Aural Fixation: New Music Venue Casablanca Opens Inside Downtown Albuquerque’s Hotel Andaluz New Downtown Music Venue Opens Inside Hotel Andaluz It bummed me out when La Posada de Albuquerque closed in 2005. The lobby bar was one of my favorite places in Albuquerque—it [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Feb 10, 2011 Music Burqueños got a sneak preview of Casablanca last month before the venue’s grand opening. (Jack Atlantis)
Sonic Reducer: The Dirtbombs, Ryan Cohan, Toro Y Moi Music Reviews In 100 Words Or Less Named after the Detroit area’s ubiquitous party stores (which sound like a place to buy balloons and bubblegum, but run more along the [...] Alibi \ Feb 10, 2011 Music
Interview: The Tamarind Institute Looks To The Future The Tamarind Institute Looks To The Future With the 50 th anniversary of Tamarind Institute still glimmering in the rearview mirror, I sat down to talk with gallery director Arif [...] David Leigh \ Feb 10, 2011 Art “Dust Mine Marketing #2” by Ethan Murrow (Courtesy of the Tamarind Institute)
St. Valentine’s Day Card Massacre: The Alibi’s Eighth Annual Contest The Alibi’s Eighth Annual Contest Valentine’s Day is a phony holiday created by cruel corporations to sell diamonds, chocolates and cards by provoking our insecurities. Of course, to [...] John Bear \ Feb 10, 2011 Feature
Culture Shock: Valentine’s Day Cheer And Jeer Valentine’s Day: Love It Valentine’s Day tends to make me feel barfy. Another thing that makes me want to vomit is people who hate on gay folks. [...] John Bear \ Feb 10, 2011 Art
Art News: Pickle Art Installation Alibi Controller Molly Lindsay Makes A Statement On Society. John Bear \ Feb 10, 2011 Blog I don’t know why, but seeing a row of pickles on top of a toaster oven is very disconcerting. (John Bear)
Restaurant Review: The Other Saigon A Tale Of Two Saigons The process by which restaurants get selected for this column involves equal parts strategy and serendipity. New restaurants, if they’re any good, are [...] Ari LeVaux \ Feb 10, 2011 Food It’s not a meal without an avocado shake. (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Odds & Ends: China And Top Gun, Premature Detonation, Amateur Reanimation, Deadly Snail Odds & Ends: China And Top Gun, Premature Detonation, Amateur Reanimation, Deadly Snail Dateline: China— China’s government is embarrassed after it was caught demonstrating its latest military hardware through old clips of the Tom Cruise film [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 10, 2011 News
Spotlight: Sabertooth Cavity Releases Its Noisy, Artistic Debut En Lak Ech New Mexico Band Releases Noise Freak-Out En Lak Ech Don’t limit it by calling it music, man. Jazz derangements, electronic debris and heaving melts of guitar are just part of it. What [...] Samara Alpern \ Feb 10, 2011 Music Sabertooth Cavity unleashes its psychedelic sounds on Saturday night. (myspace.com/sabertoothcavity)
Emergency Shelters Set Up For People Affected By Gas Shortage The statewide gas shortage has been declared an emergency. The gas company’s website has a list of where the shortages are happening and [...] Marisa Demarco \ Feb 10, 2011 Blog