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1. Feature

   Brother's Keeper

   Phoenix boxing great Michael Carbajal says his big brother and manager, Danny, stole every penny he had

   By Paul Rubin

   Published: November 1, 2007

   Michael Carbajal faced a crowd of about 3,000 on a chilly afternoon in the village of Canastota, New York. It was June 2006, and Arizona's best-ever pugilist was about to be...

2. Music

   About a Song

   Cobain doc sets a mix tape mood

   By Annie Zaleski

   Published: November 1, 2007

   In the recently released Kurt Cobain documentary About a Son, Nirvana's music is noticeably absent. Instead, director AJ Schnack lets Cobain tell his own life story by splicing...

3. Cafe

   Chillin' With Homey

   By Michele Laudig

   Published: November 1, 2007

   The days are getting shorter, nighttime temperatures have "cooled down" into the 60s, and I've been hungry for cozy comfort food like mashed potatoes and pot roast. It's...

4. Film

   Harlem Knight

   May not be epic, but it's still super-fly

   By J. Hoberman

   Published: November 1, 2007

   American Gangster is a movie with obvious gravitas and a familiar argument: Organized crime is outsider capitalism. As archetypal as its title, Ridley Scott's would-be epic...

5. Art

   Please Collaborate

   The artistic equivalent of bowling alone

   By Lilia Menconi

   Published: November 1, 2007

   I have a vague childhood memory of being in an art museum while on vacation with my family. I don't know where we were, but I remember approaching an old oil painting and...

6. Game On

   Fun With Fluids

   The revolution will be televised — and plenty addictive, too

   By Gary Hodges

   Published: November 1, 2007

   It must've been a scorching summer day when the game developer stared at his thermometer and realized: "Sweet sassy molassey, this would make a helluva game!" How else to...

7. Night & Day

   Spokes Persons

   By Clay McNear

   Published: November 1, 2007

   Those with a penchant for driving two-wheeled contraptions over four-wheel terrain should check out the Dust Devil Mountain Bike Series Race. Registration precedes at 6:30. ...

8. Night & Day

   Slav Affair

   By Clay McNear

   Published: November 1, 2007

   Slobodan Milosevic was a really bad dude, but don't let that stop you from checking out the Serbfest Food and Cultural Festival. No mortar fire -- promise. Rather, there'll be...

9. Night & Day

   Non-Native Son

   Composer comes home to a place he’s never been before

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: November 1, 2007

   Mark Grey, a sound sculptor and award-winning composer originally from San Francisco, is living for and in his art. Literally. The Phoenix Symphony composer-in-residence for...

10. Night & Day

    East Village People

    First mullets, then fanny packs, now this

    By Adriane Goetz

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Want to become part of the highest echelon of hipster culture? Then you’ve got to take something considered “uncool” and make it trendy. Just look at recent successes such as...

11. Night & Day

    Restless Spirits

    Art scenesters unveil their moveable space

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: November 1, 2007

    There’s definitely a double-edged sword component to First Friday. Walk into one gallery and you're struck by work that’s more powerful than the Holy Trinity. (Well, only if...

12. Night & Day

    Dusk of the Dead

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: November 1, 2007

    So you weren’t down for celebrating the poor man’s Dia de los Muertos known as Halloween and you’re wanting to give it up to the deceased the authentic way, yes? Then hit up...

13. Night & Day

    The Boys of Fall

    Baseball ain't over ´til it's over

    By Clay McNear

    Published: November 1, 2007

    The Diamondbacks got smoked in Denver, and who gave a hang about a World Series featuring the Colorado Rockies? Blaaaah. Long story short, Major League Baseball's over. But is...

14. Night & Day

    Freaking Portland

    When it rains, it freaking pours

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: November 1, 2007

    The hipster center of the universe in Oregon loves stealing some of our favorite creative peeps. Justin Cory from the brutal musical duo Bodhisattva. Marla Thayer, bowl...

15. Night & Day

    Stew or False?

    By Clay McNear

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Any transplanted Louisianan will tell you that authentic jambalaya and gumbo are hard to come by here in the land of arroz con frijoles negros. But 20-odd amateur chefs will...

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    Counter Couture

    Scottsdale wants to be like Milan, New York, and London -- sorta

    By Sloane Burwell

    Published: November 1, 2007

    If Shakespeare had had a fashionable gay brother, gay Will might have reworked the soliloquy from As You Like It to read, "All the world's a runway." At least this week, all of...

17. Night & Day

    Sun Angels

    The gospel according to Herb

    By Leslie Barton

    Published: November 1, 2007

    The game pitting the Arizona State Sun Devil b-ballers against the (Christian) Grand Canyon University Antelopes might be an exhibition match, but if you think of it as Satan...

18. Night & Day

    Turnin' Tricks

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: November 1, 2007

    When Dr. Dre proclaimed, “Bitches ain’t shit,” he probably wasn’t talking about all of those darling pooches that will leap and bound to our heart’s delight during the U.S. Dog...

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    Raggedy Annie

    Documenting a murder most foul

    By Peter Breslin

    Published: November 1, 2007

    During a 1975 interview with Annie Mae Pictou Aquash, a prime mover and shaker in the American Indian Movement (AIM), the outspoken activist said, "The whole country changed...

20. Night & Day

    From Rag to Riches

    "Sweater girl" sells out -- or does she?

    By Clay McNear

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Bad news first. Ingrid Michaelson's indie-pop songs have been featured in an Old Navy sweater commercial and on the soundtracks to Grey's Anatomy and One Tree Hill. This is a...