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Goodbye to the Gym
May 6, 1978, was one of those freak weather days that happen in Denver or Omaha, but almost never in Tucson. At a time of year when the average high temperature is 85 degrees, the high that day was 64 and even that was measured just seconds after midnight, before the storm rolled in. On…
Word Odyssey – Thanksgiving Edition
Image courtesy of Shutterstock The strangest Thanksgiving image we could find. It’s time to feed your inner nerd. It’s that time of year that we think of turkeys and pumpkin pie, falling leaves and chilly nights, the Macy’s parade and ….football. Yes, Thanksgiving is upon us. We wouldn’t have Thanksgiving if it weren’t for the…
Margaret Cho Postpones Arizona Shows
Funny lady Margaret Cho announced that she “regrettably” has to postpone her Dec. 4 show at the Rialto Theatre. Cho, on her blog, said the reason for the cancellations were “due to circumstances beyond my control.” Luckily, Cho intends to reschedule as soon as she can. Tickets can be refunded at point of purchase.
Five Tucson Dive Bars for the Thanksgiving Blues
This list is no particular order, so you choose which establishment you feel is worthy of your abundant time. The Buffet Crock Pot & Bar: Looking to get an early start to your Thanksgiving day drinking marathon? The legendary bar that’s located in the Iron Horse district will be open as early as 6 a.m. Don’t like…
Wu-Tang Affiliate Arrested For Attempted Murder
I guess they weren’t lying when they said, “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuttin Ta F*ck Wit.” Killarmy’s Killa Sin has been charged with second-degree attempted murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Apparently, Killa Sin (real name Jeryl Grant) shot Darnell Brown numerous times in the chest. According to HipHop DX, Brown’s injuries weren’t fatal. This…
Curtain Comes Down on Beowulf Alley Theatre
Say goodbye to Beowulf. The theater sent a press release and published the regrettable news on the official Beowulf website. The Board of Directors for Beowulf Alley Theatre Company has announced that the theatre at 11 South 6th Ave will be closed, effective immediately. The final performance of Savage Bond, by Steve Holiday, was held…
Stephen Kardynal’s Chatroulette Version of ‘Wrecking Ball’ Tops Original
Stephen Kardynal, youtube celeb and comedian, went on Chatroulette and sang his version Miley Cyrus’ Wrecking Ball in his own (sick) way. Kardynal also went as far as tying a giant fitness ball to the ceiling, wearing the tighty whities and licking a sledge hammer. The responses from the unsuspecting Chatroulette fans is priceless. This is almost…
A Video Survey of American Dialects Makes You Realize That You’re the Only One Who Speaks Correctly
Apparently, there are people in the country that call water fountains “bubblers,” people that call pecans “pee-cans,” and it seems there are folks that call bags “begs.” The point is, everyone talks funny and, in my opinion, uses the wrong words for everything… and this video proves it. Over the years, researchers have studied the…
Up in Non-Smoke? Arizona Officials Want to Keep Kids From E-Cigarettes
Electronic cigarettes are becoming more popular with today’s youth. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, high school students’ use of e-cigarettes grew 2.8 percent in 2012. Arizona legislators, law enforcement officials and anti e-cigarette advocates recently worked to pass legislation limiting sales of the surrogate smokes to ages 18 and over. They’re…
Boredom And Daydreaming Makes Better Employees
Do you often find yourself daydreaming and bored to tears while on the clock? Researchers at the University of Central Lancashire in England have found that boredom helps with creativity and it gives us the time to daydream. Earl Nightingale once said, “You’ll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.” The researchers…
Obama Interrupted by Heckler’s Call to Stop Deportations
Yesterday President Obama was interrupted by a heckler during his speech on immigration reform in San Francisco. The young man started shouting at the president, “You have a power to stop all deportations.” The protester asked the President to use his executive order to stop all deportations to prevent thousands of families from being separated.…
Hero Needs a Home
The Humane Society of Southern Arizona presents Hero, a male, 5-month-old, pit bull mixReference no: 759821 Why is Hero all smiles? Because he’s safe and pampered after being saved from a life of fighting (story here). Hero is moving on and looking forward to starting a beautiful new life right here in Tucson. He’s always…
ASU Retaliates and Defaces Wildcat Family Statue
Maya Sederholm The wildcat family is spray-painted with ASU. Photo taken Monday, Nov. 25. It’s about that time, again everybody. And as you probably know very well, Arizona’s biggest rivalry, the game between Sun Devil and Wildcat football, is only days away now. As is tradition, the two schools have taken to showing their spirit…
‘Family Guy’ Killed Off Its Best Character
Spoiler alert! The dog bites the dust! Brian was ran over and killed off in last night’s latest episode of Family Guy. Apparently, the beloved character won’t be coming back. Someone created a R.I.P. Brian Griffin from Family Guy Facebook page. The page gained 144k likes in less than 14 hours. Family Guy executive producer…
James Franco and Seth Rogen Bury Kanye West With “Bound 3”
Since I’ve apparently included “People Making Fun of Kanye West” on my regular Tucson Weekly beat (along with beer news and wanting to self-immolate whenever I see something new about Amy’s Baking Company, of course), I feel it’s only proper that we take a look at one of the few YouTube videos to make me…
Tucson Kickstarter Projects: Dipsticks and Spinning Tops
Tired of crawling under the Christmas tree to check and fill the water? You should consider backing Thomas West’s “dipstick” Kickstarter campaign. West is trying to raise $1,500 to build a Macgyver-like device that will measure the water levels and refill without having to get on your hands and knees. “The funds will go towards…
NFL News: Raider Fan Jumps From Third Deck, Cardinals in Wild-Card Race, Bon Jovi
Photo from shutterstock.com The Arizona Cardinals whooped the Indiana Colts 40-11 yesterday afternoon. After four straight wins, the Cards are firmly seeded in the NFC playoff picture. Nothing about Sunday’s game was close. The Cardinals dominated a first place team in every way that mattered, taking a 27-3 lead into the halftime break and extending…
Here Are Ten Built to Spill Songs to Listen To
Built to Spill, not really promoting anything but featuring a new lineup, will hit the new, larger stage at Club Congress tonight, but if you don’t have tickets already…tough break, the show sold out earlier today. However, if you’re looking to cram a bit before the show (or wistfully listen to what you’re going to…
Seasonal Container Garden Success – Coloring with Annuals
The Potted Desert Winter Garden Glory Winter annual flowers supply brilliant color, grow quickly, and provide a “wow” factor to your desert landscape. Adding annuals to pots that have an established central plant and fill smaller pots with bouquets of your favorites will give you a garden that will thrill you all winter long. See…
El Tour Rides on Despite Rain, Flooding
About 9,000 cyclists came out to ride in the 31st annual El Tour de Tucson despite consistent rainfall and overcast skies. Sabino Creek eventually had to be closed midway through the race because of flooding, but that didn’t stop fans from coming out to support the cyclists. The 2013 El Tour had the sixth most…
Ron Burgundy Tries To Understand Doctor Who
Anchorman 2 promotions just keep getting better and more topical. The Chrysler Dodge Durango web commercials starring Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy have been very successful for the car company. Chrysler data shows Durango sales increased by 60% in the month of October. Hopefully, those new car owners aren’t disappointed with their new purchase after Burgundy’s comments…
AZ Illustrated Politics: EPA Vs. Rosemont, Congressional Midterms, Senate’s Nuclear Option, TUSD Troubles & More
On last night’s AZ Illustrated Politics: Arizona Education Network President Ann-Eve Pedersen, National Committeeman Bruce Ash, Pima County Democratic Party Chairman Don Jorgensen and Inside Tucson Business editor Mark Evans talked about the EPA’s concerns about the Rosemont Mine; the National Republican Congressional Committee’s plan to take back the three competitive congressional seats in Arizona…
The Electric Blankets, Celebration Guns and Saddle at Plush Tonight
Don’t let a little rain stop you from going out and partying. Tonight three Arizona bands are going to take the stage at Plush, 340 East 6th St. The Electric Blankets will keep you warm and dancing along with Phoenix indie bands Celebration Guns and Saddles. Tickets are only $5 and the show starts at 9 p.m.…
Two Old British Dudes Reenact Hilarious Youtube Comment War
We all hate Youtube comments. We have all had our fair share of internet arguments, and most of you have had your best matches in our comment sections. One day we should take a poll for the best Weekly comment wars and hire children to reenact them. Check out this video of two old men…
Pharrell Williams’ 24-Hour Music Video Is the Perfect Song For A Rainy Friday Afternoon
Pharrell Williams, more recently famous for his production on Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” is looking to make your day just a bit brighter, with a bright, dance-filled 24 hour music video for his latest song, “Happy.” The music video is, in truth, 24 hours of clips of people dancing to…
On the Money: Another Dose of Saxy 70s Rock
C. Elliott Eddie Money at the Fox Theatre The well endowed bachelor pad of the 70s might have been defined by the water bed, the lava lamps, shag carpeting and, intriguingly, some of Eddie Money’s symphonic blues on the stereo. Two tickets to paradise. Money’s long, soft locks may have gone the way of their…
Not Just Another Friday Night
Tonight our town’s unique nightlife offers two good reasons to overthrow your Friday after-work routine, and still enjoy lots of yummy beers and comestibles with your pals. At 7:45 p.m., the Loft Cinema opens a run of The Hotel Room, a Sierra Nevadas-based tale of two brothers bound by blood and reckless instability based on…
Bill and Ted’s Excellent BitCoin Adventure
Alex Winter, best known as Bill S. Preston, Esq. from the cult classic Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, is working on a new documentary about the dark underbelly of the Internet, and he wants you to help out via Kickstarter. Winter has skewered sideshow entertainment with his debut film Freaked, turned MTV culture upside down…
Video: Man Dancing to ‘Gangnam Style’ Accidentally Kills Three Wedding Guests
A graphic cellphone video surfaced of a Yeman man accidentally discharging a weapon into a crowd of wedding guests while dancing to Psy’s “Gangnam Style.” There are three confirmed deaths but it’s still unclear as to how many people were injured. Warning: It’s not pretty. (via NY Daily News & Gawker)
PBOC Says Boosting Reserves No Longer Beneficial
The People’s Bank of China announced that the it doesn’t benefit the country to increase its foreign-currency holdings. The yuan continues appreciate and China’s foreign-exchange reserves surged $166 billion in the third quarter to a record $3.66 trillion. “It’s no longer in China’s favor to accumulate foreign-exchange reserves,” Yi Gang, a deputy governor at the…
Serial Grillers Listed in Forbes Top 25 Food Trucks
Serial Grillers, the Best of Tucson 2013 Food Truck winner, had a great week. We announced that the roadside eatery was one of two local food trucks that will be featured in a future episode of the Food Channel’s Eat St. Forbes made a list of the coolest 25 food trucks in the country, and…
Arizona High School Football: Raingear Not Included
I’ve railed about the idiocy that is the Arizona Interscholastic Association before, and with good reason. But nothing compares to fuck shit stack of a decision the state’s high school athletics governing body made today when they decided to POSTPONE EVERY FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAME scheduled for tonight and Saturday because of … egads!!!!! Rain. Yes,…
Never Settle Makes its ABOR Debut Tomorrow
Tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 22, UA President Ann Weaver Hart will present the university’s new strategic and marketing plan to the Arizona Board of Regents at the Center for Creative Photography Auditorium, Room 108, 9:30 a.m. The UA announced two options will be available so the public can see the presentation because of limited seating—the Student…
The Loft Cinema is Letting the Staff Pick Movies Starting with Tonight’s ‘Invaders From Mars’
Loft Staff Selects is a new series kicking off tonight at the Loft Cinema. They’re handing over the wheel to the staff for one night a month, letting them program the movie of their choice. The series starts with Tobe Hooper’s (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) 1986 action-packed remake of Invaders From Mars, starring Louise Fletcher,…
In the Beef Between Kanye West and an Online Shoe Retailer, the Shoe Retailer Is Winning
You may have noticed that rapper/clothing designer/sire-to-Kardashian-hellspawn Kanye West is, from time to time, a tremendous asshole. While his previous feuds could be understood to an extent (I mean, I guess; I’m not sure George Bush hated black people so much as he wasn’t very good at crisis management), his latest smacks of a businessman…
Tucson Ghost Stories: Is Room 242 Really Haunted?
