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Meet My Followers: A Conversation Beyond Twitter

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? Kade Dworkin's bridging the 140-character gap between himself and his followers, who know him better as @kadedworkin. The Scottsdale-based entrepreneur was looking for connections...
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Linkin Park Made Their OK Computer

The fourth album from former rap-rock bloodletters Linkin Park is 2010's best avant-rock nuclear-anxiety concept record: a postmodern, perfectly Pitchfork-ian opus that will never earn a single Pitchfork pixel. With nothing to lose, the multi-multi-multi-platinum angst kings sink their distortion pedals into a tender oblivion, embracing the pulseless Vocoder syrup...
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Brewed For Battle: Robust Porters

​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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Record Exec Whines About Grammys In Full-Page NY Times Ad

​It looks like there's a new entry for the brilliant Who Is Arcade Fire? tumblr. Unfortunately, this one is longer than 140 characters -- by about a full page in The New York Times. Steve Stoute -- CEO of marketing company Translation and a veteran record executive -- took to The New...
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Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, February 24, 2011

THE LEECHES Why can't feds get these guys?: How can [State Bar of Arizona independent counsel] John Gleason come up with an incredibly detailed and well-documented 33-count complaint against former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and deputy county attorneys Rachel Alexander and Lisa Aubuchon that fully implicates Sheriff Joe Arpaio...
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Phoenix Police Department Finally Admits Problems With Border-Related Kidnapping Statistics; Agency Spent Months Misleading Public

​Phoenix police officials finally admitted that the border-related kidnappings statistics they trumpeted for years are not accurate, blaming the problem on "challenges with how cases are classified."   The admission from the police department comes after at least six months of Police Chief Jack Harris' reassuring the City Council and the public...
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Sergeant Sean Drenth’s City-Issued Gun Sold to Widow by Phoenix for $1

The widow of slain Phoenix police Sergeant Sean Drenth has purchased her husband's department-issued gun from the city of Phoenix, according to minute entries from the Phoenix City Council's December 8 meeting.The gun is the same Glock pistol found just feet from Drenth's body when he was discovered shot to...
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Salmon Skin Roll: Shimogamo Japanese Restaurant

Despite what the supermarket aisle may lead you to believe, there's more to an animal than neatly wrapped styrofoam trays of meat. From tongue to tail, offal (pronounced awful) encompasses all those taboo edibles that don't make the cut at your local grocer. Just Offal is here to explore these...
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Why Your Personal Trainer Hates You

​It's a new year, which means it's time to make some resolutions. But before you consider finally getting your ass to the gym -- and your head out of the fridge -- you should know something: your personal trainer hates you. And why shouldn't he/she? As cocktail waitresses, Starbucks baristas,...
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Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 17, 2011

FIRE SIGNS No good neighbors in this story: Wow! There are no actual "good" guys in your "Good Neighbor" story (Paul Rubin, March 3). I'm sure the title was your little joke. And it's a "good" one, since State Farm made a mockery of its slogan by trying to get...
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Greeley Estates Cuts Out the Pop Vocals for New Record

Phoenix-based Greeley Estates have long been one of the Valley's most prominent post-hardcore acts. Their last album, Go West Young Man, Let the Evil Go East, earned the band glowing reviews from sites like Absolute Punk, and the band's participation in the Vans Warped Tour helped them garner a national...