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Michael Salman wants to build a church in his backyard. His neighbors aren't buying it
By Sarah Fenske
Published: January 17, 2008
The man in the YouTube video is so passionate, he sounds almost angry. His face is just inches from the camera as he expounds for nearly six minutes, barely pausing for breath...
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Drunken Monkey at Burn
By Steve Jansen
Published: January 17, 2008
Downtown's Burn nightclub is going out with a bang when RedMonkey, in association with White Crane Kung Fu, presents Drunken Monkey. Pete "SuperMix" Salaz put together this...
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Pathfinders
Valley photographers tackle the progress duality
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: January 17, 2008
When you’re zooming too fast from one place to another, what do the constant pockets of construction say to you? Hope of a metropolis that balances our humble and quirky...
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Cheap-Booze Alert. You're Welcome.
By Clay McNear
Published: January 17, 2008
Mondays bite, which you already know. What you may not know is that you can haul yourself and your post-weekend malaise down to one of the hippest joints around —...
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The Fringe Connection
Prurient? Creepy? Count us in.
By Niamh Wallace
Published: January 17, 2008
Thanks to WindUp Gallery, the Mormon-rich city of Mesa, of all places, has gained a chokehold on lowbrow art. Since May 2007, gallery owners Anthony and Lindsay Cresta have...
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Belle Bottoms
Modern-day hippies save the world — and look good doing it
By Sloane Burwell
Published: January 17, 2008
“Hippie chic” was once an exercise in irony, since there was nothing fashionable about the reality. Patchouli-drenched, unwashed tie-dye shirts. Burlap-like hemp...
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Pretty Poison
Doofus dumper shows off her skillz
By Leslie Barton
Published: January 17, 2008
On VH1’s date-a-hairball hit Rock of Love, the tucked-and-tied-together bag of straw that is Poison frontman Bret Michaels whispers, “Only one of you will be my rock...
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Get Reel
Trout fishing in the desert? It’s true.
By Chris Bowman
Published: January 17, 2008
A trout-fishing tournament in the drought-stricken desert might seem as sensible as a high-stakes poker tourney in Mormon country. But as odd as it may seem, it’s time to...
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Red Alert
Sphere and loathing in Scottsdale
By Peter Breslin
Published: January 17, 2008
“Oh, my! What’s that red ball doing wedged under that bridge?” one spectator will certainly ask. That might be answered with, “It’s not just any large,...
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Soul Food
Local mainstays serve up hot chow and cool sounds
By Steve Jansen
Published: January 17, 2008
If any musician in town has the cred to open up a club whose name translates as “voice,” it’s Khani Cole. The adult-contemporary soultress and her skins-playing...
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A View to a Keel
California dreaming — not
By Lilia Menconi
Published: January 17, 2008
Ecch, California. They’ve got beautiful weather and miles of coastline for their fancy boats. We want some of that. But we like a challenge, and we’ve got grit enough...
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Auto Erotica
Enjoy the ride at SMoCA
By Peter Breslin
Published: January 17, 2008
Most folks go to car shows just to see slick autos. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art’s new “Car Culture” exhibit invites a deeper reflection on the whole...
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New Testament
Calligrapher gives the Bible an extreme makeover
By Nina Carapetyan
Published: January 17, 2008
It’s a rare child who, when asked about his or her future aspirations, expresses the desire to become scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and to one day inscribe a...
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Popular Mechanics
By Clay McNear
Published: January 17, 2008
Dodge? Cool? Who knew? While we’ve been preoccupied with the Far East, the American auto manufacturer has been making insidious inroads into our collective subconscious...
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The Undiscovered Country
An anti-Nashville anti-star is born
By Clay McNear
Published: January 17, 2008
Except to diehards, singer/songwriter Todd Snider is criminally unknown, and you have to be criminally insane if you don’t check him out. The sardonic, ironic Snider lives...
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Cause Celebre
By Clay McNear
Published: January 17, 2008
So, you’re famous. You’re rich. You bathe in champagne. You’re filled with fleeting shame when you drive your Ferrari past people who live in boxes. How to slay...
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Where for Art Thou, Crash Romeo?
By Ryan Foley
Published: January 17, 2008
Crash Romeo work on their power chords as often as they work on their action-figure poses. Guitar-driven verses come with enough space to allow ax-slinger Steve Anderson the...
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King for a Day
“I have a dream” comes true in Mesa
By Lilia Menconi
Published: January 17, 2008
So it’s Martin Luther King Day and you’re required to work. That’s a toughie. You want to honor one of the most important figures of the 20th century, but you...
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Gooding & Company Scottsdale Classic Car Auction
Published: January 17, 2008
Among the goodies on the block are a 1971 FCA Platinum-winning Ferrari Daytona Spyder, a 1964 Shelby Cobra 289, a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4, a 1941 Lincoln Continental, and a 1969...
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Slap Happy
Kickass bassist can still kick your ass
By Steve Jansen
Published: January 17, 2008
What were you doing with your sorry life at 21? Binge-drinking in your mommy’s basement? Watching endless hours of elimiDATE and all of those other lame-o UPN shows?...
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