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The 16th Annual Tucson Firefighter's Chili Cook Off seemed to go off very well again this year. El Presidio was packed with revelers and chili fans of a very wide swath of age groups. Here's a link to a break-dancing 5-year-old.

I have maybe eight cups of chili. I have no idea who won, but my vote goes to the guys at Lucky Thirteen. Although, that was after I arrived and many of the booths had already run out of their own stuff.

Here are some photos from Friday night. Enjoy.

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• Jericho Santoro, 5, breakdances in front of the late-hours crowd at the 16th Annual Tucson Firefighter's Chili Cook-Off in Downtown Tucson.

Headed out tonight to check out the 16th Annual Tucson Firefighter's Chili Cook-Off in Downtown Tucson not really knowing what to expect.

The chili was ok for the most part. The guys over at the Lucky Thirteen booth, I think, had the best. But my favorite booth was the Zombie one - of course.

HOWEVER, pictured is little Jericho Santoro, 5, a breakdancing-tumbling-cartwheeling little scene stealer.

With a Metacritic score of 91, Showtime's Homeland is by far the critical darling of the fall television season. In fact, it ranks as one of the biggest critical hits since the advent of Metacritic, good enough for 8th place all-time, putting it ahead of Louie's second season and Breaking Bad's third season, in my opinion two of the most impressive feats in the history of television.

We'll see if that holds, and if the tension-packed initial narrative can eventually draw to a satisfying close. To be sure, Homeland is intriguing, nuanced and more promising than anything Showtime has done before. But I'll be honest, I'm not getting it.

The second part of our weekly tribute to jams selected by our music writers, this time including tracks by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Mr. Gnome and Toad the Wet Sprocket.

In case you weren't near a TV last night and also forgot to set some sort of recording device, MTV has graciously provided the internet with the ability to stream the premiere of the reanimated Beavis & Butt-head, complete with shots at LMFAO and Jersey Shore.

Critics seem generally positive on the show's return, with Grantland's Jon Dolan particularly enjoying last night episode:

As '90s reunions go, the return of B&B was great-to-excellent — certainly up there with Superchunk, though maybe not quite as fine as Pavement. Now, they watch reality TV along with their video intake, and since videos aren't actually on MTV anymore they have much weirder, Internet-geared video fare to spit vivisecting aphorisms at (just describing Skrillex's "First of the Year (Equinox)" is comedy gold). But if the old joke proves ageless, history itself keeps on moving, and keeps on sucking. When the dastardly duo arrived in 1993 they sent PMRC-type scolds into a tizzy by being the reductio ad absurdum of post-Axl Rose metal-boy id. Now, they return as avenging angels of morality: Unlike the dreamless, humorless, chinless human-shaped Jell-O blobs that ooze their way across an episode of 16 and Pregnant or Addicted to Porn, Beavis and Butt-Head always understood how miserable they are ("How come we were born as us? It's not fair," Beavis asks while watching a partied-up LMFAO video). But they never stopped scouring the swamp lives they've been dealt for ripples of trickle-down awesomeness — who else but these guys could have the unsinkable optimism to still be looking for something cool on MTV in 2011. Hail to thee, blithe spirits.

Wearing a t-shirt that reads, "Yes, this is my costume," or painting whiskers on your face and wearing ears to transform yourself into an adorable kitty cat will not win you Best Costume awards according to a new Cracked article.

Sorry, Dan Gibson...BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR YOU.

Check out why being an unrecognizable movie character isn't as cool as you think it is, and why I need to re-think my husband's costume since I was going to tell him to wear his hoodie and say he's "Michael Cera in any movie he's ever been in."

Being tall, pale and lanky won't work this year as a costume, I guess.

While this weekend is going to be a crazy one for most people with all the Halloween stuff going on, make room on your calendar tonight for one of the most unique events happening in Tucson in a long time as Powhaus' Productions debuts Dragvision.

HAY GURRL HAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Hey all you cover girls, glamazons, drag babies, fierce queens, debonair kings, sickening divas, clASSy debutantes, and supermodels of the world, it's time for COMING OUT! - La Cocina's monthly QUEER dance party hosted by your two favorite Mexigayz, RAW-J (Raw-B + Jaime J.)!!!

This month CUM celebrate HOLLAWANG with a DRAG PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA as we toast to the WORLD PREMIERE of Powhaus Productions' new UnReality show, DRAGVISION!

10:30pm is the first showing, and we will loop it the rest of the night.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/DragVision/151509274917428?sk=info

http://powhausproductions.com/

Featuring the fieeeeerce Regine Ray, Adam Snapple, Jade Envy, Anya Foxx, Gianna Godiva & Man Yum!

DRAG PARTY: come in your most sickening drag, sexiest costumes, sparkliest bustier, dapper duds, whatever you want - just EXXXPRESS YOURSELF. It's HOLLAWANG, GIRL! WERRRRRRRK. (And don't be coming in lookin' all busted.)

QUEER JAMZ + ANAL BEATZ + CHEAP DRINKS + SEXY TIMES

PERFORMANCES + DRAGVISION PLAYING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE!!!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28TH / 10PM - 2AM / NEVER A COVER / 21+

DRINK SPECIALS + LATE NIGHT TACO BAR!

LA COCINA / 201 N. COURT AVE. / DOWNTOWN TUCSON

I suppose it was a matter of time, but if you're feeling a little aggro but still want to play with your Hello Kitty toys, perhaps you will enjoy Babymetal's first single "Doki Doki Morning".

[HT: Blabbermouth]

Tonight on the Political Roundtable: We'll be talking about Gov. Jan Brewer's power play against the Independent Redistricting Commission, the latest in the race for mayor and Tucson City Council, the latest presidential poll in Arizona, Occupy Tucson, the future of Clean Elections & more! Tonight's panel includes Arizona Public Media reporter Christopher Conover, Republican strategist Jonathan Paton, Democratic strategist Rodd McLeod and your moderator, Jim Nintzel.

Tune in at 6:30 p.m. on Channel 6, or online here or at AZPM.org.