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Sonic Wave Rider
“We only get 88 notes on the piano,” he continues. “Humans can hear like 1400 notes in this range. It’s evil! It takes all the nuance out of music.”
Beth Needs a Home
Hi again! Remember me? I’m Beth! I’m a sweet 2-year-old girl and I need a home! I keep getting looking over at the shelter while I’m in my kennel, probably because I like nap for most of the day! I’m a very sweet and smart dog and would do great in a home where I…
TUSD Enrollment, 2000 to 2016, Part 2
In my last post, I put up a chart, which I also included here, showing the decline in enrollment numbers at TUSD from 2000 to the present. The short takeaway from the chart is, the district’s enrollment declined slowly, averaging 350 students a year, from 2000 through 2007. Then the decline almost quadrupled, averaging 1,600 students…
Best of Tucson Final Warning
It’s time! Stop your Netflix binge, put down your watermelon eegee and put your thinkin’ cap on because you need to fill out your Best of Tucson ballot by the end of the day Sunday—or what is even the point of being such a Tucson expert? If you’re not familiar: Best of Tucson is our…
Cinema Clips: Lights Out
Three years ago, director David F. Sandberg made a great short about a woman home alone at night, noticing a dark figure when she switched the light off. The payoff was both hilarious and scary as shit. So, of course, producer James Wan got a hold of Sandberg and now there’s a full length feature…
The Weekly List: 44 Great Things To Do in Tucson in the Next Seven Days
Welcome to the first edition of The Weekly List, our brand-new curated guide to all the fun you should be having in Southern Arizona. Look for it every Thursday on The Range and then plan your week accordingly! Food & Booze Green Things Farmer’s and Artisan Market. Stock up on homemade jams, fresh-baked bread, handcrafted…
Review: Hillary’s America: the Secret History of the Democratic Party
Author and film maker Dinesh D’Souza’s latest film opened nationwide last Thursday. It is a history lesson in two parts. It starts with a short and somewhat creepy sequence of swirling cartoon representations of different Democrat politicians to the tune of “Happy Days are Here Again”. The movie then begins with a re-enactment of the…
Wednesday at the DNC
There are some inherent difficulties in covering this type of event which I’ve had to learn about the hard way. The physical space itself presents a huge challenge. There are several miles between the protests downtown and the Wells Fargo Arena, site of the convention proper and additional daily protesters numbering in the thousands. The…
Pokémon Go in the Gardens (Plus a Plant Sale!)
Attention all Pokémon Go players: Head over to the Tohono Chul Park to get access to 13 poké stops and a gym. The park is now offering players half off admission, all you have to do is show them the app on your phone, provide your handle and you can get access to the deal. …
Suppport Tucson Students’ by Donating School Supplies
Backpacks, markers, glue sticks, oh my! Help the kids of Tucson start the school year off right, prepared with supplies by donating school essentials to the La Escuelita South Tucson back to school supply drive. Bring school supplies to help students, donate anything from pencils to paper, you can even bring a backpack full of school…
Tucson Sentinel Unearths Treasure Trove of Ally Miller’s Emails That Demonstrate She’s a Big Fat Liar
Dylan Smith at the Tucson Sentinel has got his hands on a whole bunch of the emails that Pima County Supervisor Ally Miller keeps insisting do not exist—and he presents a damning case of an elected official driven by paranoia and a weird rage. The central takeaways: The hundreds of documents provided, along with those…
TUSD Enrollment, 2000 to 2016
A year ago I created a chart showing TUSD’s total enrollment from 2000 to 2015, using figures from the page on TUSD’s website, School Enrollment by Gender & Ethnicity on Any Day. I’ve expanded the chart to include 2016 figures. Like last year, I used the enrollment numbers from the 175th day, which seem to…
Cinema Clips: Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
While it’s been over twenty years since the great Frank Zappa left the planet, there’s been surprisingly little in the media about his life and times. Director Thorsten Schutte finds a nice way of getting Frank back in the public eye, through a solid documentary featuring Zappa interviews, concert footage and appearances. Like The Beatles…
American Babylon: A Conversation with Green Party Candidate Jill Stein
Talking with Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein at the Bernie Or Bust The DNC rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Democratic Party Convention—American Babylon asks the candidate, “Is your new campaign slogan ‘Bernie or Bust?” Sharing helps, sharing is love, share, or don’t, as long as you share…with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton and even…
Get Ready for Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention
A few thoughts going into Tuesday at the Democratic Party Convention in Philadelphia: There is a big difference in the geographic layout of the two conventions. In Cleveland, everything was right downtown. The convention itself was less than a mile walk from Public Square, where most protest and democratic activity was located over the four…
Alegres Needs a Home
Hi, remember me? I’m Alegres! I’m a 3-year-old little girl who is very sweet and loves treats! I’ve been in the shelter for almost 4 months and I can’t wait to be adopted. I listen really well and I really like to play. I need a lot of play time and snuggles in my new…
American Babylon: The “Bernie Problem”
Talking with Dr. Cornel West and Chris Hedges on the street about the Bernie Problem.
