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41. Live Wire

    Mike Ness

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: June 26, 2008

    No one can question Mike Ness' punk rock badge, with his being the sole remaining original member of seminal rockabilly punks Social Distortion and having survived an addiction...

42. Live Wire

    Fair to Midland

    By Arielle Castillo

    Published: June 26, 2008

    The Sulphur Springs/Denton, Texas-based quintet Fair to Midland holds the platypus-rare distinction of sounding like pretty much no one else in rock music today. Consider a...

43. Needle Exchange

    Farewell gigs

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: June 26, 2008

    What is with local DJs blowing this burg after getting some renown? DJs Dirty Dave and Denny Le Nimh (of Hot Pink! fame) both did it, as did Z-Trip and Markus Schulz before...

44. Turntable

    Seven nights of DJs and dancing

    Published: June 26, 2008

    THURSDAY 26 Armitage Bistro: RE:WINE'D with DJ Seduce (jazz, soul, house, downbeat) Axis/Radius: Divine Ladies Night with MCB & DJ Devine (various) Barcelona: ROQ Thursdays...

45. Cafe

    How do health-conscious stores Fresh & Easy, Sprouts, and Sunflower compare with the mainstream?

    By Michele Laudig

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Call me a shopaholic. I didn't realize I had a thing for grocery stores until I sat down to write this column, reflecting on how strolling the aisles of brightly lit...

46. Film

    Wanted delivers the empowered Everyman sentiment of Fight Club, minus the guilt

    By Jim Ridley

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Of the summer's many revenge-of-the-nerd fulfillment fantasies, Wanted stands the best chance of dislodging Fight Club from fanboys' Facebook pages. It has the same dizzying...

47. Film

    Pixar's Wall-E is a tale of robotic love that nods to sci-fi's pantheon of greats

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Many will attempt to describe WALL-E with a one-liner. It's R2-D2 in love. 2001: A Space Odyssey starring The Little Tramp. An Inconvenient Truth meets Idiocracy on its way to...

48. Film

    Kitt Kittredge: An American Girl dolls up the Great Depression

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: June 26, 2008

    In Kit Kittredge, all it takes to cure the Depression is a little Miss Sunshine. To my 10-year-old daughter, the term "American Girl" means "that store my meanie of a mom...

49. Art

    The "Masters of Illusion" exhibit challenges your perceptions at Tempe Center for the Arts

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Whether you realize it or not, your day is a minefield of perception pitfalls. It starts with that first glance in the mirror, when your nose looks like a flamingo beak and...

50. Surreal Estate

    Pela gets sentimental over an old cemetery

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: June 26, 2008

    You live in a town long enough, and every corner contains a memory of someone you used to know. I've been here almost half a century, and I can barely walk across the street...

51. Game On

    DIY game design hits your Wii with Blast Works

    By Chris Ward

    Published: June 26, 2008

    The words "user-generated content" usually mean you're about to encounter one of two things: an irritating Super Bowl commercial made by 16-year-olds, or another dramatic...