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Cover Your Ears, American Idol Singers on the Loose!

After a horrible, seizure-inducing Hollywood Week, I was actually sort of excited to get this show on the road and hear the offerings of The Best Singers in All the Land, as decreed by the "experts." I should have known better than to be optimistic. Have I learned nothing over...
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Are Your Papers in Order?

Elaine Sanchez understands Guadalupe, Arizona, as well as she understands her six children. She was born and raised in the village of 5,500 souls hard by the freeway and the conventional suburbs of Tempe and Phoenix. Sheriff Joe Arpaio put Guadalupe on the nation's map during his anti-immigrant sweep last...
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Veggie Boy: Molly’s Tamales

It's not really Christmas in Arizona without having a tamale or two.Wrapped in warm cornmeal dough and packed with such delicious fillings as cheese and chile peppers, tamales have long been the staple of many a Christmastime dinner table. Even for those who aren't of Hispanic origin, chances are they'll...
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Jubilance Over Historic Presidential Vote

By Ray Stern African-Americans partying at a downtown Phoenix bar were positively gleeful after Tuesday's history-making election of the country's first black president. Local black leaders and their supporters had gathered at Stoudemire's at Second and Washington streets to watch election results. By 10:30 p.m., the full impact of the...
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American Idol Top 13: Battle of the Crying Young Mothers

At long last, it has come to this--after weeks of watching tone-deaf wonders humiliate themselves during the first round of auditions, some slightly less tone-deaf wonders forget the lyrics to their songs during Hollywood Week, Casey Carlson give a bad name to bubble tea makers everywhere and Pacittigate--we finally get...
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R&B Is “Rap & Bullshit”

As one of contemporary R&B's brightest stars, John Legend possesses Grammys and hits galore. But could he be any blander? His twinkling tunes about love and relationships are serviceable and inoffensive, nothing more. And lyrically he treads the same ground as a hundred others. Sure, he's not annoying — we're...
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DUI Task Force to Cover Areas With All-Star Game Events This Weekend

Don't be like Sir Charles: If you get an offer for oral sex while drunk this weekend at NBA All-Star Game festivities, leave the driving to someone else.With parties and NBA-theme events erupting all over town, starting tonight, cops from Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Tempe and the Department of Public Safety...
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Night Train: Dorsey/Apache Boulevard (Stop #24)

Where: The Lucky Devil (1212 E. Apache Blvd., Tempe, 480-446-7468, one block West of the station. Drink: The "Shot Ski" for $5 and up, depending on your booze of choice. Scene: Dunno if you've heard the news, but college kids have been known to tie one on from time to...
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Are Your Papers in Order?

Elaine Sanchez understands Guadalupe, Arizona, as well as she understands her six children. She was born and raised in the village of 5,500 souls hard by the freeway and the conventional suburbs of Tempe and Phoenix. Sheriff Joe Arpaio put Guadalupe on the nation's map during his anti-immigrant sweep last...
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The Medic Droid Breaks Up

Hector Bagnod (left) and Chris Donathon, no longer The Medic Droid. It'll break the hearts of countless teenaged emo and scene kids to hear this, but The Medic Droid is no more. The local electro power-pop band announced the break up Tuesday afternoon through a pair of blog postings on...