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Dwayne Allen of Rum Bar Gives a Tasty Tutorial on Rum

If you've ever been inclined to dismiss rum as a legitimate spirit because of slushy vats of hot pink strawberry daiquiris, flaming tiki drinks or frat boys chugging Bacardi and Coke, hang on one little minute. Dwayne Allen, who co-owns The Breadfruit and Rum Bar with his partner Danielle Leoni, is ... More >>

Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund Chat About the Film Version of On the Road

Bassist Mike Watt Reps Blue-Collar Ethos

Hydra Head Records: A Personal Recollection

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64: Marianne Belardi

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

Toys That Kill's Todd Congelliere on Fambly 42 and Skateboarding

San Pedro punkers Toys That Kill have been going strong since 1999, and they released their fourth album, Fambly 42 , earlier this month. The band maintained an impressive clip, releasing an album every few years, but there was a six-year wait this time around. That sort of thing happens when you're ... More >>

Caramelpalooza 2012: The Winners!

Hundreds of you came out to lick, crunch, chew and otherwise gobble caramel confections prepared by 18 of the Valley's finest chefs Friday night, all part of the third annual Caramelpalooza, co-sponsored by Smeeks and Chow Bella. We might be a little biased, but we think it was our best 'palooza ye ... More >>

Fenske Wins Major Award

New York Dolls' Sylvain Sylvain Talks Touring with Poison and Mötley Crüe, High Heels, and Happiness

New York Dolls​The New York Dolls are widely considered one of the most influential bands in punk, glam, and hair metal. Mötley Crüe and Poison are among the dozens of acts that cite the Dolls as influences. Ironic, then, that the New York Dolls are opening for the Crüe and Poison this week in ... More >>

Arizona Diamondbacks Take 2 of 3 from Florida Marlins Over Weekend; Have One More Game on Road Trip

Yahoo! SportsRyan Roberts and Justin Upton, celebrating a Roberts homer Sunday.​Whether the Arizona Diamondbacks can come home Tuesday with a winning record on their latest road trip won't be determined until after tonight's game against the Florida Marlins in South Beach. But the team was ab ... More >>

Palin and Tea Party Rhetoric Was Not the Reason Gabrielle Giffords Was Attacked -- America's Treatment of Mental Illness Is to Blame

​The attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the incidental execution of Arizona's Chief Federal Judge, the collateral killing of five bystanders, including a child, and the deranged wounding of 14 politically curious civilians is not the result of the First Amendment's pe ... More >>

Grape Pie

Illustration by Cyndi Coon​ The Thrifty Maker likes all things that have value and safe some bucks. Right now grapes are in season. Most supermarkets carry them year-round, but peak growing season in North America is July to December. The thinking was to buy grapes while they are in season and the ... More >>

Vinlanders Vanquished: Phoenix PD's Career Criminal Squad Crushes White Supremacist Gang in Arizona

The Vinlanders Social Club, out of business in AZ because of the Career Criminal SquadAccording to records on file with the Maricopa County Superior Court, the investigators of the Phoenix Police Department's elite Career Criminal Squad, with the assistance of the local Anti-Defamation League,& ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Apple Day and Targeting African-Americans

Phase 54 Remaining Open for Business Despite Court Order Mandating Its Closure

Victor Palagano A shot from Phase 54's grand opening party back in May.​The owners and employees of Phase 54 got a big-time bombshell dropped on them last Thursday in the form of an injunction from Maricopa County Superior Court dictating that the Chandler bar, club and music venue would have to c ... More >>

Cielo Debuts Today at Mondrian Scottsdale

​It's official. Cielo, the brand-new Italian restaurant at Mondrian Scottsdale, opens tonight at 6 p.m. It replaces three-year-old Asia de Cuba, which served its last dinner there on Saturday. Executive chef Donald Lemperle remains in charge in the kitchen, and as it turns out, Italian food ... More >>

DJ Dossier: Jared Alan

​It's shaping up to be a big weekend for Jared Alan. Mere hours from now, the 32-year-old DJ/producer/scenester/ fashion plate/eagle scout will be staging the "official" re-launch of his long-absent fauxShow Friday Nights gig at Sanctum. Less then 24 hours later, he'll then welcome NYC disco-pun ... More >>

Unaired Wu-Tang TV Shows

East meets West: Richard Jenkins and Hiam Abbass give liberals a bad name in The Visitor

London Fog

Woody Allen's second straight English excursion is a failed return to comedy

Hip-Hop Sans Hova

Still no Jigga, but Kanye, some lovable Limeys and a great Beyoncé substitute held it down

Petting the Pussycat

Kreme enjoys a dom's ass-whacking, which drives Jett to drink -- heavily -- at the Pussycat Lounge.

Down With Love

The Best X-Rated Breakup Songs

Volare, Oh No!

Pronto relies on its reputation more so than its fare for success

Do the Math

The music industry says online piracy's killing the biz. A UTD prof says it ain't.

Clan Rally

Can Iron Flag reestablish the deposed kings of hip-hop? Just ask Masta Killa.

W.O.M.B. With a View

With their wildly eclectic, kinetic music, the Warriors of Make Believe will make your paradigms pop

Calendar Grill

You can't blame Seasons for wondering when its time -- and the customers -- will come.

Rock, Roll and Remember

Young scruffs Marah try to breathe life into a two-day Valley oldies show

Sonic Stew

The first of our monthly roundups of the latest jazz, blues, country, folk and roots releases

Hearts Full of Napalm

Three decades after the fact, L.A.'s Streetwalkin' Cheetahs make good on that old Detroit Rock City promise

Still Loca After All These Years

The Latin Explosion in dance music causes barely a ripple at Latino venues like Club Orfeon

Rivera's Edge

After a year on the job, U.S. Attorney Jose de Jesus Rivera looks to be in the right place at the right time

Letters

Organ Donor

Phoenix transplant Joey DeFrancesco rides a renewed fascination with the vintage sound of jazz organ

Bring the Pain

Wu-Tang's tour of apathy gives hip-hop yet another black eye

Fire Bugs

The Red Aunts play white-hot, evolutionary punk rock (and they're girls)

Creme Dement

Lunacy reigns supreme in Laughing Wild.

Felix, the Stabilized Cat

Recordings

Joys N the Hood

Raw Deal

With the Breeders on hold, Kim Deal pares down her sound and gets Amped up

Levi Stress

Rocketmen

Love and Rockets is on a brave, new mission to inner space

Four Thousand Miles From Tempe

Ten days, five cities, chainmotels and a van named Sugar. This is how Dead Hot Workshop doestheroad.

POLARPALOOZAIN WHICH AN ANCHORAGE LAW CLERK GATECRASHES A ROCK FESTIVAL AT THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT

P‚REZ PRADO & HIS ORCHESTRA

MONDO MAMBO!: THE BEST OF P‚REZ PRADO & HIS ORCHESTRA(RHINO), MELVIN VAN PEEBLES GHETTO GOTHIC(CAPITOL), BROTHER PHELPS ANYWAY THE WIND BLOWS(ELECTRIC), OL' DIRTY BASTARD-RETURN TO THE 36 CHAMBERS (ELECKTRA)

THE BIRTH OF SHHWINGTWO NEW BOXED SETS PROVE THAT SWING PUT SEX ON THE DANCE FLOOR

KING OF THE MUCK RAKERS

GO AHEAD. THROW AWAY YOUR FUTURE. GARBOLOGIST BILL RATHJE WILL BE HAPPY.

PLEASE, SIR, CAN I HAVE SUMO?