The Roost A Home For New And Unorthodox Music Feathers Its Nest Head–improv–headVerse/chorus–verse/chorus–bridge–verse/chorusA–B–A These are some of the “normal” ways of getting music done. But for adventurous musicians, such everyday forms—even everyday instruments—don’t always serve [...] Mel Minter \ Jul 30, 2009 Music Creative music impresario (and one hell of a tuba player) Mark Weaver rules The Roost. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Flashquiz: The Belief-O-Matic The stated goal of this 20-question philosophy of religion quiz (much more fun than my dry-ass description sounds) is to list 26 popular [...] Laura Marrich \ Jul 30, 2009 Blog
Restaurant Review: Pepper’s Ole’ Fashion Bbq Barbecue For The Soul If you’re from the Deep South, the food at Pepper’s might remind you of what you eat at family reunions. But this stuff [...] Ari LeVaux \ Jul 30, 2009 Food Ribs and sausage make the world go ’round. (Sergio Salvador salvadorphoto.com)
Fotw: Cutely Mismatched Cutely Mismatched Miguel Briones (acoustic pop singer-songwriter from Texas) gets an Albuquerque metal welcome from I Remember You, Mechanism Of Eve, Scarless and HATEengine. 6:30 [...] Alibi \ Jul 30, 2009 Music
Music To Your Ears Sabertooth Cavity Bites Into A Tour Albuquerque’s premier experimental noise band from the Cenozoic Era, Sabertooth Cavity, is getting its van road-ready and heading out.Before journeying into California, Oregon [...] Simon McCormack \ Jul 30, 2009 Music
Working Classroom’s Arté En Todas Partes Arté En Todas Partes isn’t just the name of Working Classroom’s newest show, it’s the organization’s credo. It means Art Everywhere, and that’s [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Jul 30, 2009 Art “Self Portrait” by José Flores
South Valley Neighborhood Fends Off Pollution The South Valley Might Welcome Another Polluter To The Neighborhood Patty Grice lives less than a mile from a sewage treatment facility, bulk petroleum storage, concrete-batching plants, a brick manufacturer, a truss-making company, [...] Simon McCormack \ Jul 30, 2009 News Mountain View Neighborhood Association President Patty Grice stands in front of a pile of material to be crushed by Coyote Gravel Products. The mound marks the site of the proposed gravel- and sand-crushing facility in her neighborhood. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Letters On Embracing Hippiness [ Re: Feature, "Somewhere Under the Rainbow," July 16-22] As a child of "hippy" parents, I have always felt the dichotomy of the [...] Alibi \ Jul 30, 2009 News
My Ring I have a ring with a USB port on it. When you hook it up to your computer a picture of the ring [...] Nick Brown \ Jul 30, 2009 Blog
Shark Attack (Not Really) This shark was found dead on a Long Island shore on Tuesday. Its species is the second-largest kind of fish in the world, [...] Christie Chisholm \ Jul 30, 2009 Blog (Courtesy of National Geographic)