War On The Streets: Radley Balko On The Militarization Of American Policing Radley Balko On The Militarization Of American Policing Through clouds of tear gas, their black helmets and gas masks make them seem almost amphibious beneath the streetlights. Their bodies bloated with [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Oct 16, 2014 Read More Radley Balko
Wedding Bells For Jesse Tyler Ferguson: “Modern Family” Star Returns To New Mexico To Support Marriage Equality “Modern Family” Star Returns To New Mexico To Support Marriage Equality In late August, the Bernalillo County Clerk’s office started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Albuquerque’s Civic Plaza—ordinarily a drab, listless place—suddenly became [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Sep 19, 2013 Read More
Many Shades Of Gray: Shrubsall Deconstructs The Banjo’s Complex Cultural Symbolism Shrubsall Deconstructs The Banjo’s Complex Cultural Symbolism Conventional wisdom holds that the banjo is a relentlessly cheerful instrument. A lot of banjo-centric music certainly comes off that way. If you [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 09, 2013 Read More
Survive! Required Reading 2005 Alibi fast-food critic Nick Brown knows a thing or two about survival. A member of the highly secretive Green Chile Militia for the [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Aug 16, 2012 Read More
Survive! Selling Your Body 2004 There are several relatively lucrative ways to sell your body without ending up handcuffed in the back of a patrol car at one [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Aug 16, 2012 Read More (Scott RIckson)
Banjos On High: Elliott And Co. Ramble Back To Burque Elliott And Co. Ramble Back To Burque Earl Scruggs died a couple of months ago, and fans across the globe still feel the sharp sting of his passing. People have [...] Steven Robert Allen \ May 31, 2012 Read More Elliott’s Ramblers—Elliott is pictured at bottom right. (Courtesy of Elliott’s Ramblers)
Talkin’ Semantic Rhetorical Terminological Blues: The Roots Of Bluegrass Show The Roots Of Bluegrass My co-worker announced the other day that she hates folk music. “I hate folk music,” she said. “Peter, Paul and Mary make me [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Apr 19, 2012 Read More
Kaaa-Ching: Holding Back The Tide Of Big Money In New Mexico Politics Holding Back The Tide Of Big Money In New Mexico Politics John Gardner was a moderate Republican who served in the administration of President Lyndon Johnson, a Democrat. Gardner founded Common Cause in 1970 [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jul 14, 2011 Read More ( epSos.de )
Dr. Wayne Shrubsall’s Really Bigger Banjo Show Wayne Shrubsall And His Five-String Circus Ten years ago, when the banjo bug first bit me, I dragged my wife into the old Encore Music shop over on Menaul. [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 23, 2011 Read More
Spotlight: Earl Who? An Interview With Adam Hurt The first name that pops into the brain whenever the word “banjo” is spoken is usually Earl Scruggs, who largely invented bluegrass banjo [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Apr 21, 2011 Read More This ain’t Jed Clampett’s banjo. (Donna Correll)
