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Waiter Confidential: To Die For

For years, a restaurateur named Luigi Lamentini performed in the Italian dining theater - lucky for us, right here in Phoenix, where he operated several restaurants. A Florentine by birth with a thick, nasal accent, he'd take flight on fluid rants in his native tongue; singing a sad song about...
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Worst. Courtesy. Photo. Ever.

Could you imagine this photo in the paper, beside my column on pastor Mason Betha, a.k.a. the rapper Ma$e? Neither could I. And not just because my name is spelled wrong.So this might be a little inside baseball for some readers, but I thought I'd share it anyway, because it's...
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Opposites Attract

The last time you partied in Scottsdale, you intersected with a group of Amish teens on their Rumspringa who were imbibing silly pink drinks and gyrating ambitiously on the dance floor. Their imitation of “outer world” social conduct suddenly made you very self-aware of your own societal script. You may...
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Opposites Attract

The last time you partied in Scottsdale, you intersected with a group of Amish teens on their Rumspringa who were imbibing silly pink drinks and gyrating ambitiously on the dance floor. Their imitation of “outer world” social conduct suddenly made you very self-aware of your own societal script. You may...
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Top 10 Country Records of 2008

By Michael McCall Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergTwo young blondes with toothy smiles and hard-core work ethics, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, helped country expand its fan base in these years of shrinking music sales. Meanwhile, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and George...
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Portraits of a Nation

Now that the economy is in the crapper and the jobless rate is skyrocketing, immigration isn’t a hot-button issue anymore. Even Sheriff Joe’s busy earning extra bucks with his new Fox reality show Smile . . . You're Under Arrest! instead of rounding up illegals. But photographer Jill Enfield, whose...
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The Dirty Truth about “Clean” Elections

Last summer, Margarite Dale went on a spending spree. The 44-year-old Glendale mom bought two computers — a monitor, desktop, and laptop, plus a full set of software for both. Total cost: $2,409. And she didn't stop there. In just a few weeks' time, Dale also purchased a $709 camera...
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Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

The central appeal of the Isobel Campbell-Mark Lanegan pairing is simple. Their contrasting singing styles — hers is soft and sweet; his is gruff and gravelly — mesh with surprisingly effective results, like olive oil and vinegar or MSNBC pundits Rachel Maddow and Pat Buchanan. What Sunday at Devil Dirt...
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‘Idol’ Hollywood Week 2: The Return of Kai Kalama

So before we delve into Tuesday night's episode of Idol, I need to pose one very pressing question: What the eff was Paula wearing around her neck?! Abdul has worked some pretty funky neckwear over the span of Idol, but this particular piece of hardware takes the proverbial cake. It looked...
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Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 26, 2009

CRIMINALLY BROWN Joe's an attention whore — nothing more: There's nothing left to the imagination about this story. It's crystal clear what Joe Arpaio is up to here. He's hassling every brown-skinned person he can find, in the hopes he will find an illegal alien or two to [get kicked]...
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Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 19, 2009

JUST DESERTERS Pardon them: The point in "No Canada" about this being a "poverty draft" is a good one. Though these people enlisted and weren't drafted, their pitiful circumstances at home made the military the best job option they could find. Then they get to Iraq and find out what...