Your Wednesday Afternoon News Update
… can be found over there to the right: A new issue of the Weekly’s out. And what an issue it is. There are endorsements! Positive movie reviews! And there’s even a meatball recipe—yes, a meatball recipe. Please try to contain your excitement while reading. Thank you, and God bless.
Your Wednesday Morning News Update
— Today, the Star gives a thorn to gas prices. And OPEC quakes in fear. And they criticize bad parents, too. How relevant! — Joe Lieberman sucks. He could cost the Dems a Senate seat by splitting the Democratic vote. Maybe he really IS a Republican! — If you’re a circumsized dude, um, feel lucky?…
Why I Have Not Been Blogging
I’ve been taking advantage of the recent cooler weather and I am re-landscaping my front yard. See, my front yard is what’s commonly known as First Generation Xeriscape, aka two palm trees, and gravel. Lots and lots of gravel. And the icky, gray kind, too, the kind that is only good for driveways. So I’ve been…
Events for District 8 Candidates
Okay, so I’m a Democrat, so it narrows my choices. What really bugs me is when a volunteer for any candidate calls and says, “Can we count on your vote?” No. You cannot. One: I’m a flake. Two: It’s none of your business. Even if my mind is made up, I don’t like to be…
Your Tuesday Morning News Update
— It’s odd that even with our Seattle weather we had there for almost a week, the state was still hotter than normal in July. — Suckiness continues in the Middle East. — Gabrielle Giffords has a podcast out. Um, OK. — Meanwhile, Randy Graf’s getting ready to welcome Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo, who’s batty…
Your Monday Afternoon News Update
— A former UA football player makes good with the Denver Broncos. — Another border tragedy takes lives. — Oil prices are totally hosed. — And finally, journalism gets another black eye.
Your Monday Morning News Update
— So, wait a minute … Gannett bought a college newspaper?!? THAT IS SO WRONG! — There’s a “Joementum” joke here somewhere, I am sure, but it’s too damn early on a Monday morning for me to find it. — And because I loooove mocking this idiot feature so … in Saturday’s Star, “Thorns and Flowers”…
Founder of In-n-Out Burger Dies
For those of you unitiated with the In-n-Out culture, here’s a good article/obituary for Esther Snyder, the 86-year-old matriarch founder. What we I-n-O fans hope never happens is that some big mediocre chain like Jack-in-the-Box or Carl’s Jr buys the company. Tucson’s first In-n-Out will be at 3711 E. Broadway Blvd. (in front of Target…
Please Use the Other Door
Last night, my friend Marianne and I went out to dinner. I had been wanting to try this newish pizza place next to Bashas’ at Swan and Camp Lowell roads. We parked in front of another restaurant that looked closed. Here’s our conversation: M: What’s this? K: It’s Bonsai, a Japanese restaurant. M: Why is it…
Commenters, Where Are Ye?
OK, blog readers, we have to have a little talk, OK? Now … I KNOW there’s a fairly decent number of you. When the tech folks initially set up this blog, they didn’t put a traffic counter on it (blond moment!), so I can’t say exactly how many readers this blog has (we’ll get a…
Your Thursday Afternoon News Update
— Tom DeLay’s name has to stay on the ballot in Texas. This is fabulous news … unless he somehow gets elected again. Gads. — Yet more layoffs are coming at AOL. — And finally: There’s a flash flood watch, and heavy rain’s falling in some areas. Please … stay safe.
Your Thursday Morning News Update
— Am I the only one who thinks it’s weird that most of the rest of the country has seemingly been hotter than Tucson during the last week or so? — Remember that other conflict in the Middle East? — The Weekly has an alternative newsweekly sister paper again. Welcome to the family, Anchorage!
The Skinny
CALL OF DUTY State Rep. Jonathan Paton announced this week that he was soon shipping out to war. A lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve who graduated from the U.S. Army Intelligence School at Fort Huachuca last year, Paton has volunteered for a six-month hitch in in the CENTCOM area of operations in Iraq, where…
Nine Questions
Emily Long
Media Watch
Radio from the Heavens
Live
The Hot Toddies, Trend Velocity, Brian Denham, Overs and 20s, at The Hut, Monday, July 31
The New Gatekeepers
Is government spin spinning out of control?
Rhythm & Views
I’ve had achy tooth problems all week, and I’ve been in a mood to take the head off anyone I’ve talked to. I might’ve done a lot more of that were it not for the periodic comic relief of the very smart, very fun, vodka-gimlet-eyed music of this dumb-named eight-piece from New York City. Oh,…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Kendall Roark
Rhythm & Views
We get it. Radiohead is clever, experimental and popular–a rare trio. And, of course, it’s no secret that Yorke and his uniquely soaring/undulating vocals are primarily responsible. Although this (seemingly) presupposes that Yorke’s solo work will be unequivocally genius, you would have to be a dunce not to foresee the derisive split between his arty…
Riding the Rails
Work continues on Tucson-to-Mexico train service, but many obstacles remain
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
There’s nothing flashy about Ladyhawk, but the guitars are compressed into a delicious low crunch; the hooks sink in slow and deep; and the lead singer’s name is Duffy Driediger. They’re from Vancouver, and there are tinges of The Replacements, Dinosaur Jr. and Teenage Fanclub–straight-up guitar rock that relies on its own internal structure for…
Police Dispatch
Limo Lovin’ UA Area, June 10, 2:07 p.m. A man arrested for allegedly trying to steal things from a parked limousine insisted that it was his innocent pursuit of “pussy” that was unfairly landing him in jail, a University of Arizona Police Department report stated. The driver of the Hummer limo, which was parked near…
Fiscal Play
Tucson’s theater companies release schedules that show money is a concern
Pick of the Week
After the Desert Rains
Beguiling Birds
Tohono Chul’s summer show stars the winged ones
Pretty Silly
‘Scoop’: Not Woody Allen’s worst, but certainly not his best
Treatment With Care
A University of New Mexico staffer promotes the efficacy of Mexican folk healing
Danehy
Tom fights the law, and nobody’s a winner
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books top sales for the week
Tuttle
Could this conflict be the Middle East’s last, best chance for peace?
Most Boring Vice Ever
Suffering from insomnia? Well, do we have a movie for you!
Swing and a Miss
Everything at Sam Hughes Place Championship Dining looks great–but taste is a whole other story
Guest Commentary
Guns don’t kill people; murderers kill people
Now Showing at Home
“Chappelle’s Show: The Lost Episodes (Uncensored),” “Reno 911: The Complete Third Season (Uncensored),” and “Tsotsi”
Noshing Around
Chocolate Dinner Rolls What a find! At first glance into the breadbasket, they look innocent, like whole wheat. But after you give them a light smear of soft butter, the surprising flavor of chocolate subtly explodes in your mouth, revealing one of the best bread baskets on the Tucson dining scene. Agave’s executive sous chef,…
Cross Words
A note from the editor.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
No Dreadlocks Here
The Aggrolites’ goal: to replicate vintage Jamaican music while adding their own spin
Democracy 101
The Greens discuss issues–from immigration to whether to accept money–at their annual convention
How to Rock
The School of Rock’s top students hit the road
The Radicals
The incredible stories of four Hispanic Tucsonans who fight for fairness and justice
Soundbites
AWAY WITH LEAVE Well, it’s another relatively slow week for music here in T-Town, so it looks like I picked a pretty good time to go on vacation. The little lady and I will be enjoying a lovely getaway in the Pacific Northwest by the time you read this, but fear not: The fabulous Gene…
