Look, Ma! A New Issue!
Hey, kids! There’s a new Weekly online, for your perusal. Why, it has everything from a revoked endorsement to a story about Nicolas Cage running around like a dick in a bearsuit! Can you stand it?!?
Your Wednesday Morning News Update
— Big news items today: No state funeral for the Crocodile Hunter. Rosie’s debut! Katie’s debut! And Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes show off their spawn. You think we’re just a little celebrity obsessed, hmmm? — Was Anderson Cooper a spy? — Speaking of the Crocodile Hunter: In death, he receives his highest honor—a flower…
Why It’s Weird to Be a Journalist in Arizona
We’re on deadline, and everything came to a screeching halt, because there was A SCORPION in the production department. Veronica, the advertising department goddess, scooped it up in a box while I ran into a corner and hid. The scorpion—which Arek the designer, who drinks too much Red Bull, named “Orland”—was taken outside and freed.…
Your Tuesday Afternoon News Update
— So they found more oil. Great. Another excuse to put off cleaner, renewable energy sources. Sigh. — More political ugliness in our neighbor to the south. — And finally, the Star gives a thorn to Big Tobacco. And to attempted burglars. Sigh. Could you get any more boring and predictable? Blogging about it’s…
Lost Greyhound: Reward
One of our foster dogs, Arnold/Arnie, is lost. He was living in Armory Park in a foster home and could have been missing since around 12:30 a.m. (Sept. 5). People have been out all night looking for him. Arnold has a sad story, because he was living in his forever home until his adopter suddenly…
Hey, Workers!
Greetings to all of you poor schlubs who have to work today, on LABOR DAY. Oh, the injustice! Oh, the humanity! We, the members of Weekly editorial staff (well, most of us) join you in toiling on this holiday. (Although most of us did get Friday off instead. Sorta. It’s a deadline thing.) And, well,…
On a Clear Day: Documentaries at the Loft
Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 7:30 p.m. See On a Clear Day at the Loft Cinema. Also showing, You Can See Forever, a behind the scenes documentary that follows the making of the film. Stay for a mixer and meet the actors and producers involved; $4 per person. On a Clear Day is a story about a…
Now Anyone Can Be a Sex Offender!
In Ohio they’ve finally managed to solve the pesky problem of living in a “democracy” where you’re “innocent” until “proven” guilty. Now, even if you’ve never been convicted of a crime, you can be labeled a sex offender: A recently enacted law allows county prosecutors, the state attorney general, or, as a last resort, alleged…
“I Have Eck-e-lectic Tastes”
A few nights ago, Brian Williams from NBC Nightly News interviewed George W. in New Orleans. What a moron (Bush, not Williams), but that’s old news. Finally, the interview got to the books Bush was reading, and it turns out the moron claims to be reading Shakespeare and Camus. When Brian Williams mentioned that last year he…
Your Thursday Afternoon News Update
— “The Scream” is back! — Some moves to boot several initiative questions from the ballot get rejected, leaving the ballot really frickin’ crowded. — Man, I HATE it when the plane you’re riding in catches on fire.
That Sinking Feeling
I have a question for you parents and pet owners out there. (I know you can’t really compare being a parent and having a pet. For example, pets tend to shed more than kids do.) Anyway … have any of you had that sinking-feeling moment when you realized that maybe your beloved little creature was … well…
The Other Republicans
Mike Jenkins Auto-shop manager Mike Jenkins calls himself “a little right of center and just right for Southern Arizona.” The voters have yet to agree. Jenkins, 57, has lost two races for the Arizona House of Representatives and one run at the Tucson City Council. In the Tucson Weekly poll, he got only 1 percent…
Indie Watch
What’s happening in the world of independent film in Tucson.
Lack of Restraint
The weird saga of state Sen. Toni Hellon and Steve Huffman’s former campaign treasurer
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Stress Factor
A new study will gauge the effects of tension on already-poor border health
California Bloodlines
Dave Alvin honors the music of his home state
Majority Report
The District 26 Senate Republican candidates disagree on independence vs. being a team player
Eco Tendencies
Join Cloud Cult, and save the world
Suspect Symbol
One man’s quest to get a business to stop using the Japanese imperial flag
Soundbites
LET’S ROCK AGAIN, LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER Labor Day weekend last year was one of Tucson music’s greatest moments: A three-day weekend that brought people from around the world and reunited 20-some local bands for an all-local music extravaganza. Anyone who ever had anything to do with the Tucson music scene, past or present,…
Water, Jobs and Kids
District 26 GOP House candidates debate what it means to be conservative
Nine Questions
Redlands
The Skinny
POLL POKE We’ve all had a week to digest the first-ever Tucson Weekly/Wick Communications Poll of Congressional District 8. And we all know the big winners: Gabrielle Giffords had the support of 45 percent of Democrats, while Patty Weiss had 27 percent, with 20 percent undecided; Randy Graf had the support of 36 percent of…
Live
The Daring Few, Musica Obscura, Mission Statement, at Plush, Friday, Aug. 25
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
New music from Cattle Decapitation, Centro-Matic, Sebadoh
Media Watch
KXCI Deals with Definition of Community Radio
Top Ten in Music
CD City top sales for the week
Danehy
Fifteen years after Magic Johnson’s press conference, preventable HIV continues its spread
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Jason Kucsma
‘Opera’ Amok
Gaslight’s ‘Phantom’ starts slow but ends on an energetic, love-filled note
Tuttle
Watching as the beautiful city I moved to three decades ago slowly fades away
Police Dispatch
ABOVE THE LAW? UA AREA, AUG. 17, 1:34 P.M. According to a University of Arizona Police Department report, a UA football player who had parked in a fire lane–impeding paramedics who were responding to an emergency call–thought he should be exempt from state law, because he’s a student athlete. Defensive back Michael M. Turner, 18,…
The Boss Ditch
The Grand Canyon is the muse for artists in TMA’s new wide-ranging show
Guest Commentary
Daytime TV is crap, but a recent storyline on bipolar disorder is worthwhile
Pick of the Week
Music on Campus
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
So Long, Summer
A note from the editor.
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Among the Ruins
‘Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest’ takes stock of our historic architecture
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Artificial in Vienna
If you like surprise endings, you may want to see ‘The Illusionist’–but only once
Eating Frankly
The average American reportedly consumes 70 hot dogs per year–and John’s more than doing his part
Climbing the Hill
Who’s going to replace Congressman Jim Kolbe?
Let the Eagle Soar
Mark Wahlberg shines as yet another underdog in football biopic ‘Invincible’
Noshing Around
New: Brundog’s Zy-De-Que “Life’s too short to eat boring food” hails the tagline of the month-old establishment where Capriccio’s formerly dwelled. Chef Tom Brunner’s love for layers of flavor and his penchant for pork led him to create his dream cuisine of hickory-smoked pulled pork and brisket of beef, catfish po’boy sandwiches, apricot habanero-glazed chicken…
The Other Democrats
Jeff Latas If Jim Kolbe hadn’t announced his retirement last Thanksgiving, Jeff Latas’ campaign would have had an entirely different narrative. Democrats would have rallied behind the Gulf War vet as the tough-on-defense Washington outsider who would finally dispatch the 11-term incumbent. But the stakes got a lot bigger when Kolbe quit, drawing both Gabrielle…
Now Showing at Home
“Arrested Development: Season 3,” “The Tick vs. Season One,” and “The Comeback: The Complete Only Season”
