Traces of Identity
Trash left behind by migrants offers a lesson in humility
Rhythm & Views
Bobby Bare Jr.’s version of country is pretty smartass: Country stylings with rock nuances (horns, for instance, aren’t usually found on country records, especially baritone saxophones) and clever lyrics give the steel guitars and harmonicas an almost ironic twinge. From the End of Your Leash is Bare’s fifth record, and his second with The Young…
Pipe Scheme
Tucson Water plays hardball with developers outside the city limits
Nine Questions
Andrea Ferro
Activist Arrests
Environmentalist Daniel Patterson awaits a court decision after being battered, bloodied and arrested at a press conference
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week ending July 25, 2004 Velvet Revolver Contraband (RCA) Beastie Boys To the 5 Boroughs (Capitol) Van Halen The Best of Both Worlds (Rhino) Ashlee Simpson Autobiography (Geffen) Dillinger Escape Plan Miss Machine (Relapse) Lil Rob Neighborhood Music (Upstairs) Doomsday Productions Survival of the Siccest (Cinsity) Lamb of God…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Live
Daniel Lanois and Amor, Solar Culture Gallery, Wednesday, July 21
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with UA economics professor Gerald Swanson
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books bestsellers for the week ending July 23, 4004 The Boy on the Bus Deborah Schupack, Free Press (paperback, $12) The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin Books (paperback, $14) And Here’s to You! David Elliott, Candlewick Press (hardcover $15.99) The Time Traveler’s Wife Audrey Niffenegger, Harvest Books (paperback, $14) Who Let…
Split Personality
American diner by day and a Mexican restaurant by night, Frank’s and Francisco’s give new meaning to the 2-for-1 special
Pick
Be Someone’s Hero
Noshing Around
Salsa Tasting Festival Local merchants at Plaza Palomino are combining forces with 10 Mexican restaurants in an effort to boost business and celebrate the discounts available to Tucsonans who endure our hot summer months. Join the third annual Salsa Tasting Festival for free food, musical entertainment and dozens of gift certificate giveaways on Saturday, July…
The Joy of Happy Hour
When it comes to places offering evening drinks and cheap but elegant eats, Tucson is blessed
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending July 25, 2004 (in alphabetical order) Big Fish Sony The Butterfly Effect New Line Cinema Cold Mountain Miramax Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Buena Vista 50 First Dates Columbia The Human Stain Buena Vista Monster Newmarket Mystic River Warner Bros. Secret Window Sony Starsky & Hutch…
Well-Written Western
Billy the Kid gets the historical fiction treatment in ‘Law of the Land’
Danehy
Right on cue: Scenes from the billiards’ U.S. Junior Championships
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Menu Memories
While restaurants come and go, the memories they provide remain
Downing
Can John McCain avoid becoming the next Colin Powell?
Don’t Think
Where in the hell does Jason Bourne get those weapons from, anyway?
Polygamy Pratfalls
A cab driver with two separate wives gets a head injury–and then the hilarity ensues
Guest Commentary
The Non-Toxic Avenger goes on a life-saving (not really) killing spree
Textured Tunes
The Helio Sequence look for songs in all the right places
Mooned Again
Assorted artists celebrate lunar duality in Oracle
Humanizing and Dining
A note from the editor.
To the Litter Box!
“Catwoman” is so bad that Halle Berry and Sharon Stone should apologize immediately
You’ve Got Mail
Wilde’s stab at ‘Love Letters’ results in a predictable but touching character study
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
The Lion King of Kings
Pedro the Lion sings about Christianity, but not as a bludgeon for proselytization
Smoothie Sensation
Chain stores pushing fruit-and-yogurt concoctions are popping up all around the Old Pueblo. Are they a passing fad, or here to stay?
Varying Variances
While some say proposed Land Use Code changes would take power away from a worthless board, others say the changes would cause harm
Now Showing at Home
“Trainspotting,” “Hellboy,” “The Bourne Identity: Explosive Extended Edition,” “13 Going on 30”
Sorely Missed
These five restaurants prove that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
The Skinny
MORE DIRT ON CLEAN ELECTIONS It was a hot-an’-heavy week for the effort to dismantle the state’s Clean Elections program. First there’s the news, curiously underreported south of the Gila River, that onetime Libertarian candidate Yuri Downing was indicted for theft, fraud and perjury for his 2002 publicly funded campaign for the Arizona Legislature. (Wait…
Soundbites
SOME GUYS DO HAVE ALL THE LUCK Listen up, all you school kids new to the construct of the five-paragraph essay: The careers of Rod Stewart and John Fogerty, both of whom appear in town this week, provide a nice study in the old game of compare ‘n’ contrast. Both began their careers in music…
Media Watch
RIP IT UP People are always grousing about how the press misquotes and misrepresents sources; that complaint comes most frequently from sources who are dismayed to see that their published comments look a little too frank for comfort. So you’d think reporters would keep their notebooks on file for when the plaintiffs’ lawyers come calling,…
Rhythm & Views
Run for your lives!!! OTEP has returned with House of Secrets, the follow-up to 2002’s Sevas Tra (Art Saves backwards). The Los Angeles-based firing squad, fronted by the woman of the band’s name, has accomplished what few can on a sophomore release: Produce something far more frightening! House of Secrets is so aggressive, angry and…
Police Dispatch
Search Me East Wetmore Road and North La Cañada Drive, July 5, 10:03 p.m. A man who had walked into an apartment unannounced later dropped his pants in front of witnesses and urinated on himself, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report stated. Several people inside the apartment claimed Alex Garcia, 31, barged in unannounced. Some…
Rhythm & Views
The cover for The Tipping Point, the seventh album from Philadelphia’s The Roots, features a photo of a vaguely familiar face–is that frontman Black Thought? Rather, the cover photo alludes to the album’s concept by depicting one Malcolm Little (later and better known as Malcolm X) before he awakened into the consciousness that later became…
