Media Watch
The Shrinking ‘Foothills’
Top Ten in Music
Zia Records top sales for the week
Danehy
Post-Hurricane Katrina questions about liberals
T Q&A
Tucson Q&A with Harvey Brooks
Rhythm & Views
Singer Giovanna Cacciola and her husband, guitarist Agostino Tilotta, formerly of a Sicilian rock band called Uzeda, along with Alexis Fleisig (of Girls Against Boys) on drums and Matthew Taylor on bass, comprise Bellini, a very American-sounding Italian band. Granted, only Cacciola and Tilotta are Sicilian, but Bellini manage a Fugazi aesthetic with a Minutemen…
Downing
Katrina exposed an ugly fact: there’s a Third World inside America
Police Dispatch
Letter To God Ajo Way and Country Club Road, Sept. 9, 11 a.m. Federal Express contacted authorities to report a suspicious package addressed to the University of Arizona Police Department, a UAPD report stated. An employee thought the package was strange because it didn’t have an air bill, felt odd and was addressed to “Holy…
Austen Adapted
ATC’s otherwise fine ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is marred by a flawed depiction of the central character
Guest Commentary
A call for Arizona to adopt an official language–Spanish, that is
Pick
Waxing Artistically
Institutional Errors
Borderlands Theater presents an encore of the powerful ‘Woman Who Fell From the Sky’
Stuff Worth Knowing
A note from the editor.
City Week
Big doings in Tucson this week.
Dismantling the Machine
Alastair Noble’s minimalist sculpture takes explosive poetry and makes it seem serene
Mailbag
Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.
Not Another Teen Movie
‘Pretty Persuasion’ is the brutally honest teen pic that ‘Mean Girls’ should have been
Muscular Style
James Carlos Blake tackles the life of a boxer in this fine work of historical fiction
Have Your Say
The RTA is now accepting public comments on the plan.
Haunting Romance
Despite a hackneyed-sounding premise, ‘Just Like Heaven’ is a pleasant surprise
Top Ten in Books
Antigone Books best-sellers for the week
Another Bit O’ Shameless Self-Promotion
The ‘Weekly’ dominates individual ANA writing awards in its circulation category
Now Showing at Home
“Lost: The Complete First Season,” “The Work of Director Mark Romanek,” and “The Deer Hunter”
Labels and Lore
While what’s inside the wine bottle matters most, what’s on the outside holds power as well
Wheel Deal
Got something to say about the proposed regional transportation plan? Get in gear!
Top Ten in Movies
Casa Video’s top rentals for the week
Noshing Around
Lovin’ Spoonfuls Vegetarians and vegans, take note: Lovin’ Spoonfuls is now open daily serving breakfast and lunch at 2990 N. Campbell Ave., No. 120, between Glenn Street and Blacklidge Drive. Restaurant owner Peggy Raisglid (who has a doctorate in chemistry and thinks putting food together is a bit of a science) has developed an ambitious…
Down by Law
Angry border residents claim the feds aren’t listening
Music Working Together
Thee Shams and Willard Grant Conspiracy borrow from earlier music without being retro
Artistic Tension
Artists complain that some local galleries are breaking Arizona law
Mapping the Music
The Big AZ Music festival, in year No. 2, hopes to become even bigger
An Evacuee’s Journal
The differences between home and shelter evacuees often fall along racial lines–like many lines in New Orleans
Soundbites
BACK, BUT SLIGHTLY DIMINSHED Once, long ago, I read on an inspirational poster hanging in my dentist’s office that if you love something, you should set it free. If it comes back to you, it was yours all along; if it doesn’t, then it was never yours to begin with. The poster didn’t say what…
Trouble at Black Horse Ranch
After a series of crimes, frustrated Catalina residents band together
Nine Questions
The Provocative Whites
The Skinny
TWEAKER MADNESS Is the Tucson City Council’s recent rush to restrict the sale of non-drowsy cold medicine legal? Not according to state Sen. Barbara Leff, who sponsored a successful bill creating mild restrictions on the sales of medicine containing pseudoephedrine during the last legislative session. Pseudoephedrine, found in medicine that helps perk up cold sufferers,…
Live
The Decemberists, Sons and Daughters, Rialto Theatre, Saturday, Sept. 17
The Range
A recap of last week’s news
Rhythm & Views
Pretty much the missing link between the sacred and the profane, Fern Jones’ The Glory Road is one of the purest blends of gospel and rock ‘n’ roll music ever recorded. Jones made just two records before disappearing into obscurity. Originally released in 1959 as Singing a Happy Song, The Glory Road has been re-released…
Legal Briefs
Unexpected Discovery and Disclosure in the Stidham Murder
Rhythm & Views
From a brutal debut album to an even more phenomenal sophomore effort, Cleveland’s Chimaira have returned to break all boundaries with their self-titled third release. Chimaira shows a matured band evolving into a stronger entity, while maintaining their ferocity. Vocalist Mark Hunter’s screaming and crooning is much angrier, but the guitar duo of Rob Arnold…
