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Art Burn: SanTan Brewery = a surreal experience

When it comes to restaurant decor, there's nothing worse than walls that never change. If you're only popping by once or twice for a meal, no big deal. But if you enjoy the grub enough to make repeated visits, it would be nice to see something new. 'Cause it sucks when,...
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New York Times, Huffington Post Weigh in on Anti-Arpaio March

Proving once more that the anti-Arpaio march that went down this weekend in Phoenix has, um, legs, both the Huffington Post and the New York Times editorial board have put their respective two cents in on the Zack de la Rocha-led anti-Arpaio protest. The Huffington Post had a two-woman film crew on...
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Peelander-Z Brings Out the Freaks and Geeks to the Trunk Space

In my five years of covering the local music scene for New Times, I've seen some pretty crazy things happen at the Trunk Space. I've witnessed lobster-handed ladies, full grown men dressed as diaper-clad babies, and even half-naked body modification artists piercing their supple flesh with gleaming steel hooks. But...
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Mostly Bears

Voted Tucson Weekly's "Best New Band" in 2007, Mostly Bears have steadily been working their way up the list — a very, very short list — of innovative Arizona bands. Of course, they are from Tucson and not Phoenix, so they fit in nicely with the other bands emerging from...
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Photo Enforcement in Scottsdale Goes Alternative When People Dodge Process Servers

Scottsdale has quietly begun to thwart photo enforcement violators who try to dodge process servers, repeatedly motioning the city court to allow tickets to be mailed or posted to a scofflaw's front door. Thanks to efforts by New Times and others, most Arizonans now understand the limitations of photo enforcement tickets. Unless the violator is...
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Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 23, 2009

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Where's the justice?: Paul Rubin did a superb job of weaving together all the madness in the Doug Grant investigation and trial. As Rubin noted, this trial goes to show that "what really happened" has nothing to do with a jury's decision. The whole situation's really quite...
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Everyone Hates The Awful Truth

So if you've been reading our news blog, Valley Fever, you probably came across a link to a story about a Tuscon punk band called The Awful Truth who's pissed off the entire town by using a photo of a slain city policeman on the cover of their record, Kill...
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Scott MacIntyre Does an Awesome Chair Dance, Makes ‘Idol’s’ Top 12

There was never really too much doubt that Scottsdale's Scott MacIntyre would make the Idol Top 12, but last night "America" (as Seadouche condescendingly refers to the tiny percentage of the American population that actually watches the show) made it official. Scotty the Body (as Seadouche condescendingly refers to Scott)...
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Mesa Dog Owners Frustrated by Lack of Answers in Park Poisonings

Since November, at least four dogs have gotten sick and one has died from poisoning after eating laced meat at Carriage Lane Park in Mesa. The owners of the afflicted canines have had to fight to get a case opened with Mesa's Animal Control Department, which is short-staffed after a...
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Karolina Sussland Comes Up with a Mathematical Equation for Goodness

I won't even pretend to understand exactly what artist Karolina Sussland is doing in "Goodness...in Progress," a one-day-only showing of Sussland's latest artistic foray mounted on Saturday at Figarelli Galleries Back Room in Scottsdale's Cattletrack artists' compound. In fact, I am so mathematically challenged that I usually start drooling and...