Phoenix (Arizona)

Lt. Ed Bankston Talks About the Obscure Album Released in 1983 By His Band The Red Rippers

"It's all a big surprise to me," says Ed Bankston, 60, talking on the phone from his home in Phoenix, Arizona. "It's like the ghost of Christmas past has shown up." In 1983, the songwriter and guitarist Bankston started a label called Oracle Records to self-release Over There... and Over Here, the f ... More >>

Watch a Clip of the Sweet Love Story Behind an Arizona Deli

It's nearly Hanukkah and Jewish food is really having a moment. Yesterday, Grub Street posted this trailer for Deli Man, a documentary about the historic, giant menu joints featuring footage of Larry King, Jerry Stiller, and many slices of pastrami. Sadly, it appears that family-owned delis from aro ... More >>

Apps for Teacher

"Educational entrepreneurship" is booming, but can profit and pedagogy go hand in hand?

Fox News' Suicide SNAFU: Suspect's Kids Watched Dad Kill Himself

Last week, Fox News accidentally aired a video-feed of a car-jacking suspect blow his brains out on live TV. The dead suspect has been identified as 33-year-old Jodon Romero, a multiple felon who led police on an hour-long chase after at firing at cops following the car-jacking.The fact that Romero ... More >>

Fox News Accidentally Shows Man Blow His Brains Out On National Television (NSFW)

There was a car-jacking in Phoenix, Arizona this afternoon that resulted in a more than hour-long police chase. And it didn't end well; the suspect blew his brains out -- and Fox News accidentally aired the apparent suicide live on national television at 3:30 in the afternoon.Buzzfeed was quick to p ... More >>

Medical Marijuana: Los Angeles Pot Shop Owners Fight Ban

The Los Angeles City Council voted in July to ban prescription pot shops, but dispensary owners have decided to fight back, the L.A. Times reports. As detailed by the Times, the City Attorney has threatened medical marijuana managers with "penalties of $2,500 a day and up to six months in jail" if ... More >>

WEMP's Discovery Mission

New rock returns to the New York airwaves

Supreme Court Upholds Key Portion Of Arizona's Breathing While Brown Immigration Law

The United States Supreme Court moments ago handed down a ruling on whether Arizona's controversial "breathing while brown" immigration law violates the Constitution.Details of the Court's decision are unclear at the moment -- it literally just happened a few minutes ago -- but according various med ... More >>

VIDEO: Watch Sacto Mayor and Former NBA Star Kevin Johnson Suck Up to Scientology

Our West Coast counterpart, staff writer Josh Dulaney at the Voice's sister paper OC Weekly, has been dishing on Scientology's spiffy new "Ideal Org" there in several spicy posts. In a story last week, Josh mentioned that William Dalton, the mayor of Garden Grove, California (population: 170K), lav ... More >>

Constant Deportations Lead to Days of Rage

The U.S. Supreme Court And President Obama leave the undocumented and their allies no choice but to escalate civil disobedience

Friends Of Nazi Hillbilly Behind Arizona Massacre Try To Blame Murders On Mexicans

By now you've probably heard about J.T. Ready, the Nazi hillbilly who killed four people in Arizona before -- like a coward -- turning the gun on himself yesterday afternoon.At this point, it's fairly clear Ready was the shooter -- our former colleagues in Arizona have confirmed with police that the ... More >>

New York Assembly Passes Bill To Establish DREAM Fund For Undocumented Kids To Go To College

Good news, DREAMers: the New York State Assembly passed a bill yesterday that would create a privately funded scholarship to help undocumented kids go to college.If it becomes law, the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM, Fund Commission would enable people to solicit privat ... More >>

New York: Enemy of Newlyweds?

If you have just gotten hitched, congrats and STAY OUT of New York! In a recent study, Rent.com looked at 25 American cities to figure out which were best for newlyweds. New York didn't even make the top ten. The cities that did? Austin, Texas; Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina; Dallas, Texas; Kans ... More >>

Hey, Steven Thrasher, James King Here -- Nice To "Meet" You!

​Yesterday, veteran Voice scribe Steven Thrasher apparently spent a good chunk of his day kvetching about me in the form of a lengthy blog post, in which he called me a racist. He then challenged me (without ever actually speaking to me -- or replying to multiple emails -- of course) to some sort ... More >>

Pazz & Jop Comments: Top 10-Plus

The year's big albums, from tUnE-yArDs on down

Q & A: Meat Puppets' Curt Kirkwood On Arizona Punk, SST Records, His Brother Cris Being Clean, And Not Making It Into Our Band Could Be Your Life

​The Meat Puppets' thirty-year journey can be divided into a trio of disparate trajectories: the mind-melting Deadhead-cum-hardcore desert-rock genius of their SST Records years (1982-89); the glossy, muscular grunge-lite of the successful major-label stint they enjoyed in the 90's (thanks in ... More >>

Scientology "Ideal Orgs" Laid Bare In Our Thursday Stats Roundup!

