Anchor’s Old Potrero Old-World Spirit We thought we had the old American mash down: Jack for long nights; Beam for cheap ones; Maker’s Mark for show-off ones; and [...] Alex Brown and Evan George \ Apr 12, 2007 Food
Burlesque Timeline 1866 —Prototypical musical comedy The Black Crook becomes a massive success on Broadway, despite a daunting five-and-a-half-hour length. The show’s chorus of ballerinas [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 12, 2007 Feature
Burlesque Etiquette Say It Like You Mean It! It’s often accepted as gospel truth that one must be silent while in the audience of a great performance. This rule has been [...] Miss Cherry Jubilee \ Apr 12, 2007 Feature
A-L-B-U-Querque! I stumbled upon this fun animation yesterday while surfing. It’s the best video I’ve seen made for Weird Al’s "Albuquerque." Really, by far, [...] Amy Dalness \ Apr 12, 2007 Blog
Proposed Tax Subsidy For Desert Rock Power Plant Dies In The Legislature A bill that would have granted an $85 million tax break for the construction of a coal-fired power plant on a Navajo reservation [...] Kate Trainor \ Apr 12, 2007 News
Odds & Ends Dateline: Croatia– A man thought he had come up with the perfect crime, but it didn’t quite turn out the way he expected. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 12, 2007 News
Sonic Reducer The most recent effort from garage-rockers The Willowz is much crisper and less muddled but still no more catchy than their previous releases. [...] Simon McCormack \ Apr 12, 2007 Music
Sex And (Bad) Politics Our Overreaction To The Hpv Vaccine, And Richardson's Mistake It almost isn’t surprising. Almost. At this moment in the history of our country, we should no longer be shocked by puritanical ideals [...] Christie Chisholm \ Apr 12, 2007 News
Feature Bella Bella It’s not a "best of," say the women of BellaDonna, Albuquerque’s most traditional burlesque troupe. Best of’s are what you put out before [...] Marisa Demarco \ Apr 12, 2007 Feature BellaDonnas from left to right Henrietta Le Coup, Cookie Fortune, and Cherry Jubilee in their Plan Burlesque From Outer Space costumes during their Sunday rehearsal at the Orpheum Performance Space Downtown. (Tina Larkin)
Feature Hoop Girl September Smith can flip her aerial hoop upside-down, eight feet off the ground, and just hang from it. She can climb strips of [...] Marisa Demarco \ Apr 12, 2007 Feature