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(09/15/09 4:17am)
Sol Aravena, 37-year-old Chilean and creator of Muza, just moved to Taos to work with Petroglyph Records. Aravena traveled to New Mexico without her original Chilean musicians, but she has teamed up with two musicians from Taos to soothe ears all over the Southwest. She said Muza’s spiritual sound arose from her experience growing up under the dictatorship of Pinochet. While Aravena was a child, artistic expression was stifled in Chile, and Aravena said she wasn’t able to express and explore her interest in music until 1990. Aravena will play in QBar at Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town on Friday at 8 p.m.
(09/10/09 5:11am)
“¡Que Viva!”
(09/09/09 6:14am)
David Polka knows a career in art isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme. Polka comes from a family of artists and got a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio art. He’s had shows for the pieces he creates on multiple mediums including wood and paper. Polka said New Mexican art has influenced him without his realizing it, and he will incorporate that style into his future work.
(09/03/09 5:09am)
New Mexico Tea Company’s Tea Bar isn’t your grandmother’s tea house, but there’s no guarantee she won’t go after she hears about it.
(09/02/09 4:42am)
Ben McClintock has returned to his native Albuquerque, but only for a bit. He graduated from Berklee College of Music for guitar, but figured too many other people did the same thing. Now he’s come home to invent a unique sound and perfect it before he moves to San Francisco. Since his return, McClintock has joined up with some friends to form a group temporarily named Wal-Mart. McClintock is also teaching guitar lessons.
(08/27/09 5:20am)
Spicing up your Saturday night could be as easy as adding a little salsa — but not the kind you put on chips.
(08/25/09 6:30am)
Tapas are rare in New Mexico, so if you’ve never tried them now is the perfect time to head to the newly opened Cosmo Tapas on Central Avenue.
(08/17/09 7:53am)
There are few authors who can make readers laugh out loud, and David Sedaris does just that.
The dark humor in his most recent book, When you are Engulfed in Flames, is an entertaining and thoughtful read that anyone with a sense of humor will enjoy.
It’s a compilation of Sedaris’ creative non-fiction essays that have appeared in the New Yorker and on the NPR show This American Life. The book also includes some previously unpublished work.
In Flames, Sedaris recalls moments from his childhood when he realized his interest in dead things. He used to dig up graves of old pets, just for fun. But that interest troubles him later on in life when his partner asks him to buy a full-sized skeleton for a birthday gift.
Sedaris recalls being haunted by this skeleton and its blatant promise of mortality.
“I’d be sitting in my office, gossiping on the telephone, and the skeleton would cut in, sounding like an international operator, ‘You are going to die,’” he wrote in Flames.
Sedaris has an eye for detail and the human condition that might escape most people, which allows him to find humor in the gross and strange.
The most entertaining part of this book was his essay titled “The Smoking Section.” For anyone who has tried to quit smoking, Sedaris can bring some humor to an otherwise difficult and painful process. He takes quitting very seriously, so seriously that he flees to Tokyo for two months as a distraction to break up his smoking routine.
He enrolls in a Japanese language course, but learning languages is not Sedaris’ strong suit.
“It’s not just that I’m the worst student in the class, it’s that I’m clearly the worst student in the class, miles behind that former dope, Sang Lee,” Sedaris writes. “What makes it that much harder to bear is the teacher’s kindness, which has come to feel like pity. ‘You can keep your book open,’ Miki-sensei told me, but even that didn’t help.”
What was most enjoyable about “The Smoking Section” was Sedaris’ subtle noting of cultural and linguistic differences between American, Japanese and European people.
While in Tokyo, he would find small mistakes on English signs.
“A sign outside a beauty parlor reads ‘Eye Rash Tint,’ and instead of laughing, I should give them credit for at least coming close,” he wrote.
Flames uses much of the same self-deprecating style seen in Sedaris’ other books, such as Me Talk Pretty One Day and Naked. Though it’s largely lovable, some readers might find the style repetitive.
But in his latest work, Sedaris does something a bit new by reminiscing less about his childhood than he does in his other works. Flames focuses more on his middle-aged life in Normandy, his nutty neighbor in New York, his parents’ attempt at being art collectors and some random things he picked up along the way, including a pair of nylon underpants that come with a luscious fake bum attached to the back.
Sedaris has a shamelessness that should be admired, and even if he might exaggerate details, it’s great to be entertained by a man who puts his worst gaffes out there for the world to read.
(08/05/09 7:21pm)
You don’t have to be afraid to talk about “doing it” at Self Serve.
(07/27/09 6:00am)
You don't have to be afraid to talk about "doing it" at Self Serve.
(07/20/09 6:00am)
Some people say going to a hip-hop show is like going to church.
(07/13/09 6:00am)
With new buildings popping up around the UNM community, one might wonder where the money for all this construction came from.
(07/06/09 6:00am)
Ryan Sohmer, creator of the online comic strip "Least I Could Do," said his motto for life and writing is "Don't worry, read happy." Sohmer said writing an online comic gives him the freedom to talk about whatever subjects he wants, including sex and religion. Before he began working on his comic strip, Sohmer was a journalist with dreams of traveling overseas. But Sohmer found he didn't want to write for a newspaper because he didn't care about the stories he was assigned. His break into comic writing came when he realized his descriptive writing skills were strong and that long-form fiction, such as novels, intimidated him. Sohmer released the second volume of his comic strip in a book called "Velcro Pants Are Awesome."
(06/29/09 6:00am)
Hollywood took a hit last week with the deaths of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon and Billy Mays.
(06/29/09 6:00am)
In an economy like today's, people will do almost anything for extra business.
(06/22/09 6:00am)
Change seems to be the word of the year, and Elizabeth Powers wants to help New Mexicans get the change they want.
(06/22/09 6:00am)
The ultimate dude movie has arrived, and thanks to the dashing looks of Bradley Cooper, women will also enjoy "The Hangover."
(06/08/09 6:00am)
Jerry Cena, a.k.a. 'Solar One,' said he didn't find success the first time he released a demo CD while he was in high school.
(06/08/09 6:00am)
Flying through the air on a trapeze is no longer confined to an outdoor arena. In fact, you can see it at Popejoy Hall this weekend.
(06/01/09 6:00am)
The Albuquerque Bosque's trash is an artist's treasure.