Daring Dance
UA Dance’s “Spring Collection” will employ harps, jazz, African drums and even a vacuum cleaner
The Future of Tucson
A note from the editor.
Penises Probed
“Dildo Diaries” documents the sex-toy industry and how it’s treated in conservative parts of the country
Desert Developments
MOCA is turning an eye toward Tucson architecture with a series of lectures and exhibits
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Abduction Junction
“Man on Fire” proves to be a touching, yet justifiably bloody action-revenge flick
Moloch Reborn
Poet Albino Carrillo pits the Aztec god of war against the 21st-century American metropolis
Budget Crunch
If the City Council’s initial reaction to James Keene’s budget is any indication, he’s gonna need a new balancing act
Now Showing at Home
“Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” “The Triplets of Belleville,” and “Love Actually”
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books bestsellers for the week ending April 23, 2004 The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them Amy Goodman and David Goodman, Hyperion ($21.95) Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood, Anchor ($14) The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin ($14) There’s a Bobcat in My…
Financial Firestorm?
The city says it needs almost $4 billion; here’s a breakdown of that wish list
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending April 25, 2004 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Miramax Kill Bill Vol. 1 Miramax House of Sand and Fog Dreamworks Cheaper by the Dozen Twentieth Century Fox 21 Grams Universal Dirty Pretty Things Miramax Something’s Gotta Give Columbia TriStar Lost in Translation Universal…
Out of Lebanon
Phoenician’s Mediterranean cuisine hit the spot–and if you’ve never tried chankleesh, you really should
Choice Cuts
Suggestions from the public on how to trim the city budget haven’t been very helpful
Nostalgic Vitriol
Mark E. Smith and the latest group of musicians known as The Fall keep rockin’ past the usual expiration date
Noshing Around
All That Sizzles C.I. Chu’s Mongolian Barbeque is scheduled to open May 3 at 4540 E. Broadway Blvd., 881-4798. Mongolian barbeque is an interactive experience suited to both vegetarians and carnivores. Create your own stir fry by choosing veggies, meat, seafood, sauces, herbs and spices, then proceed to a large central griddle, where a chef…
Hunted Cats
As the danger to humans is overstated, mountain lions are being hunted right out of their habitat
A Mighty Festival
The Tucson Folk Festival is back for another weekend of acoustic tunes, offered up for free
Stinky Situations
If passed, a Pima County bond question would authorize more than $150 million in sewer-related spending
Knotty Artistry
Baritone sax great George Haslam is coming to town for three shows
The Skinny
PAZ TENSE It took days for the TUSD governing board to settle, unanimously, on Estanislado Y. Paz as superintendent in May 2000. It took a slightly different board less than a minute, officially, along with a couple hours of negotiation, to dump Paz and replace him with retired TUSD hack Roger Pfeuffer. Both moves are…
Soundbites
ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE You know how you read all these reviews about a band that’s a combination of vintage R&B, John Coltrane and doo wop, and they say you can dance to it, and that it’s influenced by War and U2 and Sonic Youth, and that it’s totally post-punk, but with electronic flourishes,…
Improper Care?
At the Tyrone Johnson civil rights trial, a doctor/paramedic testifies that authorities erred while treating Johnson
Nine Questions
Robyn Hitchcock
Police Dispatch
Chester The Molester Southeast Tucson, April 7, 6:28 p.m. While rubbing his penis inside his car, a man offered two 15-year-old girls $20 for being attractive, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report stated. The girls told deputies they were walking in their neighborhood when a man driving a maroon, four-door car passed them and told…
Rhythm & Views
Being on the payroll of Epic Records hasn’t take the “fuck” out of Isaac Brock’s vocabulary, but gone are the messy guitars and screams that made early Modest Mouse songs like “Tundra/Desert” writhe with enough energy to power a dehumidifier big enough to suck the wet out of Modest Mouse’s instruments. The Lonesome Crowded West,…
Media Watch
OUR MAN IN HAVANA Proponents of Hunter S. Thompson gonzo journalism aside, it’s usually considered bad form, at the very least, for a reporter to get involved in shaping a story. But however awkward Tucson writer Tom Miller felt while he was almost inadvertently helping a down-and-out Cuban athlete come to America, he’s satisfied now…
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week ending April 25, 2004 Prince Musicology (Columbia) Aerosmith Honkin’ on Bobo (Sony) Kottonmouth Kings Fire It Up (Suburban Noize) Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News (Epic) William Hung Inspiration (Koch) Dark Lotus Black Rain (Psychopathic) Eric Clapton Me and Mr. Johnson (Warner) Godsmack Other…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Live
Jucifer, Club Congress, Friday, April 23
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Gen Kelsang Lingpur, Buddhist nun
Ideal Arrangement
Brad Richter and Nancy Davis Booth have joined to perform unique versions of classic American music
Danehy
While most of the world gets an interplanetary show, Tucsonans will be left in the dark
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Rhythm & Views
Sacramento-based, modern-psychedelic practitioners Low Flying Owls titled their second full-length after the alchemist’s elixir of life, that elusive missing element that obsessed scientists of old. The listener is thrown into a concoction of elements that sound insoluble on paper. First, throw in some T-Rex big distorted guitar, add some Mercury Rev, and balance the equation…
Tuttle
Forget about gay marriage–the demise of the electoral college should be the Constitutional amendment of choice
Pick
A ‘Capitol’ Idea
Rhythm & Views
There’s a lot to like about Pilot to Gunner–the Brooklyn-based rock band that recently released its second, full-length album–the air-raid guitar storms; the terse, abstract lyrics; the rumbling, assertive rhythms. In fact, there’s so much to like about the band’s new CD that you almost forget it borrows from so many other cool alternative groups…
Guest Commentary
At the top of the list: While Tucson ranks as ‘bicycle friendly,’ life experience shows the city still has ample room to improve
On Religion
Two new films successfully explore religious identity in two very different ways
TPAC Turns 20
The organization behind many of Tucson’s arts programs is celebrating this weekend with a big party and fund-raiser
