by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo The music of Ustad Rashid Khan enhances blissful awareness. That's what Sachin Patkar, director of A Summer Night Dream, said. The event, held at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on July 13, will feature classical Indian vocal music by Kahn and food from Bombay Grill.
Dear Ashlee Simpson fans: Are you ready to graduate to a more mature level of pseudo-angst? If so, you will love Shadows are Security, the latest release from San Diego Christian metalcore band As I Lay Dying. If you are looking for originality and intensity, though, you may be disappointed.
Aaron Hendren said he is a bad actor. "You know when it's someone's birthday and you have to start singing 'Happy Birthday'?" he asked. "There's that moment in your life where you start singing before everyone else and they all look at you and you feel weird and stupid.
Tap into your inner depressed 14-year-old self. There you'll find Static-X's new album, Start a War, with bland percussion and lacking dynamics. You'll think you are scoring weed, but it is actually oregano. Let's face it - this band is far too insecure to be hard-core.
Aesop Rock is best known for his rapid-fire lyrics, which are packed with meaning and sometimes hard to understand. He is definitely not a mainstream rapper, but his popularity is beginning to grow as evidenced by the increasingly large venues in which he performs.
One would have hoped Dave Grohl would have learned not to separate his two musical leanings by now. Three minutes and 22 seconds into the first disc of his band's new double album, the Foo Fighters' frontman lets loose his first throat-rending howl. On the second disc, it takes only 34 seconds for Grohl to begin the first of the almost-whispered lullabies that make up the second half of In Your Honor, an album split distinctly into loud and not-so-loud halves.
A brief synopsis of George Romero's latest zombie flick: bang, bang, bang, boom, crash, blood, entrails, exploding heads and so on and so forth. Horror films have been around for almost as long as the movie camera itself. The genre is conducive to snuggling in dark places, so it isn't going anywhere.
Summerfest kicked off on a blue note. It was Sizzlin' Summerfest's Rhythm and Blues night at Civic Plaza Downtown on June 18. Summerfest has been funded by the city for more than 20 years and is organized by city events coordinator Ron Garcia. Summerfest boasts not only a line of local and national musical acts, but also magicians, African-themed jewelry booths, voter registration, free children's games, temporary tattoos and a variety of food, including standard festival fare-like cotton candy, funn-el cakes, lemonade, pretzels and, of course, iced lattes.
The band the Secret Machines is very fond of guitar effects pedals. Just when The Edge, guitarist for U2, was the undisputed master of oversaturated melodies drowning in an electronic sea of flange and chorus, this band comes along to lay claim to the title.
By Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo Crime novelist Pari Noskin Taichert uses Small New Mexican towns as backdrops for mystery and mayhem. Born and raised in Albuquerque, Taichert said she's lived a lot of others places, none of which can compare to the Land of Enchantment.
The band the Secret Machines is very fond of guitar effects pedals. Just when The Edge, guitarist for U2, was the undisputed master of oversaturated melodies drowning in an electronic sea of flange and chorus, this band comes along to lay claim to the title.
Join the Boba-lution and suck it up. That's what Vi and Hoa Luong, owners of Noble Collectibles and CafÇ O, say. They have opened a store that they want to be like a Starbucks for the younger generation. The grand opening was June 7. "(The young) generation is more sophisticated," Vi Luong said.
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.
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