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Feature
There's no good proof the real Medium, Allison DuBois, has ever cracked a case, but her fans don't care
By Megan Irwin
Published: June 12, 2008
In the summer of 2006, metropolitan Phoenix was under siege. Two serial killers stalked the streets — one a violent rapist, the other a "shooter" picking his victims off...
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Summer's Here
Yippee!
By Steve Jansen
Published: June 12, 2008
Bitching about the heat in Phoenix is one of our pet peeves (and so is the use of “pet peeve”… grrr), so you’re not going to read such tripe in Night & Day....
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Bang Bang, You're Dad
Tell him you love him with a C02 cartridge in the snout
By Clay McNear
Published: June 12, 2008
When the paintball craze first hit critical mass, it seemed like the Hula-Hoop of sports. Fun? Yeah. Doomed? Hell, yeah. Today, paintball’s about as far from obsolescence...
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Country Thunder
Americana musician overwhelms the senses, in a good way
By Nina Carapetyan
Published: June 12, 2008
The first time you hear Eilen Jewell’s voice, you may experience an interesting cross-sensory phenomenon. For example, you might be struck by involuntary synesthesia,...
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Magical History Tour
Those who remember the past are doomed to celebrate the future
By Clay McNear
Published: June 12, 2008
The slogan of the Valley of the Sun Juneteenth planning committee is “Remembering the Past, Celebrating the Future.” Ugh. Strangely, the same folks who cooked up...
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Brute Force
NYC free spazzers may very well destroy Trunk Space
By Niamh Wallace
Published: June 12, 2008
The bigger the better, yes, but size often has less to do with physical heft than the amount of space one is able to confiscate by sheer noise power. We're sure they're all...
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Tucson. Boo.
Hank Arnold. Yay.
By Steve Jansen
Published: June 12, 2008
It’s no secret that we hate Tucson and the scum who populate the freaking place. But when we remember folks like Hank Arnold – a Tucson racecar driver who won more...
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Remembering Dig Dug
See how far they’ve truly come at "ZAP! Vintage Video Games"
By Julie Peterson
Published: June 12, 2008
Video games have saturated our culture for 30-something years, so if you haven't waxed nostalgic about them yet, you're way behind the curve. Catch up at "ZAP! Vintage Video...
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Size Matters
Wall-to-wall exhibit comments on consumerism
By Julie Peterson
Published: June 12, 2008
What’s one of our favorite things about Mesa Contemporary Arts besides the kickass exhibits? The gallery's sheer size, which makes it the perfect fit for "Mass...
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Old School
AHK23 fuses our favorite nostalgic sounds with the new
By Steve Jansen
Published: June 12, 2008
Reggae-like grooves that quote 1960s Jamaica. Funk-soaked keyboards, circa 1973. Santana-esque electric guitar solos. No way a modern-day band can successfully fuse all of...
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Final Fantasy
Convention an unofficial ode to one of the greats
By Jose Gonzalez
Published: June 12, 2008
This year’s Phoenix ConGames 2008 will definitely be filled with swordplay and sorcery. But with the recent passing of Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax, gaming...
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He Had Us at Anime
Swoon
By Leslie Barton
Published: June 12, 2008
While shagging one of our emotionally unavailable conquests, he screamed our name. (We're coldhearted. It meant nothing.) But when he started watching an anime DVD on his big...
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He Had Us at Anime
Swoon
By Leslie Barton
Published: June 12, 2008
While shagging one of our emotionally unavailable conquests, he screamed our name. (We're coldhearted. It meant nothing.) But when he started watching an anime DVD on his big...
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Logoville U.S.A.
Brand bullies infiltrate SMoCA
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: June 12, 2008
It’s gotten so we don’t even see them, the carefully placed product endorsements that are part of everyday life. On an episode of American Idol, Simon Cowell raises...
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Sharper Images
Finally, a portrait show that’s not (yawn)
By Steve Jansen
Published: June 12, 2008
We hadn’t seen a portraiture group show that knocked our socks off for a long time. We hadn’t, that is, until we checked out “The Portrait” exhibit, which...
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Vanity Fair
Proof that you don’t need to be a freak to be a good artist
By Wynter Holden
Published: June 12, 2008
Portrait artist Derek Wilkinson is among good company, the likes of Da Vinci, Rembrandt, and Van Gogh. Then again, Da Vinci was charged with sodomy, Rembrandt bedded his maid,...
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Art Breaker
Jackson Pollock paintings going for… $5?
By Lilia Menconi
Published: June 12, 2008
You win a jillion dollars in the lottery. First order of business? 48-hour bender of cocaine and hookers, of course. But, after that, you want to invest in something that has...
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A Fabled Existence
By Sam Femino
Published: June 12, 2008
The only way to experience a group this vast, colorful, and earthbound is to simply just listen. An excessive use of adjectives seems unjust. Faun Fables and its creator, Dawn...
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Baywatch
What does Euro metal and the Hoff have in common? Answer below.
By Adriane Goetz
Published: June 12, 2008
When was the last time you saw a really good live glockenspiel performance? Can’t recall, eh? Well, leave it to Germany – the same country that worships David...
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Royal Blues
By Chris Bowman
Published: June 12, 2008
After a hot start, the Arizona Diamondbacks have been on a serious slide of late. With a boatload of road games coming up – including two separate three-city stops to the...
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