Here's To You, Shorty Pants The Alibi 'S 2006 Ridiculously Short Fiction Contest Well, here we are, once again. We’ve rifled through an Everest of entries received from as far away as Paraguay and the secret [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 22, 2006 Read More
Folk Rock! I’m excited about the Albuquerque Folk Festival tomorrow. I will definitely be attending the throat singing workshop at 4 p.m. Come on down [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 22, 2006 Read More
Good Afternoon, Mr. President I’m a member at the tiny gym located inside the Hyatt downtown. I went to work out a couple hours ago, and, let [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 22, 2006 Read More
Culture Shock The Best of Both Worlds— Do you like dancing? Do you like bellies? Well, why not combine the two? You’ll get a scintillating [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 22, 2006 Read More The Ramla Taal Tribal Bellydance troupe will perform at the Ushasti Gallery this Friday.
Dendahl For Governor? A little more life just got injected into an already lively election year. The sharp-tongued longtime New Mexican political activist John Dendahl is [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 22, 2006 Read More
Bright Enough To Blind You Last Thoughts On Luis Jimenez The 1,000-year curse of public art is that most of it is designed to be as bland and inoffensive as possible. Governmental committees [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 22, 2006 Read More Luis Jimenez’ “Progress I” sculpture is located at the Albuquerque Museum.
Culture Shock House of Folk— My dictionary claims that “folk” means “of, originating among, or having to do with the common people.” Sounds kind of [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 15, 2006 Read More
Soc It To Ya It’s hard to imagine a bigger waste of time than spending several consecutive hours watching sports on TV. Still, I’ve been known to [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 15, 2006 Read More
Zarqawi Is Dead Is this good news? Of course, it is. I sincerely hope that warm fuzzy feeling lasts more than a day or two, though. [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 15, 2006 Read More Sometimes you can tell whether or not a man is an asshole just by looking at his face.
The Art Of Video Games I Am 8-Bit At the dawn of the video game era, lots of kids spent hundreds of hours inside cramped, noisy arcades staring at pixeled screens [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jun 15, 2006 Read More
