Poll Pictures
The Polling Place Photo Project is a nationwide experiment to document the local voting experience on November 7. Participants can contribute to “an archive of photographs that captures the richness and complexity of voting in America.” At the same time, Videothevote.org, a national voter advocacy group, is sending volunteers to Arizona and six other states…
The Last Poll Before the One That Matters
Democrat Gabrielle Giffords has a commanding 15 percentage point lead over Republican Randy Graf in the race to replace retiring Congressman Jim Kolbe, according to the latest Tucson Weekly/Wick Communication Poll. The survey of 400 Congressional District 8 voters, which was conducted by local pollster Margaret Kenski, showed that half favor Giffords; 35 percent say…
One Cable Company Under God
If we have one thing to be thankful today, it’s that we don’t live in Los Angeles. Why? Because from Newport Beach to Malibu (including all those less plush zip codes in between), anyone who uses high-speed cable for Internet service was screwed from 6 a.m. until a little after noon. Six long busy morning…
Scary Sheriff, et al.
Maricopa County’s very own Sheriff Joe Arpaio has made the list of “The Thirteen Scariest People in America” in the October issue of Old Trout magazine, “a bi-monthly journal of political delusions, truthiness, celebrity antics, and cultural nonsense.” Most of Sheriff Joe’s antics may be familiar to Arizonans in reach of a newspaper, but the…
Happy Halloween, Everyone
It’s All Hallows Eve. I grew up in Nevada, and it so happens that Oct. 31 was also a state holiday: Nevada Day. This meant that we got Oct. 31 off every year from school. It rocked. Even though I am now quite a way removed from my Nevada schooldays, it still feels weird not…
Do Smokers Have Smoking Rights?
A woman called me today, apparently upset that the Weekly has endorsed Prop 201 (which would ban smoking in bars) and Prop 203 (which would tax cigs to pay for preschool programs). While some of what she had to say was freaking insane (at one point, she said that studies linking smoking to cancer were…
Call for Change – The Power of MoveOn.org
If you’re a Democrat you probably have been bombarded with phone calls. (You could also be bombarded with calls if you’re a Republican or independent, but how in the hell would I know that?) Now I see the usefulness of caller ID which I didn’t want to pay the phone company extra for. Yet, I…
The Case of Tucson Greyhound Park’s Missing Greyhounds
Hauler Rick Favreau got paid $150/dog (at least 3x more than any adoption group ever gets for picking up dogs at the track, if they get any money at all). According to the AZ Department of Racing, 158 dogs are documented as missing. Do the math and it’s $23,900. The usual going rate for hauling…
Hiding in Plain Sight – Masks Exhibition – Starting October 27
Gallery Centella’s exhibition is a celebration of ancient mask making traditions. The exhibit runs from Oct. 27 through Dec. 2. Meet the five artists, view their works and watch live performance art on Friday, Oct. 27, from 5 to 8 p.m. It could be a happening scene. View the Web site for all the details.
So THAT’s what those strange things in the desert are!
The rest of the world has to set their clocks back an hour this weekend, while we in Arizona say phooey to weird messings-with-time. We don’t like to play God ’round these parts. The Onion (which, as I hope you know, is not a “real” newspaper. Just making sure.) “reports” that now there’s a surplus…
Speaking of Mark Foley…
According to this morning’s Star, the former Congressman is being treated for his alcoholism up at Sierra Tucson, the local treatment center which has seen plenty of celebrities waltz through its doors. One day at a time, Mark!
Mark Foley Action Figure on eBay
It had to happen. Every part of our political landscape eventually gets sold on eBay. And the winning bid was …
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Keith Harmon Snow
Rhythm & Views
From 1993 to ’98, Grant Lee Buffalo made the kind of pop-music Americana that bridged the distance between Bob Dylan and U2. Led by Grant-Lee Phillips, the Buffalo roamed an alt-rock landscape trampled on by corporate radio, which cherry-picked the accessible bands and left the challenging artists to rot. Indeed, the Buffalo never left the…
Danehy
Matthew Raymond Salls: 1984-2006
Pick of the Week
Harmony and Happy Days
Nine Questions
Gwyneth Scally
Tuttle
Throw away the magazines and develop your own style
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
Happy Hollow, like Cursive’s previous records, centers on a theme: This time, it’s a small middle-America town and its related myths. “We’re not in dreamland anymore,” sings Tim Kasher on “Dorothy at Forty,” “Dorothy wake up, it’s time for work.” Horns and guitars scream, and Kasher’s rhetorical questions sting (“Flag and Family” asks, “When you’re…
Time to Chill
A note from the editor.
