Fotw: Odd Birds Odd Birds Outsider insiders Occasional Detroit, The Scrams, The Hollow Lines, Dread and DJ Caterwaul raise a pluralist ruckus at 1kind Studios (1016 Coal SW, [...] Alibi \ Aug 20, 2009 Music
Restaurant Review: John And Donna’s La Casita Get It While It’s Hot When you enter La Casita in Bernalillo, you’re greeted with a pair of chile-shaped chalkboards announcing the relative strengths of the red and [...] Ari LeVaux \ Aug 20, 2009 Food Holy moly, pass the posole! (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends Dateline: Nigeria— A stuttering man who says he can’t find a girlfriend has announced plans to marry his pillow instead. Okeke Ikechuku, a [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Aug 20, 2009 News
Culture Shock Twin Cities What would Santa Fe be without art? While that may sound like a dream come true for some, it’s not just the kitschy [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Aug 20, 2009 Art
Poetry News Mountainair’s Poets And Writers Picnic Wants To Know What’s In Your Basket The Poets and Writers Picnic has been spreading out its welcome blanket in Mountainair for 12 years. Started by self-described "poetry nut" Dale [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Aug 20, 2009 Art I don’t know if these guys will be there, but that grass sure looks good.
Music To Your Ears The King Is Dead, Long Live The King Born Lester William Polsfuss in Waukesha, Wis., Les Paul had just turned 94 in June. He died on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009. Les [...] Laura Marrich \ Aug 20, 2009 Music
Flashquiz: Les Paul, 94, Dies OK, this is sort of a FlashQuiz/Death Announcement. Les Paul died today (complications from pneumonia … so, old age). Read the NYT obit [...] Laura Marrich \ Aug 20, 2009 Rocksquawk
The Daily Word 08.14.09: Manson Family, Sex Workers, Potheads The house always wins, see. Booster club funds to pay for substitute teachers in Rio Rancho. Caveman bed and breakfast. Plastic in your [...] Marisa Demarco \ Aug 20, 2009 Blog
Income Inequality Higher Than Ever An academic paper updated by UC Berkley Professor Emmanuel Saez indicates that income disparity in America is higher than ever before.In 2007, the [...] Simon McCormack \ Aug 20, 2009 Blog
American Cement And Air Conditions American Cement's Permit Will Likely Be Approved, But Public Input Could Keep The Company On A Tighter Leash Hours of heated debate probably won’t stop a North Valley cement company from operating 24 hours a day and escalating pollution.The way state [...] Simon McCormack \ Aug 20, 2009 News The storage silos at American Cement’s transfer station sit in a North Valley neighborhood. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)