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1. Feature

   Former Korn guitarist Brian Welch finds Jesus

   By John Dickerson

   Published: June 19, 2008

   Brian "Head" Welch, former lead guitarist and founding member of the band Korn, was standing in the murky waters of the Jordan River, waiting to be baptized. As his tears...

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   Deconstructing Barry

   Son of Goldwater examines his iconic dad

   By Robrt L. Pela

   Published: June 19, 2008

   He was a defining figure in American public life, and that rarest of people: a local politician of whom we could be proud rather than ashamed. Senator Barry Goldwater’s...

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   Regeneration X

   DJ Beatnik loves that old-time rock ’n’ roll

   By Adriane Goetz

   Published: June 19, 2008

   Why is it that no one dances to rock anymore? Today, most nightlife enthusiasts bump and grind to Top 40, hip-hop, and house, but in the swingin’ '60s, there was enough...

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   After After Hours

   Don’t wait up, skank

   By Lilia Menconi

   Published: June 19, 2008

   Beer o’clock at 2 a.m. At first, everyone went ape shit about that glorious extra hour to get hammered, but all that really happened was a collective reset of our partying...

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   Mementos Mori

   Awesome exhibit examines wrecking-ball relics

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: June 19, 2008

   Last year, we cared a bunch when we heard that one of Van Buren’s last remaining vestiges of a nearly forgotten Phoenix, the circa-1939 Log Cabin Motel, had changed...

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   Cradle to the Rave

   Club kids strike again

   By Lilia Menconi

   Published: June 19, 2008

   We’ll name three items and you say the first thing that comes to mind. Cowboy hat, the smell of manure, a clown. First traumatic birthday party? Uh, we were thinking...

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   Laid in Japan

   Nipponese porn’s about romance. Yeah, right.

   By Wynter Holden

   Published: June 19, 2008

   Deviant sex just doesn’t shock like it used to. Madonna made the lesbian kiss passé, CSI episodes about necrophilia and “furry sex” raised the perversion...

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   Heavy 'Necking

   Funny cars and fireworks. What more do y’all want?

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: June 19, 2008

   Rednecks like things that go pop! Just-opened beer cans. Guns. Fireworks. Funny cars jolting off the starter’s line with concussive force. Firebird International Raceway...

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   Welcome to the Grindhouse

   Valley shop makes every day Go Skateboarding Day

   By Jose Gonzalez

   Published: June 19, 2008

   Thanks to countless bumper stickers (and common sense), we know that skateboarding is not a crime. Between Tony Hawk video games and rappers Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell (a.k.a....

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    Lights, Camera, Reaction

    Live vicariously at Space 55

    By Wynter Holden

    Published: June 19, 2008

    Live video shorts with no script, no real actors, and no plot. Sounds as palatable as Mike Myers in a thong, but according to Phoenix Neutrino Project director Mark Jordan,...

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    That's So Raven

    Professional party girl powers up the time machine

    By Leslie Barton

    Published: June 19, 2008

    We try to throw good parties, but it's always a last-minute dogshit-pickup and toilet-scrub thing, and the pizza rolls aren't even thawed out. So don't come to our parties....

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    Deconstructing Barry

    Son of Goldwater examines his iconic dad

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: June 19, 2008

    He was a defining figure in American public life, and that rarest of people: a local politician of whom we could be proud rather than ashamed. Senator Barry Goldwater’s...

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    Summer Solstice at Burton Barr Library

    Published: June 19, 2008

    Famed Valley architect Will Bruder -- who designed the downtown library -- will lecture about the building. There will also be music. Sat., June 21, 11:30 a.m.-1...

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    Force of Nature

    This landscape photographer doesn’t suck

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: June 19, 2008

    Did you know that Ansel Adams ruined landscape photography? What say you? That’s right. Because the legendary shutterbug was so freaking good at what he did, our top three...

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    Trial by Firing

    Inside Dubya's Department of Injustice

    By Jay Bennett

    Published: June 19, 2008

    The ignominious tenure of the Bush Administration is limping toward its finale. That means it’s tell-all time. Already this spring, former White House press secretary...

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    Summer SMoCA Nights

    Published: June 19, 2008

    Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art's SMoCA Night affairs are hot when it's cool and cool when it's hot. This torrid-season entry's ches tre, featuring live music by...

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    Bunker Mentality

    Beat the heat at Palo Verde

    By Chris Bowman

    Published: June 19, 2008

    Whacking little white balls around delicately manicured lawns has long been a staple of outdoor activity around town. However, there’s always been one teensy-weensy...

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    Bunker Mentality

    Beat the heat at Encanto 9

    By Chris Bowman

    Published: June 19, 2008

    Whacking little white balls around delicately manicured lawns has long been a staple of outdoor activity around town. However, there’s always been one teensy-weensy...

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    Briefs Encounter

    Less is more at gay hang

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: June 19, 2008

    What would you do for a cheap drink? Would you . . . uhhhh . . . actually, never mind. We don’t want to know your sicko ways. Instead, we’ll tell you how to score a...

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    Rogue Cinema

    Outcast music in an outcast land

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: June 19, 2008

    Dizzy Gillespie was a lot more than the chubby-cheeked trumpeter one sees plastered on old-school posters of jazz greats. With Charlie Parker at his side, Diz changed 1940s...