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1. Feature

   Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman isn’t afraid to step on a few toes as he waltzes into his second term

   By Sarah Fenske

   Published: July 3, 2008

   Hugh Hallman and Sandra Day O'Connor are dancing. It is not exactly elegant — not yet. This is only their first rehearsal, and song-and-dance routines do not come...

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   Coffin Joe's At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul

   Published: July 3, 2008

   Midnite Movie Mamacita presents the 1963 horror classic by Brazilian director Coffin Joe. Prior to the screening, the "Arizona-Americana" power trio Instant Hobo performs...

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   David Lynch sucks. The 4th Dimension doesn’t. Thus spake The Vocabulariast.

   By Clay McNear

   Published: July 3, 2008

   David Lynch, blecch. He’s the Alan Rudolph of cinematic subversion, and here’s how much I dislike him: I’d writhe through a Rudolph triple-bill of The Moderns,...

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   Gonna Make You Sweet

   R&B/hip-hop spinners tempt humps to bump

   By Benjamin Leatherman

   Published: July 3, 2008

   With House M.D., American Idol, and Dancing With the Stars on hiatus until the fall, your Tuesday nights have pretty much been free . . . and filled with boredom. But instead...

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   Male Pattern Bonding

   Sorry, guys. It’s still about what women want.

   By Clay McNear

   Published: July 3, 2008

   If Jay’s Cocktail Lounge were a country club, some butch chick would’ve taken the bar to court by now over its weekly Men’s Night promotion. But we’re all...

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   Wee Shall Overcome

   Revenge is sweet for former backwoods sissy

   By Robrt L. Pela

   Published: July 3, 2008

   He claims he “isn’t even a D-List celebrity,” yet he has an Emmy Award and a best-selling memoir and is on a national tour. It’s not the kind of comment...

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   Tornado Watch

   Dirt beats blacktop any day

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: July 3, 2008

   Where do you think the term “The Tempe Tornado” comes from? A reference to the loftification of University Drive or the Anywhereville-ing of Mill Avenue? Nope, the...

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   Another Brick in the Waltz

   Happy un-birthday from the polkacore boys

   By Jose Gonzalez

   Published: July 3, 2008

   While postpartum depression and nuclear fallout are downers, it's the aftermath of a great party that gives rise to our leaden sighs. Local polka ensemble Haunted Cologne plans...

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   Army of Darkness

   Ugly people storm the Waterworld gates

   By Lilia Menconi

   Published: July 3, 2008

   It's pretty obvious when summer’s come to town. Just look at the children. They've spent about a million hours reenacting The Little Mermaid and Finding Nemo in the...

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    God Bless Arcadia

    The past lingers on in charming PHX ’hood

    By Clay McNear

    Published: July 3, 2008

    If Ward and June Cleaver were Phoenicians, they’d live in Arcadia. Wally would be charming the pants off (not literally, of course) the pretty girls at Arcadia High, and...

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    The Buddy System

    Artists believe in make-believe

    By Wynter Holden

    Published: July 3, 2008

    When you’re 6 years old and have an imaginary friend, you get a roll of the eyes and a pat on the head. If you’re 30, you get a rubber room and a dose of...

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    'Scuse Us While We Kiss the Ska

    Rocksteady with the Rude Boys in Tempe

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: July 3, 2008

    It may come as a shock, but Arizona has something of a vibrant ska scene. Granted, it’s not as expansive or off-the-chain as our state’s hip-hop or rock communities,...

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    Lake Pleasant Fireworks Celebration at Lake Pleasant Regional Park

    Published: July 3, 2008

    Dip your toes in the water while attending the Lake Pleasant Fireworks Celebration at Lake Pleasant Regional Park, where sky decorations are shot off from Waddell Dam at 8:45. ...

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    Rev, White & Boom at Phoenix International Raceway

    Published: July 3, 2008

    Rev, White & Boom at Phoenix International Raceway, 7602 South Avondale Boulevard in Avondale, is a free event that includes tours of the track and a fireworks display at...

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    Industrial Strength

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: July 3, 2008

    In 1991, 16volt founder Eric Powell had a vision: he wanted to merge the gritty, primal guitars of garage rock and punk with the relentless machinistic throttle and hum of...

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    Crossing Seas and Dotting Eyes

    Folksy trio brings the Americana to America's birthday party

    By Jose Gonzalez

    Published: July 3, 2008

    Polka Dot Dot Dot embodies one of the great rites of American adolescence: the sleepover, a hootenanny of silly goosery and warm friendships. "We're totally in love with each...

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    Teenage Sax

    High schooler has some serious jazz chops. Like, for real serious.

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: July 3, 2008

    To call young stud tenor saxophonist Paul-Eirik Melhus the next John Coltrane or even in the vein of a contemporary jazz cat like Chris Speed would be premature and just plain...

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    The King Jeremy Bible

    By Leslie Barton

    Published: July 3, 2008

    We pull up to the tony Myst nightclub rocking our high wedge heels and black miniskirt, cruise the second-floor VIP area where the friendly bartenders shower us with whiskey...

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    The Bod Squad

    Skeletons come out of the closet for poolside affair

    By Nina Carapetyan

    Published: July 3, 2008

    You’ve subsisted on nothing but carrots, church wafers, and Chinese laxatives for the past three months, determined to have the perfect bikini figure. You’ve...

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    Light Up the Sky Festival at Maryvale Baseball Park

    Published: July 3, 2008

    The Light Up the Sky Festival, an alcohol-free event at Maryvale Baseball Park, features live musical accompaniment to the fireworks starting at 9:15 p.m. Thu., July...