Being an Internet celebrity sometimes leads to greater things. Three friends from Berkeley, Calif., formed a comedy trio in 2001 called the Lonely Island, making short films and posting them on YouTube. The comedy shorts got so popular that Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer had the chance to audition for "Saturday Night Live." They are now on the cast.
Becoming a tattoo artist wasn't Dominic Sanchez's idea. "I've been drawing all my life," he said. "My friends decided that since I could draw, I could tattoo. So, they made me a homemade tattoo gun."
by Mike Smith Daily Lobo It was October of '97, and the second annual Australian International UFO Symposium had just gotten underway in the eastern Australia city of Brisbane. Writers gave lectures on the latest extraterrestrial news and theories, various groups manned booths to help counsel alleged former abductees, and the organizers of the symposium presented what they suggested was the first ever filmed crash of a UFO.
Yanni's Mediterranean Grill and Opa Bar is the fine dining experience avid food lovers search for. The Nob Hill Greek paradise opened 12 years ago. With Greek food on my mind, I walked in and was greeted by co-owners Nick Kapnison and Jimmy Daskalos, who showed me to my beautiful window seat.
Feist The Reminder Available Now Leslie Feist could be considered the Canadian love child of Enya and Bright Eyes. Striking a balance between upbeat and painstakingly slow, The Reminder is a fusion of piano, soft horn and dreamlike vocals. The first single, "My Moon My Man," feels like a mistake when ...
Zach Condon's life changed with one phone call on the UNM campus. "I received this phone call one day literally walking to class saying, 'Do you want to release this album?'" the Beirut front man said of his critically acclaimed album Gulag Orkestar.
Kurt Vonnegut is dead. Can we finally call him one of the best writers ever?
Last Thursday, I was in the newsroom when Harrison Brooks busted out the door and said he was on his way to test-drive cars. Before I continue, let me get you acquainted with Brooks.
Hip-hop isn't always kind to its elder statesmen. Just ask Prodigy of Mobb Deep, who, after seeing platinum sales and critical acclaim, has been filed away as a has-been by rap amnesiacs. Back in 1993, when Prodigy got his start with the Mobb, his bleak descriptions of ghetto nihilism shook fans and critics.
In the piney mountains and desert mesas of south central New Mexico, residents of the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation still share the legends of an enormous and evil bird: Big Owl.
Juanita Toledo won Miss Indian UNM for reasons beyond hergood looks. "I showed a lot of character onstage," she said. Three students ran for the Miss Indian UNM Pageant at the SUB on Sunday.
Are you smarter than a fifth-grader? Well, you'd be pretty stupid if you weren't. That's not to say a game show couldn't be made of the question. After all, people in this country are very stupid. Hell, even college kids are mostly ignorant, lazy and lacking in critical-thinking skills.
Static-X Cannibal Available Now There are some things in life that you can't just kind of like - modern art, the opera or Sanjaya Malakar - you either love 'em or hate 'em. The same holds true for metal music - either you revere it the first time you hear it, or you refuse to accept it as a credible ...
In 1981, the effort required to move a game from one system to another was negligible. Moving "Pac-Man" from the Atari 2600 to the Commodore 64 was a simple matter, requiring little more than recompiling the code for the new system.
An outfit is a work of art most people take for granted. It takes an eye for color and a knack for frugality to be successful at decorating your human canvas - unless you're rich. If you're rich, what I have to present probably doesn't concern you, but congratulations on your prosperity.
Female students strutting their stuff onstage drew admiration and criticism at the Peaches and Cream Fashion Show on Monday. "I'm just trying to hold a respectable medium," said Jason Goodman, president of Black Men in Motion. "I was trying to make the event tasteful, and most of my contestants followed that medium - PG-13."
When I lived in New Orleans, I watched jazz cats, Delta bluesmen and folkies ply their trades throughout the French Quarter, but one group in particular stood out with its authenticity - the Jug Band at Jackson Square.
Burlesque is back, and the ladies of Bella Donna Burlesque Review have more than a couple sombrero pasties up their sleeves. "There will be lots of vintage boobies," member Cherry Jubilee said.
As of 2007, almost 2 million people live in New Mexico. Almost 500,000 of them live in Albuquerque, and more than 300,000 live in Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, Roswell and Farmington.
Rocks arouse more interest when they come from outer space, thus becoming meteorites.
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