AltWeeklies Wire
The Price Is Variablenew
In other businesses -- wine, for example -- price can skyrocket according to quality, scarcity, demand, and dozens of other factors, yet we expect all music to cost the same amount. Does that make sense? After all, not all music is created equal.
Not-So-Gay Rompnew
The Producers remake is sloppy and poorly directed, but still funny.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
12-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Susan Stroman, The Producers
How the Jazz Year Endsnew
Evidence of jazz's engagement with the world's greater events, trends and circumstances emerges from three items that pop out as one muses on the year past.
New York Press |
Howard Mandel |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Healthy Distrustnew
On the surface, 2005 was another banner year for hip-hop. But beneath the surface there was an underlying restlessness -- a cultural and an aesthetic agitation that was both hidden and violent.
Riverfront Times |
Sam Chennault |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Kansas Chaosnew
The murder story Firecracker is not nearly as clever as it wants to be.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Firecracker, Steve Balderson
Overlooked in 2005new
Most of the CDs on this list are by artists you've likely never heard of, but a couple are by neglected but trusty war-horses.
Riverfront Times |
Scott Faingold |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
The Minuteman's Talenew
Meet Chris Simcox, vigilante leader, right-wing dilettante and, according to one new report by The Southern Poverty Law Center, a man rapidly skidding towards extremist delusion.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
12-29-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Minutemen
GOP Spirit!new
A Happy Holidays to you from George W. and the Republicans in Congress.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
12-29-2005 |
Commentary
Hip-Hop Year in Reviewnew
A tight focus reveals hip-hop thriving in dozens of niches, even if none of the resultant albums can completely refute the sense that the genre is still stuck in a holding pattern.
Riverfront Times |
Dan Leroy |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Tom's Exciting Yearnew
One intrepid columnist remembers his 2005 faves -- including the time he bought music at Starbucks.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
12-29-2005 |
Commentary
They Did What?new
2005 contained more than its share of "WTF?!" moments.
Riverfront Times |
Garrett Kamps |
12-29-2005 |
Media
Tags: yearinreview2005
Let There Be Rocknew
One writer counts down the ten albums that make it easy to avoid fretting about your old-fashioned, Rockist ways.
Riverfront Times |
Rob Harvilla |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Heady Metalnew
When it comes to heavy metal, 2005 will be remembered as the year the promising Sounds of the Underground tour debuted, metalcore dominated the scene and Iron Maiden got egged at Ozzfest.
Riverfront Times |
Jason Bracelin |
12-29-2005 |
Music
Tags: yearinreview2005
Pass it Onnew
One music writer turns her personal soundtrack into the perfect holiday gift.
Phoenix New Times |
Michele Laudig |
12-29-2005 |
Music
The Crying Gamenew
Despite a celebrated history, Native American transgenders struggle to make ends meet in the modern world.
Phoenix New Times |
Joe Watson |
12-29-2005 |
LGBT
