Next week will be a good one to be a Scot in Tucson. Or, at least, a fan of the fruits of Scottish lyrical and comedic labor.

In a four-day span you can see two acts spotlighting a well-known Scot. First up, on Monday (4/16) night, is Garbage, which plays the Rialto Theatre. Garbage, which has been around since the mid-1990s and is fronted by Scottish femme fatale Shirley Manson, has a new album coming out in May.

Three days later, on April 19 (Thursday), you can trek down to Casino del Sol to witness the humor of The Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson.

I believe Kiltlifter Ale is served at both venues.

Housse de Racket combines the danceable sounds of modern techno with the electro-pop of '80s New Wave, with vocals that closely resemble that of modern alt-rock star Mark Foster of Foster the People. Their song, "Discobelle" reminds me of something that would have fit perfectly into John Hughes's '80s-era movie soundtracks like Breakfast Club or Pretty in Pink.

Are you ready for an '80s throwback with a modern twist?

Guitarist Pierre Leroux and drummer Victor Le Masne of the French duo, Housse de Racket, come to Club Congress at 9 p.m. on Thursday in support of album, "Alesia."

Here's what Chris of the Another Rainy Saturday music blog says about the band:

They make a glorious noise together, with Leroux doing much of the music, getting a lot of sound from his guitar — and large collection of distortion pedals. LeMasne provides a steady, but powerful drum beat and unbeatable mustache.

One problem with the first music video from Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta, directed by Marianne Dissard...it's not long enough. Otherwise, it's a nice charming bit of what the band has to offer. Enjoy!

A few weeks ago, we obtained the Tucson Police Department investigation file for Feb. 24 — the day that Daniel Patterson and Georgette Escobar were witnessed having a "domestic dispute" at Escobar's home.

With all that's going on today regarding Patterson's hearing with the Ethics committee (Rep. McCune Davis quoted from the report), now seems like a good time to get out the information of what reportedly happened that day.

The report begins with a he-said-she-said: Patterson claimed that Escobar hit him over the head and neck "approximately twenty times," (during his 911 call to the police, he claimed she hit him around 50 times,) though he reported "no injury." Escobar told the reporting officer that she was trying to leave the house when Patterson stopped her and "physically removed her from her vehicle" a claim substantiated by employees of the Parks department who witnessed the incident. Escobar also told police that Patterson had taken her service dog, Jake.

Patterson retreated to his property with Jake in tow, choosing to speak to police over a seven-foot block wall. It was reported that police were only able to see the top of Patterson's face, and "unable to see if there were any visible injuries."

Later that evening, police went back to Escobar's home to serve an Order of Protection to Patterson; he wasn't there. At that point, Escobar told police that she had a bruises on her right leg and left arm, as a result of being pulled from the her car, she indicated in a March 1 interview with TPD.

Police interviews of the Parks employees revealed that on Feb. 24, Patterson had opened up the back door to Escobar's SUV to pull Escobar's dog out. Then, confirmed by both the Parks employees as well as Escobar, Escobar approached Patterson to stop him — and was backhanded "hard enough to knock [her] to the ground.

House Speaker Andy Tobin has just announced that he has accepted the resignation of state Rep. Daniel Patterson. So that's over.

The text of the letter, below the cut.

Charles and Bok Kim's new restaurant Kimchi Time Korean Restaurant will soon be serving traditional Korean food out of a space at 2900 E. Broadway Blvd.

"It's going to be traditional Korean food, but a lot of people think Korean food is really spicy, so we're trying to show that only certain things are spicy," said Charles Kim, adding that he'll be serving about 30 different dishes when the restaurant opens at the end of the month.

There will be beer, wine and sake as well, but the most interesting thing on the drink menu will be makkoli, which was considered the Korean version of moonshine until its recent return to popularity. It's also the oldest alcoholic beverage to come out of Korea, and Charles Kim says nobody else in town currently serves it.

Hours will be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday; and 4 to 9 p.m., Sunday.

Feist's latest video, "Bittersweet Melodies", from her 2011 album Metals, uses Irina Werning's somewhat famous "Back to the Future" series of photographs as the visual to go with her quite pleasant song. Be forewarned, the video is somewhat NSFW due to topless women, although I suppose that depends on where you work.

A reminder: Feist is opening for Bon Iver on April 23rd at the TCC Arena, which is a can't miss show if you enjoy subtle, thoughtful indie rock, and who doesn't?

The last time we asked readers to urge Gov. Jan Brewer to veto a bill, it actually worked: Brewer vetoed HB 2757, which would have allowed electronic billboards along Arizona’s highways.

So we’re once again asking you to reach for your telephone to give Brewer a call and ask her to veto HB 2199, otherwise known as the Polluter Protection Act.

