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The Big Spank!
If you ever find yourself talking to someone who practices domestic discipline, first, don’t ever, ever ask them if they’ve read the best-selling soft-porn novel Fifty Shades of Grey. When I asked that question at the start of an interview, the reply was “I’ve never even read the book. I thought you wanted to talk…
Local Band to Set Foot on Rialto’s Stage Thursday
Vocalist Tom Sellers and drummer A.J. Ward of Bangarang get the crowd pumped up at a show at The Rock on Oct. 12, 2012. Photo by: Wolfgang Sven and Andrei Gardiola The members of local Reggae band, Bangarang, compare their sound to Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Sublime, and Bob Marley. They draw influence from these…
Soccer Is Still Happening Tonight
Somehow, we have survived the #TucsonBlizzard, so now we have to rebuild, trying to figure out what to do with our lives without the threat of a snow-based demise hanging over our heads. The good news is that there’s still soccer to be watched and enjoyed tonight, as the Desert Diamond Cup rolls on with…
The Harlem Shake Is Over
Los Angeles Times recently published an article titled “Eight things killing the Harlem Shake” which shows specific videos that are making the meme played out already. The LA Times explains: The Harlem Shake burst onto the scene last week, but already the poor meme is showing signs of looming death. We’re not saying the Harlem…
Tucson’s Emotions Summed Up In Two Words: OMFG SNOW
David Mendez OMFG SNOW So in case you missed it, there’s all this weird, cold, crystalline white stuff falling from the sky. I’ve heard some people calling it “snow.” As I’ve lived in Central-to-Southern Arizona my whole life, I can’t say I’m too familiar, but somehow it makes me want to drink cocoa. Regardless, everyone…
Struggling USPS to Release Clothing Line in 2014
Step aside, Ralph Lauren and Versace — the United States Postal Service has announced that it will release its own line of all-weather clothing in 2014. Announced in a press release on the Postal Service’s website, the future line of products, branded “Rain, Heat & Snow,” is based on the USPS’s unofficial creed: “Neither snow…
Pre-Oscars Food Truck Round Up
Jim Nintzel Sunday, Feb. 24, is not only Oscar night but my birthday! So conveniently for me, and the rest of us, between noon and 5 p.m. at Himmel Park, 2650 E. First Street, there will be an overabundance of great eats. Get ready for Oscar Night by picking up your food at the park…
Sugar Fix
Join a legion of brainy medicos—and learn mind-boggling ways to deal with this chronic disease—at “Taking Control of Your Diabetes” on Saturday, February 23 at the Tucson Convention Center. Think this ain’t your way of enjoying the weekend? Think again. “Taking Control” will feature a slew of workshops, and talks with Dr. Steven Edelman, founder…
So, About That Blizzard Warning…
Don’t panic. If you have a phone and live in Tucson, you might have received a strange message around 6:30 tonight informing you of an impending blizzard warning. Of course, because you live in Tucson, blizzard warnings aren’t exactly the sort of thing we expect to have to deal with around here, so perhaps this…
PBS To Air ‘After Newtown’ Programming This Week
Just over two months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., PBS is asking America, “Where do we go from here?” with special programming aptly named “After Newtown.” The series of specials, first announced by the network in January, began airing Monday and will continue through Feb. 22. Mixing documentary-style reports with…
Someone Purchased the Domain Name to Guy Fieri’s Restaurant and Created Something Magical
Remember Guy Fieri’s Times Square-located “restaurant,” Guy’s American Kitchen and Bar—the one that was absolutely savaged by the New York Times to such a degree that they removed menu items? Well, it appears that Fieri didn’t purchase the domain name, guysamericankitchenandbar.com — so someone else did, and created a menu full of insane(ly hilarious) menu…
Rothschild’s State of the City: “The Problem of Poverty in Tucson Didn’t Happen Overnight. Solutions Won’t Either.”
Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild delivered his second State of the City today to a full room out at Starr Pass Resort. The central takeaway of the speech (which you can read in its entirety below): We’re doing a little bit better, but we need to do a lot better—and we need to do it as…
A Colorado Legislator Says Women Paranoid About Rape May Shoot the Wrong Person
During a debate regarding the possibility to allow Colorado campuses to allow concealed carry, Colo. state Rep. Joe Salazar said something mighty damn stupid regarding the potential for women to properly identify threats: It’s why we have call boxes, it’s why we have safe zones, it’s why we have the whistles. Because you just don’t…
Relish Kitchen & Wine Bar Open
The new restaurant that took over the Create Café and Catering space at 4660 E. Camp Lowell Drive is open. Relish Kitchen & Wine Bar is serving lunch seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and dinner Wednesday through Sunday 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Perusing the menu, there are a few…
Yet Another Reason for Tucson to Thank Coachella – Modest Mouse to Play at Rialto
Even if you can’t make it to Coachella this year, Tucson seems to be getting lucky with the Coachella bands that are making stops here before, after, or in between their performance at the music festival. Immediately after finishing their first Friday slot at Coachella on April 12, Modest Mouse will head to Tucson to…
An Interview with Comedian Pauly Shore
Photo from Flickr Creative Commons by Chad Gibson Pauly Shore, the comedian who has tackled just about every aspect of the comedy business out there, will be performing a standup show on March 1 at The Rialto Theatre. For those of you who don’t know, Shore is a comedian who has been surrounded by comedy…
Note To Future Massive College Party Organizers: Know Your Limits
The promotional materials boasted it as ‘Tucson’s Biggest Party,’ and last Friday’s #FridayThe15th blowout at the Seasons Apartments near 1st Avenue and Wetmore was well on its way to living up to that hype. That is, until some late-arriving but still overly eager partygoers started doing a really bad interpretation of storming the gates of…
End Streamline Coalition Holds Press Conference Today, Federal Courthouse
A coalition of immigrants rights groups and others concerned about the use of private prisons to detain undocumented immigrants will hold a press conference today, 12:30 p.m. in front of the Evo A. DeConcini Federal Courthouse, 405 W. Congress St. From the coalition’s press release: The Coalition will announce local and national days of action…
‘We Are All Immigrants’: Views From the Protest For Raúl Alcaráz Ochoa and Rene Meza Huertha
Noelle Haro-Gomez Raúl Alcaráz Ochoa is speaking to the crowd of protesters on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, in front of Tucson Police Department in Tucson, Ariz. The protest was calling the for the release of Ochoa and Rene Meza Huertha. Noelle Haro-Gomez Protesters begin to set up signs across the street from Tucson Police Department’s…
UNIDOS on Future of MAS: ‘We Demand That the District Rescind the Hicks Resolution’
Representatives of UNIDOS, the student-led group organized in support of Tucson Unified School District’s dismantled Mexican-American Studies program, recently met with three TUSD school board members identified as MAS supporters: Kristel Foster, Cam Juarez and Adelita Grijalva to discuss Judge David S. Bury’s deseg decision. This statement was read at the TUSD school board meeting…
Border Patrol Statement on Alcaráz Ochoa Arrest
The statement we’ve been waiting for to be attributed to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on yesterday’s arrest of Raul Alcaraz Ochoa: On Feb. 17, Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents responded to a request for assistance by the Tucson Police Department. At the scene, a Mexican male, who is a Lawfully Admitted Permanent Resident, impeded…
Rubio Vs. White House on Immigration Reform
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Over the weekend, USA Today gave a peek at a leaked draft of an Obama administration immigration reform plan. A draft of a White House immigration proposal obtained by USA TODAY would allow illegal immigrants to become legal permanent residents within eight years.…
Far East Movement to Play Free Rialto Show Tonight
Hip hop four-piece Far East Movement will play a free show at the Rialto Theatre tonight, thanks to Tucson’s Hot 98.3 FM, which is sponsoring the event. The show is a brief stop-over during their tour of the western U.S. through the rest of February before the band takes off to Japan for a single…
Border Patrol Releases Alcaráz Ochoa, Rally at TPD Today 4 p.m.
