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TELLING THE TALE OF EVEREST SINCE 1992
VOLUME 23 | ISSUE 39 | SEPTEMBER 25-OCTOBER 1, 2014 | FREE
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America, Gustavo Arellano, Rob Brezsny, Shawna
Brown, Suzanne Buck, Eric Castillo, David Correia,
Erik Gamlem, Gail Guengerich, Nora Hickey,
Zachary Kluckman, Kristi D. Lawrence, Ari LeVaux,
Mark Lopez, August March, Genevieve Mueller,
Geoffrey Plant, Benjamin Radford, Jeremy
Shattuck, Mike Smith, M. Brianna Stallings, M.J.
Wilde, Holly von Winckel
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WEIRD NEWS
Dateline: Australia
Pizza Hut is facing some backlash for a
misguided “buy a pizza, get a free hamster”
promotion. A Pizza Hut franchise in the
suburb of Mount Waverly, southeast of
Melbourne, placed a banner in its window
advertising, “Buy any 10 large pizzas and get
one free small animal from Pets Story.” The
free pet promotion quickly blew up on
social media. Commenters inundated Pizza
Hut’s Facebook page with negative
comments, calling it “awful” and “the most
irresponsible promotion ever.” A local
animal rights organization, Oscar’s Law,
soon got involved and convinced the
franchise to discontinue the promotion.
Pizza Hut Australia says it did not condone
the promotion and insists that no animals
were actually given away by the store. “On
behalf of Pizza Hut Australia, we once again
apologize for this thoughtless promotion
ever occurring and would like to reassure
you all that this matter is being seriously
dealt with,” the company said in a
statement.
for a second time that 911 is for
emergencies only. Two hours later, Shaffer
called 911 for a third time, saying he
needed to be taken to a hospital emergency
room. Officer Lewis went to Shaffer’s home
and, according to his report, “asked Mr.
Shaffer if he wanted to harm himself or
others, and he informed me that he did not.
... He said he just wants someone to talk to
because he is lonely. [Shaffer] informed me
that he lied to 911 so the paramedics would
show up.” Shaffer was finally arrested and
ordered to the county prison after failing to
post a $75,000 bond.
Dateline: Pennsylvania
Police in Philadelphia are looking to
identify a resourceful robber who knocked
over a grocery store with a banana.
According to a press release by
Philadelphia’s Southwest Detective
Division, an unknown black male in a
hoody sweatshirt entered Tejada Grocery
on the evening of Sept. 16. The subject
“picked up a banana from the counter and
placed it inside his sweatshirt simulating it
was a weapon.” He pointed the fruit at a
24-year-old female clerk, demanded money
and cigarettes, and made off with “an
undetermined amount of money.” Video of
the incident shows the man riding off on a
bicycle. The police description fails to
mention whether he stole the banana as
well.
Dateline: Tennessee
Dateline: Pennsylvania
A man in Penn Township is accused of
repeatedly abusing the 911 system because
he was “lonely.” According to the Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review, 52-year-old Gregory L.
Shaffer is charged by township police with
telephoning Westmoreland County
Emergency Management dispatchers three
times on July 30 seeking help at his home.
Shaffer told dispatchers he had fallen down
the stairs and injured his neck. When
emergency medical technicians arrived,
they found an “intoxicated” Shaffer waiting
calmly inside his home. Officer Joseph
Lewis said in his report, “After Shaffer was
speaking with the Rescue 6 medics, he
admitted that he lied and only called 911
because he was lonely and needed someone
to talk to.” Emergency personnel gave
Shaffer the number for a local crisis hotline
and warned him that 911 is only to be used
for emergencies. About two hours after his
first call, however, Shaffer called 911 again
and said he was still lonely. He was warned
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A Nashville man arrested for drunk driving
has vowed to get revenge on the officers
who arrested him by joining the Islamic
State. According to a prosecution affidavit,
24-year-old Marco Antonio Dominguez was
cuffed up in the back seat of a police car
when he told officers, “I am going to join
ISIS. When I do, you will be the first
person I will kill.” Dominguez was first
questioned by officers after he pulled into a
gas station with his car smoking and the
windshield smashed in. The officers who
spoke to him reported that Dominguez “had
a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage” on
his breath. Police said he continued to
make threats even after he had been taken
to jail. He faces charges of driving under
the influence, assault and leaving the scene
of an accident. Interested ISIS recruiters
can find Dominguez in the Davidson
County Jail. a
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CRIB NOTES
OPINION | EDITORIAL
BY AUGUST MARCH
Albuquerque and
the Indian
Crib Notes: Sept. 25, 2014
1
Mariah Martinez is suing the city of Rio
Rancho and its police department after
she says her civil rights were violated
during a traffic stop. Why did Rio
Rancho police officer Brian Thacker
initially pull Martinez over?
a) She was driving erratically.
b) She was speeding.
c) Her registration sticker was
expired.
d) She flashed her high beams at the
officer.
2
Last Friday at the Isleta Amphitheater, a
man allegedly pulled a gun on two
individuals who were trying to park.
Who was the alleged gunman?
a) A member of the terrorist group
ISIS
b) A hitman from the Zetas cartel
c) A US Army Sergeant
d) Ralph Cifaretto
3
After an 8-0 vote on the matter, the
Albuquerque City Council sent a bill to
the Mayor which if signed would require
greater civilian oversight of what
organization?
a) The Albuquerque Police
Department
b) The Planning Department Code
Enforcement Division
c) The Brute Squad
d) The US Air Force
4
Municipal employees in Albuquerque
have filed a temporary restraining order
against the city over a proposed
_______________ they say violates
unresolved union issues.
a) Psychological experiment
b) Pay raise
c) Downsizing
d) Right-wing cabal
5
What kind of meat do the predators on
display at the Albuquerque Zoo favor?
a) Snake
b) Dragon
c) Butterfly
d) Horse
Answers:
1) D. Martinez was pulled over for flashing her high
beams and was subsequently arrested on a
suspicion of DWI charge. That charge was later
dismissed with prejudice. Now she is suing Rio
Rancho.
