By Sarah Fenske This just in: Carlos Mendoza is retiring. Now, the idea of “retirement” may sound a little fishy to you. After all, Mendoza, a justice of the peace in the Downtown Justice Court, was facing charges from the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct for some pretty serious stuff:…
By Jonathan McNamara Laura Stack’s book The Exhaustion Cure: Up Your Energy from Low to Go in 21 Days promises to show readers how to not only increase their energy, but also boost their productivity by basing work around deeply held values. So if you’re ready to channel the powers…
By Jonathan McNamara Check out his Myspace page and you’ll see that John Huntington describes himself modestly as a promoter, DJ, producer, consultant and restauranteur. Knowing that Huntington is one half of the very same Hart & Huntington tattoo shop featured on A&E’s “Inked,” most of his hats are self…
By Joseph Golfen If the streets of Downtown Scottsdale are suddenly overrun by men in fishnet shirts and tattooed girls wearing red platforms and vinyl corsets, it must be time for the annual Fetish Prom at the Venue of Scottsdale. Every year, hundreds of leather-clad fetish enthusiasts deck out in…
By P.J. Standlee Okay, maybe not everyone came to the Kokopelli Winery and Bistro’s “Rock the Vine” 1970s festival Saturday night with their afro puffs puffed and their bell bottoms bottomed out, but late night bistro’s atmosphere did provide a jam-happy Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan cover band, plus food…
By Ray Stern Do illegal drugs fund a government plot to keep black and brown people down? Whatever the answer, it’s a conspiracy theory that makes for a somewhat interesting documentary now airing on Showtime called American Drug War: the last White hope, a movie to which ex-DEA agent and…
By John Dickerson In 2003, New Times’ Amy Silverman, now the newspaper’s managing editor, penned a gripping account of a husband’s abuse of his a quadraplegic wife, who’d already survived one abusive husband — barely. Tomorrow, CBS’ 48 Hours will retell Heather Grossman’s story to the nation. The show airs…
MCC’s Blair Gadsby, developer of the 9/11 diet plan. Need more evidence that community college courses are too often taught by tards? Look no further than Mesa Community College instructor Blair Gadsby, MA, who apparently teaches a religious studies course at MCC (they have his title listed as “Substitute -…
By Jonathan McNamara John Huntington wants you to dance your ass off tonight. The man famously known for throwing sweet shindigs is blessing club e4 with is party stylings tonight. For more information and a comprehensive sampling of why he’s the party patron, see Benjamin Leatherman’s article 24 Hour Party…
By John Dickerson A faithful New Times reader named Tom Tucker just called in: “I love your guys’ articles, but a guy I work with is a real Doubting Thomas. He doesn’t believe anything in that paper’s real.” This Doubting Thomas couldn’t believe this week’s cover story about a felon…
By Joseph Golfen When filmmaker Nicholas “Nico” Holthaus started filming local bands playing on Mill Ave. in the mid-1990, it’s unlikely that he realized he was capturing a dying era. But where flannel-clad music fans once crowded outside seedy haunts like Long Wong’s listening to alternative rock, there now stands…
By Jonathan McNamara Free time doesn’t have to mean self-centered time. Sure, you could indulge in your favorite form of merry-making tonight, but aren’t you forgetting somebody? Your heart needs some love too. Head down to the Sister to Sister National Women’s Heart Health Fair at US Airways Center today…
Why did the Mexican comedian Cantinflas never catch on in Hollywood? I thought he was supposed to usher in the Mexican wave of actors and movies that would help transform Hollywood. Instead, that movement ended up flat as a tortilla. El Curioso Do people even know who Cantinflas was any…
Construction has nearly finished on most of the Valley’s inaugural 20-mile light-rail track. Thank God. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the trains will be ready to run on time. Here’s why. Union officials tell me that the for-profit company that’s supposed to be hiring and managing rail staff has frittered…
One of the NBA’s most amazing plays happened 14 years ago this month, when the Phoenix Suns’ big-time point guard Kevin Johnson executed a startling one-handed dunk over future Hall of Fame center Hakeem Olajuwon. It happened during the second round of the 1994 playoffs against the Houston Rockets, and…
EMPTY BUBBLE What goes up: What a great story on a true real estate scoundrel (“Dirty Deeds,” Ray Stern, May 15)! And you can see how this kind of guy could make out like a bandit because everybody was itching to make big bucks in the game. Mark Bosworth took…
At 65, Paul Phillips was ready to retire. He’d raised his four kids, sold his Phoenix produce company, and even bought a 40-foot RV to drive across the country with his wife LuWanna. Phillips was working on his golf game, in anticipation of all the free time he’d have. Even…
By John Dickerson Six attorneys and a federal judge wrangled in U.S. District Court for three and a half hours this week over the issue of moving forward with possibly the most important inmates’ rights lawsuit ever filed against the Maricopa County Sheriff Office: Hart vs. Arpaio. Lawyer Dennis Wilenchik,…
By Sarah Fenske We’re not in the market for a Beemer, but we couldn’t help but notice this ad on AutoTrader.com. The seller, who’s apparently one of those of shiny-shirted Scottsdale boys, claims that this seven-year-old BMW “has gotten me laid so many times it’s ridiculous … I’m not saying…
I think moonhowler Alex Jones owes ’em some moolah for the name… It sounds like Lou Dobbs’ wet dream — assuming the dyspeptic geezer’s still capable of one: Operation Endgame, a comprehensive plan by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of Detention and Removal to “remove all removable aliens” by the…
By Jonathan McNamara What goes great with fish and chips? Well it’s not the answer I was looking for, but you’re right, malt vinegar is a pretty good. Yes, yes mushy peas go pretty well too. You do have a good point about the curry sauce… Look, the point I…
1700 Curry on Saturday, May 17th By Lilia Menconi Yep, there was some hot tail. For more, check the slide show We love music. We love art. And, by God, we love booze. So when we heard about Convergent at 1700 Curry, we felt it was our duty to head…
