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Phoenix Coyotes Lit Up by Tampa Bay Lightning

Attendance at Phoenix Coyotes games is once again an issue. Like much of last season, the Howlers have the worst attendance in the league -- partly because desert-dwellers tend to not like hockey (until the Canadian snowbirds arrive, that is), and party because of games like Saturday's 3-0 loss to...
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Burn Notice

You have to wonder how these party kids come up with names for their DJ dance nights. Sure, it could be the result of a drunken, coked-out conversation in someone's back yard at daybreak . . . or it could be a little more thoughtful. In the case of Burning...
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10 Most Anticipated Video Games of 2011

Last year is over and with 2010's top games played and beaten it's time to look ahead to see what kind of digital death and debauchery 2011 has in store for us. A handful of sequels and a few original properties will keep gamers busy well in to 2012.  Here...
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Matt & Kim: Sidewalks

The dance-punk DIY-ers are back at it today with the release of their third album, Sidewalks. "Cameras," the album's lead single, was released in late August and features some funk-riffic horns  mixed with pounding drums. Matt & Kim are in a solid stride from their last album, 2009's Grand and...
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Joe Arpaio, Paul Babeu and the Garrity Rule

One misconception out there is that the inquiry into MCSO Deputy Chief Frank Munnell's memo by Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu could result in criminal charges being filed against those Sheriff Joe loyalists now suspended with pay: Chief Deputy David Hendershott, Director Larry Black, and Captain Joel Fox. Though Munnell alleges criminal activity...
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Mike Posner @ The Marquee

If Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke had a less talented baby that grew up, went to Duke University, and joined a frat, the result would be Mike Posner. His music sounds as if it came from an episode of Jersey Shore and is inundated with name-branded shout-outs for such products...
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Prisoner Kept in Tucson Cage Overnight, Warden Sanctioned

A warden, a deputy warden, and a regional director have all been suspended several days without pay as a result of an inmate being kept in an outdoor cage overnight at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson. According to a Department of Corrections investigation of the incident, inmate Elisio...
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The Soundtrack to Your Holiday Strip Scan

Damn, TSA, buy a girl a drink first. The new full-body image scanners at airports this holiday season have already stressed and nervous travelers in a tizzy. Sure, nobody wants a bomb on their plane, but it hardly seems like a fair trade-off to have all your private bidniss displayed...
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Russell Pearce, Enemy of the U.S. Constitution

Pearce regurgitates a nativist whopper on the "original intent" of the 14th Amendment during an October presser Of all the grotesque lies spewed by the nativist right in its effort to undo birthright citizenship as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the most odious is the canard that...
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Lane Dawson: Love Letters (1985)

Welcome of Obscuro, a new weekly feature where Up on the Sun dives deep into the world of vinyl oddities: private press jobs, major label cast-offs, and general thrift shop clutter that's thus far escaped anyone's attention. These LPs have been hiding out, collecting dust, until we come along, investigate,...
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Dead Set

If analog photography is a dying animal, then what does that make expired print film and archaic cameras? Double dead? Nope, especially when you check out “Wings” by Mark Lipczynski. The solo photography exhibit at Practical Art saw the commercial and editorial image-maker rummaging through his refrigerator for out-of-date film,...