Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Nine Questions
Wayne Static
Changing Way of Life
St. David’s predominantly LDS school district braces for an influx of newcomers
Now Showing at Home
“The Aviator,” “12 Monkeys: Special Edition” and “The Machinist”
Live
The Deludes, Solid Donkey, Whiskey Bitch, at Plush, Saturday, June 4
Sublime Mission
A history of restoration and revival at Mission San Xavier
Pick
The Power of Dan Savage
Rhythm & Views
Weezer’s story is perhaps the saddest in recent rock history. Their first album (known as “the blue album,” seeing as Weezer had the audacity to release another self-titled album in 2001) gleamed amid the angry growls on the record shelves in the mid-’90s; their Ric Ocasek-produced guitars had a delicious crunch; their lyrics were cute…
Beating the Brush
The Arizona Trail gets eight miles closer to being done
Playing Our Song
Al Green’s immortal work is the stuff memories are made of
Rhythm & Views
Even disregarding the interpersonal issues, the sheer economics of touring with a band are so daunting that it’s a wonder there aren’t even more solo singer songwriters. Lucky for us, the solitary-brooder paradigm has been busted up by two loners who pack enough noise, grit, raunch and sass to wake your booty and churn your…
Roosevelt Lake Renewed
After a record wet winter, Teddy’s lake is bigger and better than ever
Unknown Legend
Kathleen Edwards gets her Neil freak on with ‘Back to Me’
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music top sales for the week
Cleaning Brush
Pima County gets tough with Brush Ceramic Products while Brush gets tough with its critics
Soundbites
TAMMIES REVIVAL OK, I’m not gonna yank yer chain, nor mince words. The Weekly-sponsored TAMMIES (the Tucson Area Music Awards–don’t ask me what the acronym stands for) usta sorta suck. We all know it, so I’m just not gonna tow the corporate line and tell you they’ve always been awesome. They haven’t. That said, those…
Arizona’s Best
A technological masterpiece showing death in the desert stars in TMA’s ‘Biennial’
Pygmy Paper
A hushed endangered-species report puts the feds on the hot seat
New Brain; New Club
While a brain tumor leads to a lively musical at one company, a lightweight comedy kicks off another company’s existence
Informant’s Revenge
A jury sides with a former Tucson Water employee who blew the whistle
Saddle Up!
W.K. Stratton’s memoir about the history of rodeo is worth a read
The Skinny
DEANIACS LOVE NINA! It’s not as impressive as Linda Ronstadt’s seal of approval, but Ward 6 City Council candidate Nina Trasoff has won the endorsement of Democracy for America Tucson, a spin-off of the Dean for America organization that was all the rage in political circles until Howard Dean uttered that infamous howl in last…
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Legal Briefs
Unexpected Discovery and Disclosure in the Stidham Murder
Noshing Around
Gusto Recently opened within the past two months, Gusto Ristorante is owned by Bob Lee, a new Tucson resident who was convinced by friends to move here. Lee left his Rockway Beach, N.Y., deli for more temperate climes. Gusto serves Northern Italian fare with an emphasis on light red and basil-pesto sauces. Specialties include seafood…
Media Watch
Requiem for a Bantamweight
Volumes of Truth
Good cookbooks are great–but good chefs and friends are superior
Police Dispatch
Real-World Education West Drexel and South Mission Roads, May 19, 11:04 a.m. A man claimed all the students in his daughter’s class raised their hands when he asked them if they thought their teacher was “a bitch,” a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report stated. The teacher said she had refused to let the man’s daughter…
Danehy
Donate blood: Do it for Danny
A Big Nothing
‘Lords of Dogtown’ fails due to an unfocused screenplay, wooden performances
Tuttle
Some works to consider adding to your summer-reading list
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Guest Commentary
Baseball, hot dogs and dollar beer: Does it get any better than this?
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Ann Jones
In the Music Spotlight
A note from the editor.
After the Abuse
‘Mysterious Skin’ tackles an uncomfortable topic and becomes one of the year’s best films
