Sep 1-7, 2005

Sep 1-7, 2005 / Vol. 22 / No. 27

Noshing Around

Zayna’s Zayna’s, a locally owned and fairly new fast-casual Middle Eastern and Mediterranean restaurant, can be found at 9095 E. Tanque Verde Road, where Le Buzz Caffe and News was before moving into a bigger space a few doors to the east. Owner Riad Altoubal proudly proclaims chicken shwarma, gyro and falafel as house specialties;…

Karyn Zoldan

Now Showing at Home

“Oldboy,” “Toy Story: 10th Anniversary Edition,” and “Void (Video Overview In Declaration): The Flaming Lips 1992-2005”

Bob Grimm

MIA

Bands we wish were playing at Club Congress’ 20th Anniversary celebration

Gene Armstrong

Judgment Day

City Council candidate Vernon Walker finally pays up–but is it too late to save his campaign?

Jim Nintzel

Soundbites

TAKE COVER Calling all local bands! The eighth annual Great Cover-Up is exactly three months away, and we need your help to make it the biggest and bestest one yet. We’re currently accepting submissions from bands and performers who would like to participate. (Full disclosure: The event is primarily organized by Weekly contributor Curtis McCrary…

Stephen Seigel

The Skinny

TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN Here’s one reason the rest of the media in town might want to get around to warning the people of Tucson about debt-dodgin’, non-votin’, tax-skirtin’, water-stealin’ Vernon Walker, the Republican who has inexplicably put his name on the ballot despite his record of being dragged into court to cough up…

Chris Limberis and Jim Nintzel

Rhythm & Views

It’s doubtful that The Fleshtones’ reputation as the most swinging party band in the U.S.A. will suffer any tarnish with Beachhead, their 13th release in a stellar 25-plus-year career. So beat-happy that they should have their own dance named after them (although I’d hate to imagine what “The Fleshtone” might actually look like), their rocking-soul,…

Carl Hanni

Rhythm & Views

In recent years, chaotic mid-’60s garage punk has been painstakingly unearthed and meticulously documented on such classic vinyl series as Nuggets, Pebbles and Back From the Grave. The simplicity and energy of these pimpled, mop-topped, juvenile delinquent-wannabes, spawned from their parents’-basement rehearsal spaces (pre-Summer of Love) found on these now treasured collections, has once again…

Ron Bally

Danehy

Ruminations on Friday-night football, fifth- year eligibility and … a deodorant commercial

Tom Danehy

Tuttle

When legislators authorized shooting classes in schools, they didn’t go far enough

Connie Tuttle

Rhythm & Views

The mass doping of America’s youth isn’t exactly a news flash; it’s a serious issue that only warrants media attention in the days following some white teenager’s attempt to kill himself and others. But kids have long chronicled the problem of depression and mood-altering drugs in their music, primarily in the “emo” genre. The fact…

Jarret Keene

Police Dispatch

Drive-through Heist Valencia and Mission Roads, Aug. 14, 6:57 a.m. According to a report from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, a man backed a truck through the front of a closed convenience store to get inside, and then made off with an automatic teller machine. A deputy who responded to the Shell/Texaco noted that the…

Saxon Burns

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