As of this morning, Tucson immigrant rights activist Raul Alcaráz Ochoa remained in U.S. Border Patrol custody after being arrested yesterday. However, the Range has learned that Ochoa was released this afternoon and will attend today’s rally in front of the Tucson Police Department, 270 S. Stone Ave., at 4 p.m. The Range first reported…
Hey! Devo Are Coming to Town!
Devo are coming to town. Grab a copy of Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, forget about “Whip It!” for an hour or so, and realize that these art-school guys were an incredibly creative and subversive group before losing the plot a bit in the mid-80’s and going their separate ways taking…
In Japan, There Is Such A Thing As Condom Ice Cream
Now, this video isn’t NSFW per se, but the description reads “The highest number of unintentional sexual innuendos you’ll ever find in one place,” and that’s as accurate as it is joking. The ice cream, apparently known as “Egg Ice Cream” isn’t actually within a condom, but within a rubber container that one has to…
Even Librarians are Getting In On the Harlem Shake
I can’t even be mad at the good folks at the Pima County Public Libraries for this — I mean, it’s silly, and it’s (vaguely) literary. That’s what matters, right? But now that the “Harlem Shake” meme (which, as we at Weekly World Central will vehemently argue is absolutely NOT the Harlem Shake, which is…
The Maine Back in the Studio for Fourth Album
Those of you who know The Maine may have gone to high school with them in Tempe. Or, you may have met them in the local music scene in Phoenix when they were first circuiting the music world. Some of you Arizonans may not have known about this band until they gained popularity and recognition…
Mark Kelly: “We Need To Do Something and Pass the Universal Background Check”
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Former astronaut Mark Kelly appeared on Meet the Press yesterday to push the case for a universal background check on gun sales. The Weekly looked at the politics of background checks last month.
A Beautiful Day for a Ball Game
Jim Nintzel It was a delightful Sunday afternoon at Hi Corbett Field as the UA baseball team completed a sweep of its first homestand of the season with a 13-9 win over Coppin State. Among the highlights: Coppin State’s inside-the-park grand slam. The Wildcats are back at Hi Corbett next Friday, Feb. 22.
UPDATE: Border Patrol Arrests Tucson Activist Raul Ochoa
The Range just learned that Tucson immigrant rights activist Raul Ochoa was taken into custody today by five U.S. Border Patrol and three Tucson Police Department officers. Ochoa’s friends and fellow activists are urging supporters to call Border Patrol at 514-4700 to demand his release. The Range has calls to Border Patrol and TPD to…
Flandrau Planetarium Dome Goes High Tech – For the Weekend
If you’re a long-time or native Tucsonan like me, you may have memories of Hector Vector Star Projector like I do from my first school field trip in second grade: An awe-inspiring, state-of-the-art projector rising majestically from beneath the planetarium floor, delivering full-dome images that transported me to Mars and other worlds. While Hector still…
AZ Illustrated Politics: Expanding AHCCCS, Gun Regulations and Planned Parenthood Funding
Senate President Andy Biggs traveled from Phoenix to join a panel that includes state Sen. Linda Lopez and former lawmakers Paula Aboud and Jonathan Paton. The AZ Illustrated Politics panel tackled the question of whether the Legislature will go along with Gov. Jan Brewer’s call for the expansion of the state’s version of Medicare to…
International Wildlife Museum Anniversary with Food Trucks
A happy 25th Anniversary to the International Wildlife Museum. They are celebrating this special day today, Saturday, Feb. 16 with only $3 admission to the museum, located at 4800 W. Gates Pass Rd. If you haven’t been before, or haven’t visited the museum in a long while, here is your chance to make a day…
Derrick Williams’s VII Grand Is Now Open and He’s Working In the Shop
David Mendez Derrick Williams helps out behind the counter at VII Grand, which opened today. VII Grand Premium Streetwear and Sneakers opened up today, and as I walked in, I was surprised to find former University of Arizona star and current Minnesota Timberwolves player Derrick Williams holding court behind the counter, signing autographs, posing for…
