When it rains, it pours, Tucson. The Range has learned that the downtown Buffalo Exchange location on East Congress Street will close on Friday, May 16.

"I just can't do it anymore," said Buffalo Exchange co-founder and President, Kerstin Block.

"I don't think consumers are coming downtown to shop," Block said. "Downtown has become this destination for people to eat and drink."  Before Buffalo Exchange, Block used to own a retro appliance store in the early 1990s called El Retro. Click here to read Marri's interview with Block three years ago when the shop first opened.

The three employees will be relocated to the other two Speedway locations, according to Block. 

Block said that the rent was not a deciding factor. "The landlord has been outstanding to me," the Buffalo Exchange founder said. "We are incredibly grateful for all the customers. There were a few that would make it a point to shop there to help keep the doors open." 

The store is celebrating its 40 years of fashion in Southern Arizona.

Click here for store hours, location and more information.

We are sad to announce the shop will be closing due to the owner’s need to focus on some unexpected health concerns. We will be open regular hours 10-5 daily through Wednesday, May 28th. We will be closed the 29th and 30th, and an auction will be held on Saturday, May 31st. More details on that as it draws closer.

We are so grateful for all of the support of our friends and customers over the past 3 years. We couldn’t have done this, or enjoyed this wee little journey without all of you.

It’s a shame, we had such grand plans for this little shop, and they were all on the verge of becoming reality. Please stop by in these last days, grab that treasure that’s been haunting you, say hello, say adios, just say hey.

Thanks everyone, for everything. Especially Terry, Lisa, Alan, Skeeter, Jenn, and Paul, who all helped pull this little dream together and made it successful and super fun.

If anyone is looking for a top-notch employee, Lisa is the bee's knees, there's no one better, more trust-worthy, or reliable.
We will keep Betty Blue’s Junk Shop alive online, and you may see us at events or maybe a pop-up shop, here or there, who knows?

Much love in junk,

Kim

We received this magnificent newsy paperback called Tucson Radio. Russ Jackson and C.J. Brown chronicle the local radio history dating back to 1930s. Go down memory lane and check it out. Click here to buy a copy.

I'll never forget hearing Gary Coleman on the radio on my way to school. It was so strange to hear the kid in Different Strokes on KRQ with Mojo and Betsy. He never said, "What you Talkin Bout Willis?"

R-Dub! and Gary Coleman in front of Gotham/West Night Club:

• Copyright: Arcadia Publishing & R-Dub!.
• Gary Coleman and R-Dub!.

It’s been 25 years since Nickelodeon’s Hey Dude was on the air. But the memories still haunt the abandoned set at the Tanque Verde Ranch. Florida filmmaker Adam The Woo made a special trip to the outskirts of the Old Pueblo and captured some footage of the hardly memorable set to one of Nick’s earliest attempts at live action television.

From A.V. Club:

Although intended as lighthearted, mildly Jackass-esque amateur reportage, Adam The Woo's videos frequently have a spooky, haunted quality that makes them feel like miniature "found footage" horror movies, minus the violence. That's certainly true of his Hey Dude travelogue, in which the still-cheerful-looking facades barely conceal devastated interiors. Even more sinister is Adam's visit to a nighmarish Flintstones-themed roadside attraction, which gives off a definite Chernobyl/post-apocalyptic vibe. (Those poor goats!) Even Adam The Woo's uptempo, punky theme song doesn't detract from the gloom at the heart of these videos.

That’s strange, we don't see a mention of a Hey Dude tour in the Tanque Verde Ranch program.

There was a simpler time when a device like the cassette player was a practical household item. Now, that ancient piece of technology has been long forgotten, and a good way to stump a know-it-all child. Benny and Rafi Fine recorded the reactions of various young people of Generation Z while they try to figure out how to operate the retro device.

Needless to say, the cassette player won.

“This is a rip off because you want to listen, but you can't because you don't have any headphones,” said a seven-year-old.

Honestly, I can't remember when was the last time I seen a tape player, but I do remember listening to Eminem’s Marshall Mathers on my Sony Walkmen in middle school.

Since the vinyl revival, tapes are making a slow comeback. According to the video, over 22,000 cassettes were sold in 2011. You can buy your very own tape player for around $20 on eBay, or dig around your parent's storage unit.

We here at Weekly World Central do our best to keep you updated on all the comings and goings around Tucson, whether it be in regards to politics, sports, arts and culture ... or wild, raging college parties.

