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Amateur fighters get down and dirty in Mesa

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of December 27

Amateur fighters get down and dirty in Mesa

Mixed Martial Arts’ Unsung Pioneer: “Grapple Girl” Michelle Farrow

Amateur fighters get down and dirty in Mesa

Caged Heat

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

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

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

The Pain Event

Homer Moore's got the rage, Celebrity Theatre has the cage

Bad Dog

White gangsters or misunderstood jocks? The Devil Dogs beat their victims -- and the system.

Apocalypse Soon

It’s the end of the world as he knows it, and he feels fine

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 17, 2009

It’s the end of the world as he knows it, and he feels fine

Caffiend: Xyience's Xenergy

E. Groves​The Xyience Xenergy drink is "the official energy drink" of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). That factoid, combined with all the "x" references in the brand (as in "extreme," we assume), had us thinking that this drink was gonna either majorly kick our asses or help us kick some ... More >>

(100) Days of Summer Films

E. Groves​The Xyience Xenergy drink is "the official energy drink" of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). That factoid, combined with all the "x" references in the brand (as in "extreme," we assume), had us thinking that this drink was gonna either majorly kick our asses or help us kick some ... More >>

Argument Over UFC Fight Leads to Gilbert Shooting

Kemonte Tremayne Wesson​There's an argument to be made that violence on TV leads to violence in the real world. A Glendale man may have contributed to this argument.Police say 32-year-old Kemonte Tremayne Wesson was arrested early Sunday morning for shooting a 37-year-old man with whom he ha ... More >>

The Expendables: Sly and the Family Stallone Get Nostalgic for Their Legacy of Brutality

Kemonte Tremayne Wesson​There's an argument to be made that violence on TV leads to violence in the real world. A Glendale man may have contributed to this argument.Police say 32-year-old Kemonte Tremayne Wesson was arrested early Sunday morning for shooting a 37-year-old man with whom he ha ... More >>

Chef Talk: Eric Osburn of Centurion, Part Two

Centurion, which opened in June, is Chef Eric Osburn's first foray into restaurant ownership and his proudest accomplishment to date. "European fusion" is how he describes the food. "We focus on all of the countries of Europe as where I pull all of my ideas and thought processes from, but we refuse ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Son Joshua Pearce: The Mesa Police Report

Russell Pearce's son Joshua, currently in rehab, according to a Mesa PD reportThe Mesa Police Department has released its full report of the investigation into an incident involving the infant daughter of Joshua Pearce, son of state Senate president Russell Pearce.As I reported first on this blog, a ... More >>

Stadium Beating

Russell Pearce's son Joshua, currently in rehab, according to a Mesa PD reportThe Mesa Police Department has released its full report of the investigation into an incident involving the infant daughter of Joshua Pearce, son of state Senate president Russell Pearce.As I reported first on this blog, a ... More >>

Your Guide to Partying on Cinco De Mayo 2011

Russell Pearce's son Joshua, currently in rehab, according to a Mesa PD reportThe Mesa Police Department has released its full report of the investigation into an incident involving the infant daughter of Joshua Pearce, son of state Senate president Russell Pearce.As I reported first on this blog, a ... More >>

Five Cinco de Mayo Concerts Worth Your Dinero

Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers ​The margarita makers are primed, and the shots have been poured. It's Cinco de Mayo, and if there's one party Phoenix knows how to throw, it's this one. With spicy food specials, drinks discounted all around town, and practically every cantina rolling out some so ... More >>

Gustavo Arellano On Mexican Men and Brown Pride

Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers ​The margarita makers are primed, and the shots have been poured. It's Cinco de Mayo, and if there's one party Phoenix knows how to throw, it's this one. With spicy food specials, drinks discounted all around town, and practically every cantina rolling out some so ... More >>

Forks Over Knives: The Vegans Are Coming, And They Are Bringing Data

​If you were to boil and mash food documentaries Super Size Me and Food, Inc. together and then add a dash of Inconvenient Truth and serve on a bed of pro-vegan rhetoric, you'd get a film like Forks Over Knives.   Following a familiar filming path that documents ... More >>

Halloween Guide 2011

​If you were to boil and mash food documentaries Super Size Me and Food, Inc. together and then add a dash of Inconvenient Truth and serve on a bed of pro-vegan rhetoric, you'd get a film like Forks Over Knives.   Following a familiar filming path that documents ... More >>