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41. Live Wire

    Beach House

    By Chris Nixon

    Published: March 6, 2008

    When political times get tough, artists get dreamy. Stuck in the Vietnam War and immersed in the civil rights movement, musicians in the '60s engaged in psychedelic escapism....

42. Live Wire

    Old Time Relijun

    By Tuyet Nguyen

    Published: March 6, 2008

    Old Time Relijun subscribes to three basic tenets of life: Eat, drink, fuck. Bred in Olympia, Washington, the band's sound is primal and urgent — as if barnyard animals...

43. Live Wire

    The Lemonheads

    By Michael D. Ayers

    Published: March 6, 2008

    At some point, Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando must have realized that no one really knew who he was. It most likely happened sometime earlier in this decade, when he was trying...

44. Live Wire

    Winger

    By Dave Herrera

    Published: March 6, 2008

    Before Winger was the butt of many jokes, the Denver-bred Bon Jovi doppelganger and his bandmates undoubtedly had busloads of Betties on standby in every ZIP code and printed...

45. SxSW

    The Medic Droid

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: March 6, 2008

    This techno trio will make you want to dance, even when singer Chris Donathen isn't shouting stuff like "Get down girl, shake it, shake it!" over bumping beats and synthesized...

46. SxSW

    The Mean Wells

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: March 6, 2008

    This garage quartet from Chandler cooks up raw rock recipes with the best ingredients — solid, fuzzy guitar hooks; danceable beats, and sexy vocals with all the lusty...

47. SxSW

    Back Ted N-Ted

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: March 6, 2008

    Ryan Breen (a.k.a. Back Ted N-Ted) creates spacey, upbeat electro-pop songs with introspective, poetic lyrics. If Moby had ever been truly "techno," he'd have probably made a...

48. Needle Exchange

    Word Up! Saturdays

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: March 6, 2008

    Despite his salacious pseudonym, we've got absolutely zero idea of how gifted Kevin the Makeout Bandit is at the art of heavy petting. What we do know, however (other than the...

49. Turntable

    Seven nights of DJs and dancing

    Published: March 6, 2008

    THURSDAY 6 Axis/Radius: Ladies Night (Top 40, rock, dance) Blooze Bar: DJ El Dedo (rockabilly) Bobby C's: Willy B. (old-school R&B) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom...

50. Cafe

    Rose & Crown adds a touch of British pub charm to Phoenix without the "Brit-kitsch"

    By Michele Laudig

    Published: March 6, 2008

    It can't be easy being the eatery across the street from a legendary restaurant. I've long thought that about the businesses that have occupied the gorgeous historic home that...

51. Film

    The Counterfeiters paints a morally ambiguous picture of Holocaust survival and collusion

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: March 6, 2008

    Near the beginning of The Counterfeiters, a fact-based Holocaust drama by Austrian filmmaker Stefan Ruzowitzky, we meet Jewish money forger and former jailbird Salomon...

52. Film

    Jason Statham displays talent beyond his punch 'n' grunt typecast in The Bank Job

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: March 6, 2008

    Based on a true story" is what The Bank Job brags before diving into the clear blue water of the Caribbean, where, in 1970, a topless woman frolics with two swimming mates...

53. Art

    Put the "tour" back into Art Detour with this list of must-see galleries

    By Benjamin Leatherman and Lilia Menconi

    Published: March 6, 2008

    This past week, you may have noticed a surge of bleary-eyed, artsy individuals grabbing their caffeine fix from downtown coffee shops before noon. That can mean only one thing:...

54. Surreal Estate

    A suburbanite-friendly guide to downtown Phoenix

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: March 6, 2008

    It's that time of year again. People who normally never travel south of Camelback will be heading downtown for Art Detour, where they'll ogle art and artists in a tour of...

55. St. Patrick's Day Guide

    St. Patrick's Day Guide

    Published: March 6, 2008

    The word on the street is that Phoenix is gonna be going green, but it's got nothing to do with Al Gore. It's because the groovy Gaelic get-down known as St. Patrick's Day is...

56. QuickPhx

    Design PHX

    Published: March 6, 2008

    Completed in 1928, the Historic City Hall (not to be confused with the amazing, futuristic, starburst-adorned new City Hall on West Washington Street) combines Moderne, Art...

57. QuickPhx

    Art PHX

    Published: March 6, 2008

    The multicolored building that houses .anti_space may look like a LifeSavers roll on crack, but that's only because it provides a sweet selection of artistic efforts scattered...

58. QuickPhx

    Food PHX

    Published: March 6, 2008

    We're suckers for Durant's swanky, old-school vibe, from the kitchen entrance in the back (which makes us feel like members of a secret club) to the polished service to that...

59. QuickPhx

    Shop PHX

    Published: March 6, 2008

    The name Vintage Solutions says it all: This collection of cool stuff from the past really does offer solutions to such quandaries as, "What to get the kitsch collector who has...

60. QuickPhx

    Night PHX

    Published: March 6, 2008

    If nothing else, the British know how to tie one on. So it's only fitting that the Britannia-themed Rose & Crown is stocked with enough brews and booze to keep any Englishman...