Band of Horses, Silversun Pickups Announce Tucson Stops for April
I’m not usually one to say “I told you so,” but the news is pretty good this time around. In my commentary about the residual Tucson shows that come from the Coachella weekends, I mentioned a number of bands that will be making stops in Southern Arizona before, between or after those two weekends in…
Miss the Boondocks? So Do We. That’s Why We’re Throwing Money At The Uncle Ruckus Movie
First off, if you don’t care much for The Boondocks, the Aaron McGruder comic strip/TV show, you’ll want to skip this post entirely. But The Boondocks features great takes at race relations in America, smart humor, and in the case of the TV show, features fantastic homages to some of the greats in Japanese animation.…
Rodriguez Show Moves to AVA
The Rialto Theatre announced today that April’s Rodriguez show is moving to the AVA Amphitheater at Casino del Sol. So y’all can put down the pitchforks and torches. Your original ticket will be honored and more tickets will be available, in case you didn’t get one before the Rialto sell-out. Her are the details from…
(NSFW) 150 Shades of Shame: The Best (and Worst) of the Rest
As those of you who have been following 150 Shades of Shame, our erotic fiction contest, may have noticed, we announced the winners and a selection of honorable mentions this week. So firstly, let’s congratulate First Place winner Saba Bennett (“The Tiki Tryst”) and Second Place winners Lucy Lucious (“New Floor”) and Monica Friedman (“150…
Uhlich Files for Campaign Funds in City Council Race
With all this talk about Democrat Fred Duval filing to explore running for governor in 2014, it’s easy to forget that this year, Tucson has three City Council offices up for reelection: Ward 3’s Karin Uhlich, Ward 5’s Richard Fimbres and Ward 6’s Steve Kozachik, the newly minted Democrat. Today, Uhlich made a minor bit…
Cinematic Book Club Set to Debut at the Loft
Film adaptations of popular novels all too often crash and burn, but some manage to be held in a higher esteem than their literary counterparts. This century-old debate will be tested over the course of this year as the Loft Cinema Book Club screens seven classic films, followed by moderated discussions of the books they’re…
Colbert’s Harlem Shake Disappointing
I’d actually been waiting for Stephen Colbert to do the Harlem Shake ever since I saw Jon Stewart’s version of it. Stewart’s “getting ditched” twist to the newest trending “dance” is pretty funny. But I’ve always been a little more entertained by The Colbert Report than by the Daily Show. So I was really disappointed…
Kix Brooks Sure To Put On A Good Show Next Saturday
Kix Brooks will be headliner of this year’s official Tucson Rodeo opening concert this year. Kix Brooks is best known for his ’90s hits in the duo Brooks & Dunn, with songs like “Boot Scootin’ Boogie,” “My Maria,” and of course the song that made me get into country in the first place, the classic…
A Meteor Exploded Over Russia, Injuring More Than 1,000
A meteor exploded over Russia this morning, leaving a contrail through the skies before exploding in the atmosphere. The resulting shockwave shattered windows and damaged buildings, resulting in injuries to at least 1,000 people. From CNN.com: The number of injured has continued to rise through the day as new reports come in from across a…
This Week in Tucson Bicycling
This bicycle registration system was completed two years ago, but still isn’t live. The Tucson Police Department unveiled their voluntary bicycle registration system two years ago. Find out what it was supposed to do and why it still isn’t online. Tucson Velo got a new look this week. Here’s why and how to use the…
AZ Illustrated Politics: Healthcare Expansion, Gun Bills & More
Tonight on Arizona Public Media’s AZ Illustrated Politics: Senate President Andy Biggs travels from Phoenix to join a panel that includes state Sen. Linda Lopez and former lawmakers Paula Aboud and Jonathan Paton. On the agenda: Gov. Jan Brewer’s call for an expansion of AHCCCS (aka Arizona’s version of Medicaid) to 133 percent of the…
Food Truck Friday Returns to Bookmans on Ina
