by Cindy Lewis Daily Lobo Some think hip-hop culture has been given a bad rap. Cyrus Gould and his crew, Ultra High Frequency, along with United Students Against Sweatshops, plan to disprove that negative reputation with the second annual Breaking Hearts Hip-Hop Jam tomorrow in the SUB Ballroom.
Valentine's Day is heating up the warm fuzzies again this year - dragging with them a case of cynicism and traumatic memories for some UNM students. "Valentine's Day seems like a good break up day for girls," Raynor Lynn said. "Girls like to break up on Valentine's Day.
After a three-year tour, "Alexander Rodchenko: Modern Photography, Photomontage and Film" is making its last stop in the place that got the show started, UNM Art Museum. Rodchenko was the first photographer of his time to play with scale and type face - essentially breaking up the idea of what a photography was.
For those with special someones who prefer Mozart to spaghetti and meatballs or are just tired of the traditional dinner and a movie, Las Cantantes, the UNM women's choir will be performing a special Valentine's Day concert. The concert will feature several pieces by Libby Larsen composed specifically for the choir.
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Teatro Nuevo MÇxico will open its production of "El Jard°n," a play that depicts the first match made in heaven, Adam and Eve. Written by Chicano scholar Carlos Morton, the play tells the classic Genesis story of the first woman and man with a 20th century spin on the tale.
by Danielle Bloch Daily Lobo Shannon Hayes questions the meaning of dreams in her art show, "An Attempt to Contain." Although Hayes is a third-year Fine Arts graduate student in printmaking, her installation at The Walls contains three different mediums of art.
Wisdom of the Leech is not the average Albuquerque band. The band's debut EP, The Death of Respect is a five-song power-bomb. Not only has the band managed to put together a respectable first EP, it has also created a sound that creeps toward the edges of clichÇ and then slaps you in the face and makes a bee line towards something unexpected.
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.
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