Conventional wisdom teaches us that hipsters love to pretend they are ahead of the curve. They shun "the mainstream," riding fixed gear bicycles to Whole Foods to buy organic produce, before pedaling their vintage-style Pumas to concerts by bands you've never heard of. So why do hipsters love Foster the...
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AndyTalk: Garlic and Gadgetry
In a bizarre new stab at courting conspiracy nuts who believe President Barack Obama is a Kenyan, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has empowered a "birther posse" to look into claims by wackadoodles such as World Net Daily's Jerome Corsi that Obama's birth certificate from Hawaii is a forgery.Yes, I know, it's...
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Melt With You: Popsicles
Year: 1987. Scene: A seedy Chicago bar. Groovie Mann and Buzz McCoy meet and bond over underground horror flicks and degenerate tabloid chronicles of sex, sleaze, and the occult, then plan to create their own "B movie" band. Result: My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult. With 13 albums in...
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I've written extensively about the Phoenix Police Department's elite Career Criminal Squad and the vital work they do targeting criminal street gangs, such as various neo-Nazi skinhead groups, as well as working murder-for-hire cases. But other than the squad's creator, former PPD Lieutenant Heston Silbert, now an Assistant Chief with the...
In the Kitchen with: Chef Eugenia Theodosopoulos of Essence Bakery CaféMaking: Croissants and Chocolate CroissantsOn an early Wednesday morning, when the sun is hanging low in the sky and the sounds of rush-hour traffic mingle with the gentle hum of leaf-blowers, six people are milling about outside Essence Bakery Café...
State Senator Scott Bundgaard probably will avoid jail time for a scuffle he had with his ex-girlfriend earlier this year, but chances are he'll face a Senate ethics probe.Fellow state Senator Steve Gallardo, a Phoenix Democrat, has filed an ethics complaint against Bundgaard, which should come as a surprise to...
Art walks are more often about people watching and shenanigans and less about the actual art. We're here to guide you through both. Presenting our very own Field Guide -- an evolving guide to art walks around town.From time to time, we'll introduce some of our favorite spots and dish out some...
When bands choose an opening act to warm up their minions, they're thinking only about getting some rookies onstage to basically test the electricity in the building while they quietly snort blow backstage. But if they aren't thinking at all, they pick an opening act like BroLoaf, the "Michael Jordan...
In 2005, during an otherwise typical tour of his West Phoenix district, then-Councilman Claude Mattox turned to a City Hall reporter and casually announced that Maryvale, once a premier master-planned community, used to be nice "until the illegals moved in." It was the kind of statement from a politician that...
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One new idea for every day in 2011. We're talking big, small, local, international, in action and on the drawing board. Here's today's -- what's yours? Alyssa Nassner and Rachel Dougherty describe their latest effort as "an ongoing excuse to make artwork, as well as a way to connect and network with fellow...
Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls Rhythm Room Monday, October 10, 2011 A sold-out, super energetic Monday night show is somewhat of a rarity in Phoenix (or, you know, anywhere). British punk/folkie Frank Turner had no problem selling out Rhythm Room as he has done for most of his U.S...
I know, no one voted me the local press corps cop, but periodically, I feel the need to step into the breach and whack my fellow Fourth Estaters upside the head. Particularly when their errors mar a story I care deeply about. Such is the case with an Associated Press...
When Eliot Wexler set out to open a world-class restaurant in Phoenix, the guy didn't fool around. The Chicago transplant talked his way into Kevin Binkley's kitchen for tips on searing foie gras, got Nobuo Fukuda to share his Japanese fish supply connections, and hooked up with the best organic...
After Arizona lawmakers passed SB1070, calls for action by immigration activists were heard loudly in California.San Francisco and Los Angeles announced boycotts against the state -- but reality quickly set in when city leaders realized such plans might come back to hurt them. As L.A. Weekly writer Gene Maddaus points...
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Little Dragon: Ritual Union
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She's at the forefront of the "white folks saying the N-word debate," been compared to Odd Future's Tyler the Creator, and her big single "Gucci Gucci" possesses anti-commercialism undertones, but if you ignore all the implications of her music, Kreasyshawn makes party music. And that's a handy thing, seeing as...
Olivia Cortes, who has filed to run as a candidate in the Legislative District 18 recall election apparently has campaign signs up in Mesa, possibly in violation of state law.This report comes in via Robert McDonald, Jr., a former contender for the LD 18 Senate seat, now held by state...
Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante is a heavy hitter, but he knows a thing or two about putting things delicately. "It took a long time to finish," he says about Worship Music, the first Anthrax album since 2003's We've Come for You All, and the first to feature vocalist Joey Belladona...
Gilman slams Patterson in his latest. Nice laugh track, Dennis.In the wake of the Olivia Cortes flap in the Legislative District 18 recall race, the right-wing echo chamber has been trying its darnedest to gin up scandals involving Republican Jerry Lewis, state Senate President Russell Pearce's challenger.First there was blogger-lobbyist Greg...