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WEB EXCLUSIVE: New Danzig album a rebellion against popular metal
Ron Gonzales | June 6Misfits/Samhain founder Glenn Danzig ripped through a heavyweight set of songs at Albuquerque’s Midnight Rodeo Sunday, June 2nd. The crowd revved up at the sounds of familiar songs like “Mother,” “Twist of Cain” and “Under Her Black Wings,” and to a lesser extent at cuts from the just-released “777: I Luciferi,” Danzig’s seventh solo release.
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Conceptions makes a literary comeback
Jesse AckerJohnson | June 6A year ago, the production, support and existence of Conceptions Southwest was begging for help because it was about to drown. What could they do, rip up all of the back copies of Conceptions, make some type of floatation device with the remnants and pray to high hell that one of the only artistic/literary collections at UNM would be able to doggie paddle it back to safety?
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Movie serves N.M. waitresses
Emily Sperry | June 6The Santa Fe Film Festival sponsored a special premiere of "American Waitress, New Mexico" by Backseat Productions, Saturday at the Guild Cinema. Audience members waited in lines that stretched down the block for the film's anticipated opening. The screening was a benefit to raise funds for and promote the Santa Fe Film Festival.
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Musicians complement each other
Nathan Jacquez | June 6Michael Chap de Laine, Richard Smith and Julie Adams, three nationally acclaimed string musicians, displayed their unique talents during a show at the Outpost Performance Space Friday.
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Taos Poetry Circus attracts mix of contemporary poets
Dustin Habermann | June 6Event organizers claim that the annual Taos Poetry Circus, which kicks off Saturday, is one of the largest events of its kind in the world. Year after year, the Circus, organized by the World Poetry Bout Association, attracts some of the greatest names in contemporary poetry with fans from all over the world attending.
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Sasha, Digweed stir up the Sunshine
Nathan Jacquez | May 30Saturday, May 18, the Delta Heavy Tour, featuring the famed British hard house DJ's Sasha and John Digweed hit the Sunshine theatre.
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Arts in brief
May 30"American Waitress, New Mexico" is making its premier in Albuquerque on June 1 at The Guild Theater. The event is being sponsored by the Santa Fe Film Festival. "American Waitress, New Mexico" is a documentary film set in Albuquerque that examines the experiences and attitudes of waitresses, while simultaneously commenting on social structures, power dynamics, and human nature.
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Web Exclusive: No Doubt rocks Santa Ana Star Casino
Julie Dunker | May 30The summer concert season literally kicked off with a powerful performance by one of today’s most revered So-Cal pop bands. Gwen Stefani of No Doubt burst onto the stage, cursing, kicking and jumping, while the cheers of a roaring sold-out crowd filled Santa Ana Star Casino Monday, May 13.
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Kids put fresh face on film criticism
Dustin Habermann | May 30"Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" opened May 16 to the expected record sales and criticism. Since the release of "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace," the Star Wars franchise, headed by award-winning director George Lucas, has come under intense scrutiny by both fans and critics.
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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Weezer still appeals to geek masses
Matthew Dunn | May 30Weezer drove fans batty in Albuquerque May 10 to pump up Maladroit, the band's new bungling album.
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Artists join together to preserve the land
Marisa Demarco | May 30The 3 Sided Hole existed from May 23-27 on a privately owned plot of land about one hour west of Albuquerque, overlooking the Rio Puerco Valley. Artists, musicians, poets and performers gathered to celebrate the building of a strong creative arts community and to preserve and restore the landscape of New Mexico.
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Web Exclusive: No Doubt rocks Santa Ana Star Casino
Julie Dunker | May 30The summer concert season literally kicked off with a powerful performance by one of today’s most revered So-Cal pop bands. Gwen Stefani of No Doubt burst onto the stage, cursing, kicking and jumping, while the cheers of a roaring sold-out crowd filled Santa Ana Star Casino Monday, May 13.
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Owens' 'Something More' is redundant
Rachel Heisler | May 6Christian bands such as Starflyer 59, Six Pence None the Richer, S.S. Bounty Hunter, and solo artists such as Michael W. Smith, have helped open the doors of opportunity for Christian artists such as Ginny Owens.
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Band edges past typical metal
Kenn Rodrguez | May 6The winds are blowing for lostprophets guitarist Mike Lewis. Actually they were blowing against him, as the 20-something Welshman's voice was often obscured by the rushing winds outside the Houston venue the band prepared to play last Wednesday.
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Local music magazine promotes N.M. bands
Blake Driver | May 6The sixth issue of Transmission Magazine, New Mexico's exclusive free monthly music review, will be unveiled this week and its creators promise it will be the best issue yet.
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Movies could make summer comeback
Simon Trujillo | May 6Let's face it: summer is the season of film ineptitude. We all have been bombarded by hoards of overproduced, under-acted and uninspired summer blockbusters such as last year's "Pearl Harbor" and "Planet of the Apes," only to wait until late fall when the studios released their surefire Oscar contenders in compensation. While this year's ilk seems to follow in tone and tenor of past summers, a few big names and titles will maybe salvage what many already consider a sunken movie season.
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Festival centers on comedy
Kenn Rodrguez | May 6If you think improvisational comedy is all about "Whose Line Is It Anyway?," you really ought to go to the Tricklock Theater this month to check out the "May Madhouse Comedy Fair."
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Templeton's latest CD is finger-pickin' good
Kenn Rodrguez | May 2The cover of Luke Templeton's latest CD, ... through the music, shows Templeton's visage reflected on the back of his acoustic guitar.
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Art in Print
Clay Holtzman | May 2The Tamarind Institute, a division of UNM's College of Fine Arts, is considered by many artists around the world to be the premiere studio and workspace for an art form that could be called the most popular medium of the 20th century.
