For those who need a good laugh or a good date this Valentine's Day, "Sleep With Me!" promises these and much more. "Sleep With Me!" was written by Susan Erickson, a UNM and TVI instructor, and directed by Allison Davis, who has directed 16 previous plays at the Vortex.
The jig is up for singers everywhere. Software designers at Zero G think they have us figured out - they think they've distilled the essence of a human voice into a totally synthesized "soul" singer, according to the Web site. Vocaloid, a new program designed to simulate singers, was released by Yamaha worldwide Tuesday.
by Neelam Mehta Daily Lobo When a single image can tell an entire story, provoke horror, sympathy or joy in a viewer, and look beautiful all at the same time, art is at its very best. The latest art exhibition at The Albuquerque Museum, "The Pulitzer Prize Photographs: Capture the Moment," which showcases every photograph awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1942, does just that.
Politics and expression will mix for the next four Tuesdays at Theater X to produce unexpected results. Totally Random Tuesdays is starting its run this semester tonight with a public forum in response to last week's court of appeals case, which addressed the rights of acting students.
Finally, existentialism has come to folk music. Ten Mile Tide focuses on life's chances and accepting responsibility in its latest independent release, Midnight Is Early. Ten Mile Tide, a band started by twin brothers Justin and Jason Munning and their Stanford roommates, mixes a Counting Crows-style with early '70s folk to create a unique and refreshing album.
Bob Marley has been an inspiration to musicians and poets alike. This Friday at Puccini's Golden West Saloon admirers and music-lovers can pay homage to the reggae legend during the Bob Marley Birthday Bash. "We wouldn't be doing music at all if it wasn't for Bob Marley," said Ben Williams, guitarist and lead vocalist for Crazy Fool, who describes his band's sound as "white-boy reggae.
UNM artists, get ready to rumble. UNM's first Artists' Rumble is set to kick off today, fusing an art-making workshop with an art exhibition, both of which are ever-changing, have virtually no rules and are totally unconventional. The ASA Gallery is opening its doors to this three-week long art madness where students will produce works of art in the workshops and leave them in the gallery for all to see.
by Cindy Lewis Daily Lobo In honor of Black Herstory Month, the Women's Resource Center will be showing "Black Women On: The Light, Dark Thang," a documentary film on racial politics within the African American community. "The film documents dialogue between four or five friends and how they've been treated based on their skin color,"said Andrea Mays, graduate student in comparative literature and cultural studies and organizer of the event.
by Neelam Mehta Daily Lobo Normally hailed as one of the more positive bands on the rock scene, Incubus has proven with its latest release, A Crow Left of the Murder, that even they can get pissed off. Besides their signature lyrics that read like poetry and a musical chemistry that allows for exploration outside the mainstream, Incubus has incorporated a slightly harder and darker sound into Crow.
Whether they should be labeled pop music or not, the Offspring are renowned for all those songs that get stuck so easily in people's heads. They continue that trend in their newest album Splinter. The album begins with a march and the declaration "We will never lose to you," launching into a song about defeat and determination.
I could not help but find it incredibly apt when a week or so ago a correspondent on "The Daily Show" explained the president's new proposition for manned missions to the moon and Mars in the following way: "This shows that the president has officially given up on Earth.
Politically and socially inspired musician Michael Franti isn't afraid to voice his dissenting opinion, despite governmental attempts to silence his message. With his latest album Everyone Deserves Music, Franti and his band Spearhead offer listeners promising prescriptions that might help to heal an afflicted world.
Of all the scams college students face on their journey toward that coveted degree, none can match the tangled web of deceit textbook publishers spin. Churning out unnecessary new editions lacking significant changes, publishers have in recent years taken their scandalous ways one step further by introducing supplements to the textbook market.
Mix equal parts Utah mountains and Southern California sunshine and you get a singable, slightly twangy, alternative-country, or as Remedy Motel calls it, porch rock. On their second independently released album A Better Life, these Utah boys turned California surfer kids have struck on an idea and a sound they like to call Americana-infused music.
Michael Franti and his band Spearhead are known for their political music and have been called a part of the resistance. This outspoken artist has got a lot to say, and with music as his tool, he speaks what some might call the unspeakable. Daily Lobo: Can you discuss why you felt it necessary to speak with a college newspaper? Michael Franti: One reason I really enjoy speaking and playing at universities is because young people don't have the attachment to the commercial world, for lack of a better word.
Modernizing books into film usually sets literary fans up for a huge letdown. When filmmakers decide to make updated versions of a time-honored classic like, say, Pride and Prejudice, it seems like their creative juices are exhausted and they are otherwise incapable of producing an original script.
by Sam Beresky Daily Lobo Albuquerque's Sweatband - newly renamed The Foxx - has taken a page right out of Shakespeare's book. After all, what is in a name? Apparently not much because The Foxx is ready to take the rock world by storm with a new self-titled album.
Those who have ever wanted to study abroad in France, or just want a chance to polish their conversational French, might be interested in going from "Paris to Provence" with UNM's French Department. For the third consecutive year, this program will send ambitious and adventurous students on a two-week trip through Southern France, including a tour of some of its major landmarks and historical sites.
UNM graduate student Rodica Focseneanu is a self-admitted escapist. In her case, it works to her advantage as she has created three installation pieces that by just walking through, can take their viewer to a totally different, soothing place. "The spaces are meant to be inviting, and at the same time comforting," Focseneanu said.
London b-boy Jonzi D elevates hip-hop to a higher level by adding a theatrical element to the genre. Tonight, the chance to see Jonzi D's take on hip-hop will be at El Rey. He is known throughout London for his unique style, and has toured with artists like the Roots and Jeru tha Damaja.
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