Alibi V.25 No.17 • April 28-May 4, 2016

Green Room

Punk-fueled indie shocker goes for the throat

By Devin D. O’Leary

Patrick Stewart is an evil skinhead in the punk-fueled horror hybrid Green Room.

The Latest

Arts Interview: Love with Louie (Feb 13)

Alibi Event: Valentine's Day Singles Dance Party Feb. 14 (Feb 9)

Best of Burque Music 2019 Voting Is Underway

Nominations are in, vote daily until Feb. 27

Yes, music fans, the Third Annual Best of Burque Music Showcase is upon us. Nominations closed Feb. 8 and voting is now open through Feb. 27, 2019 at midnight. This is step two of a process that culminates in a fabulous performance event on March 30.

If Thine Eye Offend Thee...

Potty politics

By Joshua Lee

Joshua Lee has a modest proposal to save us all from the naughty bits.

Brief meeting is productive

By Carolyn Carlson

The council postponed putting public finance changes on the ballot, chose the new Inspector General, allowed dogs on buses (sometimes) and bumped up the Police Oversight Board’s lawyers.

By Devin D. O’Leary

Funny because it happens to everyone four years from now.

Letters

The readers write about the classical liberal’s view of government’s role in wildlife management and also about Maggie Grimason’s awesomeness.

The Queen of the Geeks

You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost)

Felicia Day embraces her weirdness, online and off

By Maggie Grimason

We interview the super-killable Sean Bean of sci-fi women, prior to her visit this Friday.

New galleries Downtown brighten the season

By Maggie Grimason

These new spaces may provide just the right experience to reinvigorate your creativity if the weather and wind aren’t cutting it.

Selected poems for National Poetry Month

By Maggie Grimason

Maggie Grimason asks a number of local creatives to contribute to a suggested reading list for National Poetry Month.

Reel World

By Devin D. O’Leary

Geek Queen Felicia Day visits UNM, REZILIENCE festival looks at Native film, New Mexico Labor Film Festival celebrates May Day.

TV News

Tidbits from around the dial

By Devin D. O’Leary

Norman Reedus gets a travel show, “Doctor Who” gets a new companion and High School Musical returns.

Week in Sloth

“Houdini and Doyle” stop crime, Eddie Huang travels “Huang’s World” and History Channel goes “Car Hunting.”

Looking for Meaning Amidst the Stars, Bars and Guitars

Five shows to dissolve existential angst

By August March

Lots to hear this week: Puscifer at Popejoy, the Indigenous tuneage of the No Rezervations show at Burt’s, indie power trio Miss Massive Snowflake at Savoy Wine Bar, Chicano Batman at Meow Wolf and the West coast super-rock of Black Mountain at the Launchpad.

Tutte le strade conducono a Roma

M’Tucci’s Italian has American crust

By Megan Reneau

The service is outstanding, the presentation is gorgeous, and the food is … well, we’ll get to that in a minute.

FanFiction

By Courtney Foster

Courtney Foster tries Fiction, Duel Brewing’s 7.2% ABV Belgian IPA.

Amy Goodman: 20 Years of Breaking the Silence

Book tour swings through N.M. next week

By Carolyn Carlson

Weekly Alibi chats with Amy Goodman about her covering 20 years of grassroots movements, independent media, disenfranchised voters and local issues here in our state.

The Last Wild River

Gila River diversion project seeks to secure water for New Mexico at any cost

By Maggie Grimason

Diverting the Gila River seems a desperate attempt to stake a claim on the river's waters before Arizona beats us to it.

By Joshua Lee

Albuquerque’s water supply is not only limited, but also at risk of contamination.

Or not

By Renee Chavez

With friends like the N.M. Game and Fish Department, the ecosystem doesn’t need enemies.

Coal Habits Die Hard

Ratepayers should be nuclear over PNM proposal

By Renee Chavez

Rather than following popular accounting schemes and sticking with current technology, PNM should become a leader for the industry as a whole, blazing new trails in solar and wind power.

APD Staffing Problems Continue

By Joshua Lee

APD staffing problems continue, UNM students call for ban on on official seal and inmate health provider is under scrutiny.

By Devin D. O’Leary

Funny because someone else is punk enough.

Letters

The readers write about writing.

The Liminal States of Chelsea Wolfe

In her music the singer bisects all the bullshit and all the beauty

By Maggie Grimason

Chelsea Wolfe’s Abyss equals much more than the sum of its fuzzed out guitar and thudding industrial synth, and it's Wolfe's confident voice that is the album's spine. Maggie Grimason speaks to the artist in advance of her April 26 Sister show.

Robin Babb listened to new albums by PJ Harvey and Wire; August March tunes into the latest from Five Mile Float.

The Jungle Book

Fancy computer animation brings Kipling classic to life

By Devin D. O’Leary

Families searching for a little adventure are going to be entertained by this high-tech new take on a century-old classic.

By Devin D. O’Leary

Love Thy Nature premieres, find "Golden Tickets" at a Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory viewing and locally-shot Burning Bodhi screens with a director’s Q&A.

Off the Map

“The Detour” on TBS

By Devin D. O’Leary

“The Detour” takes place over the course of one family’s increasingly disastrous summer vacation, and finds some hilariously uncomfortable directions to take.

Week in Sloth

Celebrate Earth Day with a Toxic Avenger movie marathon, go beyond the books with “Game of Thrones” and revisit the truthiness of the 1969 lunar landings.

A Conversation with Jennifer Bartlett

UNM roots figure into poet’s oeuvre

By August March

Jennifer Bartlett recently focused her poetic gift to advance a discourse on disability, Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability.

Truckin’ to the Table

Loyola’s is cool and comforting

By August March

Loyola’s features a selection of traditional New Mexican food, its variations and a wide variety of comfort-inducing diner fare. We will be here again.

Record Store Day Comes Once A Year

Now it’s here, now it’s hear

By Robin Babb

Vinyl junkies, recording enthusiasts and music lovers of all stripes rejoice: Record Store Day is upon us once more.

Why, That’s Outrageous!

Petulance and outrage are never enchanting

By August March

In a world that has lifted human discourse past conversation and into a realm of anonymous emoticons, it should be our duty to rehumanize our interactions.

By Taylor Grabowsky

The Center on Law and Poverty wants an independent monitor brought in to bring the Human Services Department into full compliance with a 1990 consent decree. Plus Santa Fe bans any non-essential official city travel to North Carolina and Mississippi.

By Devin D. O’Leary

Funny because someone else’s beer could have been tragically damaged in a collision.