If it hadn't been for J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, the world probably wouldn't have a very successful fantasy genre. No "Dungeons and Dragons," no "Harry Potter" and, very likely, no "World of Warcraft."
Melechesh Emissaries Available Now Who better to bring heavy metal than a band from Israel? If there's one place in the world that inspires feelings of apocalypse, it's got to be there. Melechesh, on its second album, transfers all the scary thoughts you've ever had into one of the most creative hard-core ...
A few weeks ago, Marcella and Eva, the culture department girls par excellence, had a party that featured the sounds of Albuquerque's gypsy jazz revivalist quartet, Le Chat Lunatique. When describing these guys to others, the name Django Reinhardt always comes up as a comparison, but it is frequently met with a blank stare or drooling. OK, the latter has happened only once, but it was memorable enough to mention here, and for good reason.
After years of battling, turntablists Ohm and Kiddo decided to join forces as Five Oh Fresh. The duo will perform March 15 at the Launchpad at 618 Central Ave. S.W.
I'm fat. Not fat in the newly celebrated bootylicious, real-women-have-curves way. I am simply overweight and wear a clothing size in the double digits. This makes it difficult to dress fashionably. I am not one to proudly wave the "big is beautiful" flag, but I do think plus-size gals need not dress like tent-wrapped goat herders.
Rory Coyne finished three large, bizarre oil paintings for his upcoming show. "I try to do at least six pieces for a show," said Coyne, a UNM graduate student studying art. "But the work suffers, so I wanted to focus more on quality than quantity. I focused on three major pieces that are large enough to stand on their own on each wall."
If you were to drive about two hours east of Santa Fe, watching from your car as the sagebrush desert rocked past and rose up into wooded hills and mesas, you might find yourself near the tiny ranching town of Trementina, which is a place that doesn't seem to have much going on.
Best Student Essays is extending its deadline to March 9. "We always get good work but always at the last minute," said Scott Frank, editor of the publication.
Hungarians are a melancholy people, and their music reflects that state of mind. "It's a country that suffered a lot for many centuries through many invasions," said violinist Roberta Mez?-Arruda. "They've had few years of real independence. Of course, they made up for it - they're a very strong-charactered folk. The music reflects that a lot - the music can be quite sad. There's a saying, 'The Hungarians rejoice crying.'"
Can a minor cult hit on Comedy Central be made into a good movie? The answer is yes, if you like the show already, and an unenthusiastic maybe if you're new to it.
Stephen Perry wrote a song about Jesus, and his life has never been the same. "I had always done serious songs before then," he said. "Not many of my songs have that kind of straight-up humor, but I try to incorporate playfulness most of the time."
I can't stand most restaurants that serve New Mexican food - nearly all of them fall into the OK category.
Let's end the argument: Yes, standing in front of a beach wearing nothing but a painted-on bikini is a sport. That's right. Recently, the most ridiculous product of America's puritanical heritage hit newsstands and mailboxes all over the U.S. By 9 p.m., it had disappeared to the bathrooms of the homes of about 140,000 puberty-stricken boys.
While the diamond-studded Jesus pieces hanging from your favorite rapper's neck may seem right at home, there was once a time when East Coast hip-hop dabbled in blasphemy.
Music is a key element in the work of graffiti artist Luke Aiello. "You get letters, and you just flow with them like waves," he said. "That's how my basic flow is, like water. It's cool just to get loose. That's what I tell everyone else who is interested. I tell them, 'Just practice and flow with it. Let it take you.'"
Occasionally, when a star explodes, its field of gravity will cause the star's remains to collapse in upon itself in a world-shaking cascade of unstoppable force and motion.
There are people out there who will stoop to any level to come up with ammo for anti-video game lobbying. It would help if people would stop handing them perfect little packages to use in their misguided crusades.
Women didn't have equal footing in Albuquerque's poetry scene until poet Lisa Gill started The Rag in 1999. The Rag, which used to be a monthly poetry broadside for women poets, was part of a series to boost their productivity and means for an outlet.
Ashley Tisdale Headstrong Available Now The Disney-produced pop era that once paved the way for stars such as Britney, Christina, O-Town and 'N Sync has entered its baroque period. And, really, it's broke. Ashley Tisdale is the latest to come out with a pop-revival album. You may know her from her ...
People have their boundaries. Through March 4, UNM's Theatre X will explore the concept of boundaries and what happens when people cross them, as it presents three plays in the series "Pressing Boundaries."
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