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19 Great American Beer Festival Winners You Can Get in Arizona

Denver is a sadder, quieter place this week. The vendors have broken down their booths; the brewers have packed up their jockey boxes; the drinkers have sobered up. The 2013 Great American Beer Festival is over and done. But all is not lost. Held every year since 1982 in the...
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Scottsdale Culinary Festival Burger Battle: The Results Are In!

Judging by the bustling crowd at Scottsdale Stadium on Thursday evening, it's safe to say the second annual Burger Battle at the Scottsdale Culinary Festival was quite the success. I know I had a great time. But then, when you can smell the aroma of sizzling burgers from almost a...
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Kindred: A Wine Collaboration From Four Spirited Arizona Vintners

You might have heard about a new Arizona wine called Kindred. It's a four-barrel collaboration among some of the most notable vintners in the state: Arizona Stronghold Vineyards, Dos Cabezas Wineworks, Caduceus Cellars and Callaghan Vineyards. The result? "The wine is smoky and rich with red fruits and herbs ...
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Jan Brewer Broadens Hateful Driver’s License Ban Beyond DREAMers

Don't know how many of you are familiar with British conspiracy theorist David Icke, the guy who believes a secret race of shape-shifting lizard people have populated the planet in the guise of our political and cultural leaders, but I'm beginning to believe Icke's not spouting bunkum and has been...
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9 Guilty Pleasure Admissions of a Record Store Geek

If you've read any of my prior ramblings, then you know that I explore the topic of musical credibility a lot. It's in my nature. Should you and I like what we like, regardless of critical stature, or should we concentrate on artists with a certain level of critical credibility?...
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Zedd – Madison Events Center – 9/21/2013

Zedd September 21, 2013 Madison Events Center With a hectic security system, oversized VIP section and timing being completely off, the music was the only thing that shined Saturday night. Taking the light rail to the show was an interesting start to the night, but hell, why not, right? Getting...
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Joe Arpaio’s B-Day Wish? Your Money, Of Course

He's raped public coffers, cost taxpayers tens of millions to pay for the lawsuits resulting from his malfeasance, swiped $100 million from voter protected funds for his pet projects, and now he wants the county to fork over more millions to appeal a federal judge's finding that his office has...
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Everything Is Terrible! Will Explain Why Everything Is Terrible at FilmBar

The self-proclaimed "psychedelic soldiers of the VHS realm" and all-around mad geniuses behind the found footage/puppeteering/live show extravaganza Everything Is Terrible! again is touring the country. While preaching the gospel of randomness, they're putting out two new film series -- one focusing on the dark and sometimes ridiculously closed-minded world...
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Arizona Students Bomb Standardized Science and Writing Tests

About half of Arizona students failed their yearly science and writing tests, which are given to gauge their understanding of subjects. The Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test is distributed each year to students in grades 3 through 8 and to 10th graders as well...
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Does Instagramming Your Food Make It Taste Better?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know. It's super-annoying and disruptive. But, hey, we're not the ones saying posting pics of your food makes it taste better. Science is. Or at least, that's how some people are interpreting a recent study...
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East Coast Hop

Baltimore 1962 was a turbulent place and time where “the races” did not intermingle. Music, however, was a meeting point, even if it meant dancing separately. Adapted from the 1988 John Waters movie of the same name, the stage production of Hairspray captures the trials and tribulations of ever-optimistic plump...
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Trent Franks’ Abortion Bill Passes House, Which Doesn’t Really Matter

Anti-abortion fanatic/Congressman Trent Franks' bill to create a ban on abortions 20 weeks after conception has passed the House of Representatives.That's not to say it's any closer to becoming a law, because it's really not.See also:-Abortion Bill Now Includes Rape Exception-Franks: Not Many Rapes Result in Pregnancy-Franks Submits Another Abortion...
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Worse Week in Washington: Jeff Flake or Trent Franks?

Last week was not exactly the greatest week ever for a couple members of Arizona's congressional delegation.There's Senator Jeff Flake, whose son Tanner "N1ggerKiller" Flake made tons of racist and homophobic remarks on the Internet, and then there's Representative Trent Franks, who made an ass of himself after remarking that...