Alibi V.24 No.19 • May 7-13, 2015

The Staycation

Why not be a tourist in your own city?

By Ty Bannerman

These guided tours are well worth checking out—even for locals.

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Swimming Holes, Cement Ponds and Summer Reading

Get your RDI of sunshine and prose

By Samantha Anne Carrillo

Summer reading so good you’ll unburden yourself from gravity and float through the heat waves.

Festival Guide

Summer fun across New Mexico

By Mark Lopez

A rundown of New Mexico’s best summer events.

The earthship architecture movement aims for sustainable living. Author Rachel Preston Prinz discusses how the natural homes often fail to live up to the ideal, and how their designs can be updated for the better.

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Crib Notes: May 7, 2015

By August March

Test your nuevomexicano news IQ with the Alibi’s weekly pop quiz.

Odds & Ends

By Devin D. O’Leary

It’s funny because it happened to someone else ... elsewhere.

Derby name: Big Wheels, Affiliation: Albuquerque Roller Derby, Position: Jammer

Hell on Skates

Roller derby enters the new millennium

By Sonja Dewing

Roller derby is as adrenaline fueled as ever, but the sport is changing with the times.

Roller Derby Primer

Derby name: Author of Pain, Affiliation: Albuquerque Roller Derby, Position: Jammer/Blocker

Brush up on your derby knowledge

By Sonja Dewing

Get up to speed before you hit the track.

Diaperin’ Is Easy!

The cloth-diapering community offered scathing critiques of our staffer’s research; said staffer and contributing writer Amelia Olson responds to a massive dose of online venom.

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Quirky Doesn’t Begin to Cover It

"This whole place is like a shrine," says Carla Ward, widow of artist Ross Ward.

Ross Ward’s Tinkertown is really, truly art

By Joshua Lee

A dazzled Joshua Lee explains why the Tinkertown Museum is “more than just a pit stop on the Turquoise Trail.”

"Mama Lupe's Counseling Service” retablo by Charles Carrillo

Culture Shock

Dance beneath the stars with some patron saints, scope an experimental comedic duo, and take Mom out for some Japanese Art Deco and big-band tunes.

Just Say No to Prohibition

Johann Hari challenges a devastating 100-year experiment

By Renee Chavez

We’ve lost the War on Drugs. So what’s next?

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The D Train

Bromantic dramedy tries to be edgy, settles for “edgeish”

By Devin D. O’Leary

Jack Black and James Marsden buddy up in edgy comedy The D Train.

Reel World

By Devin D. O’Leary

Bubonicon salutes Leonard Nimoy, KiMo goes ape for King Kong, The Dolls love Mommie Dearest.

What “Daredevil” Gets Right

“Daredevil” on Netflix

By Devin D. O’Leary

What Netflix’ “Daredevil” gets right about comic book adaptations.

Week in Sloth

Sing along to PItch Perfect, watch the season finale of “American Idol,” catch the premiere of “Sing it On” and witness the grisly truth behind The Case of the Cannibal Cop.

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Pride and Joy

Five gigs to make your heart sing

By August March

Punk, metal and beyond, walk like an Egyptian to these shows.

An Interview with Kimo, Pt. I

By August March

Resident historian August March talks ABQ history and artistic inspiration with Kimo.

Sonic Reducer

By August March

This week we listened to new releases from The Mountain Goats, Blur and Best Coast.

Hey, Joe

The Big River Band

By Captain America

Captain America remembers The Big River Band and the East Mountains.

How a Song Is Made

Looking in on The Glass Menageries

By Mark Lopez

Mark Lopez sits in on a Glass Menageries’ practice session and lives to tell the tale.

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James, Jennifer James

Undercover at Jennifer James 101

By Ari LeVaux

Ari LeVaux checks out one of Albuquerque’s finest restaurants.

Will Sail for Food

Transoceanic shipping has a huge carbon footprint, but what if goods came via sailboat?

By Ari LeVaux

Is it possible to ship goods across the ocean in a climate-friendly way?

Alibi V.24 No.18 • April 30-May 6, 2015

Rise to the Challenge

Attend these shows because you can

By August March

Show Up! delivers deets on four of the finest pop-punk, folk-rock, darkwave and psych-rock concerts going down this week in Albuquerque.

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Nuclear Pilgrimage

There’s nothing to see at the Trinity Site, but much to consider

By Ty Bannerman

The Trinity site is a barren spot of ground in the middle of an empty plain. So why do thousands of people drive out to see it every year?

Watching the Watchmen

On the origins of a radioactive leak at WIPP

By Samantha Anne Carrillo

Human error is the bogeyman of the nuclear age.

Still from Forgotten: Trinity’s Downwinders

Remembering the Downwinders

A Q&A with journalist Dennis J.Carroll, director of Forgotten: Trinity’s Downwinders

By Ty Bannerman

A look at those affected by the world’s first nuclear bomb.

The Nuclear Option

Stream our uranium-soaked mixtape

By Samantha Anne Carrillo

We made y’all a mixtape of tunes in the key of Uranium 235.

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Conquering America One Beat at a Time

By August March

August March pauses “The Mighty Boosh” long enough to read and review Michaelangelo Matos’ EDM treatise The Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America.

Sonic Reducer

By Elliot Pearson

This week we listened to new albums by Young Thug, Tyler the Creator and Yelawolf. Now with A/V!

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Maher navigates the political cesspool with panache.

Offended by the Offended

Bill Maher confronts politics, religion and the far left

By Genevieve Mueller

Bill Maher talks to Genevieve Mueller about his roots and the liberal problem of political correctness in anticipation of his May 2 appearance.

Curious George stops by Page One at 2pm to help them celebrate their 34th birthday.

Culture Shock

Between learning contra dance, scoping artsy houses from the inside and celebrating both Independent Bookstore Day and Free Comic Book Day, there’s no time for boredom in ABQ.

Radical Quest and Loss

By Charles Vane

One worked from within the establishment while one sought to overthrow it. David Gessner finds a deep love for the American West in the work of Wallace Stegner and Edward Abbey.

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Crib Notes: April 30, 2015

By August March

Got the 411 on the 505? Test your news knowledge with the Alibi‘s weekly pop quiz.