Nov 11-17, 2004

Nov 11-17, 2004 / Vol. 21 / No. 37

Danehy

An open letter to the president, with some advice for the next four years

Tom Danehy

Freak Show

‘The Polar Express’ mixes animation and real human movement, resulting in stiff, unintentional fright

Bob Grimm

Now Showing at Home

“Looney Tunes: Golden Collection Volume 2,” “Iron Giant: Special Edition,” “Elf” “‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High’ and ‘Dazed and Confused’: Ultimate Party Collection”

Bob Grimm

Noshing Around

Espresso Art Owners Danny and Cherie Mannheim, Jim Miller and Andrea Wallace recently opened a two-story coffee house at 942 E. University Blvd. serving organically-grown coffee and featuring free wifi and live music in an artfully eclectic space. Open daily; 624-4126. Acacia at St. Philips Acacias are known for their distinctive varieties. Likewise, Chef Albert…

Karyn Zoldan

A Family Affair

Alejandro Escovedo’s music provides the backdrop for a tale about men who immigrated to the United States from Mexico

Gene Armstrong

Soundbites

COVER UP SOME MORE As one of the organizers of a charity show that just happens to be our favorite musical event of the year, you bet we’re gonna use our bully pulpit to pimp the hell out of The Great Cover-Up 2004. By the time you read this in the print version, Night One…

Stephen Seigel

Get the Lead Out

Despite Tucson Water’s best efforts, lead water pipes may still be scattered around the older parts of the city

Dave Devine

Staples’ Assets

Assessor-elect Bill Staples’ past includes a delinquent property-tax payment and a real estate deal helped by insider information

Chris Limberis

The Skinny

LYING WEASEL ALERT! Throughout the Prop 200 campaign, opponents warned that the initiative was so sloppily written that it was going to cover a wide range of government services, while supporters said the other side was exaggerating its impact. Now that voters have approved Prop 200, which would force anyone applying for undefined “public benefits”…

Jim Nintzel and Chris Limberis

Rhythm & Views

It took me a week to bring myself to listen to From a Basement on the Hill, because it would be the last time I could listen to a new Elliott Smith record for the first time. And I was scared: Smith recorded and produced the record himself, and it was pretty much finished before…

Annie Holub

Rhythm & Views

In 1984, Twisted Sister released the classic (yes, I said classic) album Stay Hungry. Made popular by such hits as “I Wanna Rock” and “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” Stay Hungry became a mainstream juggernaut. The biggest problem: The members of the band were never happy with the album. After a nasty, bitter breakup and…

Jon Hobson

Police Dispatch

Flowers Only East Orange Grove and North Oracle roads, Oct. 18, 5:04 p.m. A man has been regularly making obscene phone calls to a florist, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. The semi-regular calls have been ongoing since May, a female employee, who spoke to the man most recently, told authorities. “You know…

Saxon Burns

Rhythm & Views

If Pavement’s 1992 debut LP, Slanted and Enchanted, was one of the most influential albums of the ’90s (and it was), its follow-up, Crooked Rain Crooked Rain, is arguably the better of the two. Where the former was all blissful melodies, obtusely poetic lyrics, gorgeously ramshackle guitar, intelligence and attitude buried in an easily penetrable…

Stephen Seigel

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