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Now Open: Revolver Records in Tempe

The record store gods giveth and they taketh away. Over the past six months or so, they've imparted another iteration of Eastside Records in Tempe, a mega-sized Zia Records on Camelback, as well as the equally quaint Record Room in Scottsdale, while claiming beloved East Valley shops like Rockzone and...
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Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu Has Wide, and Early Lead

With results in from about half of the precincts in Pinal County, voters are giving Sheriff Paul Babeu an early -- and likely permanent -- lead over his challengers Ty Morgan and Kevin Taylor. According to early results, Babeu, a Republican, has 32,362 votes, about 53 percent, while Democratic opponent...
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Whirr, Trunk Space, 3/6/13

Whirr @ Trunk Space | 3/6/13I don't want to be a shallow critic, but there's no denying the Whirr's firm place in the shoegaze section of the record store. They are knee-deep in the genre tropes: the excessive delay and reverb, the lead guitar doing some twinkly thing while the...
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Bill Montgomery and the Latino Community: Time for a Divorce

Imagine my surprise, when checking the website of the venerable Valley organization Chicanos por la Causa, to see a photo of a beaming Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery on a page advertising the group's 44th anniversary dinner, coming up on April 4. See also: -County Attorney Bill Montgomery's Endorsement Rejected...
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The Wiley One Explains “Kill It with Love” (VIDEO)

Love is one of those things that means something different to everyone. And for their new music video for "Kill It with Love," local funky pop band The Wiley One allowed artist Nathan Shields to apply his own artistic interpretation to the clip, using his speed drawing skills to capture...
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Matzo Ball Mayhem: Scott’s Generations vs. Chompie’s

Background: With two little kids in the house, I never fail to spend a solid portion of the winter fighting a cold. In addition to being on a first-name basis with my pharmacist, I'm a big fan of matzo ball soup as a cure for anything that ails you. A...
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Republican Blogger Jeff Vath Fought for Sanity in the AZ GOP

I don't expect a lot of Arizona Democrats to understand why I'm making such a big deal of the untimely passing of Jeff Vath, chief blogger and owner of the pugnacious, GOP-centric Politico Mafioso blog. After all, Vath was an uncompromising partisan who derided President Barack Obama, lionized U.S. Senator...
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Sunnyslope’s Spoke & Wheel Off to a Wobbly Start

When a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out and let you know our initial impressions. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened, sampling a few items, and satisfying curiosities (yours...
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Target Shooting a Major Cause of Arizona Forest Fires

Gary Hanna's cruising through the desert wildlands east of Phoenix in his white SUV, hunting for shooters. On this warm early morning in late June, the forest ranger is one of several state and federal officials patrolling the southern Tonto National Forest on the lookout for one of the most...
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For the Most Part, ABCs of Death Is a Real Stiff

Good short film anthologies are lovingly culled from disparate sources, so it's no surprise that the entries in this for-hire horror anthology — in which 25-odd international filmmakers were tapped to provide brief, cheap chillers pegged to a letter of the alphabet — are berserkly inconsistent. What's unexpected is how...