Editor's note: We barely knew what we were getting into when we sent Serene Dominic to interview BroLoaf -- but we damn sure ended up with more of it than could fit in our paper. So, for your high-fiving, beer-ponging pleasure, here's Serene's extended interview with BroLoaf. I can practically...
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Logan Phillips grew up 14 miles from the US-Mexico border. Today, the 28-year-old bilingual poet and performance artist spends equal time in both countries, performing solo and with a group called Verbobala. He says his work is inherently political; he watched the reaction to, and effects of SB1070 from both sides...
When Weston Henry returned to Phoenix after a stint in Albuquerque, he had a renewed passion to explore the city. He rode his bike around town with a camera in tow, photographed the spots that made him fall in love with the pavement paradise, and quickly noticed that most of his shots were...
The Arizona Legislature's not in session, but the State Capitol is still swarming with rats. Not the usual elected rats, but actual rodents that are apparently "invading" the building.According to the Arizona Republic, "The House of Representatives, the Senate and the executive tower where the governor works have been magnets...
If you needed the services of a criminal attorney, would you hire a lawyer with no experience in criminal law, who had been suspended from the State Bar of Arizona for 120 days, had not practiced law in five years, and who was still on probation for her past misdeeds?...
It's logical for a band from the U.K. that's been compared to Coldplay and Snow Patrol and received more than a thousand spins for their first single on Sirius-XM's Alt Nation channel to move to the U.S. seeking stateside success. But Phoenix seems like an unlikely relocation choice compared with...
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Mixing foodie-ism with fast food, local alt-weekly The Grid asked four top Toronto-area chefs to create five-star meals using only the ingredients found in a McDonald's Big Mac combo (the famous burger, fries, Coke, and condiments.) The only rule? Other than oil and water, no extra ingredients allowed. The results?...
A genially despised genre appealing to a constant and constantly expanding demographic, the high school movie has for years provided ambitious or oddball filmmakers with a measure of cover: It allowed for Gus Van Sant's fragmented, kinetic Paranoid Park and provided the framework for Antonio Campos' cyber-thriller, Afterschool. The upcoming...
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Creative Women in 360 Degrees
The results of a campaign to curb underage drinking and drunk driving during Arizona State University's commencement weekend are in, and the Tempe Police Department reports of 141 arrests over the course of the campaign.Of the 141 arrests, 119 were alcohol-related."Our goal is to promote safe celebration practices," Central City Bureau...
When Huey Lewis sang "I Want a New Drug" back in 1984, he may have simply been echoing the American penchant for "bigger, better, faster, more." After all, that was the decade that many drug users decided cocaine wasn't a big enough kick and moved to crack. It was also the dawn...
Lukas Avendaño remembers reading a book when he was a 15-year-old, growing up in Oaxaca, about a train that blew through Tucson and Phoenix on its way from Mexico. More than 15 years later, the performance artist is in Phoenix for the first time, and says the environment couldn't be...
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David Nelson, a former elder at the Madison Park Congregation Jehovah's Witness Church in Phoenix, admitted to authorities that he sexually abused a teenage boy on several occasions in the early 1980s. With a confession from the suspect, it seems like a slam-dunk case — but not for the Maricopa...
With Independence Day right around the corner, it's time to start thinking about your contribution to the inevitable holiday picnic slash barbecue. A Jell-O mold? The classic Cool Whip flag cake with strawberry stripes and a blueberry field?With seedless personal watermelons overflowing in supermarket produce bins lately, we decided to...
Republic Monetary Exchange, a prominent Phoenix gold-selling firm, has been sued by an investor whose role in the firm had originally been kept hidden. The investor, Sherman Unkefer, happens to be an old buddy of Republic Monetary's ex-con CEO, Jim Clark. The two previously were leaders of North American Coin...
According to legend, it was a chilly November night in 1978 when Bob Dylan experienced a vision of Jesus Christ. Holed up in a Tucson hotel room, he had just finished a set and was mentally and physically exhausted. His marriage to Sara Lownds had ended a year earlier, and...
Looking for something to do this weekend. "Night Owl" is a quick guide to special nights at bars and clubs around town. We'll give you a few hints re: cover, dress code, music and atmosphere. Tuesdays mark Irish Pub Quiz at Skeptical Chymist. Tuesday nights at Skeptical Chymist have an academic...
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Female Trouble
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A man is dead and his leg is now missing following a hit and run incident early yesterday morning.According to the Mesa Police Department, cops were called to the 400 block of West Broadway Raod about 2:30 a.m. yesterday after two men reportedly were hit by a car.The responding officers found...
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Madonna: The Comic Book
Forget Lady Gaga. If there's one pop star today who's managed to morph into a brand beyond singing talent, it's Katy Perry. Her songs are inescapable. Five singles from her Grammy Album of the Year-nominated sophomore disc, Teenage Dream, have taken over Top 40 radio, making it impossible to not...
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