Citizens live without cell phones or WiFi in this West Virginian town.

These Italians really want the Foo Fighters to come play their hometown.

Iconic percussionist and drumstick maker Vic Firth has died at the age of 85.

Zimbabwe is seeking the extradition James Palmer, who is currently nowhere to be found.

Specially trained rats are saving lives in Cambodia.

Everything you hate about wearing glasses.

I present to you the spray-on condom.

Prepare to be disappointed by tonight's blue moon.

Morrissey claims the TSA at the San Francisco Airport grabbed his junk.

Check out Prince's new song!

There are more boss concerts coming up than you can shake a stick at. We took a stab at it anyway. But what about the stuff there just wasn't enough dead tree space to explore? Of primary importance is the 42nd Annual John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium, which happens Sunday, March 24, through Wednesday, March 27. Celebrating the centenary of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, special guest composers and performers include wireless controller-obsessed Duo X, Italian pianist Emanuele Arciuli and local Sunday favorites Chatter, and they're demoing Robb's Moog Synthesizer this year. For the full schedule, visit the trust's site: robbtrust.org

But experimental and classical composition isn't all our fair city has on offer this week. Whether you're into hip-hop, horrorcore, pornocore, strings, Zimbabwean spirituals or songs written by women, Music to Your Ears has you covered. Peep related A/V below. Sister • Kool Keith • Fri Mar 22 • 10 pm • $16 • 21+ • sisterthebar.com

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Bob Dylan's Free Wheelin' girlfriend died.

Whippersnappers say no to the new sexiness.

In other news, a 23-year-old grandma looks like a grandma.

A bad lady was a mean to dogs.

Watch Thom Yorke kill Justin Bieber.

Alibi's Ben Radford reports on North American Lake Monsters.

Blair River, spokesperson for the Heart Attack Grill, died of pneumonia.

Banksy bailed out some artistic Russian hooligans.

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it. NASA found fossilized bacteria on a meteorite.

Quick. Somebody buy me a Dune coloring book.

I love e-books. Andy Rooney hates e-books.

China wins top honors in 700-year-old Chinese mummy preservation.

On the other hand, China's mega-mall is kind of like downtown Albuquerque.

National Geographic built the house from Up!

I don’t remember any of these weird wrestlers.

Godfather's Pizza guy for president.

Listen to the new smooth jazz Metallica.

My new burial plans involve being shattered like a frozen liquid Terminator.

Kidnappers cut off Samantha Hernandez’ finger.

Heather Wilson is probably going to run for Senate.

The arts board wants to protect Albuquerque’s Ghost Bikes.

Read more Albuquerque stories from Adelita over at DCF.

Happy birthay Bryan Cranston.

Thanks to Tom Nayder, Robert Masterson and Geoffrey Anjou for some of today’s fine news stories.

If you’ve never been, Ezra’s Place is the absurdly delicious, Dennis Apodaca joint (see Sophia’s Place) inside of Lucky 66 Bowl on Fourth Street. A trip to Ezra’s is well worth it just for the gourmet diner fare and interesting atmosphere, but tonight there’s an even bigger incentive to stop by. Musekiwa Chingodza and Cosmas Magaya, Zimbabwean masters of the mbira—that’s a thumb piano to folks who can’t pronounce mbira—will be performing from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The duo plays for tips tonight before heading up north for other events. Admission is free, but you’d be a fool not to fork over some cash for a Kobe burger and prickly pear margarita (and tip the musicians).