A concert by Tempe pop-rock band The Maine has been deemed a suitable prize for "America's Greenest School." IC Bus, the nation's top school bus manufacturer, will pay the band to play a show at whatever school wins its second ... More >>

From the Society for Creative Anachronism to Self-Propelled Electronic Armored Racks, Simon Rohrich is a True Renaissance Man

The Maine: Ready to fight for a greener society, one concert at a time.​A concert by Tempe pop-rock band The Maine has been deemed a suitable prize for "America's Greenest School." IC Bus, the nation's top school bus manufacturer, will pay the band to play a show at whatever school wins its second ... More >>

Michio Kaku talks invisibility, teleportation and ray guns at Changing Hands Bookstore

The Maine: Ready to fight for a greener society, one concert at a time.​A concert by Tempe pop-rock band The Maine has been deemed a suitable prize for "America's Greenest School." IC Bus, the nation's top school bus manufacturer, will pay the band to play a show at whatever school wins its second ... More >>

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 7, 2006

The Maine: Ready to fight for a greener society, one concert at a time.​A concert by Tempe pop-rock band The Maine has been deemed a suitable prize for "America's Greenest School." IC Bus, the nation's top school bus manufacturer, will pay the band to play a show at whatever school wins its second ... More >>

Raising Arizona

Okay, Janet, you won. Now what?

Geeks Gone Wild!

Wardriving hackers take the revenge of the nerds to the street

Needle in the Hayworth

Congressional hopeful Craig Columbus charts a course for a brave new Arizona.

Arizona's Worst Criminal

Infamous killer Robert Comer now says he's the one who should die

Fresh Ground

Stephen Malkmus leaves Pavement behind with a slanted and enchanting solo debut

Edifice Complex

Building new cultural facilities is a risky business for Valley cities.

Reading the Beat

American dance-music journalism shows it has a long way to go

Hacked Off

The flimsy techno thriller Antitrust does nothing to boost Ryan Phillippe to stardom

Bruce's Lament

After a lengthy hiatus and a revolving door of lineup changes, Connole and company return with a revamped Revenants

The Redemption of Bret Easton Ellis

A decade ago, the American Psycho author was vilified. Now, he could launch a franchise.

Mission To Marcia

Meet alien abductee/author/prophet Marcia Schafer and the UFO-seeing, consciousness- raising, technology-obsessed new wave of New Age

Flashes

Meet alien abductee/author/prophet Marcia Schafer and the UFO-seeing, consciousness- raising, technology-obsessed new wave of New Age

Return of the Native

Meet alien abductee/author/prophet Marcia Schafer and the UFO-seeing, consciousness- raising, technology-obsessed new wave of New Age

Letters

Meet alien abductee/author/prophet Marcia Schafer and the UFO-seeing, consciousness- raising, technology-obsessed new wave of New Age

PROSECUTION OF AN INFORMATION HIGHWAY PATROLMAN

AS A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER, LORNE SHANTZ WENT BY THE BOOK. BUT WHEN EXPLICIT IMAGES SHOWED UP ON THE COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARD HE OPERATED AS A HOBBY, HIS COLLEAGUES THREW THE BOOK AT HIM.

A MALER SHADE OF PINKTOM CUTLER IS A RISING STAR IN THE WOMAN-CENTRIC WORLD OF MARY KAY COSMETICS

AS A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER, LORNE SHANTZ WENT BY THE BOOK. BUT WHEN EXPLICIT IMAGES SHOWED UP ON THE COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARD HE OPERATED AS A HOBBY, HIS COLLEAGUES THREW THE BOOK AT HIM.

MAY DIVORCE BE WITH YOU

FOR BOB HIRSCHFELD---MEN'S-RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND DOMESTIC-RELATIONS LAWYER---BREAKING UP IS FUN TO DO

A RIVET RUNS THROUGH ITFLESHING OUT THE BODY-PIERCING PHENOMENON

FOR BOB HIRSCHFELD---MEN'S-RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND DOMESTIC-RELATIONS LAWYER---BREAKING UP IS FUN TO DO

MOTOROLA

FOR DECADES THE PROMISE OF CLEAN, HIGH-TECH PLANTS REPRESENTED ARIZONA'S FUTURE. NOW WE MUST ALL PAY FOR THE MISTAKES OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY