2001 • On Sept. 11, four passenger jets are hijacked. Two crash into the World Trade Center, one crashes into the Pentagon, and one [...] Alibi \ Sep 20, 2012 Read More
1993 • The paper holds its first-ever haiku contest. A review of R.E.M.’s Automatic for the People appears in an early music section. Soon-to-be [...] Alibi \ Sep 20, 2012 Read More
20 Years Ago ... 20 Years Ago ... … Two young dudes from Wisconsin blew into town and made a newspaper. One of them, Chris Johnson, had launched The Onion in [...] Carl Petersen publisher \ Sep 20, 2012 Read More
1994 • NuCity goes weekly on Jan. 11. The paper reprints a column from young Seattle writer Dan Savage on the CDC’s new AIDS-prevention [...] Alibi \ Sep 20, 2012 Read More
Two Minute Criminal It was one of the sickest crimes that many in Albuquerque had ever seen; so grotesque, destructive and brazen that even veteran Albuquerque [...] Dennis Domrzalski former news editor \ Sep 20, 2012 Read More
2006 • A Veterans Affairs nurse writes a letter to the Alibi criticizing the Bush administration and its handling of Hurricane Katrina and the [...] Alibi \ Sep 20, 2012 Read More
The Repairmen While shopping at Thrift Town one Saturday—must’ve been 1996 or 1997—Chris Johnson and I, for some reason, thought it would be funny to [...] Michael Henningsen former Editor in Chief Music Editor \ Sep 20, 2012 Read More
2002 • We turn 10 years old. The Alibi returns Midnight Movies to Albuquerque, hosting late-night screenings at Guild Cinema in Nob Hill. The [...] Alibi \ Sep 20, 2012 Read More
Spy Games The Alibi almost fired me before they even offered me a job. I was a few years out of college, putting my fine [...] Noah Masterson former Arts Editor \ Sep 20, 2012 Read More
1995 • We publish our first Gay Pride issue, as well as an epic gonzo-style interview with Hunter S. Thompson after two staffers follow [...] Alibi \ Sep 20, 2012 Read More