2) C. Christopher Schirmer, a local army recruiter,
was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly
weapon after the alleged gun-pulling incident.
3) A. The proposed ordinance would institute a
police oversight commission independent from the
Mayor’s Office and the City Council.
4) B. Union representatives filed the restraining
order against a 3-percent pay raise on behalf of
about 2,000 city workers.
5) D. The Albuquerque BioPark Zoo imports more
than 38,000 pounds of horse meat annually. a
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Our perceptions of Native Americans needs to change
BY ERIKA WURTH
lbuquerque has a complicated
relationship with Native Americans.
It’s a city where tourists and residents
will watch what is deemed traditional
Native American culture, such as dancing
or feasts on neighboring reservations. But
it’s also a place where, when I first moved
into my studio, my lovely, incredibly kind
neighbor whom I’d befriended told me that
the only Native Americans she knew
besides me were the ones she saw on
reservations or the ones she saw on the
street who were drunk and homeless. She
said this without any malice whatsoever and
despite the fact that we were sitting in a
restaurant surrounded by Natives who were
neither drunk, nor homeless.
It’s strange how some folks in
Albuquerque see Natives in general,
especially when you consider how many of
us are not homeless, no more drunk than
anyone else and not living on reservations.
As a novelist who writes about homeless
Native people, it’s important to me to keep
them visible. At the same time, it’s awful to
see how single-faceted the perception of
Natives in our town is.
A number of years ago, I took a cab ride
with a man who once lived in Albuquerque.
When I mentioned that I currently lived
there, he began angrily listing all the times
he had seen Natives drunk Downtown and
how he thought the reason it was blocked
off on the weekends was because of them. It
was hard to understand his reasoning when
there were so many other explanations.
What can be said about drunk, homeless
Natives? Because we all know they exist,
and they exist in a lot of places. One thing
we can say is that they’re being beaten to
death. Recently two homeless Navajo men
who were quietly minding their own
business were killed in Albuquerque by a
couple of teenagers who have since been
revealed to have attacked more than 50
homeless people. And the way these men
were killed was utterly brutal. A third man
thankfully got away, and the teenagers are
standing trial. But this kind of thing is not a
surprise when you consider that the
commonplace feeling for Natives in
Albuquerque is that they are drunk and
homeless, and therefore a problem and a
scapegoat.
I asked Beverly Singer, a professor in
Native American Studies at the University
of New Mexico, about this issue. Her
frustration was similar to mine:
“[Albuquerque] is surrounded by the Native
Pueblo communities, but there’s little to no
encounter or shared interests between non-
A
Erika Wurth
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR
There are Native people
in this city and outlying
areas of all kinds … And
those people dancing at
the Pueblo or living on
Central have lives
outside of those roles
too. They are people.
Native residents of Albuquerque with
Natives. ... What is so strange about
Albuquerque is that it is a meeting place for
numerous major Native American
organizations such as IHS and NCAI and
other forums. Then of course the city
benefits enormously from the largest
Powwow, Gathering of Nations, when over
30,000 Natives come to celebrate and fill up
the UNM Pit Arena to dance and be
together, as it brings in millions in revenue
for the city. The average citizen of
Albuquerque does not partake, and I think
they act like it’s just an Indian thing.”
What I deeply love about Albuquerque is
that because of the surrounding Pueblos, the
not-so-distant Navajo reservation and
because many Natives like myself have
come here to do art of various kinds, there
are many opportunities to interact with
contemporary Native artists. I have
encountered many non-Natives who are
part of this scene, who appreciate and
facilitate it, like Diahndra Grill, whose
JustWrite program runs workshops in
prisons for folks with an interest in poetry,
including many Native American people.
Or take, for example, Don McIver whose
“Sunday Chatter” program ties music to the
written word and has hosted many a Native
writer including myself.
What troubles me is that outside the arts
scene, some folks in Albuquerque continue to
perceive that the “good” Natives, who do
nice, recognizably Native things from a safe
distance, are on the reservation, while the
“bad” Natives are the ones living on the
streets in the city, drinking. What’s missing
from this perception are actual Natives,
people who go out for a few glasses of wine
with their friends or maybe have a quiet beer
or two by their television after work; the ones
working right by you in your office or
construction site or laboring over their next
novel or riding on the bus next to the tourist
who is busily studying the brochure on Native
American dancing and planning her trip to
the nearest Pueblo. These people live on
reservations, and they also live off of them.
Recently I took a trip to Santa Fe with
another writer. It was bittersweet because I
was leaving Albuquerque yet again, and this
was a goodbye of sorts. My friend and I went
on the Rail Runner. There was me, a mixedNative person, a few Navajo people,
Latinos, a couple of Pueblos and various
other New Mexico residents all sitting
together and mainly staring at our
smartphones. The word multicultural is one
I often find cheesy and inadequate. But it’s
something that institutions, communities
and often entire nations strive for. And
would it hurt if Albuquerque and its
residents worked a little harder toward it
too? If folks were willing to say, you know,
actually, you’re wrong, friend-of-mine-whojust-made-a-generalizing-statement: There
are Native people in this city and outlying
areas of all kinds, not just the ones you see
dancing during feast days, not just the ones
you see on Central. And those people
dancing at the Pueblo or living on Central
have lives outside of those roles too. They
are people. Overall, this city is
multicultural. We just have to do a better
job of recognizing it.
That day on the train, I thought a little
bit about the city, about the violence that
occurs there, about the beauty. And as we
were speeding up toward Santa Fe, we
stopped at one of the Pueblos, and the
conductor asked for the passengers to
please respect the people on the
reservations. And I teared up because there
is not one other place on Earth that I
would hear this. Not one. a
Erika T. Wurth’s novel, Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend,
was released by Curbside Splendor in September.
