Read the New Issue …
… or the subject of our cover story will kick your ASS! Kidding! But read this week’s issue anyway; it’s got lots of good stuff in it. Feel free to comment on its comments here. Alas, no YouTube from the Mexican yet. Should that ever show up … you’ll be the first to know!
Last Rosemont Public Hearing is Monday!
Save the Scenic Santa Ritas wrote in to let us know the last public hearing on the proposed Rosemont Mine is Monday, June 30, in Tucson at the Rincon High School Auditorium, 422 N. Arcadia Avenue. To speak, you must sign in between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m., although the meeting officially starts at 6:30 p.m. From…
KXCI Gets All Stonewall
This Friday, June 27, KXCI celebrates Stonewall’s 39th anniversary with a day of programming from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. On-air hosts and content all day will feature LGBT community members, LGBT artists, musicians with discussions on history and information about the local LGBT community and of course, Stonewall Day. I had an opportunity to…
Iskash*taa Refugee Harvesting Network Video Honored
Iskash*taa: An Invitation to Community is one of five domestic videos to be shown at the White House Faith-based and Community Initiatives Innovations in Effective Compassion Conference on Thursday, June 26, in Wash., D.C. The film received an honorable mention in the “Portraits of Compassion” video contest. Barbara Eiswerth, founder and coordinator of Iskash*taa will…
Gas Wars
Okay, so I play this game….sort of. I like to track the cost of gas at gas stations I pass by everyday. I think it gives me a true idea of how bad it is. There are two stations by my house on the corners of Campbell and Prince: One is a Chevron, the other is…
Leal’s Letter to Hein
You the Readers demanded it! Now here’s a copy of the letter that City Councilman Steve Leal sent to City Manager Mike Hein calling for his resignation. It’s quite brief, so you might find it sketchy on the details. June 18, 2008 Michael Hein City Manager Over time, I have lost the comfort level that…
Update: Council Split on Hein’s Future
Whether Councilman Steve Leal has the votes to force out City Manager Mike Hein out remains to be seen. As noted earlier, Leal today called for Hein’s resignation. Mayor Bob Walkup said today that he was behind Hein “110 percent.” Hein also has solid support with Democratic council members Nina Trasoff and Rodney Glassman. But…
Leal Wants Hein’s Head
City Councilman Steve Leal has asked for City Manager Mike Hein’s resignation. In a letter to Hein, Leal says that he “has lost the comfort level that I need to for viable working relationship with a City Manager.” The Ward 5 Councilman says he’ll put the question of firing Hein on the next mayor and…
National HIV Testing Day: Next Friday (June 27)
The Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation is participating in the 13th annual national HIV Testing Day on Friday, June 27. Testing is free and confidential. The testing procedure is an HIV rapid test that produces results in 20 minutes. Testing locations are below. Call 628-7223 or visit www.saaf.org for info. Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation 375 S. Euclid…
The Skinny
BLOWING OFF THE BALLOT BOX Two of our newest candidates for public office are asking for your vote, even though they have a bit of an aversion to the ballot box themselves. Ephraim Cruz, who is one of seven Democrats seeking two House seats in southside Legislative District 29, has only voted three times in…
Rhythm & Views
There’s a time in the lives of most impressionable young people when they need simple, unadorned songs that speak for them without unnecessary poetics or metaphor. This music states in plain language what a young listener is feeling, and maybe not yet understanding. Giving voice to adolescent angst grants emo its potency. Originally a vehicle…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
Robert Pollard may be the hardest-working man in indie rock. In addition to the 20-plus groundbreaking recordings he made with his now-defunct band Guided by Voices (which called it quits in 2004)–not to mention numerous side projects–the former schoolteacher has seen the release of no less than 15 solo albums in the space of 12…
Media Watch
Chihak Announces Retirement from ‘Citizen’
Soundbites
CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? Not too terribly long ago, their skewed, whimsical and slightly theatrical lo-fi take on neo-psychedelic pop had Montreal’s The Unicorns pegged as a Next Big Thing. But following the incessant touring that ensued to promote the band’s second album, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone? (Alien8, 2003),…
Police Dispatch
Incontinent and Horny East Skyline Drive, May 22, 3:12 p.m. A drunk woman became aggressive and failed to control various bodily functions when asked to leave an area restaurant, said a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. A sheriff’s deputy was called to RA Sushi Bar Restaurant, 2905 E. Skyline Drive, where the assistant manager said…
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
Pick of the Week
Eat Local, Sing Local
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
Danehy
Tom’s basketball game is displaced by the Society for Creative Anachronism
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Martha Gilliland
Noshing Around
New: Saffron Indian Bistro Saurabh Sareen, owner of Kababeque Indian Grill in UA’s Main Gate Square, recently opened Saffron Indian Bistro at 7607 N. Oracle Road, No. 101. Over the weekend, I took a peek at the sleek modern interior. Saffron is open daily serving buffet lunches from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and à…
Tuttle
Technology has its place, but certain tasks are best left to old-fashioned methods
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Painterly Play
Fresh off another Tony Awards snub, ‘Sunday in the Park With George’ gets a Tucson production
Guest Commentary
Tales (and tails) from Tucson’s inaugural World Naked Bike Ride
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Miraculous Journey
Charles Langley chronicles Navajo medicine men with verve and an outstanding attention to detail
¡Ask a Mexican!
‘Fan’ in the context of sports is short for ‘fanatic.’
Now Showing at Home
“Funny Games,” “Dirty Harry,” and “Radiohead: The Best Of”
Increasing Momentum
Annie Bunker flies in from Hawaii to help present O-T-O’s ‘Flying, Dance and Films’
Feel the Heat
A note from the editor.
Volume and Vigor
After stints with Carissa’s Wierd and Band of Horses, Mat Brooke gets upbeat with Grand Archives
Manhattan in the Desert
Shlomo and Vito’s is worth a shot–but stick to the Jewish side of the menu
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Under the Surface
Cryptacize revolutionize musical theater with their new album, ‘Dig That Treasure’
Let’s Climb the Wall
The feds want you to think they’re finally controlling the border. Think again.
Fun With Neurons
The latest M. Night Shyamalan movie can be entertaining–if viewed as a cheesy, 1950s sci-fi film
Dog Days No More?
An anti-racing group targets Tucson Greyhound Park
Big Smash
‘The Incredible Hulk’ is brainless fun–and little else
Voucher Victims
The battle for state funds for students with disabilities continues
Nine Questions
Alvaro DeAsis
Packing Heat
A new rule would allow loaded guns into national parks, monuments and wildlife refuges in Arizona
Live
The Helio Sequence, RCougar, Club Congress, Tuesday, June 10
Badger Bickering
A proposed 65-space parking garage at Tucson High Magnet has some school supporters crying foul
Rhythm & Views
The title of the new N.E.R.D. album refers to synesthesia, a neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sense causes a synthetic perception in another sense, i.e., experiencing sounds as colors or images. Whatevs. It’s summertime! I want music that provides a soundtrack for the oppressively hot days and nights when everyone is feeling a…
