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Local Sound
Cloud began buying up old ribbon microphones to fix and sell once people in the recording industry noticed their ability to give a “warm” or “vintage” tone to digital recordings.
Quick Bites: LIQUID SMOKE
The best part about fall is that scotch season is in full swing, not that high temps kept us too far from the spirit’s peaty goodness. However, in that spirit, Union Public House (4340 N. Campbell Ave.) is serving up a full dinner with scotch in the forefront. On Monday, Oct. 5, the restaurant in…
Casa Video Top 10
Going to the movies is great, but renting movies is cheaper and you won’t get kicked out for texting. Each week, Casa Video sends us a list of their 10 most rented DVDs for the week. Here are the winners for the week: 1. Pitch Perfect 2 2. Mad Max: Fury Road 3. Furious 7 4.…
Cinema Clips: Goodnight Mommy
Twin brothers Lukas and Elias (played by Lukas and Elias Schwarz) have some major mommy issues in this taut, strange, and sometimes gut churning horror-thriller form writer-directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz. After moving into a new house, the brothers become confused with their mom (a terrific Susanne Wuest), who doesn’t seem to be herself.…
Education Funding Plans Galore
Add one more to the current list of education funding plans. There’s a plan from Doug Ducey to take money from the state land trust funds—if he can get his plan through the legislature to put it on the ballot, then get the ballot measure passed by voters. Timeline: 2017. Then there’s the non-plan plan from Senate President…
Arne Duncan to Propose Using Prison Funding for Teacher Salaries
Education Secretary Arne Duncan is pitching a bold proposal this afternoon at the National Press Club. The gist of it is, we can save $15 billion by finding ways other than incarceration to deal with people convicted of nonviolent crimes, and we can use the money to increase teacher salaries in the twenty percent of…
Cinema Clips: The Martian
Based on an excellent sci-fi book that is far more science than fiction, Ridley Scott’s The Martian wins a Close But No Cigar award. There isn’t anything about it that’s bad, from the performances to the stunning vistas of Mars, but it strikes the wrong tone. During a manned mission to the red planet, astronaut…
Planned Parenthood PinkOut Day Tucson
A hundred people gathered outside the Planned Parenthood office in Tucson as part of the national PinkOut Day Tuesday, Sept. 29. According to Jodi Liggett, Vice President for Public Affairs for Planned Parenthood Arizona, this was one of four events in Tucson and 15 events around Arizona. Clinics offered free STD testing for anyone who…
We’re Giving Away Some Diamondbacks Tickets (Again)
Enter here for a shot to go to Thursday’s Diamondback/Rockies game. The game (which, obviously, takes places in Phoenix) starts at 6:40 p.m. We’ll pick a winner mid day Monday and that person has to be able to pick up the tickets from our Northwest office before 5 p.m. on either Wednesday or Thursday. Enter…
Cinema Clips: The Intern
Some actors are revered for their skills, others for their box office. Robert DeNiro is one of the few who has gone from being an actor you had to see to one you’re better off missing simply because his goals changed. What was the last honest-to-goodness “DeNiro movie,” not counting the blip on the radar…
UA Scientists Present on Research on Ear Worms, or the Science of Why That Song Is Stuck in Your Head
How and why does a song get stuck in your head? Captivated by those very questions, a research team at the UA set out to study the phenomenon of “ear worms,” seeking to understand just what happens in the brain when a certain bit of music just shows up. The scientists—ethnomusicologist and local NPR host…
How Disgusting: George Zimmerman Posts Graphic Photo of Trayvon Martin’s Dead Body on Twitter
With the tag “If there is a hell, George Zimmerman will one day burn in it,” Mother Jones reported that Zimmerman—the dude who was acquitted of second degree murder over the shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin—retweeted an image of Martin’s dead body. According to Mother Jones, the photo was first tweeted to Zimmerman by…
Bus Strike Ended Two Weeks Ago: Here’s a Copy of the Deal Between Sun Tran & the Teamsters Union (Finally)
The company that manages Sun Tran (Professional Transit Management) and the Teamsters Local Union 104 jointly released the agreement that ended the 42-day bus strike, after much pressure from the public, the press and the City of Tucson to make the deal transparent. Wages The two-year, $4.36 million deal grants drivers a raise of 83…
Trevor Noah’s Daily Show Starts Tonight
Excited? Nervous? Ambivalent? The Comedy Central crew has been teasing big changes coming to the Daily Show. Tonight, we’ll get a look at what is to come. Hopefully, it’ll develop as well as the Nightly Show.
