AltWeeklies Wire
Approachable Appealnew
Massage your viscera? Buzz through your brain? Indian Jewelry does both marvelously.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Free Gold!, Indian Jewelry
Intoxicating Dosesnew
Sleep Forever stands as evidence of the destruction of the myth of the sophomore slump
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Sleep Forever, The Big Sleep
Mutts on the Movenew
A slimmed-down (read: eight-person) version of Poi Dog Pondering loads into the van for a rare tour.
Tucson Weekly |
Stephen Seigel |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 7, Poi Dog Pondering
Portugal. The Man is Wildly Creativenew
Just don't ask them to explain anything.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Church Mouth, Portugal. The Man
Tift Merritt is a Changed Womannew
In the last four years, she's lost her label, left her North Carolina home for New York City, and spent a lot of time in Paris, sorting herself out and writing new music.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
04-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Another Country, Tift Merritt
The Judd Apatow Comedy Train Gets Back on Tracknew
Jason Segel, a hilarious bit player in Knocked Up, gets the limelight in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, a comedy that, while not as consistent as some of Apatow's classic efforts, certainly belongs in the same class.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Van Sant's Non-Narrative Expression Continues in 'Paranoid Park'new
Gus Van Sant again uses plot lightly in this hypnotic tale of an alienated young skateboarder.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
Contemporary Indian Works Hit Tucsonnew
"Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation," the enormous traveling show of contemporary Northwest and Pacific Indian art, has just landed at the Tucson Museum of Art.
Tucson Weekly |
Margaret Regan |
04-17-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Why Are Politicians Suddenly Afraid of Project Vote Smart?new
John McCain was kicked off Project Vote Smart's board after he refused to return the Political Courage Test. But he has plenty of company among politicians who refuse to take the survey, including Clinton and Obama.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
04-17-2008 |
Politics
Popular Culture Consistently Corrupts What Words Actually Meannew
This used to annoy me a little; now, it annoys me a lot -- particularly when it trivializes some fairly Godzilla-esque concepts.
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
04-17-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Virtual Racism in 'Halo'new
Trash-talking gone too far is marring online video-game worlds.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
04-17-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: racism, video games
Comeback Againnew
Almost two decades after their "comeback" with Cosmic Thing, The B-52s return with a worthy competitor.
Tucson Weekly |
James Hudson |
04-10-2008 |
Reviews
Varied Formsnew
A Mad and Faithful Telling stalks the nebulous terrain between postmodern pastiche and a genuine passion for ethnic instrumentation.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
04-10-2008 |
Reviews
Fierceness of Exposurenew
Scott H. Biram wails, hollers and stomps through his often scary, always emotional shows.
Tucson Weekly |
Linda Ray |
04-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Graveyard Shift, Scott H. Biram
Soul Architectnew
Bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, of Booker T. and the MGs, calls himself a part-time legend.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
