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The weather in Tucson has warmed up, but it’s not quite hot enough to cause instant heatstroke yet. It’s the perfect weather to get out, breathe in the fresh air, break a sweat and maybe swallow a few bugs. What’s the best way to do it in this wilderness-blessed city? Mountain biking! Now, if you’re…
Deadly Musical
Arizona Onstage hopes to make a killing with its sophomore production
Danehy
A tribute to all the moms out there–especially the ones who overcame adversity to raise some good kids
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Broken Sequences
Cynthia Miller’s paintings of seemingly random objects, on display at Etherton, are actually icons from art and everyday life
Guest Commentary
A recent article posits that dogs have gained from their relationship with humans–but could it be the other way around?
Humor ‘Envy’
Surprisingly good performances from Jack Black and Ben Stiller (!) can’t overcome a dreadful, unfunny poop script
Pioneering People
The stories of area Mexican Americans show love for a land largely lost to development and industry
Downing
“Iraq: The Video Game” is no game for the men and women actually “playing” it
School Warfare
While it doesn’t measure up to teen classics “Heathers” and “Election,” “Mean Girls” satisfies
Top Ten in Books
Green Fire Bookshop bestsellers The Monkey Wrench Gang Edward Abbey and Douglas Brinkley, Perennial ($3 used) The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them Amy Goodman and David Goodman, Hyperion ($21.95 new) Dining at the Lineman’s Shack John Weston, University of Arizona Press ($17.95 new) Adobe Angels:…
The Road to Hell
A note from the editor.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending May 2, 2004 Big Fish Columbia Kill Bill Vol. 1 Miramax Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Miramax The Matrix Revolutions Warner Brothers Something’s Gotta Give Columbia TriStar Love Actually Universal 21 Grams Universal Lost in Translation Universal Dirty Pretty Things Miramax House of…
Soup’s Up
These favorite soups from Tucson restaurant institutions are well worth the time it takes to make them
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Soundbites
MOORE GENRES Not unlike former Austonian (is that what they call them?) and Tucsonan Teddy Morgan (who’s soon to split for Nashville, and damn, do we wish him the best), Ian Moore made his name as a hot-shit blues guitarist in Texas before branching out into, well, pretty much everything he could get his hands…
Noshing Around
Sugar Cubz We have to hand it to a bunch of entrepreneurial kids, dubbed the Sugar Cubz, who live in the Greenview Apartments near the El Rio Neighborhood Center. For the past few years, they’ve been selling packaged snacks and sodas to neighborhood kids, primarily as a fund-raiser, but also to gain experience in retail…
Garbage In, Garbage Out?
Some City Council members are considering privatizing trash pick-up
Now Showing at Home
“Elephant,” “The Monster Legacy Collection,” and “The Marx Brothers Collection”
Head Games
This summer, a new law will establish mandatory licensing for mental-health professionals–but some fear it could end up hurting many of those it’s designed to protect
Edutainment Lifestyle
Quetzal’s socially conscious music, some say, speaks for the Mexican-American community
Hung Jury
After jurors could not agree on a verdict, a retrial is likely in the civil rights and wrongful-death case of Tyrone Johnson
Energetic Canucks
A nurse and mother of three becomes a first-time promoter to bring fave band Great Big Sea to Tucson
Bond Potpourri
From a new psychiatric hospital to a Green Valley performance center, bond question No. 2 asks for numerous things
Nine Questions
Michele Noach
Beneficial Conservation
Why are Don Diamond and his Growth Lobby backing the open-space and other bond packages?
Rhythm & Views
David Bazan writes songs that document the basic stages of life: childhood, marriage, childbirth, divorce, drunken bouts of depression. Each record has a theme, and Achilles’ Heel is, obviously, about weakness. Achilles’ Heel is looser and musically more upbeat than Pedro the Lion’s previous records, but don’t expect any sunshine in the lyrics. In Bazan’s…
The Skinny
BLACK AND BLUES Acclaimed author and Fox Television/NPR talking head Juan Williams (Eyes on the Prize) addressed the Tucson YWCA’s “It’s Time to Talk” forum last week at the Doubletree Hotel and told his high-minded audience that “this is a critical moment in racial justice,” according to coverage in the Arizona Daily Star. The irony…
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music’s top sales for the week ending April 29, 2004 Israel Kamakawiwo’ole Facing Future (Big Boy) Eric Clapton Me and Mr. Johnson (Warner) Various artists Sahara Lounge (Putumayo) Norah Jones Feels Like Home (Blue Note) Tom Russell Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs (Hightone) Neko Case Blacklisted (Bloodshot) Jon Rauhouse Steel Guitar Rodeo (Bloodshot) Indigo Girls…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Live
Ill Niño, City Limits, Sunday, May 2
Media Watch
Bring On Da Funk By day, he’s a tennis instructor named André Gavino. By night, he’s a performance-oriented poet who calls himself The FunKtional Adix. You can call him Funk. You may call him a lot of things once you’ve seen one of his programs on Access Tucson Channels 72 and 73. “Poets are one…
Rhythm & Views
Los Angeles hardcore and industrial-metal pioneer Fear Factory have returned after a short breakup with Archetype. Citing creative differences with then-guitarist Dino Cazares, the group disbanded in 2002. Reuniting a year later with bassist Christian Olde Wolbers taking over the vacant guitar slot and former Strapping Young Lad bassist Byron Stroud joining the band, Fear…
Police Dispatch
Circle K Fraud AGAIN South Kinney Road and West Ajo Highway, April 13, 8:49 p.m. According to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report, somebody impersonating a district manager convinced a Circle K clerk to take $459 from the register and deliver it to an angry customer who was waiting at home. The Circle K clerk…
Rhythm & Views
Avant-grindcore trio Pig Destroyer’s latest offering is so wickedly evil that it won’t even play on my office computer. No matter: It sounds just fine on my wife’s high school-era Yamaha at home, and she doesn’t appreciate the music in the slightest. Why? Well, the band sounds exactly like the slaughterhouse its name suggests. Recorded…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Deron Beal, Freecycle creator
Fairy Repertory
With an eye towards becoming a total-pro outfit, Ballet Tucson and “Cinderella” highlight a Mother’s Day weekend of dance
