Over the Hill
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“The Station Agent,” “Reno 911! The Complete First Season,” “FIeld of Dreams: Anniversary Edition,” “Saving Private Ryan: D-Day 60th Anniversary Edition”
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending June 20, 2004 Along Came Polly Universal City of God Miramax 50 First Dates Columbia In America 20th Century Fox Kill Bill Vol. 1 Miramax Love Actually Universal Monster Newmarket Mystic River Warner Brothers The Station Agent Miramax Touching the Void IFC Films
Gambling With Lives
The medically uninsured risk financial ruin every day, and they’re less likely to get preventative care. Many of them also fail to enroll in programs designed to help.
Still Kickin’ out the Jams
Rock/political legends MC5 are on a bus headed for Club Congress
Health Insurance Options
AHCCCS The state’s health insurance program for low-income households. Call (800) 962-6690 for information or (800) 334-5283 to enroll. KidsCare Low- or no-cost medical, dental and vision care for children under 19. Call (877) 764-5437 for information or to fill out an application. Pima Community Access Program A medical buying discount plan. Call 694-0418 for…
‘Orkestrah’l Maneuvers
The Molehill Orkestrah, teaming up with Flam Chen, likes it live
Scrubbed Clean?
An initiative effort hopes to wash away Clean Elections
Soundbites
HAT TRICK It’s a shame that Juliana Hatfield’s recent solo work has been somewhat mediocre. A shame because after launching her career with a bang that included the excellent Blake Babies, a stint in the Lemonheads during their most fruitful period, and a couple rather good solo albums–1992’s Hey Babe and 1993’s Become What You…
‘A Sad Dog Story’ Revisited
A war of words between animal organizations has ignited since the publication of a controversial story
Nine Questions
Jennifer Hinrichs, New Kids on the Block fan
The Skinny
GARBAGE FEE? WHY NOT JUST CALL IT THE GROWTH BILL? So the Tucson City Council–or the ruling majority, anyway–has finally bitten the bullet and approved the $14-per-month garbage-collection fee long sought by City Manager James Keene. To balance the budget, they’ll also borrow $25 million that will have to be paid back from future city…
Live
Challenger, Travis Morrison, Able Was I, Solar Culture Gallery, Sunday, June 20
Manifest Destiny
Intent on Western expansion, Wal-Mart turns democracy upside-down
Rhythm & Views
One is wont to wonder why Los Lobos, a band boasting two of the best rock singers around, would find it necessary to import a bunch of guest stars on its latest CD. There’s no arguing the stellar nature of Little Willie G, Dave Alvin, Bobby Womack, Ruben Blades, Tom Waits, Richard Thompson, Elvis Costello…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
The Beastie Boys, over their nigh-20-year career, have broken a lot of ground. It was the Beasties who first led the horse of the white audience to the water of hip-hop culture; clearly, that motherfucker was thirsty. They constantly confounded expectations; each record was something you didn’t even know you needed yet. Most importantly, they…
Police Dispatch
A Fishy Fall West Bopp Road and South San Joaquin Road, June 4, 8:58 p.m. A girl at a local water park accused a man of pretending to trip so he could put his face near her breasts, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. The girl claimed a man in his 40s first…
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week ending June 20, 2004 Beastie Boys To the 5 Boroughs (Capitol) Velvet Revolver Contraband (RCA) Phish Undermind (Elektra) Los Lonely Boys Los Lonely Boys (Epic) Sonic Youth Sonic Nurse (Geffen) Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand (Domino) Los Lobos The Ride (Hollywood) Celine Dion A New Day … Live in…
Media Watch
FRANZI ON THE MOVE Political piranha and former Tucson Weekly automatic weapons editor (and current contributor) Emil Franzi is moving his radio talk show, Inside Track, from KTKT to KJLL, “The Jolt.” Don’t put it past the disgruntled Franzi to borrow Danny DeVito’s line when Taxi switched networks: “Same time, better station.” The show will…
Existential Entertainment
What’s life like in hell? Jean-Paul Sartre’s ‘No Exit’ says that other people are responsible for the damnation
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Colleen Crowninshield, Clean Cities coordinator
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books bestsellers for the week ending June 18, 2004 Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim David Sedaris, Little, Brown & Company ($24.95) Dusty Locks and the Three Bears Susan Lowell and Randy Cecil, Henry Holt & Company ($6.95) Webs of Power: Notes From the Global Uprising Starhawk, New Society Publishers ($17.95) The Known…
Pick
Take a Stand Against Torture
Religious Icon
‘Celebrating Guadalupe’ shows the importance of the holy woman with images
Danehy
Opening the Danehy Mailbag–letters on home schooling, Ronald Reagan and more
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
A Wonderfully Bad Night
The Arizona Repertory Theater’s effective actors play bad actors perfectly
Tuttle
When it comes to war, the first casualty is often the truth
Edutainment at Its Best
Mario Van Peebles takes a look at the making of his father’s not-so-classic ‘Sweetback’
Neighborhood Diner
Between the homemade bread, the friendly servers and the delicious pie, Robert’s is a slice of heaven
Guest Commentary
Arizona’s female prisoners find themselves frequent targets for abuse–but help may be on the way
Terminal Effort
Stop the presses: The usually amazing Steven Spielberg has directed a clunker
Noshing Around
Hitting the Sauce Sauce, from the Fox Restaurants Concepts folks, will open its second Tucson location at 5285 E. Broadway Blvd., across from the Williams Centre and next to Pei Wei Diner, on June 28. This fast-casual restaurant serves a variety of gourmet, thin-crust pizzas cooked in a brick oven at 700 degrees, which takes…
