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The County’s Response to Our Election-Integrity Coverage–and a Response to That
In our Oct. 23 issue, our cover story and our Editor’s Note focused on Pima County elections security. The story was an examination of various claims election-integrity activists are making against the county’s Elections Division; the Ed Note made the case that Elections Director Brad Nelson should be relieved of his duties. These stories apparently…
The Fate of the Phoenix
We’d like to give a big salute to the Phoenix Mars lander, which landed on the Red Planet’s arctic plains on Memorial Day weekend. Earlier today, the Phoenix team announced that it hadn’t been in touch with the spacecraft since Sunday, Nov. 2. Peter Smith of the UA Lunar and Planetary Lab said heading up…
Charo’s New Video: A Must-See
I recently saw a “premiere” of this video from Charo (don’t ask). My question to you: Is this just bad, or is it so bad that it’s good? I hope it’s the later, because Charo (yes, THAT Charo) rocks. But, um, yikes.
Nintzel Illustrated Update: How About a Drunk Brit Instead?
OK, even though my fans were clearly loving it, I had to take down the commentary on the election from last night’s Arizona Illustrated because it kept playing whenever I came to the blog and I couldn’t figure out how to make that stop. But if you’re dying to watch it, click here. On tonight’s…
Blue Rules
Local Democrats celebrated victories both local and national, while Republicans fought to keep the Legislature
Nine Questions
Rein Vanderpot
The Panda Express Eleven
On March 18, the state raided a Tucson fast-food restaurant after a lengthy investigation, forever changing the lives of almost a dozen undocumented workers
Soundbites
GRAB THE HARPOON A couple of acts I saw in March at SXSW in Austin are making their way to town this week for two separate shows. Depending on your perspective, Dead Confederate, of Athens, Ga., had either one of the best or worst slots of the festival when they opened for R.E.M. at Stubb’s.…
Healthy Sharing
Hospitals, doctors and insurers team up to exchange information; do patients need to worry about privacy?
Live
Steel Train, Dear and the Headlights, Forgive Durden, Crossing Sarnoff, Club Congress, Sunday, Nov. 2
Mediation Mystery
Coronado officials raise concerns by paying an outsider to facilitate Rosemont mine comments
Rhythm & Views
French ecological death metal? It’s the only way to characterize Gojira’s fourth full-length, The Way of All Flesh, which isn’t just the best aggressive-music release of 2008; it may just be one of the best metal albums ever. Each and every track sounds like a skyscraper being ripped from its foundation and hurled across a…
The Skinny
FOLLOWING THE MONEY The Skinny has been following the Arizona Democratic Party’s big push to take control of the Arizona House of Representatives. To do it, they needed to flip four seats into the Democratic column while hanging on to the gains they made in 2006. We’re writing this too early to know if they…
Complete Popmeisters
Athens powerhouses Vic Chesnutt and Elf Power team up for ‘Dark Developments’
Media Watch
Another Round of Layoffs in Store at Circulation-Hemmoraging ‘Citizen’
Top Ten in Music
Toxic Ranch Records top sales for the week
Police Dispatch
Sweet 17 West Sunlight Lane, Oct. 8, 11:36 p.m. A young couple lounging by the pool went too far with a public display of affection, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a northwest-side apartment complex, where a caller had reported that two people were having sex near the whirlpool…
Rhythm & Views
As difficult as it is to categorize the music of TV on the Radio, it can be exciting and rewarding to discover the band’s unique sound and myriad influences. Formed in 2001, this five-man outfit out of Brooklyn reaped a tsunami of critical kudos after its 2006 release, Return to Cookie Mountain. Labeled as post-punk…
Pick of the Week
Women in the Military
Rhythm & Views
When a band decides to experiment with its sound, that experimentation can either further its career or completely backfire. The latter is the case for Sweden’s The Haunted and their sixth release, Versus. On the verge of conquering the underground-metal scene following 2004’s rEVOLVEr, The Haunted shot their wad and stretched their music thin. If…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Antonio L. Estrada
Saved and Enslaved
Arizona Onstage has polished the late Jessica Grace Wing’s ‘Lost’ into a memorable musical
Danehy
Obama’s newest adviser? None other than Tom Danehy
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Faith Versus Progress
A Mexican town in 1927 is the site of a conflict over education in Beowulf Alley’s fine new production
Messina
This Veterans Day, remember to appreciate the soldier, even if you disagree with the mission
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Objects of Contemplation
More than 150 local artists open their studio doors to the public this weekend
Guest Commentary
Want to truly fix the economy? Then let’s destroy it completely and start over
Anger Management
Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott are almost upstaged by their younger co-stars in the hilarious ‘Role Models’
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
¡Ask a Mexican!
The Mexican turns the column over to his Canadian fans.
Back in the Front Row
After leaving the show long ago, ‘MST3K’ creator Joel Hodgson has resumed making fun of bad movies
Pleasures of Possibility
Tucson’s likable Jim Malusa visits the Earth’s lowest points and writes about his adventures in an appealing way
It’s Time to Act
A note from the editor.
Wedding for the Weary
Great performances overcome some stock Writing 101 moments in ‘Rachel Getting Married’
Pink Flamingos
Sunny Daze offers a respite in the tropics–along with good, cheap food
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection,” “The Mosquito Coast,” and “Sold Out: A Threevening With Kevin Smith”
Noshing Around
Mesquite Munchies On Saturday, Nov. 8, the Desert Harvesters will present a mesquite pancake breakfast and milling event. Pancakes cost $1 each. Try locally made teas, organic coffee, backyard honey and prickly-pear syrup. Bring your mesquite pods for grinding into flour for a small additional cost. Listen to live music, enjoy camaraderie and purchase native…
Proposition Resolution
Arizona voters make the call on payday loans (no), gay marriage (bad) and school funding (probably not)
Beautifully Quirky
Deerhoof add some muscle to their latest release of eccentric tunes