Beyond the Boner
John Cameron Mitchell’s ‘Shortbus’ has an abundance of sex, but the film is not about sex
Dealing With Disease
LTW’s late-night series has another edgy success with ‘The Baltimore Waltz’
Guest Commentary
This hobbyhorse is a symbol: We don’t have it in us to secure the border
City Week
Our top picks of what to do and where to do it for the week.
Into Another Skin
Ken Tesoriere revives his Coyote Ramblers company with his own edgy, visceral works
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Enchanting Tale
‘Marie Antoinette’ wows with its beauty and surprising performances
Inside Story
Like the project itself, this narrative from Biosphere 2 is compelling, but lacks validity
Butt Battle
It’s the American Cancer Society vs. R.J. Reynolds!
Now Showing at Home
“Feast: Unrated,” “Pet Sematary: Special Collector’s Edition,” and “That’s My Bush: The Definitive Collection”
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best-sellers for the week
A Matter of Trust
Teachers and environmentalists square off against homebuilders and ranchers in the battle over state land
Indie Watch
What’s happening in the world of independent film in Tucson.
Meat ‘n’ Potatoes
Daisy Mae’s offers perfectly prepared steaks in a relaxed, Western setting
Eminent Disaster?
Proposition 207 could make governments liable for any new laws or regulations that affect land values
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Noshing Around
Halloween Sushi Trick or treat? Benihana is scaring up a Halloween menu for both parents and children. Sushi chefs will use the tricks of their trade to create a spooky sushi spider roll to complement their menu. Kids who wear a costume will receive a free sushi-shaped lollipop for dessert, and families can have their…
Night and Day
There’s no dispute: There are two extremely different Senate candidates to choose from in LD 26
Soundbites
ROCKTOBER: OUT LIKE A (DRESSED-UP) LION Friends, Tucsonans, rock fans, lend me your ears: I come to praise Rocktober, not to … well, I suppose to bury it, too. Yea, this harvest season has been a cruel mistress, though a rewarding one, with its puking frat boys at the Fall Club CrawlTM, its wading through…
Top Cop
Terry Goddard is proud of his record as attorney general; Bill Montgomery thinks he can do better
Demons Begone
Greg Dulli is not the man you think he is
Home Sustainable Home
A tour of eco-friendly Tucson houses shows the possibilities for a brighter future
Blues Ambassadors
Pinetop Perkins headlines this weekend’s ‘Boogie Woogie Blowout’
Battling Speed
A new Tucson anti-meth campaign is modeled after a Montana project that had counterproductive results
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week ending Oct. 22, 2006 Evanescence The Open Door (Wind-Up) Cradle of Filth Thornography (Roadrunner) The Killers Sam’s Town (Island) The Decemberists The Crane Wife (Capitol) South Park Mexican When Devils Strike (Dope House) Beck The Information (Interscope) Muse Black Holes and Revelations (Warner Bros./Wea) Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveSounds (Jive)…
The Skinny
UNFRIENDLY FIRE In one of the most clumsy campaign maneuvers we’ve seen this season, Pima County Democratic Party chairwoman Donna Branch-Gilby sent out an improvised explosive press release castigating Republican state Rep. Jonathan Paton for having the temerity to serve in Iraq while running for re-election to his District 30 seat. An intelligence officer in…
Spectrum of Emotion
Ballet Tucson opens the new season with a program featuring ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’
Media Watch
USC Controversy Leads to Surprise Problems for ‘Star’ Fan Blog
Live
Joan Baez, Rhythm Village, Fox Tucson Theatre, Friday, Oct. 20
Police Dispatch
Tied Down Snyder and Sabino Canyon Roads, Sept. 25, 6:27 p.m. According to a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report, a child’s aunt punished a youngster for misbehaving by affixing him to a chair with duct tape. A teacher’s aide had reported the alleged method of punishment after speaking with the child’s grandmother. The grandmother had…
Rhythm & Views
Still two of them. Still doing that white-boy-blues thing. Still engaging. As hackneyed as it’s becoming to adulate another white, bluesy duo, the Black Keys make it easy enough. What separates the Black Keys from the White Stripes and the Kills? Balance. Whereas the former are a blues duo in the sense that the Captain…
