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God Help Us: It’s the #SelfieOlympics

Has selfie culture officially gone batshit? Oxford Dictionaries named "selfie" the word of the year in 2013 (it narrowly beat out "twerk" and "binge-watch") and anyone who goes to concerts sees audience members spending most of the show shooting themselves. Now a marketing firm called 3d Public Relations is asking...
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The Welcome Return of Kurt Russell

A wise man — or, more precisely, a wiseass trucker named Jack Burton — once opined that "it’s all in the reflexes." Few actors have had better ones than Kurt Russell, who makes a welcome return to theaters this weekend in The Art of the Steal. Having been largely MIA...
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The Most Popular TV Show Set in Arizona Is…

When we're not busy sifting through the Internet figuring out which state universities are the sexiest or which has the hottest college girls, we're looking for the important data, the hard-hitting, state-by-state statistics that make our countless wasted hours on the Internet totally worth it. Today, we bring you the...
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5 Favorite Farm-to-Table Goods and Dishes in Metro Phoenix

Starting eating right this year. And by right, we mean "only the best local stuff." There's a wide variety of great farm-to-table products and menu items, what follows is just a smattering of local goodness. If there's something on this list you haven't had, it's time to try or take...
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Crescent Ballroom to Host First-Ever Phoenix Rock Lottery in February

If watching endless hours of Star Trek taught us anything -- other than how to proclaim "Qapla!" with the proper Klingon inflection -- it's that there's infinite diversity in infinite combinations. It's an axiom that's most definitely apropos to the music world, whereby mixing and matching different artists and performers...
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The Lawrence Arms – Pub Rock – 2/14/14

The Lawrence Arms Pub Rock 2/14/14 It's safe to say that I had a better Valentine's Day than the majority of the Valley. Unlike most of you, I didn't have to deal with either setting sky-high expectations for a beau or sulking about being single -- I just got to...
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10 Greatest Movie Antiheroes of All Time

With last week's super-exciting, highly anticipated release of the Sin City 2 trailer, we got to thinking about great antiheroes in film over the years. Certainly Mickey Rourke's Marv comes to mind, along with most other characters in the film that aren't just-plain evil, but we've found 10 more of...
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The Art of the Earache: Five Bands From Phoenix’s Noise Underground

To those not plugged into the deeper chasms of the musical underground, the idea of a noise musician most likely seems oxymoronic and bizarre. An easily understandable stance, given that noise is largely considered to be an undesirable sonic experience. However, over the course of decades, a sizable subsection of...
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How to Make the Best Pegu Club Cocktail

Many bartenders I know have cultivated a certain sense of authority. It makes sense to me that it happens naturally. We bartenders are often seen as fonts of information, whether it's dating advice or a piece of trivia to settle a bet. Goodness knows I've certainly done quite a bit...
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Two Valley Moms Battle Wealthy Water Baron George Johnson in Court

Like most rich folks, deep-pockets Scottsdale developer George Johnson is good at getting his way. Maybe not all the time, but often enough. Earlier this year, when Johnson wanted the right to convey water to an as-yet-undeveloped area of Florence, he got it from the Florence Town Council, saying he...
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Industrial Pioneers Skinny Puppy Follow an Old-School Approach

On an already long list of distinctions, Skinny Puppy recently added a new one, and not one that makes the pioneering industrial band very proud: The U.S. government has used the band's music as a torture device. "We heard through a reliable grapevine that our music was being used in...
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Ate de Membrillo: A Northern Mexican Flavor

I'm going to let you in on a little secret: northern Mexican food consists of more than just carne asada and bacon wrapped hot dogs. Don't get me wrong, I cherish both, but I also cherish the multitude of other foods that make up the rich culinary traditions of northern...
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Pumpkin Sage Pasta Sauce: Chow Bella Pumpkin Showdown

From time to time, Chow Bella's contributors challenge one another to a showdown: Make the best dish you can, using one common ingredient. This time (naturally), it was pumpkin. For the next few weeks, we'll be sharing the results, and at the end, we'll let you know who won. Today:...