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1. Feature

   Below the Belt

   Lawyer Dennis Wilenchik's spearheading Joe Arpaio's attempt to smear his chief political rival

   By Paul Rubin

   Published: September 20, 2007

   It came as little surprise to most people in the know that Buckeye Police Chief Dan Saban lost his recent defamation trial against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and company. That's not...

2. Music

   Attitude Adjusting

   Playing "straight to the middle"

   By Serene Dominic

   Published: September 20, 2007

   One of Jim Louvau's favorite talking points when making a case for his new band The Attitude is the void to be filled because there are no more new rock stars. And he's right....

3. Cafe

   State of the Union

   By Michele Laudig

   Published: September 20, 2007

   I hate it when I can't quite put my finger on something. Having plenty of opinions — and putting them all in writing — usually comes pretty readily, but ever since my...

4. Film

   Walk Through the Valley

   Don’t let Paul Haggis’ heavy hand stop you from seeing his latest

   By Ella Taylor

   Published: September 20, 2007

   Even the most adamantly anti-war movies about American soldiers returning from Vietnam — Hal Ashby's Coming Home (1978) and Oliver Stone's Born on the 4th of July (1989)...

5. Surreal Estate

   Phoenix, the Final Frontier

   Brazilians and Brazilians of stars

   By Robrt L. Pela

   Published: September 20, 2007

   People refer to Phoenix as an up-and-coming city; they call it a late-night ghost town, a sweatbox, a suburban desert. But what it looks more and more like all the time is a...

6. Game On

   'Roid Rage Returns

   Metroid Prime 3 is the best you can get for the Wii

   By Chris Ward

   Published: September 20, 2007

   In space, no one can hear you scream, Jumpin' Jesus, this is one of the greatest games ever! But that doesn't mean you won't try during Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. ...

7. Night & Day

   Dances With Wolf

   Retrosexual sock hop sounds like the hepcat's meow

   By Wynter Holden

   Published: September 20, 2007

   The Rockabilly Revival conjures images of slicked-back dudes with oil-spill hairdos crankin’ out "Ring of Fahr" on sunburst hollowbodies and big-ass slap basses. According to...

8. Night & Day

   Sin City Slicker

   Hyper-hip Vegas MC bets on SIX, drugs, and rock ´n' roll

   By Adriane Goetz

   Published: September 20, 2007

   The thing about our beloved Scottsdale socialites is that they’d all rather be in Vegas. In fact, with enough booze, drugs, and scantily clad women, many of them actually...

9. Night & Day

   A View to a Kiln

   By Clay McNear

   Published: September 20, 2007

   Picasso? Pottery? Who knew? Yep, in addition to his paintings and sculptures, the King of Cubism liked to make dinner plates. His kiln of choice was France’s Madoura workshop,...

10. Night & Day

    Organ Donors

    By Clay McNear

    Published: September 20, 2007

    Cardiac Recovery. Cute. As some of you know, Paper Heart suffered a fiscal-angina incident late last year, and it’s celebrating its ongoing rehabilitation with a big bash...

11. Night & Day

    We-Were-Here-First Fridays

    Alwun shows the kiddies how it's done

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: September 20, 2007

    Mayor Gordon may have declared last November 10 “Alwun House Day,” but for locals looking for offbeat and sometimes off-putting art, it’s been Alwun Day for decades. The folks...

12. Night & Day

    Singapore Fling

    Meet the top guns of cocktail aeronautics

    By Leslie Barton

    Published: September 20, 2007

    Pretend it's 1826, you're inside the Metropolitan Hotel in New York City, trying not to stare at all the pretty wrists and ankles, when someone orders a cocktail and Jerry "The...

13. Night & Day

    Swinging Party

    By Clay McNear

    Published: September 20, 2007

    We’ve been boning up on Calculus for Dummies in an effort to figure out how Coach & Willie’s is gonna cram in all of those Arizona Diamondbacks fans for its D-Backs Fan...

14. Night & Day

    Social Climbers

    By Clay McNear

    Published: September 20, 2007

    Only superjocks and mental patients go bouldering in these temps, so if you’ve got the jones to dyno, hit the climbing walls at AZ on the Rocks, Arizona’s king of the...

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    Tripping the Dark Fantastic

    Ballet Arizona series is cool -- and not just ´cause it's hot

    By Clay McNear

    Published: September 20, 2007

    We won’t spend a lot of time jawing about why Ballet Arizona’s annual Ballet Under the Stars outreach series is so crazy popular (you’re welcome). The quick and dirty: 1) it’s...

16. Night & Day

    End Game

    By Clay McNear

    Published: September 20, 2007

    Will Master Chief save the world? We're on pins and needles, man. The nigh-unendurable wait for the final episode in the Halo trilogy comes to a blessed end with the midnight...

17. Night & Day

    Lip Service

    By Clay McNear

    Published: September 20, 2007

    If you've got a mustache, you can cash it in like a grocery-store coupon at Mustache Monday and keep that lip caterpillar wet and foamy all night long at happy-hour prices. If...

18. Night & Day

    Critical Darkling

    Hooray for the one who got away

    By Clay McNear

    Published: September 20, 2007

    We tend to frown on critical darlings, who are typically so obtuse that critics can't understand 'em. Ipso fathead, they must be good. Take Jana Hunter -- please. The "New...

19. Night & Day

    Low-School Reunion

    "Shunned" artists join forces to bust down snob barriers

    By Sloane Burwell

    Published: September 20, 2007

    Once upon a time, art openings and museum shows were the domain of high-falutin' art-school types and their pretentious wanna-be fan boys and gals. But ever since...

20. Night & Day

    Night of the Living Fred

    Meat and greet in Glendale

    By Leslie Barton

    Published: September 20, 2007

    George A. Romero once said, "Zombies are the blue-collar monsters." That sounds familiar, because if you wake up morose, stagger into the bathroom, spill the same bitter cup of...