Jazzed: Mark Weaver’s Ufo Ensemble Well-Engineered Tunes Support Free, Focused Improvisation Mark Weaver—tuba player, composer and founder of the UFO Ensemble—interlaces written and freely improvised elements to construct sturdy, expressive tunes capable of bearing [...] Mel Minter \ Feb 11, 2010 Music Mark Weaver’s UFO Ensemble visits the fun house. (Mark Jackson-Weaver)
Restaurant Review: Cactus Pads And Queso Fresco At Antojitos Lupe Just What You’re Craving In Bernalillo Antojo is Spanish for “craving”—one sense of the word actually specifies the craving of a pregnant woman. Antojitos , the diminutive plural form, [...] Ari LeVaux \ Feb 11, 2010 Food From the word for mortar and pestle, molcajete is an entire meal served in a stone vessel. (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Eyedea & Abilities Murder The Mainstream Eyedea & Abilities Murder The Mainstream “Playing live is like a drug. It induces a manic state for me,” says hip-hop MC Eyedea. “Usually I vomit uncontrollably afterwards, cry [...] Kyle Eustice \ Feb 11, 2010 Music Eydea, Abilities and Eyedea
Crazy On You: Winners Of The Alibi’s Seventh Annual Valentine’s Day Card Contest The Alibi ’S Seventh Annual Valentine’s Day Card Contest Great artists are often misunderstood, and they tend to die unappreciated. Vincent van Gogh sold only one painting during his short life, and [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Feb 11, 2010 Feature
Sen. Ortiz Y Pino: The Catholic Bishops Fighting Domestic Partnerships At The N.m. Legislature Would Do Well To Remember J.f.k. They are not yet as eagerly anticipated as the swallows returning annually to Capistrano or the vultures’ flight back to Hinckley, Ohio, each [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Feb 11, 2010 News
Installation Heart: Albuquerque Artist Goes Big For February’s Amorous Holiday Artist Goes Big For February’s Amorous Holiday It was a bad day to be broke. Then college student Lonnie Anderson didn’t possess enough cash to gas up his car and [...] Marisa Demarco \ Feb 11, 2010 News Lonnie Anderson and a giant box of candy hearts he made for his wife of 10 years, Anne Bolger-Witherspoon (Courtesey of Lonnie Anderson)
Miss Diagnosis: Life And Death On The Night Shift The following story is a composite and does not depict an actual event. Rather, it was inspired by events that happened a long [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Feb 11, 2010 News
Odds & Ends: The Devil Made Him Do It, Hiding From The Cops In A Snowdrift, Sledding With Explosives Odds & Ends: The Devil Made Him Do It, Hiding From The Cops In A Snowdrift, Sledding With Explosives Dateline: Scotland— George Johnstone, 58, told the High Court in Glasgow he firebombed a Lanarkshire house in broad daylight because the Devil told [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 11, 2010 News
Treatment Or Jail For Drug Users? Carolyn Carlson penned a great article this week on Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas bill that would give drug users a treatment option instead [...] Marisa Demarco \ Feb 11, 2010 Blog
Culture Shock: Hip Chamber Music, Digital Books And Risque Odes Strung Out Generation Y? More like Generation Y Don’t You Get a Job, right? With their texting and MyFace-ing and their classical music. … Wait. [...] Alibi \ Feb 11, 2010 Art Brooklyn Rider