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Goodbye, Get Out

Get Out, The East Valley Tribune's Thursday entertainment tabloid will publish for the last time on Christmas Day. Today, I finally got an e-mail with memorial details for our vanquished -- but respected -- foe of 11 years. You can click here to leave thoughts and memories.The Trib is my former empl ... More >>

Off the Chain: How Douchebag Became Everyone's Favorite Insult

Why is "douchebag" the default insult of our time? Our sister paper in SF explores the rise of this most 00s of insults.BTW, the guy above is the first thing you get when you type "douchebag" in to a Google image search... quite a dubious honor. Personally I think this guy (result two) fits the bill ... More >>

Young Jeezy and Jay-Z: "My President Is Black" (Live)

I'm not sure I've seen anything that sums up the raucous atmosphere surrounding the Obama inauguration better than this live video for "My President is Black" with Young Jeezy and Jay-Z (a.k.a. Old Jeezy), which I came across over on The Village Voice's music blog, Sound of th ... More >>

Pazz and Jop 2008 is Out

Pazz and Jop, the annual Village Voice poll of music critics, is out. Conducted since 1971, the poll is the original metacritic, aggregating music writer's annual best of lists in to one mega list. Unsurprisingly, TV on the Radio won the number one spot, as it did in all the major music magazines, w ... More >>

Flier of the Week: DeVotchKa

Do you like Arcade Fire? How about Gogol Bordello? Sure you do! So why not check out DeVotchKa's show at The Clubhouse tonight?Cuz here's the thing: As The Village Voice has pointed out, DeVotchKa was those bands before those bands were those bands. It sounds ridiculous to say an act is proto-gypsy ... More >>

Our SxSW Party: M. Ward, Crystal Antlers, Cursive

M. WardLA Weekly has announced the bill for our Village Voice South by Southwest showcase. M. Ward, Crystal Antlers, Cursive, Gomez and Bear Hands. Crystal Antlers and Cursive are the highlights for me. The new Cursive record, Mama, I'm Swollen -- which I popped in today, and happened to be listenin ... More >>

Dear and the Headlights: Phoenix's Great Hope?

Martin CizmarDear and the Headlights at Tinest Bar in TexasOf all the Arizona bands at SxSW, no one had a higher profile than Dear and the Headlights. They played five shows over the course of the five-day festival, including headlining the I Heart AZ showcase and the same official showcase at Spiro ... More >>

Who's Sorry Now?

Andy Thomas eats crow to save his political career, but wants us to apologize to Sheriff Joe. Fat chance

Crewmember of M/V Maersk Alabama Recounts Initial Day of Pirate Attack

You know what happened to the captain of the M/V Maersk Alabama after it was attacked by pirates. Now read exclusive details of how the crew handled the attack. Village Voice writer Graham Rayman obtained e-mails from a crewman describing how shipmates took control of the engine and steering rooms ... More >>

Former New Times Writer Honored

You know what happened to the captain of the M/V Maersk Alabama after it was attacked by pirates. Now read exclusive details of how the crew handled the attack. Village Voice writer Graham Rayman obtained e-mails from a crewman describing how shipmates took control of the engine and steering rooms ... More >>

Pitchfork and Siren: A Weekend of Music Festivals

Nick LucchesiThe Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne pulling off the old "human hamster" trick at Pitchfork 2009. See more shots in our slide show from Pitchfork. As much as we wish it wasn't true, there's not a whole lot happening around these here parts. At least not as much as is happening in par ... More >>

Phoenix New Times Does It Right, Says Editor & Publisher Magazine

  ​Time to toot our own bugle: The Phoenix New Times has been selected as one of the "10 That Do It Right" for 2009 by Editor & Publisher magazine. Our competition in the field: Every other newspaper in the country, apparently. The magazine says this isn't a "best-of" award, "but rat ... More >>

Now Hiring: Denver Newspaper Owned By New Times Parent Company Seeks Marijuana Critic

www.demotivators.com​Any aspiring journalists looking for a great gig? Well New Times parent company, Village Voice Media, is seeking an energetic young writer for what may be the greatest job in journalism -- marijuana critic. You may have to move to the mile high city but when you're alre ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Target of FBI Probe, Says Channel 5 in Report to Air Thursday