She teaches creative writing at Western Illinois
University. She was raised right outside of
Denver and is Apache/Chickasaw/Cherokee.
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OPINION | ¡ASK A MEXICAN!
BY GUSTAVO ARELLANO
ear Mexican: One of the things I have
found enjoyable and profound is the use
of language by Chicanos,
mexicanos and MexicanAmericans. Humor and a
sardonic sense of history,
in my view, are
encapsulated in many
everyday expressions.
Two examples I can
think of are the use
of huey (or perhaps
buey) and rollo. In
the first case,
perhaps buey (ox)
is a bitterly ironic
reference to the
term huey tlatoani,
“ruler of MexicoTenochtitlan,” I read
about in Fifteen Poets of the
Aztec World by Miguel LeónPortilla. In the second case, I’ve heard young
Chicanos use the word rollo for conversation
or dialogue, perhaps seeing themselves as
seated Aztecs uttering word-scrolls. What do
you think?
D
is a different rola, on the other hand: In other
words, it also comes from the Spaniards via the
Latins and has nothing to do with the Aztec
codices. Then again, I think you’re mishearing
the young Chicanos because I’ve never heard
them use rollo to describe a conversation but
have heard them say rola
more than not. Then again,
maybe I’m hanging out
with too many chilangos as
of recent ...
ear Mexican: Why is
it that Mexican
putos can only cry
when drunk out of their
minds? And always use
the lame excuse because
they can last longer in
the cama! When you’re
young, I understand, but
nearing your sixties? Give
me a break! And yes, these are
real big mamadas! Back in the
day the mujer fell for this crap! And
they wonder why we don’t stay in a
relationship for years because it slips from
the cama to thinking you belong in the
kitchen 24/7 ... vamos a la chingada.
D
—Chicana que no se Deja ser Chingada
—Cuauhtémoc’s Cousin
Dear Wab: I agree that Mexican Spanish is a
magnificent thing, and you forgot to throw in
caló, albures and double-entendres to our roll
call of linguistic desmadre. But your folk
etymologies are a bit off. Buey (or güey and wey)
derive from the Latin bovis, the term for an ox.
As I explained in one of the first ¡Ask a
Mexican! columns ever, Latin cultures
consider the ox to be the dummy of the animal
kingdom the same way gabachos think of an
ass, so the Aztecs (and Central Americans, for
that matter) got that insult from the
Spaniards. Huey, on the other hand, meant
“exalted” in Nahuatl when referring to the
Aztec king, and while the capacity of Mexican
Spanish humor is almost limitless, no one ever
thinks of Montezuma when calling someone a
pinche güey, even if he was a pinche güey. Rollo
Dear Chicana Who Won’t Allow Herself to
Get Fucked Over: The best response to this
came from ranchera legend Vicente Fernández
at a concert I once saw him at in Anaheim.
Borracho out of his mind, Chente began crying
onstage. “I’m not crying, güeyes,” Chente
roared as he crooned the José Alfredo Jiménez
bar burner “Tu Recuerdo y Yo.” “My eyes are
sweating!” You know how it goes with hombres:
That whole machismo front is a farce. And the
only thing that brings it down is the bottle ...
and maybe the death of their rooster. a
Ask the Mexican at
[email protected], be his fan on
Facebook, follow him on
Twitter @gustavoarellano or ask him a video
question at youtube.com/askamexicano!
BY RYAN NORTH
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Community
Calendar
THURSDAY SEP 25
ALBUCREEPY DOWNTOWN GHOST WALK Albuquerque’s
newest and creepiest walking tour of haunted
Downtown locations. Hotel Andaluz (125 Second
Street NW). $18-$22. 8-9:30pm. 240-8000.
alibi.com/e/110869.
CREDIT AND FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION Extensive
insight into foreclosure prevention and credit issues
with instructor Gabby Gabaldon. Greater Albuquerque
Habitat for Humanity ReStore (4900 Menaul NE).
10-11am. 265-0057. alibi.com/e/110859.
GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT: PAMPERED BY PINK Enjoy health
and wellness, a spa, jewelry vendors, mini-manicures
and massages, a Dillard’s fashion show, raffle and
more. Hotel Albuquerque (800 Rio Grande NW).
5:30-8pm. 222-8736. alibi.com/e/111896.
JEMEZ MOUNTAIN ELK FESTIVAL This free, four-day event
celebrates New Mexico’s second largest elk herd
which makes the Jemez home. Valles Caldera National
Preserve (18161 New Mexico 4, Jemez Springs).
9am-5pm. (505) 661-3333. alibi.com/e/109097.
MIDDAY MADNESS TOASTMASTERS Practice speaking
and leadership skills in a safe, supportive
environment. Greater Albuquerque Chamber of
Commerce (115 Gold SW). One-time membership
fee. Noon-1pm. 255-2034. alibi.com/e/105145.
RECOVER INTERNATIONAL A self-help/support group for
those who suffer from depression, panic/anxiety
attacks, phobias, bipolar disorder or anger issues.
Central United Methodist Church (201 University NE).
7-9pm. 508-4847. alibi.com/e/106496.
THE SOUTHWEST NORTH AMERICAN REGION: AN
INCIPIENT ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC HEURISTIC
A presentation by Dr. Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez from
Arizona State University. UNM Hibben Center
(University of New Mexico). 4-5:30pm.
alibi.com/e/110631.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY TOUR Tour
Albuquerque’s oldest public library. Special
Collections Library (423 Central NE). Noon.
848-1376. alibi.com/e/97492.
STORYTIME Thirty-minute program of stories, songs,
poetry, puppets, jokes and finger plays for ages 3-6.
Esther Bone Memorial Library (950 Pinetree SE, Rio
Rancho). 1pm. 891-5012. alibi.com/e/108970.
THURSDAY NIGHT FIBER FEVER Work on your knitting,
crochet or other fiber projects in the company of likeminded fiber enthusiasts. South Valley Public Library
(3904 Isleta SW). 5-6pm. 877-5170.
alibi.com/e/106109.
