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The Love Me Nots: Big In France

The French version of Rolling Stone magazine cannot get enough of Phoenix's own Love Me Nots. The mag ran a massive feature on the garage rock band in this month's issue, which you can read in translated form on the jump. The mag seems to relish comparing the band's sound...
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Flier of the Week: Dry River Yacht Club at The Sail Inn

It's not everyday you see fliers for shows with over a dozen bands on them. And when you do, the 8 1/2 by 11-inch piece of paper is more likely to list the headliners and add "And others" instead of naming every single band.So, you've got to hand it to...
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Illegal Alien Costume Gets Yanked From Store Shelves for Being Offensive

It turns out illegal alien Halloween costumes aren't even welcome in Arizona -- or America for that matter.Two different "illegal alien" Halloween costumes have been yanked off the shelves of retail stores because consumers say they are offensive. As far as we know, the removal of the costumes wasn't the...
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Arizona DPS Probably Will See “Reduction in Force”

Governor Jan and the Brew Crew have ordered all state agencies to present her with a plan to cut each agency's budget by 15 percent.Brewer is calling the move only an "exercise." She's giving the agencies until October 9 to explain to her the most efficient way to cut some...
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Andrew Thomas Trying Again to Get County Supervisors to Approve Special Prosecutors — Whose Job Will be to Investigate Supervisors

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas didn't suceed at first, so he's trying again -- this time threatening the county Board of Supervisors with legal action unless members consider appointing special prosecutors to conduct an "investigation" of those same supervisors. In a letter sent to the supervisors last night, Thomas' office demands they put...
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Caffiend: Knetic Energy

The human sense of smell is one of our strongest survival tools. Without our olfactory perception, we might eat rotten food, not shower for days, and fart in church. We are biologically engineered with the ability to deduct that something that smells like crap probably tastes like crap, too. I almost didn't want to take...
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Arty Girl: ASU Art Museum Hires Director

I can't remember the last time ASU Art Museum had a Director. And, man, am I relieved to hear they have finally filled the position. Gordon Knox will take the helm on January 11th, working part-time until July 1st when he will assume the full-time position.Knox sounds like an interesting...
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Healthcare Protesters Hold Lame “Die-In;” Everybody Lived!

The Arizona Coalition for a State and National Healthcare Plan held a "die-in" this afternoon in front of the United Healthcare offices in Phoenix.The group is protesting the "needless deaths of 123 uninsured and under-insured Americans each day" and brought an army of supporters to the corner of 24th Street...
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Automatic Erasers Are a Band’s Band

God bless the Internet jukebox. There's not much more glorious than sitting in your favorite neighborhood watering hole with the power to hear pretty much anything at your fingertips, offered up at the mere price of a couple of bucks. Upset that someone is ruining your G & T with...
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Top Ten of 2009: Jason P. Woodbury

Up on the Sun is counting down the days until the unveiling of music editor Martin Cizmar's personal Best of 2009 list with some other lists from Phoenix New Times' stable of excellent freelancers. Today we bring you a list from Jason P. Woodbury, a New Times contributor, a staff...
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World Technology Award Results: Drumroll Please…

Here's an update for those following the nomination of our intrepid algae-to-rocket fuel ASU inventors for the World Technology Award: Looks like scientists Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld fell just short: The energy award was given on Friday to Zhengrong Shi from Suntech Power Holdings Co., for his work on...