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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...
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