CBS 5's tantalizing promo for their Thursday report Set the DVR this Thursday night for KPHO CBS 5's 10 p.m. newscast, which will feature an eight minute mini-documentary on Sheriff Joe's abuses of power while in office. The award-winning team of producer Gilbert Zermeno and reporter Morgan Loew bo ... More >>

Less Than Jake

CBS 5's tantalizing promo for their Thursday report Set the DVR this Thursday night for KPHO CBS 5's 10 p.m. newscast, which will feature an eight minute mini-documentary on Sheriff Joe's abuses of power while in office. The award-winning team of producer Gilbert Zermeno and reporter Morgan Loew bo ... More >>

Surfer Blood

CBS 5's tantalizing promo for their Thursday report Set the DVR this Thursday night for KPHO CBS 5's 10 p.m. newscast, which will feature an eight minute mini-documentary on Sheriff Joe's abuses of power while in office. The award-winning team of producer Gilbert Zermeno and reporter Morgan Loew bo ... More >>

Less Than Jake

CBS 5's tantalizing promo for their Thursday report Set the DVR this Thursday night for KPHO CBS 5's 10 p.m. newscast, which will feature an eight minute mini-documentary on Sheriff Joe's abuses of power while in office. The award-winning team of producer Gilbert Zermeno and reporter Morgan Loew bo ... More >>

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New Issue Lowdown

​We can officially look back at 2009 in the dust trail behind us. It's over and done, and we are just finishing up contemplating what the year brought us. For the music crowd, that means a reflection of any and all recordings that made 2009 what it was. Music editor Martin Cizmar presents t ... More >>

An Opportunity to Stand Up

​We can officially look back at 2009 in the dust trail behind us. It's over and done, and we are just finishing up contemplating what the year brought us. For the music crowd, that means a reflection of any and all recordings that made 2009 what it was. Music editor Martin Cizmar presents t ... More >>

An Opportunity to Stand Up

​We can officially look back at 2009 in the dust trail behind us. It's over and done, and we are just finishing up contemplating what the year brought us. For the music crowd, that means a reflection of any and all recordings that made 2009 what it was. Music editor Martin Cizmar presents t ... More >>

Bonnaroo Video and Audio Footage

The Avett Brothers at Bonnaroo. Photo by NPR.​If you dared to log on to Twitter this weekend, you undoubtedly saw the onslaught of not only massive amounts of Tweets on the start of the World Cup, but also on the Bonnaroo Festival that you were not at.There's nothing like a constant influx of inst ... More >>

Welcome to Mi Pueblito: The Small-Town, Family-Farm Lifestyle That We Cherish Is Being Preserved Thanks to Mexican Immigrants

The Avett Brothers at Bonnaroo. Photo by NPR.​If you dared to log on to Twitter this weekend, you undoubtedly saw the onslaught of not only massive amounts of Tweets on the start of the World Cup, but also on the Bonnaroo Festival that you were not at.There's nothing like a constant influx of inst ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, November 18, 2010

The Avett Brothers at Bonnaroo. Photo by NPR.​If you dared to log on to Twitter this weekend, you undoubtedly saw the onslaught of not only massive amounts of Tweets on the start of the World Cup, but also on the Bonnaroo Festival that you were not at.There's nothing like a constant influx of inst ... More >>

What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

The Avett Brothers at Bonnaroo. Photo by NPR.​If you dared to log on to Twitter this weekend, you undoubtedly saw the onslaught of not only massive amounts of Tweets on the start of the World Cup, but also on the Bonnaroo Festival that you were not at.There's nothing like a constant influx of inst ... More >>

So What Happened With Against Me!?

The Avett Brothers at Bonnaroo. Photo by NPR.​If you dared to log on to Twitter this weekend, you undoubtedly saw the onslaught of not only massive amounts of Tweets on the start of the World Cup, but also on the Bonnaroo Festival that you were not at.There's nothing like a constant influx of inst ... More >>

Village Voice Media and Frank 151 Throwing Huge SxSW Party

​Wu-Tang Clan, Fishbone and Yelawolf will headline the annual Village Voice SXSW party, this year produced in tandem with with Frank 151.If that's not enough to grab your attention, it's worth mentioning that Erykah Badu will DJ the party on Thursday, March 17 at the Austin Music Hall.The event ru ... More >>

