Game Playing
On March 30, the Senate passed a bill asking voters to require a two-thirds public vote for any wildlife initiative to become law.
The Good News About Income Taxes: The Bite’s Not As Bad As You Think.
As April 14 comes around, let’s remember that income taxes really do soak the rich.
Rattle And Hum
Sidewinders’ owner Jay Zucker is making baseball fun again.
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Cheap Thrills
Fun things to do that won’t cost a fortune.
Northern Lights
Swedish trio Frifot brings Nordic folk to the International Arts Center.
Soundbites
The El Casino Ballroom returns in grand style… Singer-songwriter Eric Hansen celebrates his new release at Borders… The Make Up preaches gospel yeh-yeh at Solar Culture… and more!
Rhythm & Views
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN you take the triple lead guitar subterfuge of Lynyrd Skynyrd, synthesize it with the brute speed metal-punk ferocity of Nashville Pussy (sans the chicks) and add monster Nugent/Stooges/Blue Cheer ’70s-inspired power chords currently adopted by the likes of genre rejuvenators the Hellacopters? You get a motley bunch of Confederate flag-waving punk rednecks…
Rhythm & Views
STEELY DAN IS rock’s equivalent of salt and vinegar chips — loved or hated, but never, ever, met with a shrug. Often too smart for their own good — heck, too good for their own good — the white-boy jazz-funk duo of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen produced a string of classic albums in the…
Rhythm & Views
ALMOST AS FRIGHTENING as Billy Corgan’s perfectly orb-shaped head is his band’s ability to take lemons, make lemonade, and then turn the lemonade stand into a Fortune 500 company. Since the Pumpkins’ success from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness in 1996, the group has endured a myriad of rockstar fiascos including the heroin death…
Between The Lines
A show at UA Special Collections celebrates book designer Nancy Solomon.
Facing The Music
“Show Boat” docks at Centennial Hall.
La Cosa Brava
Café Poca Cosa brings the vibrant flavors of Central Mexico to downtown.
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Half-Truths And Consequences
Biographer Nicholas Shakespeare uncovers the fictions in travel writer Bruce Chatwin’s life and work.
The Skinny
Students First is shaping up to be a complete failure… Rick Grinnell weighs a run against Supervisor Ray Carroll in the GOP primary… The Carrot-Topped Crusader may be a publishing genius… and so much more!
Rough Guide
David Lida gives southbound gringos a grim view in “Travel Advisory: Stories of Mexico.”
Highway Robbery
The City of Tucson is spending more than $120 million on The Road to Nowhere.
‘Rumble’ Stumbles
“Ready to Rumble” wrestles with good taste.
