The Isness Rap-Rock Minus That Nasty Limp Bizkit Aftertaste “I'd rather be an angsty teenager than a depressed old guy sitting at the bar,” muses Brandon Atencio, one of the two lead [...] Simon McCormack \ Feb 09, 2006 Music
The Empty Orchestra Seven Days Of Karaoke What started in Japan in the ’80s has, over the years, come to practically infest our fair city with poor renditions of yesterday’s [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Feb 09, 2006 Music
Culture Shock Anna in the Tropics—Teatro Nuevo México will stage a new production of Nilo Cruz' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Anna in the Tropics at the [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Feb 09, 2006 Art
Attention, Word Freaks We’ve got a new opening for a full-time staff writer! We’re looking for someone blessed with an intimate knowledge of local music and [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Feb 09, 2006 Blog
The Long And Winding Roads Will The Paseo And Montaño Road Projects Do What They Promise? The extension of Paseo del Norte and the proposed four-lane restriping of Montaño are two of the most controversial road projects in the [...] Berry Ives \ Feb 09, 2006 News
Big Brother Is Watching A Letter Printed In The Alibi Leads To The Investigation Of A Local Va Nurse For "Sedition" George W. Bush's America just keeps getting curiouser and curiouser, doesn't it? Consider the case of Laura Berg—a local Veterans Affairs (VA) nurse [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Feb 09, 2006 News
Music To Your Ears The Jenny Gamble & Friends Acoustic Showcase—Who is Jenny Gamble, and why is she so freaking excited about local music? You've heard of [...] Laura Marrich \ Feb 09, 2006 Music
No Use For A Name With Fenix Tx, Versus The World And Fair Shot Tuesday, Feb. 14, Launchpad (all-ages welcome); $15: “It's No Use for a Fuckin' Name!” And with that fateful introduction given by a drunken [...] Simon McCormack \ Feb 09, 2006 Music
Snow With The Wailers And Sub Agencia (Moonlight Lounge) Wednesday, Feb. 15, Sunshine Theater (smoking and alcohol service in segregated areas only); $20: Remember Snow? If you've heard of the ragga artist [...] Laura Marrich \ Feb 09, 2006 Music
Sugar And Spice And Everything Nice Sweethearts — “Why not?” Give a sophisticated take on the conversation candies you both loved as kids, done up in buttery lemon shortbread [...] Alibi \ Feb 09, 2006 Food