VIVA LA LATINA: MY PATH TO BEING ME Rebecca
Avitia, Executive Director of the Hispanic Cultual
Center, speaks on her journey in finding herself. UNMValencia (Academic Building, Lecture Hall, Los Lunas).
1:30-2:30pm. 925-8600. alibi.com/e/93188.
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION UPDATE SEMINAR Discover
how your practices may be impacted with changing
workers’ compensation case law. State Bar Center of
New Mexico (5121 Masthead NE). $369.
8:30am-4:30pm. (866) 352-9539.
alibi.com/e/105845.
¡SALUD Y SABOR! A monthly event that brings an
international culinary experience to the heart of
Albuquerque. Featuring the cuisine of Veracruz,
Mexico. National Hispanic Cultural Center
(1701 Fourth Street SW). 5:25-7:30pm. 246-2261.
alibi.com/e/111501.
SANTA FE WINE & CHILE FIESTA Featuring an array of
food and wine-related events, including tastings and
seminars. Multiple Venues (Sanfa Fe, Santa Fe).
Prices vary. alibi.com/e/111112.
WINE TASTING: PINOT NOIR Each guest receives three
generous tastes as well as an appetizer prepared
especially for this event. Slate Street Café
(515 Slate NW). $20. 5pm. 243-2210.
alibi.com/e/111906.
FRIDAY SEP 26
ALBUCREEPY DOWNTOWN GHOST WALK $18-$22.
8-9:30pm. See 9/25 listing.
BARRE FITNESS Thin your thighs, carve your calves, lift
your bum, sculpt your arms, and tighten your abs in
this intense 55-minute Barre class. Form Studio
(3001 Monte Vista NE). $15. Noon. 918-7684.
alibi.com/e/105801.
BEGINNERS BREAKDANCE Learn the foundations of the
original hip-hop dance from dancers with over 15
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years of experience. Versatile Styles Dance Studio
(4817 Central NE). $10. 10-11am, 6-7pm.
933-2199. alibi.com/e/106783.
BEGINNING AFRICAN DANCE African dance for beginners
taught by Rujeko Dumbutshena. Rhythm Dance
Company (3808 Central SE). $12-$60. 5:30-7pm.
(718) 427-0421. alibi.com/e/106841.
CALVIN HORN AUTISM LECTURE: STAYING SAFE WITH
ASPERGER SYNDROME Dr. Holliday Willey shares her
experiences regarding adolescents and adults with
Asperger Syndrome. Marriott Pyramid (5151 San
Francisco NE). $50, FREE for attendees with ASD.
8:30am-3:30pm. 272-4715. alibi.com/e/109492.
CRITICAL MASS MONTHLY BIKE RIDE Get on your bike
and ride on the last Friday of every month. Duck Pond
(The University of New Mexico). 6:30pm-midnight.
alibi.com/e/84335.
FRIDAY NIGHT GATHERING VIP Meet entrants and stars
of the automotive world while viewing vintage aircraft,
racing cars and speed record holders. Santa Fe
Municipal Airport, Hangar K (121 Aviation, Santa Fe).
$125. 5pm. 955-2900. alibi.com/e/110330.
A GOOD YARN If you enjoy knitting, crocheting or other
needle craft, join this drop-in stitch group. Taylor
Ranch Library (5700 Bogart NW). Noon. 897-8816.
alibi.com/e/98848.
JEMEZ MOUNTAIN ELK FESTIVAL 9am-5pm. See 9/25
listing.
MANAGING STRESS WITH HERBS Class discusses how
herbs can help manage physical manifestations of
stress. The Source (1111 Carlisle SE). $28.
6-8:30pm. 228-2356. alibi.com/e/103368.
RACING LEGENDS Indy 500 racers recount their career
highlights in their own words, along with a display of
their memorable cars. Santa Fe Municipal Airport,
Hangar K (121 Aviation, Santa Fe). $20. 1pm.
955-2900. alibi.com/e/110328.
SITE COLLEGENITE Students can experience free tours of
SITElines: Unsettled Landscapes, as well as food
trucks and more. SITE Santa Fe (1606 Paseo de
Peralta, Santa Fe). 5-8pm. (505) 989-1199.
alibi.com/e/111509.
ANNUAL WHOLE ENCHILADA FIESTA Event includes food,
a parade, live music, a carnival, roller derby, a car
show, arts & crafts and more. Multiple Locations (Las
Cruces, Las Cruces). $10-$30. 4-11:30pm.
alibi.com/e/111834.
SANTA FE WINE & CHILE FIESTA Prices vary. See 9/25
listing.
SATURDAY SEP 27
16TH ANNUAL MERCADO ANTIGUO Enjoy music, family
performances, animals and a traditional arts
mercado. Casa San Ysidro (973 Old Church,
Corrales). 9am-5pm. (505) 898-3915.
alibi.com/e/111733.
2014 NMSEA SOLAR FIESTA This specialty trade show
brings homeowners together with sustainability
experts to develop plans to save on home energy
costs. CNM Workforce Training Center (5600 Eagle
Rock NE). 10am-5pm. alibi.com/e/111821.
2014 SOUTHWEST REGIONAL SOCIALISM
CONFERENCE Join in to learn about Albuquerque’s
growing and vibrant Socialism movement. N’MPower
(136 Washington SE). $10-$50. 9am-5pm.
268-2488. alibi.com/e/111161.
4TH ANNUAL NIGHT UNDER THE STARS Fundraising
event includes solar viewing through the day,
stargazing at night, a silent auction, artworks and
more. Rainbow Park (301 Southern SE, Rio Rancho).
4-10pm. alibi.com/e/110350.
5TH ANNUAL COMPANY’S COMIN’ All residents and
business owners are encouraged to get outside and
clean up for a few hours. Anderson-Abruzzo Balloon
Museum (9201 Balloon Museum NE). 9am-noon.
alibi.com/e/110773.
