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Back to the beat

Breakin' Hearts started in an alley. Four years later, the annual hip-hop festival at UNM will have several additions to it, said founder Cyrus Gould. With additions such as the flick-book competition and African drumming and dancing, Gould describes the expansion as a snowball that continually accumulates and grows.





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Master of the awkward at home in comedy CD

by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo There's something special about the comedy of Mike Birbiglia. In interviews he comes off as charming and a little bit shy, answering questions with uncertainty and in a slightly neurotic way. His comedy revolves around this neurosis and his constant pursuit of making ...


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The rap game must be too easy

by Debra Au Daily Lobo The rap genre continues to roll down the slippery slope of super- ficiality. Talented rappers such as Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z and Kanye West are few and far between, becoming rarer with each subsequent album release. Every week, it seems, there are MCs who are quick to ...



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Expert teaches crash course in art of dating

by Marcie Ortega Daily Lobo David Wygant, known as the real-life "Hitch," said he doesn't mind being the uncredited inspiration for the romantic comedy starring Will Smith. "It's cool that they did it," Wygant said. "It made what I do a lot easier to explain. It has actually made it more socially ...






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Artist's toolbox full of different techniques

When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail, painter Casey Greenling said. He's uses this metaphor to describe his approach to painting. It is destructive to limit yourself to one tool, he said.


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Group unfolds hip-hop origami

Psyche Origami sounds deep, but it isn't. "The name Psyche Origami just kind of jumped out at me," said Mr. Wyzard, the MC of hip-hop trio Psyche Origami. "The words kind of spoke for themselves, and it was basically our job to bring definition to it, because they roll off the tongue pretty good."




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Belly dancers bridge cultures

Touring with resounding success, the Bellydance Superstars have taken America by storm, sparking what their manager Miles Copeland calls a "belly dance phenomena" and what industry insiders are describing as "the next Riverdance.


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Column: Ads put icing on Super Bowl cake

by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo Ahh - the Super Bowl. It's America's greatest unofficial holiday. It's the day of the year in which we gather our friends to sit around the television to enjoy a popular sport in which half of us know what's going on and the other half pretend we're enjoying it. As ...





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