If you thought the craft beer community wasn't alive and thriving in the Valley before now, you're either not a beer drinker, or blind. Just take one look at the sheer number of craft breweries in metro Phoenix and Arizona. And while the brewers certainly deserve a lot of the...
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Here's a humble wig-out, a curio that could endure beyond its creators' more demonstrably successful works — and for decades will certainly confound audiences who think they're streaming/torrenting/eye-jacking some broad Paul Rudd comedy they had forgotten about. Prince Avalanche director David Gordon Green gives star Rudd more chances to charm...
An average episode of the 1989-1999 cable show Mystery Science Theater 3000, in which a man and his robot buddies heckle bad movies, runs about 90 minutes. The 1955 film This Island Earth is 87 minutes. The 1996 feature Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, in which the man and...
Look, this could go either way: It could be that all the broken, empty-hearted Breaking Bad fans who've spent a month of weekends in their houses, talking about Breaking Bad with each other, decide to get some fresh air and see a show, and you'll be able to see some...
APS isn't funding a campaign by a Virginia conservative group that attacks solar-power installers, a utility spokesman says. But that doesn't mean the company doesn't appreciate the hard-hitting ad that has generated 145,000 views on YouTube. "We're happy they support our point of view," says Jim McDonald of APS about...
Everything about The Features seems perfectly calibrated to sneak up on you. Their new album--self-titled--is packed with different ideas and sounds, but it's not a debut; it's their fourth full-length. They're still building a national audience, but they're not new to touring; they were attracting local buzz in their native...
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At what point do you just toss your keys to the cops after getting pulled over for DUI?Apparently when it's the seventh time you've been pulled over for DUI, and the third time this year...
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Sex and the City Killed Crabs?
So watchu going to be for Halloween this year? It's a question that often perplexes anyone who plans on participating in the holiday, whether that involves attending some massive masquerade ball or just hitting up a friend's house party. Typically, the more creative, impressive-looking, or outlandish costumes are the ones...
Warning: This post contains spoilers both real and imagined. It's the beginning of the end. The second half of Breaking Bad's fifth and final season starts Sunday, August 11. The eight-episode run will conclude Vince Gilligan's award-winning crime drama about chemistry-teacher-turned-drug-lord Walter "I Am the One Who Knocks" White, his...
My version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a lot different from the final cut. It's not that I have anything against Jane Austen or George Romero; I just prefer the British invasion to the actual, brain-eating invasion. (View our complete concert calendar here.)...
Introducing "Schaefer," in which Eric Schaefer -- a local guy with a big (but discerning) appetite and a sense of humor to match -- takes on the Phoenix food scene. I recently Googled "Is 40 considered middle-aged?" and was answered in the affirmative. It's worth noting that Google was proud...
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Oh, what's that? You're sick of hearing about impossible-to-get, creme-filled croissant/doughnut hybrids? Well, good news! The next must-have pastry mash up has arrived courtesy of Toronto bakery, Clafouti Patisserie & Café. Meet, the Crookie...
The week ended on a sad note for us here at Chow Bella, when we received word that a beloved member of the Phoenix food community has fallen ill. Her name is Lisa Giungo, but you might know her simply as "Lisa G.," and remember her namesake CenPho restaurant, Lisa...
I admit I have an issue with mainstream heavy metal. Some of the musicians possess undeniably impressive technical prowess, but they appear determined to adhere to strict marketing regulations or to develop a meathead attitude, further perpetuating the stereotype known as "jock metal." A first glance at the bill for...
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PLEASE SEE UPDATES BELOW Saturday morning, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided 16 locations throughout the Valley associated with Danny's Family Car Wash and the company's staffing provider HR Betty. According a statement issued by ICE, members of the agency's Homeland Security Investigations unit began serving warrants on both companies...
***Please see the update at this blog's end.*** Attorney General Tom Horne's getting the band back together. Yep, with 2014 'round the corner, the Man Who Knows No Shame, is relying on a little help from the same crowd who got him over the finish line in 2010, specifically, attorney...
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Andrew Thomas finally has found the perfect home for his quasi-intellectual, right-wing screeds: The pro-national-sovereignty Selous Foundation. This little-known, Washington-based think-tank, founded by a former Marine turned mercenary/pundit, operates from a hippie-ish office on Pennsylvania Avenue above a wig shop and sandwiched between a bar and a liquor store...
Arizona Republicans remind me of the little Dutch boy sticking his finger in the dike, in this case, trying to keep the flood of Latino voters at bay. Thankfully, the electorate is going to get a chance in 2014 to chop that finger clean off. Metaphorically speaking, of course. Monday,...
Upgrading airplane engines for Venezuela's air force in violation of an arms embargo has resulted in a $250,000 fine and five years' probation for Phoenix resident Floyd Stilwell. The 87-year-old former owner of Marsh Aviation in Mesa knew he shouldn't have been doing such work for Venezuela after the 2006...
A state fire supervisor asked the Granite Mountain Hotshots whether they could assist in Yarnell minutes before the 19-member crew left a burned-over safety zone along a mountain ridge and began its descent into a chaparral-choked box canyon where the men died in a firestorm...