ABQ DEATH CAFE A chance to increase awareness of
death with a view to helping people make the most of
their (finite) lives. Swiss Alps Bakery (3000 San
Pedro NE, Suite F). 2-4pm. 265-7215.
alibi.com/e/109394.
ALBUCREEPY DOWNTOWN GHOST WALK $18-$22.
8-9:30pm. See 9/25 listing.
ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Featuring
entertainment, a kids zone, a photo booth, a climbing
wall, food vendors, artisans and a car show. New
Mexico Veterans Memorial (1100 Louisiana SE).
10am-5pm. alibi.com/e/110771.
ALL THAT GLITTERS A catered, fun-filled, dress-up affair
for those who love jewelry and gems. New Mexico
Museum of Natural History and Science
(1801 Mountain NW). $35. 6-10pm. 294-7545.
alibi.com/e/103523.
BAD TOUR See various sites from the hit AMC show
“Breaking Bad.” ABQ Trolley Co. @ Hotel Albuquerque
at Old Town (800 Rio Grande NW). $65. 1-4:30pm.
EVENT | PREVIEW
Ring That Bell! Ring
That Bell!
Sepia-toned reruns of the classic, boardingon-burlesque television show Petticoat
Junction might be the closest most of us have
been to a real, high-powered, piston-pumping,
steam-powered train of yesteryear. Here’s
your chance to get up close and personal to a
real live locomotive,
courtesy of New
Mexico Steam
SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 27
Locomotive &
Railroad Historical
New Mexico Steam
Society’s open house
Locomotive &
Railroad Society
this Saturday, Sept. 27,
1833 Eighth Street NW
from 9am to 4pm at
alibi.com/e/111732
1833 Eighth Street NW.
9am to 4pm
The Society’s mission
is to restore a Baldwin
4-8-4 Steam Locomotive, AT&SF No. 2926
to its full, operational glory by fall 2015. On
Saturday experience nearly a decade of
meticulous restoration (thus far) to get this
little engine that could back on the tracks.
When you’re not gawking the train, with its
highly polished black steel, valves and pistons
performing various mechanical duets, learn
about the history of the railroad in New
Mexico by knowledgeable aficionados, and
listen to live music by the Territorial Brass
Band, Los Radiators and Holy Water &
Whiskey. Bring the kids along for face
painting, operational model trains, free food
and drink, and yes, of course, ring that
bell! (Marya Errin Jones) a
240-8000. alibi.com/e/110370.
BEGINNERS BREAKDANCE $10. 1-2pm. See 9/26
listing.
BERNCO OPEN SPACE PRESENTS: GREEN DESIGN
Learn some of the elements of green design based on
observations in the wild. Bachechi Open Space
(9521 Rio Grande NW). 9-11am. alibi.com/e/98709.
BORN TO RUN Enjoy the beautiful Bosque of Albuquerque
with a 5K/1-mile run/walk, and support the oldest
pro-life organization in New Mexico. Sagebrush
Community Church (6440 Coors NW). $20-$35.
7:30am-7pm. 922-9200. alibi.com/e/104952.
COMPOSTING WITH WORMS (VERMICOMPOSTING)
Learn how to use red worms to turn organic waste into
high quality compost. Los Volcanes Senior Center
(6500 Los Volcanes NW). 10am-noon. 929-0414.
alibi.com/e/105841.
CORRALES HARVEST FESTIVAL A beautiful fall weekend
full of activities including a pet parade, hip-hop
dancing, hands-on art projects and more. Corrales
Recreational Center (500 Jones, Corrales). $2-$5.
8:30am. alibi.com/e/111709.
ELIZABETH WATERS TRIBUTE GALA A gourmet reception
and panel discussion honoring Elizabeth Waters, the
founder of the UNM Dance program. Carlisle Gym,
Performance Space (1 University of New Mexico).
$50. 5-7pm. 277-4332. alibi.com/e/111535.
GRAND OPENING OF CALIBERS’ NEW LOCATION Take
the family and join the fun with an exotic car show,
free food, hourly prizes, special guests and more.
Calibers Shooters Sports Center (9320 Coors NW).
HANDS-ON BIKE MAINTENANCE: FIX A FLAT Bike techs
share tips and tricks for fixing a flat, changing your
bike tube and getting back on the go. Albuquerque
REI (1550 Mercantile NE). $20-$40. 11am.
247-1191. alibi.com/e/107838.
HUMANIST SOCIETY OF NM MONTHLY SPEAKER
MEETING September’s topic is “What is Secular
Buddhism?” by Roy Moody. Special Collections Library
(423 Central NE). 10am-noon. 848-1376.
alibi.com/e/110390.
listing.
NATIONAL HUNTING AND FISHING DAY All fishing folks
are invited to head out for a day of fishing, picnicking
and hiking. No license required. Tingley Beach
(1800 Tingley SW). 7am-7pm. 768-2000.
alibi.com/e/98710.
NEW MEXICO CHILE BIKE TOUR Guests take to the
streets of Albuquerque to explore the flavorful red and
green chiles for which New Mexico is famous. Routes
Bicycle Tours and Rentals (404 San Felipe NW, #B1).
$45-$50. 10:30am-2pm. alibi.com/e/111909.
A NIGHT FOR LIFE A fundraising dinner and silent auction
with guest speaker Alex Schadenberg from the
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Canada. Glory
Christian Fellowship (2417 Wyoming NE). $30.
OUT OF THE DARKNESS A community walk for the
American Foundation of Suicide Prevention’s
signature fundraising campaign. Hoffmantown Church
(8888 Harper NE). 9am. alibi.com/e/108627.
PEACE CENTER YARD SALE Peruse clothing, jewelry,
treasures, trinkets and more. Albuquerque Center for
Peace and Justice (202 Harvard SE). 9am-3pm.
268-9557. alibi.com/e/110574.
