Aug 28 – Sep 3, 2008

Aug 28 - Sep 3, 2008 / Vol. 25 / No. 27

Jose Rincon Street Dedication

Nothing has touched me more since I began writing in Tucson than sitting down and talking with Jose and Adriana Rincon about their son, little Jose, killed while riding his bicycle on Jan. 12, 2008. I have a 7-year-old son, but with children or without, I don’t think anyone can truly understand the pain this…

Mari Herreras

Sign of the Cross, or Touch the Saint?

When I drive home from the office, I often detour past the Santa Cruz Church on South Sixth Avenue. There’s a lot of family history here, but physically driving by this building always brings back lots of odd memories. Like the fact that my cousin Jackie’s house was right across the street (now demolished), and…

Mari Herreras

Election Results at ScrambleWatch 08

Hey, Kids! Looking for results from tonight’s primary election? We’ve got The Skinny over at ScrambleWatch ’08! We’re told the first returns will be released around 8 p.m. The crew at the county’s election division say that they hope to be done counting by 1 a.m. tomorrow.

Jim Nintzel

McCain Protection

I wish I’d had the chance to ask Tucson Dems attending the Democratic National Convention to pick up some of these cool John McCain condoms distributed during the party in Denver. I hope the folks distributing these condoms–Planned Parenthood–distribute them where they are needed most: at the Republican National Convention. At the DNC, Planned Parenthood…

Mari Herreras

So Palin What

The husband comes running out of the shower this morning, once again predicting gloom and doom come the November election. McCain had just announced his VP pick: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. “See, I told you Obama should have picked Hillary. I knew McCain was going to pick a woman, and Obama is going to lose…

Mari Herreras

Bronson vs. Branch-Gilby: Do It Baby One More Time

Pima County Supervisor Sharon Bronson (in office the past 12 years) and her challenger, Donna Branch-Gilby (former vice-chair in the Arizona State Democratic Party), are doing one more debate before the Sept. 2 Democratic primary. While these ladies often agree on the lovely Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, they have a few differences in how they…

Mari Herreras

Duchovny a Sex Addict? Well, Yeah…

This just in: David Duchovny is in rehab for sex addiction. Now, this isn’t the first time Mr. X-Files has done 28 days for just loving the S-E-X a little too much. I would say most people like sex. And then I guess there’s a whole other group of people out there who really, really…

Mari Herreras

Thank You Ms. Paul

On Tuesday, we forgot to thank Alice Paul for the 19th Amendment and helping women get the right to vote. Seems like we’ve always had that right (even when certain disparities remain regarding wages and workplace attitudes). But what a great way to celebrate the 88th anniversary of the 19th Amendment than with a School…

Mari Herreras

As Long As They Work…

A friend sent a link to this site recently. The idea of wacky, crazy condoms is cool and all, but I’m just not sure I want music playing when … you know, especially music that sounds like it comes from a digital greeting card. (Isn’t Jill Scott playing on the stereo enough now days?) Or…

Mari Herreras

Rhythm & Views

There’s no doubt that listeners are in for something special when the debut album by this New York City-based dance-music project–masterminded by DJ-cum-producer Andrew Butler–opens with the rich alto of singer Antony Hegarty, of Antony and the Johnsons fame. On “Time Will,” Antony’s cabaret-meets-nightclubbing style sets an appropriate tone for the album, which adroitly straddles…

Gene Armstrong

Danehy

The Beijing Olympics are over. Long live the Beijing Olympics!

Tom Danehy

Police Dispatch

Not Afraid to Show It UA Area, Aug. 9, 12:18 a.m. An extremely intoxicated man made no attempt to conceal his state from law enforcement after a night of partying, said a University of Arizona Police Department report. A UA officer was called in reference to a black Dodge Ram that had been driving on…

Anna Mirocha

Rhythm & Views

What if Little Richard had joined Hasil Adkins and recorded with Bill Spector, Phil’s rigoddamndiculous brother, in Sanford and Son’s mobile recording unit? Or, what if GG Allin had been the Svengali behind a boufannt-ed girl group, having them out-raunch anybody while maintaining sweetness and light? It might not have sounded exactly like Nobunny, but…

Mark Beef

Desiring Dynamic

Beowulf Alley mixes known fare, an ‘alternative’ romp and a brand-new play as it overcomes financial problems

James Reel

Ways of Dealing

As far as indie films go, ‘The Wackness’ is competent entertainment–but nothing special

Bob Grimm

Now Showing at Home

“The Big Lebowski: 2-Disc 10th Anniversary Edition,” Jack Ryan movies on Blu-Ray, and “The Nightmare Before Christmas: 2 Disc Collector’s Edition”

Bob Grimm

Noshing Around

New: Glass Onion Café Jen McDonald is a Beatles fan, a caterer and a former New York deli owner from Boston. She recently opened the Glass Onion Café at 1990 W. River Road. Dabbling in Beatlemania, the sandwiches have names like albacore Rigby and crabby road; the smoked salmon on organic rye bread is aptly…

Karyn Zoldan

Election Integrity Timeline

2000 George W. Bush “defeats” Al Gore, and Americans learn about the hanging chad. Risner says the debacle in Florida made him interested in election integrity. 2002 Risner requests to be a Democratic Party elections observer, and realizes there isn’t much to observe, since votes are counted by computers and not by elections staff. Local…

Tucson Weekly Staff

Soundbites

HOCO COMMOTION! The big news this week, of course, is Hotel Congress’ annual HoCo Festival. Now in its fourth year, the event began in 2005 as an all-local celebration of Club Congress’ 20th anniversary and Tucson music in general over the same 20 years. People flew in from all over the Big Blue Marble; more…

Stephen Seigel

The Skinny

FOLLOWING THE MONEY A few weeks back, we mentioned that Republican Frank Antenori went on a bit of a rampage against his fellow GOP candidates in Legislative District 30. Antenori was angry that fellow Republican Doug Sposito and his allies were spending so much money that the Clean Elections candidates in the race–Sharon Collins and…

Mari Herreras and Jim Nintzel

Rhythm & Views

Is the world ready for comedy death-metal albums? Evidently As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis thinks so, having recently launched a side project/Arnold Schwarzenegger tribute comedy act called Austrian Death Machine. Titled Total Brutal, this tossed-off collection of searing thrash- and death-metal carnage–interspersed with banter courtesy of an Ahhnold impressionist–is hilarious and kick-ass at…

Jarret Keene

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