The Anniversary Issue
It’s here and online. We hope you enjoy it; honestly, we’re proud of it. Feel free to comment on its contents here. Also … if you are curious about what the very first issue of the Weekly as like … you can download a PDF of it here. (Be warned: It’s 2.6MB.) Enjoy.
Council Coverage
The Tucson City Council appears to be mostly on board with City Manager Mike Hein’s budget strategy, which involves reorganizing some of the city’s functions (such as getting rid of the planning department and having other departments pick up the responsibilities), cutting some spending, dipping into reserve funds and raising some fees. At yesterday’s meeting,…
Misspent Youth
For the record, I have no recollection of this evening, but that’s me in the video. I can only guess that I was dressed up like the late Dr. Thompson because it was Halloween.
Republican John Munger Blames Obstructionist Democrats for GOP’s State Budget Cuts
We just love watching Republican John Munger on the political face-off on Arizona Illustrated. His ability to blame Democrats for everything is sometimes breathtaking. Wednesday night was a great example. For example, he blamed Democrats for sitting on the sidelines during the state budget negotiations, forcing Republicans to cut education, health care, social services, economic…
‘Star’ Parent Gets (Expensive) Lifeline
Earlier this week, we speculated that Arizona Daily Star parent company Lee Enterprises may be preparing for bankruptcy, based on the fact that all Star employees were mysteriously paid early. Well, it looks like Lee is safe from bankruptcy–for a little while, at least–after refinancing some of its debt, albeit at a hefty cost. If…
Pop Up Spaces Scavenger Hunt
Pop Up Spaces, a collaboration between Tucson artists Rachelle Diaz (Tu Scene), Molly McClintock (MAXED ART) and July Ray (The Burrito Files), is bringing its first project to yep, you guessed it –downtown Tucson. The art collaboration plans to produce temporary, interactive, site-specific installations in empty spaces asking viewers to be part of the art…
Damn You, Social Vampires
I am a Neko Case fan. Never kept it to myself. When I left Washington state to come home, I didn’t even know Case had moved here. I thought she probably still lived in the Northwest. I didn’t really care where she lived–I just cared that she kept making music, because I like it, and…
Congrats to UA “Pride of Arizona” Marching Band
The UA College of Fine Arts reports: The University of Arizona “Pride of Arizona” Marching Band, directed by Professor Jay C. Rees, has received the prestigious honor of being selected by the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) as one of the top five marching bands in the country for the band’s 2008 “Weather Report”…
Media Watch
Your Weekly Woeful Economic Update
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
Police Dispatch
Semi-Insane East Benson Highway, Jan. 21, 7:04 p.m. A lone woman, possibly impaired by serious alcohol or drug ingestion, put her own life in danger and annoyed many semi-truck drivers with her actions, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. The Sheriff’s Department received multiple calls from the Triple T Truck Stop, 5451 E.…
Rhythm & Views
As the iconic Morrissey approaches his 50th birthday, one is hard-pressed to name many artists who have maintained such validity over the last 25 years. From The Smiths to his solo work, Morrissey’s biting tales of the perennial outsider can still speak to an awkward teen behind a laptop in rural Ohio, a Los Angeles…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Lisette DeMars
Men on Stage
‘The Penis Monologues’ largely rises to the occasion, but ‘3 Guys’ is a tragic drag
Pick of the Week
‘Rats’ and Rhythm
Fraud and Fury
Power stands at the center of Arizona Rep’s ‘Medea,’ Invisible Theatre’s ‘Camping’
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
This One Time…
Part-time Tucsonan Thomas C. Adler shares his love of summer camp in ‘Campingly Yours’
Danehy
Considering recent actions involving impact fees and arts funding, the Tucson City Council would be good sitcom fodder
Realistic Romance
‘Moscow, Belgium’ succeeds by revealing the diversity of the everyday
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
O’Sullivan
Perhaps reintroducing Neanderthals to planet Earth could keep the human race from becoming too boring
Jason Redux
The new ‘Friday the 13th’ is better than the original
Noshing Around
Flapjacks on the House International House of Pancakes locations will raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network by giving away free short stacks of pancakes on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The idea: They provide the pancakes, and diners donate what they would’ve spent ($4.79) or more. IHOP raised $875,000 last year and hopes to raise $1…
Guest Commentary
A recent forum on institutional racism showed that inequality still reigns in America
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
¡Ask a Mexican!
Denial of child sexual abuse.
Now Showing at Home
“Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!: Season Two,” “Raging Bull (Blu-Ray),” and “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Blu-Ray)”
Query Corner
A note from the editor.
Pure and Simple
A.A. Bondy prefers recording in barns to fiddling with computers
Beautiful Moon
Red Sky Café’s Steve Schultz takes on Italian cuisine in a winning way at Luna Bella
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Playful Minimalism
Origami Ghosts are neither complicated nor scary; discuss
Foreclosure Madness
Community organizers work to find solutions to keep people in their homes
Soundbites
A BIT OF THE BIG EASY For those of us unlucky enough to have never made it to New Orleans, we know what we’re missing out on, right? The most European-feeling city in the States; the unique amalgam of cultures; the birthplace of jazz, Creole and zydeco music; the Jazz and Heritage Festival; Creole and…
Insurance Assurance
Even as it is under attack, Arizona’s health-care plan could be a national model for reform
Nine Questions
Kim Hauser
Deep Trouble
Nine things you should know about the Arizona Legislature
Live
The Music Tapes, Nana Grizol, Brian Dewan, Solar Culture Gallery, Friday, Feb. 13
Slow Connection
TUSD administrators look to boost the schools’ lagging technology infrastructure
Rhythm & Views
Twenty-five years ago, Tommy Keene was a hot young thing atop the Village Voice Pazz and Jop Poll, but like his power-pop peers–namely Marshall Crenshaw and Tommy Heath (of Tommy Tutone)–he has eked out a remarkable, if somewhat commercially ignored, career on the margins of the record industry. Although in recent years, he has collaborated…
The Skinny
EXPLODING ON IMPACT You gotta appreciate City Councilman Rodney Glassman’s sense of showmanship. With the help of some friends in the construction biz, Glassman on Feb. 10 turned a normally sleepy City Council study session into a contentious brawl over whether the city should stop collecting some impact fees for the next year. Even Ward…
Rhythm & Views
After going 18 years without collaborating on a full-length album, the fine Working on a Dream marks Bruce Springsteen’s third pairing with the E Street Band this decade. This time, Springsteen and his E Street cohorts mine the lush, pop sound of the 1960s. From the Chad and Jeremy jangle of “Tomorrow Never Knows” to…