ROSE EXHIBITION Enjoy the beauty of roses in this
annual event, presented by the Albuquerque Rose
Society. ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden
(2601 Central NW). Included with admission.
9am-5pm. 768-2000. alibi.com/e/100443.
SEEK & ZINE BICYCLE SCAVENGER HUNT Ride your
bike, make a mini zine in one hour with two or three of
your friends, and raise a little coin to help keep ABQ
Zine Fest free. Tannex (1415 Fourth Street SW). $5
per team. Noon-5pm. alibi.com/e/111922.
SOLAR TELESCOPES Observe the sun safely without
hurting your eyes with special, filtered telescopes,
weather permitting. Open Space Visitor Center
(6500 Coors NW). 11am-2pm. 897-8831.
alibi.com/e/111551.
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE OPEN HOUSE Event
includes live music, lectures, face
painting, toy trains, free hot dogs and
popcorn, and more. New Mexico Steam
Locomotive & Railroad Society
(1833 Eighth Street NW). 9am-4pm.
934-9010. alibi.com/e/111732. See
preview box.
STEAMPUNK SPECTACULAR 3 Join a scavenger hunt,
have your fortune told, play some games and peruse
the merchant’s row for garb, gear and gadgets. Mine
Shaft Tavern (2846 State Highway 14 N, Madrid).
$15. Noon. 507-9879. alibi.com/e/111511.
SUNPORT TUG & RUN Event includes a 5K fun run/walk,
an airplane pull, fun family activities, live music, food
trucks and more. Albuquerque International Sunport
(2200 Sunport SE). 8am. alibi.com/e/110368.
TARANTULAS Spiders the size of doughnuts. Where are
they going? What are they doing? Find out on this
creepy jaunt through the hills. Cerrillos Hills State Park
(Santa Fe County Road 59, Cerrillos). $5 per vehicle.
3-5pm. 474-0196. alibi.com/e/110894.
TRIPLE A MMA IX Natalie Roy takes on Nohime
Dennison, and Andres Quintana fights Javier Minjarez.
Camel Rock Casino (17486 US 84-285, Santa Fe).
$25-$60. 7-10pm. 508-0876. alibi.com/e/110374.
VALLE DE ORO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE OPEN
HOUSE AND 2ND BIRTHDAY PARTY Learn about the
refuge’s history and future while partaking in free cake
and ice cream, live music, tours, games and activities.
Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge (7851 Second
Street SW). 9am-noon. alibi.com/e/110849.
YOGA SATURDAYS: BIKE IN COFFEE Kundalini yoga uses
breath, sound and movement to strengthen the
nervous system, increase flexibility and build intuition.
Old Town Farm (949 Montoya NW). $8-$25.
9:30am-2pm. alibi.com/e/110777.
ANNUAL WHOLE ENCHILADA FIESTA $10-$30.
11am-11:30pm. See 9/26 listing.
listing.
SOUTH VALLEY CHILE FIESTA AND ARTS MARKET Enjoy
over 10 craft booths, chile roasting, live music, kids
activities, a chile cook-off contest, a salsa competition
and more. South Valley Gateway Park (100 Isleta SW).
SUNDAY SEP 28
16TH ANNUAL MERCADO ANTIGUO 9am-5pm. See 9/27
listing.
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AFRICAN DANCE CLASS Intermediate African dance for
dancers with some experience in any style.
Enchantment Dancing Ballroom Studio (337 San
Pedro NE). $12-$15. 4-5:30pm. (718) 427-0421.
alibi.com/e/106858.
AKI MATSURI 2014: ANNUAL JAPANESE FALL FESTIVAL
Event includes martial arts demonstrations, taiko
drumming, Japanese dancing and more. National
Hispanic Cultural Center (1701 Fourth Street SW).
$5. 10am-5pm. 565-2185. alibi.com/e/101228.
ASPCA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PET HEALTH FAIR
Residents in 87105 receive free services for their
dogs and cats. Pat Hurley Park (3828 Rincon NW).
8am-noon. 764-1164. alibi.com/e/111736.
CAN YOU SEE US NOW? This bicycle parade for traffic
safety travels down Route 66 with full police escort at
a speed slow enough for cyclists of all ages and
abilities. University & Coal SE (Albuquerque). 1-3pm.
alibi.com/e/111737.
COMPANION ANIMAL RESCUE EFFORT A forum
presented by Sherry Gold and Sharon Jonas that
speaks of the link between animal abuse and
domestic violence. First Unitarian Church
(3701 Carlisle NE). 11am-noon. 265-9136.
alibi.com/e/111504.
CORRALES HARVEST FESTIVAL $2-$5. 8am. See 9/27
listing.
DRAG QUEEN BINGO BRUNCH New Mexico AIDS
Services and The Dolls host this event with great food
and Bingo with a twist (or a braid or bouffant). No
costumes required. Scalo Northern Italian Grill
(3500 Central SE). $25-$30. Noon-3pm. 938-7120.
alibi.com/e/111506.
INTRODUCTION TO CAMP COOKING In this hands-on
field course, instructors teach you how to build a
camp kitchen, design a menu and prepare tasty,
nutritious meals. Carolino Canyon (10900 Park
Access, Tijeras). $45-$65. 10am.
alibi.com/e/111813.
listing.
JENNIFER JACOBSON READS TAROT Partake in a reading
with Jennifer Jacobson and her Soul Cards. Bookworks
(4022 Rio Grande NW). $10 for a 10-to-15-minute
session. 1pm. 344-8139. alibi.com/e/111792.
MY DOG & ME DIABETES AWARENESS SUNDAY Paws to
People presents this community outreach event that
brings attention to diabetes in both humans and
canines. Montgomery Park (Comanche & Pojoaque).
NEW MEXICO DAHLIA FESTIVAL Event includes viewings
of submitted dahlias and horticulture-judged
presentations. Albuquerque Garden Center
(10120 Lomas NE). 1-4pm. 821-5757.
alibi.com/e/107236.
