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Angels & Demons
When was the last time a legislative round-up could include the phrase “schools and the poor were kinda, sorta winners” to describe a Legislative session?
In The Flesh: Planet Booty, Dadsdad, and B4Skin at The Flycatcher. Gnarly!
Was a slow Sunday night on 4th Avenue. Most of the shops were shuttered as party goers migrated to Congress Street. The green butt cheeks illuminated above the Flycatcher was enough incentive to stop and go inside. Good thing. Tucson’s B4Skin was a clever, funny, flirty, punked-up girl group who flaunted hero costumes and incorporated…
Who Has the Best Sonoran ‘Dog and Chorizo in Town? One Contest Settles It.
Nothing says “Tucson” to out-of-towners like a Sonoran hot dog. For ex-pat Tucsonans, nothing screams home like a pound of good chorizo. These two staples of Southern Arizona cuisine will share center stage at Desert Diamond Casino in Sahuarita on June 24 from 2-5 p.m. for the Chorizo and Sonoran Hot Dog Challenge. The event…
Doug Ducey, CEO
So, there’s this corporation with 60,000 employees who work in manufacturing plants scattered around Arizona. The plant workers are unhappy. Their pay is lousy, far lower than the national average for people doing similar work, their buildings are in disrepair and their tools and equipment are outdated. Meanwhile, the corporation complains the workers aren’t producing…
In The Flesh: Killer Hip-Hop Show With Von and Edge, The 9 Boys, Roman Rhymes, and TXM at Classic’s Barber Shop
It’s Saturday night at Classic’s Barber Shop down on Grant Road. It’s dark on the outside, but cars fill its parking area. Inside, hip-hop slams your ears and the bass resonates down to your bones. Reyes “Angel” Renkert has been hosting rap battles and shows in his Barber Shop for a year now, and with…
The Local Showdown! A Killer Kinda Battle of the Bands Contest That Runs Throughout Summer is Accepting Entries Now!
Music junkies, this summer—as Tucson temperatures rise to rival those found in the Sixth Circle of Hell─legendary venue The Rock and Tucson Weekly call out vaingloriously, to the faithless and faithful alike, to announce the First Annual Local Showdown. The Local Showdown is a summer-long showcase where local bands/musicians, from all genres—from highbrow to lowbrow,…
Southern Arizona Stands Against Proposed Border Wall
Few places in the country interact with Mexico as much as Southern Arizona, and several of the region’s jurisdictions have taken a collective stand against President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall expansion along the nation’s southern border. Following the lead of the Tohono O’odham Legislative Council and the National Congress of American Indians, both the…
Cinema Clips: The Survivalist
Martin McCann plays a character simply listed as Survivalist in the credits, a man living on a small piece of land in a post-apocalyptic world where food has grown scarce. It’s a lonely existence, but he has a crop to get by, and it’s all for him. That is, until a mysterious woman (Olwen Fouere)…
Peter Needs a Home
Hi, I’m Peter! I’m a shy 1-and-a-half year-old boy and I’m looking for a new home. I’m very scared in the shelter setting, and can’t wait to be adopted. During my photo shoot I preferred to be sitting close to people, and getting snuggled. I’m looking for a home where I can get ample time…
Tour Diaries! Final day of the Marianne Dissard Euro Tour: No Dirt, Jacques Brel and Wooden Sailboats!
