Thrift store owner Chachi Redondo said she is not a salesperson. "I'm a matchmaker," she said. "When I see something fabulous, it needs to go to a new home." Redondo's store, Now and Then, sells new, vintage and reconstructed clothing as well as shoes, jewelry, records and books.
We all know that wolves can howl. But they might be able to fly, too. Albuquerque will be represented at Red Bull Flugtag Arizona in Tempe on Saturday by the team El Vuelo Del Lobo, which has built a flying apparatus in the shape of a wolf.
In four years, the 88 has gone from passing out free CDs in front of night clubs to performing on national television - without the help of a major record label.
"Bring It On" is the essential cheerleading film of the century. If you are like me, you are waiting for another one. Only with gymnastics instead of cheerleading, and a Sum-41-esque punk-rock attitude.
Rusty Rutherford stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 110 pounds. But it is all muscle. He's white on the outside, black on the inside and black from the waste down, he said.
I cannot deny it. I'm a sucker for a guy who can play the piano. Daniel Powter may not be one of the first names to come to mind when thinking of contemporary artists who don't rely on big bands, but Powter is getting there. The Canadian has been enjoying recent success in Europe - even being compared to Elton John - and is now playing his piano for those of us on the other side of the ocean.
In what is surely a sign of the apocalypse, Alternative Tentacles has released a Christian punk album by a band called Knights of the New Crusade.
When I read that Raymond "Boots" Riley described his hip-hop duo's album, Pick a Bigger Weapon, as "a little edgier," I immediately put it on the must-listen list.
It's that time of year where the big-budget action films and surprisingly funny comedies finally emerge from the sludge that is generally known as a weekend at the movie theater.
The horrible sting of disappointment sears all five of my senses like an eyelash a millimeter too close to a crack lighter. The new season of "The Sopranos" is terrible.
It's easy to complain about politicians. Nowhere is this easier to discern than at a bookstore. The amount of political books representing the extreme right and the extreme left would almost lead you to believe the majority of Americans vote.
UNM choirs are mixing ancient texts with modern music in a performance called Gospel Mass and Gospel Magnificat. Music professor Bradley Ellingboe prepared the women's choir and University chorus to perform two pieces composed by UNM's composer-in-residence Robert Ray from the University of Missouri.
Musical limbo. That's where you find yourself trying to decide if you like a new band. After listening to Curt Kirkwood's Snow, I came out liking it. It's an atmospheric Americana endeavor with hooks gentle enough for background music but persuasive enough to win one over from musical limbo.
When you hear the title of the movie "Akeelah and the Bee," you may wonder what the "bee" stands for. It's a movie about a spelling bee. "Spelling bee?" you ask.
It's been five years since Built to Spill released an album and three years since the band went on tour, but You in Reverse is Doug Martsch and his band's best release yet.
As young, rebellious college students, I'm sure many of us could think of a thousand reasons not to become a cop.
I have spent the majority of my time here at our lovely - and reasonably priced - University hating on all of those who drive the Herculean transports collectively known as Sport Utility Vehicles.
Speech, front man for hip-hop collective Arrested Development, made his name in the world with music that possesses a distinctly Southern vibe, long before the dirty South sound that embodies much of hip-hop today.
Hell has frozen over. Coke is turning into Pepsi. That's right - Bear and Buffaloe finally agree. I love SUVs.
At eight years old, filmmaker Hector Cruz was familiar with the famous image of Che Guevara's face. In 1997 he discovered the Cuban photographer who took this photograph - Alberto Korda.
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