Blog Entry Here’s another positive side-effect of high gas prices: Amtrak ridership is way, way up. Last year, Amtrak carried 25 million passengers, an 11% [...] Kyle Silfer \ Jul 17, 2008 Read More Los Angeles Union Station, western terminus of the Southwest Chief that serves Albuquerque. You can even rent a car here. ( Brion Vibber )
Emerge Remerge Demerge Complex Games Yield Unexpected Results The sun rises in the east and sets in the west; God’s in his heaven, all’s right with the world; video game designers [...] Kyle Silfer \ May 22, 2008 Read More Riding the beats in Audiosurf.
Spaceman Free A Drone State Of Mind "One chord best, two chords cool, three chords OK, four chords average."—Pete Kember, a.k.a. Sonic Boom To tell the story of Spectrum, you [...] Kyle Silfer \ Sep 13, 2007 Read More Pete Kember, aka Sonic Boom
It’s Not Just A Slow News Day, It’s Sysadmin Day! Full disclosure: I am a Systems Administrator for an Albuquerque-area newsweekly and website, but it has been brought to my attention (thanks, Sloppy), [...] Kyle Silfer \ Aug 02, 2007 Read More I’d know that tush anywhere. (sysadminday.com)
Applied Ludology Art Games And Game Art "Art games are to the game industry what short films are to the film industry."—Julian Oliver Artists are working with a new medium: [...] Kyle Silfer \ Jul 12, 2007 Read More Samorost 2
Alibi Takes Silver And Bronze In Altweekly Awards Warning: Own-Horn-Tooting Ahead Last Friday, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (we like to call ‘em AAN) announced the winners of their 12th annual AltWeekly Awards, and [...] Kyle Silfer \ Jun 21, 2007 Read More
Conservancy District Election Is Today Huh? What? If you are a property owner within the boundaries of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, today’s the day to vote for two [...] Kyle Silfer \ Jun 07, 2007 Read More MRGCD motto: “Keeping the valley green.”
The De-Albuquerque-Ization Of Albuquerque Continues I Can Hardly Wait Until It’s All Gone! Who are these boneheads trying to mold Albuquerque into a generic simulacra of Everywhere, USA? Let’s strip all the cool signs off Route [...] Kyle Silfer \ Apr 19, 2007 Read More Mayor Marty has “never been a particular fan” of Paul Bunyan. Am I alone in thinking that’s lame? (roadsideamerica.com)
Joanna Newsom Show Cancelled It Sucks The Joanna Newsom show–so loudly proclaimed to be a potentially happening moment for Albuquerque tonight–is cancelled. The singer has lost her voice and [...] Kyle Silfer \ Dec 14, 2006 Read More
The Meteorite Is The Source Of The Light Joanna Newsom’s Alchemical Folk For the record, I don’t even like this kind of music. I prefer the drone instead of the song, experimental tones instead of [...] Kyle Silfer \ Dec 14, 2006 Read More Joanna Newsom (Paul O’Valle)