All my life people have been telling me that Hotel Congress is haunted, but they can never explain why. Some say there are some visitors that never checked out when a fire in the basement traveled to the third floor of the hotel while authorities were trying to apprehend John Dillinger and his gang in…
Watch Your Step: You Are (Virtually) Here
Almost anywhere you put your foot down here, especially anywhere downtown, you’re in the footsteps of a good four or five thousand years of folks who led the way. Preservation archaeologist and digital-media specialist Doug Gann reveals what we know about what’s underfoot in a presentation “You Are Here: Virtual Tucson” at 7 p.m. tonight…
Jason Statham Thinks Stunt-Actors Deserve Oscar Recognition
We all know that Jason “The Transporter” Statham is bad ass mofo that does his own stunts. Statham is trying to convince the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to finally acknowledge stunt actors with their own Oscar category. “Nobody is giving them any credibility. They’re risking their necks. And then you’ve got poncy actors…
Senate Goes Nuclear, McCain Frets About Damage to Democrats
The U.S. Senate went with the nuclear option of voting to eliminate the filibuster that Republicans have been using to block the White House’s judicial and executive nominees. Slate explains what it all means.Talking Points Memo reports that Sen. John McCain predicted that the vote will hurt Democrats in the future: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)…
Grijalva on EPA Opposition to Rosemont: “This Mine Would Be an Ecological Disaster”
Save the Scenic Santa Rita’s yesterday released a copy of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Nov. 7 letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Augusta Resource Corporation’s Rosemont mine proposal water permit. According to SSSR, this is a “dramatic and potentially devastating blow to Augusta Resource Corporation’s proposal to build the Rosemont mine,…
Proof That R. Kelly Can Turn Everyday Phrases into R&B Masterpieces
Photo from shutterstock.com R. Kelly is the master at creating music about sex. The King of R&B can take any topic and turn it into a song you will play when you make love to that special someone. RollingStone interviewed R. Kelly and gave him a few random phrases to make R&B hits on the…
Dear East Valley, We’re Sorry in Advance for “The Cool Church”
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Police Dispatch
CURSING THE HAND THAT FEEDS CRAYCROFT AND LITTLETOWN ROADS OCT. 31, 7:50 A.M. A transient who was arguing with his portable radio called a woman who was helping to feed the homeless a “cunt” when she asked him to tone it down, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. Deputies were called to Thomas…
Happyish Birthday
The Arizona medical marijuana program had a birthday recently, wobbling into the terrible twos on shaky legs, clutching a fistful of lawsuits in one hand and leaning up against a couple of judges for balance. The list of lawsuits over cannabis continues to grow, but so does the number of patients, albeit slowly. There are…
Media Watch
LEE THINKS THE STAR IS DANDY Lee Enterprises, the company that publishes the Arizona Daily Star, last week named the Tucson daily as its 2013 Enterprise of the Year. Lee, an organization still working to extricate itself from a significant debt load, seemed especially pleased with the Star’s ability to bring in revenue. “Publisher John…
Moon Honey: Hand-Painted Dream Photographs
This full-length debut by the band from Baton Rouge, La., is a frothy concoction, but an acquired taste. Soprano Jessica Ramsey’s amazing off-kilter trilling is cradled in intricate art-rock arrangements, like a songbird trapped in a net of thorns. Some listeners might find Ramsey’s vocal acrobatics reminiscent of Björk’s or Kate Bush’s or even Nina…
Detail Work
Republican congressional candidate Martha McSally is surprised to discover that she’s getting a rap in the press as someone who isn’t forthright about her positions. McSally, who narrowly lost a 2012 race to U.S. Rep. Ron Barber in Southern Arizona’s Congressional District 2 and hopes for a rematch in 2014, told the Weekly that she…
Night Beats: Sonic Bloom
The union of blues and psychedelic music is a long and storied one, extending back at least to the 1960s British Invasion and through countless revivals of the garage-rock sound. This Seattle-based band honors that tradition on its second album, bringing its contemporary spin to the proceedings. Lead guitarist and singer Danny Lee Blackwell runs…
Holiday Stress
Sometimes it seems like the only time we think about feeding hungry people in Tucson is during the holiday season, and we forget that there are hungry people every day of the week who call this city home. Lt. Katie Breazeale with the Salvation Army says she’s familiar with that traditional holiday call for donations…
Arcade Fire: Reflektor
For a band that’s always leaned toward grandiosity, Arcade Fire seems a natural fit to take a stab at recording an era-defining double album, and that clearly seems to be their goal here. Opener “Reflektor” proves that LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy and Arcade Fire can spin gold from their divergent artistic visions. Arcade Fire brings…
The Skinny
MOTION SICKNESS There’s little argument that the rollout of the online marketplaces for the Affordable Care Act has been a political nightmare for Democrats. The media has seized on both the non-functional online marketplace where people are supposed to be shopping for health insurance and the flood of cancellation notices going out to people who…
Live
John Vanderslice took the stage with drummer/keyboardist Jason Slota, tuned his acoustic guitar adorned with a pointy headstock (this fact will make its relevance known shortly), and made some small talk with the audience. Standing out amongst his stories and anecdotes was a tale of an experience he had watching Thinking Fellers Union Local 282…
Nine Questions
Matt Baquet is a busy man. He’s at the helm of Jalph.net, an independent local arts and culture website. On Saturday nights, he’s DJing on Club Congress’ patio, where he also books touring and local acts to perform. Matt also plays the drums for two of Tucson’s finest rock bands, Dream Sick and Prom Body.…
Distinctly Tucson Gifts (That Won’t Embarrass the Gifter or Giftee)
Let’s not kid ourselves here: A lot of gift guides suck. They often feature a lot of really, really cool things, but nothing that you would actually consider getting a friend or loved one for Christmas/Hanukkah/Non-Denominational-Gift-Exchange-Day — seriously, anyone who considers gifting a bobblehead set representing the cast of Parks and Recreation, just because someone…
Soundbites
RANDY DESCRIBED ETERNITY Thirty years ago this month, Tucson’s community radio station, KXCI 91.3-FM, first went live on the air. It was the result of years of groundwork, primarily by three individuals—Roger Greer, Frank Milan, and Paul Barrington, aka Paul Bear (who, along with Jeb Schoonover, who produced a series of fundraising concerts for the…
Rowdy and Raw
After evolving from a guitar and upright bass duo into a full electric band, Phoenix’s Andrew Jackson Jihad was ready to keep on that track. But the band’s choice of producer, Grammy-nominated John Congleton (the Walkmen, the Mountain Goats, Okkervil River), urged them to turn back to their roots and record a rowdy and raw…
Noshing Around
Tucson Food Trucks on the TV At least two of Tucson’s food trucks, Planet of the Crepes and Serial Grillers, have been chosen by the Cooking Channel to be featured on an episode of Eat St. In case you are not as completely preoccupied with everything food as I am, Eat St. Is a show…
Get Down With Dunbar
Think of a block party, but spread over an entire neighborhood. Now you’ve got the basic idea behind Sunday’s Dunbar/Spring Porch Fest. Following up on the success of first Porch Fest, held in June of this year in front of homes in the Armory Park area, the fest is a coming-together of residents of the…
Downtown Destination
Tucson isn’t exactly rife with island flavors, and as soon as you mention Caribbean food around here, the most common reaction is, “Oh, jerk chicken?” And yes, while jerk chicken is one of the Caribbean’s most famous dishes, the many flavors of the islands are much more expansive and delicate than just that. Enter Saint…
City Week
Wild, Wild, Western Art Contemporary Western Art Show and Sale 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 24 Mountain Oyster Club 6400 E. El Dorado Circle 623-3417; mountainoysterclub.com In 1947, a group of cattlemen created a club that met in a basement in downtown Tucson. Sixty-six years later, the Mountain Oyster Club is still thriving by promoting ranching…
Now Showing at Home
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me A documentary about the great ’70s band you’ve never heard of that inspired all of the ’80s bands you’re somewhat familiar with. Includes previously unseen footage and interviews, because everything about Big Star is previously unseen. (Magnolia) Breaking Bad: The Complete Series The epic tale of a cancer-stricken chemistry…
TQ&A
Former Tucson resident Jenny Ferry’s world was once centered on academia, but while working on her graduate degree at the UA and after giving birth to her daughter in 2005, she began to question her relationship and whether she was on the right path. She decided she wasn’t, got divorced and found herself focusing less…
True TV
Nikita Friday, Nov. 22 (The CW) Season Premiere: Before Arrow came along, Nikita was the only viable action series on The CW; Maggie Q’s titular character is every bit the ass-kicker The Not Green Arrow is, all while weighing in lighter than one of his jade hoodies. The complicated/convoluted (complivuted?) tale of a former agent’s…
Shrines, Soup and the Seventies
Sister Sledge provides the exit music as you leave the Invisible Theatre after enjoying its current little romp, Miracle on South Division Street. And “We Are Family” is an absolutely appropriate and upbeat choice by director Gail Fitzhugh (who also designed the sound), because the story we have just witnessed delivers an upbeat conclusion to…
The Winter of Their Discontent
Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff play solemn brothers quite convincingly in The Motel Life, a solid adaptation of the critically praised novel by Willy Vlautin. Fans of the novel might notice some distinct changes, but the “sometimes bad luck hits you” and brotherly companionship themes of the book remain strongly intact. Frank Lee (Hirsch) is…
Editor’s Note
In “Anniversaries of events no one really cares about but me” news, Tuesday the 26th will mark one year since I got the editor job here at the Weekly. I doubt I’ll get a cake or anything to mark the occasion…if I did, it probably should be iced with one of the nasty comments some…
Banquet o’ Laughs
We hear the man who came to dinner before we see him in The Man Who Came to Dinner, the 1930s comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. “Great dribbling cow!” he yells to his nurse, hurling his first insult while still waiting in the wings. Moments later, the malignant Sheridan Whiteside rolls into…
Off the Beat
While it features some impressive performances and may capture a certain spirit of the Beat writers, Kill Your Darlings has difficulty landing on which story it wants to tell. Nominally, it’s the coming-of-age tale of Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe), whom we meet as he’s beginning college at Columbia. He’s introduced to men who would shape…
Danehy
My basketball teams go to the state tournament every year; for reasons known only to God and AIA executive director Harold Slemmer, the tournament is held in faraway Prescott and Prescott Valley. You never know what’s going to happen when you get to State. I’ve had fairly average teams reach the Final Four and I’ve…
Sister Act
What if Anne Frank’s older sister survived Bergen-Belsen and fled to America? Young-adults author and Arizona resident Jillian Cantor’s novel Margot offers a tantalizing, satisfying what-if, despite the hallowed subject matter. To tamper with Holocaust literature’s most cherished account, The Diary of Anne Frank, requires skill and sensitivity. A writer risks penning morbid, insulting fan…
Serraglio
Usually, about this time each year, I write a grouchy bicycle rant. It’s actually a bit overdue, considering that it’s largely precipitated by the return of the young’ uns to our beloved university, which correlates with a jump in driving-while-doing-everything-but-paying-attention behaviors—performed by a cohort that’s not very experienced at driving to begin with—which in turn…
Ask a Mexican
Dear Mexican: Long time reader, first-time writer about this noble Aztlán. I watched the brown pride marches of the early 1970s and heard the shouts of La Raza and how it was going to be different now that the “Chicano” had arrived. The Mexicans were going to change things for the greater good. I remember when President Ronald…
Sylvia Browne, Who Was Scheduled to Appear in Tucson, Has Died
Sylvia Browne, who was scheduled to appear at Desert Diamond Casino’s Diamond Center on December 14, died Wednesday in a Northern California hospital. She was 77. Browne was the subject of a great deal of public scorn last year when kidnapping victim Amanda Berry was discovered alive in Cleveland. Browne had told Berry’s mother on…