Martha McSally Is Not Endorsing Donald Trump, So You Can Stop Asking About It
Congresswoman Martha McSally has told The Range she won’t be endorsing Donald Trump in this year’s presidential race, although she might vote for him. “I have never endorsed a politician in my life and I’m not going to start now, so you can ask me for the next three and a half months, but it’s…
DNC Philadelphia :: Talking With a Bernie Delegate
There was a great deal of talk about the “low protester turnout” problem at the GOP Convention last week. Many people in the media and on the ground in Cleveland expressed dismay at the ratio of media to actual protesters. It is true that certain times at Public Square resembled a summer camp for media trainees, everyone…
Bill (and Hillary) Clinton’s For-Profit College Problem
I’m against for-profit schooling. It’s possible for a school designed to make a profit to offer its students a quality education, but the lure of the almighty dollar makes the urge to recruit students who don’t have the qualifications to benefit from the school and to scrimp on staff and supplies, because every dollar you…
American Babylon: Vermin Supreme Speaks
Vermin Supreme is a legendary activist, raconteur, and street performer. He wants to make sure everyone is happy and brushing their teeth regularly.
The Lowdown on Sonoran Brews
The giants of Arizona craft beer are coming together with Edible Baja Arizona to bring the good people of Tucson the mother of all tasting events: the Baja Brews Project. Twelve local craft breweries are converging on Borderlands Brewing Co. (119 E. Toole Ave.) on Thursday, July 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. to show…
High Corbett Days
Celebrate the J. Knox Corbett House all month long with the Tucson Museum of Art. From Tuesday, July 26 to Friday, Aug. 26 the TMA will be holding events to celebrate a local treasure and significant part of the TMA and Historic Block. An elegant stucco covered brick two-story structure built in mission revival style,…
Cinema Clips: Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Ricky (Julian Dennison) and his foster parent Hec (Sam Neill) escape into the New Zealand bush after the death of Hec’s wife Bella (Rima Te Wiata) earns Ricky a ticket back to juvenile hall. They don’t like each other all that much at first. Actually, Hec simply doesn’t like Ricky, but they warm up to…
Zona Politics: Meet the Democrats Running for State House in District 9
July 24th, 2016 from Zona Politics with Jim Nintzel on Vimeo. On this week’s episode of Zona Politics with Jim Nintzel: We talk with the three Democrats running for two House of Representatives seats in Arizona’s Legislative District 9. Incumbent Reps. Randy Friese and Matt Kopec and challenger Pamela Powers Hannley all talk about education…
American Babylon: Interview with Michael Nelson, President of NAACP Cleveland
American Babylon talks with Michael Nelson, President of NAACP Cleveland, about police brutality and methods of dissent, what’s at stake in the Black Lives Matter movement, the history of repression, and much more.
Cosplay Confidential: Check Out These Outfits from Phoenix Comicon
With the San Diego Comic Con now in full swing, the Range is bringing you a collection of photos from this summer’s Phoenix Comicon, which drew at least 100,000 people and has become one of the biggest events in downtown Phoenix. (A hotel manager told us it was second only to the Super Bowl—and even…
Take 10 Minutes to Enjoy Jon Stewart’s Visit to the Late Show
Nation, it’s our first presidential election in a while without constant commentary from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Maybe you’re satisfied by the plethora of politically savvy late night television hosts on the air, maybe you’re happy to take on this election without watching any of this kind of nonsense. But I’m not. Luckily we got a taste…
Casa Video Top 10
Summer is coming to an end, meaning our streets will start filling up again sometime soon. The students will return, and they’ll be followed by the snowbirds. Take advantage of the emptiness while supporting local businesses by spending this weekend out of the house, taking in a local show, dancing on the streetcar, enjoying a…
Wig Out Downtown
Find yourself a fun wig (or maybe bring out the one from last Halloween?) and participate in Tucson’s first ever Wig Out. What it is: You and your friends get the wigs that you’ve been hiding in your closets, like, forever. Get them out. Get your wig self out! Go to a venue in downtown…
American Babylon: Talking with Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson on the Street
I got the opportunity to talk with Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson in downtown Cleveland yesterday. Is he going to be a distraction on the debate stage? Will he mention climate change? Will he release non-violent drug offenders from prison and push for criminal justice reform? Find out by watching this video!
