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'Jackass' movie not for everyone

Nathan Jacquez | October 29

by Nathan Jacquez Daily Lobo Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville: welcome to "Jackass." What can really be said about a movie based on a show about stupid people doing stupid things - besides the fact that it is inherently hilarious? Any movie that starts and ends with the disclaimer, "the following stunts were performed by professionals, so for your safety and the protection of those around you, Paramount pictures and MTV insist that neither you nor your dumb little buddies attempt any of what you're about to see," automatically earns a top review from me.

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Spoon eager, willing to rock large crowds

October 29

by Sahar Anwar Daily Lobo If you skipped Saturday night's show at the Launchpad, then shame on you, because you missed a good one. Local act Unit 7 Drain, which was left drummerless but nevertheless affably tried to make do with a borrowed drummer, opened for non-locals The Spoon.

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Rockabilly makes showing

October 24

Bad Billies - Joe Villalobos responding to an e-mail interview. 1) Describe your sound. It's homegrown, refried rockabilly from the Mesilla Valley. 2) How do you feel about the competition so far? The competition has been lots of fun. The crowd gets into the music and all the bands have been great to listen to.

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Red Earth's sound a 'tribal stew'

October 24

Red Earth - Ira Wilson (voice/guitar) and Jeff Duneman (drums) responding to an e-mail interview. 1) Describe your sound. It's "Tribal Stew." Imagine Fishbone, Metallica, Bob Marley, The Meters, Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi, Johnny Cash, Spook & the Guay, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Reverend Horton Heat, XIT, James Brown and Sly Stone mashed together by some mutton-eating rez kid who became a world-traveler, speaking Portuguese and Indin' together in a strange but damn tasty jambalaya.

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Ecclectic Dracup stands

October 24

Chris Dracup (singer/songwriter) responding to an e-mail interview. 1) Describe your sound. My sound is a blend of American Blues, Funk, R&B, Reggae and Soul. Hopefully original and soulful. 2) How do you feel about the competition so far? Are you nervous? I have had mixed feelings about the competitive nature of the showcase.

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Jazz master struts his stuff

Dustin Habermann | October 24

by Dustin Habermann Daily Lobo Wayne Shorter will hand you your own ass when he's nice and done with it. Which is a rather crude way of saying that Shorter is nothing short of a breathing legend. He's played with an exhaustive list of jazz artists, who should be required listening in any music appreciation class, including Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, among others.

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Left Unsaid psyched to make final round

October 24

Left Unsaid - Mario Rivera (guitar/vocal), Jeremy O'Neilin (drums), Hunter Ashton (guitar/vocals) responding to an e-mail interview. 1) Describe your sound. Throttle rock 2) How do you feel about the competition so far? Are you nervous? We're surprised we made it this far, and all the other bands rule.

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Reptilian Lounge hits target

Nathan Jacquez | October 24

by Nathan Jacquez Daily Lobo Oh, Target Girl! It's back - the Reptilian Lounge, that wacky, kooky and otherwise bizarre event that has made the Tricklock Theatre an Albuquerque staple for late-night entertainment since 1995. What is the Reptilian Lounge, you ask? It's only Albuquerque's longest running and most popular variety show.

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Series offers chance to hear unfinished works

October 22

by Sari Krosinsky Daily Lobo The pieces you'll hear at a Works-in-Progress reading may be unfinished, but they are still well worth hearing. After all, how often do you get to hear good writers share their work before it's received the final polish? Works-in-Progress is a more or less monthly reading series featuring unpublished, unfinished poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction by graduate students, faculty and local writers.

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Noise bill quiets downtown

Marisa Demarco | October 22

Do you think your neighbors can hear your stereo? Can they hear your alarm clock? How about your band practicing on a Sunday afternoon? When you go see live music at one of the Downtown venues, do you want to have to shush your friends so you can make out some muted band's sound freshly castrated by the noise ordinance? These questions remain relevant since the final vote on the noise ordinance was cast Monday, Oct.

