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Night & Day
The Fall Guys
More questions than answers for ’08 D-Backs
By Chris Bowman
Published: April 10, 2008
At the time of writing, it appears highly unlikely the Arizona Diamondbacks will make the playoffs. What happened? Why the total collapse from a team that went 20-8 in April...
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Night & Day
Do the Mathcore
Something doesn’t add up in Jersey band’s prog-metal revamp
By Steve Jansen
Published: April 10, 2008
With the release of Ire Works in 2007, Dillinger Escape Plan made a leap into the super-visceral metalcore stratosphere while abandoning many elements of its signature,...
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Night & Day
Son is Shining
By Steve Jansen
Published: April 10, 2008
Though we’re big into reggae, we tend to get forget the names of the many sons following in Bob Marley’s wake. There’s Ziggy, Damian, Stephen, and . . . and . ....
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Night & Day
Numbers Game
By Clay McNear
Published: April 10, 2008
Yeah, yeah, let’s get to the playoffs already. We feel your pain, folks, but there’s a smidge more torment to dole out. The Phoenix Suns have two regular-season games...
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Night & Day
Numbers Game
By Clay McNear
Published: April 10, 2008
Yeah, yeah, let’s get to the playoffs already. We feel your pain, folks, but there’s a smidge more torment to dole out. The Phoenix Suns have two regular-season games...
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Night & Day
May Pang
By Clay McNear
Published: April 10, 2008
See, personal assistants do get some love now and then! This former PA to John Lennon and Yoko Ono snatched John away from Yoko for a short time in the early '70s, but the...
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Night & Day
The Moppet Show
A Mexican-wrestling beatdown — bring the kids!
By Clay McNear
Published: April 10, 2008
El Marques. El Chucky. Fantasia el Exotico. Mascara Magica (pictured). All ages. Children welcome. Ooooo-kaaaay. It’s safe to say that the fiends who’ll be grappling...
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The Bird
The Bird tackles AZ's new immigration czar, Matthew Allen, while Guadalupe revolts against the MCSO's iron grip
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published: April 10, 2008
ICEMAN BLOWETH So you're the new Immigration and Customs Enforcement honcho in town, replacing a rico suave ICE chief by the name of Alonzo Pena, and first thing you do in...
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Fenske
ADOT didn't just fire Cliff Young; it attempted to crucify him
By Sarah Fenske
Published: April 10, 2008
Cliff Young was a good employee. During the first 21 years of Young's career at the Arizona Department of Transportation, his performance evaluations were great. He never faced...
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News
Lacey, Larkin receive award
Published: April 10, 2008
New Times founders Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin received the President's Award from the Valley chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists at the group's Freedom...
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Letters
Letters from the issue of Thursday, April 10, 2008
Published: April 10, 2008
SIDEWALK FRIDAYS Beer vendors will bring sanity: I disagree with The Bird and agree wholeheartedly with efforts to rid First Fridays of so many street vendors ("Art Crime,"...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
The Mexican rags on identity theft
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: April 10, 2008
SPECIAL DÍA DE LOS IMPUESTOS EDICIÓN Sitting on my desk is a levy from the Internal Revenue Service for over $12,000 in unpaid taxes. Turns out some dude used...
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Music
Local band Via Maris reach back to a better year with The Bicentennial
By Serene Dominic
Published: April 10, 2008
Ask anyone alive during our country's 200th birthday in 1976, and they'll tell you it was still the Me Decade, but filtered through Eisenhower eyes, since America had less past...
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Niki at Nite
Niki at Nite: Exploring the depths of "fan-archy" with Roller Derby superfans
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: April 10, 2008
"Seriously, it's like soft porn on wheels!" That is how my friend Joker describes roller derby to me before a recent AZ Derby Dames doubleheader bout at Castle Mega Sports....
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Niki's Pick
Plasmatics
Beyond the Valley of 1984
(Plasmatics Media)By Niki D'Andrea
Published: April 10, 2008
Aside from the fact that many of the Derby Dames physically resemble Wendy O. Williams, the late Mohawk-sporting, scantily clad singer of the Plasmatics, derby girls also share...
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Shrapnel
The Sword brings you metal without cliché on Gods of the Earth
By Tim Grierson
Published: April 10, 2008
Wait, is this a joke? That's an understandable reaction when encountering the clobbering metal riffs of The Sword, and it's not the only time in recent years a new hard...
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Live Wire
Candy Dulfer
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: April 10, 2008
This young, Dutch-born saxophonist has a long history as a sidewoman, performing alongside Dave Stewart (with whom she recorded "Lily Was Here," a hit she often performs live),...
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Live Wire
Yellowcard
By Chris Parker
Published: April 10, 2008
Florida quintet Yellowcard broke big on 2003's Ocean Avenue. Songs like "Way Away" and "Only One" kept the band on the radio, in video games, and on awards-show stages for more...
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Live Wire
Jay-Z
By Ray Cummings
Published: April 10, 2008
Try as you might, there's no knocking Jay-Z's hustle. So what if he's no longer president of Def Jam? So what if he's mostly irrelevant? So what if there are more literate,...
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Live Wire
Enon
By Mark Keresman
Published: April 10, 2008
Noise is a relative concept — for many, it is what interferes with what we'd prefer to hear. For others, noise is a means to an end, a catharsis, or an inverse of what's...
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