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The Tinder Dating Adventures of a 40-Something Feminist

I like men. So much so, that I’ve thrown myself into the lion’s den, the horse’s mouth, and the cat’s meow of Internet dating. Or in this case, what I lovingly refer to as shallow people-shopping in TinderLand. Let the record state, I am a terrible dater. I’m honest, direct,...
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25 Best Concerts in August in Phoenix

Rodney Carrington - Saturday, August 8 - Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino Rodney Carrington takes blue collar comedy and adds a cowboy hat and a thick Southern drawl to create his uniquely "hick-and-proud" comedy and country music routine. For those who aren't familiar with the boyish-faced standup star and...
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Sadly, the Latest Hot Tub Time Machine Is on the Fritz

Five years ago, four losers passed out in a jacuzzi, boiled back to 1986, healed their past wounds, rocked out to Poison, and returned to their timeline as gods. Thusly, Hot Tub Time Machine director Steve Pink was hailed as a minor deity: He'd taken a dumber-than-huffing-hairspray premise and made...
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Top 50 Maricopa County Mugshots of 2014

At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert's own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we'll take care of the rest. This week, we introduce the 50 best...
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Land Ho!‘s Horny Seniors Never Quite Charm

Land Ho! is a How Grandpa Got His Groove Back for the geezer set, a buddy road trip through Iceland, starring two divorced men with a combined age of 150 years. The writer-directors, Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz, are 30 and 34, respectively, young enough to be their leading men's...
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The Color of Noise Doc Offers In-Depth Look at AmRep Records Founder

At the end of Eric Robel's Kickstarter funded documentary The Color of Noise, there is a montage of artists that were on or associated with the Tom Hazelmyer's groundbreaking record label Amphetamine Reptile Records (AmRep) that attempt to describe the alternative music Svengali in one word. These words range anywhere...
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Sixteen Stupid Hats Musicians Love Wearing

Recently, my enemies have been accusing me of having a problem with hats. Maybe it's because I am (predictably) a bald, pale music critic, and wearing a hat makes me look like a Nosferatu vampire-creature. But personally, I think someone's choice of headwear can tell a lot about a person...
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Six Reasons to Never Have Sex With a DJ

By Kat Bein Correction: This article originally contained an incorrect byline. It was written by Kat Bein, not Katie Bain. Up on the Sun regrets the error. Calm down, party girl/boy. Before you go flaunting your shiz in the face of the selector, think about what you're really getting yourself...
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Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu Is Full of Hypocrisy and Hyperbole

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has been whining about criticism he's received for orchestrating a media circus and stirring protest in Oracle over a busload of a few dozen children from Central America that were supposedly going to be detained at a facility in that town. The children never materialized...