Supporters of the bill—which include all of the Republican lawmakers in our neck of the woods—say the legislation will create an “environmental audit privilege” that will just encourage companies to clean up any toxic messes that they discover in the course of doing business.

But opponents of the legislation—such as the Sierra Club and most of our Democratic lawmakers—argue that it lets polluters off the hook if they discover they’ve been violating environmental regulations, as long as they report the problem to the government. Those reports are hidden behind a veil of secrecy and can’t be used in civil lawsuits if the state or other injured parties decide to sue over violations of the law, with all sorts of restrictions on how the information could be used in future lawsuits, including limits on who could testify—which would go a long way to silencing whistleblowers.

You don't have to be Erin Brockovich to realize that the new law creates an incentive for businesses to ignore the environmental regulations that keep poisons out of Arizona’s air and water. If a company knows that it hide wrongdoing in legal web of secrecy and say it’s sorry after committing violations, it’s gonna be a lot easier for bad actors to commit bad deeds. And that is bad news for companies that do play by the rules, because their competitors will be the ones cutting corners to drive them out of business.

Call Gov. Brewer at 1-800-253-0883 and tell her to veto HB 2199. Arizona doesn’t need a Polluter Protection Act.

• Potted Garden by The Contained Gardener

PLANTING

• Warm-season annuals such as cosmos, globe amaranth, gloriosa daisy, marigold, and zinnia. Be sure to check that the plants’ root systems are well developed by gently lifting the plant from its nursery container and looking for a light-colored ‘road map’ of roots.
• Warm-season flowering bulbs such as canna, dahlia, daylily and gladiolus.
• Vegetables including beans, okra, cucumber, peanut, pumpkin, melon and squash.
• Seedlings of pepper, tomatoes, squash, eggplant and green onion.
• Warm-to-hot-season greens such as amaranth, purslane, Malabar spinach, and Yakina Savoy lettuce can be sown now and grown through summer — just as we do, all will appreciate afternoon shade from a tall trellis, tree, or sunflowers to the west.
• Seeds for warm-season flowers such as gaillardia, salvia, sunflowers — great for the kids! and zinnia in garden beds.
• Plant container-grown roses.
• Plant new citrus and protect trunks from sunburn. Don’t fertilize when flowering.
• Plant desert landscape shrubs, cacti and succulents so that the roots re-establish before the summer heat.
• Late this month plant your summer annuals such as Vinca, Penta, Scaevola, more zinnia and other heat seeking flowers.

PRUNING

The danger of frost is past. Look for new growth on landscape and potted plants and prune winter-damaged plant parts back to new growth.

FERTILIZING

Watch for iron deficiency on citrus, pyracantha, gardenia, nandina and bottlebrush. Look for yellow leaves with green veins and apply chelated iron according to package directions.
Always water before and after applying any fertilizer.

WATERING

Adjust drip-irrigation systems to accommodate new plants and the warming temperatures.

For more information on potted gardens in the desert, visit The Contained Gardener. Have a question? Email Marylee .

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Just in case it didn't strike you as offensive when Tucson Unified School District governing board member Michael Hicks shared his concerns during a recent interview on The Daily Show that Mexican-American studies teachers feed their students burritos in order to create a strong bond (because, you know, that's the power burritos have over Mexican-Americans) ... well come on down tonight to the TUSD administration building at 1010 E. 10th St. and find out if it works on you.

A coalition of MAS supporters — AFSCME Local 449, Casa Maria, Citizens for Educational Excellence, Derechos Humanos, Fortin de las Flores, Las Adelitas Arizona, Save Ethnic Studies, Social Justice Education Project (SJEP), Tucson High MEChA, and U.N.I.D.O.S — are hosting a burrito taradeada at 6 p.m.

Hey, the burritos are free, and if you've ever questioned the power that MAS classes have had in changing students' lives, just one bite from these burritos is guaranteed to change your mind.

Oh, if only burritos were that magical. If they were, then surely, they'd be able to prevent tonight's expected firing of MAS program director and co-founder Sean Arce. The district gave Arce a nonrenewal notice — which, TUSD critics point out, is what happens when you speak out in support of your targeted program.

Arce is one of the 11 teacher plaintiffs who filed a federal lawsuit against the state last year in order to get the anti-Mexican-American studies law removed due to the fact that it's unconstitutional. Arce's daughter is also one of three high school plaintiffs that helped convince U.S. District Court Judge A. Wallace Tashima that the lawsuit should remain in play since the students are being denied the classes.

Coincidentally, Arce was recently given the 2012 Myles Horton Award for Teaching People's History for Teaching People's History.