ROSE EXHIBITION Included with admission. 9am-5pm.
See 9/27 listing.
SANDIA LAKES FALL CAR SHOW An assortment of
classic, semi-classic and newer cars, trucks and
bikes, a rock climbing wall, food trucks, beer trucks,
music and fishing. Sandia Pueblo (Sandia Village,
Sandia Village). $1-$3, FREE for children under 4.
Noon-5pm. alibi.com/e/111912.
SANTA FE CONCORSO Featuring a world-class
assemblage of cars, motorcycles and bicycles, ranging
from the 1900s to the latest exotics. The Club at Las
Campanas (132 Clubhouse, Santa Fe). $25-$125.
10am. (800) 241-9400. alibi.com/e/110402.
ANNUAL WHOLE ENCHILADA FIESTA $10-$30.
11:30am-6pm. See 9/26 listing.
listing.
MONDAY SEP 29
BEGINNERS BREAKDANCE $10. 10-11am, 6-7pm. See
9/26 listing.
GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP A workshop sponsored by
UNM Continuing Education. UNM Continuing
Education Building (1634 University NE). $899.
8:30am-5:30pm. 277-6025. alibi.com/e/106438.
HERBALISM SERIES 1 Learn how herbs can treat many
acute and chronic illnesses including respiratory
infections, digestive illnesses and more. The Source
(1111 Carlisle SE). $135. 6-8pm. 228-2356.
alibi.com/e/103362.
TUESDAY SEP 30
CASINO/CUBAN-STYLE SALSA AND RUEDA DE CASINO
This rich form of salsa dance is influenced by Cuban
son, rumba, swing dance, mambo, cha-cha and more.
National Hispanic Cultural Center (1701 Fourth
Street SW). 6pm. 246-2261. alibi.com/e/111811.
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GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP $899. 8:30am-5:30pm.
See 9/29 listing.
INTRO/BEGINNING BALLET AFRIQUE: CONTEMPORARY
FUSION DANCE Naturally aerobic, basic African dance
blended with accessible and graceful
ballet/modern/jazz accents. Maple Street Dance
Space (3215 Central NE). $12-$15 sliding scale.
5:30-7pm. 366-4982. alibi.com/e/106447.
MYSTERIES OF THE UNCONSCIOUS A monthly meeting
of the minds to discuss what’s really going on in the
murky depths of the unconscious. North Domingo
Baca Multigenerational Center (7521 Carmel NE).
FREE, RSVP required. 6:45-8:30pm. 332-8677.
alibi.com/e/111930.
ROBO TASK FORCE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM An afterschool robotics club for grades 3-7. ¡Explora!
(1701 Mountain NW). $195-$230. 4-5:30pm.
224-8300. alibi.com/e/109594.
RUDOLFO ANAYA INDUCTION ABQ RIDE inducts literary
icon Rudolfo Anaya onto its Wall of Fame. Alvarado
Transportation Center (100 First Street).
11:30am-1:30pm. 724-3100. alibi.com/e/111739.
WEDNESDAY OCT 1
AMATEUR TELESCOPE MAKING/MAINTENANCE Take in
a telescope for assistance, begin a telescope from
scratch or just ask questions. Manzano Mesa
Multigenerational Center (501 Elizabeth SE). 7pm.
275-8731. alibi.com/e/111913.
BEGINNERS BREAKDANCE $10. 10-11am, 6-7pm. See
9/26 listing.
BEGINNING BELLY DANCE Course is designed for
students to grow at a measured pace while learning
the fundamentals of belly dance. Maple Street Dance
Studio (Alley Entrance) (3215 Central). $10 per
class. 5:35-6:25pm. 453-9934.
alibi.com/e/111275.
CARMENCITA’S FITNESS FIESTA ZUMBA Carmencita
makes you work with fun and challenging cumbia,
salsa, merengue and other fitness dance moves.
Rhythm Dance Company (3808 Central SE). $8-$9.
5:30-6:30pm. 250-6146. alibi.com/e/80563.
CELEBRATE YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW Have lunch with
journalists and authors who have set the standard for
reporters to obtain access to government records.
Embassy Suites Hotel (1000 Woodward NE).
$60-$4,000. 11:30am-1pm. alibi.com/e/111832.
DANCING FOR BIRTH This prenatal exercise class
combines gentle dance moves that feel great before
and during labor. Inspired Birth and Families
(6855 Fourth Street NW). $10, FREE for first class.
5:30-6:45pm. 850-3425. alibi.com/e/111716.
FREE FAMILY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM See the Wonder of
Learning exhibit, and participate in hands-on
activities and interactive tours. New Mexico Museum
of Natural History and Science (1801 Mountain NW).
5:30-7pm. 841-2802. alibi.com/e/111502.
GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP $899. 8:30am-5:30pm.
See 9/29 listing.
HORTICULTURE VOLUNTEER TRAINING Increase your
plant knowledge, practical gardening skills, and learn
great gardening tips from the garden staff. ABQ
BioPark Botanic Garden (2601 Central NW).
9:30am-noon. 768-2000. alibi.com/e/98819.
KABOOK! A story and activity program for children in
grades 1-5. Esther Bone Memorial Library
(950 Pinetree SE, Rio Rancho). 3-4pm. 891-5012.
alibi.com/e/111831.
MANUFACTURING DAY CELEBRATION Fourteen
Albuquerque and Rio Rancho companies lead public
and private tours of their facilities. Multiple Locations
(Albuquerque). alibi.com/e/111959.
MOMS MOMMIES ON MONDAY CANCER SUPPORT A
child-friendly support group meeting twice monthly for
moms with cancer. People Living Through Cancer
Office (3411 Candelaria NE). 10-11:30am.
242-3263. alibi.com/e/74416.
READ TO THE DOGS Children can head to the library and
practice their reading with trained therapy dogs. East
Mountain Library (1 Old Tijeras, Tijeras). 1-2pm. (505)
281-8508. alibi.com/e/106072.
