Police Dispatch
Closet Case West Valencia Road and South 12th Avenue, June 7, 11:02 a.m. Residents of a mobile home discovered that they had been burglarized for the fourth time in nearly as many years–but this time, the burglar(s) entered through a hole that had been cut in the floor, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said.…
Rhythm & Views
Velvet Revolver is the all-star group featuring former Guns N’ Roses members Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass) and Matt Sorum (drums); Scott Weiland, the voice behind Stone Temple Pilots; and former Wasted Youth guitarist Dave Kushner. So, is it Guns N’ Pilots or Stone Temple Roses? Actually, it’s neither. The group’s debut album, Contraband, seems…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Patti Harada, grief, trauma and relationship facilitator
Live
DKT/MC5, Club Congress, Sunday, June 27
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Top Ten in Books
Reader’s Oasis bestsellers for the week ending June 27, 2004 Sleeping With Schubert: A Novel Bonnie Marson, Random House ($21.95) My Life Bill Clinton, Knopf ($35) Triginta Uno Dies: Thirty-One Drawings/Thirty-One Days Daniel Martin Diaz, La Luz de Jesus/Last Gasp ($30) Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation Lynne Truss, Gotham ($17.50)…
Pick
Return to Dog
Noshing Around
Chances Are It’s BBQ Chances at Stone opened June 28 with a roaring ’20s theme at the former Oasis Vegetarian Eatery. Chances serves Carolina-style barbecue using certified Angus beef, slow-cooked smoked meats and freshly baked breads. Owners Allan Cranford and Alfred E. Schmidt also own Road Kill Grill on the UA campus. The sprawling, 198-seat…
A Page-Turner
‘The Notebook’ succeeds thanks to great performances and a reality-infused love story
Edges of Salvation
Debra Bloomfield illuminates the Four Corners region with divine light
Danehy
It’s time to appreciate the greatness of Ray Charles and “Blazing Saddles”
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
On the Boardwalk
A new restaurant seeks to feed downtown with dirt-cheap burgers, pizza and cheesesteaks
Downing
All kids do stupid things–and their parents should hope they never find out about them
Advocacy Filmmaking
Michael Moore shows his incredible skill in the obviously, appropriately biased ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’
Metamorphosis and Documentation
David Aguirre’s sculptures and Chris Rush’s altered documents take the stage at Obsidian Gallery
Guest Commentary
A year after the fire, the proof is in: The blaze was good for the mountain
Now Showing at Home
“Cold Mountain,” “Badder Santa,” “The Joe Schmo Show: Season One Uncensored,” “The Company”
Go to Hell
Quintessential Stage goes to the Viscount and gives Shaw’s ‘Don Juan’ a fine dinner-package production
Have a Happy Fourth
A note from the editor.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending June 27, 2004 Along Came Polly Universal Bad Santa Dimension Big Fish Sony City of God Miramax 50 First Dates Columbia In America 20th Century Fox Monster Newmarket Mystic River Warner Bros. Secret Window Sony The Station Agent Miramax
Cabaret Comeback
The Arizona Inn’s ‘Sizzling Summer Sounds’ series kicks off with pianist/singer Bobby Nesbitt
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Gracious Guy on the Move
A homeless hippie wanderer just a few years ago, Devendra Banhart brings faux-naïve songs and spry guitar work to the Hotel Congress
Mom Squad
Single mothers are stepping up to take over care of their handicapped kids. If only the state would help them over more of the hurdles.
Transatlantic Flight
The Album Leaf finds a safe place in Iceland
Cultural Epicenter
Hotel Congress commemorates the 1985 launch of Club Congress with an art show and a specially commissioned painting
Nine Questions
Wendy Gadzuk
Friends With Water and Food
No More Deaths: Desert campers hope to find and aid border crossers in need
Soundbites
AGED TO ’80S PERFECTION As a music geek growing up in a relatively small Midwestern town–population 100,000–the musical pleasures were few. The town’s saving grace was a record store well-stocked with just about anything you could want on vinyl that doubled as a gathering spot for dorks from all corners of town, who would congregate…
Defying Death
No More Deaths: Organizers of a 75-mile march in June hope to spotlight the inhumanity of Border Patrol policy
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music’s top sales for the week ending June 27, 2004 Israel Kamakawiwo’ole Facing Future (Big Boy) Mindy Smith One Moment More (Vanguard) Eric Clapton Me and Mr. Johnson (Reprise) Jerry Garcia and David Grisman Been All Around This World (Acoustic Disc) Jolie Holland Escondida (Anti) Wilco A Ghost Is Born (Rhino) Nuevo Latino Putamayo…
The Skinny
WHAT THE FUCK! And you thought John McCain was a straight talker! Vice President Dick Cheney brought it on during a photo op on the U.S. Senate floor last week, telling Vermont’s Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, “Fuck you” (or perhaps simply “fuck off”–press reports remain sketchy as to the precise act that Cheney suggested). Questioned…
Rhythm & Views
Morrissey hasn’t released a solo record since the Clinton Administration, and his timing couldn’t be better for You Are the Quarry. The record is, from start to finish, classic Morrissey; there’s nothing flashy, save the Morrissey-style lyrical jabs (“America, where the president is never black, female, or gay–not sure about gay”) and the jangly guitars…
Media Watch
AT THE LISTINGS DESK Tucson Weekly City Week editors usually last about two years before they burn out and check into a nice room with padded walls and complimentary straitjackets. Alas, our Carrie Stern held out only about five months. She has withdrawn from her duties not because of mental instability (which, some would say,…
Rhythm & Views
Still way ahead of their time, Boston’s Mission of Burma have pretty much based their career on choosing the wrong (or at least most unexpected) chord progression, one that takes patience to accept but whose result is ultimately more rewarding than just about any post-punk platter you love. That mission is certainly not abandoned on…
