A Brand New Spankin’ Issue, With Extra Spankin’!
An all-new issue of the Tucson Weekly is online. Feel free to make any pertinent comments on the issue here!
Project White House update: Sean “CF” Murphy makes Indecision 2008!
Republican presidential candidate Sean “CF” Murphy has made it to Indecision 2008 at Comedy Central! Plus: This is the big day for Project White House! The Tucson Weekly Presidential Endorsement will be announced in this week’s issue, online this afternoon. Any predictions?
Project White House: The Televised Debate
Unable to catch the Tucson Weekly/Access Tucson/Project White House Dark Horse Presidential Debate on your cable system? It’s now up on the Project White House YouTube Channel. And remember: The debate repeats at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday this week on Access Tucson, 99 Cox and 74 Comcast.
OC Loves Toilet to Tap
Last Friday, Jan. 25, was a big day for Orange County that had nothing to do with large shopping centers or Josh Schwartz sightings. The county had a special opening ceremony for what is considered the world’s largest water-purification system, churning the water from millions of Southern California toilets into purified water. Yep, toilet to tap. …
Branching Out
Here’s a tidbit that might make our primary season a mite bit more interesting: Donna Branch-Gilby, former chair of the Pima County Democratic Party, announced this week that she wants to take on Democratic Pima County Supervisor Sharon Bronson, who is seeking a fourth term this year. We hear the challenge has to do with…
Sean “CF” Murphy to Norris: “Be Prepared for a Whuppin’!”
In his latest campaign ad, Sean “CF” Murphy takes on Chuck Norris, secretary of self-defense in the Huckabee administration.
Introducing TAMMIES.com
Hey, kids. If you like local music, or you like music in general, or you’re at least vaguely aware of something called “music,” then I recommend wandering over to the Weekly’s brand-new local music site, TAMMIES.com. It has all of our normal music content–posted earlier than you’ll find it anywhere else–as well as a blog,…
Fox News Predicts Project White House Candidates Will Get More Than 148,000 Votes On Election Day!
A Texas Fox News affiliate posted early election results that showed the Project White House candidates getting more 148,000 votes on Election Day. A prophetic prediction? Insider knowledge of ballot fixing in Arizona? The Off The Grid Girls report, you decide.
Project White House: Readers’ Endorsement Early Returns
A Project White House update: You’re making your voice heard! Votes are pouring in from across the nation in the battle for the Tucson Weekly Readers’ Presidential Endorsement over at Project White House Central Polling Headquarters. In the Republican race, Frank McEnulty has brought out the troops to take almost 75 percent of the vote,…
Project White House: Debate Replay!
A highlight from Wednesday’s Tucson Weekly/Access Tucson/Project White House Dark Horse Presidential Candidate Debate ’08: Tortillas DeLote poses a puzzler about immigration! If you missed this historic event, you’ve got plenty of opportunities to catch a replay this weekend. The program airs at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. tonight* and again at 8 p.m. on…
Project White House: Your Pre-Weekend Update!
For those of you who have been waiting: Republican presidential candidate Sean “CF” Murphy answers the Saturday Morning Breakfast Club’s question: “What is the purpose of government?” In other Project White House news: Now is your chance to vote for your favorite Project White House candidate! Voting is underway in the Project White House’s Tucson…
Saguaro Supper Club Debuts in Tucson
I ran out of space in my Noshing Around column but felt this was perhaps worth a mention: Benny Hill (he says it’s his real name) sent this to me verbatim: “We’re an eclectic mix of transplants and natives who reside in Southern Arizona who like to randomly get together and eat at mostly cheap…
Some Late-Breaking Events
Here are a few events that were received too late for our Jan. 24 print issue. We recommend calling event organizers to check on last-minute changes in location, price, time, etc. Friday, Jan. 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Northwest Medical Center 6200 N. La Cholla Blvd. in classrooms A, B, C and D…
¡Ask a Mexican!
Many Mexicans love the Doors.
When Monsters Attack!
