Its Facebook page describes the band’s sound as “tragically underrated droney psych-rock.” Local band CanyonLands originated as a project called Small Flightless Birds that started while vocalist/guitarist Nathan Bickley was attending the University.
What do you get when you mix a blended-up cartoon baby, a cocktail of bodily fluids and gore that makes “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” look like “Bambi”? Burning Paradise Video has the answer.
It’s the last movie rental holdout, a Pandora’s box full of lost treasures. Burning Paradise Video has outlasted Blockbuster and Hollywood Video, and remains unconquerable terrain for the Redbox and Netflix.
Cartoonist Stephen McCranie has a pointy, kind face, and is dismayingly tall. His name is just as unwieldy.
Phooey on you, brainless America. Boy, oh, boy, did the big-wigs hit it big, selling us not only sneakers, burgers, insurance and batteries, but also slinging us the subliminal.
Students who have had to pick between a general graduation ceremony and a ceremony for their department now have a third option: Rainbow Graduation. It’s a new ceremony for LGBTQ students and their friends (and allies) organized by the LGBTQ Resource Center.
It is appropriate that a piece of incredible magical realism can simply be referred to as magical. Literally everything is in place for this piece.
From introductory courses in math and science to languages that have come back from the dead to haunt living students, there are 92 UNM courses that have earned a failure rate as low as 20 percent and up to 55 percent, according to the Fall 2010 Course Outcomes Data (aka “Killer Courses”) compiled by the Office of Institutional Research. Math 121 Twelve out of the 92 killer courses were math classes, which also account for five of the six classes with failure rates above 50 percent.
All of us love getting an A, whether you’re a slacker or a high achiever who needs a GPA boost. The Daily Lobo is here to offer unofficial suggestions for your fall schedule so you know where to find those “do the min., you win” classes.
The world is completely screwed. Human beings are, basically, a parasite on the face of the planet.
Engineering is not just a man’s game, but the trick is making sure women know that. The UNM chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is looking to make that known by holding a live auction where people can bid on their favorite engineering student and “geeks” from other majors.
Generally, it’s best to avoid fire, but the UNM’s Words Afire Festival is encouraging its audience to feel the burn. The festival pairs dramatic writing graduate students with internationally renowned directors who transform the students’ screenplays into lively, full-blown productions.
The sound of balls thudding against rough stone tiles echoes across Smith Plaza. Two people are juggling in front of skateboarders.
With finals coming up, everyone needs a study break regardless of whether they’ve actually been studying.
UNM’s choral program commissioned a piece on death to celebrate its 100 years of life. About a year ago, UNM Choral Activities Director Brad Ellingboe approached world-renowned composer Rene Clausen to request a piece to celebrate the program’s centennial.
I don’t know if I’ve gotten better at auditioning in the years I’ve been an actor. You certainly never stop learning about acting — new tools, methods, head games, and modes of attack and thought.
Editor’s Note: In the past, Fiestas brought artists such as the Flobots and the Shins. This year, we get Twista.
The marginalized will be the majority — well, at least for one night. The OUTSpoken Queer Poetry Slam started in October as a quarterly event, and in June it will culminate in the PrideFest championships. Organizer Erin Northern said the Albuquerque slam poetry scene probably hasn’t heard all the queer voices because some are reluctant to put themselves in vulnerable situations.
How do you engrave 2,000 space invaders on the face of a two-inch wooden cube? With lasers, of course.
Apparently this really happened: During World War II, pinball machines in family restaurants exhorted players to “Kill The Jap.” How ugly, indeed. The Que Feo exhibit is a collection of artwork previously displayed at the 105 Art Gallery and created by artists’ collective Vistas Latinas.
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