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Gold Rush: Soaring Prices, Unscrupulous Precious-Metals Dealers, Right-Wing Paranoia — We’ve Been Down This Yellow-Brick Road Before

Like many gold sellers, Republic Monetary Exchange LLC focuses much of its advertising on conservatives. While many businesses bend over backward to avoid offending people, the firm's chief executive, Jim Clark, wears his right-wing politics — literally — to basketball games. Late in the afternoon one day in mid-June, Clark...
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Cakespy Deep-Fries Cupcakes

​Yes, you read that right, folks. Deep-fried cupcakes. Two trends collide, and while we haven't tasted the results, we can guarantee this is not the next Reese's Peanut Butter Cup you're looking at. Still, we had to share, because frankly, it takes a lot to suprise us these days, jaded as we...
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Mexican Government Looking to Ban Popular “Drug Ballads”

As the Mexican government's war on drugs continues to produce lackluster results, Mexico's ruling party is taking aim at a different enemy: musicians.Members of Mexico's National Action Party have proposed legislation that would make "drug ballads," or "narcocorridos," illegal.Violators of the law could face up to three years in prison...
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Hot Links: Poaching, Brownouts, and Wheel of Fortune

Arizona State Game and Fish agents say poaching is on the rise in Arizona. Agents aren't sure why they've seen a dramatic increase in complaints about wildlife poaching (up 70 percent from 2008), but theorize that during difficult financial times, Arizonans are poaching for food and profit. Some of the...
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RESQWATER’s Hangover Remedy is a Little Hard to Swallow … Literally

Not everyone enjoys a night of heavy drinking, but even the most severe masochist hates a hangover. And as long as there's been alcohol consumption, there have been professed hangover cures, whether it's "hair of the dog," pills and powders, or IV infusions. Now Scottsdale-based company Intelligent Beverages is bottling...
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Mexico Media Family’s Money Used in Alleged Crime Ring Tied to Nightclubs; Authorities Unsure of Motive

An alleged crime ring tied to local nightclubs, high-end car dealerships and the hip-hop community used millions in cash from a Mexico media family -- but authorities don't know why. With officials including Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon in attendance, police outlined the highlights of a suspected white-collar crime spree that resulted in the arrests of five...
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Fleshmap Chart Shows Occurrences of Body Parts by Music Genre

[jump] Fleshmap analyzed samples of thousands of songs and calculated the percentage of instances in which a certain body part is mentioned in a particular genre. Genres such as alternative, folk, electronica, country, and hip-hop were included in the study. The results are fascinating, with hip-hop showing some of the...
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Phoenix Coyotes Cruise Past Vancouver Canucks in Shootout Victory

The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in dramatic fashion last night, ending the game with an Adrian Aucoin goal in the sixth round of a shootout and shutting down Vancouver's Mason Raymond in his attempt to send the shootout into a seventh round.The Coyotes struck first, with a...
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St. Patrick’s Day in Arizona: the Irish, the Mexicans, and the Nativists

There's something particularly obscene about the fact that state Senator Russell Pearce's bigoted, anti-immigrant legislation SB 1070/HB 2632 will be heard today on the House floor, falling, as the date does, on St. Patrick's Day.Because before nativist hatemongers had Mexican immigrants to kick around, there were the Irish. Fleeing poverty,...
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Caffiend: Inside the Bungalow’s Instant Karma

Looking at the quaint, historic home that houses Inside the Bungalow off Robson and Main Streets in Mesa, one would never suspect the danger that lurks inside, in the form of a coffee drink known as "Instant Karma." This drink is a "red eye" (coffee mixed with two shots of...
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Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses Cracks Down on Underage Drinking

The Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control is putting the smack-down on underage drinking, thanks to two law enforcement programs and a big grant from the Governor's Office. Despite being severely understaffed, DLLC police officers issue an average of 216 underage liquor citations each month, to both alcohol retailers...
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Local Band Lisa Savidge Sounds Off On Stupid Tempe Noise Laws

If you've ever been through the system for a ridiculous traffic infraction at Tempe's downtown kangaroo court (full disclosure: I have), you probably know the city is run by idiots. Like, the sort of idiots who wanted a now-shuttered Borders Books on their downtown strip instead of several legendary bars?...