Journalistic Journalism
A note from the editor.
Losing Formula
This movie, supposedly about the Naval Academy, is actually a terrible boxing movie
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“Saturday Night Live: The Best of Alec Baldwin,” “Repo Man: Collector’s Edition,” and “Broken Flowers”
Vegan Variety
Tucson’s vegetarians may rejoice in the presence of Lovin’ Spoonfuls–but there’s room to improve
Trust Fund
Tensions between Gov. Napolitano and the GOP caucus could keep the budget off balance
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Noshing Around
New: Central Long-awaited Central was slated to open earlier this week in the downtown train depot serving American bistro cuisine; think rib-eye steak with hushpuppies, battered onion rings and corn dogs made with housemade sausage. Mark Economou, chef/owner, and his wife, Sonia, strive to make everything from scratch. Economou has cooked around town, including at…
Sour Sounds
An uncivil war breaks out in Tucson’s jazz community over an online radio station
Hip-Hop Renaissance
Michael Franti just wants to make music to clean the toilet to
Neighborhood Negligence?
Some Dunbar/Spring residents say a housing facility is causing increased crime
Contact High
Pearls and Brass tune in and drop out
Doctors in Demand
For rural clinics, the Help Wanted sign rarely comes down
Soundbites
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Here, in what feels like the first week of the “busy spring concert season,” in which there is more to write about than there is space, I hereby take the music columnist’s oath: “I promise to be pithy. I promise to be honest and subjectively fair in my assessment of those musical acts…
Legislation Landslide
Just what are lawmakers up to this year? You probably don’t want to know.
Nine Questions
Gabriel Palacios
Sex vs. Death
Will the religious right stymie the first-ever cancer vaccine?
Live
The Tuna Helpers, Molehill Orkestrah, at Plush, Saturday, Jan. 28
The Skinny
LANGUAGE BARRIER From the “If at First You Don’t Succeed…” files: Republican lawmakers last week sent two bills aimed at resolving the ongoing battle over educating English-language learners to Gov. Janet Napolitano, who vetoed them both. While the battle goes on, the state is facing fines of a half-million dollars a day. But since they’re…
Rhythm & Views
With her heart divided between the honky tonk and the juke joint, Kathleen Williamson sure can be a character. “Don’t Make a Scene, Kathleen” is a basic blues progression–not unlike Muddy Waters’ “Mannish Boy”–on top of which Williamson sings about herself in a wonderful, sassy tale of her lifetime proclivity to individualism and the tendency…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I stand before you today in the hopes of defending my appreciation of Duncan Sheik. He may write the sappy “adult contemporary” pop of Clear Channel radio stations with vague nouns for names, but those are not the songs that are Sheik’s real strength. White Limousine, Sheik’s fifth album,…
Media Watch
The Shocking Decline of the ‘Citizen’
Rhythm & Views
The strength of this album derives from the sheer versatility with which this immensely seasoned band applies itself to a wide variety of music–all growing from the fertile earth of blues and R&B. From the zydeco inflections of “Maybell’s Place,” through the Stax-Volt R&B sound of “Old Country Road,” funky roadhouse blues on “Please Tell…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Jerry Karches
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week
Police Dispatch
The Teddy Bear Tryst Wetmore and Oracle Roads, Jan. 11, 9:48 p.m. A seriously disabled man said his wife started hallucinating and accused him of impregnating the teddy bears that decorate his room, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report stated. The 57-year-old man said his wife walked into his bedroom, made the accusation and then…
Flamenco Fever
A Spanish troupe brings life to the Southwest with singing, performance, dance
Danehy
In the rebate game, the consumer almost always loses
Pick of the Week
Sometimes, when she is shopping in a crowded store, author Eve Ensler hears her name being called. But it’s not Eve or Ensler being called. It’s “vagina lady.” As author of The Vagina Monologues, Ensler interviewed more than 200 women about memories and experiences of sexuality. Her book has transformed into a play, performed by…
Gifted Brits
A foreign-exchange program at The Drawing Studio is a highlight of the upcoming Art Safari
Tuttle
Do specially designated months unite us or divide us?
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Wounds of Language
Tucson native Peggy Shumaker gets motivation from the landscape
Guest Commentary
It’s time to make some noise about New Orleans: It’s time for a National Mardi Gras
Gender Bender
Felicity Huffman gives an award-worthy performance that’s sure to piss off right-wingers
Sweet but Stale
Stacey A. Toben could have used a few more writing lessons before publishing her first book
