by Ali Patterson Daily Lobo It would be hard to argue that "The Simpsons" hasn't affected our culture. Few Americans don't recognize Homer's signature "D'oh!" The influence of this cartoon stretches into the music realm, and at least three bands have spawned and named themselves after something Simpsons-related.
by Eva Dameron Daily Lobo Tony Hillerman said the Southwest has every color but green, and green is the color of money. The Southwest is where people come to escape greed, he said. Hillerman kicked off the third annual Voices of the Southwest lecture series on June 7 at the SUB.
by John Bear Daily Lobo The opening hook on Year of the Beast, the latest offering from rapper C-Rayz Walz, promises cheap sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. But it soon becomes apparent that this will not be the main theme of the album. He is being sarcastic and proclaims that proudly.
by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo Starting June 10, Albuquerque will be ripe with "The Stink of Flesh." Scott Phillips, director and screenwriter of the horror flick, said the picture is a low-budget zombie movie filmed over 12 days in August of 2003. The film is about a swinger couple who have a hard time finding people to swing with because everybody is dead, he said.
On Common's latest album, the veteran rapper proves that no matter how much the game changes, conscientious emcee he will always be. On Be, Common returns to his usual jazzy, hip-swaying beats, similar to his classic albums Like Water for Chocolate or Resurrection.
The gritty antihero is making his comeback at the Guild's second annual film noir festival. Peter Conheim, co-owner of the Guild Theater, said that the film noir festival is a celebration of the classic films of the '40s and '50s that deal with darker themes and unsettling behavior that isn't easily explained.
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.
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