Money and Power
A note from the editor.
Candied Cinema
Tim Burton returns to greatness–and Johnny Depp remains there–with ‘Chocolate Factory’
Noshing Around
Fair Trade Awareness Through July 29, Megan Thompson of the Food Conspiracy Co-op is visiting the Agrarian Cooperatives of Coffee Farmers of Cuzco, Peru (COCLA) as part of the Equal Exchange program. The Co-op is one of eight natural-food stores from around the United States participating. Fair trade is defined as a trading process involving…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Little Houses
As Tucson’s housing market booms, more people, like Jennie Morales, are losing their homes–legally–to predatory lenders
Now Showing at Home
“Bill and Ted’s Most Excellent Collection,” “Scarecrow,” “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (Unrated Edition),” and “The Sopranos: The Complete Fifth Season”
Death on Trial
Two activists test immigration’s legal waters
Tell It to the Ears
Here’s Anders Parker’s gimmick: He seems incapable of making bad music
Loop Leap
The new transportation plan would complete the Barraza-Aviation Parkway–at a cost of $300 million
Soundbites
BIG VOICE RISING Brandi Carlile is 23 years old and has never held a job. Having grown up in the sticks outside Seattle, she had to rely on her imagination to make her own brand of fun, and lucky for us, that fun included teaching herself how to play piano and guitar, and locking herself…
The Big Boost
The city gives away $3.5 million to lure a company that raked in $1.6 billion last quarter
Nine Questions
James Hudson
Expensive Medicine
While bankruptcies skyrocket, a study shows medical bills are largely to blame
Live
Not Breathing, Le Flange Du Mal, Eztiger, and Metrognome vs. Genetic at Solar Culture Gallery, Friday, July 15
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
Flying largely under the radar since his heyday as a critical favorite and public figure in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Graham Parker has managed to release a remarkable 29 records since his debut in 1976–averaging exactly one a year. Long valued as one of rock music’s most caustic wits and literate wordsmiths, Parker…
The Skinny
HIGHWAY ROBBERY Given the repeated rejection of a half-cent sales tax down here in Pima County, we’re not taking any bets on whether voters will pass the latest transportation plan next May. Some of the complaints we’re hearing about the Regional Transportation Authority’s newly released draft proposal–which spends roughly 75 percent widening mostly existing roads…
Rhythm & Views
Pernice Brothers’ music is the sort that parallels hopeful melodies with lyrics full of a healthy sense of reality. Devastating images are placed against gorgeous melodies, leaving room for interpretation. Discover a Lovelier You is the band’s fifth full-length record, and its images tend to induce a more optimistic interpretation; as the band’s publicity materials…
Legal Briefs
Unexpected Discovery and Disclosure in the Stidham Murder
Rhythm & Views
Typically, a super-group consists of a musical ensemble of players who have previously established themselves in past projects. Depending on how you look at it, Dark New Day is the new “super-group” that features ex-members of Sevendust, Creed, Stereomud and Skrape. Even though Twelve Year Silence is the group’s first record, it is not the…
Media Watch
Eat More Media
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music top sales for the week
Police Dispatch
Vehicular Bonfire Ina Road and La Cholla Boulevard, June 30, 1:18 a.m. Co-workers of a woman on her last day at her job toilet-papered her car–and then someone unrelated to the original act later set fire to the toilet paper, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report stated. It was unclear from the report whether the…
Artistic Appointments
Obsidian follows up on a successful furniture show at MOCA with a showcase of smaller, homier creations
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Daniel Fiederlein
Refreshing Images
This Platform photography show may be without an organizing principle, but mini-themes abound
Danehy
Tom takes us inside his hip-hop mailbag–and he actually apologizes
Pick
Holistic Parenting
Top Ten in Books
Reader’s Oasis best-sellers for the week
Tuttle
A trip to a more temperate location can be just the thing to overcome the Tucson summer doldrums
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Outdoor Reminiscences
Ken Lamberton’s latest book combines beautiful essays he wrote while behind bars
Guest Commentary
Buying DeGrazia on eBay: a tribute
From Pimp to Rap
‘Hustle & Flow’ has a lot going against it, but its star and director push it to success
Culinary Fusion
Wok n’ Sushi brings Southwestern-influenced Asian food to the southside