AZ Ranks as Third Worst State for Teachers
Here’s a tidbit that’s not likely to make the next edition of AZAwesome: WalletHub has released a new survey that ranks Arizona as the third-worst state in the nation for teachers. The survey took into account several factors, including teacher pay, class size and per-pupil spending. Here’s how Arizona shaped up in each of the…
Teachers in TV and Film, From the 1950s to the Present
In early August, I asked people to help me compile a list of all the TV shows and films that involved teachers in a major or somewhat important minor role. You gave me lots of titles. I scoured the internet and added more. Then, using my rudimentary database and graphing skills, I put together a…
Parrot Needs a Home
Hi I’m Parrot, my friends at Humane Society of Southern Arizona pronounce it like PER-ROW, because of my obvious French accent. I am a four year old chow mix who loves treats! I’m a good listener and really enjoy being out in the yard or on a walk. My friends at HSSA say my tongue…
Don’t Forget to Weigh in On the State’s Transportation System at This Community Forum Wednesday
Hey Tucson, you all should share your thoughts and talk transportation pros and cons at a community discussion Wednesday sponsored by the Arizona Town Hall. Remember I mentioned this earlier in the month? The forums have been happening all over the state, with the purpose of getting citizens involved, and identifying “solutions for critical policy…
Zona Politics: Clean Elections vs. Dark Money & Tucson Modernism Week
Zona Politics Eps.42 from Zona Politics with Jim Nintzel on Vimeo. On this week’s episode of Zona Politics with Jim Nintzel: Tom Collins, executive director of the Citizens Clean Elections Commission, stops by to talk about the commission’s ongoing conflict with Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan over regulating dark-money groups that are spending dollars…
Republicans Continue To Trail Democrats in City Council Campaign Fundraising
As the Weekly has reported in the past, the GOP challengers for Tucson City Council have had trouble raising funds this year. The news hasn’t gotten much better for the Republicans with the latest campaign finance reports, which were due today and covered fundraising through Sept. 14. In Ward 1, Republican Bill Hunt had raised…
Win Two Tickets to See the Diamondbacks v. Rockies Game on Tuesday
We’re all about giving away sports tickets this week! Enter here for a shot to go to Tuesday’s Diamondback/Rockies game. The game (which, obviously, takes places in Phoenix) starts at 6:40 p.m. We’ll pick a winner mid day Monday and that person has to be able to pick up the tickets from our Northwest office…
Community Health Centers Say They Don’t Want Funding Stripped From Planned Parenthood
After voting last week to cut off all federal funding for Planned Parenthood for one year, Congresswoman Martha McSally was one of 11 freshmen who signed onto a letter opposing a government shutdown over the issue. But McSally’s office has declined to say whether she still supports shutting off funding for Planned Parenthood in the…
The Arizona Commerce Authority May Have Gotten Carried Away While It Was Sharing the Good News
Yesterday I posted about Arizona’s new slogan, or non-slogan according to Ducey’s press secretary, “AZ-AWESOME: why arizona rocks.” The phrase, which comes from the Arizona Commerce Authority, may be getting off to a rocky start, according to state auditors. State auditors are faulting the Arizona Commerce Authority for inflating the numbers they use in claiming how…
Tucson Metro Chamber Endorses Cunningham, Scott and Burkholder in Council Races
The Tucson Metro Chamber’s Southern Arizona Business Political Action Committee has released its endorsements in this year’s Tucson City Council races—and the business group ended up issuing no endorsements in the Ward 1 race between incumbent Democrat Regina Romero and GOP challenger Bill Ward; a thumbs-up to incumbent Democrat Paul Cunningham in Ward 2; and…
Casa Video’s Weekly Top 10
Every week, Casa Video is kind enough to send us a list of their top 10 most-rented DVDs. We print the list in the paper’s Cinema section, hopefully reminding someone about a film they’ve been meaning to see. Here’s the thing about newspapers: they run low on space. The internet doesn’t. So, while we’ll still shoot…
Border Patrol Agent Charged with Second Degree Murder In 2012 Shooting Death of Mexican Teen
Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz has been charged with second degree murder in the 2012 Nogales border shooting 16-year-old José Antonio Elena Rodríguez. Witnesses of the shooting say Elena Rodriguez was walking home on the Sonora side of the fence, when he was struck by at least eight bullets from the Arizona side. Border Patrol agents…
Ricky Martin Was in Tucson Last Night (And it Was Important for Some of Us)
Ricky Martin. Some people remember him from his Menudo days, some learned who he was overnight because of his (let’s just admit it it) electrifying performance at the 1999 Grammys, and some discovered him through hearing their friends and loved ones brutalize “Livin’ La Vida Loca” when it came on radio. I used to watch…
This Arizona Congressman Wants to Make Sure Undocumented Students Don’t Get College In-State Tuition
Republican Congressman Paul Gosar says it is “unthinkable” that some states have granted undocumented immigrants in-state college tuition, so he’s sponsoring legislation that would ensure this doesn’t happen anymore. “…other legal American citizens, playing by the rules, have to pay out-of-state tuition to attend public universities,” he said in a statement to the media. “With…
Win Two Tickets to This Saturday’s Wildcat Football Game
You know the drill. We’ll draw a winner mid day Friday, and you have to be able to pick the tickets up before our office closes at 5 p.m. We’re located near the Foothills Mall. Oh, and the game is against UCLA at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Fill out my online form. var r1klvned1jahf4l;(function(d, t)…
Dust Devil
I helped make sandwiches – white bread, smeared with margarine and sprinkled with sugar
Police Dispatch
A man suspected of a horrific sex crime—plus public genital exposure and criminal damage—provided an improbable (and odd) explanation when apprehended, claiming he’d been framed
Caridad Community Kitchen: Caridad Case
So there you are, in the kitchen wondering what to feed your family. Jon Wirtis faces that dilemma on a daily basis except his family is much bigger than yours.
