Some Late-Breaking Events
Here are a few events that were received too late for inclusion in our print issue. Saturday, June 9 at 11 a.m. SGI Center, 2540 E. 22nd St. Lungs of the World: The Amazon Jungle. Marty Drozdoff speaks about a visit to the Amazon and studying Kichwa language, culture and ethnobotany (healing herbs and plants).…
The Baseball Bunch
Got this e-mail recently from Eric Greenberg … Thought some of your readers might be interested in a new podcast I did about The Baseball Bunch. If you’re not familiar with the show, it was a kids series in the ’80s hosted by Johnny Bench that tought kids about baseball and featured all kinds of great major league guest…
Dick Cheney Photoshopping Contest: Max Vectar
We have our first entries in our Dick Cheney Photoshopping Contest! These came in this morning from Max Vectar. The first is simply described as “Cheney in prison”: The second—and my personal fave—is described as “Here is Dick Cheney in the remake of Total Recall starring George Bush”: And finally: “This piece of lovely art…
Immigration Update
The New York Times is reporting that Sen. Harry Reid wants to wrap debate and vote on the Kennedy-Kyl immigration package by the end of the week. The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, said Tuesday that he would try to force an end to debate on a comprehensive immigration bill, leaving the fate of the…
Rasmussen Surveys Arizona
Rasmussen Reports released a survey exploring how Arizona voters feel about the Kennedy-Kyl immigration plan today. The numbers are pretty close to a Rasmussen nationwide survey released last week. Just 24 percent of Arizona voters support the bill’s passage, while half of them are opposed. More than three-fourths of those surveyed said it was “very…
We Now Pause …
What’s the Arizona House of Representatives up to this week? Not much. The House swung into action today, passed a bill that says local governments need to set up gun lockers if they’re going to ban concealed weapons in public buildings, and promptly called it quits until at least Thursday. In the meantime, leadership is…
The Waiting Is the Hardest Part
The Range returned from Rocky Point this weekend full of stories you’ll be able to enjoy in the weeks to come, including a look at how CEDO, the field research station located in Las Conchas, has to raise a quarter-million bucks by the end of the year to prevent their headquarters from being turned into…
Blog Birthday
Just a quick reminder before the clock runs out that the blog here is one year old today. Happy Birthday!
The Death of (Most) Newspapers by 2020
So I checked out the fantastic Romemesko blog today–the place where all the journalism geeks go to get their media-news fix. And what I found was depressing. Among today’s postings, the headlines included: Mercury News editor asks staff to stay focused on journalism (amidst job-cut rumors) Blade: Our staff had to swallow hard and accept pay…
Just to Save Cheri Holgerson Some Time …
I’ll go ahead and confess that I’ve had a few tickets over the last decade. One was just last November, when I pushed through an arrow I was sure was yellow. The officer disagreed. What are you going to do? The second ticket was back in 1997, for wasting a finite fuel source. Hector Acuña…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
A True Trip
VietNam has released one of the year’s most backward-looking triumphs
Noshing Around
New: Ike’s Farmers’ Market Bashas’ newest concept opened May 19 in Oro Valley, at 13005 N. Oracle Road and Rancho Vistoso Boulevard, in a former Bashas’. Shoppers can look forward to preservative-free breads; more than 300 natural and organic bulk items (including herbs, grains, granolas, coffees, flours, chocolates and nuts); a selection of organic wines;…
Leap of Faith
Robin Hoover has an immigration reform plan that might work. Too bad no one wants to consider it.
Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More
The legendary Gregg Allman and Friends head to the Rialto
Run for the Border
Is the Kennedy-Kyl plan the last, best hope for comprehensive immigration reform?
Sea Worthy
The third ‘Pirates’ chapter is better than the second, but not quite a classic
Marching Orders
Documents seemingly prove that politics, not science, is determining endangered-species listings
Now Showing at Home
“Diggers,” “Fay Grim,” and “Straight Time”
Guatemalan Journey
A Tucson group gets ready to depart on another trek to help indigenous people
Soundbites
MILESTONES AND A FAREWELL It’s a monumental week for three local acts–or, more accurately, two local acts and one soon-to-be-nonlocal act. In the case of the latter, Friday night marks Lagoon’s last show as Tucsonans. The band announced a couple of months ago, just prior to the release of Dose (self-released), their second full-length, that…
Point of Controversy
Permanent Border Patrol checkpoints have something of a checkered track record
Nine Questions
Mike Bagesse
The Skinny
CRASHING THE PARTY Party chairs are basically political cheerleaders. They’re there to smile, boost the party spirit and raise money to help win elections. They’re not so much there to weigh in on contentious, party-splitting issues or to stir up an angry swarm of voters to target their state’s U.S. senators. No quarterback wants a…
Live
Fatigo, Golden Boots, Lonna Kelley, the George Squier Orchestra at Club Congress, Friday, May 25
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
I don’t like flying. I know it’s safer than driving, but getting on a gigantic metal dart filled with jet fuel rattles my core. A couple of weeks ago, I flew to Nashville, Tenn., and the whole time, I had two songs playing in a loop in my head: Andrew Bird’s “Fiery Crash” and Young…
Media Watch
‘Star’ Nabs Rico from ‘Citizen’
Rhythm & Views
Quincy, Ill., must be quite the place–I’ve met more than a couple of people from there, and they’re all creative and talented individuals. So it’s no surprise that Quincy the band, named after that same town from which lead singer/songwriter Christopher Beeson originally hails, resonates with creativity and talent. From the build of “Forever” to…
Police Dispatch
Even FBI Agents Need a Release UA Area May 3, 11:22 a.m. A University of Arizona Police Department report alleges an FBI agent was caught masturbating in a women’s restroom stall at the UA student union. A female witness told authorities she was wiping down a stall door in the bathroom when it swung open,…
Rhythm & Views
While most folks acknowledge him as an interpreter of the blues, Stefan George takes a sharp turn off that well-traveled path with this homage to his country, bluegrass and old-timey roots. Paying tribute to early influences Bob Wills, the Stanley Brothers and the Carter Family, George presents a body of work that honors these artists…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Dick Pomo
Top Ten in Music
Toxic Ranch Records top sales for the week
Danehy
Anyone who supports a guest-worker program needs to look at the beneficiaries
Pick of the Week
Singing for Africa’s Children
Reflections and Glimpses
The art in ‘Arizona Biennial ’07’ is truly all over the map
O’Sullivan
Only in Bizarro World could our soldiers in Iraq be considered peacemakers
Indie Watch
What’s happening in the world of independent film in Tucson.
Chosen Ones
The Summer Art Cruise offers beginnings and finales
The ‘I’ Word
A note from the editor.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
¡Ask a Mexican!
Has the 1965 Immigration Act proved to be a good or bad thing for America?
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Notes From Underground
An excerpt from ‘Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas’
Guest Commentary
Everybody can help make Tucson a Cool City
That Funny Vagina!
The team behind ’40 Year Old Virgin’ finds more comedy gold
Taste-Bud Boredom
Rockin’ Pizza offers cool memorabilia and good service, but where’s the spice?
