Bruce Cockburn You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn has always had a penchant for the topical. The “big” issues–war, God, life and death–take center stage in his [...] Mark Sanders \ Nov 09, 2006 Read More Bruce Cockburn
Hold Your Liquor Las Cruces Bar Closings Come After Statewide Changes To The Liquor Control Act Las Cruces isn’t typically the first place that comes to mind when you hear the word “nightlife.” But until a couple weeks ago, [...] Mark Sanders \ Nov 09, 2006 Read More (Rex Barron)
Teen Dream The Velvet Teen Is Big In Japan And, Perhaps Soon, Albuquerque As Well Ranking among the best indie rock records of recent memory is one you may never hear, by a band that remains mostly unknown. [...] Mark Sanders \ Nov 02, 2006 Read More The Velvet Teen
Seeing Red With No Appeal Process, Albuquerque Residents Are Suing The City Over Red Light Cameras Next time you find yourself running out of conversation topics with an Albuquerquean, try this: Ask them how they feel about the red [...] Mark Sanders \ Oct 26, 2006 Read More (Rex Barron)
The Big (Un)Easy The Twilight Singers’ Greg Dulli Ain’t About To Do The Lazy Rockstar Thing Greg Dulli doesn’t take too well to the easy life.At least, this would seem to be the case, if Dulli’s songs bear even [...] Mark Sanders \ Oct 26, 2006 Read More The Twilight Singers (Sam Holden Photography)
Shine On, You Crazy Iowan Folkster William Elliott Whitmore On Booze, Ballpoint Pens And His Farmboy Upbringing “I have to have a certain kind of pen,” says William Elliott Whitmore, guitarist, banjoist, singer and tattooed troubadour. “I can’t have a [...] Mark Sanders \ Oct 19, 2006 Read More William Elliott Whitmore (Curtis Lehmkuhl)
The Kendra Question The Fight Over Kendra’s Law May Be Over, But The Question Remains: Does It Pertain To John Hyde? In August of last year, when John Hyde infamously put Albuquerque in the national spotlight, not many locals were talking about Kendra’s Law. [...] Mark Sanders \ Oct 19, 2006 Read More Robert Hyde’s been his brother’s close ally through John’s long bout with schizophrenia. (Wes Naman)
Money Talks Federal Budget Cuts Hit Home By the time the House of Representatives gets around to voting on 2007’s federal budget on Nov. 13, the midterm elections will already [...] Mark Sanders \ Oct 05, 2006 Read More Vanessa Monge is one of many UNM students who’s less than thrilled by proposed federal budget cuts.
Judgment Day The Nmjpec Keeps State Residents Informed About Their Judicial System Come Nov. 7, chances are you’ll see some names on the ballot that you won’t recognize. But if the New Mexico Judicial Performance [...] Mark Sanders \ Oct 05, 2006 Read More
Chop ’Til You Drop Albuquerque’s First Annual Bobbers And Choppers Show Rumbles Into Town The logical response to hearing about Albuquerque’s First Annual Bobbers and Choppers show is: What the hell is it? You hear the word [...] Mark Sanders \ Sep 28, 2006 Read More Noel Ortiz (left) and Trent Schara
