by Scott Albright Daily Lobo Even pieces of metal lying on the ground can be made into works of art. OFFCenter Community Arts Project is holding a show called "Wrap it Up: A Mixed Art Exhibit" featuring recycled scrap metal works from different artists.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo Slinking its way into Popejoy this weekend, the musical "Chicago" packs a punch that's been delighting audiences worldwide. "We just did a five-week tour in Japan," said David Bushman, part of the ensemble of actors who take the stage throughout the performance.
by Jessica Del Curto Daily Lobo Some hip-hop purists talk trash about "hippie hip-hop." It's too experimental, they say. Too abstract, too watered down, too stripped of all its street credibility. This, of course, is ridiculous. 2bers, a local hip-hop group that falls under the category of "hippie," is intelligent music at its best.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo The strongest endorsement I can give "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" is that the children sitting in front of me during the screening laughed and cheered the whole way through. The film is cute, and, surprisingly, cute has a lot of merit.
by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo Tal Caspi hates TV. "TV takes away your time," Caspi said. "You sit there and don't do anything or think anything. You become one with the television." Caspi is the creator of Kill TV, a group of artists who try to represent art in a different kind of way, including displaying artists' work online.
by Maria Staiano-Daniels Daily Lobo What do you see when you think of the Middle East? For many Americans, images from movies and the news may spring to mind: veiled women, angry young men with machine guns, Palestinian children throwing stones at Israeli tanks.
by John Bear Daily Lobo In Albuquerque they are homies. In England they are old beans. In the end they are all friends. Friendship is what motivates Old Beans, an Albuquerque band in its third year. They lack the ambition that fuels many other bands - the fame and the fortune.
by Jessica Del Curto Daily Lobo Slug is spread thin, and it pains an avid fan to admit this. The rapper Slug, or Sean Daley, who makes up one-half of the indie hip-hop group Atmosphere, just can't make 'em like he used to. Daley, who at one time inspired young girls like me to be better writers, has unfortunately spent the last album recycling his stories and catch phrases.
by John Bear Daily Lobo Ah, what is there to say about Sheryl Crow. I can't stand her. She represents everything that is wrong with American pop music. When I hear one of her songs, I suddenly get the overwhelming urge to stick something sharp in my ears and exit the realm of the hearing forever.
by Brenda Lowder Daily Lobo When composer and pianist Miguel del Aguila speaks of music, his voice noticeably warms to the subject. "I never questioned it," he said. "I always saw myself as a musician." Del Aguila said he is tackling one of the most challenging projects of his career as he composes Albuquerque's tricentennial opera, Time and Again Barelas.
by Colin Donoghue Daily Lobo Blackalicious returns with the album, The Craft, and it doesn't disappoint. Keeping some elements from earlier albums, The Craft tightens up loose ends of the past with a soul-funk flavored LP that rises above the sub-par popular hip-hop currently filling corporate radio's play-lists.
by Lesley Bell Daily Lobo The deadline for Best Student Essays has been extended to Oct. 11, in order to give more students opportunities to enter said Scott Frank, editor of the publication. "We encourage all kinds of essays, from research papers to critical analyses to creative nonfiction - even photo essays," said assistant editor Monika Dziamka.
by Maria Staiano-Daniels Daily Lobo Every rumor you've ever heard about Amsterdam is true, said Hajo de Reijger, drummer of the band Blues Brother Castro. The band, which calls Amsterdam home, arrives in Albuquerque on Wednesday as part of its first North American tour.
by John Bear Daily Lobo It seemed like such a good idea at the time, helping an impoverished girl from Burma immigrate to the United States and escape a life of turmoil. In return she can do the dishes once in a while. It's a win-win situation. Of course if you are using a mail-order bride service, at least in the universe created by director Huck Botko, odds are you likely make dirty movies in the basement of your Queens home.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo Serenity now! No, this is not about Seinfeld, but "Serenity," the long-awaited film version of the cult hit television show "Firefly." In 2002 the Fox Network premiered a show named "Firefly," the brainchild of Joss Whedon, the man behind the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" series.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo If you stick your ring and middle finger into the air with the thumb out to the side, like you're almost flipping someone off, you're flashing Dane Cook's symbol. He calls it the "super finger" and it has two meanings. "This week, the 'feel the love mode' is for my fans and my continued success," Cook said.
by Chris Chavez Daily Lobo On her fourth album, The Naked Truth, Lil' Kim abandons her sexually explicit lyrics and bares her soul. Kimberly "Lil' Kim" Jones, who is serving a year-long sentence in federal prison stemming from a perjury conviction, uses her legal and personal troubles to create a quality rap album.
by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo Natasha Paremski said she wants to be a musician for the rest of her life. Paremski will be playing with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra this weekend in the performance "Russian Rhapsody," featuring music from Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.
by Lesley Bell Daily Lobo The name Cica is a derivative of the Spanish word cicatriz, which denotes healing and growth. The band, which has been playing in Las Cruces and El Paso for about three years, is getting ready to play its first Albuquerque show.
by Chris Narkun Daily Lobo To fantasy mavens who regularly watch the four-hour versions of "The Lord of the Rings" movies and adore their star, Viggo Mortensen: Do not see this movie. On second thought, do see "A History of Violence" - just don't take any of the youthful innocence that fuels your obsession with magical fantasy worlds with you.
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