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The Academy Is… Power Pop’s Leading Light

There are few relationships in music quite as strong as the one between power pop and its fan base. Sure, every genre of music has devotees who absorb everything they can, but at some point, the product of most such obsessions ends up in a cardboard box and passed over...
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Summer Beer Quest Week Five

This week we checked out the beers on tap at Santan Brewing in Downtown Chandler. Yup! We ventured far into the depths of Chandler to bring you this week's update. At last weekend's Craft Brewing Festival we ran into some Santan Brewers keen on their Strawberry Wit. To see what...
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Brew Review: Why Does President Obama Like Bud Light?

Whether you agree with his decisions or not, there can be no doubt that President Obama has already accomplished many things since entering office in January of 2009. He has closed Guantanamo Bay. He has supported stem cell research. But it is one of his most recent decisions that has...
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Recipe: the CenPhopolitan from SideBar

There are 57 vodkas, two shelves of tequila and 50 different kinds of beers taking up the limited shelf space of SideBar in downtown Phoenix. For a bar that's about the size of a college dorm room, that's not too shabby. OK, a college suite. With house-made flavors and fresh-squeezed...
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10 Reasons to Hit Happy Hour in the Valley

Hit print on this one, people. Or at least cut and paste. Here's your guide to good happy hour deals across the Valley, with food and drink from around the world, at all levels of sophistication. Happy Monday. 1.Rosie McCaffrey's 906 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix 602-241-1916 Good Irish pubs are...
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And the Award For the Panhandlers of the Day Goes To…

...Downtown Phoenix painter Michael Little and his pal Jonas Sunshine Callewaert, who we saw begging for change this afternoon at the eastbound on-ramp for Interstate-10 at Seventh Street. Callewaert, an unemployed architect, explained that they were sitting around at the nearby Conspire coffeehouse and wanted to scrounge up some beer...
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Last Night: Skyy Vodka Bar Chef Competition

Last night, a dozen local bartenders gathered at Scottsdale's fashion-forward CANAL restaurant for an Iron Chef style competition which tested their cocktail making prowess. A few of the culinary scene's big names were also there, including chef James Porter and emcee Dave Johnson, head of the wine and spirits program at Sol y Sombra. When Johnson showed...
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Dogfish Head Founder In Town This Week

There are plenty of nameless, unsung brewmasters out there, and Sam Calagione is definitely not one of them. The founder and president of Delaware's cult hit Dogfish Head brewery is one of the best-known leaders of the extreme beer trend, and was profiled in entertaining detail in last fall's food...
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Funky Brewster

A recent Junior Achievement survey found that the top three career choices for teens are businessperson, doctor, and teacher. Funny, our not-so-scientific survey of teens we know says trust-fund slacker, overpaid celebrity, and professional beer drinker. Either way, the next generation could learn a thing or two from Dogfish Head...
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Brew Review: Reaper Ale’s Deathly Pale Ale

"Deathly pale" is not a phrase that appears in everyday conversation very often. In fact the only example I can think of occurred the last time I visited a beach. It was uttered from some nearby ladies as my physique built on my Irish heritage approached the surf. It stung...
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Scare City: What To Do and Where To Go on Halloween

The late Michael Jackson was not only the King of Pop. He used to be our personal King of Halloween. If you were a child of the '80s, like us, chances are better than good that you, too, dressed as Jacko for All Hallows' Eve during your grade-school years (back...
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Summer Guide: Shaking it Up with Valley Mixologists

When I was young, a drink was just a drink — and the cheaper it was, the better. In those days, the dude who made your drink was a bartender. If you were really desperate (and sometimes I was), you might opt for a frat boy with an empty garbage...
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No Joke

Hey, did you hear the one about the Irishman, the Swede, and the, uh, person of Polish descent who were looking for something to do this weekend? Here’s the punchline: The fellow of Polish ancestry, being proud of his heritage, took his pals to the Polish Festival. The sixth annual...
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Happy Hour Deals: Cadillac Ranch

Cadillac Ranch offers a host of amenities, in its efforts to give you a "true taste of Texas." You can ride the mechanical bull, find privacy in a high-walled booth, or enjoy the restaurant's well-stocked bar. We find that's all best done at happy hour. From 4 to 7 every...
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Brew Review: New Belgium’s Mighty Arrow Pale Ale

I've never met a dog I didn't take to instantly. As a matter of fact, I spent the weekend taking care of a pup for a friend on vacation. I don't know what breed she is but it doesn't matter because she was immediately friendly and loyal after about thirty...
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Lucero Live: Moshing to Pedal Steel

Dear ex-hardcore kids,Please stop ruining roots music.Look, I get it, you're pretty much aged out of hardcore shows, but you're covered in tattoos and have plugs in your earlobes, and it's hard to find a scene. Every band you've ever liked seems to be starting a folkie side project so...
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Summer Guide: Trek to Tucson

Tucson is cool. That's "cool" in the literal sense — Tucson is a bit higher in elevation than the Valley and tends not to push the mercury level quite as high (it's generally 5 to 10 degrees cooler) — and in the figurative sense. Home to more than just the...
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Punch-Drunk Love

How much do we enjoy a mug, stein, or glass of the golden wonder fluid that is beer? What if we told you that we have a wing of our house dedicated to the memory of Spuds MacKenzie? That our DVD racks include every season of Scrubs simply because we...