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Surreal 10 minutes with Kurt Vonnegut
Simon Trujillo | April 25I must confess that my interview with Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is something I still struggle to understand.
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New 'Star Wars' movie brings out veiled subculture
Anna Angeli | April 25A strange phenomenon is rapidly taking over the world. In 1999, it was estimated to have brought in more than $12 billion - exceeding the gross national product of Cambodia, El Salvador and Jamaica combined. For years, fans have dressed up as space aliens waving glowing swords, and have devoted weeks to stand in line for it. This week, it even graces the cover of Time magazine.
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Hip-hop artists to hit Santa Fe
April 24G. Love and the Special Sauce will be pouring it on thick at the Paramount in Santa Fe tonight.
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'Mam†' mixes humor, complexity
Iliana Limn | April 23For those who lamented that another "Amelie" would be hard to come by, jubilant relief has arrived in the form of the coming-of-age foreign film, "Y Tu Mam† TambiÇn."
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'Joshua' innocuous but amateurish
Emily Sperry | April 23"Joshua" is a new film that is running for a limited time in Albuquerque. The film stars Tony Goldwyn, best known for his role in "Ghost," as the title character. It also casts in supporting roles F. Murray Abraham, who won an Oscar for his performance in "Amadeus," and Kurt Fuller, who has appeared in such films as "Scary Movie" and "Wayne's World."
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Talking Taos: Festival showcases array of original, amazing films
Simon Trujillo | April 18Since its inception in 1994, the Taos Talking Picture Festival has grown into one of the nation's premiere film festivals, showcasing a broad and spectacular array of local, national and international talent. And this year's festival was no exception.
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'The Rock' a complex super star
April 18LOS ANGELES - To understand The Rock, you have to break him into three pieces. First there's his World Wrestling Federation persona, also nicknamed "The People's Champ," a body-slamming muscleman known for raising his eyebrow suggestively and snarling wisecracks that whip crowds of thousands into a frenzy.
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'Tee-tot' is electric rockabilly
Jesse AckerJohnson | April 18Descending out of the purple and green sky that the south cast on rock 'n' roll and blues from the '20s to the '70s, comes the Gen-X, fourth infantry division ready to enter the cyber age. Wielding a myriad of hip-thrustin, booty-slappin attitudes, Throw Rag's latest release, Tee-tot, is the next skirmish in the rock-blues battle. The only problem is that, to my knowledge, electric rockabilly had lost the battle quite a while ago.
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Fiestas return boasting an eclectic lineup
Andrew Webb | April 18From classical music to goofball punk and food to environmental speakers, this year's Fiestas event Saturday at UNM promises a little something for everyone.
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'Earnest' a worthy diversion
Sarah Hunt | April 18The UNM Theatre Department's production of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" is an enchanting late spring diversion.
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UNM operas defy expectations
Marissa Jurez | April 16I have always wondered why going to the opera was such a big deal. Then again, I had never gone to one until Friday night. Upon my venture to the UNM Opera Theatre and Symphony Orchestra's performance, I was stripped of all my preconceived misconceptions and bombarded with a new slew of guided perceptions - most of which are positive.
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Trail of Dead provides a rugged rock star fix
Justin Parks | April 16If, as Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon wrote in 1983, "people pay to see other people believe in themselves," how are we to explain our fascination in paying to see people drink themselves into oblivion and destroy things?
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Guide lacking in humor, but full of generalizations
Anna Angeli | April 16Sarah Montague wants to prove to the world that she's a smart, modern writer.
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Ill Ni§o's Latin-metal gets live at Sunshine
Ron Gonzales | April 11According to Ill Ni§o frontman Christian Machado, certain benefits could be gained from his band's participation in the Jagermeister Music Tour, which rolls into town Saturday and also features Coal Chamber and Drowning Pool.
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Talking Pictures
Anna Angeli | April 11Featuring films from 25 countries, more than a dozen world and U.S. premieres and special guests such as Susan Sarandon, the 8th Annual Taos Talking Picture Festival is no mere smalltown movie night.
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Petra's CafÇ is a flavorful delight
Simon Goldfine | April 11I know how you feel. You're bored with pizza, nauseated at the thought of a burger and crying at the prospect of another breakfast burrito.
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Oh, Ranger! release brings band a bit closer to brilliance
Kenn Rodrguez | April 11When Elvis Costello started out, he was heralded as a pop music innovator. So was David Byrne, leader of the Talking Heads. So was Blondie - though, most music critics being guys, they were more smitten with singer Debbie Harry.
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Play gives glimpse of Wilde's life
Sarah Hunt | April 10Director Eugene Douglas and his cast breathe vibrant life into Theatre X's production of Moises Kaufman's "Gross Indecency."
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Hardcourt's 'Monsters' fails to live up to the press hype
Nicole Bernard | April 10Toward the end of Ed Harcourt's new album, my roommate turned to me and said, "Nicole, this sounds like bad country and Christmas music."
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Group art 'Reconfigured'
Andrew Webb | April 4Take a minute to imagine something you see every day - perhaps your car, an appliance, or maybe the building you work in.