Limp Bizkit is Baaaaack: Fred Durst Says the Band is Working on Two New Albums

Fred Durst now has a gray beard but he still wants to rock.​Bad news for people with working ears: Limp Bizkit, the rap-rock outfit that stained an entire generation by instigating a meathead riot at Woodstook 1999, is reassembling.Or so says singer/rapper/douchenozzle Fred Durst, who NME reports ... More >>

New Times Writers Win Aronson Award

Fred Durst now has a gray beard but he still wants to rock.​Bad news for people with working ears: Limp Bizkit, the rap-rock outfit that stained an entire generation by instigating a meathead riot at Woodstook 1999, is reassembling.Or so says singer/rapper/douchenozzle Fred Durst, who NME reports ... More >>

Can I Close My Tab? Martin Cizmar Leaves as New Times Music Editor for Gig in South Florida

​Tell people you're a music critic and they're likely to get all sorts of ideas about you -- some right, some wrong. More often than not, they seem to think you're a failed musician who picked up a pen when his band's demo failed to catch any important ears. I've always been pretty clear abo ... More >>

New Times Summer Guide 2011

​Tell people you're a music critic and they're likely to get all sorts of ideas about you -- some right, some wrong. More often than not, they seem to think you're a failed musician who picked up a pen when his band's demo failed to catch any important ears. I've always been pretty clear abo ... More >>

Underage Sex Trafficking Not as Popular as Ashton Kutcher Wants You to Believe

www.flickr.comAshton Kutcher's trying to Punk the world into thinking up to 300,000 underage kids become prostitutes every year.​If you're buying into Ashton Kutcher's latest media blitz about underage sex trafficking, and think 100,000 to 300,000 children in America become prostitutes every year, ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, July 14, 2011

www.flickr.comAshton Kutcher's trying to Punk the world into thinking up to 300,000 underage kids become prostitutes every year.​If you're buying into Ashton Kutcher's latest media blitz about underage sex trafficking, and think 100,000 to 300,000 children in America become prostitutes every year, ... More >>

This Has Been a Good Week For Black Star Fans

Black Star Performing on Colbert Report​It's been a really great week for Black Star fans -- and I'm one of them. Black Star, the 1998 collaboration between Mos Def and Talib Kweli is one of my favorite hip-hop albums. The duo performed "Fix Up," produced by the nearly always awesome Madlib, on Th ... More >>

Scientologists Targeting Village Voice Media

www.roflrazzi.com​On the same day our cover story about the Church of Scientology's new Phoenix "Ideal Org" hit newsstands, our sister paper in New York, the Village Voice, reports that the Church is now probing our parent company, Village Voice Media.See our cover story on what Scientology ... More >>

New Research Demolishes the Stereotype of the Underage Sex Worker

www.roflrazzi.com​On the same day our cover story about the Church of Scientology's new Phoenix "Ideal Org" hit newsstands, our sister paper in New York, the Village Voice, reports that the Church is now probing our parent company, Village Voice Media.See our cover story on what Scientology ... More >>

Activists Picket New Times Building in Protest of Backpage.com

James King This was the scene outside of New Times' downtown Phoenix offices this afternoon. ​About 15 to 20 protesters picketed New Times' downtown Phoenix offices today in protest of Backpage.com, a classified ad website owned by our parent company, Village Voice Media ... More >>

Video of Activists Protesting New Times -- Compliments of Dennis Gilman

Roughly 15 activists picketed in front of New Times' Phoenix offices this afternoon in protest of our parent company, Village Voice Media's, classified ad website Backpage.com.The activists feel the website facilitates sex trafficking -- although, they admit that getting rid of Backpage.com will not ... More >>

New Times "Best of" App Gets a Little Love From iTunes, Wired

Best "Best of" app: Village Voice Media (we're awesome...admit it).​We're not typically in the business of shameless self-promotion here at New Times, but we'll make an exception to toot our own horn over recent accolades for our "Best of" smartphone app, which apparently is pretty friggin' awesom ... More >>

Wait a Minute Mr. Postman: 10 Songs About the Mail

​By now it's news to no one that the United States Postal Service is in trouble. As detailed by Nick Greene earlier this month at Village Voice's Running Scared, this means print media is in for a punch (you know, while it's down and everything), your bills are going to show up later than they ... More >>