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Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending Aug. 8, 2004 Hidalgo Buena Vista The Butterfly Effect New Line Cinema Hellboy Columbia 13 Going on 30 Columbia Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Buena Vista Starsky & Hutch Warner Brothers The Human Stain Buena Vista The Whole Ten Yards Warner Brothers Mystic River Warner Brothers…
Lunch With Lore
Even though there’s room for improvement, C.I. Chu’s offers well-done Mongolian barbecue
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Baltimore MC
Rjyan Kidwell–no, that’s not a typo–aka Cex, believes in making music in the bedroom
119 Days
After three drunk-driving arrests, I am sentenced to almost four months in the Pima County Jail. This is my story.
Fall Releases
A few lines on a lot of new albums
Power of the Flood
A year after the deadly Bonito Canyon flood, residents are still recovering from the devastation
Soundbites
HEY BABY! AWESOME LEGWARMERS! Last week in this space, we discussed Americans’ tendency to serve up their nostalgia trips in 20-year cycles, and how disco has come and gone twice already. Do the math (yeah, I know–math is hard!), and the numbers will tell you that here in the Aughts, it’s the ’80s’ day in…
Hightower’s Lofty Perspective
The Texas hell-raiser comes to town to promote his book and speak out against “Shrub”
Rhythm & Views
In the spirit of 1999’s epic 69 Love Songs, a three-CD set that actually contains 69 genre-romping love songs, Stephin Merritt’s Magnetic Fields’ i lives up to its title. In this case, the ante has been upped; the songs aren’t just love songs this time: They’re all love songs whose titles begin with the letter…
Central City Contest
A rookie battles the incumbents for the two District 28 house seats
Rhythm & Views
The Coffin Lids execute 14 blasts of primitive, no-frills garage rock as simple and straightforward as the effortless title of their debut release. Imagine a revved-up organ and fuzz guitar version of underrated ’90s Boston-area crud punk counterparts, Cheater Slicks. More obvious influences include surf (a freak-out cover of the Chantays’ “Pipeline” complete with a…
Worked Out
As gym chains like LA Fitness increase their Tucson presence, locally owned gyms brace for the consequences
Rhythm & Views
Heaven Shall Burn’s latest release, Antigone, is aggressive and hard-hitting from start to finish. Antigone combines elements of power, death and hardcore metal with a European smack. “Echoes” may be the soothing piano piece that introduces the album, but all relaxation ends immediately with the dominant “The Weapon They Fear.” Marcus Bischoff’s coarse vocals reflect…
The Skinny
SCORDATO SHAFTED They’ve done a number on him, and taken away his name. Restaurateur Joseph Scordato has been slapped with a ruling by Pima County Superior Court Judge Carmine Cornelio that not only is he not allowed to use his own name on a restaurant, but he must pay $66,000 for having had the nerve…
Nine Questions
Nathan Dryden
Media Watch
Expanding Explorer
Live
Rod Stewart, TCC, Wednesday, Aug. 4
Police Dispatch
The Great Flood East Tanque Verde Road and North Sabino Canyon Road July 21, 9:58 a.m. A woman filling a neighbor’s pool while the neighbor was out of town found that a valve had been left open, turning the neighbor’s backyard into a waterlogged mess, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. The neighbor, who…
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music’s top sales for the week ending Aug. 8, 2004 Israel Kamakawiwo’ole Facing Future (Big Boy) Mindy Smith One Moment More (Vanguard) Lila Downs Una Sangre (Narada) Bob Schneider I’m Good Now (Vangard) Mutual Admiration Society Mutual Admiration Society (Sugarhill) Diana Krall The Girl in the Other Room (Verve) Wilco A Ghost Is Born…
Pick
A Basic Thesis of Return
The Grinch Who Stole Cinema
Friends of The Screening Room team up to raise money for a dubious tax bill
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Stabilizing Center
After more than two years without a curator, the Center for Creative Photography finally makes a hire
Fleeing Feelings
The wonderful ‘Door in the Floor’ is no middlebrow drama; it just looks like one
The Art of the Unexpected
Liz Hernández brings surprising contemporary art to an area known for stereotypical ‘Southwest’ fare
Danehy
Tom picks the employee-friendly Costco over the poverty-pushing Wal-Mart–except when it comes to socks and shorts
Sweet Suspense
Michael Mann, Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx are all on top of their game in the thrilling ‘Collateral’
Body for Two
What would happen if a young Brooklyn lawyer was suddenly possessed by a legend?
Downing
A humid, sticky day leads to kvetching about the season
Weed and Feed
How did a non-pot-smoking vegetarian like Kal Penn end up in ‘Harold and Kumar’?
Top Ten in Books
TOP TEN Antigone Books best sellers for the week ending Aug. 6, 2004 1. Big Bang, The Buddha, and the Baby Boom: The Spiritual Experiments of My Generation Wes Nisker, HarperSanFrancisco ($12.95) 2. Dude, Where’s My Country? Michael Moore, Warner Books ($14.95) 3. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom Don Miguel Ruiz,…
Guest Commentary
The blistering, never-changing weather and lack of trees made us leave Tucson; here’s why we came back
Now Showing at Home
“Predator: Widescreen Collector’s Edition,” “The Lost Boys: Two-Disc Special Edition,” and “Kill Bill: Volume 2”
Noshing Around
Tucson on the Food Network Last October, Sandra Pinckney, host of Food Finds, visited La Fiesta de Los Chiles at Tucson Botanical Gardens. The show finally airs Aug. 15, 16, 21 and 22. Check for local programming schedules. This year, the Tucson Botanical Gardens pre-empts La Fiesta for Butterfly Magic, an exhibit of live, tropical…
