Buckminster Fuller A friend forwarded me a piece in The New Yorker about Buckminster Fuller, the inventor of the geodesic dome. Fuller also dreamed up [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 12, 2008 Read More Fuller and his most famous creation
I Will Not Be Vice President I’m just going to put it out there. I, Simon McCormack, Weekly Alibi staff writer, have no interest in being a vice presidential [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 12, 2008 Read More ME! (Tom Nayder)
This Week In Sports Green With Envy From the very beginning of the year, the Boston Celtics were doubted. Critics thought their defense and bench would be [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 12, 2008 Read More Paul Pierce
Answer Me This What’s giving people salmonella? Northern New Mexico gets a summer surprise. A local sports hero in a tight spot. And where is New [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 12, 2008 Read More
Who Will Be His No. 2? With Sen. Barack Obama finally securing the Democratic presidential nomination, the question is who will be his right-hand man or woman? Sen. Hillary [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 05, 2008 Read More Will Obama choose Clinton?
This Week In Sports A Date With Lord Stanley The Stanley Cup Playoffs are drawing to a close and, barring a major comeback by the Pittsburgh Penguins, [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 05, 2008 Read More Garnett (right) better bring it.
Playing The Building Here’s an article about former Talking Head David Byrne’s latest art project. He’s converted an old pipe organ into a device that makes [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 05, 2008 Read More The organ is housed in this old warehouse. That’s Byrne with the obnoxious hat.
Parking Scofflaws Get The Boot Seven Cars Were Clamped Last Year. Last Month? Thirty. Robert Hays found out about the city’s parking ticket crackdown the hard way. Hays had 87 unpaid citations. Once his car got slapped [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 05, 2008 Read More (Rex Barron)
Sweetness Sugar With A Spoonful Of E.e. Cummings Can you sneak literary references into ear candy? Self-described power-pop four-piece Sweetness doesn’t see why not. You might be too busy nodding your [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 05, 2008 Read More In a field of Sweetness
Answer Me This Who’s leaving Albuquerque? What are police cracking down on now? It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … . And who had a [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 05, 2008 Read More
