Let's face it... the Academy screwed up

JAN 30 By JOSH WEISMAN

The votes are in and dream though we might, there’s nothing we can do to change them. What we can do, however, is talk about what deserved to be picked, so for what it’s worth, here’s one lowly film geek’s list of would-be nominees for the best of 2011: Full story

Have your Cake and hear it too

DEC 7 By K.C. LIBMAN

By those who know them, they are loved, admired and ever supported. For those who are not in the know, they are an institution unto itself, acting as the definition of a band that has earned its stripes in a cult following. Cake, from Sacramento, Calif., has been cranking out a conscious, genre-blending rock for 20 years now, creating a sound that is completely inimitable. Full story

YouTube star Julia Nunes balances college, career

NOV 16 By K.C. LIBMAN

Julia Nunes is a hipster’s dream come true and a college student YouTube sensation. Full story

Who Shot Rock and Roll

NOV 9 By CECELIA MARSHALL

From pictures of the infamous Jimi Hendrix and Tupac to the recently deceased Amy Winehouse, hard core music fans can bask in the celebrity portraits and confront the true personalities of rock and roll’s most memorable characters. Full story

DayGlow lights up Tucson this past weekend

OCT 30 By JASON KRELL

The paint party, held at the Tucson Convention Center, was a wild time. With crazy lighting, bigger screens flashing all manner of visuals and much better music, Dayglow easily became one of the most exciting events thrown for college students all year. Full story

"Good Vibrations" to excite guitar lovers

OCT 25 By CECELIA MARSHALL

Guitar fanatics rejoice: “Good Vibrations,” a UA Museum of Art exhibition, will celebrate the love for one of the world’s most popular instruments in a new way. Full story

UA professor honors Emily Dickinson in MOCA art installation

OCT 21 By JAZMINE WOODBERRY

The National Endowment for the Arts and local Kore Press present months’ worth of events in a push called Big Read Tucson. It’s a celebration of the works of Emily Dickinson to inspire more reading in the community — and the UA is getting in on the act. Full story

Bands to break your midterm misery

OCT 16 By K.C. LIBMAN

Either you’re done (lucky you), halfway through (like myself), or not even there yet (God have mercy on your soul)— midterms are here, kids! So instead of sitting in the library and wishing for this hell to be over, here’s three bands, and three of their songs, to put a smile on your face when you’re poring over those dry textbooks. Full story

Party in ‘Strangeland’

OCT 14 By JASON KRELL

This was not a concert — it was a mother fucking party. At least that’s how Tech N9ne’s intro and hype man, Scenario, described Tech’s concert on Wednesday at the Rialto Theatre. All hyperbole aside, that’s the best way to describe it. Full story