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21. Needle Exchange

    Raising Arizona

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: December 6, 2007

    For a while, it seemed as if the only hip-hop action going on in the PHX was being put on by the superfly soldiers of The Blunt Club or our boy Al Page at the Hidden House....

22. Turntable

    Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

    Who's spinning what, where and when

    Published: December 6, 2007

    THURSDAY 6Axis/Radius: Crystal Thursdays Ladies Night (hip-hop, rock, dance) Baja Tilly's: DJ Adrian (old school, R&B, cumbia, reggaeton) Bikini Lounge: Sophisticated...

23. Cafe

    The Big Bang

    By Michele Laudig

    Published: December 6, 2007

    My morning ritual started the same as always. I went to the break room to get a cup of tea, came back to my desk, fired up the computer, and picked up the phone to check my...

24. Booze Pig

    Snap Out of It

    By C.M. Redding

    Published: December 6, 2007

    You ever have one of those days that just drip self-loathing and want? Since the doc told me to quit drinking, I've had many days — and nights — when I realized,...

25. Film

    Lost Cause

    Avoiding its anti-dogma roots, Golden Compass veers off-course

    By Michelle Orange

    Published: December 6, 2007

    Casting Nicole Kidman as The Golden Compass' glacial, intractably smooth megalomaniac Mrs. Coulter is no less inspired for being obvious. Indeed, she was the first and only...

26. Film

    Unknown Pleasures

    The exception to rock biopic drool

    By Tim Grierson

    Published: December 6, 2007

    Rock films come in two forms. The first is the concert/documentary variety, the best of which pinpoint a band's musical moment within the context of its era: the Maysles...

27. Film

    Sorry State of Affairs

    Now it's a bodice-ripper

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: December 6, 2007

    Re-reading Ian McEwan's Atonement last weekend, my first thought was: I hope to God that Joe Wright — whose broadly grinning Pride & Prejudice made a mess of Jane...

28. Stage

    Greek Tragedy

    Wake him when it's Ovid

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: December 6, 2007

    I'd been looking forward to Nearly Naked Theatre's production of Metamorphoses ever since they announced it as part of their lineup two seasons ago. Back then, the folks at...

29. Backstage Pass

    Kerry McCue

    Remembering the cone with the curl on top

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: December 6, 2007

    She's no princess, but Nearly Naked favorite Kerry McCue (starring this week and next in that company's Metamorphoses) is as close to stage royalty as we have around these...

30. Theater Scene

    Reviews and Previews of What's Running Now

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: December 6, 2007

    Seussical: This cheerful tuner based on the much-loved books of Dr. Seuss screams to be seen by — dare we say it? — kids of all ages, even those who haven't yet met...

31. Game On

    Future Shock

    Mass Effect is riveting — and a bit aggravating, too

    By Gary Hodges

    Published: December 6, 2007

    For a game that's considered Microsoft's premier 360 title this holiday season, it's amazing how sloppy Mass Effect is. Graphical glitches distract from otherwise fascinating...

32. DVDish

    Cellar Beware

    They obviously should not have gone in the basement

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: December 6, 2007

    The Girl Next Door (Anchor Bay) If the horror of Saw was a poblano pepper, this here is the habañero. Derived from Jack Ketchum's infamous novel, sometimes...

33. What Else Is New?

    New Times' top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

    Published: December 6, 2007

    Battlestar Galactica: Razor (Universal) The Best of Crank Yankers (Paramount) Bob Hope: MGM Movie Legends Collection (MGM) Erik the Viking: The Director's Cut (MGM) Exiled...