by Jessica Del Curto Daily Lobo If you combine the Bible and burlesque in the same sentence, people may get angry, said Frankie Flores. But this weekend's performance does just that, and Flores has a stage full of women in bustiers ready to show how bad the ladies of the Bible can really be.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Charlize Theron said when she was offered the role of "Aeon Flux," it presented a great mental and physical challenge, so she took it. "Aeon Flux," originally an animated TV series created by Peter Chung, has been remade into a film.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo In the five years since rap/rock hybrid Linkin Park released its multiplatinum, Grammy-winning album Hybrid Theory, the band has toured virtually nonstop, released three more successful albums and made a dozen solid music videos.
by Maria Staiano-Daniels Daily Lobo Sometimes it takes an intimate theater to make a play with an intimate topic work. Sol Arts Performance Space, where "Fantasies and Secrets" will be showing this weekend, is an intimate theater, physically as well as psychologically.
by Jessica Del Curto Daily Lobo Members of Fincannon have the art of multitasking down. Band members Dennis Pagano and Matt Miner do it all. With just the two of them onstage at Burt's Tiki Lounge on Monday night, they switched off between instruments during each song.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo I sat down to take a sober look at "Who Rules?" and regretted it immediately. "Who Rules?" is a trivia game that's played by answering multiple choice questions on your television. In the same vein as "You Don't Know Jack," the popular late '90s take on the video game quiz show, "Who Rules?" comes complete with a sassy host and some random questions.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Rusty Z said some hypnotists use the long induction process to hypnotize people. Comedian and certified hypnotherapist James Zingelman, whose stage name is Rusty Z, grabs people's wrists. "If we hypnotized with a watch it would take forever," he said.
by Joe Buffaloe Daily Lobo Within us all breathes the ability to love and the desire to strap the objects of our affection to a wall with masking tape. This is the world of local filmmaker Aaron Hendren, a 33-year-old Albuquerque native who recently graduated from UNM and will be screening three short films at Cinema Cafe in Santa Fe on Tuesday.
by Daniel V. Garcia Daily Lobo I distinctly remember a party at which my substance-laden friends brought up the topic of the greatest band in the world. Of course, arguments broke out, and the conversation continued for at least four hours - mind you, these were dedicated musicians whose love of music was matched only by their love of inebriation.
by Debra Au Daily Lobo Pop quiz: Name five Christmas songs. Easy, right? Now come up with five Hanukkah songs, and the "Dreidel" song doesn't count because everyone knows that one. No cheating. That's what I thought. You couldn't even think of one.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Self-taught artist Derick Montez said everything he learned about art, he learned from a spray can. He put together a show, "Wall Scrawl," for 17 artists inspired by graffiti. It opens Nov. 18 at the Downtown Contemporary Art Center.
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.
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