by Dustin Habermann Daily Lobo Documentary Deathmatch: "Bowling for Columbine" vs. "The Trials of Henry Kissinger" Both make you want to raise your angry fist against the man keeping you down but which is the better date movie? The Daily Lobo decides in a eight-round battle to the death.
by Rafael Gallegos Daily Lobo Theater companies from all over the world are in Albuquerque performing in the Third Annual Revolutions International Theatre Festival, brought to us by our own creators, innovators and ambassadors of culture, the Tricklock Theatre Company.
by Dustin Habermann Daily Lobo Why are Americans killing each other? Using the angles of the Columbine tragedy, U.S. Foreign Policy and U.S. media, Michael Moore attempts to answer this question in his 2002 release "Bowling for Columbine." There's a pretty slim chance you are going to be killed by a gun.
Madstone, the new major independent movie theater in Albuquerque, only picks the best films to show and "Frida" is a beautiful film. It has all the beauty of one of Frida Kahlo's paintings, with an emphasis on the pain. It chronicles the story of Ms. Kahlo's life from the day she first spoke to Diego Rivera to the day her work was finally showcased in her home, Mexico.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," originally released in 1964, is considered by many to be a masterpiece of cinema. The film, now playing at Madstone Theater, deals with the safety of nuclear weapons and the people who handle them during the Cold War.
by Angela Williams and Kenn Rodriguez Daily Lobo Buddy Wakefield always plays Albuquerque on the perfect note. A performance poet and slam champion from Seattle, Wakefield is on the last leg of his personal road tour and every time he swings by New Mexico, the Buddy groupies swarm to see his intense, emotional performances.
by Rafael Gallegos Daily Lobo For the next three weeks, Albuquerque will be a hotbed for cutting-edge theater. The Tricklock Company will spnosor its third annual Revolutions International Theatre Festival. Theater companies from six different countries will present more than 35 performances for 20 days at eight venues throughout the city.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo Albuquerque audience members are some of the lucky ones as talented independent bands like Unit 7 Drain are allowed to grow and evolve. Unit 7 Drain strives for originality. Lead singer/guitarist Harry Redus-Brown said that the band "is mostly about suppressed aggression, agitation, dissatisfaction and a sort of general disaffected feeling of most people who are intelligent enough to perceive what's going on around them.
Have you ever wanted to rob a bank? Didn't think so, but have you ever wondered what goes on in the minds of those who rob banks? The latest production at the Vortex has just what you're looking for. "High Life" is about four guys who plan to rob a bank, more like an ATM machine, and quarrel so much that -- well, I won't spoil the ending for you.
Paul McCartney has been around for ages. And this year he's back -- Back in the U.S, that is. Har, har, right? And no, I did not forget an extra "S" and an "R" in my fully intended pun. That's the name of his new double album of all live tracks. He's caught the all-too-common patriotic bug, too.
"Igby Goes Down," now playing at Madstone Theaters, is one of the best movies to come out this year bar none. With a stellar cast, phenomenal writing, a score that exceeds all standards of what can be done with music in film and one of the strongest performances this year, "Igby Goes Down" should be a strong contender for all categories of the Academy Awards.
Comedian Dave Attell, host of the Comedy Central TV show "Insomniac with Dave Attell," calls the show "'E!'s Wild On' for ugly people." I respectfully disagree. The show is more like the bar portions of "Blind Date" mixed with "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" and a lot of cheap beer.
The members of Molodi are feeling "pretty ambitious"-- at least that's how Juan Carlos Bagnell, one of the step dance group's founding members, describes the group's first full-length show at the Tricklock Theatre. Imagine, an hour or hour and a half in which most of the rhythms, music and energy are generated entirely by only six dancers bodies.
by Dustin Habermann Daily Lobo When was the last time you did something nice for your mother? That's what I thought, you negligent monster. Well, here's a hint -- she doesn't want to see the new "Jackass" movie. How about an evening of music? Tonight, the University Choir and the University Symphony Orchestra will perform two favorites of the choral repertoire, Vivaldi's "Gloria" and Faure's "Requiem," conducted by Professor Bradley Ellingboe and Professor Jorge Perez-Gomez.
by Abel Horwitz Daily Lobo Albuquerque is the perfect place for a concert. It's between so many major cities - Dallas, Phoenix, Denver - that bands make our town a stop on their tours. Apparently the bands usually get a good crowd and we love those independents.
by Stuart Overbey Daily Lobo The first juried gallery show of The Art Student Association opens Friday, Dec. 6, at the Harwood Art Center and is a step toward the ASA returning to the UNM campus. One of the first student-run organizations on campus, the ASA had a gallery since the early '70s in the basement of the old Student Union Building.
As a great singer/songwriter, Lou Barlow should need no introduction. Unfortunately, he does, because great singer/songwriters are often unknown singer/songwriters. As one of the founding members of the now defunct but legendary band Dinosaur Jr., Barlow channels most of his musical energy into Sebadoh, a band he fronts with Jason Loewenstein and Bob Fay.
by Rafael Gallegos Daily Lobo Seminal filmmaker Francois Truffaut's "Jules et Jim" is playing at Madstone Theater as part of the Movie Milestone series. The French director was a part of the French New Wave in film that strove to push the boundaries of filmic language.
by Dustin Habermann Daily Lobo Any fine arts major will tell you with little stars in their eyes -- when you experience the arts you understand a bit more about the artists, including their cultural background. A wonderful opportunity to listen to Iraqi music is coming to our humble little town Nov.
Ah, that time of year is upon us again -- the time of year where you are almost happy to be alive, especially when that large present under the dead, but festively decorated, tree bears your name. What better way to ring in the seasons than reading an article about forthcoming video games? On this week's agenda -- Metroid Prime.
Solutions by The State News
