Monitoring the Message
The Minutemen pull media strings in Southern Arizona
Messy Structured Brass
Tuba, coronet, trombone and percussion come together to form the unique jazz of Brassum
Partner Benefits
Who do you have to screw to get a high-paying TUSD job?
Nine Questions
Robin Johnson
Medical Misinformation
The state is ignoring its own law requiring the collection and disclosure of hospital prices
Live
Electroshockbox, Loveland, Cameron Johnson, Not Right Now, Club Congress, Saturday, April 2
The Skinny
POWER TO THE PEDAL! More than 200 red-clad cyclists and their supporters crowded a room at Pima Community College’s East Campus last week to tell the City Planning Commission that Fantasy Island, a beloved trail network on state trust land near Houghton and Irvington roads, should be protected in the city’s Houghton Area Master Plan.…
Rhythm & Views
Spanning 1984 to 2004, this colossal collection features 56 tracks spread over three discs. Going with the axiom that B-sides are often more revealing than A-sides (anything goes/no nod to commercial concerns), B-Sides & Rarities emphatically underscores that Nick Cave is an artist willing and able to try just about anything and make it his…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
If I were the offspring of, say, one of America’s most well-known songwriters, and I decided to go into the family business, either I’d change my name, or I’d make damn sure I was good. Sarah Lee Guthrie is the daughter of Arlo, the granddaughter of Woody, and she does not adhere to my philosophy.…
Media Watch
Another Radio Player?
Rhythm & Views
Hard rock’s hellraising, beer-drinking axe-man is back! With a back-to-basics feel, Mafia is the new release from the brotherhood known as Black Label Society. Zakk Wylde and crew have managed to produce their most mature sounding album–which quickly follows 2004’s Hangover Music, Vol. 6, a much relaxed effort full of road tunes. “Fire It Up”…
Police Dispatch
Just A Little Fun UA Area, March 24, 3:42 p.m. A dormitory resident called police over what later turned out to be a practical joke, a University of Arizona Police Department report said. The man returned to his room after class to find drawers open, his clothes all over the floor and a note pinned…
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music top sales for the week
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Michael Levy
Rebel Rabbit
New Kiva’s newest puppet show is for the kids–with a few moments thrown in for grown-ups
Pick
Poetry and Painting
Extreme Isolation
An excellent play raises disturbing questions about the policy of indefinite detainment at Guantánamo Bay
Danehy
More on vouchers: ‘Conservative’ legislators have backed off for now, but this bad idea isn’t dead yet
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
That ’70s Show
The Center for Creative Photography looks at a dizzying decade
Downing
A bald-faced pitch for a local education program with amazing results
Cohesive Comic Book World
Extremely violent and politically incorrect, ‘Sin City’ is a true work of narrative art
Top Ten in Books
Green Fire Books best-sellers for the week
Guest Commentary
What’s wrong with a yard full of nice, green weeds, anyway?
Intoxicating Performances
Kevin Costner shines in ‘The Upside of Anger’–but it’s Joan Allen’s movie
Investigating a Legend
The compelling adventures of an explorer looking for a lost tribe get their first English translation
Pope-Free Zone
A note from the editor.
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Easy Meats
Two easy recipes to help get you reinvigorated
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“The Final Cut,” “Spike & Mike’s Twisted Festival of Animation: Caught in the Act!,” “Apollo 13: 2-Disc Anniversary Edition” and “Hustle”
Noshing Around
Home Cooking Made Simple That’s the motto of Maureen and Eddie Yueh’s locally owned business where busy people can come in at their convenience, from Wednesday through Saturday, to prepare meals for the family. At Simply Dinners, all ingredients are chopped, measured, bagged and stored for later. When you’re ready to wow the family, just…
Confessions of an eBay opium addict
Looking for drugs on the cheap, a writer found poppy pods available on the Web. He also found himself hooked.
Soundbites
GET READY TO CRAWL As you read this, the final tweaks are being made to the schedule for this year’s Spring Club CrawlTM, set to overtake more than a dozen downtown venues and eight outdoor stages on Saturday, April 16. The Spring Crawl, which is devoted solely to local bands and musicians, is always only…
Speech Impediment?
A local attorney blasts the city’s latest effort to craft a pair of crowd-control ordinances
Sweat Sound of Success
The Sweat Band: In it to win it?