Courtesy of the Serial Grillers Facebook Page Whether you’re recovering from Valentine’s Day (read: hungover and wallowing in self pity) or gearing up for #FridayThe15th, Bookmans on Ina, at 3733 W. Ina Rd, is the place to be from 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow if you’re in the mood to eat your feelings. Plenty of…
Think the Aussie Party Was Off the Chain? Prepare For #FridayThe15th
Party school list-compilers, take heed: students (and those profiting from students) at the University of Arizona are going all-in to get back on the wild-and-crazy school map. Less than three weeks after the now-infamous Aussie Party drew more than 1,500 people — and a few airborne gunshots — to the Stone Avenue Standard apartments, some…
Flash “Harlem Shake” Mob Surrounds Evangelist On UA Campus, Penguin Pays the Price
Now, I have nothing against Brother Jed, the traveling evangelist who routinely rolls up to the University of Arizona campus to shout at students about how their sinful ways are leading them to Hell — I mean, you’ve gotta follow your heart’s passions, right? — but watching students protest his speech by countering with their…
An LPGA Golfer, Bitten By a Black Widow, Performs Surgery With a Tee, Finishes Round
Honestly, I’m not sure I need to even write anything after that headline, because it already demonstrates how hardcore this woman is. Still… Swedish LPGA rookie Daniela Holmqvist was playing through the qualifying round of the Australian Open earlier this week when she felt a sharp sting around her ankle—which turned out to be a…
If You Didn’t Know This Was Coming, You’re Beyond Our Help
Fact: Regardless of whether or not I’ve been in a relationship, I’ve listened to this song at least once every February 14 since 2004. I have never once gotten tired of it, though that’s partially because “Speakerboxx/The Love Below” is one of the best damn albums of the 2000s, and I’ll generally listen to the…
97.1 Is a Country Station Now, If That’s Your Thing
The experiment of simulcasting KNST on FM has ended today at noon for Clear Channel (full disclosure: I was briefly employed there late last year) as 97.1 has flipped to Wild Country 97.1, an attempt to take on Tucson county stalwart KIIM. The station is in the midst of the standard 10,000 songs in a…
Screw The Roses, Chocolate and (Fleeting) Chance at Sex: It’s Time to Celebrate WSOP Day
It was already lining up to be a quite unproductive workday for yours truly, what with the after-effects of attending the Die Hard marathon — Lord help you if you pay money solely to see the fifth installment — still rattling my psyche. Then the World Series of Poker announced the 2013 series schedule, and…
Bless the Beasts—But Maybe Not in Your Neighborhood Café
Photo courtesy Dani Moore “My tiny little rats are certainly much less disruptive than a miniature horse would be,” said Dani Moore, who uses the rats to alert her to when she is having spasms. Bethany Barnes of Arizona-Sonora News Service looks at a proposal to limit what kinds of service animals will be allowed…
If Valentine’s Day Has Got You Down, Cheer Up: At Least You Aren’t In L.A.
Don’t worry friends. If you’re alone today, you can at least take solace in the fact that you’re not the only one having romantic issues this day. Or, apparently if you live in Los Angeles, every day. Truth be told, this video is money mostly for the fact that it’s got Jaleel White (of “Urkel…
Motor Madness
Time was, a hunter nobly tracked his quarry step by step through the forest primeval. His skills proving worthy, he’d down the prey, field-dress the kill and likewise pack out the proceeds, one foot after another. Then came GPS, off-road vehicles and bulging waistlines. Now it seems many hunters hanker to do the deed with…
Ask a Mexican!
The Mexican welcomes a new member to the flock; and why do Mexicans seem to party everywhere around their home?
Noshing Around
Arizona Beer Week approaches; Pop Up BBQ serves up fine Seattle-style cuisine; come attend a free lecture on the life and times of chiles; and please, remember to tip your server on Valentine’s Day.
Media Watch
Checking in with Barbara Grijalva, a long-time fixture of Tucson’s local media.
Soundbites
A ton of Dr. Dog/Golden Boots news; a few suggestions for snagging tickets to The xx and the after party at Club Congress; and so, so much more.
