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21. Locals Only

    The Brother Unconnected: A Tribute to Sun City Girls

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: May 22, 2008

    For many, punk rock was/is an end in itself, an opportunity to rock fast 'n' loud and/or dress up funny. For others, punk was a door to limitless cultural possibilities, a way...

22. Live Wire

    Neva Dinova

    By Chris Parker

    Published: May 22, 2008

    The jaunty, strummed rhythm of "Squirrels" counters the sentiment at its center; frontman Jake Bellows notices a squirrel doing "backflips for change, for a lady who vacuums...

23. Live Wire

    Margot & the Nuclear So and So's

    By Chris Parker

    Published: May 22, 2008

    From the music to their name, there's an unmistakable precociousness at play with Margot & the Nuclear So & So's — perhaps not surprising given the moniker was inspired...

24. Live Wire

    The Kills

    By Kenneth Partridge

    Published: May 22, 2008

    To hear them tell it, photogenic Kills principals Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince were lost before they found each other — ambitious outsiders trapped in standard-issue...

25. Needle Exchange

    Red Monkey

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: May 22, 2008

    For most P-Town peeps, the Memorial Day weekend means maxing and relaxing, with absolutely no thought of working until they clock in on Tuesday morning. But DJ Pete "Supermix"...

26. Turntable

    Seven nights of DJs and dancing

    Published: May 22, 2008

    THURSDAY 22 Bar Smith: Peppermint Lounge with DJs Brazilia, & Mara (various) Blooze Bar: DJ El Dedo (rockabilly) Bobby C's: Willy B. (old-school R&B) Bunkhouse:...

27. Cafe

    Kabab Palace in Tempe isn’t just the only Afghan restaurant in town; it’s delicious

    By Michele Laudig

    Published: May 22, 2008

    We've heard all about the heart, but does absence make the palate grow fonder, too? If it's top-notch Afghan cuisine — something the Valley's been deprived of since the...

28. Film

    Kingdom of the Crystal Skull proves Indy should have remained entombed

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Here's your hat, Indy. But, really, what's your hurry? Because 19 years after the Last Crusade that clearly wasn't, and 15 years after the old man joined Young Indiana Jones on...

29. Film Feature

    A Polish auteur — and Mike Tyson! — stage comebacks at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Call them the comeback kids: In its early days, the 2008 Cannes Film Festival has served as a staging ground for a number of unlikely returns, beginning with that of Polish...

30. Film Feature

    Presenting the only Cannes awards that really matter: Ours.

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: May 22, 2008

    CANNES, France—The competition for the Palme d'Or is ongoing as I write, but the story of the 61st Cannes Film Festival is Steven Soderbergh's two-part,...

31. Film Feature

    Cannes takes a decidedly serious tone with films featuring sites of social conflict

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: May 22, 2008

    CANNES, France — No need for dreaming here. Each Cannes Film Festival generates its own metaphors for a 10-day regimen of visions in the dark. It's impossible to forget,...

32. Brown Town

    Stuff White People Like has Marcos Najera culturally confused

    By Marcos Najera

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Okay, admit it: You are one of those tragic hipsters who sends Web links and clever e-mails to your friends with that disclaimer: I usually don't send this kind of stuff, but ....

33. Stage

    Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde is sleep-inducing

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: May 22, 2008

     Gross Indecency certainly lives up to its name. I was bored within three minutes of this play, subtitled The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, commencing. Renowned playwright...

34. Game On

    Spielberg enters gaming with Boom Blox

    By Chris Ward

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Steven Spielberg may rule Hollywood, but in the video-game biz — the more profitable of the two industries, becoming more so with each passing year — he's a...

35. Night & Day

    Virtual Jesus

    If you can’t have the real thing, go Hollywood

    By Clay McNear

    Published: May 22, 2008

    We dodge religion like vampires shrink from garlic toast, and it’d take a Supreme Being-size miracle to lure us back. Jesus Christ, here’s one now! The Son of God...

36. Night & Day

    Massive Attack

    Here come the big boys of summer

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Besides skin-searing temperatures and sky-high electric bills, here’s another sign we’re hip-deep into summertime: the annual assault of big-name package concert...

37. Night & Day

    That '70s Fest

    Yo, that’s bad meanin’ good

    By Clay McNear

    Published: May 22, 2008

    The ’70s get a bad rap – not. The decade was as hokey and bubbleheaded as it appears in hindsight, a microburst of smiley-face delusion lodged between the dashed...

38. Night & Day

    Victorian Secret

    Play underlines the importance of being discreet

    By Niamh Wallace

    Published: May 22, 2008

    Oscar Wilde's "trial of the century" could well have taken place yesterday. It's got all the right ingredients, such as celebrities, art, sex, and our persistent appetite to...

39. Night & Day

    24 Hour Party Person

    Meet the barista of the bacchanal

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: May 22, 2008

    John Huntington is a party monster, and then some. Check it: The tattooed thirtysomething “promoter/ DJ/producer/consultant/ restaurateur” has spent most of the past...

40. Night & Day

    This is Not Spinal Tap

    But it might as well be

    By Clay McNear

    Published: May 22, 2008

    It’s highly likely that Rob Reiner used the theatrical-metal band Iron Maiden as a working template for This Is Spinal Tap. But as cartoonish as these volume-to-11 Brits...