Look, Ma! A New Issue!
It’s Wednesday afternoon, and that means a new issue of the Weekly has hit the Internet! Highlights this week include our cover story on the new UA prez, me explaining why we endorsed Gabrielle Giffords and not Jeff Latas (whose supporters are a particularly frothing devoted bunch), James DiGiovanna liking a movie and Stephen Seigel…
Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign
Ugh. Today, I had to drive around the city a bit for one of my other writing gigs and then meet a friend for lunch. Everywhere I looked and didn’t look was a damn sign. Every politician has a sign posted here or there. Some are tall, and some are short. Some have a big bold…
Your Deadline Day Afternoon News Update
— Gosh, this is depressing. Insurance companies often suck. — Wal-Mart’s profits are down, but still freakin’ insane. — There are so many things wrong with all of this that it makes my head want to explode. It involves Madonna, Germans and a cross. ‘Nuff said.
Your Tuesday Morning News Update
— Arizona home sales go down. — The number of immigrants goes boom. — Woolly mammoths come back? — And finally … taking off your shoes at airport security only makes your feet cold.
I Blogged Your President Last Night …
Why can’t our president be as cool as Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Seriously.
In Need of a Chuckle?
Our esteemed arts editor, James Reel, mentioned Uncyclopedia on his blog a while back, so he deserves partial credit for bringing this fantastic Web site to my attention. However, I read something about it somewhere that reminded me of it, and I just feel the need to share it with y’all, especially the fantastic Tucson entry.…
Your Monday Morning News Update
— If you’re going to be flying anywhere commercially this week, things are getting better. However, you still need to check any bag that has liquid/gel toiletries in it. I got to O’Hare Airport three hours early for my flight back to Tucson, and made it through security in less than 10 minutes. I was…
A Hole in Health Care
I met with Gulf War veteran Scott Merk on Thursday at a local coffee shop. Six years ago, he was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease affecting the lumbar and sacral veterbrae in his spine, his knees, his wrists and his shoulders. Scott is unable to work; I saw that he moved deliberately with the help…
A Message to Krispy Kreme Employees
Sent to the Weekly from Mitch Levy, on behalf of Tucson Originals: “I am writing because of the report of the chain restaurant Krispy Kreme folding its tents in Tucson. As you are may be aware, the Tucson Originals, a group of 40 independently owned restaurants in Tucson are all about helping the community. It is this group…
Closed and Closing
Krispy Kreme in front of El Con Mall is closed. I wonder what will happen to that ugly structure? Will they tear it down? Will another business move in and make it look different? Or will it just linger vacant for a long time? Nonie is closing tomorrow Aug. 12. More about that in next…
On Travel
As I mentioned yesterday in my silly post, I had the opportunity (?) to travel from Tucson to Chicago (with a stop in Phoenix along the way) yesterday. Since most of you have not had such an opportunity since the new restrictions were put in place because of the reportedly thwarted bomb plot, here are…
Splish, Splash, Your Dog Needs a Bath
This Saturday, Aug. 12, get your dog washed for a good cause. Sponsored by Arizona Greyhound Rescue, some of the hardest working volunteers I have the pleasure of knowing will be behind the Veterninary Specialty Center at 4909 N. La Canada Drive @ River Road from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost for washing…
Your Thursday Morning News Update
— Gads. Think this will effect my flight to Chicago today? Crap. — And in other news, the Weekly’s Southcentral Bureau is waterless due to a flood. I woke up this morning to almost zero water pressure. While investigating, I discovered water running both outside in the front of the house AND inside in the laundry room, which is…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week
Rhythm & Views
After years of globetrotting, Toronto’s pride The Sadies recently returned home for a musical family reunion of sorts. Recorded over two nights in February 2006 in front of an adoring crowd at Lee’s Palace, In Concert, Volume One crams 41 songs and a wealth of guest appearances onto two very busy discs. Notable collaborators who…
Media Watch
Kath Parts Ways with Westwood One
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Rhythm & Views
It’s impossible to accurately gauge the effectiveness of a well-placed “whoa-oh-WHOA-oh” in the chorus of a punk-rock song. Punctuating the opening or closing breaths of an anthemic refrain, these wordless, shouted vocals often provide a convincing urgency to a simple ode to the pleasures of beer or a condemnation of genocide in Darfur. The Chicago…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Susan Karant-Nunn
Noshing Around
New: Spice Bistro Located in the former Cien Años space, Spice Bistro adds a bit of Southwestern pizzazz to the mostly sparse culinary landscape known as Oro Valley. Owner Daniela Shouse’s other venture, Café Torino, sits next door. Spice is open weekdays for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and dinner Monday-Saturday from 5…
Art and Nature
Rockhounds will delight in this Southwestern petroglyph primer
Police Dispatch
Family Feud Tangerine and Thornydale Roads, July 17, 3:56 p.m. and 7:23 p.m. Two reports from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department chronicled some bad blood between neighbors. A man phoned authorities to report that his neighbors had been videotaping him. He added that the whole family, which consisted of a mother, a father and four…
Missing Meatballs
How I rediscovered a favorite dish at a rural Wisconsin restaurant
Pick of the Week
Reggae del Sol
Write This!
Blake Snyder says he has the ideas needed to make a screenplay a success
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Danehy
Here’s an idea to battle graffiti in which everybody wins–except for little bitches
Comedy and Tragedy
‘The War Tapes’ may be one of the best documentaries you’ve ever seen
Downing
Ah, prickly pear: It’s the perfect time of year to capture a chunk of summer
Spelunking Shocker
Grimm’s still freaking out after this delightfully frightening flick
Guest Commentary
Leave the bugs alone: They’re an important part of our world
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Our Picks
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“V for Vendetta: Two-Disc Special Edition,” “The Shaggy Dog,” and “Three’s Company: Season Seven”
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Sad but Comfortable
Mark Pickerel gets inspiration from his days growing up in rural Washington state
Our Picks in Primary ’06
If you can’t trust us, who can you trust?
Fantastic Thoughts
Toronto’s Final Fantasy makes conceptual music sound good
Drama at Dodge
Parents, administrators battle over the future of a Tucson Middle School
Soundbites
THE SUB SPEAKS In case you don’t already know, your faithful music editor, Stephen Seigel (the regular author of this column), temporarily has abandoned Weekly readers and everyone else in Tucson for the chubasco-free zone of the Pacific Northwest. Some call it a vacation. You’re now left in the jaded hands of a longtime rock-critic…
Ranger Danger
Are national forests becoming war zones?
Nine Questions
Black Camaro
Ranching Over Rockets
Cochise County residents successfully fight a Raytheon test site
Live
Moonlight Towers, Plush, Sunday, Aug. 6
The Skinny
IN THE MONEY Republican gubernatorial candidate Don Goldwater finally turned in enough $5 contributions to qualify for Clean Elections funding earlier this week. If everything checks out, he’ll be eligible for $453,849 for his primary campaign against fellow GOP candidates Len Munsil, Mike Harris and Gary Tupper. Given that early voting is now underway, it’s…
Rhythm & Views
If you loved the Spencer Krug half of the Krug-Boeckner Wolf Parade tunes, there’s great news. His other group, Sunset Rubdown, has released one of this year’s finest albums of decidedly twisty pop nuggets. If you don’t share that love, feel free to stop reading now. Krug, with his Bowie/Byrne vocal inflections and poetic licenses,…
