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Feature
Power Play
County law enforcement's attack on the judiciary didn't work, but the war's far from over
By Paul Rubin
Published: December 6, 2007
Maricopa County law enforcement violated the constitutional rights of this newspaper and its readers in October, going so far as to subpoena the identities of anyone who'd...
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Sidebar
Siege Mentality
County Attorney Andrew Thomas is attempting to capitalize on a national trend by attacking local judges
By Paul Rubin
Published: December 6, 2007
Ruth McGregor, chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, says politicians and special interest groups are attacking the independence of the judiciary like never...
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The Bird
Kentucky-Fried Joe
The comedic kestrel makes the Joe Show in Sun City West, shares a few Joe jokes of his own, and grills state Representative Russell Pearce about his links to white supremacists
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published: December 6, 2007
You know it's bad when Nickel Bag Joe doesn't sell out in Sun City West. Yep, The Bird made the trek to the mythical land of geezers on golf carts to attend the Joe Arpaio...
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Fenske
Poetry, Slammed
The city of Phoenix kicks culture to the curb — and Neanderthals party on at the Phoenix Country Club
By Sarah Fenske
Published: December 6, 2007
Poetry in the Park was that rare program that kept people coming for 17 years. Every fourth Tuesday, they'd show at the Encanto Park clubhouse for open mic nights, poetry...
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Letters
Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 6, 2007
Published: December 6, 2007
BRING DOWN THE CLOWNS Another who won't vote for Joe: I have to start out this letter by saying, way to go! You are what we need at this time to bring down Sheriff Joke and...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
Who Moved My Queso Amarillo?
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: December 6, 2007
I was born in beautiful El Paso, and my parents are from Juaritos. I always wondered why Mexican restaurants en los Estados Unidos use queso amarillo — which I associate...
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Music
In Perfect Harmony
Discovering What Laura Says Thinks and Feels
By Adriane Goetz
Published: December 6, 2007
James Mulhern, guitarist/vocalist of local indie band What Laura Says Thinks and Feels, speaks of his first concert experience with pride. It was a Bon Jovi show, Mulhern was...
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Club Candids
Smoothest Sounds in Town
Make tonight a wonderful thing
By Lilia Menconi
Published: December 6, 2007
When we heard about Yacht Rock Sundays, we just about had a heart attack from sheer joy. On Sunday, December 2, we boarded at the Ruby Room Lounge for an evening of smooth...
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Music
Punker's Pride
Thrash of the Titans pits six manufactured bands against each other to benefit AZPunk.com
By Serene Dominic
Published: December 6, 2007
One lament you'd never expect to hear about the local punk scene is that there's no sense of community. Punk, by its very nature, champions apathy, an I-could-give-a-shit...
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Shrapnel
Stop and Smell the Noises
Clipd Beaks peck away at post-rock
By Ray Cummings
Published: December 6, 2007
Greg Pritchard is a consummate multi-tasker. On an early November afternoon, the Minnesota-bred musician is conducting a telephone interview with a reporter from an Oakland...
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Shrapnel
Atmosphere on the Side
Chino Moreno revives Team Sleep
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: December 6, 2007
Chief among the reasons Deftones is one of the most compelling hard-rock acts of the past 15 years is Chino Moreno's gripping vocals, which often act as a moody, atmospheric...
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Home Grown
Adam Panic
Wonderful
(www.adampanic.com)By Niki D'Andrea
Published: December 6, 2007
At the ripe old age of 19, Adam Panic (né Kootman) has accumulated quite a discography, starting with his impressive one-man pop debut, The Vamp, in 2002. Since then,...
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Home Grown
Bob Ravenscroft Trio
Intersections I
(Ravenswave)By Steve Jansen
Published: December 6, 2007
Bob Ravenscroft's latest, Intersections I, finds the accomplished pianist resting comfortably in what intimidates so many jazz cats: space. This modern-jazz album begins with...
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Listen Up
Gram Parsons
Gram Parsons with The Flying Burrito Brothers: Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969
(Amoeba)By j. poet
Published: December 6, 2007
When Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman left the Byrds to start the Flying Burrito Brothers, they caused a seismic shift in the worlds of country music and rock. Until the...
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Listen Up
Chris Brown
Exclusive
(Jive)By Ben Westhoff
Published: December 6, 2007
Chris Brown is well known to screaming teenagers, but he broke out to a wider audience at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. There, he perfectly parroted the Gloved One's...
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Listen Up
Serj Tankian
Elect the Dead
(Warner Bros/WEA)By Michael Gallucci
Published: December 6, 2007
System of a Down is one of the trickiest bands these days for one reason: its willingness to let its freak flag fly. Artier and politically sharper than its hard-rock...
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Locals Only
Hacienda Brothers
By Mark Keresman
Published: December 6, 2007
After his departure from the Byrds in the mid-'60s, late Americana icon Gram Parsons envisioned "Cosmic American Music," a savory stew of traditional country with flavors of...
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Live Wire
Stevie Wonder
By Steve Jansen
Published: December 6, 2007
It's an interesting time for soul music czar Stevie Wonder to be out and about on a rare U.S. tour. Because, aside from some concealed gems here and there — such as...
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Live Wire
Fuel
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
Published: December 6, 2007
"Say it to my face, look me in the eyes and say what you have to say," Toryn Green sings on Fuel's latest album, Angels and Devils. This has to rank right up there with Michael...
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Live Wire
Ben Lee
By Chris Parker
Published: December 6, 2007
Where do you go when the cute wears off? Lee's teenage band, Noise Addict, overflowed with precocious charm epitomized by his humorous ode to Evan Dando, "I Wish I Were Him."...
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