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1. Feature

   A legal battle with Wal-Mart over injury benefits broke this elderly store greeter’s spirit

   By Paul Rubin

   Published: June 5, 2008

   Herman Teague loved his new job as a greeter at the Wal-Mart Supercenter just off the 101 and Raintree Drive in Scottsdale. It wasn't about the money, about $180 a week before...

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   Movers and Shakers

   Reclaiming the fete on Roosevelt Row

   By Lilia Menconi

   Published: June 5, 2008

   Remember when moving was cause for celebration? Well, housewarming parties and gifts of crappy potpourri are a thing of the past. And since everyone seems to be putting off...

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   Prophet Sharing

   So what if your kid’s brainwashed? There’s air-conditioning.

   By Niamh Wallace

   Published: June 5, 2008

   We're pretty sure that the prototypical fantasy geek and Christian apologist C.S. Lewis never imagined that his acclaimed children's series The Chronicles of Narnia would spawn...

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   Pedal Pushers

   Mutant bikers aim for world domination

   By Jose Gonzalez

   Published: June 5, 2008

   Four-dollar-per-gallon gas is around the corner, and (ugh) $5 is just down the block. Mass transit is on the upswing and folks are modifying their transportation habits....

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   Master of the Whedonverse

   Firefly geeks keep the faith

   By Clay McNear

   Published: June 5, 2008

   The Arizona Browncoats don’t need to get a life, as per William Shatner, but perhaps we can suggest a social life. See, these are grade-A geeks, fans of a six-years-gone...

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   Brave New Underworld

   Navajo artist contemporizes ancient myth

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: June 5, 2008

   According to legend, the Diné (Navajo) underworld was a supercool place to live for the Holy People. The weather was perfect, food grew in loads, and the staples of...

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   Poster Children

   Soul-shakin’ music and groovy art

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: June 5, 2008

   Black Carl is basically the perfect band to play at the “PLASTER THIS! The Art of the Concert Poster” First Friday exhibit. Why? Because the Tempe-based group...

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   Burning Bush

   Weed, for lack of a better word, is good

   By Leslie Barton

   Published: June 5, 2008

   Pssst. Yeah, you. Wanna buy some Reefer Madness? No, the musical, you hophead! Why has Nearly Naked Theatre has chosen to present the Arizona première of this gaudy...

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   Afrika Unite

   Hip-hop legend puts the PHX on the good foot

   By Jose Gonzalez

   Published: June 5, 2008

   Armed with an endless arsenal of records, Afrika Bambaataa threw park jams in the South Bronx as hip-hop took its first steps in the early ’70s. In the ’80s, he and...

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    Grand Slam

    A loving tribute to a rat bastard

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: June 5, 2008

    When it comes to poet, performance artist, photographer, improviser, and Grand Avenue Live! talk-show host Kevin Patterson, we either love him, hate him, or sum up his...

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    Eye Candy

    Ace is the place for subversive Betty Crocker

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: June 5, 2008

    For some folks, nothing says “happy” better than a pink-iced Hostess cupcake and an ice-cold Nehi. And then there’s Mindy Sue Meyers, whose sweet tooth is lodged...

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    Liquid Assets

    Hot spins? Full bar? No piss? We’re there.

    By Adriane Goetz

    Published: June 5, 2008

    Remember how much fun it was to swim at the public pool as a kid? Unfortunately, when you grew up, you realized that the oasis of your memory was just a chlorinated hole filled...

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    Paradise Mislaid

    Author uses wild horses as a metaphor for domesticated America

    By Clay McNear

    Published: June 5, 2008

    We love the song “A Girl and Her Horse” by the band Carbon Leaf. Surfacely, it’s about . . . well, a girl and her horse. Subdermally, it’s a metaphor for...

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    Standup Guy

    His wife is a fraud – not that there’s anything wrong with that

    By Julie Seabaugh

    Published: June 5, 2008

    Whereas other comics deliberately diversify, Jerry Seinfeld is known for exactly three things (and no, his wife’s recent brush with cookbook legitimacy isn’t one of...

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    Minor Characters

    Gas, schmass. AAA charm is worth the drive.

    By Clay McNear

    Published: June 5, 2008

    While the big Snakes are away, the little snakes keep ball-yard withdrawal at bay. The junior serpents are the Arizona Diamondbacks’ AAA farm teamers, the Tucson...

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    Haute Chick

    Russian supermodel wears it well

    By Leslie Barton

    Published: June 5, 2008

    Listen, fashion doesn't escape us. We know what it is to wear a dress without it wearing us. But there’s stylishly walking around in clothes and then there’s owning...

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    Blast of Silence

    Enforced reticence makes Portland kids want to smash something

    By Nina Carapetyan

    Published: June 5, 2008

    The noise doctors of the high strata – Brandon Summers and Benjamin Weikel of Portland-based indie-rock band The Helio Sequence – have set out to roam the nation on a...

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    The ‘Eyes’ Have It

    By Chris Parker

    Published: June 5, 2008

    All the idiosyncratic jangling, clattering carnival-esque swooning, and arch melodrama suggests Tom Waits Malkoviched into David Bowie’s body. Frontman Carey Mercer’s...

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    Bauhaus Party

    Goth icon haunts the Valley

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: June 5, 2008

    Deemed “the Godfather of Goth,” Peter Murphy built the paradigm for surly, baritone-voiced broodfests. When the English singer broke through the London gloom-tune...

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    Tricky Dick

    Sleazy lounge crooner presents the hardcore hits

    By Clay McNear

    Published: June 5, 2008

    We have nothing against one-hit wonders, except the ones who don’t realize the jig is up. Take the ’90s band Dread Zeppelin – please! The group’s brilliant...