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Thursday, July 16, 1998

C U R R E N T S

1. doctor of depravity  Psychiatrist Michael Mahl had everything going for him—until he got into drugs and sex.

2. mailbag  Howls of outrage and squeals of delight from our astonished fans.

3. the skinny  Evan Mecham blows it...Tucson Water is into sleazy bait-and-switch tactics to get us to drink that CAP crap...And much more!

4. media meltdown  Suddenly the media are asking another big question: Why aren't more people running for office?

5. rainbow family values  And a good time was had by all—the Rainbow Family of Living Light leaves small-town Arizona with some golden memories.

6. a taxing affair  Taxpayers will spend $330.9 million to operate the Tucson Unified School District this year, an increase of nearly 5 percent.

7. site fright  Bet the neighbors just love the idea of a big, honking city service center in the El Con parking lot north of Broadway.



M U S I C

8. rock 'n' roll criticide  The world wants to know— what does Roni Sarig think?

9. soundbites  Scot Jenerik is no mere or ordinary musician.

10. rhythm and views  Theodis Ealy, Various Black Oral Tradition Artists, Various Irish Artists.

11. club listings  What's happening at Tucson night spots this week.

C I N E M A

12. native talent  Smoke Signals is a quirky, inventive road movie that bills itself as the first feature film written and directed by Native Americans.

13. film clips  Check out Tucson Weekly's capsule reviews packed with links to the hottest movie home pages on the Web.

14. film times  What's showing right now in Tucson with links to reviews, reviews, reviews.

B O O K S

15. media mix  Oh, Leonardo!

16. plain speaking  Dealing with horses and whores, conflict and tragedy, Cormac McCarthy's Cities of the Plain is the long-awaited conclusion to his "Border Trilogy."

17. splicing genetic information  Jeremy Rifkin latest polemic, "The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking the World" reads more like a stack of debater's three-by-five cards than a coherent narrative.

18. compelling confessions  In Just Checking: Scenes from the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive, author Emily Colas touches upon her years of self-imposed imprisonment.

R E V I E W

19. armenian coup  The Borderlands Theatre handles Richard Kalinonski's Beast Of The Moon, which deals with the dark subject of genocide, with impeccable timing that enhances the author's deft touches of personal humor.

20. master of craft  In the latter part of her life, photographer Laura Volkerding came upon the subject that she seemed to have been preparing for her whole career.

21. native uprising  Planting native grasses on our cattle-scared landscape is one small way to help the environment fight back.

22. snorts spews  Things you might have missed while glued to the TV set watching the World Cup. Yeah, right...

C I T Y   W E E K

23. city week  Big doings in Tucson this week.

24. cheap thrills  Fun things to do in Tucson that won't cost a fortune.

25. listings: art  High, low, and everything in between in Tucson.

26. listings: dance  The latest in recitals.

27. listings: gardening  Green-thumbs and then some.

28. listings: kids  Fun stuff for the shrimp set.

29. listings: lectures  Listen and you might learn something.

30. listings: literature  What? Reading this crap isn't enough for you? Click here.

31. listings: museums  Where to prowl the corridors of time and plumb the mysteries of talent.

32. listings: music  Here's what sounds currently abound in our desert town.

33. listings: outdoors  What to do in the dark of the night or under a noon-day sky.

34. listings: special events  Unclassifiable doings about town.

35. listings: sports  How to scratch that jock itch.

36. listings: theatre  The play's the thing, and this thing will tell you what's playing.








Knee Deep In Muddy Water... - Tucson Water officials and some members of the City Council claim they're carrying out the anti-CAP mandate the voters approved as Proposition 200. Judge for yourself, suckers. (posted Thursday, July 2, 1998)

Water Log - Long-range water planning has taken a devious turn in Tucson, as city officials try to weasel out of their duty to carry out the voters' wishes. (posted Thursday, June 25, 1998)

White House Whitewash - For six, long sorry years, the national media have simply missed the real story behind Bill Clinton's scandalous presidency. (posted Thursday, June 18, 1998)

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