Alibi Volume 22, Number 03
January 17, 2013
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Hit Me With Your Learning Stick
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Sew It Goes
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Hack the High Desert
I’m sure some people still think hackers are internet troll-type losers who spend their days cracking codes, infiltrating databases and basically screwing up the system. Well, those people haven’t been to Quelab. Quelab, for those of you who aren’t in the know, is a local hackerspace right here in Burque. If you’re anything like me, who had no preconceived notions of what a hackerspace would entail (minus watching that terrible Angelina Jolie movie in the ’90s), then you might find yourself pleasantly surprised.
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Storm Bringer: The Dulcimer from Beyond
How I almost learned to play an instrument without trying very hard
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Raise Your Own Chickens
Nurse Ratchett
Top Five Reasons to Get a Flu Shot
Odds & Ends
Film Review
Rust and Bone
A whale bit my legs off and all I got was sex with a musclebound Belgian
It’s possible the ailments afflicting the French drama Rust and Bone are not the result of anything culturally specific. They could simply be the the sole artistic bias of writer-director Jacques Audiard, with no reflection on his fellow, Sorbonne-educated countrymen. But damned if—in their dark, existential, ennui-riddled self-importance—they don’t feel oh-so-French.
Reel World
Idiot Box
There Can Be Only One
“King of the Nerds” on TBS
TBS’ reality competition “King of the Nerds” isn’t anything television hasn’t seen before. It’s one of those “Survivor”-meets-“The Real World” shows that tosses a bunch of people into a house, gives them some prize money to fight for, then sits back and watches as they bump one another off in their quest to become the last man or woman standing. The show gets major bonus points, however, for going all the way with its concept.
Week in Sloth
Aural Fixation
Sioux City Pete & the Beggars Call up Thunder
Music to Your Ears
Sonic Reducer
Art Preview
A ‘Transference of Joy’ as the Peking Acrobats Return to Popejoy Hall
It must be an exceptional quality that brings The Peking Acrobats to Albuquerque’s Popejoy Hall on January 20th for their fourth consecutive year of body-bending spectacle. After all, to accommodate everything from big-name Broadway shows to world-class dance troupes, a venue’s got to be selective.
Restaurant Review
Hot Dogs in Evening Wear
Street food steps out at Urban Hotdog Company
Free Will Astrology
Free Will Astrology Week of January 16
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Writing at io9.com, Charlie Jane Anders provides "10 Signs You Could Be the Chosen Savior." Among the clues are the following: 1. "How often does someone come up to you on the street, point at you, gibber something inarticulate and run away?" 2. "How many robot/clone duplicates of yourself have you come across?" 3. "Is there a blurry black-and-white photo or drawing from history that sort of looks like you?" 4. "Have you achieved weird feats that nobody could explain, but which nobody else witnessed?" Now would be a good time for you to take this test, Aries. You're in a phase of your astrological cycle when your dormant superpowers may finally be awakening—a time when you might need to finally claim a role you've previously been unready for.