When I think of all of James Franco's crappy attempts accomplishments, I get a headache: an MFA, two PhDs, hosting the Oscars, playing himself on TV and in movies, and now a music video? If you'll notice, though, he's not even singing. He's just being James Franco once again.

“Many of the fantasy and role-playing games are smack in the middle of the occult, and that’s the truth,” says Jack Gracie. Gracie is the spokesman for Tucson’s Christian Awareness Fellowship, a “non-profit interdenominational Christian group primarily devoted to educating the body of Christ concerning the cults and the occult.”

“In these games, kids are taught how to invoke demons and thinks like that. And now it has gone beyond a game.”

Gracie explains how he sees the development of “Satanism” among game players.

“There is really nothing wrong with a certain amount of fantasy,” he says. “It can be creative. But eventually it goes beyond the role-playing games. It gets to the point wehre kids are learning how to kill each other. The game has bushed beyond the Ken and Barbie scene. This stuff is really evil.”

—Tim Vanderpool, in a cover story exploring the hysteria over Dungeons and Dragons

Somehow I missed that there was a third Mission: Impossible film, which is strange since I usually don't have much going on other than seeing movies about technology happy spies, but now that there's a fourth installment hitting theaters this winter that actually looks entertaining, maybe I'll go back and catch up. Stuff exploding! Fancy giant iPads! Jeremy Renner looking mean! Good times all around.

It was proposed to me recently that it is a waste of time writing about small taco stands. The philosophy behind the remark was that they are all more or less the same. Whatachon is an example of why such ideas are utter nonsense, and evidence that the person speaking hasn't been eating at enough food trucks.

The truth is that almost every taco truck is different, and you can often find items at one truck that you’ve never seen before, or even heard of. The salsas are completely different; the items are assembled in vastly different ways; and, well, the food tastes different.

For instance, at Whatachon, they serve an item called a Lorenza, which I haven't seen anywere else. It's a crispy tortilla covered in melted cheese and piled high with carne asada. It is gooey and crispy and meaty all at once, and a steal at $1.75 a piece.

Whatachon also has a built-in salsa bar that can hold court with any condiment bar in town (except for Aqui Con El Nene, which reigns supreme). It is at this salsa bar that I first had serrano peppers soaked in soy sauce, which, if you’ve yet to experience them, are pure heaven.

Whatachon — which, according to the owners, means “big shoes” — is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day. Most of the tacos are less than $2, and a fat torta will set you back about $5.

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• Perhaps the Dakota Wild Bunch didn't get the memo.

While The Associated Press report did not note if the member of the Dakota Wild Bunch re-enactment team knew he had live ammunition in his gun, it did say that three tourists were wounded.

That story and more are up this week on Rynski’s Shattered Reality radio show on Party934.com and FM 94.9 in Hudson Valley, N.Y.

Next show is Wednesday, June 29 (today!), and every Wednesday online at Party934.com. Showtime is noon in Arizona, 3 p.m. EST.

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This week kicks off part one of our EARTH theme songs as we continue our cruise through the elements. Tune in for some solid song suggestions.

Thanks! to all who keep the song requests coming.

One note and one question:

Note: If someone starts selling bourbon paletas in town, I will buy a case. I like to drink American, after all.
Question: How early can one legitimately eat booze related frozen desserts and not be a drunk?

[HT: Laughing Squid]

I applaud anyone willing to run for mayor. While the pay is pretty good for a job in this town (am I right?), this might not be the time to try to take the reins, with Rio Nuevo prosecutions still a possibility and the general malaise of the economy a likely issue for some time. Plus, since the Republicans couldn't seem to get the whole signature-gathering thing together, there won't be a lot of political drama between now and November (sorry, Greens), so any additional action to help this guy who has to write stuff a few times a day would be helpful. There are only so many videos of cats out there.

While David Karr seems like a decent guy, having spent a lot of time working in Arizona's prisons and then taking care of his ailing mother, running as a write-in on the Democratic Party's ballot might not work out so well. However, if he can develop a viable plan to bring Don Francisco Presents (and hopefully, its sister program Sabado Gigante, although Karr doesn't go that far) to town as he mentions near the end of what could be best describes as a manifesto on his website, he's got my vote. I'm not so sure about turning Speedway and 22nd Street into one-way streets, but this town could definitely use the boost that would come from a few Univision programs being filmed here.

We get it, dude. You guys wear weird costumes and do flips. Just throw the damn ball and stop making the rest of us look bad.

"Galax, Virginia," by Lee Friedlander, is on display in Masters of American Photography, continuing through Aug. 27 at Etherton Gallery, 135 S. Sixth Ave.

The Pro Bowling Association announced their 2011-2012 schedule today, and while it includes stops in Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Tucson is still notably absent, as it has been since 2004, even though it seems like anyone in their right mind would rather be here than Allen Park, Michigan in early February.

It's obvious that professional bowling doesn't bring in the same economic windfall as spring training or some of the other sports enterprises that have made their way through town, but Tucson had a pretty rich tradition with the PBA, so even though the tour itself has cut way back on the number of stops, it would be nice to see the world's finest bowlers come back to town. Plus, the younger players on the tour seem to be a little crankier than their staid predecessors: