Incentive Issues
While new restaurants downtown get government subsidies, competitors fume
A Year in the Life
Xiu Xiu’s music is a sign of the times
Sacred Claims
American Indian tribes win some, lose some on federal land in the West
Window Into Other People
As Nickel Creek grows older, their music is starting to evolve
River Run Dry
The San Pedro is in peril, thanks in part to Sierra Vista’s explosive growth
Nine Questions
Rene Hechabarria
The Skinny
GRANT APPLICATION The Regional Transportation Authority is giving thanks that local jurisdictions have been giving a big thumb’s-up to their new transportation plan. Last week, it was unanimously approved by the Tucson City Council, the Pima County Board of Supervisors, the Marana Town Council and the Oro Valley Town Council. Earlier, it had already been…
Rhythm & Views
In a perfect world, perfect power-pop bands like the Mayflies USA, the Shazam and Dramarama would be rocking the arenas of the world, and The Killers would still be parking cars at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. But this is not a perfect world, and all we can do is thank…
Media Watch
Slouching Toward Bethlehem
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
Police Dispatch
Find Your Own Way Tanque Verde and Houghton Roads, Nov. 1, 4:57 p.m. Deputies cited a woman for disciplining her 6-year-old daughter by dropping her off at the side of a busy road and telling her to walk the remaining three blocks home, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report stated. A man driving down the…
Rhythm & Views
Tristeza, an instrumental band from San Diego, went to Mexico to write the songs for A Colores (their first album since guitarist Jimmy LaValle left to pursue his solo project, The Album Leaf), and then went to Michigan to record the songs. Without lyrics, the next thing to do to describe music like this is…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Mark Chaves
December Tradition
The holidays have arrived: Here’s your yearly ‘Nutcracker’ preview
Pick
Examining Our Food
Insignificant, Magnificent Lives
LTW eschews lighter fare for Terrence McNally’s powerful ‘A Perfect Ganesh’
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Eyesores on Display
Cy Lehrer uses digital photography to showcase decaying food, street scenes
Danehy
A look at today’s world of parenting
Damn You, Oprah!
‘Emmanuel’s Gift’: inspirational, compelling subjects; manipulative, dreadful execution
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Tuttle
These electronic devices were supposed to give us more free time–what happened?
We Believe
Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix don’t act in ‘Walk the Line’; they channel
A Randy Read
Baxter Black takes another whack at the novel with ‘Hey, Cowgirl’
Guest Commentary
With some minor changes, the state’s child support system could work for–instead of against–families
Now Showing at Home
“Live 8,” “The Devil’s Rejects: Unrated Widescreen Edition,” “Beavis and Butt-head: The Mike Judge Collection, Vol. 1,” and “The Muppet Movie: Kermit’s 50th Anniversary Edition”
A Few of My Favorite Things
We asked the pros: What would you be lost in the kitchen without?
Hoop Nightmares
A note from the editor.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Noshing Around
What Primavera Cooked The fourth annual, summer-long Primavera Cooks 2005 events grossed almost $90,000 and netted more than $67,000, surpassing the goal. These funds will go directly to programs and services which help Tucson’s homeless and most poor with emergency services, transitional and affordable housing, job training and placement, and home ownership. Thanks to the…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Soundbites
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME COVERS? It’s tough to believe another year has passed, but here we are again. All around town for the last month or two, bands have put their own songs on hold in order to learn a set of songs they may never play again, all in the name of charity.…
After the Collapse
A look back at four minutes of pure fan hell that united a basketball-crazy community
Live
Chris Mills, Drums & Tuba, Plush, Saturday, Nov. 19
House of Pain
A veteran prison nurse alleges dire conditions
Rhythm & Views
Chapel Hill, N.C.’s four piece The Kingsbury Manx evoke some of the sound and spirit of the 1960s English folk and psychedelic scenes on their fourth full-length release, The Fast Rise and Fall of the South. Echoes of Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd, Traffic, Fairport Convention and The Kinks (check out “900 Years” and the…
