Some Late-Breaking Events
Here are a few events that were received too late to be included in our print issue. Saturday, March 17 from 1 to 5 p.m. Tamara Spiritual Center, 3002 E. Fort Lowell Road Holistic/Alternative Healing Seminar. View demonstrations of prayer healing, angelic healing, chakra balancing, aromatherapy, reiki, singing bowls and more. $10 per person. Call…
The Caged Birds of the Old Pueblo Will Soon Have a New Target
A whole new issue of the Weekly is online, and starting to trickle out in print. (Can newspaper “trickle,” though? Never mind.) Peruse at will!
A New UA Journal
Last week, a fellow by the name of Gabriel Matthew Schivone e-mailed me: Enclosed is a breakthrough issue of a new literary and politic journal on the University of Arizona campus and the surrounding Tucson community. As an unfortunate Catch-22, we are proudly the only alternative media on the University of Arizona. And, we are…
Must-Visit Tucson Restaurants
Late last week, I received this e-mail from a loyal reader: … I am a 22 year old student at the U of A graduating in May. I have lived my whole life in Tucson and love this city for many things, the food and locally owned restaurants being at the top of the list. When I graduate…
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Some people know just how to pitch a story. Check out this e-mail from a loyal reader: Every once in awhile I flair up about the shitty deal I’ve gotten from you people and so I fume and fuss and cuss around here for a few days and then it subsides. The other night though…
Free Cup of Coffee at Starbucks
On Thursday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to noon, all Starbucks in the United States, Canada and other countries are giving away a free tall (12 ounce) coffee. That’s not a latte or frappucino but coffee, straight up. You can read all about it on Starbucks Gossip, the No. 1 Starbucks site not operated by…
The Return of Winter Vomiting Disease!!!
Hit the links, and puke.
Tube Talk
Wow! Was that an awesome episode of Battlestar Galactica this week? Without spoiling anything for those of you who haven’t caught up through the magic of DVD, the big question remains: Is she or isn’t she?
Our Cover This Week
OK, so we decide to do a parody of Maxim and those silly magazines, and people go batshit. I had a call from one of our older readers on my voicemail this morning. She explained she likes the Weekly—although she liked it better 10 years ago—and was dismayed we were going in “this direction” with…
Joe Kay on ESPN
Tucson High School alum Joe Kay, who suffered a stroke several years ago after a basketball game when overzealous fans accidentally knocked him over, will be featured on ESPN this weekend. The late Chris Limberis covered the sad story. Here’s the blurb on the show from the folks at ESPN; thanks to them for alerting…
Media Watch
Yoga-Loving Newsman Brings Calm Demeanor to KGUN Desk
Rhythm & Views
One gets the feeling from the fifth CD by The Wayback Machine that when the group gathers in the recording studio, it’s like throwing a potluck dinner. The core group of guitarist Tom Woolley, bassist Bev Seckinger, percussionist Jim Lipson and drummer Steve Kemble sets an inviting table, and lots of their friends bring something…
Police Dispatch
Fright Night At Foothills Mall Ina Road and La Cholla Boulevard, Feb. 10, 10:39 p.m. Foothills Mall was the site of a giant puke fest, with a handful of drunken teenagers upchucking in its theater and the food court, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. Staff at a restaurant summoned authorities to deal…
Rhythm & Views
An inventory of the song titles on Neon Bible, Arcade Fire’s follow-up to 2004’s Funeral, indicates that something more intense is at hand: “Black Mirror,” “Black Wave/Bad Vibrations,” “Ocean of Noise,” “Antichrist Television Blues,” “My Body Is a Cage.” Apocalyptic, clearly, but the Arcade Fire are anything but predictable: Neon Bible, in its darkness, becomes…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Desiree Tretola
Rolling Along
Ballet Tucson offers treats both classic and sweet
Pick of the Week
Unexpected Beauty
Triumphant Tragedy
Arizona Repertory’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ serves the classic well
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Visual Poetry
Nai-Ni Chen uses modern dance to reshape ethnic traditions
Danehy
Drat! Additional numbing excrement (from Tom) hits you!
Emotion in East Germany
Oscar-winning ‘The Lives of Others’ is amazingly moving and politically astute
Law of Our Land
Jane Eppinga’s history of Arizona sheriffs proves to be captivating reading
O’Sullivan
Catherine’s trying to outrace time–and time’s catching up
Unsolved Mysteries
The disturbing, lengthy ‘Zodiac’ is a must-see film
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Guest Commentary
A modest proposal on how to curb Pima County growth
Now Showing at Home
“Tideland,” “Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny,” and “Performance”
Taste of Italy
Roma Imports is more than worth the trip to its strange location
Proud to Be a Journalist
A note from the editor.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Noshing Around
Chuck Wagon Roundup Sam Hughes Elementary School hosts the 69th roundup fundraiser on Saturday, March 10, from 3 to 8 p.m. Alumni young and old are encouraged to attend in cowboy attire. The Tucson Rodeo Museum will have docents in attendance, along with a real chuck wagon and Tucson Electric Power line wagon. Eat some…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Instrumental, With Voice
Do Make Say Think experiment with vocals
¡Ask a Mexican!
How can I find my way into this Mexican Consulate worker’s inherently corrupt heart?
Dirty Dozen
Twelve topics to watch at the Arizona Legislature
Soundbites
I’M BAA-AACK After conducting some necessary business at Tucson Medical Center, I am, in the immortal words of Steven Tyler (or was it Gene Autry?), “back in the saddle again”–for a week, at least. Gene Armstrong will be back next week as your humble Soundbitean, while I’m making a full recovery in Austin, Texas, at…
The Skinny
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Pima County residents reacted in horror last week when they opened their mailboxes to discover their assessed property values jumped, on average, 25 percent last year. The annual notices brought out Pima County Assessor Bill Staples to say that a hike in value doesn’t necessarily mean your property taxes are going…
Metal as Art
L.A.’s 400 Blows deliver thundering punk music–in uniform!
Rosemont Rising
Can this mine fight turn a national tide?
Nine Questions
Dave Douglas
Brew-haha
After the State Liquor Board overrules the City Council, neighborhood activists cry foul
Live
Le Chat Lunatique, Molehill Orkestrah, and Pearl Handled Pistol at Club Congress, Friday, March 2
Locking the Gate
Media orgs rally against an amendment floated by Sen. Jon Kyl to criminalize information dissemination
Rhythm & Views
Boston’s Bon Savants maintain that their music is a “greater rebellion against the second law of thermodynamics,” greater than the very existence of life itself: “Life is temporary defiance of the will of an entropic universe,” writes singer/songwriter/guitarist Thom Moran (who used to work as a scientist at MIT). “We all stand with hands in…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Top Ten in Music
Toxic Ranch Records top sales for the week
