Sonic Reducer: The Black Watch, The Copper Gamins And Little Wings Sugarplum Fairy , Sugarplum Fairy is the 17th release from The Black Watch, formed in the late ’80s by founding and only remaining [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Jun 11, 2015 Read More
The Beauty Of Green Living Paul Lusk’s Eco-Savvy Estate Throughout Albuquerque, there are many households experimenting with ways to reduce their ecological footprint and achieve some independence from corporate America. Modes of [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Jun 12, 2014 Read More
The Genuine Article: Aj Woods Proves Folk-Rock Mettle Aj Woods Proves Folk-Rock Mettle There is a crop of younger folk-rock musicians in Albuquerque who stand out from the crowd thanks to genuinely interesting songwriting and talented [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Mar 06, 2014 Read More AJ Woods (Courtesy of the artist)
Lmgg: Westside Holy Family Religious Supplies There are two ways to approach this last minute source of gifts. The first is with serious intentions of pleasing a Catholic-in-good-standing on [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Dec 12, 2013 Read More Keller’s Farm Stores (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Newscity: Late-Term Abortion Ban Voting Starts Now Junk Science-Based Ordinance Gets Its Weeks In Court Of Public Opinion Although New Mexico Attorney General Gary King issued an informal opinion declaring this first-of-its-kind municipal abortion ban unconstitutional, proponents gathered enough signatures to [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Oct 31, 2013 Read More (Compfight cc via The Bike Fed)
Happy 21St Beerthday, Poetry And Beer! An Albuquerque Institution Ages Almost Gracefully A venerable Albuquerque performance event is finally of legal drinking age. For purely poetic reasons, Poetry and Beer has opted to celebrate its [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Oct 03, 2013 Read More Matthew John Conley at Poetry and Beer by Noel Franklin (courtesy of the artist)
Dirt City Driving For Neophytes: Alibi Circulation Manager Drops Native Motoring Knowledge Alibi Circulation Manager Drops Native Motoring Knowledge Although Albuquerque is increasingly friendly to bicycles, most residents won’t even cross the street to Kmart with anything less than 100 horsepower. Alibi [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Aug 15, 2013 Read More
Americana Gothic: Talking Metaphor, Wilderness And Custer’s Corpse Talking Metaphor, Wilderness And Custer’s Corpse It’s been four years since we’ve been treated to a fresh batch of The Handsome Family’s existential cheer and doom accompanied by their [...] Geoffrey Plant \ May 02, 2013 Read More The Handsome Family (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
What Fuels Ed O’donnell: Talking Veggie Fuel, Wind Power And Off-The-Grid Living Talking Veggie Fuel, Wind Power And Off-The-Grid Living Ed O’Donnell is hard to categorize. He’s well-known locally as a vintage Volkswagen mechanic and for being an avid proponent of using vegetable [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Apr 18, 2013 Read More Ed O’Donnell and his trusty veggie oil-powered Rabbit (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Wax And Wane: A Panegyric-Meets-Record Store Day Promo A Panegyric-Meets-Record Store Day Promo In circa-’85 America, the CD was video star to vinyl’s radio star, and the CD did rapidly supplant the vinyl medium. What no [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Apr 18, 2013 Read More