Thomas Andrews says he got interested in filmmaking when a teacher at West Mesa High School gave him a camera and told him to go make a movie. Andrews, a media arts major, is the director of the Southwest Film Center and has made about 15 short films since then.
Carlisle Gym is going through a rebirth of sorts this weekend. Last semester, the gym, which was used as a basketball court until 1986, went through serious renovations in support of UNM's Department of Theatre and Dance new MFA offering. The venue has been transformed into a multifunctional, 200-seat, state-of-the-art dance-performance space equipped with new lighting, sound systems and new seats.
by Krista Pino Daily Lobo Madness has taken over the Vortex Theater. UNM student Gabrielle Johansen made her off-campus directorial debut with "Methods to Madness" at the Vortex Theatre last weekend. Most of the play is set in a Hollywood apartment, with seven characters, including 20-something roommates Mercy and Maxine.
Eric Clapton said he has never heard anyone play the guitar like blues legend Robert Johnson. Some said Johnson sold his soul to the devil for his nearly perfect guitar talents. Ironically, this is near what Clapton's peers say about him and his "slow hand.
by Blair Rinn Daily Lobo Spring is all around with the twittering of birds, the unfurling of blossoms and the caress of the warm sun. It's only natural that the "Flower of Evil" would sprout up at the Madstone Theater. Indeed, there is some spring-like play in "La Fleur du Mal," but it is mostly foul.
Thomas Jefferson is raised from the crypt to provide legal counsel to Jose Padilla in director Ramon Florez's ambitious, trilingual play, "The Peculiar Case of Jose Padilla." In reality, Jose Padilla's case has not been argued before a jury. Padilla is being held for plotting to detonate a radiological bomb in the United States, and the U.
by Luke Nihlen Daily Lobo I bet Carl Jung would have loved the Internet. Jung extended the Freudian theory of the conscious and subconscious mind to include a third component - the collective unconscious. Think of it as a collection of subconscious traits and associations common to all humans.
Grade: B- The Bloody Lovelies aren't bad, just not nearly as good as band members claim. When people have something to sell, it's common practice for them to showcase their goods in a positive light. The Bloody Lovelies is no exception. By perusing the band's Web site (www.
Daniel Stolar was going to become a doctor, but after two years of studying medicine at Yale, he decided to skip off to the University of Arizona to chase his true passion - writing. "I like short stories the most," Stolar said. "They give you the depth of a novel in one sitting.
Special effects are not credited to the late 19th century, but filmmaker Zoe Beloff has brought some of those cinema techniques to life in beautifully captivating pieces that explore the unconscious. Professor Mary Tsiongas of the Electronic Arts Department in conjunction with the Southwest Film Center brought Beloff to UNM and her films, "Shadowland, or Light From the Other Side" and "Claire and Don in Slumberland," last weekend.
This story was going to be the big one. I got an email last Friday asking, "Sam, how would you like to go to The Mars Volta show and interview them after the show?" I got so excited my head started to spin. I thought I was in grade school again on my way to see Motley Crue.
The best work in any art form frequently comes from a revolutionary mind. Working Classroom's latest production, "Carmen" is an innovative creation from no less than 11 minds, one of which is MoisÇs Kaufman, writer and director of "The Laramie Project." "We're taking a process that's very collaborative in the community and creating something pretty revolutionary," said Tricklock Theatre's Joe Pesce, the assistant director for the play.
Even local bands can have a storied past full of hard work and rock star shenanigans. In the four years that Unit 7 Drain has been together, it has had a work output greater than most well-paid pop stars and probably much better tales. The band recoded and released a self-titled EP in 2001, the excellent LP Red Halo in 2002 and 2003's The Suicide Couple.
It's often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. If this is true, the artists of the Jonson Gallery's 10th Annual Juried Graduate Student Exhibition speak volumes in every language known to man. "I'm a curious person, and art is such a mysterious thing," Lea Anderson, one of the featured artists, said.
by Sam Beresky Daily Lobo With the typical rock lineup of two guitars, bass and drums, rock music really can't be something different or new anymore. The Von Bondies major label debut, Pawn Shoppe Heart, is no exception. And with the recent explosion of guitar-based rock that sounds as if it is coming straight from the carport, the sound isn't even new or original for our generation.
Kevin Smith fans start your weeping. Writer/director Kevin Smith has just dipped his loyal fan base headfirst into the bog of eternal clichÇs and sentimental mush. His latest endeavor, "Jersey Girl," has not only proven a letdown for Smith fans far and wide, but its writing rises only slightly above Hallmark card status.
by Sam Beresky Daily Lobo With the typical rock lineup of two guitars, bass and drums, rock music really can't be something different or new anymore. The Von Bondies major label debut, Pawn Shoppe Heart, is no exception. And with the recent explosion of guitar-based rock that sounds as if it is coming straight from the carport, the sound isn't even new or original for our generation.
There is nothing wrong with taking a minimalist approach to making music, especially in this day of polished, slickly produced "American Idol" karaoke superstars. The minimalist approach has worked for countless bands over the years, just ask any Weezer fan.
In his latest documentary, "The Same River Twice," director/writer/producer Robb Moss captures the leap from recklessness to responsibility, from innocence to maturity and most lamentably, from youth to middle age. Moss' subjects are a group of friends who spent the summer of 1978 rafting down the Colorado River.
Some bands have head-banging, air guitar music, some have mosh pit, burning T-shirt music, and others have trippy psychedelics. And they all spawned from one source: jazz. The Motet, an acid, African, Cuban, Brazilian percussion jazz band from Boulder, Colo.
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