Borrowing Time
Congress dishes out pork while racking up a record deficit
Soundbites
GET THE POINT While it began as a side project for Three Mile Pilot’s Amistead Burwell Smith IV and Rob Crow (Thingy, the horribly overlooked Heavy Vegetable), Pinback’s tremendous success has transformed the band into a full-time entity. Early releases focused on the band’s trademarked chiming, dual-guitar volleys, which were pleasant enough in a pastoral…
Strange Bedfellows
A brief history of the profitable, legally challenged relationship between Tucson’s daily newspapers
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music top sales for the week
Loyalty and Allegiance
Deputies feel betrayed after county supes write letters on behalf of a man who allegedly shot at an officer
Nine Questions
Otep
The Skinny
GIANT SUCKING SOUND Are Mayor Bob Walkup and his City Council allies going to stick to their guns when it comes time to decide whether to refuse to serve water to southeast-side developers who decline to sign to pre-annexation agreements? We’re seeing signs that Tucson Water Director David Modeer doesn’t think it’s such a hot…
Rhythm & Views
The Blood Brothers’ new album, Crimes, is the perfect antidote to the growing power of the United States of Jesusland. I have no doubt these kids voted (even if their votes were never counted); I have no doubt these kids are angry at the outcome; I have no doubt these kids will fuck up a…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
Rammstein, Germany’s answer to the Rolling Stones and Metallica has returned with Reise, Reise (Journey, Journey or Voyage, Voyage). Following a rumored breakup, Rammstein’s first album in three years is dynamic and shows a band who has matured in their signature sound. The most noticeable step forward comes from vocalist Till Lindemann. Normally barking lyrics…
Media Watch
KXCI goes digital
Sweet ‘Nutcracker’
Are you ready for some ‘Nutcracker’?
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Lesley Cho Newman of Art in Reality
Rhythm & Views
A new R.E.M. album is a comforting thing; R.E.M. have been around so long that everyone knows their sound and style, and they haven’t really digressed from their traditional jangly guitars and lyrical pathos. Which, in other words, means Around the Sun is nothing spectacular or genre-bending or innovative; it’s another R.E.M. album, with a…
Police Dispatch
Pissed On The Pot West Cortaro Farms Road and North La Cholla Boulevard, Nov. 12, 3:54 p.m. Wal-Mart employees phoned authorities when an intoxicated woman locked herself in a bathroom stall and refused to come out, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. Lisa Marie Brown, 38, reportedly screamed profanity at anyone who entered the…
Live
Korn, Pima County Fairgrounds, Saturday, Nov. 20
Pick
The End of the World … Pretty!
Gershwin Tribute
Richard Glazier brings his traveling show featuring the brothers Gershwin to Tucson
Danehy
A tonic for post-election stress: a CD player and some great music
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
True Tales
The Odyssey Storytelling Series gets regular folks to share a bit of themselves with a live audience
Downing
After a tough year, it’s time to count the blessings
Needs a Tuneup
Great performances can’t save ‘The Machinist’ from its formulaic storyline and bad spacing
Story Ark
The story of the great flood gets expanded and detailed by former Tucsonan David Maine
Guest Commentary
A lesson in modern-day medicine: Check your medical bills closely
Bomb For the Holidays
If you want a sweet holiday message wrapped in crap, here’s your movie
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best sellers for the week
Environmental Agony
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“Seinfeld: Volumes 1 and 2,” “Short Cuts,” and “Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore Collection”
Art of Service
Being a waiter or waitress is a challenging job
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Noshing Around
Spice Girls Jackie Brooks and Jennifer English will open their wholesale gourmet spice business to the public for the holiday season. From Saturday, Dec. 4, through Christmas, discover the exotic aromas of a Moroccan spice bazaar at Flavorbank. Pick up peppercorns from Brazil, Borneo and Madagascar; sea salts; chili peppers; sugars; sweet spices; and gift…
Garbage Equity?
City officials examine the possibility of a variable ‘pay as you throw’ trash fee
Sadies Hawking
Toronto’s best band is an easy sell
Environmental Emergency
As mines are abandoned, activists fear what will happen to Southern Arizona’s water table
Christmas Croonings
Our annual wrap-up of holiday albums we received in the mail
