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Wild About Harry
Harry Nilsson pioneered his own special genre of the rock ’n’ roll bender. It often began with a phone call at an odd hour and ended, in the case of Micky Dolenz of the Monkees, three days later at a massage parlor in Phoenix. Robin Williams, whose 1980 film ‘‘Popeye’’ was scored by Nilsson, covers his face when recalling a similar spree with the songwriter: ‘‘Did I really? A weed whacker?!’’
There’s no end of booze and drugs — and famous friends — in John Scheinfeld’s documentary ‘‘Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him?),’’ which will open on Sept. 10 in New York. But the film is more than a catalog of the singer’s exploits, the extent of which almost certainly contributed to his early death, in 1994 at age 52. Randy Newman compares him to Schubert. ‘‘John loved him, too’’ Yoko Ono says.

See the full article from “New York Times (blog)”

RUB Sports Grill revs it up
Setting up shop in any Mesa strip mall nowadays is a brave venture, but the new RUB Sports Grill South has dived right in.
It’s the story of the times: a grocery store plaza is long ago abandoned by the grocery store and a great many of the small businesses beside it. Empty storefronts, awkward additions (see: strip mall churches) and, to compound everything, debilitating construction on the adjacent main drag. Pretty bleak stuff, really.
Still, RUB South – an acronym for “rich urban bikers” and not, in fact, a slogan for the plaza’s massage parlor – is a solid effort at breathing life back into the ghostlier end of the strip mall and the kind of joint that just might fly in this part of Mesa.

See the full article from “College Times”

Adding to the AMA’s list of accredited businesses is The Darkly Agency who stepped up to the plate as one of Phoenix’s most recent branding firms specializing in avant-garde Branding and Design.
Sounds great but with more and more companies cutting their budgets how would a branding firm make a difference? According to Danielle Stephens, this is exactly where Arizona businesses are going wrong.
“The thing about younger consumers is that they spend regardless of the economic climate,” said Stephens, who is a Gilbert, AZ native. “It’s just that in a down economy their expenditures begin to tightly circle around things that they would consider part of their lifestyle and culture. Creating a culture around your business and brand creates loyalty because consumers want their decisions to reinforce who they are, the life they live and the people they surround themselves with.”
But how can any product or service, even barbeques or massage parlors, fit into their culture?

See the full article from “PR-CANADA.net (press release)”

Masseur Arrested For Giving Unhappy Endings
Massage Envy employee arrested for sexual battery
Updated 7:10 PM EDT, Fri, Jul 16, 2010
A Fort Lauderdale masseuse was arrested Friday for having wandering hands on customers at a popular massage parlor.
Kamonte McNeill, 32, faces two charges of sexual battery after two women claim the man was a little too frisky with their massages.
McNeill worked at Massage Envy in Fort Lauderdale, where the assaults took place.
The women claim McNeill brushed across their private areas during their body treatments, but Fort Lauderdale Police did not go into detail about what else McNeill may have done to the women.
Detectives say McNeill may have assaulted many more women clients.
“The clinics conduct criminal background checks on all potential massage therapists. The clinic is fully cooperating with the investigation being conducted by the police department,” Massage Envy released in a statement. “The therapist has been suspended pending the outcome of this investigation.”

See the full article from “NBC Miami”

Foot and Hand Reflexology in Scottsdale, Arizona was raided by police last month for providing illegal massage therapy (see article) after police received numerous complaints that the Scottsdale reflexology business was doing more than foot massages.  Armed officers dressed in police raid vests entered Foot and Hand Reflexology following an undercover investigation of the massage complaints and arrested the owner Van Hoang and a reflexologist named Yueming Zeng. Hoang also owns Elite Nails in the same Scottsdale shopping center.
These types of police busts often involve sorted stories of sex, prostitution, drugs, money laundering, and even human slavery.  Women who know nothing about massage are sometimes forced to provide sex for the massage parlor under a system of intimidation and threats.  In other cases, the women, who may even have formal massage training, may we willing participants in their illicit massage business where they offer clients “happy endings” in exchange for some extra cash.

See the full article from “The Massage Advancer”

Adding to the AMA’s list of accredited businesses is The Darkly Agency who stepped up to the plate as one of Phoenix’s most recent branding firms specializing in avant-garde Branding and Design.
Sounds great but with more and more companies cutting their budgets how would a branding firm make a difference? According to Danielle Stephens, this is exactly where Arizona businesses are going wrong.
“The thing about younger consumers is that they spend regardless of the economic climate,” said Stephens, who is a Gilbert, AZ native. “It’s just that in a down economy their expenditures begin to tightly circle around things that they would consider part of their lifestyle and culture. Creating a culture around your business and brand creates loyalty because consumers want their decisions to reinforce who they are, the life they live and the people they surround themselves with.”
But how can any product or service, even barbeques or massage parlors, fit into their culture?

See the full article from “PR-USA.net (press release)”

Adding to the AMA’s list of accredited businesses is The Darkly Agency who stepped up to the plate as one of Phoenix’s most recent branding firms specializing in avant-garde Branding and Design.
Sounds great but with more and more companies cutting their budgets how would a branding firm make a difference? According to Danielle Stephens, this is exactly where Arizona businesses are going wrong.
“The thing about younger consumers is that they spend regardless of the economic climate,” said Stephens, who is a Gilbert, AZ native. “It’s just that in a down economy their expenditures begin to tightly circle around things that they would consider part of their lifestyle and culture. Creating a culture around your business and brand creates loyalty because consumers want their decisions to reinforce who they are, the life they live and the people they surround themselves with.”
But how can any product or service, even barbeques or massage parlors, fit into their culture?

See the full article from “PR.com (press release)”

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3 Ariz. massage parlors busted for prostitution
Published: Thursday, May 20, 2010 10:27 AM MST
SCOTTSDALE (AP) — Scottsdale police say they have busted up massage parlors in Scottsdale and Mesa that were fronts for prostitution.
Police Sgt. Mark Clark says the department began its undercover investigation of Scottsdale Massage and Busy Bodies Massage in Scottsdale and Paradise Island Massage in Mesa after receiving a tip in November 2008.
Detectives found that massage therapists at all three massage parlors were offering and performing sex acts for money.
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More arrests made in Scottsdale-Mesa massage-parlor prostitution case
by Jose Zavala – May. 20, 2010 11:55 AMThe Arizona Republic
Two more women have been arrested as part of an investigation into three massage parlors that police say operated as fronts for prostitution.
In all, seven people now are being held as part of the investigation, which centered on two massage parlors in Scottsdale and a third in Mesa, according to Scottsdale police.
Five of the women are being held on suspicion of prostitution, while two others are suspected of being the co-operators of the enterprise, police said.
On Wednesday, Scottsdale police said Laura Ann Walden, 55, and Michael Vern Sanford, 56, who lived together in Mesa, were arrested on suspicion of maintaining a house of prostitution, controlling a criminal enterprise and money laundering. Walden also is being held on suspicion of pandering. Police initially said three others were arrested.

See the full article from “AZ Central.com”

3 Ariz. massage parlors busted for prostitution
Associated Press – May 19, 2010 6:34 PM ET
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Scottsdale police say they have busted up massage parlors in Scottsdale and Mesa that were fronts for prostitution.
Police Sgt. Mark Clark says the department began its undercover investigation of Scottsdale Massage and Busy Bodies Massage in Scottsdale and Paradise Island Massage in Mesa after receiving a tip in November 2008.
Detectives found that massage therapists at all three massage parlors were offering and performing sex acts for money.
Detectives seized $18,000 in cash from the businesses and arrested five people Tuesday in the case.

See the full article from “KOLD-TV”