’70s Iranian rock of Googoosh and Kourosh gets reissued [MP3]

| August 30, 2011

Sundays Calendar section features a look at two recently compiled collections of pre-revolutionary Persian rock and pop music, which serves as a reminder of the exhuberant modern culture that developed in the country before the 1979 Islamic revolution single-handedly halted the movement. This week the label Now-Again Records will release a collection of Persian rock [...]

TEP seeks to reduce incentives for solar

| August 30, 2011

Tucsons solar-energy buildout will accelerate next year, as Tucson Electric Power Co. focuses on bringing more big, utility-scale solar projects online. But a proposal by TEP to significantly cut funding for solar-energy systems installed by commercial customers has raised concerns among local solar installers. The Arizona Corporation Commission plans to air the commercial-solar issue during [...]