Police Dispatch
Someone broke into a house just to poop, drink a soda, and steal some old shoes and cheese.
Lalo Alcaraz in Tucson
The Confluencenter for Creative Enquiry and YWCA are teaming up with Raul E. Aguirre and the UA Department of Spanish and Portuguese to bring Chicano artist, political cartoonist and master troublemaker Lalo Alcaraz to Tucson on Thursday.
B-Sides: Sage
Back from 11 years on drum and bass hiatus, Sage is back making music you want to dance to. While the Belfast native is also known for her work as a composer in everything from Glad garbage bag commercials and the video game Mass Effect 2, the versatile musician is returning to her place as…
Lunar Picnic
Witness a rare full eclipse of the moon this Sunday, Sept. 27 outside the UA Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium.
B-Sides: Yonatan Gat
It’s the last Sunday of the month and you know what that means: It’s another “episode” of Romo Tonight Live.
Generation Next
Inflatable water slides, and music, of course, from Amy Rude, West Texas Intermediate, Tom Wallbank and Naim Amor.
East Side Story
When he’s asked why he’s running for the Tucson City Council, Republican candidate Kelly Lawton has a standard response: “I got sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Old-School Vibes
Go see Pima Community College’s Theatre Arts adaptation of Beverly Cleary’s novels entitled Henry and Ramona.
The Skinny
Our long mass transit nightmare is finally over—or is it? And, McSally joins GOP colleagues in U.S. House in voting to defund Planned Parenthood
Tunesmith Wonder
Actor/singer/pianist Hershey Felder has discovered a way to honor musicians, classical and popular, in a way that is part play, part concert and all entertainment.
Danehy
Jeb Bush lots of applause when he came to the defense of his brother, George W., by saying, “He kept us safe.” Which, Tom that’s true. Kind of. Except for that first thing with the building falling down. And all the American who died in Iraq.
Endurance Test
All in all, Everest is a good document of human achievement and endurance, but it’s even more notable for the monster it creates out of a mountain.
Media Watch
Lee Enterprises better at real estate than newspaper biz, Berk bolts UA football beat for gig with UA, Hooked documentary lands Governor’s Award honor
Sonic Evolution: Jivin Scientists
On their milestone 10th album, Tucson hip-hop trailblazers Jivin Scientists stretch the boundaries of their sound even as they push toward a more cohesive thematic focus.
Duel at Dusk: Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Dale Watson
Tucsonans have their pick of Southern pickers on Tuesday, Sept. 29, when veteran honkabilly cat Dale Watson brings his hardscrabble chops to Club Congress, and at the Fox Tucson Theatre, whiz kid Kenny Wayne Shepard raises the question, “Are we waiting for the return of Stevie Ray Vaughan?”
B-Sides: Meg Myers
It’s normal to feel a little bit torn about Meg Myers’ music, and, truthfully, she might be feeling it too. Somehow melding distorted grunge guitar with poppy hooks and her lovely voice is working for her, but I can’t help but wonder if combining pop with grunge is the sort of thing that’d make Kurt…
News21: America’s Weed Rush
When Arizona voters approved medical marijuana in 2010, the traditionally conservative state did so tentatively: The “yes” campaign garnered 50.1 percent of the vote.
Pleasure Activist
Many people buy into the idea that penises are these simple, practically self-operating creatures with crude and narrow pleasure pallets. While this may (or may not) be good enough for some, this view is a one-dimensional approach that compartmentalizes the penis as some isolated and externalized sex organ, rather than an extension of the whole…
Ask a Mexican!
Dear Mexican: I’m white, and Donald Trump scares the crap out of me. Mexicans must be shaking in their boots. Does The Donald give Mexicans the willies? Do Mexicans get the willies?
Editor’s Note
So Teamsters, you’re not up for reelection, but next time you need support for workers who want to strike, you may want to be transparent NOW.
