Crib Notes: May 7, 2015
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The Staycation
Why not be a tourist in your own city?
These guided tours are well worth checking out—even for locals.
Alibi V.24 No.19 • May 7-13, 2015
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Swimming Holes, Cement Ponds and Summer Reading
Get your RDI of sunshine and prose
Summer reading so good you’ll unburden yourself from gravity and float through the heat waves.
Festival Guide
Summer fun across New Mexico
A rundown of New Mexico’s best summer events.
Hacking the Earthship
Rachel Preston Prinz takes a fresh look at sustainable architecture
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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Pride and Joy
Five gigs to make your heart sing
Punk, metal and beyond, walk like an Egyptian to these shows.
An Interview with Kimo, Pt. I
Resident historian August March talks ABQ history and artistic inspiration with Kimo.
Sonic Reducer
This week we listened to new releases from The Mountain Goats, Blur and Best Coast.
Hey, Joe
The Big River Band
Captain America remembers The Big River Band and the East Mountains.
How a Song Is Made
Looking in on The Glass Menageries
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
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?
Is it possible to ship goods across the ocean in a climate-friendly way?
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Odds & Ends
It’s funny because it happened to someone else ... elsewhere.
Hell on Skates
Roller derby enters the new millennium
Roller derby is as adrenaline fueled as ever, but the sport is changing with the times.
Roller Derby Primer
Brush up on your derby knowledge
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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The D Train
Bromantic dramedy tries to be edgy, settles for “edgeish”
Jack Black and James Marsden buddy up in edgy comedy The D Train.
Reel World
Bubonicon salutes Leonard Nimoy, KiMo goes ape for King Kong, The Dolls love Mommie Dearest.
What “Daredevil” Gets Right
“Daredevil” on Netflix
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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Quirky Doesn’t Begin to Cover It
Ross Ward’s Tinkertown is really, truly art
A dazzled Joshua Lee explains why the Tinkertown Museum is “more than just a pit stop on the Turquoise Trail.”
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
We’ve lost the War on Drugs. So what’s next?
Alibi V.24 No.18 • April 30-May 6, 2015
Offended by the Offended
Bill Maher confronts politics, religion and the far left
Bill Maher talks to Genevieve Mueller about his roots and the liberal problem of political correctness in anticipation of his May 2 appearance.
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Nuclear Pilgrimage
There’s nothing to see at the Trinity Site, but much to consider
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
Human error is the bogeyman of the nuclear age.
Remembering the Downwinders
A Q&A with journalist Dennis J.Carroll, director of Forgotten: Trinity’s Downwinders
A look at those affected by the world’s first nuclear bomb.
The Nuclear Option
Stream our uranium-soaked mixtape
We made y’all a mixtape of tunes in the key of Uranium 235.
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Rise to the Challenge
Attend these shows because you can
Show Up! delivers deets on four of the finest pop-punk, folk-rock, darkwave and psych-rock concerts going down this week in Albuquerque.
Conquering America One Beat at a Time
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
This week we listened to new albums by Young Thug, Tyler the Creator and Yelawolf. Now with A/V!
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Nagomi Does It With Feeling
Japanese food for the adventuous and urbane
This Japanese restaurant offers tasty satisfaction for the adventurous eater, as well as the timid.
Tasty Tuesdays Return
Every week, Hyder Park hosts a lineup of food trucks and live music. Ari LeVaux checks it out.
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Crib Notes: April 30, 2015
Got the 411 on the 505? Test your news knowledge with the Alibi‘s weekly pop quiz.
Homes for the Homeless?
The council questions the Albuquerque Housing Authority
This week, an update from the Albuquerque Housing Authority and a farewell to the Downtown Business Improvement District.
Odds & Ends
From Arkansas to China, it’s funny because it happened to someone else.
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Clouds of Sils Maria
Film industry drama finds actress caught between art and a hard place
Juliette Binoche stars as Juliette Binoche (more or less) in navel-gazing film industry drama Clouds of Sils Maria.
Reel World
Santa Fe Launches Labor Film Festival, Midnight Movies screens Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, University of Art and Design brings back Outdoor Vision Fest.
Far Out Space Nuts
“Other Space” on Yahoo! Screen
Yahoo! Screen makes fun of sci-fi with “Other Space.”
Week in Sloth
“Psychic Matchmaker” debuts, Hallmark serves up Murder, She Baked, and CBS celebrates “David Letterman: A Life in Television”
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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
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.
Alibi V.24 No.17 • April 23-29, 2015
Three Cheers for Consent!
Rape Crisis Center hosts educational events in April
It’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month, which means it’s time to brush up on the definition of “consent.”
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Diaperin’ Ain’t Easy
Can new parents go green without going broke or losing their minds?
A soon-to-be parent checks out the mind-boggling world of green diapering.
Weeds
When the green’s got to go
Even in the desert, noxious weeds are an environmental menace.
The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World
We can’t all be Captain Planet, but even couch potatoes can do their part.
Greening Death
Leaving your body without abandoning your beliefs
We talked to Green Burial Council founder Joe Sehee about ecologically friendly ways to rest in peace.
Pest Control Without Poison
Keeping bugs at bay without hurting the Earth or yourself
Tips for keeping pests out of your life while staying green.
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The Salt of the Earth
Breathtaking photography forms backbone of life-changing biopic
Wim Wenders profiles Brazilian photjournalist Sabastiao Salgado in life-changing biopic The Salt of the Earth.
Reel World
Director talks The Wrecking Crew, Musical Chairs dances up a storm, and Bill Plympton rewards Guild Cinema for Cheatin’.
Middle Age Crazy
“HAPPYish” on Showtime
Steve Coogan goes middle-aged crazy in Showtime’s “HAPPYish.”
Week in Sloth
Bruce Jenner gives an interview to Diane Sawyer, the giant crocodile from Lake Placid fights the giant anaconda from Anaconda, and J.K. Rowling goes wizard free.
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Crib Notes: April 23, 2015
What do you know about last week’s 505 news? Test your recall with the Alibi pop quiz.
Odds & Ends
From France to Florida, it’s funny because it happened to someone else.
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What You Came For
Concerts worthy of attention
Show Up! delivers deets on some of finest hip-hop, alt-folk, Native rock and reunion concerts happening this week in Burque.
What Is “Art Music”?
Wherein August March breaks down the meaning of the term “art music” and reflects on his own experiences with the lofty genre.
Sonic Reducer
This week we listened to new, local releases by SuperGiant, ICUMDRUMS and Big Sad Guy. Now with A/V!
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Hang the Maids
Margaret Atwood and Mother Road go airborne to shatter an old epic
Penelope, wife of Odysseus, finally comes into her own in a gorgeous staging of Margaret Atwood’s powerful story by Mother Road Theatre Company.
Native Current
Native art never stopped speaking: Local entrepreneurs hype talented contemporary artists at the Rail Yards.
The Center of Her Own World
The multitalented Miranda July—filmmaker, short story writer and artist—has finally released her first novel, the story of an unexciting woman who learns karate and finds her careful control over life slipping.
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Albuquerque, Give Me Some Of You
Celebrating John Fante with a rye ale, a green chile panini and Ask the Dust
Our resident beer and lit lover celebrates the life of an underrated writer of the new West.
Defining “Health”
Science is leaving the FDA’s labeling requirements behind
The FDA recently layed the smack down on Kind brand granola bars. But were the regulators out of line?