It's that time of the week again -- at 2 pm on Thursdays, Scientology orgs turn in their stats for the week, and so we like to do our own accounting of how things went for the church with our weekly roundup. After the jump, an eye-opening look inside an "Ideal org" by our sister paper in Phoenix. ... More >>

Phoenix Temple Has Great Website, Allegedly is a Brothel [UPDATE]

UPDATE: The site referred to in our original post below, as well as in the CNN report on the Phoenix Goddess Temple, cannot be confirmed as the website of the recently investigated temple in Arizona. Please refer to this post from the Phoenix New Times for information on the arrests and investigatio ... More >>

It's 1973, and Press Clips Begins!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 2, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 31 Press Clips by John Leo [Somehow I overlooked this: in May, 1973, the Voice began its "Press Clips" column, and its first writer was John Leo. So this isn't the first of that venerable column, but it' ... More >>

Special April Fools' Edicion

Starring know-nothing ex-rep Tom Tancredo

New York Bike-Licensing Bills are Weird and Probably Won't Pass, Experts Say

​Monday, Runnin' Scared reported on Assemblyman Michael DenDekker's new bicycle bills. If his proposals pass, riders across the state would have to register and tack license plates on their bikes, and submit them to yearly inspections. First-time registration would cost $25, with a yearly re ... More >>

James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists Announced

opentable.comThe product of blood, sweat, and tears​It's almost time for the Oscars. That is, the Oscars of the food world: the James Beard Foundation Awards. Today marked the announcement of the restaurant and chef semifinalists, who were chosen from a record 28,000 online entries. Finalists ... More >>

Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, And Nicki Minaj Are Invading Long Island In March

​If ever you wanted an excuse to truck out to Long Island's Nassau Coliseum, home to perennial NHL doormats the New York Islanders, this'd be it: Lil Wayne's I Am Music II tour, costarring Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Mixmaster Mike, and indomitable rapper accessory Travis Barker, is coming to town ... More >>

FAIR-y Tales

New York Women Like Their Men to Smell Like the Inside of a Starbucks

​Well, this is interesting. Smell purveyor AXE body spray took it upon themselves to survey ladies in various cities to find out how they'd like their menfolk to smell. (Note to men: Two of three women say they are actually more likely to make out with a guy on the first date if he smells good ... More >>

Inside the Brutal World of America's Kidnapping Capital

This Week in the Voice: Inside the Brutal World of America's Kidnapping Capital

​Phoenix, Arizona! The fifth most populated city in the country. It's the capital of Arizona, the Grand Canyon State! It's also -- as the center of the United States' immigration crisis with two sides viciously battling over the future of millions of people -- the place where the most people i ... More >>

Get Out!: Arizona and America Join Joe Arpaio in Rushing to Inquire, "Are Your Papers in Order?"

The Life and Death of a Murdered Arizona Rancher

Rob Krentz's family speaks

Arizona Boycott!

¡A LA CHINGADA WITH ARIZONA'S SB1070!

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Reign of Terror Becomes Arizona State Policy

Thanks to State Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer

New Yorkers Plot Invasion of Arizona, Plus Boycotts. All Talk at This Point.

No, it's not yet like the state v. state fight in 2001, when the Yankees played the Diamondbacks in the World Series. But now that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed her state's draconian Senate Bill 1070 into law, a number of New York immigration activists and politicians are angry enough to cr ... More >>

The James Beard Awards Semi-Finalists Have Been Announced

Will the spirit of James Beard smile upon New York chefs?​The James Beard Foundation announced its list of semi-finalists for the annual James Beard Awards today, kicking off the food world's very own Oscar season scrum. The semi-finalists were selected from a pool of 21,000 online entries; th ... More >>

American Idol Season 8 Premiere: Ryan Seacrest Gets Lip-Raped by a Bitch, Tells Blind Guy He'll "See" Him Soon

Bikini Girl, Katrina Darrell Like the cockroaches after the apocalypse, American Idol is still here. And so, Idol fans and haters, the eighth season begins with some 16 hours of auditions from eight cities. Last night, we got two hours covering two days of auditions in Phoenix, Arizona--Archuleta- ... More >>

5 Banks Robbed Yesterday in 4 Boroughs

Citizens responding to the financial crisis robbed five banks in the city yesterday. A WaMu was hit in the Bronx at 9:20 a.m., then a Valley National near Flatbush, then an HSBC in Long Island City, then the Sovereign Bank on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint -- and this was all before 11 a.m. At 3:30 ... More >>

Sex and the Pueblo

Don't judge a Mexican by his mustache, ladies

America’s Most Cowardly Sheriff

SXSW Street-Walking: Jibberjabbering with the People

Rave On!

Get your glow sticks out of storage, everybody—you're going to the Ruff Club

Tits Up, Chin Down

Talking with Crystal Kimmey, lesbian cowgirl

Yoo-hoo, Osama!

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Desert Hearts

Julia Cho brings images of Arizona sun and sand to NYTW

Sneak Peek

‘Jail Cam’ Raises Hackles and a Lawsuit When Links to Porno Sites Are Discovered

Deadly Game

Crazed Coyotes, Car Crashes, Cocaine Deals: One Mexican’s Illegal Journey Into the United States

Star Gazing

The WNBA All-Star Game Interrupts a Season of Change

Mayor Pander

'Single-Standard' Rudy Bows to Baseball Bigwigs and Staten Islanders