Hail, Velocipede!: Riding The Double Eagle Trail Now here’s a random one for you. Surf over to easytomiss.org/trail_map and find the Double Eagle Trail. It’s that isolated green stretch on [...] Betty Sprocket \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More
Odds & Ends: Puppy-Throwing Mayhem, Waxing The Crown Jewels, Rampaging Water Buffalo Head, And Condiment-Based Crimes. Odds & Ends: Puppy-Throwing Mayhem, Waxing The Crown Jewels, Rampaging Water Buffalo Head, And Condiment-Based Crimes. Dateline: Germany— In one of the more surreal acts of forgotten-medication-based lunacy, a young Bavarian man is accused of taunting a group of [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More
Naked Cyclists Test The Limits Of The State’s Indecent Exposure Law When protest organizer Droston walked up to the police car to explain Santa Fe’s nudity ordinance, he wore only a thong, shoes and [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More (Bill Rodwell)
City Uproots Diy Median Project Albuquerque once paid Ben Lowney around $60,000 for a public art sculpture near Los Altos Skate Park. But this month, the city told [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More Ben Lowney with a decorative pyramid he stationed in the median outside his home. The city will remove the xeriscaping and ornaments he installed a decade ago to put in landscaping and an irrigation system. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Council Watch: A Pleasant Buzz Councilor Debbie O’Malley read a proclamation for “Pollinator Week” in honor of urban bees at the Monday, June 21 Council meeting. Part-time beekeeper [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More
Letters: Bp, Don’t Touch That Arrowhead, Anti-Semitic Cartoon? Bp: To Be Or Not To Be? BP has a stock value minus debt of about $100 billion, down by almost half since their rig exploded. It has about $7 [...] Alibi \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More
The Wall Of Doomsdames Duke City Derby’s home teams got their season off to a proper start on Saturday, June 19, holding the first official bouts of [...] Casey Purcella \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More
Remember The Riders: Foundation Fights To Keep Ghost Bikes Standing Foundation Fights To Keep Ghost Bikes Standing Three months after cyclist David Anderson was killed near Paseo del Norte and Rio Grande Boulevard, the black auto paint smeared on a [...] Patrick Lohmann \ Jun 17, 2010 Read More David Anderson’s ghost bike at Paseo del Norte and Rio Grande. He was killed in March after a car drove over an embankment, through a fence and hit him on the bike trail. A concrete barrier will be constructed alongside the path. (Emma Difani)
Naked Ambition: Grassroots Protest Exhibits The Vulnerability Of The Human Body Grassroots Protest Exhibits The Vulnerability Of The Human Body State law is pretty specific about what constitutes indecent exposure—the primary genital area, or "mons pubis, penis, testicles, mons veneris, vulva or vagina." [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 17, 2010 Read More Nearly naked riders sporting shorts and nip covers at the June 12 Albuquerque Gay Pride Parade. They were handing out information about the World Naked Bike Ride slated for Santa Fe on Saturday, June 19. (Marisa Demarco)
And Now For Something Completely Immigration ... I Mean, Irrelevant And Now For Something Completely Irrelevant The other day a news channel that shall remain nameless ran a story about a nice man who is accused of setting several [...] John Bear \ Jun 17, 2010 Read More