A Winning Artist
A note from the editor.
Ditch This Date
Hollywood’s dog season continues with dreck from Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney
Get Your Kicks
Route 66 continues to fire the imagination–and line the bookshelves–of American travelers
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Pathetic Torture
‘Boogeyman’ would have benefited from a better script–and more of the Boogeyman itself
Top Ten in Books
Green Fire Bookshop’s best sellers for the week
Elevate the Exotic!
A call for reform in strip-club performance
Now Showing at Home
“The Warner Gangsters Collection,” “The Grudge,” and “The Brak Show”
Little Spot With a Big Heart
Tavolino is a cozy, elegant place–one that’s so small, reservations are a must
Tied Up With Friends
Desert Dominion members enjoy a lifestyle that includes bondage and dominance while stressing safety and acceptance
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Noshing Around
In the Swim Bluefin Seafood Bistro opens Feb. 11 with a splash at 7053 N. Oracle Road (formerly Millie’s Pancake Haus). This Kingfisher spin-off will serve mostly fish–raw, grilled, sautéed, baked, pan-fried, chowdered, steamed, smoked and marinated, daily for lunch, Sunday brunch, dinner and late night; 531-8500. Very Voluptuous Dining It’s that time of year…
Sex Toys in the City
A review of pleasurable and perverse toys and gadgets at some of Tucson’s finer stores
Blood on the Tracks
The Blood Brothers pour it all out
Sex Language
While American English’s modern words for sex are harsh and vulgar, the Chinese equivalents are melodic and beautiful
French Via Georgia
After a virtual absence of eight years, Madeleine Peyroux is back and climbing up the charts
Kolbe vs. Kolbe
Border issues spark a brotherly fracas
Soundbites
A ROCKIN’ MONDAY Several years ago, I read an item in Chuck Shepherd’s “News of the Weird” column that has stuck with me. It was about a couple who had been arrested for keeping piles of sick, dying and dead dogs in their house–a truly horrifying mental image (and as a die-hard animal lover, that’s…
Maligned Money
A bill would allocate $3 million to pave a rural Pima County road–but county officials don’t want it
Nine Questions
A recent transplant from Chicago, Lee Gutowski is a regular music-biz veteran. She’s worked as a publicist for Bloodshot Records and Alligator Records, with a short stint at Premonition Records sandwiched between. She is currently the publicist for Funzalo Records, whose roster of artists includes Tony Furtado, Spookie Daly Pride and The Steepwater Band. What…
Segregated Worship
Tucson’s black churches have a long and vital history
Rhythm & Views
All Day is only four songs long–and one of those songs is a cover of David Bowie’s “Starman”–but this EP is Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel at their very best. The organ, drums and vocals are in perfect balance, the melodies euphoric, the lyrics interesting. Mates of State create textured songs with just organs (and/or…
The Skinny
FIFE’S BACK! Is J. Fife Whiteguy III really considering taking on Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano next year? The press was abuzz last week about the possibility that Fife, the onetime governor who got popped with a 23-count federal indictment accusing him of fraudulent financial shenanigans, wants his old job back. Fife’s financial scam–to simplify a…
Live
Luna, Club Congress, Wednesday, Feb. 2
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
What could be heavier than Haystacks Calhoun and Andre the Giant grappling in a steel-cage death match, louder than a runaway locomotive hauling a cargo load of malfunctioning World War II air-raid sirens, and nastier than Jenna Jameson’s private parts? Why, the lasciviously stupid, Southern-bred Alabama Thunderpussy (ATP), of course. Obviously influenced by Lynyrd Skynyrd,…
Media Watch
Sergio Leone Meets Perry Mason
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music top sales for the week
Police Dispatch
Sequins Are Tasty West Wetmore Road and North La Cholla Boulevard, Jan. 20, 3:19 p.m. A teacher reported a boy for biting a female student twice on the chest, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. The teacher said the children were eating snacks when the girl tried to show the boy some sequins on…
Rhythm & Views
Andrew Bird is a motherlode of charisma, enigmatic with a winking streak of anachronism. A violin virtuoso with a presence that would humble Bono, the boy is a wizard of electronic effects and a brilliant compiler of lyric metaphors. He’s a sui generis rocker with an aesthetic compelling enough to carry it off. Take, for…
Danehy
Tom’s notes from Super Bowl Sunday
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Jami Macarty
Found Sounds
Glenn Weyant makes music, sort of, with an instrument he made mostly out of stuff in his garage
Downing
Behold, at long last: The Perfect Margarita recipe
Pick
Sweet-Singing Irish Colleen
Moving Movements
Sensuous dance abounds in Tucson before and after Valentine’s Day
Guest Commentary
All Arizonans should be concerned about anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT ballot initiatives
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
When Canvas Won’t Do
Almost 70 artists do their things with metal in TMA’s latest stimulating show
