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Avengers Cologne: Oh Yeah, We’re Sure the Hulk Smelled Grrreeeeaaat

Fair warning: Just because you smell like Thor doesn't mean you're going to score Natalie Portman -- or any girl for that matter. In fact, there's no guarantee of any direct (or physical) benefit of smelling like a big, sweaty superhero, but that hasn't stopped fragrance company JADS international from releasing...
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Best Public Lifelong Game You’ve Never Heard Of

BirdmanThe rules of Birdman are simple. First, make the “okay” sign with your index fingers and thumbs. Rotate your wrists outward and flip these rings over your eyes. These are your “goggles.” If, while wearing your goggles, you make eye contact with a participating Birdman player (after they’ve agreed to play with a handshake) he […]
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Meaning Maker: Responding to Local Art Experiences

One new idea for every day in 2011. We're talking big, small, local, international, in action, and on the drawing board. Here's today's -- what's yours? At the release party for Jennifer Campbell and Catherine Akins' Join + Cast, a Guide to Contemporary Art in July, small pamphlets and pencils...
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Four Local Christmas Plays to Skip This Season

We know you're crazy busy this time of year, and so are local theater companies. With very few revivals of Curtains-approved holiday extravaganzas on the boards in 2011, we ran around and checked out as many of the current crop of offerings as we could. Here are four plays running through the weekend...
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Thrice’s Teppei Teranishi on Major/Minor

Thrice has been a staple in the alternative rock world for more than a decade. But even to those paying close attention, the band's extensive catalog is hard to keep up with. Their eighth album, Major/Minor, was released on September 20 and is --as usual-- another stage in the band's...
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Closed for Business: Climbmax Climbing Gym in Tempe

Mike Fitzgerald announced Wednesday that he was closing the doors of Climbmax, effective immediately. Word spread quickly through the climbing community, and an open letter was posted by Fitzgerald on the Climbmax website:"Due to reasons beyond our control, we have been forced to immediately close this facility," Fitzgerald writes. "Closing the gym...
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Attention U.S. Airways: America Hates You (and Facebook)

TheAtlantic.com released its list of America's 19 "Most Hated Companies" -- based on the American Customer Satisfaction Index -- earlier this month, four of which happen to be airlines (imagine that). Among them is Tempe-based U.S. Airways.The airline came in at the six spot on TheAtlantic's list with a 61/100...
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Catholic Diocese of Phoenix Names Clergy Pervs on Revamped Website

he Catholic Diocese of Phoenix has researched and cataloged an index of its clergymen accused of sexually abusing kids and now has released some of their identities to the public.  Spearheaded by Bishop Thomas Olmsted, the Diocese is putting out a list of sexually abusive clergymen on its newly revamped website. The...
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Five Summertime Fixes for Geeks in Phoenix

Just because school's out doesn't mean you have to be caught home alone with only your Wii to keep you company. Whether you're a word nerd, techie, or science dweeb, put the summer reading list down, the video games away, and try out these local ways to get out this...
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Roll a Joint

With medical marijuana just around the corner, many Arizonans will be able to legally possess and use weed (if they obtain registered patient or caregiver cards). No doubt some of the new patients will be old fans of the herb, but there may be other medical marijuana patients who are new...
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Rick Perry’s Texas Is a Fantasy Land

In his quest for the presidency, Texas Governor Rick Perry says three things: His state's economy is better than America's. Low taxes and small government are the reasons. He gets the credit. Almost none of that is true. The Texas economy isn't stronger than the national economy, and it may...
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Arizona Dems Plan Rally in Support of Wisconsin Workers

In case you hadn't heard, Madison, Wisconsin, looks more like Cairo, Egypt, these days, with thousands of people taking to the streets in protest of Governor Scott Walker's new budget and the effect it has on the bargaining rights of union workers, namely, the most coddled of all government employees:...