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Five Summertime Fixes for Geeks in Phoenix

By Bryan Scott DuganJune 8, 2011
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

By Niki D'AndreaApril 12, 2011
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

By Jim SchutzeOctober 6, 2011
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

By James KingFebruary 21, 2011
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:...
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“Honor Killing” Case Goes to Jury as Killer Dad Stays Mum

By Paul RubinFebruary 14, 2011
Faleh Almaleki's attorney had but three words to say when the Maricopa County Superior Court judge asked him to call his first witness late this morning. "The defense rests," assistant public defender Jeffrey Kirchler muttered. It meant that Almaleki, the 50-year-old Glendale man accused of murdering his daughter Noor and severely...
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Reckless Kelly @ Rhythm Room

By Craig OuthierDecember 2, 2010
Not quite the Dropkick Murphy-style fiddle jockeys their name vaguely depicts, Reckless Kelly has been making twangy alt-country roots-rock since they formed in Bend, Oregon, in the mid-'90s. Named after Australian bank robber Ned Kelly, the band later relocated to Austin and released a string of well-received country-charting albums, including...
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Crafting like a Man with Patrick Murillo: Bobblehead Dolls

By Colin LecherNovember 29, 2010
Some people are crafty, some aren't (i.e. me). It's the way of the world. But taking a cue from Mantastic Crafter Patrick Murillo, I'm training in the art, and hoping to work my way up to something truly mantastic, all while trying to avoid what Murillo calls a "craftastrophe." Meeting...
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Charlie Hunter

By Chris ParkerSeptember 9, 2010
In a culture so besieged by the conflict between art and commerce, it's perhaps natural that the use of pop idioms is disparaged by the critical elite, anxious to protect their canon from dilution. Charlie Hunter has dodged such dismissive darts aimed at his eclectic jazz treatments, which have spanned...
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Toumani Diabaté at the Musical Instrument Museum

By Steve JansenAugust 18, 2010
Following last night's Toumani Diabaté concert at the Musical Instrument Museum, it's easy to see why so many name-power musicians have collaborated with the Malian kora player. (Those names, by the way, include Björk, Taj Mahal, and Herbie Hancock.) The first and only kora player to win a Grammy Award...
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Five Fugly Women’s Summer Fashions

By James KingAugust 20, 2010
Given: Clothing, for a dude, serves one purpose when placed on a woman: to hide the things us men spend 99 percent of our time trying to see. It's a sick game you ladies seem hell-bent on playing. In other words, guys shouldn't give a shit about women's clothes because...