Apr 28 – May 4, 2005

Apr 28 - May 4, 2005 / Vol. 22 / No. 9

Noshing Around

Café Jasper Café Jasper opened within the past six weeks and is locally owned by Lisa Ferrendilla and Steve Vermand. It’s a welcome addition to the high-end venues in the area. Everything on the Western-American menu is made from scratch, starting with the pancake mix and enchilada sauce. Breakfast specialties include Western eggs benedict made…

Karyn Zoldan

Now Showing at Home

“Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Volume 7,” “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events: 2 Disc Special Collector’s Edition,” and “DiG!”

Bob Grimm

Soundbites

TAMMIES TIME Those of you who can’t be bothered with the important stuff in this rag, and instead turn directly to the music section each week (yeah, I know … wishful thinking), may not have noticed that it’s time once again to pay props to your favorite local musicmakers. Or, as our giant-pant-wearing pal MC…

Stephen Seigel

Night Light

Tucson’s dark skies are good for stargazing, but some law-enforcement officials worry they’re bad for crime

Alexis Blue

The Skinny

THE PEASLEY PALL Much as Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall and Wendy Petersen, the lawyer handling LaWall’s case before the county Merit Commission, would like to blot it out, the taint of Ken Peasley cannot be avoided. Petersen is executing the defense of LaWall’s discipline of four now-former deputy county attorneys for their actions arising…

Chris Limberis and Jim Nintzel

Rhythm & Views

Gone are the makeup and any fictitious monikers. Mudvayne has returned with their third effort, Lost and Found. It’s their finest album. One of the group’s heaviest, angriest and ugliest songs ever recorded, “Determined” opens the album. Exploding from the start like a fusion bomb, “Determined” is a bombardment of crushing riffage and a sledgehammer…

Jon Hobson

Police Dispatch

I Had An Accident UA Area, April 16, 3:15 p.m. A drunken man at a fraternity pool party wet himself as an officer approached to inquire about his condition, a University of Arizona Police Department report said. The report said an officer spotted a man, wearing only swimming trunks, lying on his belly, with his…

Saxon Burns

Rhythm & Views

“I’m going to live the life I sing about in my song,” cries Eddie Baranek of The Sights at the beginning of their third full-length release, just to get that out of the way first. This clears things up quickly–with a lame name like The Sights and a non-descript album cover, one is not so…

Annie Holub

Rhythm & Views

Sea and Cake and Shrimp Boat frontman Sam Prekop’s second solo CD (following 2001’s self-titled release) is a languid, low-key affair. But languid does not equal static on Who’s Your New Professor, and the 11 tracks here are beautifully constructed little pyramids of jazzy pop sophistication. Using the same crew from Sea and Cake, Tortoise,…

Carl Hanni

Danehy

Population projections show the area’s growth is getting rapidly out of hand

Tom Danehy

Tuttle

If pharmacists don’t feel comfortable dispensing certain pills, then they should find different work

Connie Tuttle

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