ophisticated (read: old) people everywhere enjoy the smooth sounds of Kenny G. The world-renowned saxophonist isn't just the vehicle for one of pop music's all-time best hairdos, he also owns several world records, including the most instrumental records ever sold in the U.S. and the longest note ever recorded on...
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Double-Blind
The Arizona Cardinals are 1-0 after an ugly (really, really ugly) win against the Rams last week in St. Louis. With the exception of a few players -- namely Steve Breaston -- offensively, the Cardinals played like crap across the board.The Cards head to Atlanta this weekend to take on...
Maricopa County Supervisors Don Stapley and Mary Rose Wilcox have asked the feds to consider taking control of the Sheriff's Office in light of allegations revealed in a top deputy's memo. The supervisors, two chief targets of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's politically motivated attacks, addressed the memo by Deputy Chief Frank Munnell...
The Justice Department has sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio before. He's still here.A federal judge called conditions in the Arpaio-run county jail unconstitutional. They fixed a few toilets -- no big deal for Arpaio.Now we're supposed to get excited about this new lawsuit related to the feds' civil-rights probe? Not feeling...
One look at the tax plan of Democratic Congressional candidate Jon Hulburd and you'd think the guy's a Republican.Hulburd's plan includes things like extending the Bush tax cuts through 2012, permanently lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent, and making permanent the current tax rate for...
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omebody better call the cops, because a major beatdown took place in downtown Phoenix last night. Namely, Mark Reynolds and the rest of the Arizona Diamondbacks administered an old-fashioned ass-whupping to the New York Mets at Chase Field on Monday evening, resulting in a lopsided 13-2 victory. It was a...
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Bill DeGroot at Quiessence
It's still officially unofficial. The GOP primary for attorney general is still undecided and will likely remain so until at least tomorrow.As of last night, Tom Horne has a 419-vote lead over Andrew Thomas in the race with about 100,000 votes left uncounted.The majority of the uncounted votes come from...
Dennis Wilenchik's ties to his former employee, failed political candidate and former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, has brought him lots of dough. But in raking in his taxpayer-assisted fortune, he's more than earned his reputation as a shady lawyer. We remember him well as the disgraced special prosecutor whose...
[jump] The new section can hold an additional 100 inmates, but Arpaio says he expects that number to grow."Citizens here sincerely hope that SB 1070 will result in large numbers of illegal aliens being captured and arrested by local law enforcement officers," Arpaio says. "I'm not so certain that will...
Get your speed-dial ready, folks.Tomorrow, September 16th is a National Day of Action in Washington, D.C. sponsored by Food and Water Watch. You can add your voice to those opposed to allowing this fish into our food supply. Otherwise, call Marge Simpson, and ask if she will share her recipe for...
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As absurd as it may sound, Hooman Karamian (a.k.a. "Nik Richie"), the founder of "The Dirty" is taking some of the credit for Congressional candidate Ben Quayle's victory in the District 3 Congressional primary.In case you forgot, which we're sure you haven't, Richie's the guy who outed Quayle's ties to...
Want to remove unsightly facial hair or tame those wild brows? Threading is quite possible the least painful, least irritating hair removal technique... if you get a threader who knows what they're doing.
Ron Price needs his milkshake. It's 10 a.m. on a Monday and the baldheaded, barrel-chested former bodybuilder is shuffling around the kitchen of a posh rehab clinic in Tijuana, wearing slippers and a blue Gold's Gym T-shirt. Price had been employed as a stockbroker in New Mexico until his training...
Back before Ghost Rider and Knowing, Nicolas Cage actually stumbled into a few good movies. Really, we checked. One such film was Raising Arizona (given, that was also in 1987), and it's having a homecoming. The film's studio, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, is celebrating its 75th anniversary and is...
The Arizona Republic conducted a poll last month asking respondents if the debate over immigration caused by the SB 1070 fiasco has increased racism in Arizona.The answer, according to the Repub's poll: yes...
Well, that was a major dud. Chris Young, the only player representing the D-Backs at the All-Star Game, produced one measly long ball in the State Farm Home Run Derby. It sort of sums up the Snakes' season thus far, doesn't it? The effort is there, but the results are...
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Ha Ha Tonka
I last studied Mexico in second grade. How about you? Since then, I've learned that an eagle on a prickly pear eating a snake is a pretty safe bet if you're looking for a sign to found your city just about anywhere in this climate zone. But I haven't learned...
Crowds of fashion-conscious (and not-so-conscious) gathered on the Scottsdale asphalt this weekend to celebrate the leading names in local and national fashion.It was the fifth year of Scottsdale Fashion Week -- an event that's been held in the past at the Scottsdale Waterfront and SouthBridge. This year, the runways, bright...
The Phoenix Police Department has finally issued a press release in the racially-motivated shooting of Kelly Jaeger, a Caucasian woman who was walking late at night in Phoenix's Palma Park when she and her African-American friend Jeffery Wellmaker were reportedly accosted by a bald, white tattooed man. The man challenged...