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21. Night & Day

    Lasso Del Sol at WestWorld

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: December 27, 2007

    The sport of roping ain't just for a bunch of steers and queers. Steers, definitely, but not the latter. If you're not buying it, we challenge you to approach a cowboy and drop...

22. Night & Day

    Coyote Ugly

    Boneheaded mutts host NHL’s top dogs

    By Clay McNear

    Published: December 27, 2007

    The Cardinals are perpetually pilloried. The Suns are scrutinized like lab rats. The Diamondbacks get love even in the off-season. The Phoenix Coyotes are just ignored, and...

23. Night & Day

    Oldies and Goodies

    Happy Days are here again

    By Adriane Goetz

    Published: December 27, 2007

    When it comes to the automobile, grandma’s right: They just don’t make ’em like they used to. Sure, cars are more environmentally friendly now, but they’ll...

24. Night & Day

    Rising Arizona

    By Clay McNear

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Sure, the Arizona Cardinals will end yet another season without a winning record, but – and we can’t believe we’re saying this – Ken Whisenhunt has ’em...

25. Sidebar

    Alien Nation

    Anti-immigrant sentiments are nothing new in America

    By Megan Irwin

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Though Arizona is considered ground zero for the current debate surrounding illegal immigration, this is not a new fight. What is new is a national push, led by Arizona, toward...

26. Feature

    Our Community Under Siege

    Where do we turn when law enforcement threatens citizens like a grim force of nature?

    By Michael Lacey

    Published: December 27, 2007

    County Attorney Andrew Thomas has not issued a single grand jury subpoena in the wake of the fallout from my arrest and that of my business partner, New Times CEO Jim...

27. Feature

    Dennis the Menace

    Arpaio's lawyer can't explain away his fudged résumé

    By Amy Silverman

    Published: December 27, 2007

    On October 19, the day after New Times' owners were arrested, the county attorney very publicly fired special prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik. That same day, Bill French very...

28. Feature

    Money Shot

    If Maricopa County supervisors wanted to go after Sheriff Joe Arpaio, they could. They could focus on his office's finances

    By Sarah Fenske

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Sheriff Joe Arpaio has long maintained that he's accountable to the people — but the people's accountants are a different story. After 15 years in the job, Arpaio has...

29. Letters

    Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 27, 2007

    Published: December 27, 2007

    COGNITIVE DISSIDENCE Boggles the mind: Your series on constitutional abuses by Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been mind-boggling. Each week...

30. Music

    Boxing Match

    Record companies get greedy with repackaging excess

    By Keith Laidlaw

    Published: December 27, 2007

    As two different Radiohead releases this month prove, rock boxed sets aren't becoming any more sensible. The "discbox" version of the band's new release, In Rainbows, is...

31. Club Candids

    Christmas Formal

    Dolled up to get down

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: December 27, 2007

    The holidays are a time for comforting surroundings and family. Since we made Faux Show Fridays at Glam our second home in 2007, we decided to spend some of our holiday cheer...

32. Shrapnel

    Reviewing the Reviews

    The Fiery Furnaces

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: December 27, 2007

    The Fiery Furnaces — the frequently conceptual Brooklyn indie/art rock band with siblings Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger at its creative core — is typically...

33. Shrapnel

    Eve of Reconstruction

    Jerry Riopelle rocks on

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Jerry Riopelle is an old-school cat, which means that the singer/songwriter's been making records longer than almost anybody else in the Valley. As a staff writer and producer...

34. Home Grown

    Andrew Jackson Jihad/Partners in 818

    Self-Titled
    (self-released)

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: December 27, 2007

    It's not uncommon for a rock group to feature guest spots, rotating personnel, or additional instruments. Add a guitarist here, substitute a vocalist there, mic that kit a bit...

35. Home Grown

    Dimonet

    Self-Titled
    (www.myspace.com/dimonetonline)

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: December 27, 2007

    This East Valley quartet labels its music as "rock/funk/jazz," but it's easy enough to file their self-titled debut under just good ol' "rock." Many of the songs feature piano...

36. Listen Up

    Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble

    Black Unstoppable
    (Delmark Records)

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: December 27, 2007

    It's a bloody shame that many folks outside of Chicago have never heard of Down Beat Magazine award-winning flautist Nicole Mitchell. Black Unstoppable, the first Delmark...

37. Listen Up

    Daft Punk

    Alive 2007
    (Virgin Records)

    By Penn Bullock

    Published: December 27, 2007

    The '70s fell to Pink Floyd — and so the Zeroes have fallen to Daft Punk. The French duo started churning out techno/house/electronica music in the '90s. Now, they're...

38. Locals Only

    Jody Gnant

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: December 27, 2007

    Though she gained plenty of attention for participating in Kyle MacDonald's One Red Paper Clip trade project and her 24-hour lifestreams on the Internet, the music remains the...

39. Live Wire

    Nashville Pussy

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: December 27, 2007

    If sleaze rock is the tongue-kissing cousin of heavy metal, then Nashville Pussy is Gene Simmons' hillbilly stunt double. Led by the twin-guitar attack of husband and wife duo...

40. Live Wire

    Johnny Rawls

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: December 27, 2007

    There was a time when blues and R&B/black popular music were not so very far apart. Performers such as Etta James, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and Little Johnny Taylor merged the...