Limp Election
A note from the editor.
Soundbites
DESERT ROCK REUNION While the term “desert rock” has recently come to connote slow, heavy rock music of the variety practiced by the likes of Queens of the Stoneage forebearers Kyuss (so described because they, and other bands of their ilk, threw illegal generator-powered parties out in the desert), Arizonans have a far different definition…
Noshing Around
Thai One On Bangkok Café opened last week at the former Cali Restaurant (previously Kirin Restaurant) location at 2511 E. Speedway Blvd. Owned by local businessman Adej Chotichuti, Bangkok Café specializes in traditional Thai cuisine and spirits for international and American palates. They’re open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 to 9:30 p.m. Monday…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“SCTV,” “The Simpsons,” and “South Park”
Ain’t Misbehavin’
The 2004 TAMMIES Band of the Year swings the standards
No Contest
Why this year’s political season promises to be the most boring ever!
Nine Questions
Jamey Jasta, Hatebreed
Home Bass
Native son Brian Bromberg joins the Tucson Music Hall of Fame
Evicted Over Immigration
The county’s caretaker at Canoa Ranch fights to stay on the land
Stock up on Sweaters
Cultural isolation is comfortable incubation for the mind of Long Winters’ frontman John Roderick
Johnny on the Side
This year’s Up-and-Coming Artist(s) of the Year are actually very familiar to Tucson music aficionados
In Need of Correction
Arizona’s prison system is overloaded and its staff is overwhelmed
On Behalf of Orangina
The Decemberists perform their dramatic, literary alt-rock, with orange soda in tow
Winning Traditions
Tucsonans go Irish by voting in Round the House’s ‘Til the Wee Hours as Best New Release
The Skinny
RANCH DANCE Talk about your hot real estate market! Last week, the Tucson City Council voted to put the A-7 Ranch on the market without the niggling conservation conditions that have limited interest in the 82,000-acre property. Just days later, the county started talking about using bond funds to buy the ranch, located about 18…
Live
A Perfect Circle, Anselmo Valencia Amphitheater, Tuesday, June 8
TAMMIES 2004 Critics’ Choice Winners
For the first time this year, the Tucson Weekly’s TAMMIES include Critics’ Choice awards. For the last decade, the TAMMIES have honored Tucson’s best musicians by awarding Readers’ Choice awards, and we will continue to do so. But the Readers’ Choice awards don’t always reflect the best of the best. Some bands are better at…
Path Detoured
A proposed downtown greenway may wilt thanks to Rio Nuevo development plans
Rhythm & Views
Imagine Fugazi without Ian Mackaye and Guy Picciotto, and you have Decahedron. The combined effort of Fugazi bassist Joe Lally, Frodus guitarist Shelby Cinca and Frodus drummer Jason Hamacher, Decahedron wavers back and forth between Fugazi-esque basslines and choruses, and uninspired hardcore structures. The idea of the band is good, but ideas aren’t always enough.…
TAMMIES 2004 Readers’ Choice Winners
THE BIG STUFF Tucson Music Hall of Fame: Brian Bromberg Band of the Year: Misbehavin’ Up-and-Coming Artist(s) of the Year: Johnny Guitar and the Thou$andaire$ Best New Release: ‘Til the Wee Hours, Round the House PERFORMANCE AWARDS A capella/Vocal Ensemble: Catacoustic Groove Blues: Bad News Blues Band Runners up: Tom Walbank, Little Kings Bluegrass: (TIE)…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
With all of our contemporary jazz heroines–Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Holly Cole, Patricia Barber, Karin Allyson and the incomparable Cassandra Wilson–it’s tempting to wonder which is the most qualified to take in our hard-earned bucks. For our money, one female jazz singer who warrants more attention, and maybe a little of our disposable income, is…
Media Watch
STUDIO SETUP In the old days, every television station had a studio at its heart. That’s where a fair amount of live programming would originate–a morning homemaking show for housewives, maybe a midday newscast, an afternoon kiddie show, the evening and late-night news, and local breaks in the weekend creature feature. Today, though, with almost…
Rhythm & Views
It seems unlikely that Tucson would be home to one established, skilled and respected white blues player in the helmeted form of Bob Log III; it’s goddamn unnatural for this sunbleached wasteland to house two of them. Even stranger is that the arriviste, Tom Walbank, is from Devon, England, and with his new mustache, could…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Maurice Deutsch, weight-loss consultant
Top Ten in Music
Zip’s Music & Video, Inc.’s top sales for the week ending June 12, 2004 Velvet Revolver Contraband (RCA) Slipknot Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses (Roadrunner) Avril Lavigne Under My Skin (Arista) Usher Confessions (Arista) Method Man Tical 0: The Prequel (Def Jam) Sonic Youth Sonic Nurse (Geffen) D12 D12 World (Shady) Gretchen Wilson Here for…
Police Dispatch
Biohazard West Ruthrauff Road and North La Cholla Boulevard May 30, 12:58 a.m. Deputies found a drunken man passed out at a trailer park in a pool of chunky, orange vomit, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. Deputies noted vomit all over William John Levis’ pants and face, the concrete around him and on…
Love and Marriage
A man wakes up with a beautiful stranger just hours before his wedding, leading to a funny, if too-familiar plot
Pick
Celebrate the Solstice
Human Form
Peter Briggs talks about one of his last UA shows, featuring the works of “Three Arizona Sculptors”
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Side Steps
What do dancers do when their performing days are done?
Danehy
Pima Community College’s new locals-only athletics policy is worth a shot, even if it eventually fails
Unoriginal Boredom
Vin Diesel’s latest movie sucks, and here’s hoping it steers Hollywood away from endless sequels
Back to Nature
While the story of “Waking the Ancients” is hard to believe, the tale is entertaining, and the characters are gripping
Downing
At long last, summer. Now, if only Tucson had more shade…
Half Salvation
“Saved!” starts off as a delightfully sinister masterpiece, but the film’s second half is hugely disappointing
Top Ten in Books
Barnes and Noble Broadway’s bestsellers for the week ending June 15, 2004 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown, Doubleday ($24.95) The Rule of Four Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason, The Dial Press ($24) The Five People You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom, Hyperion Press ($19.95) Angels & Demons Dan Brown, Atria Books ($19.95) Bergdorf Blondes:…
Guest Commentary
The musings of a logician stuck in Tucson traffic
Top Ten in Movies
Zip’s Music & Video, Inc.’s top rentals for the week ending June 12, 2004 Mystic River Warner Brothers Along Came Polly Universal Monster Newmarket Miracle Walt Disney Paycheck Paramount The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King New Line Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Miramax Scary Movie 3 Dimension…
Dirty Drink
When it comes to the martini, add olive juice, please–and lots of it
