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John McCain Wants Americans to Be Able to Pick Their Own Damn Television Channels

Are you an alpha male whose gonads shrivel up every time you see the Lifetime channel? A radical environmentalist who faints at the sight of a Formula One race? Do you just vomit instantly upon hearing the voices of Bill O'Reilly or Rachel Maddow?Don't worry, folks, Senator John McCain's here for al ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Week in Phoenix

The weekend is over, and it's back to the grind. You sit there despondent at your desk, visions of a wild weekend replaying your head, scenes from A Good Day to Die Hard -- which you caught a sick matinee showing of -- bouncing around your cranium. How can you get back to that blissful state? Go see ... More >>

Blood on the Dance Floor @ Nile Theater

Arrowheart Aims for Disney Pop Hype in the Desert

The Summer Set @ The Nile Theater

Rebecca Black Concert at Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall: This May or May Not Be a Joke

​There may or may not be a Rebecca Black concert at Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall in June.Some outlets, such as our sister paper in Orange County, have reported the fliers for Black's mall tour are not a joke. The New York Times had reported the same thing but is now backpedaling.If the ... More >>

The Summer Set's Music May Not Be Original -- But It's Pretty Damn Good

Anarbor Are Recovering on the Warped Tour After Bombing in Japan

Furry Vengeance Is a Movie with a Message -- and Not Much Else

Owl City at Marquee Theatre: The've Got Songs About Bugs

The fashion trend of the night.​Say what you will about will about Minnesota synth-pop outfit Owl City. None of it seems to bother Owl City vocalist and mastermind Adam Young or his fans. And man does this guy have fans. Most of whom showed up last night at the Marquee Theatre as Owl City play ... More >>

Crowdsourced: The Summer Set, Source Victoria, Nick Oliveri and Michelle Blades

Source Victoria Here are some of the guitars Source Victoria is using on work on their new album at Saltmine Studios in Phoenix​While bands like The Necronauts and Whiskey Six were out gigging this weekend, Source Victoria spent their time in the studio. Josh Montgomery from ... More >>

High Times

Post up in a condo for Fiesta Bowl Parade

Young Band The Summer Set Reps for the Valley

The kids in The Summer Set are barely legal, yet the pop rock band is one of the most prominent repping for the Valley music scene right now. Dan Gillan"It's pretty crazy that I graduated high school, and 48 hours later we were touring and haven't really stopped," says singer Brian Dales, who's onl ... More >>

Lost in Translation: Autism Is Tough to Diagnose and Treat – and for Immigrant Families, It Can Be Impossible

"Phoenix Noir" Book Includes Fiction From Current and Former Arizona Republic Writers

Arizona Republic readers don't usually get to see this side of investigative reporter Robert Anglen's writing talent: She straddled his lap, backlit by purple neon, grinding as the Red Hot Chili Peppers caterwauled about Californication. Her face was so close he could taste butterscotch f ... More >>

Floating on Air

We love a Southwestern-themed procession

Queen Midas

Brit-lit author’s cleaning up with steamy Tudor tomes

Future Shock: Apocalyptica, Etta James, and more

Rainn Wilson comedy The Rocker is more childish pop than hardcore funny

KISS, Marilyn Manson, the Brady Kids and . . . Max and the Marginalized?

High School Musical: 800-pound gorilla meets 98-pound weakling

High School Musical: 800-pound gorilla meets 98-pound weakling

Along Came Polley

A career away from Hollywood

Obama, No Osama: New York Times readers not interested in terrorism...

All-Day Suckers

Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

Caged Heat

Rage in the Cage promoter Roland Sarria lets loose the Valley's modern-day gladiators

Voice Lessened

There's not a lot of singing in Hilary Duff's new movie, but maybe that's a good thing

Hilary Duff

Metamorphosis (Buena Vista/Hollywood)

Year in TV: Fear Factor

But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

Short Shrift

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

Into the Mouths of Babes

How graying scribes are turning teen pop ballads into songs of experience

Cyber-Hit Factory

Tonos.com is connecting aspiring songwriters with the teen-pop music machine

Youngstown

Down for the Get Down (Hollywood Records)

Porn to sell

Product placement comes to adult videos...hey, watch where you put that thing!

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