Improper Proposal
The Real ID Act would gut border environmental laws
Rhythm & Views
If you viewed the early ’90s swing music resurgence as anything other than a film-fueled novelty, shame on you: Grow up; get a life and stop ordering something besides cosmos and other pseudo-martinis at your hometown’s version of The Dresden. If, however, you viewed that little off-ramp on the otherwise dark grunge-filled highway as a…
The Skinny
STREET FIGHT The Pima Association of Governments is revving up the effort to persuade Pima County residents to pass a half-cent sales tax for road projects at the ballot box next spring. PAG has hired an out-of-state outfit, Triad Inc. , of Columbus, Ohio, which specializes in persuading voters to support transportation plans. Now, word…
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales
Media Watch
Calling All Conspiracy Buffs
Stepping Out!
Dance in nearly every form–from modern to hip-hop to jazz–explodes in four different Tucson venues this weekend. Among the contenders is a pair of familiar modern troupes: ZUZI! Dance Company, presenting its annual spring concert in the Historic YWCA Theatre, and O-T-O Dance, offering up an edgy show in its own warehouse studios. A trio…
Police Dispatch
Don’t Divorce East Catalina Highway and North Harrison Road, April 11, 7 p.m. A woman said her mother accosted her at a tee-ball game because she didn’t want her daughter to divorce her husband, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. The woman told a deputy that she had been at her daughter’s game at…
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best sellers
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Dancing on Glass
Philabaum’s gallery shows off the work of a man whose glass art has a long gestation period
Danehy
Flip a coin, and help decide what should be on Arizona’s 25-cent piece
Pick
Insightful Inquiry
Rhythm & Views
More than a decade since his last album, the British pop-punk king Billy Idol has returned with Devil’s Playground. Who knew crap took so long to produce? Maybe his royalty checks are not coming in, or maybe he is waiting for another call from Adam Sandler. Either way, Billy Idol must be desperate. Devil’s Playground…
Downing
A nod to computers, and how they’ve taken over our lives
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Will Green
The Tradition of Terra Cotta
This legendary local restaurant carries on
Guest Commentary
There are two sides to every story–and here’s Sylvia Osete’s side, as told by a friend
Ugly but Brave
Todd Solondz’s latest succeeds because of the script and plot, but everyone will find some aspect of the film disagreeable
Rhythm & Views
It’s not surprising that Beck Hansen’s genealogy connects him to the Fluxus movement and Andy Warhol’s Factory (through his grandfather and mother, respectively); Beck’s music is a continuation of the central ideas associated with both art movements (if you can call Warhol’s Factory a movement). Guero, Beck’s eighth record, is less kitschy and ridiculous than…
Q&As Sure Are Fun!
A note from the editor.
Festive Apocalypse
Though a little hard to follow, ‘Hitchhiker’ is a fun journey
Live
Magnolia Electric Co., Milton Mapes, Court and Spark, Plush, Wednesday, April 27
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Ghostly Whodunit
Southern Arizona is the familiar stage for J. Carson Black’s mystery page-turner
Pathway’s Problematic Preachings
A local addiction-recovery program has a history of forgery, homophobia, racism and coercion, former employees say
Now Showing at Home
“Team America World Police: Uncensored and Unrated,” “Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition Season 2” and “Toolbox Murders”
Noshing Around
Mothers Gone Wilde On Mother’s Day, take Mom to the Wilde Playhouse for a champagne punch brunch with hors d’oeuvres, salads, finger sandwiches and desserts. Then watch the play, Lend Me a Tenor. The total cost is $24 per person or $22 for seniors/students/military. To watch the show only, it’s $14/12. Reservations are required at…
Taking Pathway to School
Despite its founder’s checkered history, Pathway has been allowed in local high schools
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals
Defense Contract
Pima County forgot its ‘Bad-Boy’ Ordinance when it came to handing clients to Lourdes Lopez
Angels and Family
Michael Gira hits the road with his new, less-aggressive act–and a new musical discovery, too
Sweet Sister Suli
A dispatch from Tucson’s Kurdish partner
Ümlaüt Abüse!
Bands come and go, but Blue Öyster Cult abides
Wanted: A Flow of Cash
What if they held a water-bond election and nobody came to vote?
Soundbites
IDENTITY CRISIS Like many facets of the music industry today, “Modern Rock” radio stations like our own 92.1 KFMA-FM (or, in its own parlance, “New Rock”) is in a state of flux. When such stations began popping up across the country–roughly in the early-to-mid-’90s, when Nirvana broke big, and the suits realized they could reel…
Diplomatic Exchange
The Iraqi president’s son visits Tucson to forge new connections
Nine Questions
Cia Romano
