Media Watch
It Used to be Joe’s Town
Rhythm & Views
Vashti Bunyan first began recording in Britain in the mid-1960s. She released one album, 1970’s Just Another Diamond Day, and then quit the music business. Lookaftering is Bunyan’s first record since, and even though 35 years have passed, Bunyan’s songs have stayed true to her ’60s folk roots. Bunyan’s high, wandering voice and billowing, haunting…
Police Dispatch
Nodded Off Sunrise Drive and Kolb Road, Oct. 27, 3:33 a.m. A man who had allegedly been drinking fell asleep in his car with his penis hanging out of his pants, according to a report from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. An employee at Risky Business, 6866 E. Sunrise Drive, phoned authorities after seeing the…
Rhythm & Views
In Belize, they call it a boil up: If it’s food, toss everything into a pot and “boil it up”; if it’s music, do the same. Belize’s collective musical boil-up is a sun-drenched Caribbean mixture of R&B, reggae, funk and calypso, all overlaid with the long shadow of classic American soul music. Saved for posterity…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
Head Silver Jew David Berman is something like a Billy Collins in waiting. Sure, one was the nation’s poet laureate, and the other is a recently reformed crackhead–but they have one trait in common: Both are poets who write poetry for people who don’t like poetry. Berman’s book of poems, Actual Air, has sold 15,000…
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Top Ten in Music
Hear’s Music’s top sales for the week
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Laura Briggs
Dance With Architecture
Chicago’s Hubbard Street company takes its eclectic, contemporary styles on the road
Danehy
The NBA’s new season is underway–does anybody care?
Pick
Cosmic Concert
Princely Production
The actors with experience propel Arizona Rep’s ‘Henry IV’ to success
Downing
From one smart female columnist to another …
Threesome Gone Bad
Atom Egoyan’s erotic thriller leaves a few too many loose ends
Check This Out
The performance of Roberto Guajardo makes ‘Underneath the Lintel’ a journey worth taking
Guest Commentary
The evidence mounts: Pot is good for the brain?
Fizzling Wizardry
The Harry Potter series takes a step backwards with ‘Goblet of Fire’
Publishing Pioneer
A granddaughter tells the story of her legendary grandmother and newspaperwoman
Purveyors of Pieces That Peeve
A note from the editor.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Commissioned Creations
UAMA showcases the Depression-era art that helped the museum begin
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“King Kong: Two-Disc Special Edition,” “The Who: Tommy and Quadrophenia Live,” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Two Disc Deluxe Edition”
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
Marijuana World
A look at pot: its users, its trade, its cultivation, the research and the anti-prohibition movement
Reaction Wanted
Never mind the manifestos: Deerhoof thwarts categorization with no-rules art-punk
Sushi That Sings
The fresh fish at Yamato tastes great–and it looks even better
Holding the Line
Did Ephraim Cruz take a hit for alleging Border Patrol abuse?
Sweet and Swedish
Shout Out Louds just wanna have fun
Noshing Around
The Thanksgiving Column: Let’s Eat There’s no shortage of restaurants serving this season’s bird and more. Consider hotel dining rooms for bodacious buffets or prix fixe meals at the Hilton El Conquistador, Hotel Congress (which has a vegetarian entrée too) and Westward Look Resort. Takeout It’s a holiday, after all, so think about supplementing some…
Community Center Again
Dunbar School alums get together as the school’s building heads for a rebirth
Boxed Set Bonanza
This list of 2005 boxed sets is sure to include something to please any music fan
Cactus Cookies
Reid Park Zoo’s animals munch on a new recycled prickly pear pulp
Soundbites
LIVE FROM … COWTOWN KEEYLOCKO? The way the human mind works can sometimes be puzzling. For example, every time I look at the name “Ed Keeylocko” (which is a really cool name, by the way–way cooler than being asked, every time a Circle K clerk IDs you, if you’re related to Steven Seagal), I think…
Are You Being Served?
Holiday shoppers: Want great customer service while avoiding the big chain stores?
Nine Questions
Bob Friel
The Skinny
THE FINAL ANALYSIS The Skinny has spent the last week dissecting Election 2005 with pundits, pollsters and sports fans to develop the following Top 10 list of reasons why Democrats Nina Trasoff and Karin Uhlich trounced Republicans Fred Ronstadt and Kathleen Dunbar: 1. The Democratic message–“Take Back City Hall From Wealthy Special Interests and Restore…
Live
Jim White, Topless Opry, Club Congress, Thursday, Nov. 10
