Jan 13-19, 2005

Jan 13-19, 2005 / Vol. 21 / No. 46

Now Showing at Home

“Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (Extreme Unrated),” “Garden State,” “The Village,” “The Simpsons: The Complete Fifth Season”

Bob Grimm

Rhythm & Views

Sorely missed Brooklyn rockabilly/garage/R&B-inspired retro frat rock combo the A-Bones are celebrated amid plenty of beer swillin’ and hip-shakin’ go-go girl action on this monumentally greasy 46-song, two-disc collection of non-LP singles, rare compilation tracks and 10 previously unissued nuggets spanning the group’s glory years of 1990-1994. Norton label honchos and acute garage-slop historians, the…

Ron Bally

Questionable Authority

Despite David Modeer’s denials, other local water executives say the Tucson water director proposed to start a regional water authority

Jim Wright

Rhythm & Views

Agnostic Front, the kings and originators of the New York hardcore metal scene, have returned with Another Voice–a brutal offering co-produced by Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta. All 14 tracks on Another Voice follow a certain pattern: pissed-off, in your face and to the point. “Still Here” kicks off the onslaught with shredding guitars, pounding drums,…

Jon Hobson

Greek Drama

In the West University neighborhood, the battle between a fraternity and the neighborhood association continues

Dave Devine

Rhythm & Views

Black Francis is the alias of Pixies frontman Charles Thompson (later Frank Black). Frank Black Francis is a double-disc, the first of which is called the “Demo Disc” and has Black Francis playing songs on an acoustic guitar into producer Gary Smith’s cassette Walkman the day before the Pixies were to begin recording what would…

Annie Holub

The Skinny

CONFIDENCE MAN Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup showed once again last week that nobody gives a State of the City speech like he does. Walkup’s ebullient address to an audience of nearly 1,000 civic-minded networkers was positively upbeat–and a far cry from the dire outlook provided by the Citizen Finance and Service Review Committee last year,…

Chris Limberis and Jim Nintzel

Police Dispatch

Busing Under the Influence East Colossal Cave Road and Interstate 10 Dec. 16, 4:25 p.m. A school bus driver was arrested for drunken driving after acting strangely with students she was ferrying around, a report from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said. A student who had been picked up at Cienega High School contacted authorities,…

Saxon Burns

Aural Lit

Local audio book reviewer and author Jonathan Lowe is finding more and more success

James Reel

Soundbites

SPORTING WOOD Like gorging on Pat’s Chili Dogs or subjecting oneself to the Buffet Bar’s “special” 21st-birthday drink (special ingredients: coffee grinds and bar-rag juice), The Wooden Ball has become a Tucson institution, if a far less nausea-inducing one. Organized by local musician Chris Holiman, the first Ball was held in the late ’80s at…

Stephen Seigel

Noshing Around

An Eclectic Adventure Mark Smith, owner of the Eclectic Café, has partnered with Renee and Steve Kreager in a new restaurant venture called Eclectic Pizza, located in a 1,400-square-foot space at 7065 E. Tanque Verde Road, just two doors away from Eclectic Café. The pizzeria will feature almost everything organic–sauces, dough and salad ingredients, plus…

Karyn Zoldan

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