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Gregg Turkington on Punk in Tempe, the '80s, and a Band As Good as Black Flag

Speaking with comedian Gregg Turkington about Phoenix's storied 80's punk scene, yielded plenty of yarns about seeing legendary bands in their prime. However, he also painted a vividly grotesque portrait of Arizona during the Reagan '80s and his own teenage experience in trying to navigate reactiona ... More >>

Silvana Salcido Esparza Explains What Mexican Food Is Not and Discusses the Food Term That Makes Her Skin Crawl

See also: Silvana's Changing It Up Again at Barrio Queen See also: Chef Salad: Jeff Kraus Explains What's Cool About Food Trucks Silvana Salcido Esparza Barrio Cafe 2814 N. 16th Street, Phoenix 602-636-0240 www.barriocafe.com Barrio Queen Tequileria, Restaurant and Tiendita 7114 E. Stetson Drive, ... More >>

DJ Apollynon Rocks Rivethead Sounds, But He Held a Sparkly Flag Aloft During the '96 Super Bowl Halftime Show

See also: ///She/// on DJing at Sadisco, Picking Out Tracks, and Nearly Getting Shot By the Cops See also: Tommy "LSDJ" Suftko on the Relevance of Industrial Music, Spinning at Sanctum, and How Terry Gilliam Flicks Have Helped His Mixes Mark Peskin is a veteran DJ who's performed at many an industr ... More >>

Devil’s Advocate

ASU Police Records Show Expensive, Odd Things Stolen From University

No official word on whether Sparky ended up stealing this computer.​What do 100 high-end computer CPUs, $1,660 worth of toilet paper, and a box of brownies have in common? They used to be property of Arizona State University - that is - until they were stolen. And those are just three of the 136 ... More >>

26 Miles for This?! Marathon Runners Suffer Through Horrible Headliners at P.F. Chang's "Rock 'N' Roll" Marathon

​You could argue that the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon is as big an annual event as the East Valley has.Especially for the formerly important town of Tempe, which saw Glendale steal away the city's BCS bowl game in 2007. Since then, the East Valley really hasn't had any other high-profile sporti ... More >>

New in Tempe: Big Bellys BBQ

​Barbecue master sounds like the perfect second career for a former pro athlete.Bryan Proby, chef-owner of the month-old Big Bellys BBQ in Tempe, used to play defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs. But nowadays, he feeds hungry customers his own "unorthodox," secret-recipe barbecue -- ribs, bri ... More >>

School of Hard Knocks: Three-Sport Gamer Mike Nixon’s Tried It All, But Can the Whip-Smart ASU Defensive Star Make It to the NFL?

Middle of the Pac

Mediocre bedfellows square off at Sun Devil

Obama's ASU Commencement Speech Urges Community Involvement, Uses Flap Over Honorary Degree to Make Point

President Barack Obama deftly turned an embarrassment for Arizona State University into a theme for his commencement speech on Wednesday, urging students to never stop "adding to your body of work."The reference was to a statement made by ASU spokeswoman Sharon Keeling when asked why the univer ... More >>

Icing on the Cupcake?

As Sun Devil history tells us, it’s not necessarily so

Pony Up

Equine croquet, anyone?

Spice War

Not just mad about it

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Funk Off You Funkin' Funk!

Mickey's supplies the hangover on NYE

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Dog Beat Dog

Wiener dogs are off to the races

Green Means Go

Cards' new coach debuts at home

Visual Aid

Herberger boosts downtown arts scene

Bander Snatched

Are the new owners of a beloved Tempe bar playing drinking games?

The Puck Drops Here

Coyotes' new arena goes public

National Football Cartel

How the Arizona Cardinals and their NFL brethren exert monopoly power to extract billions of dollars from American taxpayers

Bowl Fight

Forget the TV. In the Valley of the Sun, the games are live.

Vanishing Act

Little-known revision of state law would allow Cardinals to play in BOB

Tough Love, Tougher Death

Boot camp the lastest in a string of questionable ventures by Charles Long

Flashes

From the week of January 4, 2001

Silk Purse

You can't dress up a new stadium for the Cardinals when the owner wears no clothes

Past-Her-Prime Minister

Bowling Parties

Flashes

House of Cards

The taxpayers would get soaked and the Arizona Cardinals would get fat at Rio Salado Crossing

Flashes

Swill Avenue

The night the Cards were above average enough to make the playoffs

Letters

Calendar for the week

Beggar's Banquet

Cheesy Mick Jagger impersonation contest parallels current state of the Stones

Bono Fide

Shooting Craps

U2 takes over the world--and turns it into a commercial

Pic Hits for the week

Flashes

Pic Hits for the week

Pic Hits for the week

Pic Hits for the week

Pic Hits for the week

Pic Hits for the week

FLASHES

TEMPE'S SHORE THINGTHE CITY IS DAMMED DETERMINED TO HAVE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT

OUR FAVORITE SAGUAROS... AND WHY