Grade A+ Ladies and gentlemen, make way, make way for Pixar on crack and Simpsons on smack - Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation has come to town and anyone looking for a healthy dose of disturbing humor can get their fill and more Friday at Madstone.
In Ovid's Metamorphoses, he wrote that time devours all things. This is true in most cases, but writer Mary Zimmerman resurrects Ovid's ancient myths to remind humanity of the lessons that can be learned through stories. She reminds audiences, most importantly, of-the-magic in myths that our nine to five culture has left behind.
Sometimes life hands you lemons and all you can do is add some sugar to the unpleasant fruit and make lemonade. Listening to the Florida pseudo-punk fivesome, the Washdown's album of lemons causes a real thirst for some good lemonade. Yes To Everything, the Washdown's first full-length album, is an exercise in mediocrity.
It is difficult to visualize the horrific torture Jesus experienced during the last 12 hours of his life until one sees Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ." The film presents a realistic picture of the time period with the dialogue spoken in Latin, Aramaic and Hebrew with English subtitles.
Before Lee Quiones was painting murals in Rome, showing his work at galleries in Paris and designing sets for music videos, he got his work to the masses via a less legal method -he spray painted subway cars. In fact, Quiones sprayed entire cars from top to bottom creating giant, forty-foot murals.
Albuquerque High School student Damien Flores reads his poem "Random Haiku Death Match" during a poetry slam at the Blue Dragon Coffee House on Feb. 13. Tonight marks UNM's first annual Slam Off Finals, an event which will send a team of poets to the 2004 College Unions Poetry Invitational.
If the thought of another watercolor still life is less than exciting, UNM's Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has the answer. "The last Saturday of every month we invite a different artist from a different culture to share an art form particular to that culture," said Carol Anne Brannan, public programs coordinator for the Maxwell Museum.
Today Ash Wednesday marks not only the beginning of Lent, but also the opening of Mel Gibson's controversial film "The Passion of the Christ." The film graphically depicts the last 12 hours of Jesus' life as recounted in the Gospel stories of the New Testament.
by Luke Nihlen Daily Lobo There's this romantic notion among hardened computer dorks that ideas, thoughts and language are more real than everyday objects. Our very view of the world is skewed toward language rather than actuality - this is why I just had to have an iPod.
It's not often that a new musician makes as big an impact on the music world as Norah Jones did with her 2001 debut, Come Away with Me. Although it was a cross-genre jazz album, it managed to blow audiences and the recording industry away with the kind of success that seemed to defy logic.
Actor Edmund Gwenn once said, "Dying is easy. It's comedy that's difficult." Philly-dweller B-Phlat will give Albuquerque the best of both worlds when her own special blend of brassy, urban humor has people dying of laughter. "I never know what I'm gonna do until I see the audience," B-Phlat said.
This weekend Bill Evans and his dance company saw the curtain fall for the last time. Evans, a professor of dance at UNM for 16 years, will no longer produce concerts for the Bill Evans Dance Company he formed 30 years ago. Friday and Saturday the company performed "30" at the South Broadway Cultural Center in front of a packed crowd.
by Cindy Lewis Daily Lobo There are certain elements a high school movie must have: a big house party, jocks in lettermen jackets, prom, sex and the character who doesn't quite fit in. "The Girl Next Door" delivers all of these high school clichs with yet another modernized brat pack.
Gay and straight men might have more than their share of differences, but at the end of the day they are still just men. That is what the creators of "Straight Plan for the Gay Man," a new show on Comedy Central, hope to prove with their parody of the cult hit "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
There's something about really good punk music that makes you realize how much mundane day-to-day crap really doesn't matter all that much. It's a sense of not really caring about other peoples' opinions, but there's more to it than that. Good punk music can open your eyes and relax your mind and do it all while blasting 4/4 backbeats, choppy guitars and vocals that would make Simon from American Idol hide under his piles of cash crying for a warm bottle.
Amy Fortoul investigates the taboos surrounding the female appetite for sex and food in her one-woman show "This is My Body." Even that description is a bit tame though, and Fortoul said she links intensely personal topics like shameful sexual experiences, body hatred and eating disorders in an autobiographical performance.
Three and a half stars If you haven't heard of Hot Water Music, you're not alone. Despite releasing seven albums over 10 years, touring the United States, Europe and Australia, the band just hasn't reached many people in the Albuquerque area. But the members plan to change all that when they play the Sunshine Theatre tonight with the Bouncing Souls.
Some inner-city people see folk music as the unwanted bastard child of blues. ThaMuseMeant is not to be dismissed so easily. "At present we are calling ourselves a string band, a sassy string band - tattooed folk," said mandolin player David Tiller. The band split up after touring together nonstop for seven years.
If imitation is the highest form of flattery, the Grateful Dead shouldn't have any self-esteem issues. Dark Star Orchestra, one of many Deadhead tribute bands, goes past imitation. The only things the members are missing are wigs and tie-dyed costumes. Their first live album, Thunder and Lightnin,' consists of nine tracks, each with a playtime from anywhere between two to 14 minutes.
In honor of National Black History Month, the Center for African American Student Services and the Black Student Union have organized a month full of events that they hope will build a sense of community. Although February is almost gone, the events are still coming strong.
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