If I believed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an institution or even an argument settler, I would insinuate myself as one of their exhibit planners and make sure there was a "Worst Dads in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" created every June. Why? Because for...
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It's been established: With airline crashes, it's never one thing. It's usually a combination of three. More on this later. I love the sea. (Yeah, that's why I live in Arizona.) I grew up in Auckland, New Zealand, where it's impossible to be more than 15 minutes from the ocean...
Don't let the working week get you down, Phoenix. There's plenty to do during your off-hours this week. Here are our top five recommendations. Beers with Friends Scrabble Party @ Handlebar Real talk. We play what probably would be classified as an excessive amount of Words with Friends. We love...
If you're keeping score in the Tohono O'odham Nation's epic -- and seemingly endless -- battle against state and local officials to build a resort-style casino in the West Valley, chalk up another point for the Nation. The Nation unveiled in 2009 plans to build the West Valley Resort and...
Christopher Coville's most recent exhibition Works of Fire is explosive . . . or the result of an explosion at least. This series of photographs, on display at Bokeh Gallery through the end of the month, was created through a process of igniting gunpowder on silver gelatin paper. The images...
Like the volumes of Edgar Allan Poe and Allen Ginsberg that inspire Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's dark lyrical oeuvre, Robert Levon Been's music has often dealt directly with death. So it's only natural that the band's latest album, Specter at the Feast, fearlessly approaches the Dark Angel, but this time...
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View the full 2012 Village Voice Film Poll Best film: 1. The Master (333 points; 46 mentions) 2. Zero Dark Thirty (296 points; 43 mentions) 3. Holy Motors (295 points; 46 mentions) 4. Moonrise Kingdom (233 points; 38 mentions) 5. This Is Not a Film (186 points; 28 mentions) 6...
Phoenix, it's been a busy week. Between the Supreme Court knocking down DOMA and dismissing Prop. 8, Dan Mintz dishing on Bob's Burgers, and Dexter fans getting all hot and bothered over the final season's premiere this weekend, it might be tempting to throw in the towel (y'know the one...
The first time I met Octavio Castaneda Flores, he was in county stripes, his hands cuffed to a desk where he sat in the visiting room of Durango Jail. See Also: Bill Montgomery Would Rather Talk About Jodi Arias Than Judge Snow's Order, and Here's Why After Nine Months in...
Phoenix voters overwhelmingly approved a proposal to reform the city's pension plan -- a plan city officials say will save taxpayers about $600 million over the next 23 years. According to unofficial results, 71,086 voters, or 79.54 percent, said yes to Proposition 201, compared to 18,284 voters, or 20.46 percent,...
What? Not done with your holiday shopping? Yeah, neither are we. But we've been making lists -- and checking them twice -- and we've got some suggestions for the nice people on your lists -- no matter who they are. Here (divided by category for your convenience) are our 50...
Please see update below regarding "Camp Recall Arpaio." After the second suspension of the paid signature drive in the effort to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio, I complained that we were probably stuck with Arpaio until the end of his term, unless we had a loaves and fishes-type miracle. See also:...
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Visiting Christopher Torrez's Habitations can be a surreal experience. After participating in Mesa Contemporary Arts' 33rd annual Contemporary Crafts exhibition last year, Torrez was awarded the Juror's Choice Award, resulting in his current show. The gallery room in the back of Mesa Contemporary Arts is scattered with black boxes containing...
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Tinariwen @ Crescent Ballroom
Citizens for a Better Arizona president Randy Parraz makes two very important points in this new video from Dennis Gilman. The first has to do with what is possible. See also: -Joe Arpaio Shill Chad Willems' Bogus Pro-Joe "Petition" (w/Update) -Joe Arpaio's Chad Willems Talks to the Shadow Army about...
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Grammar Girl
I confess, it's damn entertaining watching a highly-paid lawyer completely flummoxed in court, sputtering like a percolator, particularly when you disagree with him. Which is what happened Friday afternoon in Maricopa County Superior Court before Judge Dean Fink, as Fink gently grilled legal beagle Stephen Tully, the gent representing County...
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Rampage Festival @ The Sail Inn
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McDonald's locations in Japan and South Korea recently dramatically reduced the cost of a large order of fries. The result? French fry parties where hordes of teenagers descend on the golden arches with cash and a desire to create some low-grade mayhem. See Also: --In-N-Out Burger, McDonald's Fries and a...
At 43 years old, it seems safe to say that Jay-Z is on top of the world. Within the past year, he's become the face of an NBA basketball franchise, had a beautiful child with his tremendously famous wife, and had a mega-collaboration with Justin Timberlake. Hell, he even picked...
Beer: Long Strange Trip Brewery: Sonoran Brewing Co. Style: Oatmeal Stout ABV: 7.2 percent The journey began with 7 Wives Saison, a brew featuring pink peppercorns, mesquite syrup, orange, coriander, fennel, and fennel pollen. Our travels then took us to the river for some FFF, where grapefruit, brown sugar, and...
Just watched the interview of Jodi Arias by Mark Curtis of Channel 12 (KNXV-TV), Troy Hayden of Channel 10 (KSAZ-AZ) and Ryan Owens of ABC News. In what may be one of the last TV interviews of Arias, since prison interviews aren't normally allowed, Curtis and Hayden -- who'd been...