Blogging Update
Hey, kids. I will be out of the office for the remainder of the week, which means blogging from me will be sporadic, at best. Hopefully, the other bloggers will pick up the slack. If they don’t, then their pay for blogging will be withheld. Of course, they don’t get paid, but still, it’s ….…
TV Interview About Tucson’s Missing Greyhounds
Yesterday Dan Marries from KOLD Channel 13 came over to my colorful house and interviewed me about Tucson Greyhound Park’s missing 158 dogs. The AZ Department of Racing’s top investigator told me that is how many were documented so I’ll stick with that number for now. For 20 minutes, I answered questions and perhaps got 15…
CD8 Candidates on Sex Offenders
While I was not at this debate, I have to say that the exchange between Randy Graf and Gabrielle Giffords regarding sex offenders, as reported by Daniel Scarpinato, was pretty damn funny: After Graf criticized Giffords in his opening statement as being soft on sex offenders, she shot back, referring to his former campaign manager,…
The Worst Opinion Page Does It Again
So on Sunday, the Arizona Daily Star editorial board went and endorsed Jon Kyl, even though the same idiot board has taken positions that are 180 degrees from Kyl’s positions on gay marriage, Iraq, George W. Bush, immigration, etc., etc. I am not opposed to a board endorsing Kyl. I am just stunned at the…
Penis Fondue
If you’re faint of heart or don’t like the thought of eating animals (in this case, dogs or bulls or snakes), skip this message. A sicko friend sent this to me, and on some level, I thought it was worth sharing, because it demonstrates the differences in cultural dining habits. Let’s call it Noshing Around in Beijing.
America in the News
I found this story out of the Miami Herald to be totally fascinating. Once again, America’s making news—because of a sex scandal. Sigh.
Bring Your IDs to the Polls
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned an appeals court ruling that blocked the voter-ID law from being in effect this November. In other words, 2004’s Proposition 200 requirement that voters show government IDs at the polls will be in effect for the general election. This isn’t to say the ultimate constitutionality of the requirement has…
Why Editors Drink
Because stuff like this can happen.
A Big Gay Weekend in Theater
Looking for some gay theater this weekend? Well, are you in luck? You have Homoneurotic at Hotel Congress. You have First Words: Relativity festival at ZUZI’s Theater. You have Dirty Secrets, in its second and final week, at ArtFare. And you have the Odyssey Storytelling Series chiming in with “Coming Out: Elders and Youth Tell…
Yikes
This interesting twist of events over at The Stranger in Seattle is rather cringe-inducing. Seems they were letting someone in the advertising department write for the music section, which creates all kinds of messy conflict of interest problems. Conflicts of interest possibilities abound when writing about any sort of local community—in order to have an…
Shameless Self-Promotion
‘Tucson Weekly’ nabs 14 awards in Arizona Newspapers Association contest
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Sandwich With a Side of Goth
This Stone Avenue coffee house stands out among Tucson’s numerous joe joints
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“The Dead Zone: Special Collector’s Edition,” “South Park: The Hits Volume 1,” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2: The Gruesome Edition”
Noshing Around
Downtown Progressive Dinner The Tucson Downtown Alliance will host the return of the Downtown Progressive Dinner on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Enjoy one night of cocktails, dinner and dessert at three different downtown restaurants. This month’s dinner features a cocktail and appetizer at Central Bistro, an Italian dinner at Enoteca Pizzeria and Wine Bar, and a…
We’re All Winners
A note from the editor.
A Music Mountain
South African activist/musician Vusi Mahlasela is finally finding U.S. success
Growing Up Black in Tucson
What’s it like to go to school as part of a 3 percent minority?
Variety and Texture
Andrew Collberg is ready for his first widely distributed album
Good Enough for God
Would rewarding a random voter with $1 million encourage discourse or ignorance?
Soundbites
ROCK COVERS Go ahead–feel free to call Tucson’s October “Rocktober.” We won’t mock you for it, because it’s completely warranted. As such, we beg you to check out our listings section to get a more complete picture of the spoils of the season, as we just don’t have the space to cover it all here,…
Hard Water Decision
Is Tucson Water risking our health to save a buck?
Nine Questions
Ingrid Cardon Downey
Another Day at Chaffin’s
A controversial restaurant owner is cited after a customer accuses him of lashing out
Live
Devil Music Ensemble at Rialto Theatre, Sunday, Oct. 15
Vocation Vexation
Would Proposition 400 provide needed job training or create more needless bureaucracy?
Rhythm & Views
Oxford Collapse sounds like exactly the kind of stuff we’ve come to expect from bands from Brooklyn–featuring quirky, clever, sometimes surreal songs that switch influences from track to track, almost like someone riffling through a stack of mix tapes, tossing the keepers into a food processor and hitting “pulse.” Remember the Night Parties begins with…
The Skinny
BITTERSWEET INDUCTION If there is an afterlife in which the departed can witness the goings-on here on Earth, Chris Limberis was pissed last Friday, Oct. 13. Really, really pissed. The attention-shy reporter, who passed away last November at the age of 47 after a fierce battle with leukemia, was inducted into the Arizona Newspapers Hall…
Rhythm & Views
For years, the word on the street has been that Austin, Texas, singer-songwriter Bob Schneider is the shit, but I’d never heard his sublime music until this, his latest album. The prolific Schneider has made eight solo albums, give or take the occasional collaboration, in addition to playing with the bands Joe Rockhead, Scabs and…
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week
Media Watch
KOLD Rolls with Rowe
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Whitney Herr
Rhythm & Views
Maybe it’s just the echo of my inner female, but I feel a great sense of nurturing from the songs and music of Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and contemporary folk goddess Shawn Colvin. Not only does she write lovely, sometimes wrenching songs, but there is that voice. It’s a high, girlish chirp that can be either…
Pick of the Week
Not-So-Straight Comedy
Focus on the Family
The First Words: Relativity festival portrays the importance of LGBT relationships
Danehy
Is Tom acting as a proper housewife?
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Self-Serving Piety
The UA makes ‘Tartuffe’ into a winning, relevant play more than 330 years after its debut
O’Sullivan
Beware: The invading hordes are on their way!
Outside of the Groove
Haitian politics and turmoil play a smart role in this story of older women and younger prostitution
Near the Edge
The CCP and Etherton Gallery feature compelling images of the American West
Guest Commentary
Boorish UA football fans are making their school–and all of Tucson–look bad
Political Crisis
Robin Williams and Barry Levinson need to stop working together on movies
Period Powerhouse
‘Outlander’ author Diana Gabaldon comes to town for a library fundraiser