Day 12, and last show- June 2. Düsseldorf: I live in dread of not performing ever again. It’s not an irrational fear. Tonight’s show at the Düsseldorf Jazz Festival marks the end of our European spring tour, the “Woman, Who’s A Woman” + special “man” guest tour. I did it all. Booking, promotion, hiring, firing,…
Where the New Education Money Goes
Now that the Arizona budget has been on the books for a few weeks, some reporters are taking a look back, and I’m beginning to read a new take on education funding that gives Governor Ducey and Republicans measured praise for putting some new money into schools. It may not be enough, the articles are saying,…
Song of the Day: Billy Sedlmayr on the Dwight Twilley Band’s ‘Sincerely’
Power pop was a thing that just never panned out for its artists or its fans. It rolled in, drafting behind car No. 2, new wave. And was punk rock’s well-adjusted kid brother. A cross pollination of Brit Invasion, Brian Wilson and an army of tambourines. Dwight Twilley was in the first class of retro-rock,…
Tour Diaries! Day 10 and 11 of the Marianne Dissard Euro Tour: Why Are We Such Needy Monsters and a Night at the Bumfuck Mitteleuropa Radisson
Day 10—May 31. Breakfast on tour is a hit-it-now or forever hold your tongue. Scrambled eggs make my heart leap. I rate ours **** this morning at the bumfuck Mitteleuropa Radisson. At the music mega store, we emergence Connor’s power supply – his many pedals sucked dry the previous. Oh, how I wished we’d stayed…
Song of the Day: Billy Sedlmayr Weighs in on Kraftwerk’s ‘Radioactivity’
In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, Germany was ground zero for the avant-garde. Electronic exploration by students and artists, working in mediums music and visual arts. A sort of Euro Popular Mechanics for oddballs, if you will, following the leading figures of a burgeoning scene. Amongst them John Cage, Wendy Carlos, and fellow statesman…
Poutine Parking Problem
The Memorial Day Weekend is traditionally celebrated with pool parties, barbeque and good-times. However, on Fourth Avenue, a few merchants rang in the holiday with passive-aggressive power moves and parallel parking wars. Since it’s grand opening on April 20, local food-truck Geronimo’s Revenge has parked regularly outside of Fourth Avenue main-stay bar, Che’s Lounge. Che’s, as any…
Tour Diaries! Days Seven, Eight and Nine of the Marianne Dissard Euro Tour
Day 7—May 28. Berlin: At last, at last! We played a show tonight, the four of us finally reunited, Connor back from Cologne, Annie from rollerblading, me from my cave and Brittany from the ER. Earlier today, I went swimming in a small neighborhood lake with my Berlin friend Anne. We put down our…
The Weekly List: 14 Things To Do In the Next Week
Your Weekly guide to keeping busy in the Old Pueblo. Fun In General Cool Summer Nights. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a striking monument to the gorgeous desert we live in. Like other local pros, the museum knows Tucson summers are best done after dark. Spend your Saturday evenings at the park, which has extended…
Know Your Product
We spoke to North by North singer/guitarist Nate Girard and badass drummer Kendra Black about the five albums that altered their lives.
Dust Devil
Grey pigeons fly low over the razor wire
Vintage Vinyl
Recorded in January 1969 during the nearly aborted Let it Be sessions, “Get Back” was released on April 7, 1969
Art Cruisin’
This Saturday night is the Central Tucson Gallery Association’s Summer Art Cruise, an evening of multiple gallery openings in the arts warehouse district around Sixth and Sixth.
Peak Comeback
Thanks to Showtime, Twin Peaks fans finally get some relief with the return of Dale Cooper, the Black Lodge, and Peaks favorites like the dimwitted Deputy Andy.
Summer Safari Nights
The Reid Park Zoo is putting its heaviest foot forward this Friday evening in the form of African elephants and southern white rhinos for another installment of its weekly Summer Safari Nights program.
A Final Vigil
The last gathering of the members of La Coalicion de Derechos Humanos in honor of migrants who have died crossing the border.
Fighting Abuse
The Emerge! Center Against Domestic Violence has a new message: Men can have a leading role in ending domestic abuse.
Standing O
The O on Oracle 2000 N. Oracle Road Everyday: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. 520-207-9747 Service: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Happy Hour, Full Bar Price range: $7-$20 Sports bar, Casual, Patio, Can accommodate large groups Say what you will, but Tucson is a sports bar kind of town. Almost every neighborhood pub, saloon or watering hole…
Police Dispatch
A bus driver was just trying to help some sorority girls have some good, clean fun when a young man invaded her vehicle and gave her a dirty show
High Costs
It seems the fears of recreational marijuana supporters who voted against Prop 205 have some merit, based on state’s hoarding of cash.
A Big Stink
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged former Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce, his wife, prominent lobbyist Jim Norton and utility owner George Johnson with conspiracy, bribery, mail fraud and wire fraud.
Editor’s Note
Wrapping up the Arizona Legislature session and what it means for Arizona residents
La-La Land
The homeless experience turned to wisdom for Stitched Up Heart singer Alecia “Mixi” Demner, an extreme, dangerous negative that she’d wrenched into a positive.
