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George W. Bush: Who Would Jesus Torture?

Vanity, vanity, saith the preacher, all is vanity.And what more can it be than vanity that Phoenix's Arizona Christian University is feting former President George W. Bush at a $500 a plate dinner so the Torturer-in-Chief can blather on about his "faith-based presidency"?I reckon there's also hypocrisy and greed, both...
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Fry Girl’s Year of Eating Dangerously

"Well, we've got the results from your tests." I'm in the examining room at my doctor's office. It's been three weeks that I've been out of the hospital, two weeks since I swallowed a camera to take thousands of pictures of my intestines — a Fantastic Voyage of all guts,...
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8 Best Beers for Stoners

​Hey, man. Have you ever looked at your hands? I mean, really looked at them? They're amazing! They're so...touchy. Whoa. Anyway, today medicinal marijuana became legal in Arizona. Seriously! We were all like, "Legalize it, man!" and they were all, "Okay!" Anyone with the proper doctor-approved documentation can possess up...
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Palin and Tea Party Rhetoric Was Not the Reason Gabrielle Giffords Was Attacked — America’s Treatment of Mental Illness Is to Blame

The attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the incidental execution of Arizona's Chief federal judge, the collateral killing of five bystanders, including a child, and the deranged wounding of 13 politically curious civilians is not the result of the First Amendment's perversion by talk radio, Sarah Palin or the recent emergence of...
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Top Ten Indefensible “Your Music Sucks” Comments

As a music writer, I often project my own taste in music in my writing. Take, for instance, my weekly Review Roundups. There are hardly any mainstream, Top 40 bands featured in those posts. Hell, those bands get plenty of exposure -- I'd rather write about an album I like...
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Brewed For Battle: Scottish Ales

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...
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Automorphosis at FilmBar

Automorphosis isn't just a documentary about art cars -- it's a study in interesting people, and their often wacky obsessions. Much of what viewers see in Automorphosis falls in the "stranger than fiction" category -- it's the vision of Filmmaker Harrod Blank (an artist who created a camera-shaped van out...
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OFF!’s Dimitri Coats Talks Phoenix Oil Theft Charges

All of the record covers by OFF!, the hardcore supergroup fronted by Keith Morris of Circle Jerks/Black Flag, and have been designed by punk-art icon Raymond Pettibon.On cover features the phrase, "I've heard some wild stories about the band" scrawled in Pettibon's signature style. The band, rounded out by members...
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Friday at Devoured: Palette to Palate

​To kick off this year's Devoured PHX Culinary Classic the Phoenix Art Musuem hosted Palette to Palate, a pairing of chefs, artists, and spirits, in the great hall of the museum for a crowd willing to spring for the $45 (plus fees) ticket. The attending chefs were: Silvana Salcido Esparza of the...
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Rainbow Brite @ Stratus

Stuart Langelaan (a.k.a. Lange) commands some serious respect in the DJ world, and rightly so. Some of the 36-year-old British trance trickster's accomplishments include ranking highly on the UK sales charts several times over the past decade (and earning an appearance on BBC's Top of the Pops as a result),...
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A Blizzard in Time (Lapse)

While we're busy wishing for snow, Michael Black in Belmar, New Jersey was digging out of it. His 20-second video is the result of taking a photo every 5 minutes for 20 hours. (via @ljthornton)...