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Old Yeller

By Julie SeabaughDecember 25, 2008
After enjoying both critical and commercial success for a decade, most comics would be content to pull back a little, put less pressure on themselves, and generally mellow out. Then there’s Lewis Black. The über -intelligent Daily Show ranter may have made the rounds of all the requisite late-night talk...
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Budget Beat: Vincent’s Back Door

By Jay BennettJanuary 15, 2009
The man and his oven (photo courtesy of vincentsoncamelback.com) One of the Valley's superstar chefs, Vincent Guerithault, has a relatively new addition to his benevolent empire: pizza. Vincent's Back Door opened last summer with Friday-night-only service behind his Vincent Market Bistro, next to his Vincent's on Camelback, near the corner...
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Arizona Republic Buyouts: 28 experienced edit staffers agree to quit

By Sarah FenskeSeptember 9, 2008
By Sarah Fenske Twenty-eight reporters and editors at the Arizona Republic have accepted buyout offers from the Gannett-owned daily. Sources say that executive editor Randy Lovely is telling staffers that the buyouts could help the paper avoid layoffs -- but only if the economy improves. Uh oh. We're also hearing...
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Nintendo’s Wii Fit wants you to believe that indoor exercise is fun

By Chris WardMay 29, 2008
Somebody forgot to tell Nintendo that "strenuous indoor exercise" does not top anyone's summer fun list. This, of course, does not explain why poor suckers everywhere are lining up for Wii Fit, an exhausting personal trainer disguised as a video game. Me? I'll be kicking back with Mario Kart Wii...
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Freakin’ A

By Steve JansenApril 10, 2008
What’s your definition of a freak? One of those dudes who hangs from the ceiling with meat hooks in his skin? Yeah, maybe. However, our definition are those crazy tri-athletes who train for eight hours a day, drink nothing but pineapple juice, and calculate carbs in order to meet their...
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Pelican

By Chris ParkerApril 17, 2008
Both Pelican and Thrice are stretching the boundaries of their sounds and others' expectations. Pelican's City of Echoes soft-pedals their usual throb, taking their complex art-metal instrumentals in a melodic direction. The tracks are still dense but don't unwind as far, getting through each thematic movement with heretofore unseen concision...
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A One-Two Punch of Rock

By Chris ParkerApril 17, 2008
Both these bands are stretching the boundaries of their sound and others’ expectations. Pelican’s third album, City of Echoes, soft pedals their usual throb, taking their complex art-metal instrumentals in a more melodic direction. The tracks are still dense but don’t unwind as far, getting through each thematic movement with...
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Why can’t Mexico get its act together? Blame it on Spain

By Gustavo ArellanoFebruary 21, 2008
Why do you suppose Mexico has such a hard time getting its act together? It has vast natural resources, good climate, natural ports, super-generous and good-looking neighbors, and plenty of laborers who seem to be willing to do all sorts of crappy jobs. But instead of having a thriving economy...
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King Khan and BBQ Show @ the Ruby Room, Monday, November 12

By Niki D'AndreaNovember 15, 2007
This past Monday, a pair of stone cold BFFs named King Khan and BBQ rolled through town on their way to god-knows-where, and man alive did the whole sordid affair ever stink of greatness. These two shifty characters are veterans of '90s garage-rockers the Spaceshits, where they were known by various pseudonyms (Blacksnake, Needles, Creepy, etc.) that have given way to this, their latest incarnation, the King Khan and BBQ Show.
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Heavy Meddle

By Niki D'AndreaOctober 25, 2007
Every time I've been around Eddie Kelly, the singer for Blessedbethyname, some beautiful woman has shoved her breasts in my face. Kelly works as a DJ at Centerfolds Cabaret on Peoria Avenue, and even though I've been trying to interview him in a "quiet place with few distractions" for the...
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Dylan Avery discusses balls; Uh, not his own, of course.

By Stephen LemonsAugust 9, 2007
Can someone cue "Three Blind Mice"? So Dylan Avery likes talking about balls, and doods with balls in their mouths. Hey, that's his mature way of responding to critics, by using all that homoerotic imagery floating around his noggin'. As Jerry Seinfeld might say, not that there's anything wrong with...
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Don’t Mind If I Do

By C.M. ReddingSeptember 13, 2007
I'm driving down Hatcher toward Seventh Street in Sunnyslope on a Thursday night when I see two hot girls walking and . . . Wait, they are checking me out! Surely, the minivan must be doing its magic. I'm staring and almost miss the green arrow that will point me...