Apr 5-11, 2007

Apr 5-11, 2007 / Vol. 24 / No. 6

Phones, Issues and Ballots

Some things worth knowing: There’s a new issue online: Look in the right-hand column in this here blog for all of the savory content! Our phones were down for much of the day (Qwest was being qwirky), so if you tried to call and got a busy signal, please call back. The ballot is here! Go…

Jimmy Boegle

Lown’s Costumes, R.I.P.

The Star has a nice story today about the impending closure of Lown’s Costumes. I am bummed; the shop had become a regular stop for Garrett and me before all of our costume-party-laden cruises. I interviewed one of the co-owners for TQ&A in 2004. It was an interesting interview, with tales of indecent exposure and…

Jimmy Boegle

The End of Our Society as We Know It?

Over on CNN.com, as of this writing, the top story—with a big, red “BREAKING NEWS” banner—is a story about the revealing of the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby. God help us. All of us.

Jimmy Boegle

Patterson Chooses Not To Run

This year’s city election, already shaping up as a snoozer, got a little more boring this afternoon after Democrat Daniel Patterson decided against challenging Republican Mayor Bob Walkup. Patterson made the announcement on his blog. So now the most likely Democrat is a borderline-homeless regular at Council meetings, Michael Toney. But we may have a…

Jim Nintzel

Just Another 39-Hour Friday

Ah, the joys of traveling over the International Date Line. We woke up this morning in Shanghai and went to the airport, using a bus for part of the journey, and a 431 kph maglev train for the rest. Then after a healthy wait, we got on a plane to Beijing, which was late, meaning…

Jimmy Boegle

Some Late-Breaking Events

Here are a few events that were received too late to be included in our print issue. Sunday, April 8 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Anjali 330 Seventh St. Whirling Celebration. Join the Institute for Applied Meditation for a whirling celebration. Donations accepted. RSVP to 299-2170. Monday, April 9 at 7 p.m. Duval Auditorium, University…

Irene Messina

The End of Nursing as We Know It

A woman called me a few days ago. Without introducing herself, she asked if I had a number for contacting the Minutemen, as if I’m directory assistance or something. It’s no big deal, though, so I did a quick Google search and told her the Minuteman Project has a Web page with that information. She…

Saxon Burns

If You Build It…

What a difference a day makes! When The Skinny talked on Tuesday to Rich Singer, head honcho of the Tucson Convention Center, he told us his arena plan–released just last week–wasn’t even on the agenda for yesterday’s City Council meeting. But by the end of the council meeting, our civic leaders had voted unanimously for…

Jim Nintzel

Shanghai Wishes You a Merry Christmas

Shanghai is a deeply interesting city. Let me give you some snapshots from a day in this megapolis of more than 20 million people. We started out the day by checking out the Bund, a waterfront area with all sorts of different architecture thanks to the fact that Britain controlled the area in the early…

Jimmy Boegle

Rhythm & Views

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines masterpiece as “a work done with extraordinary skill; especially: a supreme intellectual or artistic achievement.” A new definition can now be officially added: “Machine Head, The Blackening.” Bay Area metal titan Machine Head has returned with a shotgun blast in its sixth studio effort. With frontman Robb Flynn tackling production duties for…

Jon Hobson

Rhythm & Views

Hearing the name Wynton Marsalis, I used to think, “Starbucks music.” No more. From the Plantation to the Penitentiary is a searing, heartbreaking indictment of America, and an often hilarious reflection on how its faded glory, broken promise and destructive greed have affected blacks for the worse–and how blacks shrugged at freedoms that were theirs…

Jarret Keene

Police Dispatch

This’ll Teach ‘Em Unincorporated Pima County, March 6, 4:12 p.m. A man admitted peeling out with his car in order to kick up dirt at three teens, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. The teenagers said they were walking home from school when they heard someone honking behind them. They claimed to be…

Saxon Burns

Now Showing at Home

“Payback: Straight Up (The Director’s Cut),” “South Park: The Complete Ninth Season,” “Nine Inch Nails Live: Beside You In Time,” and “The Pursuit of Happyness”

Bob Grimm

Noshing Around

Fifth Annual All-You- Can-Eat-Pie Benefit The good people at Earth First! Journal host a pie party fundraiser on Sunday, April 8, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Dunbar School auditorium, 325 W. Second St. (at Main). The cost is $7-$10, based on a sliding scale. More than 100 vegan pies will be featured in every…

Karyn Zoldan

Soundbites

MANLY THINGS Since the band last visited us, nearly 10 months ago, things have been on a steady upward trajectory for Philadelphia sextet Man Man. Let’s count their blessings, shall we? 1.) Man Man is one of the brightest names on the suddenly red-hot Ace Fu Records roster, which also includes such upstarts as Annuals,…

Stephen Seigel

Live

Gym Class Heroes, Rx Bandits, P.O.S., Last Act of Defiance, at the Rialto Theatre, March 31

James Hudson

The Skinny

SHELL GAME After Ward 1 Councilman José Ibarra once again played the mischief maker and put developer Allan Norville’s half-baked plan for a public-private downtown arena on the council agenda this week, City Manager Mike Hein and his Rio Nuevo crew decided to present their stylish tortoise-shell arena proposal a few weeks early. City Hall…

Jim Nintzel

Rhythm & Views

Lately, boomers like Ry Cooder have been making such powerful, politically engaged albums that I’m beginning to think I was born too late. Coldplay leaves me cold, but the fiery passion displayed in Cooder’s last three efforts–from the sumptuous ’50s-era Cuban guitar fantasia Mambo Sinuendo (2003) to the L.A.-based sonic archeology of Chavez Ravine (2005)…

Jarret Keene

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