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  Forking: Champagne Soup
  C.M. Redding is back this week, Forking for the New Year. Here's his recipe for champagne soup. Read this week's spooning.
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  Light Rail Launches
  Hundreds of thousands turned out to celebrate the long-awaited debut of Valley Metro’s light rail system on Saturday, December 27, 2008. The trains were packed and so were the various parties that occurred around the PHX. Here’s a a look at the some of the festivities that took place.
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  Club Candids at Cheap Thrills
  Jared Alan's new DJ night at Black Forest Mill on Saturday, December 27th.
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  Phoenix New Times Year in Photos
  Catherine Bell at the Super Bowl? Check. Twilight Fans dressed as vampires? Gorgeous Models modeling low rider-inspired bikinis? Double Check. See the top shots from 2008 in this slide show while we get to work on 2009.
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  Party Crasher: American Junkie, Club FullFilled, The Vintage Lounge, and Rhythm Room
  Our investigator of the outrageous peeped the vibe at the newly-opened nightspots American Junkie in Scottsdale and The Vintage Lounge in Tempe, and got plenty of face time with fired-up rockabillies and the lovely-and-large ladies of Club FullFilled during the weekend of Thursday, December 18,...
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  Performance Atheist: Making the Cover
  Dear lord did we have a lot of shots for this issue. Check out some of the alternate cover shot takes and a few more photos from inside this article.
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  Santarchy Invades Phoenix!
  On Saturday, December 20, 2008, several St. Nicks flooded Old Town Scottsdale in search of drinks while Santa got down to more serious work at Salty Senorita in Peoria on Sunday, December 21, 2008.
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  Club Candids at SideBar
  Hitting a new spot on Friday, December 20th.
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  Lit at 103.9 The Edge's Third Thursday
  Since debuting last year, The Edge 103.9's monthly Third Thursday free concert series has featured headliners that easily fall into one of two categories: burgeoning and innovative indie-style bands or old-and-busted '90s has-beens and one-hit wonders...read the full story.
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  Christmas Graffiti at Madison Event Center
  To cop a line from the great Lee Ving of the punk band FEAR, "Don't despair just because it's Christmas." Indeed, here's one reason to celebrate a freakin' silent night: DOSE and his Forever in Control art collective have just rocked the walls of the Madison Event Center with brand spankin' new...
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  Chef Stephanie Izard drops some knowledge at Digestif
  Bravo's Top Chef Season Four winner and Scottsdale Culinary Institute alum Stephanie Izard visited Scottsdale hot spot Digestif Tuesday and Wednesday night to whip up a little something for the people.
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  9 Ways The Zombie Apocalypse Will Make Christmas Better
  You're constantly on the run from the demonic forces of the undead. You’ve lost most of the people you care about and survival from this nightmare seems like an impossible dream. But hey, it sure beats the hell out of facing the mall crowds at Christmas time.
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