Problematic Protest
The story of a peaceful march that took a turn for the worse
For Friends Only
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin give you songs you weren’t supposed to hear
Women for Wilderness
Great Old Broads invade the Tumacacori Highlands
Nine Questions
Justin McLamarrah
NADBank Blues
Will border cleanup efforts be abandoned?
Live
Edith Frost, The Zincs, Little Sisters Of The Poor, Plush, Friday, April 7
The Skinny
GOOBERS ON PARADE The lights were low–creating just the right ambience for making out–at a GOP gubernatorial forum moderated by Pima County Supervisor “Sugar” Ray Carroll at Catalina High School Saturday morning, April 8. Attendees had a chance to submit questions to four of the potential Republican candidates who want to kick “J.No”–Gov. Janet Napolitano–out…
Rhythm & Views
It starts with “Gold Lion,” a roaring assault of garage-rock, but it’s not until 10 songs later, with album closer “Turn Into,” that Show Your Bones has its finest moment. Disconcerting? Nope, the electro-country ditty is such a perfect mix of heavyhearted emotion, firmly weighted by the staunch tautology (“I know / what I know”)…
Media Watch
Stuff at the ‘Star’
Rhythm & Views
Riot grrrl trailblazers like Bikini Kill were always about up-against-your-grill female empowerment. Though clearly influenced by the lyrics of BK singer Kathleen Hanna, and the howitzer- exploding instrumentation of gender-busting power-trio Sleater-Kinney, the Gossip–fronted by the seductively vicious hellcat Beth Ditto (who owes her vocal prowess more to Aretha Franklin than Hanna)–exude more guttural, far…
Police Dispatch
I Can Pay You Skyline Drive and Campbell Avenue, March 25, 12:30 a.m. A UA medical student attempted to bribe a deputy who arrested him for urinating outside an upscale restaurant, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report stated. Several witnesses at NoRTH Restaurant at La Encantada accused 23-year-old Nishant Patel of relieving himself outside Firebirds…
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music top sales for the week
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Taylor Bednarik
Rhythm & Views
It’s always tempting, isn’t it, to keep a CD in your collection for just a couple of favorite tracks? But, the bottom line is that one or two good tunes do not an excellent album make. Which brings us to the rather maudlin full-length debut of the Swedish alt-country band Amandine. (Additional consumer information: This…
Pick of the Week
Craving Cultures
World Beyond the Edges
Printmaking techniques and rare paint help Garry Mitchell make his works wild
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Poetry Personas
Three well-known writers reflect on new, contemporary work
Danehy
Tom gets down with the youthful protesters
Moving Movies
Current events have made the AIFF less festive, but more timely
A Leafy Way of Life
Can tea provide a path toward enlightenment?
Tuttle
Bow down to the new faith: the Temples of Technology
The Perfect April Movie
‘Lucky Number Slevin’ has so much style that even an expository monologue can’t ruin it
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
Guest Commentary
Illegal aliens are keeping me from getting a real job!
Gigglin’ at Garbage
‘The Benchwarmers’ is idiotic and gross–yet childishly funny
Noshing Around
The Taxman Cometh April 17 is tax day in 2006, and while the IRS isn’t giving any breaks, Terra Cotta is offering its signature plates–such as goat cheese-stuffed prawns and spicy honey-glazed salmon–for the less-taxing price of $10.40, down from the usual $16-$30. Check it out at 3500 E. Sunrise Drive; 577-8100. In Your Easter…
The Online Revolution
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“A Streetcar Named Desire: Two-Disc Special Edition,” “The Long, Long Trailer,” “Mel Brooks Box Set Collection,” and “Good Night, and Good Luck”
Dinner and a Show
Bonsai provides an entertaining, tasty meal–but its servers should learn patience
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
A New Billy the Kid?
The mad search for the bones of an American outlaw icon has come to Arizona
A Weathered Sheen
Touring in support of a brand-new EP, Norfolk & Western sound old and new at the same time
Unearned Credits?
UA hoop star Chris Rodgers is at the center of a controversy involving accusations of academic fraud
Soundbites
SHAGGY ROCK While Gene Armstrong’s review in this issue of the latest album by Amandine may not have you rushing the doors of Solar Culture Gallery, 31 E. Toole Ave., for the band’s show on Friday, April 14, let us hereby give you proper incentive to do so. Opening that all-ages show at 9 p.m.…