The Republican Party’s Education Platform
A week ago I wrote about the Democratic party’s education platform, which became significantly more progressive than the 2012 version as it moved from the first draft to its final form. The Republican party’s education platform is pretty similar to its 2012 version, with a few changes around the edges. It added a condemnation of…
Marijuana Like Alcohol?
Opponents of a ballot initiative that seeks to ask voters to legalize recreational marijuana for adults filed a lawsuit on July 11 to keep the measure off the November ballot, citing that the would-be law misleads voters in its petition summaries concerning how many of Arizona’s laws it would affect.
Editor’s Note
Mari says she’ll see you soon, Tucson. Here’s hoping it’ll be a bit cooler and rain-soaked as she makes the drive in.
Good Bloat Days: Bloat Records
Bloat Records is like alien abduction. Any rational Earth dweller, in their heart of hearts, knows UFOs have to exist.
Dust Devil
Little yellow flowers/From the mighty palo verd
Basquiat
Watch as Jean-Michel Basquiat transitions from an antisocial graffiti-writing street kid to inclusion in Andy Warhol’s eccentric art scene at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson.
Police Dispatch
A man with a figurative toilet mouth got arrested for trying to fight his nephew over a literal clogged toilet.
A Whole New Works
It’s no small thing that the Tucson Pima Arts Council provides the opportunity to individual artists to receive grant funding unattached from a formal group or troupe or collective.
Blood and Education
Enrique Santiz begins to cry when he thinks about the last days of school with his students—all between 10 and 11 years old. He wonders about their future.
Eyes on the Streets
Manny sits slumped by a brick wall, eyes half closed, hand outreached and grasping, begging passersby for a cigarette. His brow is furrowed into a grimace, clothes rumpled.
Nobody Loves No One: Wicked Game
Isaak’s talents are many, but chances are you know him because of his 1989 song “Wicked Game.”
The Skinny
McCain and Kirkpatrick both raise $1.8 million in second quarter and McSally continues dominating the money race in Congressional District 2
B-Sides: TTNG
You could go the obvious route when releasing a summer album and try to play up to people wanting to party, chill at the beach or whatever else people do during precious time off when the sun is out in full force.
Media Watch
Given the continued swoon of print journalism and numerous rounds of previous layoffs at the Arizona Daily Star, it’s hard to imagine the local daily had 15-20 people to release, but that’s what happened Friday.
B-Sides: Jarabe Mexicano
Jarabe Mexicano, a five-piece group from San Diego and Tijuana, offers up just what their name promises, metaphorically that is.
Flappers and Floppers
Once again, the Rogue Theatre has invented a theater presentation adapted from a work of fiction.
B-Sides: Happy Diving
Screeching, fuzzy, distorted and moody as hell, Oakland’s Happy Diving offers a whole lot of attitude on their newest LP Electric Soul Unity.
Danehy
Three things that are dead-solid-perfect guaranteed to be Dead On Arrival: • The movie Independence Day III • The book “The Wit and Wisdom of Melania Trump” • Arizona’s marijuana legalization initiative that appears to have been written by a committee of stoners while binge-watching a Cheech and Chong Film Festival. My personal choices involving…
Lend a Hand
Succeeding in school takes more than attending classes and a willingness to study; having the proper tools and supplies is essential for any student, from kindergarten to doctoral studies.
Dead on Arrival
Our movie reviewer was bored by the leading ladies in the new Ghostbusters, but was kind of into the 3D ghosts.
Police Dispatch
A crew of vandals effectively started the “demolition” process of a home being renovated, starting with a part of the property the homeowner was still using.
Be Rugged!
Here’s an eye-tickling array of rugs and textiles, ones representing many cultures from various places around the world.
Second-Hand Supplies
Parents will get the chance to pick up some much-needed supplies for the kids at the Just Between Friends Back-to-School event.
T Q&A
This fall, Andrea Edmundson and Victor Quiros are opening a creative reuse arts center called Upcycle Tucson.
Sumthin’ Sumthin’: The Carriage House
By and large, it seems the expansive and varied menu executed each weekend by chef Devon Sanner is generally something to look out for.
Been There, Done That
Part lecture series, part Buzzfeed article, “The Audubon Field Guide to Assholes I’ve Dated” will be a Maryann Green original.
Night Wings
Keen to explore the incredible vintage aircraft in shadows of twilight and eerily lighted darkness at the Pima Air and Space Museum on a cool summer evening?
Kids Fest Kickoff
Grab the kids and celebrate the Loft Kids Fest kick-off party at Trail Dust Down.
