Danehy
Hairy chests and all, ‘Friday Night Lights’ is worth a look
Manipulative Moments
A series of flashbacks and a drippy soundtrack make for a terrible emotional wreck in ‘Ladder 49’
Downing
Musing on modeling: Why do designers keep making uncomfortable clothes for women?
Now Showing at Home
“Friday the 13th: From Crystal Lake to Manhattan: The Ultimate DVD Collection,” “Strangers With Candy: Season Three,” “Super Size Me,” and “The Day After Tomorrow”
Guest Commentary
Noncitizen voting: Prop 200 tackles a dubious problem–and doesn’t even offer a real solution
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week ending Oct. 3, 2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Focus Features Super Size Me Samuel Goldwyn Films Walking Tall MGM Envy Dreamworks Mean Girls Paramount Man on Fire 20th Century Fox The Alamo Touchstone The Punisher Lions Gate Angels in America HBO Coffee and Cigarettes United Artists
FAQs
A note from the editor.
Stand by Your Man
The political role of music in this election
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
That Patrol Emotion
The Snow Patrol take the States by blizzard
From the Heart of Mexico
Miguel’s serves wonderful Mexican food with a twist–but beware of the prices
Car Country, USA
In Southern Arizona, confiscated cars mean big bucks for government agencies and contractors–and watchdogs say the system’s being abused
Soundbites
EARLIMART TRIBUTE L.A.’s Earlimart have come a hell of a long way from their early efforts, which were noisy and experimental enough to be compared to innovators like Sonic Youth and the Pixies. In contrast, their new album, Treble & Tremble (2004, Palm Pictures), is lush and dreamy, comprising tales of all varieties of loss…
Rhythm & Views
There was a time, about 10 years ago, when you could find bands like Palomar around every street corner. Three girls, one guy who plays drums, and power chords, power chords, power chords. These days, the female presence in independent music is almost so permeated no one notices it anymore; the token girl bass player…
Have a Hart
Parents say that the principal at Howenstine High School didn’t do enough to protect students from violence
Nine Questions
Jessica Lansdon
Saving At-Risk Architecture
Local modernism gets the spotlight during Architecture Week
Taking Stock
One conservative says that there’s more to Proposition 102 than meets the eye
Live
Willie Nelson, TCC Music Hall, Wednesday, Sept. 29
From a Beaning to Ballet
Edward Villella’s Miami City Ballet brings two different nights of dance to Centennial Hall
Second-Class Students?
Some say the UA’s relationship with American-Indian grad students has gone schizophrenic
Rhythm & Views
Hey hey, my my, punk rock will never die. Instead, it walks among us, a brain-dead zombie stumbling across the musical landscape, briefly flickering to life whenever it bumps into a garage-rock mausoleum or an electro-clash tombstone. But dead it remains, its rudimentary, remedial, three-chord formula forever appealing to a youth market that confuses shopping…
Animals Annotated
Lauray Yule spotlights coyotes and javelinas in a new booklet series from Rio Nuevo Publishers
The Skinny
INTO THE DRINK The Southern Arizona Home Builders Association may have won a victory by forcing the Tucson City Council to back off demands that builders in the Rincon Valley agree to sign pre-annexation agreement in exchange for water service. But builders may come to regret taking a hard line against the policy, because it…
Rhythm & Views
The first sound you hear when you toss Real Gone in the CD player and hit the play button is turntable scratching; it throws you off instantly, even though it probably shouldn’t. After all, why should any sort of noise surprise you when you’re listening to a Tom Waits album? These days, noise is the…
Ninety and Nimble
Despite decreased mobility, Tucson’s Rose Cabat keeps working hard on her highly demanded porcelains
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Top Ten in Music
CD City’s top sales for the week ending Oct. 3, 2004 Nelly Sweat (Universal) Chevelle This Kind of Thinking (Could Do Us In) (Sony) Insane Clown Posse Hell’s Pit (Psychopathic) H.I.M. Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights (Universal) Keith Urban Be Here (Capitol) Alan Jackson What I Do (Arista) Cradle of Filth Nymphetamine (Roadrunner) Wu-Tang Clan…
Noshing Around
Hotels With Personality In National Geographic’s September cover story, “56 Hotels We Love,” Hotel Congress made the list for lodgings with personality. They make my list with $1 drinks in the Tap Room and half-off bottles of wine served at the Cup Café during the month of October. Cubicle Sushi Sushi Savvy specializes in takeout…
Media Watch
Yet More Clear Channel
Top Ten in Books
Mostly Books best sellers for the week ending Oct. 3, 2004 The Five People You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom, Hyperion ($19.95 new) Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books Azar Nafisi, Random House Trade Paperbacks ($13.95 new) Life of Pi Yann Martel, Harvest Books ($8.99 new) To the Nines: A Stephanie Plum Novel…
Police Dispatch
No More Digging East Orange Grove and North Oracle Roads, Sept. 13, 8:35 a.m. An angry apartment dweller sprayed construction workers with water from her balcony, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department report said. A construction supervisor reported that the woman had earlier refused to leave their work site, despite warnings that her standing near heavy…
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Michael “Mickey” Matz, of Caffe Nation
Pick
Shot in the Heart
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
