ON THE BORDER Jim Albert has all the answers: I still say that these smart, young Mexicans' [being] sent back to Mexico after we've educated them to the max could be Mexico's gain; readers of New Times who say otherwise simply have their heads up their asses. The article that...
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With the Oscars less than a month away, you might want to start catching up on your movie watching; and there's no better place than the theater to get the full cinematic experience. Unfortunately, the food selection at most movie theaters (especially if you're catching up on the second-run films)...
MICHAEL X? Of all the ironies in the fallout from Councilman Michael Johnson's alleged roughing-up at the hands of a rookie Phoenix cop, there's one that's particularly troubling: The presence of Charles Muhammad, a minister for the Nation of Islam's Phoenix branch, at a press conference given by Johnson last...
When we went to Society Café in Las Vegas a few months ago, we were totally impressed with the American restaurant's innovative takes on classics--pasta drenched in truffle cream, egg-topped ham-and-cheese sandwiches and mouthwatering cocktails. Lucky for us, the former chef of that restaurant, Jeremy Pacheco, is now back in...
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AMERICAN DREAM? Pray for the DREAM Act: It is absolutely a waste that so many of these young undocumented immigrants are flushed into Mexico. Something must be done to put sanity back into our immigration laws and policies. I guess you could look at it that our loss is Mexico's...
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Twice a week, Teresa has a nightmare. It is almost always the same. She and her husband, Michael, are driving home in their gray Chevy pickup, sleepy and content after a long day with family. It is a cool, clear night. Their chatty 2-year-old daughter, Adrianna, is buckled snugly into...
For centuries, fairy tales have held both adults and children in their magical sway. In actuality, these fanciful tales are basically mini-morality plays, spun to illustrate prevailing societal mores embraced by those rapt audiences. Through them, listeners have painlessly learned about the unquestionable reward of virtue (getting rich and/or living...
Sheriff Joe received a little support today from an unlikely source, the Rev. Oscar Tillman, President of the Maricopa County branch of the NAACP.I contacted Rev. Tillman to ask his opinion of a half-page ad that ran in the Arizona Republic yesterday comparing Arpaio to Birmingham, Alabama's infamous public safety...
Noah Baumbach talks about his new film, Greenberg, the DIY ethos, and learning to drive. Noah Baumbach is 40 years old. He just learned how to drive. A native New Yorker, the writer/director started spending time in Los Angeles when dating his current wife, Jennifer Jason Leigh, but for years...
In Pretty Woman, director Garry Marshall's personal cinematic high score, the opening credits close (and the closing credits open) with the voice of a street freak, barely noticeable in wide shot, chanting an absurd mantra —"Welcome to Hollywood, land of dreams!" Twenty years later, Marshall dips into the same well...
Let's face it. Cover albums are usually a bad idea. While it's wonderful to see one artist admire another so much that (s)he wishes to have a recording permanently linking the two together, most of the time the art of the craft is lost. David Bowie's Pin Ups is an...
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Enticing Jeff Bridges to voice a washed-up surfer dude in the 2007 children's movie Surf's Up, the filmmakers sent the actor a video of an animated penguin declaiming a few of his lines from The Big Lebowski. They probably didn't need to work that hard: An avid surfer, Bridges has...
RUSSIAN SPRING Jana Rozenman curls up on a sofa on the patio of her Scottsdale apartment as her 4½-year-old twins watch TV and play with balloons scattered nearby. She seems at peace, relaxing in the mild spring air, as she recalls the events of the past year, one that's just...
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Top 10 ‘American Idol’ Moments
Today is the infamous Black Friday, and even if you're not braving the Wal-Mart madness or the bumper cars of a mall parking lot today, you've likely got shopping on the brain. What auspicious timing for Local First Arizona to introduce Buy Local Week, where you can scap up restaurant gift certificates,...
Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 is not just some re-mastered re-issue. It ain't no run-of-the-mill recording. This is the first time that Cohen's entire performance at the historic festival has been released. Why is this exciting and noteworthy, you may ask? For several reasons. Firstly, Leonard Cohen...
Electric Mustache: Daytrotter iPhone AppIdolator: Shakira Stops Gyrating For One Second to Sing 'Santa Baby'NME: Morrissey has fan thrown out of Hamburg gig - videoNME: Fall Out Boy to go on 'indefinite break'Pitchfork: Decemberists Turn The Hazards of Love Into Animated FilmRolling Stone: Ringo Starr Recruits Paul McCartney for New...
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Naked Launch
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and the Reverend Oscar Tillman, who heads the local NAACP, have long enjoyed a good relationship — if not literally close, at least as positive as any relationship based in politics can be. But Tillman told me last week that Gordon has lost his support. And...
It started with the boss' brother. Doug Lingner had been executive director of the Housing Authority of Maricopa County for just two months when he hired his brother to repair a carport at the agency's Seventh Street complex. Total cost: $2,000. Now, that wasn't such a big deal. Yes, state...
By Lindsey Holder I'm not sure how many bands I saw last night. ...maybe three-ish? The ticket said The Swell Season, but the show was more like The Swell Season, Glen Hansard, The Frames, and a combination of the three. I figured it would be fairly straightforward, with songs from...