‘Cloverfield’ is thrilling, but proceed with caution if prone to motion sickness
Pride and Melancholy
This small, powerful book illustrates the inherent conflicts in the lives of Navajo women
Positively Packed
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“The Ten,” “Hatchet,” “Family Guy Presents Blue Harvest”
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Bistro Beauty
Café Ramey’s light, inexpensive fare is worth checking out for breakfast or lunch
The Skinny
BEE HERE NOW To nobody’s surprise, state Sen. Tim Bee finally made his long-awaited announcement that he’d be challenging Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords last Saturday, Jan. 19. Bee’s declaration didn’t exactly stop the presses, mostly because it wasn’t really news, given that he’d been flirting with the run for the last year or so. The TV…
Feel the Beat
Kendrick Scott, 27, joins a number of greats as part of the Monterey Jazz Festival all-stars
Noshing Around
Closed: Galo’s Restaurant Galo’s Restaurant closed on New Year’s Eve. Friends of Noshing say that the owner wants to reopen in another location. If you know the owner, Galo Hurtado, please ask him to contact me via the e-mail address above to alert us of his future plans. Closed: Saguaro Corners This blast from the…
Supercritics!
With something resembling the Oscars coming up, Bob Grimm and James DiGiovanna share their teenlike angst regarding 2007 films
Country-Fried Rock
Austin’s Mother Truckers get back to their rock roots
From Kitchen Stadium
Ladies and gentlemen, we present the (print-delayed) Iron Chef Tucson live blog!
Robo Call
Project White House candidates talk robots! Plus: Your chance to vote for the ‘Tucson Weekly’ Readers’ Endorsement!
Soundbites
CATCH THE WAVE People ask me all the time, “What are you listening to right now? What should I check out?” My usual response is to freeze up, draw a blank and respond that they should listen to Warren Zevon or the Temptations. (Note: These recommendations change from day to day.) Catch me on a…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Nine Questions
Nathan Sabatino
Protest Predicament
Can the downtown farmers’ market survive a one-man anti-immigrant crusade?
Live
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Rialto Theatre, Friday, Jan. 18
Education Enigma
Hurdles and odd restrictions hinder applicants to a new program designed to certify much-needed teachers
Rhythm & Views
Last October, Radiohead stunned the music world by announcing a new release, In Rainbows, with barely a week’s notice. Even more shocking, Radiohead asked fans to put their money where their mouse is–the album was downloadable for an optional and variable fee through the end of the year. Now with the disc re-released for purchase,…
Hard-Rock Ranchers
Did Augusta Resource Corporation buy a ranch for cattle–or for water rights and mine-tailings storage?
Rhythm & Views
Rediscovered, in a sense, for the indie-rock scene by Antony and the Johnsons and Drag City all-stars Bonny “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney (who both produced and played on Safe Inside the Day), Baby Dee is actually quite the musical veteran: She’s gone from being the musical director of a Catholic church in the Bronx…
Media Watch
MIXfm, KRQ Have Big Ratings Period
Rhythm & Views
Distortion is being marketed as a jarring departure from the clean, Tin Pan Alley sound associated with impresario Stephin Merritt. And it’s true that the production here is dirtier. But the Magnetic Fields have played with this pop-confection-heard-through-a-wind-tunnel formula before, as a cursory listen to 1991’s Distant Plastic Trees confirms. Even if this isn’t wildly…
Police Dispatch
In the Dogs’ House East Rocky Creek Drive, Dec. 25, 7:43 p.m. A burglar entered an attack-dog trainer’s home and apparently endured a fitting punishment, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. The homeowner told sheriff’s deputies that he trains large dogs for security and defense purposes, and although he had not locked his…
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Mary Sanchez
Experiencing the Cosmos
Dance, drums, circus and other arts join forces for a ‘MYTHOS’ journey
Danehy
If you’re a vegetarian ASU fan with a dual-flush toilet, this column is for you
Pick of the Week
Billy’s World
Complicated Motivations
This gripping, fully professional production of ‘Doubt’ highlights the conflict between conformity, questioning
O’Sullivan
More and more Tucson kids are getting into black tar heroin–placing their lives at stake
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Confronted With Issues
Seven shorts by David Auburn combine into a festive three hours at Beowulf Alley
Guest Commentary
For some on the far northwest side, a private company has made trash into a troublesome issue
Criminal Behavior
Diane Lane should have known better to take part in formulaic crime crap like this
Unexpected Connections
‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ as adapted by ATC rivetingly makes us all complicit in evil