The Bitter Pill
This is, apparently, the last punch on director Steven Soderbergh’s dance card. Since announcing his retirement from feature films about three years ago, Soderbergh has continued to work furiously: He’s pumped out six movies, each one different from the next. Technically, he has one more feature film to go—the Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra—but studios…
Heated Environment
Despite the harassment Michelle Maliniak says she experienced in the Tucson Fire Department, it’s obvious that the retired firefighter is still proud of her 22 years of service. Just past the front door of her eastside home, a worn, yellow firefighter’s coat and helmet hang prominently on her living room wall next to a picture…
The Skinny
The details behind the Rio Nuevo settlement; Planned Parenthood gets a call in their favor; the latest on the crusade against gun violence; and more!
Waste of Talent
Cashing in on her Oscar-nominated turn in Bridesmaids, Melissa McCarthy gets a headlining role alongside Jason Bateman in Identity Thief. While both performers are talented and make the best of the crap heap of a script they are handed, it’s not enough to make this anything more than a desperate misfire. McCarthy has a lot…
Ready to Race
If You Go: Tucson Quarter Midgets Association racing TQMA track, on eastbound I-10 frontage road between Twin Peaks and Avra Valley roads Next race is 9:30 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 17 Admission: Free More information: tucsonquartermidgets.com or facebook.com/TucsonQuarterMidgetAssociation Southern Arizona’s biggest little secret is hoping to finally get noticed, beyond just being known as that odd red-and-white structure we’ve…
Danehy
In the giant Venn diagram of individual human behavior, the great blob of Stupid intersects lots of different areas, including Personally Destructive and Professionally Damaging, and it even lightly touches Fire-able Offense. Fortunately for all of us, Stupid is just mostly stupid and allows us to make our mistakes and, one hopes, learn from them,…
Autobiographical Erotic Asphyxiation
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Twelve years after their demise, Neil Michael Hagerty has now spent just about as much time on his own as he spent in Royal Trux with his former partner Jennifer Herrema (currently fronting Black Bananas, formerly known as RTX). It’s fairly safe to say that while Herrema inherited the trashy rock, style and swagger from…
Top Ten in Books
1. Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story Mark Kelly and C. F. Payne, $16.99 2. Deadly Stakes: A Novel J.A. Jance, $25.99 3. Les Misérables Victor Hugo, $6.95 4. Beautiful Creatures Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, $9.99 5. The Round House Louise Erdrich, $27.99 6. Life of Pi Yann Martel, $15.95 7. Flight Behavior:…
Serraglio
Unless you opened this newspaper directly to this column without glancing at the cover (has anyone ever done that?), you’re aware that this is the “sex issue”—that is, a publication momentarily preoccupied with sex, not some inky, soy-based fluid excreted during an act of journalistic depravity. When I counted the weeks and discovered that I…
An Annotated Guide to the Meet Rack, As Told (Mostly) By “God”
Wallpapered with photos, letters, posters and the occasional Alcoholics Anonymous chip, the Meet Rack is one of Tucson’s most beloved dive bars. Each item displayed is a trophy of sorts, from the bras on the ceiling, to the photo of Arnold Schwarzenneger “taking [a woman’s] temperature,” to the stories detailing the mayoral candidacies of Jim…
A Tucson Classic
Cup Café 311 E. Congress St., in Hotel Congress 798-1618; hotelcongress.com/cup Open Sunday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 7 a.m. to midnight Pluses: Delicious, unpretentious food; one of the best breakfast spots in Tucson; fantastic Bloody Marys Minuses: Reservations needed; drinks take a long time If you’ve lived in Tucson…
Regarding Rodriguez: Not Exactly, Arizona Daily Star
When the Rodriguez concert coming to Tucson on April 19 sold out nearly instantly, I have to say I was a little shocked. Sure, that show is a great get for Tucson following the documentary Searching for Sugar Man and a lot of press about the formerly-lost Detroit musician, but there are shows with great…
So This Happened Over the Weekend
Jim Nintzel I’m not sure what to tell you about this photo I snapped yesterday, other than the French paleontologist makes it tangentially related to the Gem and Mineral Show and it’s part of an upcoming feature story. ETA: My apologies for not mentioning this sooner, but the mastermind behind the shot was Eric Kroll,…
