South Carolina

Beautiful Creatures Is a Ravishing Chastity Fantasy

Toro Y Moi @ Crescent Ballroom

Ask a Mexican on Taking the "White Man's" Stuff and Catholicism

Bell's Hopslam Returns This Week

Beer: HopslamBrewery: Bell's Brewery,Inc.Style: Imperial IPAABV: 10 percent See also: - Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Banana Ale - Ballast Point Victory at Sea. Not to get you guys all excited, but Bell's, the best damn brewers in all of Kalamazoo County, posted this on thei ... More >>

Mob Fam Release New Video for "Fresh As Im Izz," Set to Play Rocky Point Cantina Friday

Latino hip-hop brothers Mob Fam were fresh off of signing with local legend MC Magic's music label, Nastyboy Records the last time we caught up with the Phoenix-natives. Javi C., T.S., and S.C., had also just finished wrapping filming for their first music video on the label for the single, "Fresh ... More >>

Let's Make it Official: Arizona Needs a State Food

Native Seeds/SEARCH Offers Grain School in Tucson

​The members of Native Seeds/SEARCH (NS/S), the Tucson-based seed bank, have been busy planning a curriculum and gathering guest speakers for the state's first Grain School. The six-day program scheduled for January 8 through 13, includes activities surrounding the history, philosophy, a ... More >>

Latino Hip-Hop Trio Mob Fam Ink Deal With MC Magic's Nastyboy Records

​Money Power Respect's list of clientele continues to grow in relevance and notoriety. Off of the heels of Hannibal Leq's Hype Music deal, MPR stablemate's Mob Fam recently locked up a deal of their own, signing with local independent music label Nastyboy Records, the label founded by Phoeni ... More >>

Buckeye Police "Body-Planted" Grandpa at WalMart in Black Friday Mayhem

​ Police "body-planted" a man at a Buckeye Walmart's Black Friday event after the man put a video game in his waistband while helping a grandson who was being jostled in a crowd. The take-down, which left the man bloody, was one of several violent acts reported across the country related to A ... More >>

John McCain's "Very Disappointed" in GOP Presidential Candidates' Positions on Waterboarding

This is John McCain's "very disappointed" face.​Arizona Senator John McCain -- who spent the better part of five years getting tortured by North Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam War -- took to Twitter this morning to let some of his fellow GOPers know that he's "very disappointed" in t ... More >>

Harrison Prather, Trainer of $230,000 Dog Sold to Scottsdale Man, Claims Perfect Safety Record

  www.harrisonk9.com Harrison Prather's South Carolina dog-training firm recently sold a "protection dog" for $230,000 to a man who has homes in Scottsdale and Minnesota.​Harrison Prather, whose company recently sold a $230,000 "protection dog" to a Scottsdale man, says ... More >>

Maricopa Community College Board Members Confronted By Upset Students, Educators On Tuition Hike

Celso MirelesLaurita Moore, an educator and an activist, giving the board hell.​The first person to stand up and address the board at yesterday evening's Maricopa Community College Board meeting wanted to inform them about the Model UN team's successes at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. T ... More >>

Mexicans Have Lower Opinion of Americans Due to Arizona Law, Survey Says -- But Older Poll Complicates Issue

Image: www.glenndavissoccer.com​ A Pew Research Center poll claims that Mexicans look less favorably on Americans since the passage of SB1070, a stat used today by the Christian Science Monitor to thread an article on immigration.Just one problem: It took us about a minute to find another poll ... More >>

America's 9 Worst Music Venue Names: When Shoddy Sponsorship Deals Embarrass an Entire City

The newly-named 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre in Tampa: Is this the gold standard in shitty corporate-sponsored venue names?​When it comes to corporate-sponsorship of venue names, Phoenix is blessed.Our basketball team plays in U.S. Airways Center, named for a successful local airline. Our hockey te ... More >>

Attorney Who Defended Unabomber, 9/11 Conspirator, and Olympic Park Bomber Slated to Represent Man Accused of Murderous Rampage in Tucson

www.jcsrlaw.net Defense Attorney Judy Clarke has defended a laundry list of high-profile clients accused of capital crimes​What type of legal defense will Jared Loughner's legal team mount? How do you defend a suspect who carries out a violent crime as publicly as the one Loughner alle ... More >>

Download: Toro Y Moi - "Still Sound"

