Fotw: Talk Of The Town Talk Of The Town “Gossip”—the photographic work of Josef Jasso, not the riot grrrl-soul of Beth Ditto—mouths off with a month-long exhibition at Blackbird Buvette (free, 21+). [...] Alibi \ Jan 29, 2009 Music
The Daily Word 01.22.09 Caroline Kennedy withdraws her name for consideration for Sec. Clinton’s Senate seat.Oh yeah; Clinton gets confirmed as Secretary of State. Oscar nominations are [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Jan 29, 2009 Blog
New Mexico Museum Of Art Presents Pulling Strings: The Marionettes And Art Of Gustave Baumann Marionettes are strange things. The most complex type of puppet, they are carved from wood, jointed and controlled by a “manipulator” who works [...] Erin Adair-Hodges \ Jan 29, 2009 Art Gustave Baumann, hand-carved mixed-media marionettes, circa 1930s. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of Jane Baumann.
The End Of The Death Penalty? A Bill To Repeal Capital Punishment In New Mexico Breathes New Life Into A Fierce Debate In 2005 and 2007, Gail Chasey’s legislation suffered stinging defeats.The Democratic representative from Albuquerque saw her bill to end capital punishment languish in [...] Simon McCormack \ Jan 29, 2009 News "I'll tell you now; we have the votes this year in the Senate.”—Rep. Gail Chasey
Extra Channels On The Dial With a digital converter box hooked up to their TVs, Albuquerque residents get more than 30 channels to click through. The high-definition versions [...] Simon McCormack \ Jan 29, 2009 Feature
Giving Up The Ghost Facts About The Digital Television Transition This year, America’s television will cease to broadcast with radio frequency waves on the analog spectrum. Replacing it will be computer code, a [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jan 29, 2009 Feature
Low Power Or No Power? Two categories of television stations are exempt from the federal government’s digital switchover: translators and low-power stations. Translators are basically signal boosters for [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 29, 2009 Feature
An Ode To Fuzz A quick call to the FCC confirmed a dreadful rumor: Once the nation goes digital, white fuzz will be gone forever. Your TV [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jan 29, 2009 Feature
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends Dateline: England— Tracey Fox of Thornley, County Durham, used her own body as a barricade to keep a repairman inside her laundry room [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 29, 2009 News
Down At The Roundhouse Amid so much legislative session talk centering on the Roundhouse in Santa Fe, all I can think about is the ’90s Nickelodeon variety [...] Richard Akins \ Jan 29, 2009 Blog