Police Dispatch
Lost Luggage UA Area, Aug. 12, 2:01 p.m. A pair of unattended suitcases prompted the evacuation of a building, a University of Arizona Police Department report stated. Police evacuated the Marshall Building, 845 N. Park Ave., after the luggage was discovered near a first-floor entrance. A male graduate student walked up to an officer after…
Live
Ben Kweller, The Unicorns, City Limits, Sunday, Aug. 22
Danehy
Musings of a proud papa as his daughter goes away to school
Pick
Take These Chains
Excavating Imperialism
A new photography book sheds light on Western misconceptions about the Middle East
Downing
Shopping scrutiny: Yes to Park Place; no to El Con and La Encantada
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Writing From Two Worlds
Ray Gonzalez kicks off the UA Poetry Center’s fall reading series
Guest Commentary
Tucson Medical Center’s expansion plans would mean the loss of a Tucson original
Kill Me
The ‘Exorcist’ prequel makes one want to vomit green slime
Top Ten in Books
Reader’s Oasis best sellers for the week ending Aug. 22, 2004 Let’s Stop Beating Around the Bush: More Political Subversion Jim Hightower, Viking ($21.95) The 9-11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, W.W. Norton & Co. ($10) The Confidence Game Michelle…
Honoring Al
A note from the editor.
Shark Bait
‘Open Water’ effectively puts likable characters in a very, very bad spot
The Sky Is Burning
Matt Dinniman sends shivers up readers’ spines with print and e-book versions of ‘The Shivered Sky’
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“The Who: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970,” “Star Trek: The Original Series (Season One),” and “After Hours”
Becoming a Regular
Bob’s Deli represents all that is good about mom-and-pop dining
Pleasure Time
A guided tour of Al Perry’s new album
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending Aug. 22, 2004 Taking Lives Warner Brothers Kill Bill Vol. 2 Miramax Hidalgo Buena Vista The Butterfly Effect New Line Cinema Hellboy Columbia Godsend Lions Gate 13 Going on 30 Columbia Starsky and Hutch Warner Brothers The Prince and Me Paramount Connie and Carla Universal Pictures
Noshing Around
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar The new upscale chain restaurant opens with a fund-raising dinner on Thursday, Sept. 2, benefiting the Dean’s Fund for Excellence and the Fleming’s Scholar Fund, for the College of Fine Arts at UA. The reception begins at 6:30 p.m., with a seated dinner at 7 p.m. The cost is…
In My Country West There Is Problem
Do Tucsonans really want to throw Jews down wells, as ‘Da Ali G Show’ suggests?
Return of the Lo-Fi
Sebadoh: two friendly minstrels who aren’t very friendly
Home on the Range
Chewing the cud with Al Perry, who celebrates two decades of music with his first new album in nine years
Out of Sight
Blynd’s credo: Rock ’til you puke!
Water Tank Tussle
Mike Wilson battles his tribe and fellow humanitarian group leaders to maintain his desert water stations
Soundbites
HAPPY CAMPERS Indie-rockers of a certain age have a tough call to make on Friday night: Sebadoh or Camper Van Beethoven? Since Ol’ Dirty Curty McCrary has our bases covered on the Sebadoh angle in this issue (he won the right to interview Lou Barlow over three other writers–myself included–based on a literal roll of…
A House Divided
Republicans in District 30 set out to decide: Can anyone really replace Randy Graf?
Nine Questions
James “Munky” Shaffer
Extreme Makeover
Tucson Medical Center wants to rise, while some neighbors want the hospital to stay single-story
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week ending Aug. 22, 2004 213 The Hard Way (TVT Records) Snapper Surwalking in Your Hood (Sony International) Travis Tritt My Honky Tonk History (Columbia) Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica (Epic Records) ABK Dirty History (Psychopathic Records) H.I.M. Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 (BMG) Eva Cassidy Wonderful World…
The Skinny
CRAZY EIGHT District 8 Congressman Jim Kolbe is striking back against his opponent, state Rep. Randy Graf, in a radio ad that compares the right-wing Graf to John Kerry and John Edwards. Is it a fair charge? Well, Graf doesn’t share much common ground with the Democratic ticket. Most of Kolbe’s case is based on…
Rhythm & Views
Nervous Norvus (aka Jimmy Drake) was a pure, unadulterated songwriting genius. Who the hell was Nervous Norvus, you may be asking? He was a former truck driver from Memphis who utilized his kitchen as a makeshift studio to record a dump-truck load of novelty jive patois for Dot Records, including the morally lurid, chart-smashing “Transfusion”…
Media Watch
Heller Hauled Off
Rhythm & Views
To the delight of many, Creed is no more. After years of being held back by the visions of former frontman Scott “Jesus Freak” Stapp, a void needed to be filled. Enter former Mayfield Four singer/guitarist Myles Kennedy, who, along with former Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti, drummer Scott Phillips and original bassist Brian Marshall, comprise…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Orchestra Improvement
The Catalina Chamber Orchestra has big plans and needs community support to make the plans reality
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Zach Thompson, Eagle Scout
Rhythm & Views
This Nashville-via-Portland duo has a remote Tucson connection, having opened for Calexico once on tour. But their sound is more consistent with the Chicago indie-rock catalog of Minty Fresh, the label home of their upcoming release, The Heat Can Melt Your Brain. (We Tucsonans have been there, too, thank you.) Minty Fresh, you may recall,…
