In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Bill Maher Punks Out, Gives Janet Napolitano a Free Ride on Real Time Up on…
Clad in green and clutching picket signs, hundreds gathered at Arizona State University on Sunday to show solidarity for post-election protests that have left at least 20 people dead. “This summer, the youth of Iran have shown an enthusiastic push for freedom, and as a result we have witnessed a…
The Big Event: Electronic Music at Firebird International Raceway Electronic Dance Music enthusiasts came out in droves wearing beads and often little else as they hit the dance floor at Firebird International Raceway for The Big Event on July 25, 2009. DJs in attendance included DJ Dan, Wolfgang Gartner, AK1200,…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio Whines About Three Illegals Released on Orders of ICE (Or Were They?) Up…
Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let’s have one last look at the blog posts from this week: Caffiend: Copper Star Coffee’s Coconut Mocha Richardson’s, RIP Chef…
Why Chuck Norris? I love a good Chuck Norris “fact” as much as the next guy, but why make a martial arts star who went from getting his ass kicked by Bruce Lee to selling gym equipment on infomercials the subject of an internet phenomenon? Isn’t there a better, larger-than-life…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Bill Maher Interview of Janet Napolitano Focus of Demo by Immigration Activists Barack Obama, Hypocrite…
We’ll admit it. A childhood built on eating Mexican food from the unending selection of generic joints strewn about Houston, Texas suburbia did not prepare us for the glory of New Mexican…er…Mexican. That’s why we’re looking forward to filling our mouths with chilies courtesy of Si Señor Restaurant as featured in…
Two New Times writers will participate in a panel called “Publishing and Getting Paid in the Digital Age” at Changing Hands Bookstore tonight. The panel will be hosted by KJZZ’s Rene Gutel (who is also a frequent contributor to our dining blog Chow Bella). Also in attendance will be New Times staff writer…
In this week’s Forking column, Colin Redding extols the benefits of being romantically involved with a “healthy, freaky chick.” The relationship eventually fizzled out, but the sautéed spinach recipe he picked up before he was sent packing continues to sizzle in Redding’s kitchen. Simple Sautéed Spinach One bag baby spinach…
Five blog posts over 10 days led up to Sarah Fenske’s cover analysis this week on the SCA (Sheriff’s Command Association) scandal. A 2007 cover story on the smear of Arpaio opponent Dan Saban was an omen of what was to come — state Republican Party ads further smearing Saban financed by the SCA. A Fenske…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Neo-Nazi Oi Fest II Scheduled for October 24 in Tonopah, Arizona George Gascon Was Threatened…
Yo La Tengo still has it. Don’t believe us? Check out this new track “Here to Fall” from their upcoming album Popular Songs. Download the track and start rocking out here. For more news from Yo La Tengo, check out www.yolatengo.com or twitter.com/therealYLT…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Up on the Sun: New Wavves Song Available on Sendspace Source Victoria to Play Rhythm Room Twice…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Janet Napolitano Blasted as “Law and Order Extremist” by 287(g) Expert Aarti Shahani Up on…
As much as we wish it wasn’t true, there’s not a whole lot happening around these here parts. At least not as much as is happening in parts very North of The Valley. This weekend our brothers and sisters in the Village Voice Media family covered the hell out of…
ASU Cronkite Journalism School Mourns the Death of Its Namesake Walter Cronkite, famous CBS anchorman known as “the most trusted man in America,” and long-time mentor to Arizona State University School of Journalism students, died today at his New York home. He was 92…full story Rockstar Mayhem Tour: Slayer Plays…
Another week, another three beers to put to the Summer Beer Quest test. This week we might up with Top’s Liquor owner Greg Eccles to see what brews he fancies during the Summer months. We also got the skinny on a new bar he’s opening up at the end of the…
A few weeks ago I had the great pleasure of attending the Draft Magazine Microbrew Festival at Turf Paradise. It was a fairly great time marred by one great disappointment. I ran into Louis Dolgoff, Arizona’s Dogfish Head sales manager who explained to me that he was in possession of Sah’tea, a…
Tempe residents will soon have a new watering hold to consider when attempting to decide how to spend those precious drinking hours between leaving work hitting the snooze button.The good folks at Tops Liquor on University are opening a wine and beer bar called “Taste of Tops” right next door…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: George Gascon vs. Joe Arpaio: The New Yorker’s William Finnegan on Joe’s Mesa Raid Comment…
Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let’s have one last look at the blog posts from this week: Chef Chat: Josh Hebert, Posh Bashas’ Closing 10 Grocery…
