Thanks and Stuff
A note from the editor.
Now Showing at Home
“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” “Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume Three,” and “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story”
Noshing Around
Giving Back Looks Bar and Grill (in the former Gus & Andy’s location at 2000 N. Oracle Road) will feed 200 people during a complimentary Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. Looks is the first restaurant/sports bar endeavor for the Pavon and Zanzucchi families, who also own Curves Cabaret…
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Nine Questions
Dee Snider
The Skinny
GAG ORDER Where is Barbara LaWall, the Democrat re-elected Nov. 2 to a third term as Pima County Attorney? We’ve called and called. The daily press has called and called. And Barbara doesn’t call back. Is she at the salon, undergoing another makeover or agonizing over Belfagore-looking results? With crises engulfing the prosecution wing of…
Volcanto Folk
Guardabarranco teams up for a rare free-to-the-public gig
Raoul Bozo Story
How a young Cameroon man’s college hoop dreams at Pima Community College turned into a nightmare
The Golden Film of Ballooning
A clichéd stalker story benefits from some beautiful artistic vision in ‘Enduring Love’
Water Worries
Residents nervously await the start of construction on the Arroyo Chico detention basin project
Back Together
A reunited Tears for Fears is coming to Tucson, sowing the seeds all over again
Arts Nightmare
After covering UApresents for a decade, our arts writer is concerned by what she sees happening there
Live
Van Halen, AVA, Thursday, Nov. 18, and Friday, Nov. 19
Big Gulp
Tucson Water’s plan for the future: higher bills, lower quality
Rhythm & Views
Anyone who has seen an outrageously fun live show by Tucson locals Sugarbush can attest to their on-stage greatness, but the question is: Can it be captured on record? The answer, via their new CD, Melodious Snorts: Absolutely! Sugarbush cook up a supremely nifty stew of slightly deranged punk funk that is wholly their own,…
Media Watch
Pultizer’s Price?
Rhythm & Views
British rock is alive and well, if recent albums by such acts as Franz Ferdinand, the Zutons and Snow Patrol are an indication. And the debut album from Hope of the States, a combo from Cichester, England, is the stuff of rock critics’ wet dreams. Hope of the States juggles and combines its influences enough…
Police Dispatch
Lost Limbs UA Area, Nov. 12, 3:01 p.m. A man found one of his missing prosthetic legs dangling from the ceiling after awakening from a nearly 39-hour slumber, a University of Arizona Police Department report stated. The man told authorities he was wearing his legs when he went to bed at 5:30 a.m. on Nov.…
Rhythm & Views
Before Maynard James Keenan returns to the studio to record the new Tool album, he has something to get off of his chest: politics. Keenan’s gloomy side project, A Perfect Circle, presents its third release, eMOTIVe, a cover album of politically charged, anti-war anthems. A child’s toy piano sounds off during the opening track, “Annihilation,”…
Pick
You Can’t Get Hurt in the Air
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Humbug With Humor
‘Scrooge’ is not typical Gaslight fare, but it’s still got a lot of appeal
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Daniel Martinez
‘Tis the Season
Before the ‘Nutcracker’ onslaught, the UA offers homemade seasonal dance performances
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Charting Territory
The works of three photographers from varying eras come together at Etherton Gallery
Danehy
Here’s a list of things we can ALL be thankful for
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Pioneering Woman
Kristie Miller’s biography of Arizona’s first congresswoman is an impressively researched work
Tuttle
While giving thanks, don’t forget the small stuff
Soundbites
FEATURING FILTH Depending on who you ask, G.G. Allin was either one completely fucked-up dude, one of punk rock’s greatest rebels, or both. He straddled the line between musical performer and performance artist–if you can call it that–with some of his stand-by routines including pissing on, puking on or throwing his own shit at his…
Tortilla Triumph
If you want real tortilla soup, then Romi’s should be at the top of your list
Guest Commentary
Don’t believe that ‘morality’ gave Bush re-election–it was just the opposite
Hooked
‘Finding Neverland’ features near-perfect performances and writing
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best sellers for the week
