Is There an End to the Election-Integrity Kerfuffle? Probably Not.
Could a memorandum issued by Pima County Chuck Huckelberry on April 3 signal the end to the great Pima County election integrity debate? Probably not, since the Pima County Democrats go back to court on April 21 in a two-hour hearing that determines if the party gets remaining election data files it requested through its…
It’s an Excuse to Celebrate: A New ‘Weekly’ Issue!
The new issue is online and happenin’. Feel free to comment on its contents here. And after a week off, here’s the triumphant return of the video Ask a Mexican!
Greetings Earthling! Welcome Home!
I came home late Monday night from production to look up (I don’t know why I looked up) and discover two lizards hanging upside down from the porch ceiling. What’s interesting to me is that they are pink. Is it because they are on a white ceiling, and the porch light was on? Are they…
Absolut Deserves the Evil Eye, but Viva La Pledge of Allegance!
I’m a Grey Goose woman, but if I drank Absolut, I’d be taking those bottles out of the freezer and throwing them out in the street joining others in a vodka boycott. I’d boycott Absolut not because they ran an ad in Mexico showing a historical map depicting the southernmost part of the United States…
Prying Time
Someone hand me a crowbar. Looks like Charlton Heston’s hands will soon be cold enough.
Beyond Glitz, Bob Hooker Leaves a Legacy
Tuesday night, my husband got a call asking if he knew that Bob Hooker had died in a horrible and unexplainable car crash after leaving downtown for home. My husband, a public defense attorney, came into the living room explaining what he heard and sat down in shock. “I feel like I owe that man my job,”…
The Skinny
TIT FOR TAT Sen. Pamela Gorman is working hard at the Arizona Legislature for the gravity-challenged. Gorman is the sponsor of Senate Bill 1143, which would fix serious flaws in the state’s breast-implant tax structure. It appears that the Arizona Department of Revenue doesn’t tax reconstructive breast surgery, but it does add a 5.6 percent…
Rhythm & Views
It’s easy to be a hater when it comes to Adam Green (and his old band, the Moldy Peaches). Sure, he writes nonsensical, baroque lyrics that swerve from the patently bizarre to the embarrassingly earnest. OK, he doesn’t take pop music all that seriously, and he imbues his songs with what can seem like arbitrary…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
Despite the highly reputable Maxim men’s mag (that’s a joke, folks) bestowing 2 1/2 stars upon the album without hearing it, the Black Crowes’ Warpaint marks a return to form for Georgia brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, back from a seven-year hiatus and picking up those bong-resined Telecasters like their last three mediocre efforts never…
Media Watch
‘Star,’ ‘Citizen’ Increase Newsstand Prices
Rhythm & Views
The Roots of Chicha explores another little-known (outside of Peru) subgenre of global groove music: chicha, an infectious combination of Peruvian traditional music, Colombian cumbias and percussion-heavy Afro-Cuban grooves, all layered with psychedelic-tinged guitars and keyboards. Needless to say, this is music for dancing. The 17 tracks by six different combos on The Roots of…
Police Dispatch
The Man by the Van East Benson Highway, March 9, 9:05 p.m. A middle-age man in a drug-induced state of extreme paranoia trespassed on trailer-park property and refused to leave, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. Responding to a suspicious-activity call, sheriff’s deputies found the man cursing steadily and reclining on the ground…
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Chris Gall
Fight the Power
Subversives–living 620 years apart–star in fine productions at Borderlands and The Rogue Theatre
Danehy
Wishes for state senators, UA basketball stars and stadium supporters
Pick of the Week
Fearless Singing
Top Ten in Books
top ten Antigone Books best-sellers for the week ending March 28, 2008 1. Failure Philip Schultz, Harcourt ($23) 2. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose Eckhart Tolle, Penguin ($14) 3. Peony in Love: A Novel Lisa See, Random House ($14) 4. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor ($12.95) 5.…
O’Sullivan
Catherine spends some quality time with her wild-animal friends
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Noshing Around
New: Mom and Pop Donut Shop The Hurtado family is putting a new spin on their foodservice skills by crafting hand-cut donuts made the old-fashioned way with buttermilk and potato. “The donuts have no preservatives, so are not designed to sit in a display case on end,” says Robbie Hurtado. “We make a certain amount…
Guest Commentary
The Forest Service needs to let the people speak out at true public hearings
A World Less Safe
United States torture policies are illustrated and documented in the stunning ‘Taxi to the Dark Side’
Clash With Cameras
A new photography show remembers the battle between the Pictorialists vs. the Purists
¡Ask a Mexican!
Don’t any of you know that the feast day of St. Melito falls on April 1?
War Is Hell
‘Stop-Loss’ is flawed, but it offers an effective look at soldiers forced into another tour of duty
Myriad Missions
This huge book beautifully and extensively chronicles Spanish colonial church-building
Good Music, Great Price
A note from the editor.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Good Eats, Stupid Name
The food and prices at My Big Fat Greek Restaurant will impress
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“The Mist: Two-Disc Collector’s Edition,” “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
‘An Ugly Time’
Four decades after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Tucsonans remember the civil rights movement
Genre Bender
The prolific Jim Lauderdale creates a diverse blend of music
‘It Doesn’t Seem Right’
The family of José Rincon, 14–hit and killed by a drunk driver–fights for justice
DIY Lives
The May Fire’s unique approach makes their music energetic and relentlessly catchy
Insecurity Issues
How private is your e-mail and your Web-surfing history?
Soundbites
ON AGAIN, OFF AGAIN In “This show’s on! No, it’s not! Yes, it is! etc.,” news, the Birds of Avalon show originally scheduled for Plush on Thursday, April 10, is officially not going to happen. First, we got word that it was canceled because the band had been picked up as on opener on the…
Mining Missteps
The Forest Service bungles its own review, leading to suspicions that the fix may be in
Nine Questions
Trina Hamlin
Airborne Worries
A positive beryllium-sensitivity test raises new concerns about the southside Brush Ceramics plant
Live
The Anoushka Shankar Project, UA Centennial Hall, Friday, March 28
