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Flier of the Week: The Other 49 at The Rogue Bar

Brad WiatrThe Other 49 at The Rogue Bar​If you didn't know this flier was for a rock show, you might say it was downright pretty, with a poignant image juxtaposed with a fancy headline.Brad Wiatr, of the indie progressive band The Other 49, designed the poster in honor of the...
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Hot Links: Palo Verde Explosion, Pitbull Stabbing, and Casinos

The Palo Verde nuclear power plant shut down one reactor after a minor explosion on Sunday. According the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an electrical fault caused the explosion, which resulted in damage to bus work. The other two reactors at the plant were not affected by the explosion and are operating...
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Kirkwood Dellinger at Yucca Tap Room

It'd been almost two years since Kirkwood Dellinger released a record, an 8-song EP called Miniature Stallion. The title of that record is a reference to a man whose unfortunate demise came about as a result a colon punctured while having anal sex with a horse. A great title, to...
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White Power “American Third Position” Party Seeks Toehold in Arizona

Fascist tool (and I mean that literally): William Johnson of the white supremacist American Third PositionIf you haven't heard of the California-based American Third Position party, or A3P as it's otherwise referred to, consider this a heads up. The racist, white nationalist organization would like to get on the Arizona...
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An Immigrant’s Heart

It began as a cold that Julia Amparo-Alvarado couldn't seem to shake. One January night in 2003 when her boss called, asking her to come in for a night shift of janitorial work at the Brooklyn Con Ed building, Julia protested, complaining of a fever. But with an eight-year-old son...
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Burn, Baby

My mother's recipe for chili soup — and yes, when I was growing up in Cleveland, we preferred the redundancy of both "chili" and "soup," thank you very much — calls for ground beef, kidney beans, stewed tomatoes, lots and lots of water, and the barest teaspoon of chili powder...
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Heavy Metal

In his epic "The People, Yes," American workingman's poet Carl Sandburg wrote, "The fireborn are at home in fire." Sandburg was probably not talking about astrology, in which fire signs — Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius — are said to be the action-oriented among us. Zonies, whatever your sign, we are...
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Here We Go Magic

It's hard to find out what Brooklyn-based Luke Temple has on his iPod, but judging from the tracks we've heard from Here We Go Magic's recently released CD Pigeons (especially the lead single, the catchy "Collector"), he's been listening to a lot of psychedelic-era Pink Floyd and Rolling Stones or...
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Peanut Butter Miracles: In Earthquake-Ravaged Haiti, Dr. Patricia Wolff Has Made Ending Child Malnutrition Her Life’s Work

In Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, everyone rises with the roosters, and by 8 a.m. the unpaved streets outside Hospital Justinien are jammed. Taxicabs and pickup trucks, some painted with religious slogans and turned into makeshift buses called taptaps, jostle for space on the narrow thoroughfares, dodging potholes and negotiating chaotic corners unregulated...
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Phoenix Chorale: Grammy Winners Turn to Facebook for Survival

It's bumper-to-bumper gridlock in the Roosevelt Historic District as eager music fans rush to find the few remaining parking spots. Some who are fortunate to score parking aren't so lucky when they reach the doors of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral — many people are being turned away from the sold-out performance...
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Norah Jones at Dodge Theatre: Hmmm… Just So-So

"This place is BIG," said Norah Jones in a self-effacing way to the nearly packed house at Dodge Theatre. The way she delivered the statement made it sound like she wasn't worthy of playing such a fancy concert hall. Turns out it was half-true. Wearing an electric-green dress and yellow...
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Phoenix Chorale

It's bumper-to-bumper gridlock in the Roosevelt Historic District as eager music fans rush to find the few remaining parking spots. Some who are fortunate to score parking aren't so lucky when they reach the doors of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral — many people are being turned away from the sold-out performance...
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Phoenix Chorale

It's bumper-to-bumper gridlock in the Roosevelt Historic District as eager music fans rush to find the few remaining parking spots. Some who are fortunate to score parking aren't so lucky when they reach the doors of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral — many people are being turned away from the sold-out performance...
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Arizona State University One of Playboy’s Top Party Schools Again

After a brief fall from grace, thanks -- in part -- to Arizona State University President Michael Crow's ruthless crusade against fun under the disguise of "The New American University," the Sun Devils are back in Playboy magazine's list of top-10 party schools in the country.According to Playboy's new rankings, released...