Sonic Reducer On their second album, lap steel, banjo, harmonica and accordion lend The Elected (which is masterminded by Rilo Kiley’s Blake Sennett) a hand [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jan 19, 2006 Read More
Sonic Reducer They must have hired a Sabbath fan over at Matador, because some of their recent releases have been pretty hard, including this one [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jan 12, 2006 Read More
As Long As There Has Been Water, There Has Been Soup A Brief History Of Soup Soup experts believe that the delicious substance has existed since the development of pottery about 10,000 years ago. It has appeared in diets [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jan 12, 2006 Read More
Stone Soup “Sopa de Pedra” is a Portuguese fable about travelers who come to a village with an empty pot. Villagers will not give the [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jan 12, 2006 Read More
Giddy Up, Albuquerque, And Get Yer Rawhide To The Saloon For A Puccini-Style Silver Anniversary The “Best Of The Golden West” Kicks Off The Historic Venue'S Month-Long Birthday Party Grocery stores and movie theaters are pretty neat because you need food to live, and although you don’t really need movie theaters, they're [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jan 12, 2006 Read More
That's Gross That's Gross Hey, everyone, why don’t you quit smacking your food and close your mouths while you eat. Anything else is utterly revolting and will [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jan 12, 2006 Read More
Top 10 Best Albums Of The Year Illinoise, the follow-up to Sufjan Stevens' first album, Michigan, is easy to deem the best album of the year due to its inclusiveness, [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jan 05, 2006 Read More
Down With Meat I’ve been mostly vegetarian for over eight years, and I say “mostly” because I do occasionally enjoy fish. Anyway, I don’t complain very [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jan 02, 2006 Read More
The Dirty Understory The Non-Native Salt Cedar Is A Plague On Many Waterways In The U.s., But Over The Past Few Years In Albuquerque, With A Little Money, Time And Effort, The Reign Of Salt Cedars Could Be Coming To An End “Salt cedar” is a term most Albuquerqueans have heard before. Also known as “tamarisk,” the plant came to the U.S. in the early [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 29, 2005 Read More
The Reverend Al Sharpton Is A Big Phony I know I watch too much late-night network television, but damn, I can’t resist back-to-back episodes of “The Outer Limits” and “The Twilight [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 29, 2005 Read More