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Five Reasons Why Creed Isn’t the Worst Band Ever

See also: Creed's Scott Stapp, One of the Most Hated Men in Rock In this week's New Times music section, there's an interview with Creed singer Scott Stapp, or as the article describes him, one of the most hated men in rock. His band doesn't get much more respect. In...
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SB 1070 Fuels a Movement of New Voters

On a hot evening in June, a petite young woman with long, black hair briskly walks a decade-old Avondale neighborhood lined with stucco homes, cradling a clipboard. It's after dinnertime, but a stubborn summer sun stretches out the day, providing plenty of light as she approaches the doors. Some families...
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Andy Thomas Needs a Perp Walk With His Papi, Sheriff Joe Arpaio

If anyone requires a dose of his own medieval medicine, it's disbarred, disgraced former County Attorney Andrew Peyton Thomas. By that, I mean that the onetime tough-on-crime prosecutor turned purported criminal needs some serious, old-fashioned humiliation, the kind the Harvard Law School grad advocated in his 1994 tome Crime and...
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Five Reasons Why We Love Michael Ian Black

There are plenty of reasons to like comedian and writer Michael Ian Black. His tweets. His penchant for referring to himself as "very famous." The fact that he sports Crocs on the cover of his new book, You're Not Doing It Right. But let's move on to the more pressing...
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Three Favorite Shots of Espresso in Metro Phoenix

In a metropolis that isn't particularly known for its coffee scene, we're lucky enough to have three (and really only three) shining examples of how good coffee can taste. A shop that pays attention to its espresso, whether served in a demitasse or swimming in milk, says a lot about...
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Stranger Than Fiction

Straddling a line between performance and photography is a group of artists with a foot in both worlds. These creators utilize performance as part of their process, and the result is equal parts what was happening while the photo was made and the physical photography. To see the phenomenon in...
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Chuck Norris Just Loves Joe Arpaio

Chuck Norris -- the actor who rose to fame after getting his ass kicked by Bruce Lee in Way of the Dragon -- just loves Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.So much, in fact, that Norris recently penned a column praising the sheriff and condemning the typical members of the far-right-wing...
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Season of the Niche

Salt is traditionally used to preserve food items. But photographer Claire A. Warden uses salt to crystallize plants -- her manipulation of botanical preservation -- photographs them, and, utilizing a 19th century development process that involves brushing platinum and palladium onto photo paper, generates her images. The result is plants...
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The House of the Spirits: No Apologies Needed

Caridad Svich's theatrical translation of Isabel Allende's bestselling The House of the Spirits arrives on the stage as a mere shadow of its former self. Which isn't to say that the production, now at ASU's Galvin Playhouse, is anything other than praiseworthy. It's just that there's so very little left...
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Simple Crème Brûlée at FEZ

While FEZ isn't exactly fine dining, the restaurant is a popular hangout that serves a noteworthy selection of cocktails along with some pretty tasty food. (Try the Key Lime Pie Martini, which just landed on our list of six favorite specialty cocktails.) We recently stopped by for dinner and decided...
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Cut Throat Freak Show’s Jeremy Kinison Possibly Appearing on America’s Got Talent (And This Time He’s Not Blowing Up His Testicles)

Legendary local daredevil performance artist Jeremy Kinison is used to thrilling audiences of hundreds or more. Later this summer, however, he might be unleashing his insane antics for an audience of millions. The 32-year-old tattooed sideshow performer, who's stunned crowds at First Friday and other local venues with his stunts...
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Profiteroles with Roasted Banana Ice Cream at Café Bink

There's one chef in all of Arizona who's currently nominated for a James Beard Award. Up for Best Chef: Southwest, Kevin Binkley is making our state proud. But with entrees priced around $40, not everyone will be rushing to Binkley's to see what the buzz is all about. Luckily, the...
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Santa Fe Imperial Java Stout

Beer: Imperial Java Stout Brewery: Santa Fe Brewing Co. Style: American Imperial Stout ABV: 8 percent Beer: It's what's for breakfast. It's also for second breakfast, brunch, lunch, second lunch, first dinner and dessert, but today it's mainly for breakfast. And when a beer is for breakfast, there's only one...
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El-P’s Dystopian Hip-Hop Is No Sci-Fi Fantasy

Brooklyn-based rapper El-P has had a tumultuous last few years. After reaching the Billboard Top 100 in 2007 with I'll Sleep When You're Dead, he lost his friend and musical collaborator Camu Tao the next year. In 2010, he chose to close his label Definitive Jux, an indie rap cornerstone...