by Sari Krosinsky Daily Lobo At the UNM Poets and Writers Reading Series last Thursday, faculty member and poet Diane Thiel remarked that Charles Bukowski isn't exactly a bedside read. Well, the same goes for Don McIver. McIver has two chapbooks, covering a range of subjects from the political to the personal to the letter to a prostitute who works Central west of University.

Hey you engineering majors, where's your robot band? JBOT has his: Captured by Robots. JBOT isn't really his name. His name is Jay Vance. But in response to such hard-hitting questions from the Daily Lobo such as "What is your name?" he squirmed and lied.

by Dustin Habermann Daily Lobo What is it about Carlos Santana that draws thousands of people to his shows year after year? What separates him from other artists, Latin and otherwise, that grants him the financial and artistic success that has lasted more than 30 years? For example, why do thousands pack the Journal Pavilion for Santana, whereas Ozomatli, his opening act, barely fills smaller venues such as the Sunshine Theatre? These were the questions flooding my head as I was stuck in traffic on the way to the Santana/Ozomatli show on Tuesday night at the Journal Pavilion.

by Margarita Ortega y Gómez Daily Lobo Glam, jam, thank you ma'am! — October is National Coming Out Month. Just in time, a newly-formed production company, Sinatra-DeVine, is kicking it off with drag revue appropriately called "Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are: A Night of a Thousand Stars" with a knockout, all-star cast.