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From Japanese film to the Western and back again
Daniel V. Garcia | January 16I must confess that I thoroughly enjoy spaghetti Westerns.
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A dark future from a serious sci-fi flick
Rhian Hibner | January 16by Rhian Hibner Daily Lobo In a perfect world, Clive Owen would be practicing his Oscar speech. Unfortunately for him, it's not a perfect world. Instead, the academy will ignore "Children of Men," much as they ignore most science-fiction films. It's a shame, because if the academy was willing to see past the end of its nose, it would be clear that it doesn't need to look any further for best picture.
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The highs and lows in the history of crack rap
Damian Garde | January 16Cocaine and hip-hop have been on-again, off-again lovers since the genre's inception.
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Band brings innovative sound to local scene
Marcella Ortega | January 8A few years ago, Unit 7 Drain came out of the woodwork. "We were basically living in makeshift homeless camps in the woods, practicing on generators from people's tool sheds," guitarist and vocalist Harry Redus said. "We lived in places in central New Mexico like La Joya, which is really, really nowhere. Veguita, Corrales - all these places that are rural farming communities."
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Albuquerque theater shuts its doors after two years
Marcella Ortega | January 8The jokes have come to an end at the Gorilla Tango Theatre. "It is basically a series of events in Albuquerque," owner Dan Abbate said in reference to why the theater is closing. "The decision was made that our property was better invested somewhere else."
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Film recalls a time when Jacko was a bit more sane
Joe Buffaloe | January 8Ever since Michael Jackson was spotted hanging out in palaces in the Middle East, I've been convinced he's had the weirdest life in the history of the world. He deserves a medal or something.
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2007 looks to be a banner year for gaming fans
Rhian Hibner | January 8Every year, the president of the United States gives a State of the Union address. In this tradition, "Console Wars" brings its trusty readers the state of gaming as of January 2007.
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NM enchants popular culture with the paranormal
Mike Smith | December 11Perhaps the most distrusted name in news today, the Weekly World News, is a black-and-white supermarket tabloid featuring entertaining and untrue stories with headlines that vary from the impossible to the deranged.
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10,000 memories for music, movie fans
Marcella Ortega | December 11Louie Torres doesn't just sell movie posters. He sells memories. "Some people buy movie posters not because they really like the movie, but because certain movies bring back certain memories for them," he said. "Maybe at the time they saw the movie, they were going through a divorce. Or maybe they had just fallen in love with somebody and had gone to see the movie with them and that was their first movie together."
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The Lobo threesome
Debra Au | December 11Joanna Newsom Ys Available Now Sometimes harpists should just stick to the strings. Joanna Newsom and her five-track, hour-long album Ys are, well, interesting. While the harp music itself is graceful and airy, the lyrics and vocals leave a lot to be desired. The obscenely long songs meander their ...
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Selling childhoods back to gamers a slimy situation
Rhian Hibner | December 7There's an odd trend afoot in the console world. Apparently, it's become the order of the day to take Flash games off of the Internet, where they can be played for free, and then charge people several dollars to play them on a $600 console. Case in point is the primordial game "Flow." It's a fairly simple game. In it, the player controls a small primordial being that must swim around and eat other primordial beings in order to evolve. It's not complicated. It is addictive.
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Near Los Lunas, a mysterious inscription is left without a trace, translation
Mike Smith | December 7Drive 18 miles west of the central New Mexico village of Los Lunas, and you drive into a world of dirt, rocks and little else.
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Artist finds stencil graffiti, painting therapeutic
Marcella Ortega | December 7A few years ago, Bradford came to the realization that he cannot draw. "I still had the urge to make pictures, so I had to find some other way to translate what I saw in my head," he said.
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Talib Kweli flirts with stardom
Damian Garde | December 5Talib Kweli doesn't want to be famous. At least that's what the veteran New York rapper would have you believe.
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Flea market offers a cornucopia of good investments
Marcella Ortega | December 5With the oh-so-joyous holiday season in gear, it's time I got serious about shopping. After a six-month hiatus, I decided to spend a morning at the flea market, where the merchandise seems endless, and the prices are never what they appear to be. If you are a skilled haggler, a few hours at the flea market could be a good investment.
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Cafe offers breakfast, lunch and dinner for chocolate lovers on a student budget
Shandea Williams | December 5Any restaurant with the words chocolate and bakery in the title is bound to be delicious.
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Literary magazine accepting artwork
Marcella Ortega | December 5Conceptions Southwest editor Monika Dziamka said this year's issue should be better than in previous years.
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Future of space elevator anchored in NM's past
Mike Smith | November 30The past, and the history that fills it, can be thrilling - but the future, and the history not yet made, could be even more so.
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Playing with fire
Marcella Ortega | November 30Twirling a burning rope in his front yard is just practice for Pax Blanchard. "Raves are the big thrill, because the music is everywhere," he said. "You can't hear what you are doing. You can't even hear yourself speak. It's you and the music, and everyone else is just watching you. Right when you light those things on fire, 10 heads turn."
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Gamers paint video games in good light by giving them to kids in the hospital
Rhian Hibner | November 30Nothing good can come from playing video games. That's the assertion that many people in national politics have been making over the last decade. Ever since the Columbine shooting, all manners of criminal activity have been blamed on the influence of video games. The problem is that it isn't true.
