I had a dream like this once, and now artist Brian Stuckey has made it real with "The Last Breakfast":

If you're looking for music to drive guests from your home or to use an example of how much better things were when you were a kid, may I suggest this song by Crazy Crazy Awesome? So much terrible Autotune and painful screaming. Why, Elkhart, Indiana? Why?

Bonus: their bio describes them as "two hyped up kids [who] use their adrenaline to entertain fans while doing their homework on the side to deliver the Gospel message through the lyrics of their songs." I actually go to church, and this song might just convince me to stop.

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This week Tucson Weekly TV looks at the process of reworking a venue, as Plush wraps up their renovation process and local photographer Lisa Healey cataloged the renovations from start to finish.

We have a pair of tickets (well, two names to put on the guest list most likely, but you get the idea) and a limited edition 7" single (that looks like denim!) featuring a song featuring the two acts together on the A side, and two unreleased PS I Love You tracks on the B side.

Go to the page for this giveaway, sign in (or sign up, if you're not in our system), and we'll randomly pick a winner of the tickets and the 7" on Tuesday the 1st. Good luck.

Videos from both acts below the cut.

• Rebekah Zemansky/Cronkite News Service
• Rep. Matt Heinz, D-Tucson, co-author of legislation outlawing spice, says the substance is dangerous because its side effects vary by brand, batch and person.

How crazy is this legislative session? It's so crazy that a Democrat got a bill passed. Rep. Matt Heinz of Tucson worked with GOP lawmakers to ban faux-weed Spice. Rebekah Zemansy of Cronkite News Service has the story:

Spice, a chemically treated blend of herbs marketed as incense but often smoked as an alternative to marijuana, is now illegal in Arizona.

Gov. Jan Brewer held a ceremonial signing Tuesday for a bill classifying substances used to make spice as dangerous drugs. Anyone caught making, selling or possessing spice can be charged with a Class 2 felony, which carries a minimum four years in prison.

“All law enforcement that we are aware of certainly support the bill and will enforce it and will prosecute under it,” said Brewer, who in fact signed the measure into law last Friday.

Because the legislation has an emergency clause, requiring approval

You might be surprised at what's popped up at Mother Hubbard’s since Kelzi Bartholomaei bought the place.

"It's still a breakfast-and-lunch joint, but I've taken some of the greasiness out of the spoon," said Bartholomaei, who bought the restaurant at 14 W. Grant Road last April. "My tastes are pretty eclectic."

Take the breakfast hamburger topped with hash browns and a fried egg, or the "Traveler," a burger topped with pineapple and orange-ginger-Thai-pepper sauce. There are also four kinds of homemade sausage, and reuben sandwiches are made from corned beef brined in-house.

“The last thing I wanted to do was two eggs hash browns and toast, but you can still get that,” says Bartholomaei, adding that the restaurant's signature $1.99 breakfast special is still available from 6 to 8 a.m.

There are also fresh homemade biscuits and pecan-cinnamon rolls on most days and a number of unique versions of eggs Benedict on weekends.

Hours are 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Saturday; and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday.

Call 623-7976 for more information.

While the argument could be made that senators need to have minds before those minds could be controlled, this was still a terrible idea:

The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in "psychological operations" to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war, Rolling Stone has learned — and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators.

The orders came from the command of Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, a three-star general in charge of training Afghan troops — the linchpin of U.S. strategy in the war. Over a four-month period last year, a military cell devoted to what is known as "information operations" at Camp Eggers in Kabul was repeatedly pressured to target visiting senators and other VIPs who met with Caldwell. When the unit resisted the order, arguing that it violated U.S. laws prohibiting the use of propaganda against American citizens, it was subjected to a campaign of retaliation.

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Can we fly Rep. Gordon Hintz—a Wisconsin Democrat—to Phoenix to teach our Arizona minority party a few lessons on telling it like it is?

Of course, if would help if 35,000 Arizonans decided it was time to camp out at the Capitol, too. I'm wondering what it's going to take?

After staying up to watch the Senate Appropriations Committee meeting Tuesday—but giving up around 2 a.m. yesterday morning—I wonder what it's going to take to make thousands of Arizonans just as mad as those in Wisconsin. Are we paying attention?

• Arizona State Parks
• The Homolovi II ruins site at Homolovi Ruins State Park.

Now the Hopi Tribe is saving Homolovi Ruins State Park from closing. There’s just one caveat—-they want the name changed.

The tribe has agreed to enter in a one-year agreement with Arizona State Parks, contributing $175,000 to keep the park, located just east of Flagstaff, open to the public. During early negotiations in November, the Hopi Tribe requested the Arizona State Parks Board take “Ruins” out of the park’s name, according to an information report released by the board.

“To the Hopi, the word ‘Ruin’ in the park name refers to ‘something dead.’ They would prefer ‘Ruin’ be replaced with another noun or remove it,” the report says.

The park will re-open on March 1, with its grand re-opening set for March 18, regardless of whether the name is changed, says Ellen Bilbrey, public information officer for Arizona State Parks.

The Arizona State Parks board will seek input from the public on the potential name change at its March 17 board meeting.

Until recently, the name changed seemed a virtual certainty to state parks officials.

“Yes, we’re going to change the name. ‘Ruins’ is just being dropped,” Arizona State Parks Assistant Director Jay Ziemann told the Tucson Weekly three weeks ago. “It may happen as early as February.”

Arizona State Parks is asking those with suggestions or comments on the name change to either come to March’s board meeting at the Winslow City Council Chambers or send a message via the “Contact Us” tab at azstateparks.gov.