It’s tough to find a place that appeals to both out-of-town visitors and year-round residents, but we’ve got one. Not only does Crazy Ed’s lure in tourists by the busload with its kitschy, Disney-like Western Town attraction on its property, the Cave Creek brew pub also attracts a fair amount…
Does neo-Nazi J.T. Ready (left) advise Russell Pearce (right) on new anti-Mexican legislation? Nah, but he might as well. State Rep. Russell Pearce is all excuses when he forwards neo-Nazi National Alliance e-mails to his supporters, or is seen smiling and arm-in-arm with local neo-Nazis like J.T. Ready. It’s either,…
At a weekly gig by a Doors tribute band, I’ve noticed the majority of the crowd is Mexican. I swear, sometimes it seems the crowd missed the exit to the Lupillo Rivera show or a Maná concert. Never realized Jim Morrison was the equal of Morrissey and Charles Bronson among…
A HOUSE DIVIDED Finally, some authenticity: I couldn’t side with The Bird more about the Phoenix hip-hop scene (“Wigga, Please,” Stephen Lemons, January 17). I’m a huge hip-hop fan, and I’m from the West Coast, and a whole lot of the kind of people I’ve seen performing and in the…
JABBA IN PARADISE This incredulous avian kept rubbing its peepers in disbelief. Was that really Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s chief deputy, David Hendershott, looking like a cross between Marlon Brando in The Island of Dr. Moreau and mad scientist Dr. Mephisto from South Park? Them eagle eyes weren’t lyin’. The pic,…
Two cars collided last year on Cinco de Mayo. Considering the date, you might assume that at least one of the drivers was drunk — and you’d be right. Laura Varker was 17 years old, and she’d been tubing down the Salt River all day with her eight best girlfriends…
The young labor union advocate is addressing the small crowd of immigrant neighbors in the carport like a fired-up schoolteacher. “How many people shop at Bashas’?” he asks in Spanish, following up his question with a call for a boycott of the grocery chain, which includes the Hispanic-oriented Food City…
Sure, the Super Bowl happens in the dead of winter, but why let that stop you from enjoying a cold treat? Especially in Phoenix, when it’s likely a balmy 70 degrees outside. We used to think of milkshakes as a summertime treat only, until we moved to the Valley. Now…
Our own American Idol will deliver an unplugged version of her hit single “Tattoo” during Wednesday’s Jordin Sparks’ Afternoon Acoustic Event at 3 p.m. at Skye. You also will hear tunes from the ever-intriguing Sanjaya Malakar, plus fellow Idol runner-ups Melinda Doolittle, LaKisha Jones, Chris Richardson and Stephanie Edwards. Tickets…
Go get ’em, tiger: Saban being interviewed shortly after announcing his run for Sheriff. Monday means deadline for me, folks, because I’m under the gun for this week’s Bird column, but I would be remiss if I didn’t give a little report from my attendance this Saturday at the Dan…
The New York Giants are the perfect example of why you just need to MAKE IT to the postseason. So are the Colorado Rockies, who as the National League wild card lost to the Red Sox in the most recent World Series. Question is, will the Giants take the final…
A downside of most Mexican restaurants in the Valley is menu fatigue. We love classic Sonoran dishes, but sometimes a break from tradition is just what we’re craving. At times like those, we head to Padre’s, where Mexican food comes with a twist. Padre’s For starters, we’re hooked on the…
Check the Penzoil in that ‘do. Give it up, Joe. Gray’s nothing to be ashamed of. I’m a glutton for punishment. That’s the only excuse I have for rolling down to 32nd and Thomas this Friday afternoon to check Sheriff Joe’s press conference announcing his “crime suppression operation,” supposedly focused…
What goes better together than football and beer? And have we got a brew bonanza for you. From the outside, Tops looks like an ordinary neighborhood booze purveyor, but as soon as you take a stroll down the narrow aisles — where shelves are stocked high with a jaw-dropping variety…
Seems libertarian comedian Drew Carey took time off from his new gig at The Price Is Right recently, and delved into Pinal County’s vindictive and ass-backwards dancing ban aimed at the San Tan Flat restaurant and owner Dale Bell. Check this video from Reason.tv, an offshoot of the libertarian rag…
The City of Phoenix’s ongoing renovation of Tovrea Castle, one of the Valley’s premier oddball landmarks, has given us locals hope that our state’s capital has finally learned to spell “p-r-e-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n.” The East Phoenix estate — which looks like a royal wedding cake defended by a swarm of palace-guard saguaros…
So, you’re coming to Arizona for the Super Bowl. You’ve got your giant foam finger, comfortable shoes and your “Glendale’s Got Game” T-shirt just arrived in your postbox. Looks like you’re almost ready, but what about turning back the game clock? We don’t mean the one on the scoreboard, we…
Hey, Wing-It, the Hendershott rumor mill may not be the best place to score blog items. Journalism is, like, hard n’ stuff. You’ve got to make a phone call occasionally, verify these pesky things called “facts.” Hey, who has the time? Not Yvonne “Wing-It” Wingett, or at least not with…
There was a moment on the campaign trail last fall when I was reminded, suddenly, why John McCain was once the political crush of my life. The Senator Who Could Actually Be President was campaigning at a New Hampshire high school when a kid in the audience asked an impertinent…
BAD RAP? Kumbaya coalition: First and foremost, I want to commend New Times for finally giving people like Iroc and Willy Northpole the attention they have long deserved (“Raising Terrazona,” Niki D’Andrea, January 10). These guys have been building a huge movement in Phoenix for years and have been criminally…
WIGGA, PLEASE Comedian D.L. Hughley once quipped that everybody wants to be black ’til the cops roll up. And as The Bird’s colleague Niki D’Andrea discussed in her recent cover story, “Raising Terrazona” (January 10, 2008), with Phoenix’s African-American population at 5.6 percent, there’s a buttload of crackas in this…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that Mexican-Americans have the highest proportion of DUIs and alcohol-related traffic fatalities of any ethnic group (60 percent as opposed to 40 percent for Anglos. They’re even substantially higher than any other Latino group). I apologize that this question isn’t wisecrack-y, but that…
