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Steve Nash really seems eager to rub Phoenix's collective nose in the fact that he's hanging out with pop musicians instead of playing basketball this April.While the first round of the NBA playoffs is in full swing, the team Nash leads is no part of it, leaving him free to...
Retired Phoenix police Officer Jason Schechterle got some unexpected news on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the horrific car crash that should have killed him. It came in a March 23 letter from the Industrial Commission of Arizona, signed by Antonio Escobar, Awards Specialist II. Escobar informed Schechterle,...
The black eye state Senate Majority Leader Scott Bundgaard allegedly suffered as the result of a right hook from his now-ex-girlfriend, Aubry "Highway Heavyweight Champion" Ballard, is probably the least of the senator's concerns this morning.See New Times' story on the Rumble Next to the Carpool Lane here.Yesterday, Senate Democrats...
"Buffalo" William Willis, the alleged cross-dressing kiddy-porn connoisseur who removed his court- ordered ankle monitor earlier this week, was not only busted by U.S. Marshals yesterday, he was busted wearing a wig -- which is both fitting and terrifying.When Willis was arrested at an apartment complex near 48th Street and...
Erik "the Red" Denmark isn't one to back down from a challenge -- any challenge. A former golfer on Seattle's amateur circuit, Denmark turned his attention towards a less conventional sport in 2005 when he downed a boatload of chicken in a San Francisco wing-eating competition. "I really was just...
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Winter's Bone- Music from the Film Performed LiveMesa Arts CenterJune 8, 2011Americana is a funny genre. It's not fair to call every dude or lady in cowboy boots a poser -- and, seriously, in 2011 the word poser sounds awfully outdated -- but it does seem that the acoustic guitar-wielding...
Remember last summer when Glendale police found what appeared to be the beginning stages of a sex dungeon being built in the backyard of alleged kiddy-porn connoisseur William Willis? Well, he was released on bail as his case works its way through the court system, and he's since cut off...
On a recent sunny Saturday in Phoenix, a group of church and community members gathered in an alley behind a convenience store at Adams Street and 21st Avenue to pray for a homeless man whose name they did not know. "We come together at this time as witnesses," intoned Ian...
My plate of pan-seared scallops looked like a photograph in a food magazine. Chunky, their tops tinged with shades of brown, the scallops sat atop a circle of creamy grits drizzled with a brown, syrupy sauce and surrounding a small nest of greens sprinkled with bits of bacon. I managed...
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How Do I Fix a Broken Sauce?
When white nationalist websites and racist minutemen with erstwhile ties to child killers are championing your cause, you know you've made a serious error. Particularly when you're a failed presidential candidate still desperate for the world to take you seriously.Such is the case with U.S. Senator from Arizona John McCain,...
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According to comic book lore, Superman is blessed with an enormous arsenal of powers, including heat vision, superhuman strength, and the ability to leap tall buildings. A sense of good timing, however, apparently isn't in his repertoire. Last week, the iconic DC Comics superhero made headlines when he renounced his U.S...
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Salon Memo to legislators: son niños. They're children. The Department of Justice mailed out a gentle reminder to school districts across the country over the weekend advising that undocumented students are, in fact, entitled to attend primary and secondary schools in America without getting hassled. It comes in the...
When I first heard that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service were raiding 15 Chuy's restaurants in Arizona and California, my first thought was that this operation sounded suspiciously like a Sheriff Joe Arpaio-style raid against Pei Wei, Sizzler, McDonalds, et al. In fact, I'm stone-cold certain...
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“The Bus Project” by Teresa Miró
C'mon people ... where is the competition?Greg Stanton, former deputy attorney general and Phoenix councilman, continues his lead in a straw poll for the mayor's race at the Arrogant Butcher, a new-ish downtown restaurant at 2 E. Jefferson Street. Stanton had the lead in the first week with 168 votes, and...
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Even though I'm on deadline for this week's column, I couldn't miss today's action by the Russell Pearce-recall group Citizens for a Better Arizona, during which organizer Randy Parraz attempted to deliver to the state Senate President his first ever (to my knowledge) unemployment "check" dated December 5, 2011. That...
The Spot: Mellow Mushroom, 740 S. Mill Ave., 480-967-6355www.mellowmushroom.com The Hours: Monday-Friday 3-6 p.m. and every day 10 p.m.-close The Details: Foodwise, you've got a quirky mix of pizza, calzones and hoagies. There's also a killer beer menu, with more than 40 brews on draft and an equally buxom bottle...
, according to NME.Odd Future's (OFWGKTA) Tyler the Creator commonly uses homophobic slurs, such as "faggot," and rape fantasies in his group's songs, as well as his solo material. Perhaps the reason he uses these words so much is to get people talking about Odd Future, which seems to be...
At what point does one elevate from merely drinking beer to being a full-on beer snob? Answer: when you feel compelled to tell other people what to drink. And the inevitable result of this peculiar ailment is the beer argument. In the spirit of all great beer-related discussions, we present...