T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Kevin Dahl
Gardener’s Soul
Scott Calhoun’s love of Arizona’s environment will make you want to get working on your own yard
Noshing Around
fluid fluid is a wine bar with a mission. Co-owners Donald Yap and Bill McMann invite the growing population of wine enthusiasts to their salon for a passionate exchange of divergent views over a great glass of wine or beer. Conveniently located next to Brew and Vine, fluid offers 16 changing selections of wine by…
Police Dispatch
Scalp Damage West Wetmore and North Flowing Wells Roads, March 5, 11:43 p.m. A man at a bar told deputies he pulled his ex-girlfriend’s hair because she was getting “raped” on the dance floor, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. Michael Knopf’s ex-girlfriend said that Knopf came up behind her as she danced with…
Rhythm & Views
Before becoming a successful commercial airline pilot, blonde pompadour-sporting guitarist Arch Hall Jr. was a budding teenage, no-budget film actor whose own frantic surf/R&B-derived songs accompanied the same chitlin’ circuit movies he starred in. Pushed into the sub-Hollywood film/music-biz scenario by his actor/impresario father, the barely legal Hall starred in six exploitation flicks from 1959-1964,…
Roma Rising
A lunch/takeout favorite introduces dinner whilesupporting a good cause
Pick
Divine Relationships
Philly Fantastic
Daglio’s offers a little bit of brotherly love in the Old Pueblo
Danehy
For the true local sports fan, St. Patrick’s Day was a good one
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Rhythm & Views
This double-disc set (one CD and one DVD) collects 16 singles, B-sides and download-onlys on the first, with live footage and several videos on the second. With tracks spanning from 1998 until 2004, Lost Marbles covers a lot of territory and makes it look easy. Fronted by hyperactive ex-Brianiac guy John Schmersal, and grounded by…
Downing
Sad, disturbing societal lessons found in the frozen-foods section
When Blitzen Attacks
“The Ring Two’ is made up of arresting, well-acted scenes that often have nothing to do with each other
From Red Vinyl to Persecution
ZUZI’s latest show starts light and funny before getting very serious
Guest Commentary
Why you or your children should consider a study-abroad program
Pulp Skating
Despite the talent and charm of its star, “Ice Princess’ falls flat
Music by the Numbers
The TSO’s upcoming season holds enough specials and regulars for music lovers to count on
Ballot Input Wanted
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones,” “The Philadelphia Story: Two-Disc Special Edition,” “Closer,” and “Abba: Super Troupers”
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Debtor’s Prison
Manuel Osete has been in jail for 27 months, with no release in sight. His crime? He didn’t commit one.
Soundbites
DEATH BY DEADLINES I just drove in from Austin, and boy is my liver tired. But seriously, folks … Every other cell of my being is just as tired as my liver, and yet I still have to write this column. Deadlines are a bitch. As for Austin, we’ll have a recap–three, in fact–of last…
Hail to the Chief!
President George Bush brings his visionary Social Security reform plan to the Old Pueblo
Rhythm & Views
EPs are supposed to be short, maybe five songs at most, a kind of mini-album. The Fiery Furnaces, though, have a different definition of an EP. This one, for example, is 10 songs long, enough to be a full-fledged album. It hints at some of the songs on their other two records, and even totally…
Crimes and Consultations
A phantom payment sticks Nogales taxpayers with the tab
Nine Questions
Shaini Galloway
Dumpster Diving
Will Tucson residents have to subsidize the city’s commercial garbage collection through water bills?
Live
La Cerca, George Squier Orchestra, and Citrus at Plush, Friday, March 18
Thoughts on Iraq
After two years, some local notables’ opinions on the Iraq war have not changed
Success Via Bar Fly
Stefan George is proud that he can make a musical living at home
The Skinny
THE BER-ILIAD Sing, oh muse, the whimper of Grimaldi, product of Esposito, onetime son-in-law to Lena, full-time mortal of the Pima County Gods, the deathly slowness of Environmental Quality, the crashing speed and obsequious compliance of the City Council to rezone for the King, Don Diamond, and the Prince, Robert Sarver, for authority to build…
Surrender to the Jam
Tucson gets set to welcome Carlos Washington and the Friends of Gravity
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week
Media Watch
Appearances
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best sellers for the week
