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1. Feature

   Guadalupe made it clear that Joe Arpaio’s attacking anyone with brown skin

   By Stephen Lemons

   Published: May 29, 2008

   With spirited protesters and helmeted deputies on horseback, the night of April 3 in Guadalupe was like some historical reenactment, albeit in miniature, of a late-'60s...

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   ASU Baseball hosts NCAA Regional

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: May 29, 2008

   Now the games really count. The third-ranked Arizona State University baseball team will host a four-team regional beginning Friday. Other teams coming to Tempe are...

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   Hagar Twang

   By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

   Published: May 29, 2008

   If you haven’t kept up with Sammy Hagar since his rockin’ “I Can’t Drive 55” days, you might find yourself alternately shocked, horrified, and amused...

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   Double Play

   Modified thinks two headliners are better than one

   By Niamh Wallace

   Published: May 29, 2008

   When it comes to musical taste, the great swath of modern hipster culture often fractures into two camps: fans of the whimsical and fans of the seriously nerdy. The bands...

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   Addressed to Kill

   Funky fashionista store makes its move

   By Clay McNear

   Published: May 29, 2008

   Scottsdale fashion is high. Phoenix couture is low and funky and cool – an unlikely mix of street/eclectic, hobo/boho, and mid-century moderne. One of our favorite...

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   Wiener's Circle

   Contestants try to eat their way to Coney

   By Benjamin Leatherman

   Published: May 29, 2008

   Pop quiz, hot shot: How many hot dogs do you think you could eat in 12 minutes? Four? Maybe five if you pushed it? You’re gonna have to wolf down a few dozen more than...

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   FU Fighter

   World’s Most Dangerous Man’s got his dojo workin’

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: May 29, 2008

   If you’ve never heard of Ken Shamrock, the mixed martial arts master, ex-pro wrestler, and cage fighter, be prepared to take a shooto strike in the jugular, followed by a...

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   Joined at the Hip

   DJ’s spins reconcile indies, celebutantes

   By Adriane Goetz

   Published: May 29, 2008

   If there’s one thing hipsters and Scottsdale socialites might agree on – aside from illicit drug use in public restrooms and celebrity gossip blogs – it’s...

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   Smart Bomb

   Renegade thrills in Tempe

   By Lilia Menconi

   Published: May 29, 2008

   Academicians aren't exactly known for their partying skills. For example, if you’re the parent of a nerd and you go out of town, here’s the worst-case scenario: Your...

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    Everybody Loves Nobody

    By Clay McNear

    Published: May 29, 2008

    Comedian Brian Posehn is the ultimate schlemiel done good. He’s carved out a nice niche by playing a bunch of nobodies in scores of contemporary TV shows and movies....

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    Gift of Gag

    Joke band returns. No joke.

    By Sarah Ventre

    Published: May 29, 2008

    Green Jellÿ (pronounced “Jell-O”) is a low-budget, 217-member band that was hailed by Joey Ramone as the worst act ever to open up for the Ramones. That’s...

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    Female Bonding

    Thinking outside the box in Scottsdale

    By Jose Gonzalez

    Published: May 29, 2008

    When Debbie Carrick of Arizona Women's Theatre Company put out a call to female playwrights, she may have had that Pink Floyd album title Is There Anybody Out There? rolling...

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    Heaven and Eartha

    Meet the most exciting (Cat)woman in the world

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: May 29, 2008

    “One of a kind” is a worn-out phrase used to describe everything from baked beans to hand-painted vases. One hesitates to use it to describe Eartha Kitt, for fear...

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    Rollin' with the Homies

    No way you can hate on this

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: May 29, 2008

    Hot rods and custom bikes. The Major League Baseball Road Show. An Xbox gaming center. A performance by local hip-hopper extraordinaire Willy Northpole. Appearances by Rick...

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    The Art of Deception

    You won’t believe your eyes

    By Wynter Holden

    Published: May 29, 2008

    The greatest fakers in the art world aren’t forgers, wanna-bes, or even drones churning out 20 Mona Lisas a day for oil-painting stores. They’re practitioners of...

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    B Cool

    Girls in pelt bikinis? We’re in.

    By Leslie Barton

    Published: May 29, 2008

    Director Roger Corman once said, "In science fiction films, the monster should always be bigger than the leading lady." Undying words of wisdom from the King of the Bs, who...

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    The Undiscovered Country

    Lebanese native portrays her homeland as it ought to be

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: May 29, 2008

    It’s tough to artistically capture a war-torn land or a place that’s experiencing upheaval without falling into a clichéd, depressing point of view about the...

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    Untrue Believer

    Painter’s works glow like neon

    By Clay McNear

    Published: May 29, 2008

    There’s naive art and there are naive subjects. Artist Terry Thompson mines the latter with his architecturally precise depictions of vintage roadside landmarks such as...

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    Cum As You Are

    Intimate portraits put a public spin on a private act

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: May 29, 2008

    You have to hand it to the subjects of Giulio Sciorio’s “Faces of Ecstasy: Real People, Real Orgasms” exhibit, which has been claiming column inches all over the...

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    Lord of the Trance

    World-class DJ kicks out the jams

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: May 29, 2008

    Tijs Verwest, a.k.a. DJ Tiësto, a.k.a. DJ Magazine’s best record spinner in the world three years running from 2002 to 2004, basically invented the trance-music party...