Jun 1-7, 2006

Jun 1-7, 2006 / Vol. 23 / No. 14

It’s Raining! It’s Pouring!

Here at Weekly World Central—in a convenient location if you need to go to the airport or want to eat at Carl’s Jr.—we’re in the midst of one heckuva storm. One of the news geeks turned on the police scanner, and apparently, some folks are in need of rescue already. When will Tucsonans learn to…

Jimmy Boegle

Not just for entertainment….

So the ongoing debate over whether the government should raise the fuel-economy standards was in the news again today, and so it seemed like an apt time to posit my new conspiracy theory. It seems so obvious, I’m sure someone else has said this, but … this Disney/Pixar film about cars, called Cars, seems awfully…

Annie Holub

SAD and BAD

I hate summer in Tucson. My brain processes at half-time. I lack any energy and enthusiasm. The simplest tasks require too much fortitude. My friends back East suffer from (SAD) Seasonal Affective Disorder, which mainly describes winter depression. Who’s responsible for overriding the season to only apply to winter—some Harvard professor? It should be rightly…

Karyn Zoldan

Winning Ways

It’s always a pleasure to watch the UA women win the college softball crown, especially when they do it in such a decisive fashion. Last night’s defeat of Northwestern was not without some drama, though. With two outs in the opponent’s last turn at bat, Arizona pitcher Alicia Hollowell gave up three consecutive singles, loading…

John Banks

Immigration as Political Football

One of today’s big Arizona news items is Gov. Janet Napolitano’s veto of HB 2577, which would have, among other things, made it so illegal immigrants were considered trespassers, and therefore would have to be arrested. While something has to be done about the mess—created by a mixture of bad policy (hello, Congress and the…

Jimmy Boegle

Happy 6/6/6

Happy mistranslated day of the beast day! While I take a break from chatting with the Whore of Babylon, basking in the blood sea, and watching the sun turn black, I thought today would be a good day to look at how things are going in the ancient land between the four rivers where Adam…

James DiGiovanna

River Revival

Some 90 percent of Arizona’s riparian areas have been lost–but the county has plans for a comeback

Saxon Burns

Soundbites

LOCAL ACCORDIONIST MAKES GOOD While playing drums for Tucson’s late, lamented Mollys, Gary Mackender spent his spare time learning to play the accordion, and it’s paid off, big-time. Following the Mollys’ split, Mackender formed The Carnivaleros, who this week will release their second album, Lost in the Graveyard (RootaVega). Mackender’s no dummy, so he’s rounded…

Stephen Seigel

Live

The Splitters, Kristin Hersh, at Plush, Thursday, May 25

Annie Holub

The Skinny

IT KEEPS GOING … AND GOING … As we enter the month of June, the budget battle continues to drag up at the loony Legislature. (New motto: “Home of the never-ending session!”) Hope nobody was planning on getting away for summer vacation any time soon. And that everyone has been spending their weekends gathering signatures…

Jim Nintzel

Rhythm & Views

Musicians from Austin, Texas, have always prided themselves on their innate inscrutability–if not their downright weirdness. Witness the “Keep Austin Weird” T-shirts on sale along the town’s main drag during the annual South By Southwest Music Festigasm. Underground Austin pseudo-legend Slaid Cleaves adds levels upon levels to that cult irony with an album of covers…

Will K. Shilling

Danehy

Tom goes to Salt Lake City–and neither will ever be the same

Tom Danehy

Rhythm & Views

All of the lads in San Francisco’s Film School have funny names: There’s Krayg Burton, Nyles Lannon, Justin LaBo, Donny Newenhouse and Jason Ruck. Makes you wonder if their music will follow suit. Fear not; it doesn’t. Listening to Film School is like stepping into a portal back to 1988, where all of the indie…

Annie Holub

Police Dispatch

Taking A Bite Out Of The Apple Skyline Drive and Campbell Avenue, May 10, 2:56 a.m. Someone burgled Tucson’s Apple Store, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report stated. A security guard at La Encantada Mall, 2905 E. Skyline Drive, noted “a very extremely large rock” had been thrown through a glass door to get inside…

Saxon Burns

Rhythm & Views

It had to be Neil Young. No one else has the cojones to release a record with a song called “Let’s Impeach the President,” and actually make it nothing like the cheesy folk songs you hear on Democracy Now! Young can write a protest song that doesn’t need to be cloaked in metaphor to give…

Annie Holub

Noshing Around

New: Sabor Sabor, at 2547 E. Broadway Blvd., recently opened in the former home of Rhythmmm with much better signage (a bright red sign). Sabor serves traditional Pacific Coast/Mazatlan-style Mexican fare characterized by a bold use of herbs and spices, creating home cooking that is both piquant and flavorful. House specialties include pan-fried tacos, meat…

Karyn Zoldan

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