Won’t Work for Free
Teachers and others overwhelmingly reject TUSD’s donate-a-day request
High Maintenance
An essay: Ani DiFranco and the case of too many albums
Top Ten in Books
Reader’s Oasis best sellers for the week
Begun, This Clone War Has
Worried about your genetic dupe buying booze at drive-thru windows? The Arizona Legislature is here to put your mind to ease!
Soundbites
PRETENTIOUS PRINCESS “With friends like these, who needs enemas?” ask two Chicago-via-Massachusetts boys, and we sheepishly shrink away from the question, for we have no need for friends nor enemas today, no matter how hard our colon is crying. These two gents, who call themselves Princess when they make music together, seek not only to…
Noshing Around
Fat Tuesday Celebrate on Feb. 8 at Kingfisher, with live music all night. Dinner will be served from 5 p.m. to midnight. Order from the menu or choose among specials like old Nawlings seafood gumbo, shrimp jambalaya, baked Gulf oysters and crawfish étouffée at 2564 E. Grant Road; 323-7739. Gung Hay Fat Choy Happy Chinese…
The Coffee Crew
For more than 40 years, a group of broadcast veterans has met twice a week to discuss the biz
Nine Questions
James Allen
Ego Trip
Despite some pretentious prose and self-inflating rhetoric, ‘The Way Out’ is a journey worth taking
Easement Issues
A pet cemetery owner and KB Home battle over construction plans
Live
Gliss, Club Congress, Friday, Jan. 28
Cookie Quest
Whether from a top-notch bakery or made on your own, cookies can satisfy and bring back memories
The Skinny
LOADS OF GARBAGE P.J. O’Rourke once remarked on the differences between the two major political parties: “Democrats are the party of government activism, the party that says government can make you richer, smarter, taller and get the chickweed out of your lawn. Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work, and then get elected…
Rhythm & Views
In his long and storied career as an art rock icon, John Cale has been many things, but until now, never funky. But Cale and co-producer Nick Franglen dip into a sly, insistently funky undertow on several tracks on Cale’s first CD in eight years, HoboSapiens, without losing any of the exactitude and subtle menace…
Point and Eat
Dim sum–laboriously-prepared snacks on wheels–rolls into Tucson
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
I’ve never really delved much into the Devlin brothers, Colin and Peter, who hail from Ireland and have previously recorded with Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan). But I’ve enjoyed their quiet yet anthemic pop songs, which have appeared in HBO’s Six Feet Under and director Mike Nichols’ recent masterpiece, Closer. And now I’m a full-on…
Tables for Two
As Valentine’s Day approaches, thoughts turn to romantic dinners
Media Watch
Greetings from Iowa
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week
Buffet Etiquette 101
Help out your fellow man: Don’t be an all-you-can-eat amateur
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Marshall Magruder
Rhythm & Views
When ex-Faith No More frontman Mike Patton isn’t making avant-metal music with his various bands (Tomahawk, Fantomas, General Patton vs the X-ecutioners) or collaborating with electronics-based Norwegian composer Kaada or putting out new material by the Melvins (all for Ipecac, the boutique label Patton founded himself), he’s apparently busy compiling the music of futuristic big…
Food for the Soul
Govinda’s blends healthful food and spiritual philosophy to uplift the spirit
Police Dispatch
I Just Want to be Loved UA Area, Jan. 24, 1:30 p.m. A woman standing outside a dormitory was approached by a man who repeatedly asked for a hug, according to a University of Arizona Police Department report. The college-age man, who reportedly appeared to be intoxicated, walked up to the woman at the southeast…
Feedback Wanted
The Old Pueblo Playwrights present three days of brand-new works
Mixed Performance
The Mystery Mansion Dinner Theatre’s cast is delightful–but the food they serve is not
Pick
Uplifting Film; Horrifying Subject
Many People on Stage
Rain Pryor turns her mixed heritage into an acclaimed one-woman show
Danehy
A bill that would ban junk food in schools shows just how misplaced lawmakers’ priorities are
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Art Safari
A field guide to artists and galleries of the Warehouse District
Tuttle
An argument for forgoing meat, with some recipes to boot
Horrid Horror
‘Hide and Seek’ leaves viewers with questions, like: Why is Robert De Niro trying to destroy his career?
Guest Commentary
It’s time to end the illegal occupation of Arizona
Cinematic Darkness
It’s a bad week for horror movies: ‘Alone in the Dark’ is memorably terrible
Sensing a Theme?
A note from the editor.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“Malcolm X: Two-Disc Special Edition,” “Ray,” “Friday Night Lights”
The Communicator Keeps Drivin’
After the worst year of his life, Mike Candrea looks forward to a new UA softball season
Stripped-Down Sound
Allison Moorer mixes woe with a pleasant nature and a wonderful stage presence
