Peace Vigil: Thursday, Jan. 11 at 5 p.m.
Once again, W. is going to make a speech about sending more troops to Iraq. Doesn’t he get it? The American people don’t want to send more troops to Iraq. It’s not working. He broke Iraq a long time ago. His incompetence and that of his cronies is the reason why there was a Democratic…
Keillor’s Rules for Reading a Newspaper
I have really come to appreciate Garrison Keillor’s columns. While I like his radio show, even if it can be snooze-inducing at times, his columns are often fantastic. His latest: “Seven Rules for Reading the Newspaper.” A snippet: Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, Jimmy Stewart, all the greats, used the newspaper to demonstrate cool. Sitting and…
Boycott Diet Drug for Dogs
Aren’t the pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer bilking the public enough so that they have to develop a diet drug for your dog? The FDA gave Slentrol the OK, which really means nothing except that Pfizer’s lobbyists lobbied hard. Be scared, be very scared, as they also gave the OK to Vioxx and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), which have been recalled…
Doc Severinsen Postpones
For those of you planning on checking out Doc Severinsen this weekend with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra … it isn’t happening, at least for now. Here’s the latest from TSO: DOC SEVERINSEN RESCHEDULES HIS PERFORMANCE WITH THE TSO POPS! DUE TO ILLNESS Tickets for TSO Pops! Special Concert on January 13 Will Be Honored at…
The Care and Feeding of Dinosaurs
The Pleo touches my inner nerd. Sadly, Wired claims it’ll cost $250, and I’m a poor journalist who already spends too much at Trader Joe’s. But imagine becoming emotionally attached to a lifelike robot. It’s a fascinating idea, and it could be a harbinger of things to come.
Your Monday Morning News Update
— OK, so Manhattan has been messed up this morning by a gas odor. Hey, advocates for sprawl: Here’s something to help you make your case. — Sad news out of Sierra Vista involving two young boys found in a swimming pool. — Watch out for falling airplane parts.
Your Friday Morning News Update
— So it seems some U.S. troops were forced to retreat from an area near the Mexico border after a group of armed individuals approached them. Gads. What is the United States now? Like, France? — Marilyn Manson’s getting a divorce. Does anyone care? Anyone? No? OK, let’s move on. — If you’re staying at…
We Get Lots and Lots of Letters
In the newspaper biz, you never really know for sure what articles are going to get letters, and what articles are not. We’ve run seemingly innocuous stories that struck a chord and flooded us with mail; we’ve run pretty edgy stuff that didn’t bring in a single note. Then there are the exceptions: Stuff you…
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week ending Dec. 28, 2006 Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid Jimmy Carter, Simon and Schuster ($27) I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman Nora Ephron, Knopf ($19.95) Lute! The Seasons of My Life Lute Olson and David Fisher, Thomas Dunne ($24.95) The Four Agreements: A…
Police Dispatch
At Least The Person Wiped Tanque Verde and Wentworth Roads, Dec. 9, 8:34 a.m. Someone used a woman’s van as a giant toilet, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report stated. The woman who reported the incident told a deputy that she had uncharacteristically parked her GMC van outside of her garage. When she went outside…
Smiling at Charlie’s
The food and service–past and present–is a delight at this spot just south of the Rillito
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Tom Moser
Noshing Around
New: Vila Thai Cuisine Two Seattle transplants have moved to Tucson looking for adventure and culinary success for their newest endeavor: Vila Thai Cuisine, located at 972 E. University Blvd., at Main Gate Square; 903-9777. The menu offers an interesting assortment of choices; food can be made vegetarian or vegan-style, too. Get your taste buds…
Pick of the Week
Paradoxical Landscapes
Danehy
Tom looks into his crystal ball–and discovers it’s actually acrylic
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Tuttle
A game of pretend involving news and more…
A Real Joke
‘Thr3e’ is so bad, it’s awful
Guest Commentary
Tucson drivers could learn a lesson or two from their counterparts in India
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
‘Weekly’ Resolutions
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“The Descent: Original Unrated Cut,” “Sheitan,” and “World Trade Center: 2-Disc Commemorative Edition”
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
End Times
Alfonso Cuarón’s vision of the future is bleak–but compelling
Tucson Crews
(so you know what that tag stands for) AF: Art Farm. Formed in 1998. APT: Another Property Taken. Once on hiatus, the eastside crew APT is making a comeback with old-school and new-school writers out all over the city. BSR: Born Strictly Rotten. BSR has held a decade-long rivalry with YPN. BUS: Being Ugly Sucks.…
Hard-Core Humor
The American Black Lung takes nothing too seriously–including itself
Rhythm & Views
Forget Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen and Buckethead. Late-model guitar shredders of all generations must bow down to Frank Zappa. The hallowed guitarist, satirist, free-speech advocate and composer of rock, jazz and classical music–who exited this plane 13 years ago last month–has a new album in stores. But to some Zappa freaks, it’ll already be…
The Skinny
WE BE TRAFFIC JAMMIN’ It sure is fun to watch Republicans in the Arizona Legislature try to figure out how to find money for highway construction without raising taxes. With Arizona now the fastest-growing state in the nation–hardly cause for celebration, but it’s the life we’ve chosen for ourselves–even most members of the GOP caucus…
Best of the Year, Part 2
Two more critics chime in with their 2006 favorites
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music top sales for the week
Tagging Tales
A night inside Tucson’s street-art community
Soundbites
GET YOUR JICKS ON Most artists follow the age-old rule: Write songs, record an album, release album, tour to promote album. Lather, rinse, repeat. Which makes it a bit odd that Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are headed our way this week. Malkmus was the driving force behind Pavement (especially in their later years), a…
Rhythm & Views
Arena rock has-beens like Styx, Journey and Great White reform to cash in on their pathetic VH1 resurrections and by feeding off dismal AM radio hits from 20 to 30 years ago. Dissimilarly, ’60s garage-punk unknowns like the Alarm Clocks reunite solely because of a mutual passion for playing the unpretentious, sloppy and savage music…
Rosemont Revision
In this pretty valley, mining’s impacts have long been known
Nine Questions
Mark “Pooh” Wynn
Strike a Pose
A dance show and contest inaugurates a new performance space at the Historic Y
On the Road
One man walks to Washington, D.C., in hopes of swaying the war debate
Live
Violent Femmes, Andrew Collberg, Rialto Theatre, Saturday, Dec. 30
The Sweet and Innocent
Arizona Onstage takes on ‘Reefer Madness’ and growing up gay in Texas
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
The problem with writing about so much independent music is that I lose touch with the major-label bands. For example, I had never listened to an Incubus album before. Didn’t even remember that they existed. But then my husband brought home Light Grenades. “Seriously, this is a great album,” he said as I raised my…
Acting Lesson
LTW makes ‘I Hate Hamlet’ a lovable show
People in the Seats
The restored Fox Theatre celebrates its one-year anniversary with an eye toward financial security
Idiots Like Us
In ‘Capturing Jonathan Pollard,’ military intelligence isn’t so intelligent
Media Watch
If You Want To Play The Music You Love, Just Buy A Radio Station
