The Beach Waterpark has been transformed into a pool of ghosts and psychos with chainsaws. This year the haunted house is an asylum where crazy, dead actors haunt the visitors. In fact, the people who play the characters are actors at local middle and high schools.
by Amy Dalness Daily Lobo "Les MisÇrables" is often considered the world's most popular musical, and with good reason. "Les Mis" is the quintessential epic musical complete with love, loss and political strife. It opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on Marchˇ12,ˇ1987 and won eight Tony awards, including best musical.
In his latest album, Wyclef Jean offers an introduction course to his homeland of Haiti. Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101 is Wyclef's fifth solo effort and his most genre-mixing work to date. The album opens with a sound clip from slain Haitian national hero and freedom fighter Jean Dominique.
by Amy Dalness Daily Lobo Joan Holden's "Nickel and Dimed" is successful nonpartisan theater - a breath of fresh air in these politically charged times. Director Eugene Douglas said he and the faculty wanted to find something political but not polarizing that could bring people together during this election year.
Only the very gifted can call themselves a guru. This is why Guru, or Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal, is a fitting name for a truly talented rapper. Guru, the MC for hip-hop duo Gangstarr, is known for his deep octave voice and wise lyrics. In 1995, Guru released Jazzmatazz II: A New Reality, the second installment to his side project, a three-disc release.
by Amy Upah Daily Lobo Members of the Slow Poisoners aren't just average guys who sing about breaking up with their girlfriends. The eccentric band has debuted its new quirky album, Melodrama. Andrew Prisoner is on vocals, guitar and a little piano. Fox Trott plays guitar, drums and a variety of more obscure instruments, including a helmet.
Vanessa Wooten said she was a shy, reserved adolescent growing up. Wooten, 21, is a Suicide Girl, posing naked on a Web site for everyone to see. Suicide Girls, once an underground Web site, now features more than 400 girls worldwide. An alternative to Playboy and other adult sites, Suicide Girls must be different from the typical pinups.
One of the year's best action films is led by a cast of puppets. "Team America: World Police," directed by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, combines the duo's humor with Hollywood's big-budget action movie formula, along with an all-marionette puppet cast.
by Drew Lyness Daily Lobo As the well-known saying goes: Britain and America are two nations separated by a common language. Even after two months in Albuquerque, I still encounter new words that provide communication problems on a daily basis.
by Amy Upah Daily Lobo Scientologist Sofia Milos is coming to UNM today to promote an important aspect of her religion - studying. Milos, who has been on "CSI: Miami," "The Sopranos" and "Friends," will discuss scientology, which has gained popularity since L.
by Andrea Martinez Daily Lobo After hearing last week a "The Real World" casting call was being held in Albuquerque, my curiosity was provoked. MTV isn't my favorite channel - the more I watch it these days, the older I feel - but something inside me said, "Andrea, if you don't try this, you'll regret it for the rest of your life.
by Matthew Paul Bailey Daily Lobo Born out of the mundane frustration of small-town Britain, Ordinary Boys' first release comes across as a necessary and emotive rebuttal of British life. The band's music has been described as a mix of the Smiths and the Jam, but Over the Counter Culture belongs undeniably to the present.
"The Real World" supervising casting director said it takes charisma, attractiveness and a military record to get on the show. This Saturday, Damon Furberg and his crew will look for members of MTV's 2005 Real World. They will be at Sauce/Liquid Lounge and Raw seeking Albuquerque candidates between the ages 18 and 24.
When Patricia Smith was a kid, she wrote the same poetry everyone else writes. "I wrote about crushes or mad-at-the world poems that I would stuff in the kitchen drawer and forget about until the next time I had a crush or was pissed off," she said. Smith has won the title in the national individual slam competition four times.
(U-WIRE) FULLERTON, Calif. - DreamWorks Pictures has attempted to match the success of Disney's "Finding Nemo" by coming out with its own artistic underwater animation, "Shark Tale." "Shark Tale" drenched movie theaters this weekend, taking in $49.1 million dollars at the box office.
KC Roehl's classy style is reflected in her humble abode. The furniture store Abode, which opened Friday in Nob Hill, is stocked with mid-century modern design influences. "I went to the Market in High Point, North Carolina," said Roehl. "It is known as the furniture capital of the world.
Even after more than 20 years, LL Cool J can still hit it with the best of them. His 11th album, The DEFinition, demonstrates how LL is one of the few hip-hop artists with staying power. In a genre littered with one-album wonders, it's hard to think of more than a handful of rappers who continue to find mainstream success over a number of years, let alone one who has been able to rack up hits since the '80s.
I've always thought it was funny to see kids at the movie theater pounding their feet into the pads of the "Dance Dance Revolution" arcade game. Supplant a standard joystick with a light-up floor - or a skateboard or sniper rifle or anything else - and you've got a game I would assume is not only fun to play, but also fun to watch others play.
Some albums are so good you never forget the place you were when you first heard them. Every time one of these gems comes on, you are transported back to that moment. A Tribe Called Quest is probably the most influential rap group of all time, even though it may no longer be considered underground.
Remember the good old days when you had to wait for your wife to get syphilis before you were sure she had been with another man? With the advent of progressive thinking and ABC's new show "Wife Swap," you can actually avoid the itching and anticipation by sending your wife into another man's house.
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