May 26 – Jun 1, 2005

May 26 - Jun 1, 2005 / Vol. 22 / No. 13

Soundbites

LOOK AT THESE BOOTS Before there was a Galactic Federation of Love or a Sugarbush, there was Golden Boots, which comprises those bands’ Dimitri Manos and Ryan Eggleston. The duo this week celebrates the release of a new mini-album, Bland Canyon (Soild Gold). If there’s one thing the bands of Manos and Eggleston share, it’s…

Stephen Seigel

Noshing Around

Benefit for St. Jude Mark your calendars! From May 29 to June 4, RA Sushi will host a week-long fundraising effort. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of all spicy tuna rolls, edamame and Skyy vodka drinks will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. RA is located at 2905 E. Skyline Drive;…

Karyn Zoldan

What Price Justice?

Agency FY 1995-96 FY 2004-05 Sheriff $58.7 million $115.5 million County Attorney $15.7 million $23.2 million Indigent Defense $10.3 million $24 million Superior Court $26.6 million $40.6 million

Tucson Weekly Staff

The Skinny

RECRUITING BLUES With U.S. war deaths in Iraq now topping 1,600, the Army is having a hard time signing up enough warm young bodies to ship to battle. Recruiters have been aggressively ratcheting up their persuasion techniques to fill their quotas, some allegedly to the point of abuse–so much so that the Army called a…

Dave Devine, Chris Limberis, and Margaret Regan

Rhythm & Views

The Evens are Ian MacKaye on baritone guitar and Amy Farina on drums. They both sing, and the songs are Fugazi: the mellow version. Fugazi that we can play at dinner parties. And it’s surprisingly good. The energy and depth is still there, thanks to Farina’s drumming and MacKaye’s guitar mastery. It is hard to…

Annie Holub

Rhythm & Views

Call it what you want: pop-punk, alternative, emo. It hardly matters. The Everglow, the second album by the up-and-coming rock quintet Mae, is as shining an example of power pop as you’re likely to find these days. With more cajones and sharper melodies than Jimmy Eat World, this band is poised for world domination, or…

Gene Armstrong

Rhythm & Views

Nearly four years since the multi-platinum sophomore release Toxicity, System of a Down has returned with its most anticipated release to date. The new offering, Mezmerize, answers all possible expectations, tenfold. To help enhance its sound, SOAD has made some changes in its songwriting process. First, guitarist Daron Malakian stepped up to the position of…

Jon Hobson

Police Dispatch

Porky’s Three Points, May 4, 11:05 p.m. A child set fire to a rack of pork rinds at a store, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. Nobody noticed anyone suspicious near the sales rack or anyone trying to escape the Three Points General Store, 16225 W. Ajo Highway, after the fire was started, the…

Saxon Burns

Tired, Old Nuns

Lively Invisible Theatre performances are the only things that redeem this over-milked ‘Nunsense’ franchise

James Reel

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