by Matt Gomez Daily Lobo Listening to The Oktober People play a live set is like someone whispering in your ear, lulling you in with the promise of a great secret and then shocking you with a roar of melody. The four-piece band, comprised of Nate Santa Maria on guitar and vocals, Chris Moffatt on drums, Sean McCullough on guitar and Rhian Batson on bass, played a great set Saturday at the Lobo Theatre.
by Jessica Del Curto Daily Lobo They call it extreme gigging. In the past six months, the Jason Eaves Band has gained more media attention from publicity stunts than from talent. But singer Jason Eaves said he doesn't care. "We are having a blast," he said.
by Noah Armstrong Daily Lobo There were mixed reactions on Friday to Christopher Hampton's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." During intermission, one theatergoer said the play would be better if the best parts weren't hidden behind screens. This was true of the performance and the acting at several points.
by Matt Gomez Daily Lobo Since its March 24 release, the PlayStation Portable has received a lot of attention. Yet much of the attention is not focused on the hand-held system's game play, the multimedia capabilities or the design. Instead, the attention has been focused on a dead pixel.
by Karina Guzzi Daily Lobo Lodestar's movie, "Passport to the Universe," presents audiences with the Earth's cosmic address. Earth is shown as a small planet among many in a galaxy among many in a super cluster of galaxies among many. As the horizon grows larger, the Earth seems small and insignificant.
by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo Members of the UNM Opera Theatre want to change the way some people view opera. Andrea Clayton is the stage manager and assistant director of UNM Opera Theatre's performance of "Don Pasquale," a humorous opera directed by Marilyn Tyler.
We've come a long way since the days of the 2-D, urine yellow-tinged GameBoy. The notion hits quickly when first glancing at the Sony PlayStation Portable: This thing looks gorgeous. Cover up the buttons on either side of the 4.5-inch screen, and it's like looking at a little plasma television.
by Marisa Demarco Daily Lobo To an outsider, it might look strange to see 20 people hunched around tables stamping money. But to a georger, that's productivity. Georgers are a particular breed of curious Internet users registered at Wheresgeorge.com, a site where people can trace the routes of bills they spend.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo "Sin City" is a knock-down, drag-out, two-hour brawl of a movie. It's even hard to call it a movie. The way "Sin City" is shot and the way the actors talk make this more of a live-action comic book than a film. You watch this story, and you walk out a changed person.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo The 29th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour packed the Highland Theatre last night with everyone from outdoor sports enthusiasts to couch potatoes who've seen perhaps one too many X-Games. The tour showcases the best independent films about extreme sports and is so popular that this year the festival traveled to every continent - including Antarctica.
Beware of shifts in time or gravity. The time fluctuations that cause people to relive entire days and gravity storms that can uproot trees and send Velcro stock skyrocketing are two examples of the fantastical nature of Sean Murphy's novel, The Time of New Weather.
Beck's back, and he's traded in his acoustic guitar for turntables. For Guero the multi-platinum ingenue left behind the orchestra-tinged folk of Sea Change, and reteamed with the Dust Brothers, producers of his 1996 masterpiece Odelay. Guero, slang for "white boy," occasionally brings back the beat-filled and semi-rapping Beck Hansen made famous by mid-90s hits, "Where It's At" and "Devil's Haircut.
Royalty Life Records was created in part in the UNM dorms. Lameck Lukanga, also known as Humble, and Byron Davis established the hip-hop record label. With the help of residents in Redondo Hall, his dream is now a reality. "Me and B came up with this idea sitting in a garage," Lukanga said.
Saturday, there will be color everywhere on Johnson Field. The India Students Association will celebrate its Festival of Colors, the second-biggest traditional holiday celebrated in India. At the festivals, people throw powdered color called gulal on each other.
by Maria DeBlassie Daily Lobo Allah made some people funny, but others shouldn't quit their day jobs. The "Allah Made Me Funny Official Comedy Tour" displayed its comedic talent Tuesday night in the SUB Ballroom. It featured three Muslim comedians, including Azeem, a comedian who had just finished a tour with Dave Chapelle.
Students and professors alike could be found hobnobbing Friday night at the Jonson Gallery opening that featured artwork from UNM graduate students. The show is the eleventh annual Juried Graduate Student Exhibition. "The show fosters student work," said Rhiannon Mercer, a second-year graduate student in painting and drawing whose work, "Seepage," was in the show.
by Matt Gomez Daily Lobo The cicada-like buzz of tattoo machines and bass-heavy hip-hop provide a soundtrack for Jeff Hayes' business, Rival Tattoo Art Studios. "We did this building start to finish in 33 days - 12 hours a day, no days off," Hayes said.
There. In the time it took you to read that word, you'd already decided a number of things: Whether or not you'll keep reading. Whether you think this book review is worth the next five or 10 minutes. If you like the reviewer or if you think he's a gasbag.
Before there was "Moulin Rouge" and Nicole Kidman's Chanel commercial, there was a little movie about ballroom dancing. Well, calling "Strictly Ballroom" little is a bit deceptive. Sure, Baz Luhrmann's first movie centers on an unlikely pair who fall in love, overcome numerous obstacles and find success.
by Matthew Paul Bailey Daily Lobo I cannot begin to fathom, nor do I want to, the motivation that drives people to wear pajamas out in the big wide world. The idea of comfort has always been a motivation for some people's fashion - or more appropriately, the lack of it.
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