Jordan BlackmonChaz Bundick, better known as Toro Y Moi​​While December is a time usually reserved for the hordes of formulaic top ten lists, it is also a time for looking ahead to next year's most anticipated releases. South Carolina wiz-kid Chaz Bundick -- better known as Toro Y Moi -- has one ... More >>

NeedToBreathe @ Marquee Theatre

NeedToBreathe

Rock Like An Egyptian

Gannett Rolls Out Pay Walls at Three Newspapers; Parent Company of Arizona Republic Testing Future Plans

Will symbols like these become the norm for newspapers of the future?​ Gannett Company, the parent company of the Arizona Republic, launched pay walls for three of its newspapers yesterday, charging Internet users to look at the papers' content. The new, pay-to-read format at the Tallahassee D ... More >>

The Dream Is Over: Arizona State Baseball Eliminated In Omaha

thesundevils.com​In a flash, the dream is over. A mere 36 hours after the first pitch was thrown, the Sun Devils are done after getting embarrassed 11-4 by South Carolina. Two games and out. Elimination from the 2010 College World Series. Poof. Good luck next season.

ASU Baseball Sloppy on 6-3 Loss to Clemson to Open College World Series

georgeblowfish.com​The Arizona State baseball team hasn't lost two games in a row all season. Now wouldn't be a good time to start. After falling to Clemson 6-3 in their opening game of the College World Series on Monday morning, the Sun Devils are now one loss away from elimination. After ... More >>

DPS Announces First Quarter Drug Bust Numbers; They're Impressive

www.mysouthwest.com​Arizona is a hot-bed for drug activity in the United States and the Arizona Department of Public Safety announced this morning just how hot it is. According to DPS, officers recovered nearly $30 million in drugs and more than $2 million in drug money during several ... More >>

Against Me! Announces Tracklist, Release Date for White Crosses... Wait A Minute, Didn't I Already Hear That Record?

​I was excited to see an e-mail about the new Against Me! record, due June 8 on Sire. As the band's publicist says, the record from one of the best live bands I've seen in the past year was produced by Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, etc., etc.) so it should be pretty awesome.Then I remembe ... More >>

South Carolina's Tea-bag Senator Vows to Stay Neutral in McCain/ Hayworth Showdown

www.talkingpointsmemo.com Tweedle-dee and tweedle-dumb​A South Carolina senator, arguably the biggest tea-bag in the conservative "Tea Party" movement, says he will remain neutral in the Arizona Senate race, where John McCain is squaring off with conservative darling J.D. Hayworth.Senator J ... More >>

Ghost Writer

AZ playwright uses dark subject matter in debut

Arizona Set to Add Three Congressional Seats, According to Preliminary Census Numbers

​If preliminary numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau hold true, Arizona is set to pick up three congressional seats when the census is complete. And the, um, "vast right-wing conspiracy" wages on. According to the newest data, Arizona is one of six traditionally "red states" slated to get a bo ... More >>

Former Judge Bud Lee Would Rather Go to Jail Than Give Up His Fight for Off-Res Poker Parlors

Nile

Nappy Brown

Long Time Coming
(Blind Pig)

Bombers Away

Move Over, Ann Coulter

Meet the woman behind ASU's Caucasian American Men's Club

For Love of Country

Dancing in the swoonlight

Avail

Yes, Virginia

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Shrapnel's Very Special™ holiday music guide

Through the Eyes of the Dead

Watch out you don't get caught

Candid Cameras

Mostly meat, with a little cheese

Edwin McCain

Scream and Whisper (DRT)

Strong Language

Valley slammers shoot from the lip

On the 8th Day...

...came the words, 'Let there be death metal.' And Nile was born.

Chick Hunt

When does stage banter spell doom for open country discourse? And why?

Black Bourgie Blues

Leslie Uggams sparkles in the 'burbs

Hosty Takeover

Oklahoma's Hosty Duo is funny, funky, and fit for public consumption

O, Brother, When Art Thou?

Tim Blake Nelson's new Othello seems to be a man out of time

Portrait in Black

Life in Harlem apartment complex sits well in The Old Settler

Flashes

Carr Wrecks

Richard Carr, president of a firm that wants to build the $350 million South Mountain Toll Road, has extensive experience in "public-private partnerships." Unfortunately, most of those experiences have been bad.

A Quiet Voice Against the Death Penalty

Amnesty International's Dr. Daniel Georges-Abeyie coolly argues the case against capital punishment in our hang-'em-high state

The Good Foot

A survey of recent roots, funk, R&B and surf releases

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