Bob: Music Best Dj Steward of copious Downtown booty dancing, DJ Justin Case knows how to get this party started … this party being one that’s cloaked [...] Alibi \ Apr 02, 2009 Read More Best Punk Band: Vertigo Venus (Eric Williams)
Bob: Arts Best Locally Produced Film Or Tv Show Shot In New Mexico Last Year Written, directed, filmed and edited by Chris Roybal, Descansos is a fine choice. The drama about love, loss and roadside shrines is made [...] Alibi \ Apr 02, 2009 Read More Best Theater Troupe: Blackout Theatre (Eric Williams)
Bob: Spending Best Independent Bookstore The movers and shakers behind New Mexico’s largest independent bookstore recently shut the doors at Page One Two, folding most of that store’s [...] Alibi \ Apr 02, 2009 Read More Best Spa: Betty’s Bath and Day Spa (Eric Williams)
Exonerated A Developmentally Delayed Man Files Suit Against The System That Put Him Behind Bars For Three Years The day started like any other. Christina Romero’s nephew, 20-year-old Robert Gonzales, was heading to West Mesa High School to say hi to [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 26, 2009 Read More
Juárez: Bleeding But Still Breathing A Few Miles From New Mexico, The Border Town Is Struggling For Normalcy Amid A Drug War, Corruption And Exodus Walking through downtown Juárez, only steps from the border, Maria Vargas is unable to conceal her frustration and sadness. Where tourists and shoppers [...] Maren Tarro \ Mar 19, 2009 Read More Narco-culture in Juárez: The car’s sticker reads "Hecho en el Kartel," which means "Made in the Cartel." It’s a riff on stickers that usually read "Hecho en Mexico," or "Made in Mexico." (Maren Tarro)
In Other Words Nmsu Student Uses Poetry To Fill In The Blanks Left By Sparse Reporting On The Drug War Naomi Ruth Estrada, a 27-year-old English major at NMSU, was frustrated with the national media’s sparse reporting on Mexico’s violent drug war. So [...] Maren Tarro \ Mar 19, 2009 Read More
The Albuquerque Of Yesterday, Yesteryear And Yore Over the years Albuquerque, like much of America, has seen both the slow fade and outright demolition of untold pieces of culture. Buildings [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Mar 12, 2009 Read More Iceberg Service Station was located on Route 66 in Nob Hill, then near San Mateo and Central. The oddball building was also a café.
Bruised, Bloody And Bushy Tailed The Diary Of A Wannabe Stuntwoman I’m no daredevil. I never drive more than four miles above the speed limit. I always wear a helmet when I’m supposed to. [...] Amy Dalness \ Mar 05, 2009 Read More Head Instructor Michael R. Long serves me a right hook. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Beware His Sting He lives in the middle of nowhere near the New Mexico-Arizona border. "Ish," he adds, just to vague things up. "Do you mind [...] Marisa Demarco \ Feb 26, 2009 Read More
Ghost Shadow Remains ... Shadowy Ghost Shadow Remains ... Shadowy Green Scorpion patrols Phoenix and sometimes Albuquerque. But the Duke City has her own hero roaming the streets. Meet Ghost Shadow. Except that’s [...] Marisa Demarco \ Feb 26, 2009 Read More
