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Fair Weather Fools
C’mon, folks. We have a winner in town. Remember?
By Chris Bowman
Published: April 24, 2008
Last year, the Arizona Diamondbacks surprised most baseball minds when they locked up the NL West and fell a smidge short of a second World Series appearance. Because of that...
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Bobble Heads
By Clay McNear
Published: April 24, 2008
If you’ve guaranteed your season-ticketholders a playoff appearance or a complete refund, you’d better be protectin’ the ball. The Arizona Rattlers have not, and...
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Labor Pains
Photographers document China’s globalization ills
By Steve Jansen
Published: April 24, 2008
During the early part of this decade, capturing the impoverished of the Far East was all the rage. U.S. photojournalists snapped heartbreaking images of Chinese slave laborers...
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Cause Célèbre
Do-gooders spread the wealth with unorthodox rock fest
By Clay McNear
Published: April 24, 2008
The McDowell Mountain Music Festival doesn’t boast an orthodox rock-festival-type lineup, but then, most rock shows don’t give away their dough. The MMMF folks spread...
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Wondertwin Powers Activate!
By Chris Parker
Published: April 24, 2008
Though twins Tegan and Sara Quinn grew up on punk, they’ve demonstrably honed their pop instincts and graduated from folk-tinged New Wave/pop-punk to something more...
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"The Led Zeppelin of jazz"
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: April 24, 2008
After more than thirty years of recording and touring, you'd think that these gentlemen would be jaded about making music, but listening to them perform, you realize that...
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Tall Tale
NBA Western Conference Playoffs, Round One, Game Four: San Antonio Spurs at Phoenix Suns
By Clay McNear
Published: April 24, 2008
NBA Western Conference Playoffs, Round One, Game Four: San Antonio Spurs at Phoenix Suns. It’s just a game, right? Then how come we’ve aged 10 years since Tim Duncan...
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Tall Tale
NBA Western Conference Playoffs, Round One, Game Three: San Antonio Spurs at Phoenix Suns
By Clay McNear
Published: April 24, 2008
NBA Western Conference Playoffs, Round One, Game Three: San Antonio Spurs at Phoenix Suns. It’s just a game, right? Then how come we’ve aged 10 years since Tim Duncan...
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Bradley Yonover
By Clay McNear
Published: April 24, 2008
The go-go dude helped to redevelop New York's SoHo and Miami's South Beach districts, and he's also a renowned film producer, with credits ranging from Swimfan to In the...
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Night & Day
Kevin Brockmeier
Published: April 24, 2008
The kickass author of The Brief History of the Dead returns to unveil his new story collection, The View From the Seventh Layer. Mon., April 28, 7 p.m., 2008
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Sidebar
Kerr's legendary moments
By Paul Rubin
Published: April 24, 2008
• Six straight first-half three-pointers as UA routed ASU in 1988. • A series-winning shot with Michael Jordan's Bulls in game 6 of the '97 NBA Finals. • Four...
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The Bird
The Bird on Mayor Phil and why the Fonz can't tell the world, "Fuck the police"
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published: April 24, 2008
FIGHTIN' PHIL The last place this pugnacious penguin figured he'd ever be was sitting across a table from Mayor Phil Gordon. But the battle against Sheriff Joe Arpaio makes...
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Fenske
Controversial philosopher Peter Singer to talk at ASU
By Sarah Fenske
Published: April 24, 2008
The baby was born with Down syndrome. The parents were in their 20s, so they hadn't bothered with the usual prenatal tests. It wasn't until after their little girl was born...
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News
Jurors convict Robert Ortloff in Kathleen Smith's murder
By Paul Rubin
Published: April 24, 2008
Prosecutor Noel Levy expressed a quiet confidence in the outcome moments before the jury returned its guilty verdicts in the quarter-century-old Kathleen Marie Smith murder...
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Letters
Letters from the issue of Thursday, April 24, 2008
Published: April 24, 2008
DIFFERENT SHADE OF GREEN A happy conservative: I normally plow past the typical New Times articles bashing President Bush and Sheriff Joe Arpaio (not because I like them, so...
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ˇAsk a Mexican!™
The Mexican on emo riots and putting e before s in English
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: April 24, 2008
Lately, I've been hearing how punks and metalheads in Mexico are trying to beat up emos because it's been said emos makes Mexican culture look bad. As a metalhead, I support...
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Music
Rogue Wave elevates their music with Asleep at Heaven's Gate
By Chris Parker
Published: April 24, 2008
Third albums are notorious for their scope, as bands usually feel secure enough to stretch in new directions, but in Rogue Wave's case, the band didn't need added inspiration...
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Niki at Nite
Niki at Nite on Anal Blast and 8-year-old grindcore fans
By Niki D'Andrea
Published: April 24, 2008
The kid with the fluorescent green hair can't be much older than 8. He's wearing a shirt with a design that resembles the Heineken logo, but is modified to proclaim his love of...
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Shrapnel
How does Man Man stack up to other Philly bands?
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: April 24, 2008
So, the other day, I was listening to Rabbit Habits, the terrific and addictive new album from Philadelphia quintet Man Man — experimental loons whose growly,...
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Shrapnel
Shannon Hoon on Blind Melon's reunion and being dead
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: April 24, 2008
On a recent evening, as the clock approached midnight, I created a makeshift altar with a photo of late Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon, then lit a mixture of wormwood,...
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