Have you seen the e-mail flying around, allegedly from country star Charlie Daniels? Whats your reaction? The Mexicans Went Down to Georgia Dear Gabacho: I love it. For ustedes readers who don’t know what we’re talking about: In April 2006, one-hit has-been Charlie Daniels posted an essay on his Web…
The lawyers are scurrying inside the Juvenile Court building in Mesa on a recent morning like shoppers on a last-minute run. They move from the appointment counter toward their courtrooms, lugging briefcases and working BlackBerries, faces scrunched up in multitasking concentration. Small groups are milling outside the eight courtrooms, waiting…
Let it all hang out: Rusty’s pic labeled “Jamaica Hedonism.” Prejudiced playboy Rusty Childress is one complex fella. Every Thursday he welcomes fellow wackjobs to his anti-Mexican fiestas, like the ones described in this week’s Bird column, the item titled “Bigot Bash.” The putative Republican (if you judge him by…
Amparo’s birthday suit: boots, gloves, hat, and little else. (photo by Bala Raman) Tuesday’s beauty is the limber and lovely Amparo Elizabeth, who hails from Honduras originally, but was raised in the Zona and has been modeling since age nine. This exotic enchantress boasts Spanish blood, her first name meaning…
Barry “Naw, I aint” Young, KFYI’s pie-faced horse’s patootie. Anyone who’s ever read stroke-mag Hustler knows of a feature called “Asshole of the Month,” wherein politicians, ideologues and media types are skewered. I’m thinking of starting a version called “PHX A-hole of the Week,” to honor P-town butt-holes deserving of…
Steve Haworth, Jr. (left) with his dad, fetish king Steve Haworth, Sr. (right). UPDATE: MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR STEVEN ARTHUR HAWORTH, JR. WILL BE THIS SATURDAY APRIL 21, 1:30 PM AT LINCOLN HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN CHURCH 2121 EAST LINCOLN DRIVE, PHOENIX, AZ 85016 FOR MORE INFO., PLEASE CHECK HAWORTH’S MYSPACE MEMORIAL PAGE…
One of Imus’ old albums being sold on eBay: Pretty much says it all… ***UPDATE: Since the posting of this commentary, the Associated Press has reported that CBS radio has fired Don Imus, this coming on the heels of MSNBC’s suspension of their simulcast of his show. This is the…
Sofiane Laimeche isn’t a terrorist. Says he never has been. Doesn’t know any, either. True, U.S. authorities think his friend from boyhood, Lotfi Raissi, may have been a key player in the September 11, 2001, attacks. But the terrorist accusations against Raissi, the first person in the world arrested in…
On the morning of April 5, a pale and paunchy middle-aged man wearing a black-and-white-striped jail outfit stood before county Judge Brian Ishikawa. The courtroom was empty but for court personnel, a prosecutor, a defense attorney, the case investigator, a reporter, and Robert Shawn Owens, who was the pasty-faced guy…
What´s Sweet is sickening Harsh but true: Your “My Super Sweet Six” cover story was deliciously mean. Yet right on the money. Kudos to the author (Robrt L. Pela, March 29). I think these rich parents need to get a life and stop trying to live vicariously through their kids…
I lived here illegally for the first half of my life, so Im very offended when I hear anti-immigrant comments. I especially cant stand “Illegals dont pay taxes, so they shouldnt be here.” When my father applied for residency during the amnesty in the 1980s, part of the requirement was…
One of the few ribbons in town Phil Gordon hasn’t cut… With a handful of reporters and supporters looking on, mayoral hopeful Rev. Jarrett Maupin, the boy-wonder of PHX politics, cut the ribbon on his new campaign office downtown today, promising to “kick Phil’s butt in this election,” and taking…
Two clowns flippin’ you the bird… Beetlejuice mobbed by fans at the Clubhouse… So the Killers of Comedy from the Howard Stern Show were in Tempe at the Clubhouse Music Venue this past Saturday, and I had to make the scene to see my two favorite Stern show regs: the…
Go, Jarrett, go: Whip Phil’s flabby white keister… The word’s out: The Reverend Jarrett Maupin II will be a contender in the Phoenix 2007 mayoral race in a bid to unseat Mayor Phil “Goober” Gordon. A formal announcement will come sometime this week, but already the prez of the Arizona…
The spooky-sexy Sister Kenyattasaurus Rex… Okay, so last week, I told you we were flippin’ the script to Thump Day Diva from Hump Day Honey, and now I’m adding a Friday Femme Fatale, what gives? Jeez, people, I have other stuff to do too, so Monday Mammas and Tuesday Tarts…
On a cool, clear Friday night in early February, about a hundred people are packed into the Casa Blanca Lounge on Van Buren Street in downtown Phoenix. Many of them have come for “communion” with local punk/thrash quartet NunZilla. But the “nuns” here aren’t anything like the ones who rapped…
It’s like a scene out of the classic Western series Gunsmoke, with Marshal Matt Dillon facing off against some ornery outlaw in the streets of Dodge City. To one side, in a white hat and silver star, is courageous Congressman Jeff Flake from AZ’s Sixth Congressional District, a proponent of…
Take My Child, Please Too many parents: Your cover story demonstrates the incredible lengths people will go to so they can hang on to a child (“Indian Takers,” Paul Rubin, March 22). All the people in the article who wanted little Raven Laws were well-meaning. The mother and father, who…
What do Mexicans think about President Bushs grandfather having a hand in getting the guy that robbed Pancho Villas head out of jail? Kruising Klassily in Kennebunkport Dear KKK: Ah, Villa’s stolen skull. No macabre Mexican legend is more mired in intrigue, distortions and looniness — and in a country…
When it comes to real estate, Monty and Marlene Wilson aren’t exactly novices. Monty’s a builder. Marlene has a broker’s license. But earlier this year, the Wilsons learned something shocking about the $479,000 condominium they purchased two years ago in downtown Phoenix: It came without parking. Not just without covered…
That ain’t Monopoly money Phil’s playin’ with… In case you have any doubts whom Mayor Phil Gordon really represents, check this under-the-radar March 2 story by the Phoenix Business Journal titled “Developers bankrolling Gordon’s re-election campaign.” Gordon’s Phil for Phoenix PAC has raised over $655K according to the article, and…
Joe Watson in custody… Some Mondays are crazier than others, and this one was particularly whack, with the news that ex-New Times staff writer Joe Watson was popped Friday for allegedly sticking up six Valley businesses, including three salons in Scottsdale, hence the catchy sobriquet “the salon bandit.” Scottsdale detectives…