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Petty album skewers music industry

Kenn Rodriguez | October 22

Once upon a time Tom Petty was an angry young man. Petty's a little older now - OK, he's a lot older - but he's still angry. Judging from his latest CD, The Last DJ, he's got his razor tongue in his cheek. Ably backed by his band of more than 20 years, the Heatbreakers, Petty has crafted a concept album of sorts that skewers the music industry while decrying the loss of innocence pop music has endured these last 20 or so years.

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UnPublished helps artists

Mike Sanchez | October 22

A dual celebration of both a directed vision and that evasive next step of getting published — FunKtional Adix, a poet from Tuscon, Ariz. performed Saturday evening at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. The performance was in support of a grand unveiling of a new magazine designed to help artists break into the publishing market.

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Soulfly gives aficionados dose of metal

Angela Williams | October 17

There's something wonderful about a dose of good heavy metal - it soothes the soul. And Soulfly's latest album, 3, is all about good heavy metal. The band, fronted by ex-Sepultura singer Max Cavalera, has a distinct heavy rock sound mixed with a Brazilian influence that reaches out and forces you into a chokehold.

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Downthesun rehashes the new metal formula

Nathan Jacquez | October 17

"New-Metal" band offers nothing "new". Down the sun, and keep it down if you can. Downthesun, that's one word, all lower case, is Des Moines, Iowa's latest addition to the Slipknot wannabe club. With their not-so-original brand of thrash metal and vocal-shredding lyrics, the band members set out to prove just how fucked up growing up in the Midwest can make someone.

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'Dog House' not a typical blues album

Dustin Habermann | October 17

by Dustin Habermann Daily Lobo Gary Primich lives the blues, that's why he's so good at it. Primich spends upwards 200 nights a year touring and playing in venues all across the country. His renaissance-like abilities as a singer/songwriter/harmonica player, separates him from many other one-trick pony style blues artists.

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Bringing out the Dark Side

Mike Sanchez | October 17

For people who are looking for a change from the norm of Friday night keg cups and crowded houses with loud, pre-recorded music, consider the "Dark Side of the X" variety Show. Modeled after famous variety shows such as the mainstream "Who's Line Is It Anyway?" and local phenomenon Tricklock Theatre Company's "Reptilian Lounge," "Dark Side of the X" allows people to go as wild as they want in the basement of Popejoy Hall.

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'Wrong Guy' too funny for its low status

October 16

by Kenn Rodriguez Daily Lobo If you remember "The Kids in the Hall," you know the name Dave Foley. Of the five Kids, Foley was the short one. The one who could look child-like and devilish at the same time. The one - dare I say - who looked great in a dress.

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Band bears markings from punk forefathers

Eric Howerton | October 16

In a world of bubble-gum pop music, 1208 models itself after bands like Skrew 32 and Pennywise. It is beef stroganoff, which is conceivably the farthest existing thing from bubble-gum. How does this meat and potatoes punk band exist in the chewy, pink soundscape that is modern-day punk? And what really is the difference? Epitaph Records owner and founder Brett Gurewitz helped start one of the most catalytic punk bands of all time.

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Chasm very redundant, whiny

Margarita Ortega y Gomez | October 16

David W. Jacobsen doesn't get any but you sure do, don't you. This is what this up and coming singer/songwriter's latest album The Chasm, has to offer. Really, this CD is intended to offer more than that, like some kind of humor toward bad relationships - but just doesn't really get that far.

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TV viewers ripe for some smutty action can tune into "Real World"

October 16

by Alex Tarrand Daily Lobo Hey there, run out of pretty people to fill your post-wakeup, pre-class, pantless part of your day? I know I have - at least since MTV's "Roadrulers" won their prize and left our lives until next year's reunion special. But thankfully that which created the sickness also makes quick with the cure.