Aug 30 – Sep 5, 2001

Aug 30 - Sep 5, 2001 / Vol. 18 / No. 26

A$PHALT MONEY

A$PHALT MONEY CONTRACTOR PROJECT AMOUNT CASH TO BOND CAMPAIGN CASH TO SUPERVISORS CAMPAIGNS Collins-Piña Tetra Tech (C) 22nd St. (d) South Tucson. S. Sixth Ave. (d) S. 12th Ave. (d) $1.3m $250,000 $800,000 $2,100 $2,470 Castro/DJA Catalina Hwy. (d) Orange Grove/Thornydale (d) La Cholla/Omar-Magee (d) La Cholla/River-Omar (d) $940,000 $1.78m $1.01m $1.79m $1,500 $2,140 Ashton…

The Skinny

The county lays asphalt for city taxpayers… Signs of trouble in the Council campaign… AIMS misses another target… and more muck.

Newsreel

When Jim Nintzel and Dave Devine proposed a substantial series of articles on local transportation issues, I rejoiced that reporters were volunteering for a long project covering an important but dry issue. I also worried that you readers would get sick of the project before it was over. Apparently, you’re still driven to read our…

Soundbites

Alvin Youngblood Hart branches out from the roots… Does The Knack still have it?… A French kiss at Solar Culture… and other musical marvels.

Rhythm & Views

In Return to Mono Kero (the album’s alternate title), Ex-Girl romps through the entire panorama of glorious ’70s excesses. The opening track, “Waving Scientist,” is a Pet Sounds-worthy a cappella harmony composition that messes with clear tone and hairsbreadth dissonance, and includes passages bordering on operatic parody. (Consider Mannheim Steamroller with strategic interventions by Led…


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