8mm Songs to Love and Die By Available Sept. 26 Whoever said rock music doesn't have a softer side obviously hasn't heard 8mm. This Los Angeles husband-and-wife musical team's new album is something of a rarity. There is a hard and edgy sound created by the melancholic twang of the guitar, nicely ...
Lewis Black is not an angry man. He only plays one on television. "I just had a doctor's appointment, and my blood pressure is perfect," he said.
If Bob Dylan wouldn't have been a songwriter, he would have been a serial killer. This is according to an associate of mine who believes the chameleonic Jewish kid from Minnesota's knack for imitation and a shrewdness for self-aggrandizement make him fit the profile of a sociopath.
Being a member of the UNM Wind Symphony is kind of like taking a literature course. "You want to have literature from different authors, different periods of time, different subjects - that type of thing," said Eric Rombach-Kendall, wind symphony conductor.
Although many UNM students might not recognize Joshua Arellano's name, they might recognize his face, his hat or his dance moves.
When Albuquerque resident Pam Gentilini comes home from her job as a medical assistant at UNM Hospital, she doesn't have the luxury of kicking back on the couch for a night of mindless TV.
Old photographs, a painting of a penis, a spelling bee award from elementary school and his mother's Christmas stocking are a few ornaments on the four walls of Don Schrader's apartment.
For poet Damien Flores, slam poetry is an art that defies boundaries. "It's something everyone can get into," he said. Flores is the president of UNM Lobo Slam, a group of student poets who have garnered national attention in the past year. Flores was a member of the team representing UNM at the 2005 National Poetry Slam, a competition the team went on to win.
On the western edge of Albuquerque stand five calm, reddish-black volcanoes, all in a line.
Status Salon is not just a place to get a haircut. "I was trying to get the local art and hip-hop scene and do something with it," said owner Rett Beecher.
by Marcella Ortega Daily Lobo Summerhouse Tea and Trading Company owner Charlotte Webster is fascinated with the study of tea. "It was very captivating to me," she said. Webster opened her tea house three years ago. She carries 90 different teas from 10 different countries such as France, Australia, ...
Everclear Welcome to the Drama Club Available Today Everclear has some issues. If lead singer Art Alexakis isn't singing about a crappy childhood, being poor or drug abuse, he's singing about his ex-wife. With two new members in the band, it seems Everclear wants to make a fresh start. However, ...
by Shandea Williams Daily Lobo When trying to decide on a restaurant for my first review, I felt it had to be one that is newer, smaller and close to campus. There are only a few places within walking distance of campus that offer tasty vegetarian and vegan meals for decent prices. Even meat lovers ...
by Jen Shark Daily Lobo With school in full swing, I find myself with barely any free time - especially to eat. Sometimes, the easiest choice is to grab a nice, big, juicy burger from Sonic or perhaps across the street at McDonald's. Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser, might change someone's ...
Last week in "My Strange New Mexico," we explored the short-lived Placitas, N.M., hippie communes of the 1960s and '70s.
Members of Urban Exiles don't walk around buildings. "We go over and through," Tad Turpen said. Turpen and UNM student John Whitmore are active members of Urban Exiles, a local parkour group. Parkour is a French street sport that involves leaping from building to building, balancing on railings and scaling walls.
When Michael Stokes walks around UNM, it's a bit like a band member walking through a guitar store - for every person he sees talking with friends, he sees a person with an instrument.
Jumping out of an airplane is easier than it looks. "I took a class, then jumped the next day," said Claire Hilleary, graduate student and skydiver.
Despite his death in 2003, Johnny Cash has remained a fixture in American culture and, arguably, is more popular than ever before.
A few weeks ago, I stumbled onto a DVD that featured snippets from 100 years of blues music performed by living legends at Radio City Music Hall.
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