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21. Night & Day

    Oedipus Wrecks

    By Clay McNear

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Ever dreamed of running an offending ass off the road? It's street legal at the Arizona State Fair Demolition Derby -- a red-state birthright that's been handed down from yahoo...

22. Night & Day

    There's Something About Larry

    Can Suns bring home the hardware? Yes. Here's how.

    By Clay McNear

    Published: November 1, 2007

    The Phoenix Suns will pocket this year's Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy if: • Steve Nash grows his hair back • Shawn Marion gets over his...

23. Night & Day

    Quick Fix

    Thesbian problems? Space 55 offers the 10-Minute solution.

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Remember the theater kids – er, thespians – in high school? Sure, they seemed cool at first. But after about 10 minutes of listening to them sing their lame Broadway songs in...

24. Night & Day

    Canon Fodder

    How photo-futurists trumped focal yokels

    By Niamh Wallace

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Man-versus-machine interactions rarely end well for either side (witness Space Odyssey's HAL 9000 or any Borg from Star Trek), unless the unique nature of each form is put to...

25. Night & Day

    Tattle Tale

    L.A. Theatre Works rats on the gov

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Say the words “top secret” and it’s a green light for spilling the beans. Look at Deep Throat, who leaked scandalous government secrets, or La Toya Jackson, who freed all the...

26. Night & Day

    Saturday Night Special

    Cool beats and hot tail at Bar Smith

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: November 1, 2007

    We’re not sure if it’s the wicked beats by DJ Senbad, the upstairs outdoor-patio ambiance in the middle of the city, the lovely and vivacious hostess, or the hot tail...

27. Lacey

    He Just Doesn't Get It

    Dennis Wilenchik issued hugely invasive subpoenas to New Times without grand jury review

    By Michael Lacey

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Disgraced "special prosecutor" Dennis Wilenchik responded last week to critics with a talking-in-tongues defense reminiscent of Robert De Niro's divine delirium as he sank...

28. Niki at Nite

    Al's Fair

    The gospel accordion to Yankovic

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: November 1, 2007

    "The pig! The pig! Let's go see the 'World's Largest Pig'!" It's a rather windy Tuesday night in mid-October, and I have just spotted yet another attraction at the Arizona...

29. Film

    Alien: The Fatherhood

    Schmaltzy tale attacks all dads

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: November 1, 2007

    John Cusack, who more or less began his career sneaking a peek at Molly Ringwald's panties in Sixteen Candles, has finally become an onscreen daddy — took only, what, 23...

30. Art

    Breakables

    Seeing ourselves in glass

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Too often, looking at sculpture — spying on a silent figure unaware of our voyeurism — is a static endeavor. But the blown glass and multimedia sculptures in...

31. DVDish

    A Bitter End

    By Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky

    Published: November 1, 2007

    No End in Sight (Magnolia) Charles Ferguson's debut doc, easily the most important in a year full of notable fact-gathering films, assembles some of the key players behind...

32. The Bird

    Public Wreckers

    The ticked-off toucan recounts the trials of NT scribe Ray Stern, snickers at the County Attorney's press conference, and tells why Rusty Childress' anti-immigrant org is goin' to the library

    From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons

    Published: November 1, 2007

    As if you needed another example of how Maricopa County's run like a banana republic, there's the case of this catbird's colleague Ray Stern. You see, Stern also got a knock on...

33. Club Candids

    Tap That

    Because everyone loves a pseudo-slut

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Halloween celebrated by adults can be a frightening concept. Even though we're too old to be afraid of ghouls and ghosts, there are plenty of scary things to witness. Poorly...

34. Film

    Honey for Nothing

    No wonder all the bees are dying

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Alas, there's only so much you can do with talking bugs that hasn't already been covered in A Bug's Life, Antz, and The Ant Bully — though hooking up Seinfeld's buzzed-cut...

35. Art Scene

    Reviews of current exhibits, shows and installations

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Paintings by Xiao Shunzhi at Calvin Charles Gallery: After a few hours of viewing art, it sometimes feels as if I’ve rubbed my eyeballs with sandpaper. The visual wear makes...

36. What Else Is New?

    New Times' top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

    Published: November 1, 2007

    The Amicus Collection (Dark Sky) Angel: Complete Series Collector's Set (Fox) Beastie Boys: The Complete Story (Video Music) Benny Hill: The Complete Megaset (A&E) A...

37. Fenske

    Gone Missing

    It may be the end of the road for the Phoenix-based Center for Missing Adults

    By Sarah Fenske

    Published: November 1, 2007

    If a child is kidnapped, or simply disappears, the police call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. But what if that missing child isn't exactly a child?...

38. Shrapnel

    From Russia With Love

    Spektor can melt our pot any time

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: November 1, 2007

    It just seems wrong to call Russian émigré Regina Spektor Russian, because her family fled the USSR during the freeing days of perestroika in 1989. This kind of makes her a...

39. Film Feature

    Here Baby Here

    Playing down-on-her-luck, Amy Ryan's star rises

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: November 1, 2007

    "I hope people ask me, 'Where did you find that local actress?'" Ben Affleck told Amy Ryan when he cast her as a wreck of a single mother in his directing debut, Gone Baby...

40. Letters

    Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 1, 2007

    Published: November 1, 2007

    RAVE RANTS Disgruntled deputy?: The most interesting part of Sarah Fenske's article on that [sex offender's] downtown rave scene was that the Maricopa County Sheriff's...