Early Childhood Needs Public Scrutiny Governor'S Plan Should Be Viewed As A First Step In A Long Journey Behind the scenes, far from the public's view, a battle is being waged with great consequences over early childhood education in New Mexico. [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Sep 30, 2004 News
Music To Your Ears Before taking what is hopefully a short break from the live circuit, KI will play a “farewell” show on Saturday, Oct. 2, at [...] Michael Henningsen \ Sep 30, 2004 Music
Dead Pool Which Show Will Be First On The Chopping Block? For even the most dedicated viewer, television is a love/hate relationship. For every entertaining series, there are a dozen unpardonably bad shows on [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Sep 30, 2004 Film
Week In Sloth The Week In Sloth Presidential Debate (KASA-2, KOB-4, KNME-5, KOAT-7, KRQE-13 7 p.m.) For what it's worth, here's the first of this year's presidential debates between Bush [...] Alibi \ Sep 30, 2004 Film
Medicine Show Snake Oil For The Lovelorn At Q-Staff Theatre It's no small irony that the spiffy new Q-Staff Theatre (4819 Central NE) is located directly across the street from the Hiland Theatre. [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Sep 30, 2004 Art
Power To The Pajama People! How Bloggers Took Down Once-Mighty Cbs And Are Changing The News Business Forever In the midst of Rathergate, and prior to CBS's reluctant admission they were pushing fabricated government memos as real, former CBS executive vice [...] Greg Payne \ Sep 30, 2004 News
Bush Gets Punked At The Sunshine "They Saw This Nut (G.w.b.) On Tv And Said, ’Whoa, This Is Like Letting A 4-Year-Old Drive A Car.'" You may not want to believe it, but George W. Bush has some strengths. As he told us four years ago, he is [...] Aja Oishi \ Sep 30, 2004 News
The Gris Gris With The Foxx And The Mindy Set Friday, Oct. 1; Burt's Tiki Lounge (21 and over, 9 p.m.): What do you get when you cross 13th Floor Elevators' mastermind Roky [...] Michael Henningsen \ Sep 30, 2004 Music
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men With The Wildcards Tuesday, Oct. 5; Launchpad (21 and over, 8 p.m.): All the background I should really be able to get away with printing in [...] Michael Henningsen \ Sep 30, 2004 Music
Hot As Hell An Interview With Ross Gelbspan, Author Of Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil And Coal, Journalists, And Activists Have Fueled The Climate Crisis—And What We Can Do To Avert Disaster Forget the candy-colored terror alerts. Forget the queasy economy, the ghastly mess in Iraq and Bush's endless fear mongering. On a global scale, [...] Laura Sanchez \ Sep 23, 2004 Art