Old Town: Mati, The Candy Lady, Hispaniae, Old Town Hat Shop & Accessory Boutique Rio Grande Between Lomas And Mountain This is where you go for the serious blang-blang. (Ahem, fine jewelry.) Mati’s inviting corner shop on the plaza is not only the [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 10, 2009 Read More Hispaniae (Eric Williams)
Thin Line: Alibi Called Out For Criticizing “Hot Singles” A Pointy Quill In My Newspaper Hat You know those days when you’re not feeling so … fabü ? Maybe your general sense of well-being is missing. In its place [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 10, 2009 Read More The question printed in the Hot Singles issue each year: “If your date were a New Mexican dish, he’d be what and why?”
Podcasts We Like #1 Stuff You Should Know This past weekend most of my time was spent in a car riding back to Albuquerque from New Orleans. That’s 19 hours, folks. [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 03, 2009 Read More Chuck and Josh of Stuff You Should Know.
Song Routlette: Blogger Mildred Mcgillicutty’s Random Shuffle Mildred McGillicutty (nom de screen of a local blogger) is a keeper of books, collector of velvet matador paintings and murderer of goldfish. [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 03, 2009 Read More
Music Interview: Lowlights’ Further/Free Release & Electronic Chat With Dameon Lee An Electronic Chat With Dameon Lee About Further/Free Festivities Alt.country and Western is one of the most honest genres to emerge from America within the past couple of decades. As popular country [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 03, 2009 Read More Dameon Lee, who loves The Eagles (Lindsay Burwell)
Song Roulette With The Anodyne’s Jukebox-Keeper Anodyne Jukebox-Keeper Ross Source Ross Source is Anodyne’s jack-of-all-trades. He’s steward of the Downtown bar’s diverse boozes and beers, caretaker of its inviting flora, manager of music, [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Nov 26, 2009 Read More
Bath Time In New Mexico: Local Body Products Give the gift of relaxation with this compendium of New Mexico-made body products. Prices generally range from around $5 for a bar of [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More
Twee Pop Friday Music For Moping Around I’ve been hot and heavy on the mod music lately, so, because it got a mention in this week’s paper, let’s explore happy, [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More
Sound And Sight: New Mexico Music Licensing Company Masterscape, Inc. Helps Artists Make Money New Mexico Music Licensing Company Masterscape, Inc. Helps Artists Make Money Meeting an Albuquerque musician who makes more than $50 at an average show nowadays is rarer than sighting the elusive yeti, and as [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More Tom Frouge and Michael Davenport of Masterscape, Inc. pause for a picture in Davenport’s Nob Hill office. (Jessica Cassyle Carr)
Music Interview: Zappa On Zappa Dweezil Discusses Frank's Compositions, Being Nonpolitical And Japanese Toys From The ’70S During a career that spanned more than three decades, exhalted composer, guitarist, visual artist, film director and general avant garde visionary Frank Zappa [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Nov 19, 2009 Read More Zappa plays Zappa