The title "Tupac: Resurrection" suggests controversial rapper Tupac Shakur is back, when in fact, he never left. The movie offers a complete story of Tupac's life as told by the rapper himself. In the seven years after his death, Tupac became the number one selling rap artist in pop music history, according to Billboard Music charts.
"Small Voices" is an old story in a new setting. The film is a Philippine import that tells the story of a young woman, Melinda (the up-and-coming Alessandra de Rossi), who journeys to a small village in the Philippines to teach in a place where "only the rich can afford to dream.
by Sam Beresky Daily Lobo Though Modest Mouse has been around for years, the band is now finally poised to become the reigning king of unsettling, introspective indie rock. Vocalist Isaac Brock, complete with a Who-like pose, is the musical genius behind the edgy band from the Northwest that played to a sold-out Sunshine Theater Friday.
Tommy Castro is one humble musician. He has been hailed as the next B.B. King, performed on stage with some of the best blues musicians in the business and even received praise from the legendary Carlos Santana. Yet all he wants is to pay tribute to his idols and come to New Mexico for some sopapillas.
The Words Afire Festival is bringing all walks of life from UNM's theater program together. The festival has entered into its second week and shows no signs of letting up, putting 10 more plays up on three stages in the UNM area. The work is inspired and fresh with student directors working alongside student playwrights and a cast of primarily student actors.
After fighting for a space in the newly renovated SUB, the Art Student Association will celebrate its victory at the grand reopening of the ASA Student Gallery tomorrow night. The ASA Gallery is a student-run art gallery, which provides space for UNM students to exhibit their artwork in a professional and academic environment.
UNM's percussion ensemble will do more than keep the beat at Keller Hall tonight. When most people think of percussion instruments, they might envision drums, symbols and chimes used mostly as background sound supplementing an orchestra. When Scott Ney, director of percussion studies at UNM, thinks of percussion he hears the sound of breaking glass, clinking water glasses, and umbrellas and table tops played all together with no accompaniment.
Darediablo is rock and nothing else. The band out of New York is not the kind of rock you have to qualify with a descriptive adjective like "emo," "indie" or "sedimentary." No, Darediablo's latest release, Feeding Frenzy, just strait-up rocks. That doesn't mean the songs are derivative or boring.
Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green dressed in drag, guide us through the chaotic New York club scene in "Party Monster," currently showing at Madstone Theaters. Even though the first part of this film drags - no pun intended - and lacks a real story, the plot slowly builds up, gradually offering a unique experience that is comical and tragic.
UNM senior Michael Borowski says he knows what solitude is like. He vividly remembers those adolescent feelings of alienation and isolation that most people would like to forget. This memory affected him, and as a result he has consciously devoted his work as an artist to this experience.
There is nothing more pathetic than a performer who insults people while remaining in comfortable anonymity behind a toy puppet dog. The only thing that could be sadder is a CD featuring that toy puppet dog. Triumph the insult comic dog, the popular character from "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," has just released a comedy CD/DVD, Come Poop With Me.
Art is alive and interactive at UNM and now, anyone walking through the SUB can experience it first-hand. An exhibit assembled by emerging artists from an advanced sculpture class opened Friday. Nine sculptures are positioned in various locations throughout the SUB and will be on display until Nov.
by Michael Sanchez Daily Lobo "Taking Sides" brings us yet another brilliant performance from veteran actor Harvey Keitel. The film explores unique aspects of the consequences of World War II and confronts the difficult feelings people had to come to grips with in its aftermath.
Agnes Martin has exclusively painted stripes for 40 years. "I think that's some kind of record," she says in a documentary. Not stripes really, but horizontal lines on 6-by-6 canvases. Recently, she switched to 5 feet by 5 feet when the larger canvases got too big for her to maneuver.
UNM's Words Afire play festival showcases student work in all capacities. Student writers, directors, actors and stage managers from UNM's Department of Theatre and Dance have come together to bring audiences the fourth annual Words Afire production. Original works in a variety of flavors will grace the stage.
Orchestra performances may traditionally be an auditory experience, but performances by the UNM Symphony Orchestra are sure to tantalize many more senses. Sunday's performance in Keller Hall will be an aural treat - consider it a taste of things to come.
Three and a half stars Less philosophy, more action and unexpected plot twists make "Matrix Revolutions" an excellent finale to "The Matrix" trilogy. The original "Matrix" was released in March of 1999 and revolutionized the way action movies are made.
The second release from The Strokes is more of the same. This is not a bad thing. With more minimalism, more good old-fashioned rock, more jangly guitars and brittle vocals, Room On Fire is a collection of short, lively tracks. According to a news release, The Strokes have uncompromisingly pursued the "less is more" methodology when it comes to songwriting.
Albuquerque darlings The Shins are back in the business of rasslin' acoustic guitars by the horns and delivering bowlfuls of campfire gumbo with morsels of throwback indie-pop on the band's second full-length album, Chutes too Narrow. The follow-up disc to 2001's Oh, Inverted World, Chutes too Narrow offers a similar auditory experience - nostalgic melodies packaged in the warm cellophane crinkle of delicate New Mexican sunsets, bubbles and mild retro ornamentation.
Valerie Potter and Pamela Pyle, assistant professors in the music department, didn't mean to make a feminist statement - but they have. Tonight, five female composers will finally get their moment in the spotlight. Potter and Pyle's recital at Keller Hall will showcase a selection of what they consider brilliant compositions.
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