by John Bear Daily Lobo "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" defies expectations in two ways. One, it doesn't suck outright. Two, while it is by no means "Citizen Kane," it does contain one moment of expert filmmaking: 50 Cent's big jail-house, shower-room fight scene.
by Lesley Bell Daily Lobo 50-year-old men write plays about people in their 20s. And some people in their 20s are sick of it. UNM student Kristen Simpson cites these plays about 20-somethings written by 50-year-old men as one of her inspirations for writing her most recent play, "Let it Get to You," part of the Words Afire Festival.
by Maria Staiano-Daniels Daily Lobo Alternative relationships are on sale this weekend. You can get five for the price of one at Gorilla Tango Comedy Theater. Gorilla Tango will present "Men, Women, and Robots: An Evening of Short Plays" Friday through Sunday as part of the Words Afire Festival.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Local band Your Name In Lights had a goal to play the Warped Tour, said singer and guitarist Mario Rivera. They entered a contest for the ninth Battle of the Bands through music executive Ernie Ball's Web site. Ten thousand entered.
by Scott Albright Daily Lobo Despite the exaggerations depicted in most war movies, "Jarhead" portrays the culture of the Marine Corps fairly well. I know this because I was a Marine. Being a machine gunner and having served two deployments in Iraq, I can say this movie represents the types of personalities inside the Corps.
by John Bear Daily Lobo Davy Rothbart stood on a rooftop in San Francisco, the wind streaking past the receiver on the phone, causing his voice to fade in and out. He was hanging out at a friend's house, taking a moment to talk about "The Lone Surfer Tour," on which he is promoting his book of short stories, "The Lone Surfer of Montana," and Found Magazine, a publication that is in essence a collection of handwritten notes, lists and letters lost by one person and found by another.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo P.J. Sedillo said we all dress in drag. "If you're a lawyer, you're wearing drag to work," said Sedillo, known onstage as Fontana DeVine. "It's a suit and a tie. If you're going for a job interview, that's your drag for that day.
by Daniel V. Garcia Daily Lobo The nuevo flamenco sounds of Hector Pimentel can be heard wafting through the desert air like the smoke from a sage smudge stick. Like green chile and adobe homes, the Pimentel name is a cultural mainstay of New Mexico. About five months ago, Mr.
by Scott Albright Daily Lobo Indian Ocean will bring the sounds of melodic emotion to New Mexico. The band features Susmit Sen on acoustic guitar, Asheem Chakravarty on tabla, percussions and vocals, Amit Kilam on drums and Rahul Ram on bass guitar and vocals.
by Maria Staiano-Daniel Daily Lobo Playwright Elana Greenfield likes to write plays that defy the rules of genre and force the audience to pay closer attention. Tricklock Company will present two of the visiting UNM professor plays, "Nine Come" and "Possessed by a Demon: Two Tales of the Devil," at Rodey Theater this Friday as part of the Words Afire Festival.
by John Bear Daily Lobo People are afraid to be alone. They will seek out affection in whatever less-than-perfect form in which it may present itself. They will cling to someone who reciprocates with indifference or settle for their second choice. "Shopgirl," based on the Steve Martin novella of the same title, deals with this often complex and decidedly uncomfortable subject.
by Christopher Sanchez Daily Lobo The prelude to Power Lloyd's new album instantly reminded me of the first pornographic film I stole from my father's oak dresser drawer. Trumpets politely squeal for 34 seconds and finally lay to rest when the voice of a '50s sports commentator says, "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the album.
by Daniel V. Garcia Daily Lobo There comes a time in everyone's musical mood when they get a hankering for Bob Dylan-esque lyrical landscapes Ö la "Subterranean Homesick Blues," whether he or she knows it. In the same vein, we all get a twinge of nostalgia for some punk-forerunner music, like MC5 - admit it, you do.
by John Bear Daily Lobo Warren Oakes, drummer for Against Me!, like most other musicians, doesn't like to pigeonhole his music by labeling it. "Some people say we are a punk band," he said. "We've been accused of worse." He said whenever possible they try to avoid sounding like other bands.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Singer Anna Wolfe grew up in a haunted farmhouse. "It was built by English settlers, and they had eight children," she said. "I don't know if they were the ghosts in the house, but that was the legend." She made a truce with the ghosts early on.
by John Bear Daily Lobo Combine several of Wu-Tang Clan's more lyrically nimble members with the stars of hip-hop's indie underbelly, and you get Think Differently Music: Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture. I can speak for most hip-hop fans by saying nothing at all, opting to instead emit a low cooing noise accented with a fairly unattractive amount of drool sliding out the corners of my mouth.
by Daniel V. Garcia Daily Lobo If you are suffering an existential crisis because you cannot decide what local band to see, fear not, Rock Outside the Box Vol. 2 has you covered. A couple of years ago, a compilation of different New Mexico bands was put together by Nate Smith, guitarist for Feels Like Sunday.
by Ryan Skeels Rocky Mountain Collegian (Colorado State University) (U-WIRE) - The first movie I ever reviewed was the first "Saw," exactly one year ago this weekend. I had been looking forward to that flick for months upon months and when it finally came out, no terrible acting could stop me from deeming it the best movie I'd seen in years.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo For all the controversy that Aaron McGruder puts into his daily comic strip, "The Boondocks," his most controversial moment might come from the first episode of the cartoon version he's making for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.
by Daniel V. Garcia Daily Lobo As a kid, schoolyard politics and a woefully simple view of the world meant there were only two kinds of ways to be cool: be a rocker or a rapper. As can be imagined, the two music genres from which these categories emanated, heavy metal and hip-hop, were mutually exclusive.
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