Building Doubts
Rio Nuevo’s director dispenses advice for skyscraper promoters
Odes to Billy Joe
Honky-tonk hero Shaver’s life is celebrated with a tribute album and a ’60 Minutes’ story
Healing Place
The life of hate-crime victim Philip Walsted is remembered at a Fourth Avenue memorial
Confessionals Without Crimes
The Mountain Goats venture into the deep waters of the psyche
Food Fears
Fresh imports could threaten American farms
Rockin’ the Rialto
On June 16, local music fans and officionados trickled in and out of the newly-restored Rialto Theatre to catch a glimpse of this year’s Tucson Area Music Awards. There they enjoyed some of the best talent the Old Pueblo has to offer.
Promises Broken
The city has not lived up to its pledge to enact a simple system for low-income garbage-fee waivers
Soundbites
RECOMMENDED AUSSIES A big part of the fun of attending a music festival is discovering a great band you have never heard of, merely read about, or had a friend recommend to you. A couple years ago, my friend Jenny, who has impeccable taste in music, art and pretty much everything else, raved to me…
The Skinny
TRIAL AND ERROR County Attorney Barbara LaWall is touting a chart that allegedly proves that her trial rate–more than four times that of Maricopa County–has nothing to do with the cost of administering justice in Pima County. As a jury foreman in the court of public opinion, The Skinny isn’t buying the prosecution’s case. LaWall’s…
Nine Questions
Kristine Peashock
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Live
Rev. Al Green, Desert Diamond Casino, Monday, June 13
Legal Briefs
Unexpected Discovery and Disclosure in the Stidham Murder
Rhythm & Views
Meaner and heavier than Godzilla rampaging through the streets of Tokyo with an acid-fried hangover and no motivation save for wreaking random havoc and complete annihilation, Japan’s DMBQ (Dynamite Masters Blues Quartet) batter the listener with relentless, riff-heavy bombardment and improvisatory, psychedelic noise jams encompassing everyone from Frank Marino and Sonny Sharrock to the Butthole…
Media Watch
KLOVE Comes To Tucson
Rhythm & Views
There are bands we listen to for fun–not for philosophical inspirations–such as Eels. Subsequently, when Mark Everett, otherwise known as E, attempts to put forth “revelations,” as the title of Eels’ new double-CD suggests, the result is about as revelatory as cutting off your arm and proclaiming that it hurts. Blinking Lights is mapped out…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Jerry Hall
Rhythm & Views
Pressure is either a feeling that doesn’t bother Jack and Meg White, or they do a damn good job at hiding it. When it comes to making a follow-up to an insanely successful record, Jack and Meg know how to throw the ultimate curveball at the music industry as well as their fans. The White…
Danehy
When bureaucracy blocks communication, everybody loses
Police Dispatch
Problem Patient West Orange Grove and North La Cholla, May 30, 7:20 a.m. Several witnesses at a local hospital said a man wearing an emergency-room robe and a colostomy bag threw a small sack of marijuana at a patient and stole food from the cafeteria, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. Witnesses said 21-year-old…
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music top sales for the week
Tuttle
It’s time to give grammar and punctuation a makeover
Pick
Built for Speed
Man’s Best Friend
A.R. Gurney and Live Theatre Workshop go to the dogs–in a good way–with ‘Sylvia’
Guest Commentary
Welcome to the best time of year for bitchers and whiners
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Baby Book
Hesitant author Bill Broyles teams up with Paul and Joyce Berquist to create a cute collection
Fretting Over the Future
A note from the editor.
Freedom Film
Though it doesn’t have explosions or a dude dressed like a bat, ‘Kings and Queen’ wins with good writing
Family Ties
Arizona Repertory Theatre shines in a production of one of Neil Simon’s best
Yet More Shameless Self-Promotion
‘Weekly’ writers take home three national alternative newsweekly awards
Herbie Lives!
Lindsay Lohan returns to her Disney roots in this harmless, inane movie that kids should like
Top Ten in Books
Barnes and Noble Broadway’s nonfiction best-sellers for the week
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“Reno 911!: The Complete Second Season Uncensored,” “Casino: 10th Anniversary Edition” and “Paul McCartney in Red Square”
Below Expectations
Bluefin Seafood Bistro does not live up to its distinguished pedigree
See How They Run
Heads up, citizen! Here come the 2005 City Council candidates!
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Noshing Around
Thank You, Tucson! On June 7, National Hunger Awareness Day, a number of food drives and other events were held throughout the area. More than 3,000 pounds of food and more than $68,000 in cash was raised to support the Community Food Bank. Globe Trotting From June through September, Cuvée World Bistro offers an ambitious…
