The Annuals are enjoying their newfound indie stardom. "It's all very new to us, and it's all very exciting," said Mike Robinson, the band's bassist. "We are all very grateful for it, because we worked really hard."
For Niles Mahlman, the most attractive aspect of glassblowing is the danger. "I like not being able to touch what I'm working on and knowing that at any minute, it could explode on me or challenge me in ways that humble me," he said.
Bill O'Reilly should be the biggest hip-hop fan in the Western Hemisphere. Granted, he has been among the most vocal opponents of the genre, but considering the philosophies conveyed in mainstream hip-hop, right-wingers ought to be knocking G-Unit in their Beamers.
I remember watching my grandfather use a harmonica to accompany himself while he sang rancheras. Since then, this tiny but versatile instrument has fascinated me.
Going to the club can be expensive, but not as expensive as the polyester threads necessary for attending such a festivity.
Sushi is addictive. I've already been to all the sushi places near campus, so my habit led me to explore what else was around town to suppress the craving. That's when I came across I Love Sushi, an adorable sushi and teppanyaki restaurant.
My Chemical Romance The Black Parade Available Now As much as I hate the I-wear-black-because-it-reflects-the-color-of-my-soul type of people, I tend to make an exception for My Chemical Romance. The band's third album, The Black Parade, is a dark, twisted musical journey into the dark and twisted ...
The bookstore Libreria La Semilla doesn't operate under a hierarchy.
Painting shells and bones didn't cut it for artist Michele Basta. "It wasn't fully satisfying," she said. "I needed to do something else."
Judging from the things for sale in almost all New Mexico gift shops and tourist traps, the entire state is tan and turquoise, prefers its red chile coated in weatherproofing shellac, and is absolutely crawling with bandanna-wearing coyotes and flute-playing Rastafarians.
There's a certain thrill one gets when playing a Final Fantasy game that is strangely lacking in all other role-playing games.
"Babel" would have been more interesting if it had come out in 1994. Unfortunately, even then, it still would have had "Pulp Fiction" to go up against, and it would have lost badly. "Babel," like "Pulp Fiction," has a story that is broken up into three parts, and much like that film, it is broken up in time as well as space.
As a child of the '80s, after-school animation was always hit or miss. This was before the ubiquity of cable and channels such as Cartoon Network, so kids across the nation had very few options. "Tom and Jerry" reruns and similar fare had aired regularly for so many years that I managed to memorize lots of dialogue. Even today, I can still sing the theme song of "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids," a talent I recently put on display for an inebriated audience at a student ghetto party.
The power of extravagance should never be underestimated. "Phantom of the Opera," the longest running show in Broadway history, has come to Popejoy Hall and brought with it lavish scenery, costumes and a splendid assortment of sophisticated clichÇs such as "Curse you" and "So be it."
Dead rappers need to stay dead. Sure, Tupac totally killed it on "Who Do You Believe In," and Notorious BIG tore up "Juicy," but, as many of you may know, those men are dead.
At the screening of John Cameron Mitchell's feature film, "Shortbus," the owner of the Guild Cinema asked if it was too cool in the theater.
One has to wonder where a band gets a name like Leftover Crack. "I made it up," said lead singer Scott Sturgeon. "It's an oxymoron. It was funny once - once upon a time."
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Well, it's all over. The freshly slung mud is beginning to cake, and the resigned losers have only their private wealth to retreat to - maybe next time, Allen McCulloch.
You might not be able to say it, but your taste buds won't care. It is hard to pronounce its dishes, but the Petra CafÇ and Restaurant offers delicious Greek, Arabic and Middle Eastern food at cheap prices.
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