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Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, July 22, 2010

GOLDEN AGE Money is an illusion: As a conservative, I read New Times for the investigative articles, like "Gold Rush," that expose scam artists for the damage they inflict on unsuspecting consumers (Ray Stern, July 8). When you and your fellow writers follow the truth in a story, without regard...
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Morning Poll — Human Animal Hybrids: Problem or Paranoia?

One of Arizona's more-laughable pieces of legislation coming out of this year's embarrassing legislative session is a bill that makes it a class-six felony to knowingly create a human/ animal hybrid and a class-one misdemeanor to buy or sell a human-animal embryo.In other words, anyone who creates a centaur or a...
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Morning Poll — Jan Brewer and Photo Radar: Political Opportunism?

As you may have heard yesterday, the days of photo-radar enforcement in Arizona will be a thing of the past come July 1. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says it will not renew the contract of Redflex Inc., the company that operates Arizona's hated speed cams.Accidental Governor Jan Brewer,...
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Real Talk

Having some of the Valley's most creative minds together in one room could be an overwhelming experience. With so much to talk about, it might be hard to learn something from everyone in just one night. That's where PechaKucha 20x20 comes in. The event originated in Tokyo, Japan, and allows...
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Ask a Mexican on Vale Verga and Swimming with Clothes On

I worked a summer job during college in southern Arizona during the late 1960s, when most of my co-workers were Mexicans from the state of Sonora. Their favorite expression when something was broken was no vale verga, literally "Not worth dick," but actually meaning "totally fucked up." What happened with...
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Deborah Sussman Susser Does Sydney

  If you want the real scoop on the art -- including the three Arizona artists being showcased -- at the Sydney Biennale, you'd best be reading Deborah Sussman Susser's blog entries. The Tempe-based writer/editor/teacher (and occasional New Times contributor) is down under this month on behalf of Arizona State University, where she teaches...
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50 Cent: What’s His Next Logical Career Step?

More than in any other genre, rappers rarely seem content just being rappers. Jay-Z is a business mogul, Diddy has a clothing line, Ice-T has played a cop on TV for a decade, and Snoop Dogg makes a lot of money simply by being a lovable goofball. Curtis "50 Cent"...
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Fiddy’s Biz

More than any other genre, rappers rarely seem content just being rappers. Jay-Z is a business mogul, Diddy has a clothing line, Ice-T has played a cop on TV for a decade, and Snoop Dogg makes a lot of money simply by being a lovable goofball. Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson...
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Lobbys 3 lb. Burger Challenge

​The average person's stomach can hold about a liter of food, or close to two pounds' worth. But who wants to be average? All over town, restaurants are offering up contests of confection, defying brave eaters to ingest more food than they should eat in a week -- daily recommended...
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GBH at The Clubhouse

British hardcore punk rockers GBH name stands for "grievous bodily harm". While attendance at any punk show poses some threat of injury, what with mosh pits, angry teens, spiked belts, and extreme mohawks, the risk at last night's GBH show was a little higher.Locals Casket Life and Glass Heroes opened...
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March 25 In Blogs: Eric Holder, WWE, James Beard, and Tequila

In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Eric Holder on Joe Arpaio Probe: DOJ Expects "Results," Investigation Ongoing Joe Arpaio's Nativist Attorney...
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World Series

“Fusion” is one of those buzz words that gets tossed around so much that they lose their meaning and/or get really annoying to hear. Be that as it may, fusing disparate elements in a complementary manner can yield positive results; for example, combining Middle Eastern belly dancers with an all-American...
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Menomena: Mines

Artist: MenomenaTitle: MinesRelease date: July 27Label: BarsukMenomena is a band from Portland, Oregon, that is often described as experimental rock. They're not. Actually, they're more conventional than that label might lead you to believe -- and that's a good thing. In fact, at times on their new record, Mines, they...