Culture Shock: X-Mas 4-Eva In ancient times, Christmas lasted one day and was celebrated by Christians. Thanks to rampant consumerism (and the “good cheer” feeling that Santa [...] Clifford Grindstaff \ Nov 08, 2012 Read More (freestylegallery.com)
Culture Shock: Found Magazine And Batman Live Thrift store shoppers know there comes a day when you discover an item too personal to be carelessly abandoned on some shelf. It [...] Clifford Grindstaff \ Oct 18, 2012 Read More
Culture Shock: Devine In A New Paradigm I remember when To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar started showing in cinemas. For a young man from Tennessee, it was [...] Clifford Grindstaff \ Oct 11, 2012 Read More
Culture Shock: Leave A Mark When moving through a new city, I imagine the forces at work creating the look and feel of the place—some planning committee cerebrally [...] Clifford Grindstaff \ Oct 04, 2012 Read More “Sound Colony” is at the Alvarado Farm in Downtown Albuquerque.
Culture Shock: Masterpiece Theatre Ask any artist creating new work, and they’ll tell you audiences love the classics. Maybe we prefer the familiar, the comfortable. Perhaps older [...] Clifford Grindstaff \ Sep 27, 2012 Read More
Culture Shock: Folk Yeah “Sesame Street” was was like a third older brother to me as I was growing up—around for short periods to give my parents [...] Clifford Grindstaff \ Sep 06, 2012 Read More (Courtesy of OFFCenter Community Arts)
Aural Fixation: Millionaires Offer Sex, Drugs And Rap Pop Sex, Drugs And Rap Pop It’s not official, but the zombie apocalypse is upon us. Face eating is rampant. It’s only a matter of time before full bodies [...] Clifford Grindstaff \ Jul 12, 2012 Read More
Music To Your Ears Sounds In The Multiverse Never believe those who say nothing good is happening musically in Albuquerque. They have given up. Small venues and performance spaces abound, vibrating [...] Clifford Grindstaff \ Jul 12, 2012 Read More Sara Century (Lance Stack)
Aural Fixation: Germany’s Foremost Rock Export Performs One Last High Kick Germany’s Foremost Rock Export Performs One Last High Kick When I was 11 my parents acquired a satellite dish for our TV. The huge, black receiver looked like a small sibling in [...] Clifford Grindstaff \ Jun 14, 2012 Read More
Show Up! The New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra Performs The Planets While Venus Transits Classical music has nearly been relegated to soundtrack status; it’s often playing while something else is happening. Few of us spend quality headphone [...] Clifford Grindstaff \ May 31, 2012 Read More
