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Rocky Pathnew

The Republican National Committee opposes a path to citizenship as part of immigration reform
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
09-03-2013 |
Immigration
For Carlosnew

Phoenix muralist devotes first Tucson mural to 19-year-old killed by Border Patrol agent.
Tucson Weekly |
Mari Herreras |
09-03-2013 |
Immigration
An Excerpt From "Son of a Gun"new

Soon after we learned that our mother was dead, my brother and I went to a bar. We'd already worked the phones. Josh had called our grandparents, who'd been divorced for forty years but both still lived in Philadelphia...
Tucson Weekly |
Justin St. Germain |
09-03-2013 |
Excerpts
Stoner Rock's Best Kept Secretnew

Sweden's Truckfighters have more in common with the Melvins than ABBA.
Tucson Weekly |
Casey Dewey |
09-03-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Truckfighters
Borderlands Shell Gamenew

In the maze of border law enforcement, cases get shuffled and small perps can walk.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
09-03-2013 |
Immigration
Ballad of a Broken Worldnew

Justin St. Germain's memoir, Son of a Gun, is a striking debut by a former Tucsonan.
Tucson Weekly |
Eric Swedlund |
08-19-2013 |
Books
Tags: Justin St. Germain
Fuck Buttons: Slow Focusnew

One of the oddest and most impressive things about Slow Focus is how it manages to burble, groan, stammer and seethe and yet it never crosses the line from melody into discord. From the cacophonous percussion that ushers in the opening track, "Brainfreeze," Slow Focus often seems as if, at any moment, it might break apart into science-fiction static...
Tucson Weekly |
Sean Bottai |
08-09-2013 |
Reviews
David Lynch: The Big Dreamnew

"No, no, no, I don't drink that foreign beer," legendary filmmaker/weirdo David Lynch chortles at the end of the electro-blues vamp "Sun Can't Be Seen No More." This being Lynch, the whole song is sung through a vocal modulator that transmogrifies his pipes into something akin to an asthmatic Donald Duck...
Tucson Weekly |
Michael Petitti |
08-09-2013 |
Reviews
Tags: David Lynch
Falsetto and Funknew

Demon Queen's new album, featuring Zackey Force
Funk, might be one of the year's most anticipated releases.
Tucson Weekly |
Joshua Levine |
08-08-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: zackey force funk, Demon Queen
Time to Sue Your Real Estate Agentnew

The Conjuring is a somewhat frightening take on the standard family-stuck-in-a-haunted-house tale
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-26-2013 |
Reviews
Truth and Consequencesnew

The Border Patrol sticks with questionable strategies.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
06-06-2013 |
Immigration
Tags: U.S. Mexico Border
The Magic of Os Mutantesnew

A 47-year-old band from Brazil is coming to Club Congress to promote a new album. Why should you care?
Tucson Weekly |
Thane Tierney |
05-07-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: os mutantes
Slow Growernew

Yo La Tengo isn't afraid to let the momentum build gradually
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
05-06-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Yo La Tengo
More Destructionnew

Immigration bill pumps billions more into 'securing' the border
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-25-2013 |
Immigration
Tags: immigration
Water Worriesnew

Through interviews and essays, a father/daughter team looks at the nature of Arizona's heat island existence.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Hull |
04-11-2013 |
Books