Local geek guru Jeff Moriarty can sum up what Phoenix Comicon is all about in one single word: Passion. "It's a chance for geeks to really let loose about things they're passionate about," he says. "Most of the time, if they geek out hard about Star Wars, Serenity, cosplay, or...
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Thinking President Obama's reelection bid could include a victory in Arizona is apparently not a romantic left-wing fantasy, a new poll suggests.Sure there's some time left between April and November, and its only 488 registered Arizona voters, but a contest between President Obama and GOP nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney would be...
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...
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...
Before the Phoenix Coyotes' Mikkel Boedker scored an overtime goal last night to give the team a 2-1 series lead over the Chicago Blackhawks in the opening round of the NHL playoffs, the Coyotes gave Chicago something else to complain about.The Coyotes' Raffi Torres delivered a hit to the Blackhawks'...
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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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...
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...
Somewhere between performers and photographers exists a group of artists who have a foot in both worlds. These creatives utilize performance as part of their process, and the result is equal parts what was happening while the photo was made and the physical photograph. To see this phenomenon in person (and...
A $500,000 loan to a Colorado company intended for a medical-marijuana facility doesn't have to be paid back because pot is illegal under federal law, a county judge has ruled.The bombshell ruling, (tip of the hat to lawyer Richard Keyt's medical-marijuana blog), has major implications for the budding dispensary industry...
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Stranger Than Fiction
According to voters for a TIME magazine poll, Shakira and Lady Gaga are more influential than Governor Jan Brewer.Brewer, or more likely, her flak, even took to social media today asking people to vote for her as one of the world's most influential people, saying "liberal websites, media and bloggers...
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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
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
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...
The results of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "investigation" into whether President Barack Obama is eligible for office are set to be announced.MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong tells New Times the findings are set to be released on March 1.Arpaio's been mostly hush-hush about the probe, but has promised his "birther"...
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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
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...
Not only did Fayuca return from their SxSW tour in one piece - they brought back High Times magazine's 2012 Doobie Award for Best New/Underground Artist. This year marked the publication's 10th anniversary of celebrating marijuana and music. The winners were announced during the official High Times party that went...