With Leaders Like These …
A note from the editor.
Indie Watch
What’s happening in the world of independent film in Tucson.
Noshing Around
New: French Twist Café Located at 10110 N. Oracle Road next to Vino 100, French Twist Café recently opened, serving casual breakfast and lunch Tuesday through Saturday, and a full-service brunch on Sunday. Chris and Gwen Belanger are classically trained chefs who bake Euro-style artisan breads and pastries, roast their own turkey and roast beef…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Death and Taxes
The grisly toll of illegal immigration on Pima County
Environmental Instrumentals
If you try to easily categorize Pelican, beware of Laurent Lebec
Base Blues
Tentative recommendations regarding Davis-Monthan don’t address one hot-button topic
Making a Connection
After reaching a stunning critical low, the Liars find themselves back on the rise
Felony Fallout
Lawmakers lower the bar on petty crimes
Soundbites
FROM ANOTHER ERA Upon tossing The Tough and Lovely’s debut album, Born of the Stars (Spoonful, 2004), into the CD player and hearing the opening title track, I was ready to dismiss the band as just another fungible, bandwagon-jumping garage-rock band; they had nothing new to offer, it seemed. But as the disc kept playing,…
Hay Fever
A proposed development causes tension in the Tanque Verde Valley
Nine Questions
James Grip
The Skinny
STEAMROLLED After four failed efforts over the last 20 years, Pima County voters finally approved a transportation proposal last week–and in the end, it wasn’t even close. A full 60 percent supported the plan, while nearly 58 percent supported the half-cent sales tax. In the weeks leading up the election, supporters were all nervous and…
Live
El Ten Eleven, Oslo, Found Dead On The Phone, at Plush, Thursday, May 18
Media Watch
KUAT GM Hopes To Continue Upturn
Rhythm & Views
They certainly went gently into that good night. With the release of their final album, Just Like the Fambly Cat, Grandaddy, a modest electro-rock outfit from Modesto, Calif., are (sadly) no more. As the band’s longest and most musically diverse album to date, it’s the perfect synthesis of Grandaddy’s career: thrilling, sloppy, funny, tragic, carefree…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
The word “sprawl” has taken on all kinds of negative associations, but sprawling music is far from an exploitation of the natural landscape–it’s actually the reverse. Sprawling music stretches into and reinvigorates lackluster neural regions, creating lively aural textures and landscapes–the metaphoric equivalent of eating a lot of protein. Built to Spill build evocative sprawl…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Lee Bucyk
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music top sales for the week
Police Dispatch
Unhinged Umpire Wetmore Road and La Cholla Boulevard, May 4, 8:57 p.m. A father who tried to retrieve his son from a baseball field during a game got into a tussle with an umpire, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. The father told authorities the junior high game had lasted for more than…
Rhythm & Views
Dear Prince: I know it’s been a while since I’ve written, but … well … I gotta be honest. It’s been rough-going being a Prince fan the last 15 or so years. Quadruple all-instrumental Internet-only albums? Becoming a Jehovah’s Witness? The whole symbol-for-a-name biz? Wha? But all is forgiven now that you’ve given us the…
Pick of the Week
Fired Up
Missing Something …
While ‘Cookin’ With Gus,’ Invisible Theatre forgot the sizzle
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Waters of Abstraction
A new Tucson gallery focusing on modernist artists features the work of Bohdan Osyczka
Danehy
Behold the ‘secret’ parts of the RTA plan
A True Patriot
Sophie Scholl: an outstanding person, but only a decent movie
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Tuttle
Regarding immigration, our collective memory needs substantial improvement
All Worked Up
The only thing more lame than ‘The Da Vinci Code’ is the hubbub surrounding it
Word Smiths
Prospective writers can’t help but be motivated by ‘Writing Brave and Free’
Guest Commentary
By the numbers: the case for school vouchers in Arizona
Now Showing at Home
“The Towering Inferno,” “Smokey and the Bandit: Special Edition,” and “Munich: Collector’s Edition”
Riviera Revue
RAZ blends different tasty cuisines with an imaginative, artistic sensibility
About Our Blog
Blogs. They’re the thing to do these days, especially if you’re an emotive teenager, a politically frustrated soccer mom or a wannabe critic. They’re also the thing to do these days for some newspapers — and the Tucson Weekly now has its own blog. (You’re looking at it.) We’re excited about the blog, for numerous…
