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Theater, art means to end life on streets

Jessica Del Curto | September 2

Thanks to a new organization in town, Albuquerque street kids can use art to better their lives. Started 14 years ago, StandUp For Kids is a national organization dedicated to helping homeless and street kids. Using tools such as theater, and organizing fundraisers that involve art and dog washing, the group does anything it can to touch on the lives of the troubled youth.

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Pure punk, no pop live in the Klouse

Jessica Del Curto | September 2

For anyone who doesn't understand the beauty of punk rock, a Klouse show may explain it. The 11-year-old band performed Tuesday night at Burt's Tiki Lounge along with The Adapted, and Johnny Cock and the Nuts, providing a night of lunacy and talent that encompasses punk music.

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Rocking the wind

Chris Chavez | September 2

Members of Funeral for a Friend may have performed in front of a packed Journal Pavilion on Tuesday, but all they could talk about was the weather. The band from Wales was one of many performers to take the stage at the Projekt Revolution Tour, which included Ghostface, Korn, Snoop Dogg, Less Than Jake and founders Linkin Park.

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Cult experience shapes book

Marisa Demarco | September 2

Margaret Hollenbach dropped out. She abandoned her master's degree in cultural anthropology and joined The Family, an apocalyptic cult that believed its members were the vanguard of the revolution. Hollenbach wrote Lost and Found about the three most intense months of her life when she left her name and possessions to join a marriage commune in Taos in 1970.

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Civic pride: Fashion takes its turn at getting vote out

September 2

by Gemma Tarlach Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (KRT) Whether you lean to the right or the left, want to quell voter apathy, or express your inner wonk, this election season there's a statement T-shirt for you. And yes, most designs out there are destined for the bargain bin come Nov.

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Poets compete to slam Bush

Cindy Lewis | August 31

While some express political views through debate, others do it through poetry. On Saturday more than 250 people of all ages and ethnicities came together for one purpose - to slam the president. Slam Bush is a national rhyming contest in which poets and MCs step up to the mic to spew their views about the president and his policies.

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Bad trip inspires destructive tendencies

Nancy Chang | August 31

If time travel was as easy as popping in a CD, consider 25% Toby's Live at the BPL, the key to starting up the psychedelic hippie bus. The listener will end up in a place populated by weird guys tripping on mushrooms and trying to revive the '70s by shouting lyrics into the ears of the deaf.

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Band pulls off bipolar concept CD

August 31

Staff Report Who would have thought a band could combine the sounds of death metal and emo, and create a harmony that works? From Autumn to Ashes, or FATA, have successfully mixed two very different genres of music, and on Saturday they showed Albuquerque fans bipolar music may be the way to go.

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Comic column:Comics look at space, humanity

August 26

by Manuelita Beck Daily Lobo There's something magical about outer space. Now, keep in mind I was never one of those kids who wanted to go into space one day - you know, the ones dying to go to Space Camp. But there's something about Orbiter that makes me dream about space.

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A little of something for everyone's tastes

August 26

by Manuelita Beck Daily Lobo 100 Bullets, written by Brian Azzarello & illustrated by Eduardo Risso, published by Vertigo Comics. First Shot, Last Call is the first volume. The mysterious Agent Graves delivers a gun and 100 untraceable bullets to ex-con Dizzy Cordova and tells her who's responsible for the death of her family.

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'On Tour' brings jazz legends

Pamela Herrington | August 26

Nancy Wilson and Ramsey Lewis are collaborating once more. This Sunday, Outpost Productions presents Wilson, 2004 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, in concert with jazz pianist and composer Lewis at Popejoy Hall. Annually, the NEA names living jazz legends jazz masters based on nominations submitted by the public.

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TV tech inspired by the East

August 26

by Nancy Chang Daily Lobo When meeting Dan Noyes, a TV production technician at UNM's law school, it becomes immediately obvious he is a person who has lived a life that fully embraces the lessons of the little things. He appreciates diversity and is involved in printmaking and photography.

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Musician taps into the sound of cactus

Marisa Demarco | August 26

John Cage recommends a cactus with wooden spines - not plastic spines - as one instrument for his piece, "Child of Tree." The other instruments are pod rattles, the four or five-inch brown oblong things with seeds inside, and plant materials performers find on their own.

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Bouncer redefines tough guy image

Jessica Del Curto | August 25

Brian Banks may be the most laid back bouncer in Albuquerque. A manager and bouncer who also books bands at Burt's Tiki Lounge, Banks has an excuse to be a mean guy. Yet he said he was once young and just wants people to have a good time. "I would like Burt's to be a place where people have fun and not feel like they have a Nazi regime after them," he said.

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Last call for Nob Hill bar

Jessica Del Curto | August 25

After 10 years of serving food and spirits to the Nob Hill crowd, O'Niell's Pub will turn over its bar stools for good in December. The tenant's lease is coming to an end on Dec. 31, and the landlord doesn't want to renew it, owner Rob O'Niell said. "I didn't see this coming," he said.

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Boredom pays off for band

August 25

by Nancy Chang Daily Lobo Spiderbait, an Australian band that sprouted out of the little town of Finley, New South Wales, is enjoying the success of their latest CD, Tonight Alright. The trio began playing together 15 years ago in the barns and backyards of Australia for the attentive ears of cattle.

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DJs spin real hip-hop on local radio

Jessica Del Curto | August 25

For DJs Automatic and Rockwell, spinning on the radio was never a priority. All they wanted was to move the crowd. Yet because these humble musicians have real talent, people in the local music industry are starting to take notice. They have gigs all over the city, as well as a show on radio station 97.

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Casual poems create Madness

Neelam Mehta | August 25

Even the most mundane and simple experiences can inspire poetry, this seems to be the theme of Madness and Retribution, the latest collection from poet Juliette Torrez. Luckily, the actual poems don't harbor the same stale demeanor as their subjects. On the contrary, Torrez takes trite places and experiences and creates strong and thought-provoking poetry.

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Film center seeks more eyes

August 24

by Noah Armstrong Daily Lobo Southwest Film Center Director Justin Landis is tired of seeing only a few students at the movies. "The theater sits almost 200 people, and when it's only drawing 10 to 15 people, we obviously have a problem," he said.

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DJ goes from Philippines to religion

August 24

by Billy Lorne Daily Lobo After getting over the initial culture shock of moving from the Philippines to Albuquerque, a UNM student majoring in mass communications, found his groove. Ramzy Blanch, 22, is a deejay at radio station M-88, 88.3 FM, and the bass player of Christian metal band Mourning to Mercy.