A little more than a year after first making a name for themselves by chronicling one of Tucson's largest and craziest student parties, our friends at Blacked Out Media are at it again. And they promise this one will be the biggest (but also safest) soiree yet.

Blacked Out Media reps say the upcoming Spring Break After-Party on Friday, March 28 at student complex Stone Avenue Standard will be "even bigger" than the infamous Aussie Party and its short-run follow-up event, Friday the 15th.

For those who don't remember — shame on you! — the Aussie Party on Jan. 26, 2013 turned the courtyard of Stone Avenue Standard into a mosh pit of booze, DJs, sweaty young adults and minimal clothing ... exactly what any college kid could want from a party. That is, until someone decided to pull a gun and start firing shots into the air out in the parking lot.

Do you remember your first time blasting a 140 characterless message off to the internet without thinking of future repercussions? Twitter is celebrating its eighth anniversary, and what better way to commemorate the social media platform than looking back at your first tweet. First Tweet will bring you back to simpler times, and the horrific nostalgia will make you think twice about what you say on the Internet.

Our first tweet is pretty forgettable:

Twitter home of www.tucsonweekly.com
— Tucson Weekly (@tucsonweekly) November 17, 2008

Here's some of your favorite celebrities popping their twitter cherries:

Remember when Justin Bieber didn't tag or spit on people?

Check out my single "ONE TIME" on my myspace and spread the word for me. Thanks www.myspace.com/justinbieber
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) May 12, 2009

Before all the Fame and Monsters.

op rehearsing for my video just dance and am now at wmc to perform at the Armani and nervous records party. But I am no nervous record! ...
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) March 27, 2008

Iron Sheik is a man of his word.

#fact iron sheik is making twitter humble - stay tuned
— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) August 25, 2009

• Photo courtesy of Greer family.
• William F. “Bill” Greer

Beloved former University of Arizona journalism professor and Associated Press editor, William F. “Bill” Greer, died in San Diego on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 at the age of 68.

A staunch believer in social justice, Greer, who joined the UA Department of Journalism in 1980, recruited and mentored students from diverse backgrounds. Greer taught several courses at the university, including photojournalism, and was the advisor for The Tombstone Epitaph, the historic newspaper of Tombstone, Ariz. produced by UA students since 1975.

Former students Greer noted that, although he could be gruff at times, Greer could see the potential in each and every student whose life he touched.

“He liked to be your friend,” said C.T. Revere, a Greer protégé who now works as a senior community relations officer for the Arizona Department of Transportation. “He taught you life lessons, but he would be mean as hell if you got off track.”

According to Revere, Greer got to know his family: his parents, his sisters, his brother. “He became a positive influence in their lives too,” said Revere.

Many student staffers of the Epitaph bonded with Greer in the production room.

“He used to piss us off all the time,” said Alfredo Eduardo Araiza, now a professional photojournalist with the Arizona Daily Star. “He would change our copy. Then he’d leave, and we’d change it back…. He didn’t give anything away. If you were good, he wanted to make you better.”

Greer moved heaven and earth to help his students. On one occasion, Greer arranged transportation to a job fair held in Los Angeles by the California Chicano News Media Association.

“Thanks to him and that job fair, I got my first internship at the Hartford Courant where I eventually worked for 25 wonderful years,” said Greg Morago, one of Greer’s first students in the early 1980s. Morago is now a food editor for the Houston Chronicle.

This year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia has come to a close but not after providing us with thrilling competition and plenty of comical photos of this year's Sochi problems, which became a trending hash tag on social media before and during the games.

In case you missed the opening ceremony where the final ring of the Olympic symbol failed to open from a snowflake. The next day stories started surfacing that speculated the worker responsible for the snowflake malfunction was found dead and President Vladimir Putin ordered the hit. Russia mocked the screwup from the opening ceremony in the closing ceremony by purposely leaving the same ring closed before expanding it in a dramatic and comedic fashion, which received a warm response from the crowd.

This one is for the 90s generation (cool) that grew up watching Full House after school everyday.

Jimmy Fallon is leaving the Late Show to host NBC's The Tonight Show soon, so it seems like he will be going out on several nostalgic bits. Last night Fallon reunited the Full House men to come cheer him up because he's going to miss the show he has been hosting for the last five years. Danny Tanner, Uncle Joey, and Uncle Jesse gave some words of encouragement, made fun of the current Tonight Show host and performed an acapella number to sing Jimmy back to sleep.

Last night's episode was touching, but a jarring reminder on how old we are getting.