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21. Night & Day

    Celebrity Fight Night XIV

    Published: April 3, 2008

    The tix are a bit pricey, but why not? You get to rub shoulders with the likes of Muhammad Ali, Kevin Costner, LaDainian Tomlinson, and Clive Davis while raising funds for the...

22. Night & Day

    Fair Deal

    It’s odd, it’s cheap, and the food’ll kill you. What’s not to like?

    By Jay Bennett

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Among the many wonderful things about the Maricopa County Fair is that it’s one of the few places where you can get religion at Madame Zelda’s Puppet Circus and then...

23. Night & Day

    Rock ’n’ Roll Fantasy

    Act it out at the Sandbar

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: April 3, 2008

    God bless video games. Besides sucking away countless hours we might’ve foolishly wasted on more productive exploits, the PlayStations and XBoxes of the world have...

24. Night & Day

    Eddie Kramer

    Published: April 3, 2008

    The famed rock 'n' roll producer/engineer (Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, the Stones, KISS, David Bowie) discusses his career and tackles the old analog-versus-digital...

25. Night & Day

    Amaré Stoudemire Celebrity Final Four Extravaganza

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Hang out with Amaré and some of his famous friends in this benefit for the Amaré Stoudemire Each 1 Teach 1 Foundation. A silent auction of wares including a...

26. The Bird

    The Bird covers the waterfront on Sheriff Arpaio’s racial profiling patrols and demands freedom for First Friday bohos

    From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons

    Published: April 3, 2008

    DEEZ NUTZ Someone must've spiked Mayor Phil Gordon's Froot Loops with testosterone. How else to explain the previously 'nad-less Hizzoner, lambasting Sheriff Joe Arpaio at the...

27. News

    New Times founders honored for support of civil liberties

    Published: April 3, 2008

    New Times founders Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin were honored as Civil Libertarians of the Year by the ACLU Foundation of Arizona at the organization's banquet on Saturday,...

28. Letters

    Letters from the issue of Thursday, April 3, 2008

    Published: April 3, 2008

    STRIKING RESEMBLANCE This old hog: The Bird proves that Sheriff Joe Arpaio is senile, dumb, evil, or brazen. It's probably all of the above with emphasis on evil. This old...

29. ˇAsk a Mexican!™

    ¡Ask a Mexican! pulls one over on the gringos

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Belated April Fool's Day, amigos! So many of you fell for my hoax of a farewell column last week (don't any of you know that the feast day of St. Melito falls on April 1?) that...

30. Music

    Al Jourgensen and his thoughts on George W. Bush, the Internet as an "anarchy punk-rock threat," and the end of Ministry

    By Daniel Raven

    Published: April 3, 2008

    It's days before the first date of what's being billed as the last tour ever for industrial-metal pioneers Ministry, and frontman Al Jourgensen is determined to convince...

31. Noise Boy

    Noise Boy: funky fun with Black Carl

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: April 3, 2008

    "Let's get fucked-up! It's Wednesday!" This piece of midweek advice comes courtesy of Corey Gloden, lead singer of Strange Young Things, who are playing at The Loft in Tempe....

32. Club Candids

    Frenzy-free: easy like Sunday evening

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Mill Avenue saw its fair share of action over the weekend with the Tempe Arts Festival and the Tempe Music Festival at the lake. But we decided to see what kind of crew rolled...

33. Home Grown

    Brian Chartrand

    Sleeping With Giants
    (self-released)

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Local singer/guitarist Brian Chartrand has his fingers in lots of stuff — he plays in local jam band Ten Dollar Outfit, and he's also a member of Phoenix group RGB. But...

34. Listen Up

    Pacifika

    Asunción
    (Six Degrees)

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: April 3, 2008

    On this Canada-based trio's debut, the eclectic talents of Peru's Silvana Kane and Canadian musicians Adam Popowitz and Toby Peter come together on a disc that goes in various...

35. Listen Up

    Elf Power

    In a Cave
    (Ryko)

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Call 'em retro, sans cheesy affectation for 1960s pop/folk-rock classicists, but don't call 'em late for dinner — Elf Power is back with another in a series of classy,...

36. Listen Up

    Justin Townes Earle

    The Good Life
    (Bloodshot)

    By Mark Keresman

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Let's get real here — lots of what makes the "country" charts (in case you haven't noticed) sounds like watered-down power-pop with some vague twang added for...

37. Listen Up

    Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks

    Real Emotional Trash
    (Matador)

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: April 3, 2008

    "The Jicks is funky music. They is a powerhouse." So it says in the artwork that accompanies this third offering from Stephen Malkmus' post-Pavement outfit. On first glance at...

38. Locals Only

    The Limit Club

    By Adriane Goetz

    Published: April 3, 2008

    It has to be said: The AZ music scene suffers from a severe lack of spookiness. Perhaps it's the overabundance of sunshine or scarcity of graveyards, but in the greater Phoenix...

39. Live Wire

    Dr. John

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: April 3, 2008

    It's fitting that Muppet Show creator Jim Henson based his Dr. Teeth character on pianist Dr. John, who has served as unofficial mascot-ambassador for the city of New Orleans...

40. Live Wire

    Hiroshima

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: April 3, 2008

    Watching Hiroshima perform is akin to witnessing two cultures come together through music. Formed almost 30 years ago by saxophonist Dan Kuramoto and master koto player June...