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Tim McGraw Brings the Sexy to Cricket Wireless Pavilion

Who cares if you can sing as long as you're as hot as Tim McGraw, right? That seemed to be the sentiment of most of the fans at the McGraw/Lady Antebellum show last night at Cricket Wireless Pavilion, as comments about the man's good looks were just as prevalent as...
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Cardinals Get Blown Out in Disappointing Conclusion to Streaky Season

"[The Cardinals] defense is effing worthless" and "if Neil Rackers has a job tomorrow I'm becoming a Saints fan" were two of several utterances that could be overheard at the Cadillac Ranch in Tempe by disgruntled fans after the Cards 45-14 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Saturday. And they...
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Andrew Thomas Caused a “Cancer” on Our Justice System with His “Appearance of Impropriety” in Cases Against Supervisors and a Judge

A stunning declaration filed in county court on Tuesday by one of the nation's preeminent legal-ethics attorneys says County Attorney Andrew Thomas continues to take the law into his own self-serving hands and should be stopped. Philadelphia lawyer Lawrence J. Fox wrote to Cochise County Superior Court Judge Wallace Hoggatt...
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On Catering to Americans and Wearing Condoms

Siempre, the wisest words that appear in this column come from ustedes, y the following two cartas prove this maxim. The first one addresses my year-end column, in which a working-class gabacho insisted his people apapachan a Mexicans mucho: Half-Mexican here. I was fortunate enough to catch your column while...
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Soot-Sayers

Times are dark, people. An old Chinese proverb advises that it’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. So quit cursing and see a wee, warm exhibition on Roosevelt Row called “Soot: Handmade Candle Caddies.” Alex Ozers, who has a piece in the show, says his riveted...
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The Soft Pack: The Soft Pack, in “Nothing Not New”

Welcome to "Nothing Not New," a yearlong project in which New Times editorial operations manager Jay Bennett, a 40-year-old music fan and musician, will listen only to music released in 2010. Each Monday through Friday, he will listen to one new record (no best ofs, reissues, or concert recordings) and write about...
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D’Angelo’s Voodoo Enchants, Even 10 Years Later

This is the first in a two-part series by two Phoenix-based music critics that happen to feel that D'Angelo's Voodoo, which turned ten years old this week, is (to put it bluntly) one of the best things ever. Part two can be found here. It was appropriate that weeks before...
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Flier of the Week: Domo at Yucca Tap Room

At first glance, you might think this poster is for a 90's movie night. At Yucca Tap Room? Nah.Local pop rock band Domo, including singer/guitarist Jason Sukut (who designed the flier), are simply paying tribute to the film Men at Work, starring Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez."I wouldn't exactly call...
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Extraordinary Measures: Harrison Ford Is Still Useful

Extraordinary Measures is a race-against-time thriller in which a desperate dad (Brendan Fraser) sacrifices everything to cure a rare disease that's seconds away from killing his kids. Extraordinary Measures is also a heartwarming tale about a disgruntled doc (Harrison Ford) who throws in with a biotech startup fronted by ...
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Stop Exercising

I don't exercise. And I don't mean I've allowed my membership to the gym to expire. I'm not talking about how I should really increase the distance I jog every other day, or that the daily "fun" activities I've planned to increase my heart rate have lately gotten too easy...
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James Keenan, What Are You Eating?

James Keenan The singer/bassist/synth player for electronic rock band A Life of Science and art director for Sundawg Records performs with A Life of Science at Phoenix Comicon Saturday, May 29 at 5 p.m. and is a part of the A Life of Science "Creating Multimedia Comics" panel at Phoenix...
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Disciplinary Commission Recommends Suspension for Phillips and Associate; Does This Mean Valley Residents Will Be Spared Those Awful TV Ads?

"Need a tough, experienced attorney to protect your future and your freedom?" If so, and Jeffrey Phillips of Phillips and Associates TV-ad fame is your attorney of choice, you might have to wait about half a year.The Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court handed down a recommendation to suspend Phillips and his...