Pick
Comedy Without a Net
Paintings With Life
A bank exhibits the rhythmic works of Mildred Lachman Chapin
Danehy
A chat with Luke Walton about Kobe, old-school basketball and the Olympics
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Magnificent Markets
If it’s a midtown establishment with the word “market” in its name, you’re in for a treat
Downing
Recent headlines show we’re getting this world into a serious mess
Breaking Barriers
Miranda July makes an art film/love story that’s totally sweet
Dust in the Water
Photographer Lucian Niemeyer captures the contradictory beauty of wetlands in the desert
Guest Commentary
Advice to fundie Christians: God does not need your help!
Tear-Jerking Jerks
‘Wedding Crashers’ starts off as a sick, hilarious comedy before turning into a wannabe date movie
Promotion Politics
Beowulf christens its new home with an amusing play about corporate bureaucracy
Be Alert; Keep Your Word
A note from the editor.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Noshing Around
Monkey Around What more could you ask for? You can get a bottle of wine and a plate of French and English artisan cheeses for $20 on Tuesday and Wednesday during July and August at the Monkey Box, 100 N. Stone Ave.; 623-3500. Gift Certificate Rush Mark your calendars for noon on July 21 when…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Soundbites
DWARVES GROW UP Big Black may have once released an album called Songs About Fucking, but it’s hard to think of a band that has actually written as many songs about fucking as the Dwarves, who for 20 years have been in the running for the GG Allin Award for Pure Punk Filth. Album covers…
The Skinny
NOT QUITE ENOUGH John Kromko had a successful 14-year career as an anomaly in the state Legislature, admirably tilting at every windmill and scoring important victories outside the legislative process–banning the sales tax on prescription medicine and grocery food and opposing other sales-tax schemes perpetrated by Pima County for roads and later jails. But then…
Live
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Stolen Babies at Solar Culture Gallery, Saturday, July 9
On the Outside
The number of women in Arizona prisons has multiplied more than five-fold since 1978–and there’s not enough help for them to become productive citizens after being released
Wild Ride Through Life
Lubbock’s Joe Ely continues his travels
Folded Suit
Deputy Joe Harvey fought the law, and the law won
Musical Collages
Kid606 uses all sorts of instruments and noises to create cut-and-paste soundscapes
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
It’s strange to think that Dave Grohl was once the long-haired spindly dude whacking the piss out of the drums behind Kurt Cobain, because these days, he’s Mr. Frontman Extraordinaire, the brains and brawn behind the Foo Fighters. Take a look at Grohl’s dismembered drum kit on display at the Experience Music Project in Seattle,…
Nod to the Nature-Friendly
According to a new book, Pima County makes the eco-grade
Now Showing at Home
“Freaked,” “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Indecision 2004” and “Prozac Nation”
Mine Shaft
While Asarco workers fight for a new contract, parent company Grupo Mexico turns millions in profits
Nine Questions
Jeff Rush
Legal Briefs
Unexpected Discovery and Disclosure in the Stidham Murder
Rhythm & Views
There are plenty of music critics out there who continue to hail The Who Sell Out as a brilliant, if somewhat incomplete, collection of psychedelic pop. I’m not one of them. Indeed, the Who’s 1967 satire of commercial radio jingles is grating to my ears. So I’m pleasantly surprised to report that Petra Haden’s a…
Media Watch
Gannett Seeks a Foothills Toehold
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Alison Hughes
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
Police Dispatch
Smear Tactics West Valencia and South Mission Roads, June 20, 1:02 a.m. A man found what he believed was human feces dabbed on various locations around the outside of his home, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. The man said he first discovered the feces after he had gotten into an argument with his…
Rhythm & Views
More often than not, committing to buying a rock album today is like settling on a girlfriend. You know there’s probably a woman out there who’s better-suited for you, but damn it, you don’t have the time or energy necessary to find her. How else can one explain the success of mediocre bands like Jet…
