The Last Pre-Election ‘Weekly’ Is Here!
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Halloween Treats Don’t Have to Be Cruel
PETA doesn’t always go after the fur folk, the chicken or turkey farms, or the slaughter houses. Evidently, candy companies are also on their hit list. Mars, maker of those yummy little nuggets of chocolate joy called M&Ms, evidently use lab rats to test all that yummy chocolate goodness by force-feeding them. I mean, c’mon;…
McCain and Vets: It’s Complicated
Amy Silverman has a great story in last week’s Village Voice on John McCain and his lack of support for his fellow veterans. It’s worth a read here.
Dr. Knowledge Strikes Again: A Whole Lotta Baileyhoo
Another dispatch from the good Dr. Knowledge: They worked all weekend, late night too. Came up with a plan all shiny and new. Bailed out Wall street and some Big Banks, too! But they didn’t bail me and forgot about you.
More Bad News for Tucson Citizen
More bad news in the local newspaper biz: Layoffs are coming to the Gannett-owned Tucson Citizen. Here’s a letter that came today from Robert Dickey, the president of Gannett’s U.S. Community Publishing arm. To: USCP Publishers & General Managers As all of you are painfully aware, the fiscal crisis is deepening and the economy is…
Anchorage Daily News Endorses Obama
Who really knows how much endorsements mean, but it’s a stunning blow to Sarah Palin to have her home state endorse the other team. Read the Anchorage Daily News endorsement. In other newspapers, Obama leads McCain 3 to 1 or so says the Editor and Publisher.
Margarita Championship-Tucson Culinary Festival
Thursday was the Tucson Culinary Festival’s first event, the margarita championship. First the disclosures — I was comped as a guest as was Rita Connelly, the Weekly’s restaurant reviewer. What a great event. It was held outside at the historic train depot. You couldn’t ask for anything better — good music, room to mingle, cool…
Cemetery Tour A No Go
Ignore our TQ&A this week. Bill Delfs (Mr. Grievesley RavenHearse) called yesterday to say the Evergreen Cemetery Halloween Tours have been cancelled. He didn’t sound too happy, and after reading the morning daily I can understand why. But I still don’t understand why the event was cancelled. Evidently some folks called and complained the tours…
The Skinny
HERE COME THE DEMOCRATS With close to a million bucks in the bank, the Arizona Democratic Party is finally making its move in support of legislative candidates in the push to wrest control of the state Legislature. Gov. Janet Napolitano took a swing through Southern Arizona last Saturday, exhorting Democrats to knock on doors, make…
Rhythm & Views
Juggling analog and digital instruments, the Portland, Ore., duo Talkdemonic practices a best-of-both-worlds kind of musical alchemy. They create down-home-flavored electronic instrumental tunes, laden generously with orchestral strings, banjo, vibes, autoharp, pump organ, melodica, horns and accordion, among other instruments. The third album by Lisa Molinaro (viola, cello) and Kevin O’Connor (everything else) is haunting…
Media Watch
‘Explorer’ cuts back again, hopes to recapture market share
Rhythm & Views
Jo Wilkinson’s big and powerful voice has never had any trouble filling up a concert stage, or in this case a recording studio. But the magic in this project is how she so eloquently shares that space with her makeshift band of Robert Miranda on acoustic leads; Louie Levinson on pedal steel, nylon string guitar…
Scramblewatch
Monkey Wrench in the Mix John McCain has a new BFF: Joe the Plumber! Joe Wurzelbacher made his first steps toward the national stage when he told a campaigning Barack Obama that he was thinking about buying the plumbing business that employed him, but was worried that he’d have to pay higher taxes under an…
Rhythm & Views
For whatever reason, Love as Laughter and its fearless (and seemingly careless) leader, Sam Jayne, have flown under the radar of the indie masses since Jayne formed the band in 1994. This is unfortunate, as Jayne is one of the most gifted and underrated songwriters out there. After five albums for K Records and Sub…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Bill Delfs (aka Mr. Grievsley RavenHearse)
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
Police Dispatch
Padded-Cell Zone South Paseo Sarta, Green Valley, Sept. 28, 12:16 p.m. An apparently psychotic dog-hater failed to use government connections to escape arrest for threats, according to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report. A deputy met with the reportee, who said his apartment-complex neighbor had begun banging on his door and yelling incomprehensibly at 5:30…
Comedy Restored
Shakespeare’s ‘Love’s Labours Lost’ may be obscure, but Arizona Repertory Theatre transforms the play into an amusing performance
Danehy
A ballot proposition by any other name would smell as stinky
Pick of the Week
No Grass Like Bluegrass
Canvas, Script, Score
Western artist Maynard Dixon sits for a portrait in words and music at the Tucson Museum of Art
Messina
An abused woman picks herself up and gives others a helping hand
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Flesh and Light
Radiant nudes feature in an exhibit at the Etherton Gallery
Bad Brad
A note from the editor.
Pretentious Liaisons
Would we let you navigate alone on the ocean of risibility that is this movie?
Cherokee Mysteries
An oil boom in Indian country means trouble for two Oklahoma detectives
Guest Commentary
Parsing the voter guide, from fruit to nuts
Bush Whacked
Oliver Stone takes on the most incompetent president in history
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Now Showing at Home
“Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Special Edition,” “Rear Window: Special Edition,” “Cinematic Titanic Presents: Legacy of Blood,” and “School House Rock!: Election Collection”
Equatorial Equivocation
Sabor Tropical must work harder to reach its potential
¡Ask a Mexican!
Splitting the hairs of our nation’s labyrinthine immigration laws.
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Noshing Around
New: Midtown Bar and Grill In the former Olive R Twist Café at 4915 E. Speedway Blvd., the Midtown Bar and Grill boasts 35 TVs. The owners, Frank and Marsha Silverman, have owned previous restaurants and say that burgers are king. They offer a dozen different options including a veggie burger, plus sandwiches, salads, wings…
Sustainable Straw
A charming house displays eco-ingenuity
Implied Melodies
Guitarist Kaki King plays well with others
Count the Votes
What’s a voter to do in Pima County–wear a foil hat and pray Attorney General Terry Goddard puts an end to the RTA election distrust?
Something Wicked
The Evangelicals get haunted on their sophomore release
Class Struggle
The Giffords-Bee education debate was no game-changer
Nine Questions
Jericho Davidson
Sun Enough?
Corporation Commission candidates ponder renewable energy–and securities fraud
Soundbites
K MART It’s no accident that whenever bands that record for K Records come to town, they perform exclusively at all-ages (and usually somewhat nontraditional) venues. At their most recent local gigs, Old Time Relijun played at Solar Culture Gallery, Jason Anderson was at Cafe Passé and The Microphones set up shop at someone’s house.…
Thirty Divided By Three
Democrat Andrea Dalessandro aims for an upset victory against Republicans Frank Antenori and David Gowan
Live
MTV Choose or Lose Tour, Club Congress, Sunday, Oct. 19
