News Commentary: The Summertime Blues Lord, I Got To Raise A Holler “Sometimes, I wonder what I’m gonna do/ Lord, there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues/ I’ve got to take three weeks I [...] August March \ Jul 12, 2018 Read More Democrat Melanie Stansbury represents a new kind of N.M. House candidate in the NE Heights (courtesy of the candidate)
Editorial: The Long Distance Call Don’t Cry Baby, Don’t Cry “It was a dry wind/ And it swept across the desert/ And it curled into the circle of birth/ And the dead sand/ [...] August March \ Jul 05, 2018 Read More The city of Albuquerque seen from the Sandia Mountains (SeanGV)
Music Interview: Arise, Rockers, Arise In Conversation With Mike Trujillo And Roman Barham This story about Burque’s music scene starts with none other than Gordy Andersen, a man many see as the progenitor of the days [...] August March \ Jul 05, 2018 Read More Mike Trujillo and Roman Barham (Eric Williams Photography)
Show Up!: Tangled Up In Shows Don’t Let The Scene Become An Illusion To You Now “She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe/ ‘I thought you’d never say hello,’ she said/ ‘You look like [...] August March \ Jun 28, 2018 Read More (Morgan Butt)
News Interview: Keller Fights The Good Fight Immigration Policy An Ethical Lapse I decided to write out this piece on Tuesday morning—though I spoke to our city’s mayor on Friday afternoon, in the midst of [...] August March \ Jun 28, 2018 Read More Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller (courtesy Cabq.gov)
Music Interview: Ashes Of Jupiter In Conversation With Ashes Of Jupiter Any credible scientific discourse on astronomical matters will bring the planet Jupiter into play. The damn thing is so big that the light [...] August March \ Jun 21, 2018 Read More Ashes of Jupiter (Eric Williams Photography)
News Interview: In The Sands Of The Desert Vexed To Nightmare By A Rocking Cradle I am writing this right now—at 10:23am on Tuesday, June 19—about seven hours before the paper goes to press. My breaking news alert [...] August March \ Jun 21, 2018 Read More Burqueña Ingrid Ordoñez leads a protest in Tornillo, Texas (Courtesy NM Dream Team)
New Mexico News: Forest Closures, Fireworks Bans And A Very Hot Planet Forest Closures, Fireworks Bans And A Very Hot Planet When summertime comes to New Mexico, the outdoors beckon. Our abundant natural resources, managed by state and federal agencies, offer recreation opportunities from [...] August March \ Jun 14, 2018 Read More The Sandia Mountains in winter (courtesy USDA)
Show Up!: He Wore His Passion For His Music Like A Thorny Crown “God only knows/ God makes his plan/ The information’s unavailable/ To the mortal man/ We work our jobs/ Collect our pay/ Believe we’re [...] August March \ Jun 14, 2018 Read More Red Mesa (courtesy of the artist)
Sonic Reducer: Here is an example of the concept called CD as art object. But beyond the gatefold cardboard case featuring hand-screenprinted art by the [...] August March \ Jun 14, 2018 Read More