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1. Feature

   Willy Northpole and the Phoenix hip-hop scene explode

   By Niki D'Andrea

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Under the bright club lights at The Door on Scottsdale Road, Willy Northpole is shining like a gold star. The Phoenix-born-and-bred rapper is wearing a shimmering designer...

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   An Inconvenient Truth at Changing Hands Bookstore

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: January 10, 2008

   The Gore fest (as in Al Gore) chronicles the loser politician (as in the 2000 Presidential election) and his global warming tutelage. Wed., Jan. 16, 7 p.m., 2008

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   That Old Black Magic

   Smarty-pants Renaissance man revives the chitlin circuit – sort of

   By Jay Bennett

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Tyler Perry may be the biggest one-man media empire you might never have heard of. His movies (Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Why Did I Get Married?) have debuted at No. 1 at the...

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   Twain in Vain

   Waiting for Godot’s other shoe to drop

   By Leslie Barton

   Published: January 10, 2008

   We're glad we don't have it rough like underground-comic-book schlub Harvey Pekar, with his two divorces and bout with cancer, but as he says in the autobiographical film...

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   All the Queen’s Men

   Boys will be girls – and vice versa – at Apollo’s

   By Clay McNear

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Boys Don’t Cry star Hilary Swank is a lot of things, but none involves belting out showtunes. Thank God. Things’ll be busting out all over, though, at the Phoenix...

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   Photoshoppers Beware

   Analog versus digital? We’ll take analog every time.

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: January 10, 2008

   We have a no-way-in-hell-you’re-gonna-win challenge for you, dear reader. Check out any fashion mag from the newsstand and try to tell us that the faux Photoshopped beauty...

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   Rein Men

   Cowpokes buck the odds in Glendale

   By Nina Carapetyan

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Recall the last time you mounted an odd-toed ungulate? Bet you felt pretty smug afterward, sucking on that postcoital cigarette. What did you truly get out of it, though? A...

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   Tough Love

   By Steve Jansen

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Enough with these weenie two-mile leisure walks through the desert. The Cholla Mountain Loop Hike at McDowell Mountain Regional Park will kick your freaking ass. The four-hour...

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   The Small Picture

   A little goes a long way at Art Connections Café

   By Adriane Goetz

   Published: January 10, 2008

   Why do Americans insist on everything being so BIG? Supersize trucks. Get-fat-as-soon-as-possible fast-food meal deals. Big-box stores. Whether purchasing an Escalade or...

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    Chez New

    Storied dive rises from the asphalt ashes

    By Leslie Barton

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Bookended by two of our more illustrious ex-lovers, we contemplate the cyclical circumstances that brought us to this particular bar rail. For ages, the tiny Chez Nous Cocktail...

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    Edifice Complex

    Home is where the art is for Phoenix photog

    By Niamh Wallace

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Abandoned houses are always creepy, but there's nothing more disconcerting than driving by your old childhood abode and seeing a stuccoed monstrosity, an empty lot, or the...

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    Muscles of Love

    You might drive a Neon, but you can still dream

    By Clay McNear

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Cars. Cars. Cars. What the hell’s going on with all of these friggin’ cars? It’s like somebody flipped a switch and thousands of garage doors opened...

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    Kevin Pollak

    By Clay McNear

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Pollak -- who began his show-biz career doing standup -- is a Hollywood star, sort of. He's one of those cats whose face is all over the place but whose name escapes you. Well,...

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    Kool Runnings

    By Clay McNear

    Published: January 10, 2008

    A post-race blowout featuring Kool & the Gang starts at 5 p.m. at Tempe Beach Park. Sun., Jan. 13, 8 p.m., 2008

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    Sturm und Durang

    Hobo sex and other carnal delights

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: January 10, 2008

    To heck with James Cameron and his Leo-centric fantasy about the doomed ocean liner Titanic. In Christopher Durang’s stage version of the story, about to set sail (but...

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    Sino the Times

    Published: January 10, 2008

    The show captures the essence of ancient Chinese culture with classical dancers, musicians, and acrobatic tumbling. Mon., Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m., 2008

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    Java the Hut

    Rundown coffeehouse signs a new lease on life

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: January 10, 2008

    October 29, 2007, was a dark day in our fair town. Downtown’s most recognizable coffee shop, the Willow House, closed its longstanding locale on McDowell for good. We...

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    Kool Runnings

    By Clay McNear

    Published: January 10, 2008

    P.F. Chang’s Rock ’n’ Roll Arizona Marathon and Half-Marathon . . . huff, puff. We’re out of breath just saying the damn name, so we’re not too hopeful...

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    Wii Will Rock You

    Virtual bowling at Heather’s Wild Hare

    By Jose Gonzalez

    Published: January 10, 2008

    Homer Simpson posited, “If horse racing is the sport of kings, then surely bowling is . . . a very good sport, as well.” What’s kept it from absolute perfection?...

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    Rolling with the Homies

    By Steve Jansen

    Published: January 10, 2008

    We’re used to seeing souped-up hood rides dotting the contemporary urbanscape, not dotting the walls of an art gallery. That’s why we’re gonna roll out to the...