And Speaking of Dueling Ballot Props
Looks like voters won’t have a chance to vote on whether Arizona’s Redistricting Commission–which draws the boundaries of legislative and congressional districts–should put more emphasis on ensuring that the districts are competitive. Howie Fischer of Capitol Media Services has the details, but it looks like the backers of the initiative drive didn’t want to have…
Scramblewatch ’08: Dueling Initiatives
We mentioned in this week’s Skinny that the initiative to restrict payday loans is in trouble, while the initiative to extend payday loans–which, of course, is sponsored by the payday loan sharks–is likely to make the ballot. There’s another pair of dueling initiatives out there: Support Legal Arizona Workers and Stop Illegal Hiring. Support Legal…
A Reason to Smile in a Sometimes-Gloomy World
Look! It’s a new issue! With our summer movie preview! Special! Comment on its contents here, and in the meantime, enjoy this week’s YouTube Ask a Mexican! And be sure to stop by and show The Mexican some love this Saturday (5/10) at 2 p.m. at the Borders on Oracle Road.
Small Town News
The Weekly’s corporate sibling, Inside Tucson Business, made an appearance on David Letterman’s “Small Town News” segment on Tuesday night. Showing an ad touting “the growing number of Tucson’s most successful women business owners” which prominently featured a man’s photo in the mix, Letterman cracked that “she would be lovely if she lost the goatee.”…
Charlotte Gillis and Friends Expose City Court
As of 9:10 a.m. this morning at Tucson City Court, on the corner of Alameda Street and Sixth Avenue, no one had been arrested as Charlotte Gillis and about 10 friends/supporters stood in front of the building to protest what they feel is gender discrimination. Gillis and eventually three other women took their shirts off to…
Some Late-Breaking Events
Here are a few events that were received past our deadline for the May 1 print issue. We recommend contacting event organizers to check for last-minute changes in time, location, price, etc. Saturday, May 3 6 a.m. to midnight Titan Missile Museum parking lot 1580 W. Duval Mine Road Exit 69 off Interstate 19 7th Call…
TUSS Citizens Ready For Next TUSD Role
Tuesday night, when the Tucson Unified School District Board of Supervisors voted against closing Ochoa, Rogers, Wrightstown and Corbett elementary schools, I heard a collective sigh of relief, especially among school supporters wearing green Tucson United School Supporter T-shirts and others wearing the red and white Save Our School T-shirts from Ochoa. Through cheers and applause,…
RSS Awareness Day
In addition to May 1 being International Workers’ Day, it’s RSS Awareness Day. Both the main TW site and the blog offer RSS feeds. What’s an RSS feed? That’s what the RSS Awareness Day site is all about. There’s even a nifty video to explain everything in plain English. Readers of the World, Unite!
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Charlotte Gillis
Across the Threshold
ZUZI! Dance melds hip-hop, modern and aerial works for a wide-ranging “Eclectic Brew”
Danehy
When it comes to oil, Tom can see clearly now
Pick of the Week
Transgendered Warrior
Colony Creations
Rancho Linda Vista celebrates four decades with a show at Davis Dominguez
O’Sullivan
This road construction is brought to you by the Arizona Department of Misery
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Guest Commentary
Don’t believe the development cheerleaders and apologists: Growth can be limited and even stopped
Hair and Feelings
This Lebanese chick flick is entertaining enough, even if Cylons are few and far between
Noshing Around
Primavera Cooks! The Primavera Foundation and Tucson Originals announce the 2008 season of Primavera Cooks!, a series of multicourse dining events paired with wine, running from May to September. People who like to cook may sign up as apprentice chefs for $250 per event and perform under the tutelage of professional chefs. Diners pay $125…
¡Ask a Mexican!
Consider the similarities between the Celtic Scots and the Hispanic Mexicans. And happy Cinco de Mayo!
Hash Rehashed
This second ‘Harold and Kumar’ film is disappointingly lame, dude
Art With a Thin Crust
Lococo’s offers the kind of light, tasty pizza you’d find in Northern Italy
On the Border
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead,” “Frisky Dingo: Season One,” and “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: 20th Anniversary Edition”
Boomer Tales
This collection focuses on the challenges and joys of middle age
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Nature vs. Security
Environmentalists want a new wilderness area on the border. But who’s going to tell the smugglers to take a hike?
Funk-Rock Mashup
White Denim, on their first big tour, want people to relate to their groove-oriented, assaultive music
Off-Road Ruckus
Retired rangers target land abuse by ATV users
Session Superstar
Dobro legend Jerry Douglas is one of the busiest, most honored musicians you’ve never heard of
Party On!
Columnist Jim Hightower visits Tucson to raise money for Democrats
Nine Questions
Matt Cranswick
Expenses Up; Revenue Down
As the economy slows, cost projections for downtown projects continue to skyrocket
Soundbites
FREE FOLK TIMES 23 The Tucson Kitchen Musicians Association (TKMA) calls the Tucson Folk Festival, which they’ll present this weekend in its 23rd annual installment, “one of the largest free festivals in the United States,” and who are we to argue? You can read more about the fest–which this year will feature headliners Marley’s Ghost,…
End of the Line
A state board decides not to offer Carl Maynard, 75, a reprieve hearing
Live
Glow in the Dark Tour with Kanye West, N.E.R.D, Lupe Fiasco, UA McKale Memorial Center, Thursday, April 24
The Skinny
SCRAMBLEWATCH ’08: CAGE-MATCH EDITION We’ve mentioned before that the state Senate race in Legislative District 26 looks like it’ll be one of this year’s liveliest campaigns. LD 26, which stretches down from SaddleBrooke through Oro Valley and across the Catalina Foothills, is now represented by Democrat Charlene Pesquiera, who pulled off an unexpected upset in…
Rhythm & Views
It seems producer David Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Sleater-Kinney) is, unjustifiably, going to be dubbed the harbinger of the blog-band death knell. Similar to the attacks that plagued Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s Fridmann-produced sophomore effort, Tapes ‘n Tapes’ second outing is under siege. Nonetheless, with walls of guitar noise, rapid-fire drums and a scuzzy…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
Though the title of the Breeders’ latest seems to promise arena-sized guitar riffing (cue a mental picture of the Deal sisters surrounded by lightning strikes, crossing guitar necks like swords), Mountain Battles is more easy-listening than Headbanger’s Ball. Which, to be honest, is a major disappointment. In the past, when Kim Deal balanced her requisite…
Media Watch
Bruce Out at KXCI
Rhythm & Views
Although nu metal is no longer the preferred nomenclature, the Los Angeles band Otep came up in that milieu for the past eight or so years. And its growling third album dances along the knife-blade edge of metalcore and pop, without descending into glammy hair metal. Namesake and lead singer Otep Shamaya has been compared…
Police Dispatch
Overexposed West Orange Grove Road, April 5, 3:42 p.m. A drunk and belligerent man wreaked poolside havoc and took off a little too much clothing, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. The person reporting the incident said she had been at her apartment complex’s pool with her 10-year-old daughter when a 30-something male…
Top Ten in Music
Toxic Ranch Records top sales for the week ending April 27, 2008 No Age Nouns (Sub Pop) Black Moth Super Rainbow Dandelion Gum (Graveface) Hey Ronnie No. 3 (fanzine) (self-published) La Fraction La Vie Rèvée (Mass Productions) Weekend Nachos Punish and Destroy (Cowabunga) Various Artists Network of Friends, Vol. 1 (Social Bomb) J. Spaceman and…
