We can only blame ourselves. When George Lucas set out to make his space opera in 1977 he had no idea of the response it would have. Through a clever storyline, groundbreaking special effects and the mysteries of the Force, Lucas made a movie that had a very large impact upon a generation of filmgoers.
Writer Lou Clark wants to enlighten audiences and give back to the community with the premiere of "The Road Trip Plays, Out/In America." "The Road Trip Play, Out/In America," is a collection of six shorter plays. The first three of these plays, including, "Road Trip'in," "2 Characters in Search of an On-Ramp" and "16 Hours in Steeltown" have all been produced previously, while the remaining three will be premieres.
This is a world of waves and I want it no other way. My time in America is over soon, and I must return to my old life, which is sometimes difficult to remember. I have learned many things during my year here - not about fashion at all - but lots of other things, which I do not have a mandate nor a desire to discuss.
Graduate Student Chris Holley wants to break down the barrier he says separates artists and observers. Holley produces what he calls relational art. He said relational art differs from traditional art, because the creative input comes from two directions as opposed to one. For example, a person looking at a painting doesn't add anything to it but stands watching passively.
It came like a blast of warm sunshine during the Wednesday night "South Park" last week - the commercial we've been waiting for. There was Dave Chappelle, sitting at dinner with the Niggar family, yucking it up. Then came the exclamation, "All-New Chappelle's Show starting May 31." TV's funniest show was coming back.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Painted people will become an art exhibit on Saturday. A body-painting festival at Factory on 5th will have live music, nude models to paint on and lots of food. Pam Trent, co-founder of the event, said the public should realize body painting is an art.
by John Bear Daily Lobo His name is Jared Bridgeman, but you can call him Akrobatik. Akrobatik is one-third of the hip-hop trio The Perceptionists. He flows alongside fellow emcee Mr. Lif. DJ Fakts One provides the cuts and produced many of the tracks on their debut album, Black Dialogue.
by Matt Gomez Daily Lobo Nine Inch Nails' latest release is a mouthful of the same pop-industrial formula the band has relied on for so long. The group's mastermind and main contributor, Trent Reznor, didn't risk anything on With Teeth. The album is laced with familiar, industrial-sounding programmed rhythms, distorted guitar chords and delicate piano parts.
by Manuelita Beck Daily Lobo If you've seen the movie "Sin City," then you probably know the most important thing about the graphic novels: You either love them, or you hate them. The conversations I overheard while leaving the movie theater after "Sin City" were the same ones I've heard in comic shops and on message boards.
by David Barnes Daily Lobo The documentary "Deadline" tells the story of Republican former Gov. George Ryan who granted clemency to 171 people on death row in his last days in office. "With this film, we were interested in finding a story that was going on in a contemporary way that would help us to understand what is happening with capital punishment now," director Katy Chevigny said.
by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo Chris Uphues' favorite thing at the Frontier Restaurant is the sweet roll. "That thing is a killer," Uphues said. "It totally sent me on a sugar high and flipped me out." Uphues, a Chicago artist, was in Albuquerque doing a series of lithography prints for the Tamarind Institute.
by Katy Knapp Daily Lobo Poet Danny Solis wrote a haiku about Mayor Martin Ch†vez's dog. "Dukes the dog jumps. Don't be scared. It's not a muffle. It's a head collar," he recited. Ch†vez announced his plan last week to put slam poets on Rapid Ride buses after Memorial Day.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo Ben Folds is not a rock star. He doesn't write songs about life on the road, drug addictions or random groupie sex. He's more concerned with writing about his wife, his children and growing up - all things he finds interesting and all things his fans have come to expect from him.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Members of the band Nocturne once had to floor their tour bus through a wall of flames shooting out of a semi on a highway at 3 a.m. "That's the strangest thing that's happened to us on tour, off the top of my head," said Lacey Conner, frontwoman of the goth-industrial band from Los Angeles.
by Xochitl Campos Daily Lobo It was interesting, provocative and controversial - everything an art exhibition should be. One of the controversial pieces at the latest exhibition in the SUB's student gallery was on a computer screen. Student artist Chad Person showed a seven minute video of a live parakeet who was dangling upside down with its feet tied up.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo When I was in kindergarten, the little girls in the classroom would host imaginary tea parties. My role was the husband - the little boy who, in their minds, acted polite and kept out of their way. In my mind, I was the protector, the defeater of evil and, above all, the keeper of what I proudly called the "lifesaver.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo An ongoing joke for those who work for the TV show "Family Guy" is that they never know whether they've been canceled. The first new episode in three years aired Sunday night. Titled "North by North Quahog," it lived up to expectations and treated fans with an eccentric, vulgar, tasteless and, above all, hilarious episode.
by Jessica Del Curto Daily Lobo There are many characters inside the heads of Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez. A 14-year-old girl named Jennifer and a space alien are just two. The comedy duo has toured the world as the Pajama Men since 2000. The shows are hard to define.
by Jessica Del Curto Daily Lobo For 20 years, Brent Kenton Jordan beat people up in the alleyways behind his business. When he quit his job as a bouncer of various strip clubs in San Diego and Las Vegas, he had many regrets, he said. "I suppose, like anything else, you become enlightened or educated or you bear things for as long as you can," Jordan said.
by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo "Idiot!" No, that's not Jon Heder. It's Tom Cruise doing an impression of "Napoleon Dynamite," one of his favorite movies. "I saw that film three times," Cruise said. "It was just hilarious. It was so much fun. I loved it.
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