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Trent Reznor’s Unraveling Compositions a Perfect Fit for Gone Girl

The release of the David Fincher film Gone Girl, featuring a soundtrack by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, continues a trend that began a few years ago: prominent electronic/industrial musicians from the 1990s and 2000s carving out a new niche for themselves by scoring feature films. The big beats of...
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Accepting Nominations: The Best Music Photographer in Phoenix

Concert photography isn't easy. While portrait and landscape photographers have the luxury of time and stable conditions, concert photographers must do their work in three-song segments, boxing out other photographers and reacting to unpredictable movements of the musicians on stage while adjusting settings on the fly to accommodate lighting changes...
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Marijuana Use by Teens Down in Colorado

Marijuana use by teens continues to decline in Colorado since the proliferation of retail medical-pot stores, but the state's health department would rather focus on perceptions over reality. A news release put out today by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is headlined, "New survey documents youth marijuana...
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How to Brew a Chemex the Cartel Coffee Way

A Chemex is a way of brewing coffee that is one part art, one part science, two parts swank. The hand-blown glass brewer was invented in the early 1940s by a chemist who wanted to create a method for making coffee that was both sleek and effective. At first glance,...
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David Bowie Documentary Shows Artist’s Vast Influence on Music, Fashion, Art

The new documentary film David Bowie is does not tackle the epic career of the legendary rock star, but rather takes you inside London's Victoria and Albert Museum's (V&A) exhibition, where more than 300 pieces of Bowie history are on display. Stories behind the extraordinary stage costumes, handwritten lyrics, sketches,...
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Why Judge Judy Is Paul Leary’s (Butthole Surfers) Happy Place

The Melvins Maybe the most misunderstood band still out slogging it out on tour today. Maybe (definitely) brilliant, maybe mad, always noisily rocking out some of the best heavy sludge you'll ever hear, Buzz Osborne (guitar and vocals) and Dale Crover (drums) have been the core of the band which...
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8 Weird Foods We Tried at the 2014 Arizona State Fair

The Guilty Pleasure: Deep fried everything on a stick. Where to Get It: The Arizona State Fair. Price: $5 and up. What it Really Costs: I'm staying the hell off my bathroom scale for at least a week. Ladies and gentlemen, the high holy days of guilty pleasure food are...
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10 Best Places for Dessert in Metro Phoenix

Last month Phoenix New Times celebrated the cream of the crop with our 36th annual Best of Phoenix edition. Here are our top picks for places to get dessert in metro Phoenix. Best Candy Store: Super Chunk Sweets and Treats Since opening late last year, Super Chunk Sweets and Treats...
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VA Audit: Thousands of Arizona Veterans Waiting for Care

The Department of Veterans Affairs released the results of its internal audit, which didn't reveal a surprise -- wait times are long, and many employees around the country claim there's gaming of the scheduling system.Nationwide, there are more than 100,000 veterans facing long wait times, including more than 4,300 around...
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A Band of Aliens Takes Over Foxygen’s New Album

Last time around, Foxygen proclaimed themselves "the 21st-century ambassadors of peace and magic." The mischievous, fun-loving, experimental psych-rock band -- formed and fronted by songwriting partners Jonathan Rado (guitar and keyboards) and Sam France (vocals) -- sound well beyond the 22nd century on its new release ...And Star Power...
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Queens of the Stone Age – Memorial Coliseum – 10/30/2014

Queens of the Stone Age began its set a little after 7 p.m. at the Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State Fair. To get there, you have to spend time winding through the fairgrounds, past the hordes of children tugging their parents' hands, begging for tickets to games and rides...
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Gertrude’s at The Desert Botanical Garden

I was determined, while dining at Gertrude's, not to be distracted by the chatter of tourists seated at tables on either side of mine at this Desert Botanical Garden hotspot. Fortunately, the food on Gertrude's recently redesigned menu was mostly so dreary, it was impossible to think of much else...