Excited About Losing Albuquerque'S Minimum Wage Initiative Was Turned Down By The City Council, But It Could Still Reach The Oct. 4 Ballot By Way Of A Petition. Last week, the City Council voted down the Fair Wage Ballot Initiative, which would have allowed voters to decide whether to increase the [...] Christie Chisholm \ Jun 16, 2005 News
Gone But ... Well, Forgotten Too. Cancellations Around The Dial With the summer season in full swing, and shows like “Dancing With the Stars” emerging as smash hits (I blame you, America!), the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 16, 2005 Film
Week In Sloth The Week In Sloth “What Hollywood Taught Us About Sex” (E! 9 p.m.) Well, Hollywood taught me to be careful on ladders when peeping into sorority houses, [...] Alibi \ Jun 16, 2005 Film
Hot Iq'S With Dressy Bessy, The Mindy Set And Shortwave Sweetheart Saturday, June 18; Launchpad (21 and over): Within the ever-evolving realm of music idioms, I’ve discovered a new pseudo genre: wit-rock. The Hot [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 16, 2005 Music
Yasmine'S Café A Taste Of Palestine On Central From the moment we walked into Yasmine's Café, I could tell we were in for the real deal. There was the tantalizing aroma [...] Scott Sharot \ Jun 16, 2005 Food
Fresh Meat ... Not So Fast Counter-Recruiting Effort Takes Shape In New Mexico The Marine recruiters found Alex, age 19, at the Wendy's drive-up window where he worked. Alex dreams of being a lawyer after he [...] Jim Scarantino \ Jun 16, 2005 News
Marketplace Pieties Are Downright Dangerous The Great Superstition surfaced again last week. During City Council debate over the possibility of nudging the minimum wage in Albuquerque up a [...] Jerry Ortiz y Pino \ Jun 16, 2005 News
Thin Line Who's accountable? Sometimes I just love the Albuquerque Journal, like on Tuesday, June 7, when this frontpage headline appeared: “Review Faults Ex-APD Chief; [...] Tim McGivern \ Jun 16, 2005 News
Oooh, Snap! I’m blown away by how badly the Alibi sucks since you lost two of your best assets: Gwyneth Doland and Michael Henningsen. Your [...] Alibi \ Jun 16, 2005 News
Music To Your Ears My brain hurts. I've been trying to map out this week in music all morning long, and I've got to tell you, my [...] Laura Marrich \ Jun 16, 2005 Music