REID MIHALKO’S NEGOTIATING SUCCESSFUL
THREESOMES Join world renowned sex and
relationship educator Reid Mihalko of
ReidAboutSex.com for this R-rated, fun-filled
workshop. Self Serve (3904 Central SE). $25/person,
$40/pair. 7:30-9pm. 265-5815.
alibi.com/e/110348.
SPIRITUAL ASTROLOGY Norwegian astrologer Per Henrik
Gullfoss presents this lecture. Flying Star Café
(723 Silver SW). $15. 7-9pm. 225-5001.
alibi.com/e/105966.
INDIAN BREAD Oven bread demonstration, baked fresh
in the museum’s horno. Maxwell Museum of
Anthropology (500 Redondo West NW). $5.
11am-3pm. 277-4405. alibi.com/e/111812. a
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ARTS | FeATuRe
THEATER REVIEW
BY LISA BARROW
Love That Green Skin You’re In
With a technicolor design, musical hook and
LOL-worthy dialogue, Wicked has been
celebrated by pop culture—if not always by
critics—since it debuted on Broadway a decade
ago with Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel in
the starring roles. The story turns The Wizard of
Oz inside out and upside down: “Good” becomes
insufferable, “evil” happens to be misunderstood,
and politicians fail to rise to every possible
occasion. That makes Wicked a postmodern
romp worthy of anyone who’s ever looked
askance at their grade-school history lessons
after reading some Howard Zinn.
Wicked
Runs through Sunday, Oct. 5
Tuesdays through Thursdays 7:30pm;
Fridays 8pm; Saturdays 2 and 8pm;
Sundays 1 and 6:30pm
popejoypresents.com, 925-5858
Tickets: $57.50 to $150; in-person lottery
for $25 orchestra tickets available 2.5
hours before each performance
This incarnation of Oz reveals the Wicked
Witch of the West’s schoolgirl friendship with
Glinda the Good, detailing how their hot-andcold relationship leads to the events so unjustly
distorted in the famous story. The current
touring production opened at Popejoy (203
Cornell NE) to a full and visibly thrilled house.
Emma Hunton plays Elphaba, the green-skinned
outcast with an extraordinary magical talent,
while Chandra lee Schwartz threatens to steal
the show as the intolerably twee, unrepentantly
popular Galinda (who’ll later change her name in
an act of conspicuous selflessness meant to
impress a boy). I guffawed with the whole
audience every time she squealed, flipped her
hair and mispronounced a word. (My favorite,
though, was her “Congratulotions” banner.)
The land of Oz is plunged into upheaval as
talking animals become personae non gratae.
Elphaba’s love for her history teacher Dr.
Dillamond, goatily embodied by Tom Flynn,
keeps her from going along with the crowd. It’s a
serviceable if not exactly subtle plot. (You can
almost hear the refrains: When they came for the
talking goats, I said nothing because I was not a
goat …) What you shouldn’t expect from Wicked
is an airtight plot. The ending, especially, defies
both logic and logistics. (How did Elphaba—?
Why exactly is Fiyero—? The Cowardly Lion
because huh—? Never mind.) And the music and
lyrics by Stephen Schwartz contain just the kind
of heavy-handed exposition that’s okay in a
musical and not any other form of storytelling.
Personally I found those elements clunky
(though I’m sure plenty of superfans happily
listen to the Grammy-winning original cast
recording every night before bedtime). Also,
critics sometimes cast Wicked as a story of
female empowerment, but if that’s so, why does
Madame Morrible (an exquisite Alison Fraser)
meet her grim fate while the Wizard just flies
back home?
What has to be one of the keys to Wicked’s
ongoing popularity, though, is its ability to
appeal to multiple senses. The sets designed by
Eugene Lee are a dazzling amalgam of
steampunk aesthetic, cartoonish exuberance and
world-building eye candy—just check out that
golden, mechanical bobblehead employed by the
Wizard as his disguise. The single set element
conveys everything both terrifying and ridiculous
about him. Susan Hilferty’s gem-tone costumes,
with their bustles, lacings, asymmetry and
movement, dazzle over and over again. Despite
clocking in at nearly three hours, Wicked
consistently turns up fresh pleasures from
moment to moment—whether you like sarcasm
or sincerity, dancing denizens or flying monkeys,
this is an over-the-top spectacle that’s well
worth experiencing. a
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Bob Odenkirk: “I like to make people laugh. Like really crack up.”
PHOTO BY SHARON ALAGNA
We’�re All a Bunch of Silly Billies
Bob Odenkirk on writing, weirdness and A Load of Hooey
BY GENEVIEVE MUELLER
f you see Bob Odenkirk on the street, try to
restrain yourself.
Since being cast in the award-winning
“Breaking Bad,” “People yell out ‘Saul!’ at me,
like I’m an object,” says Odenkirk. “That feels
weird. But I get it too. If you’re part of
something as big and impactful as ‘Breaking
Bad,’ people can’t help kind of seeing you as
some kind of object that suddenly materialized
in front of them out of the ether.”
It’s taken Odenkirk about five years to
write and assemble the essays compiled in A
Load of Hooey, his new book out nationally on
Oct. 7. He comes to Bookworks (4022 Rio
Grande NW) Sept. 27 for an early book
release—copies of both Hooey and Hollywood
Said No! (coauthored with Brian Posehn and
David Cross) will be for sale. For Odenkirk a
lot has changed in the past five years. Hooey
reminds the world that this dramatic actor and
director got his start in comedy and absurdist
storytelling.
Naturally many fans associate Odenkirk
with “Breaking Bad” and the upcoming “Better
Call Saul” on deeply emotional levels,
although Odenkirk’s career is expansive and
varied. “That feels weird to me, though,” says
Odenkirk. “Every actor is just a person doing
their job, and if they’re lucky the material
marries up with their talents and limitations to
be ‘good.’”
It’s only recently that Odenkirk has made
the switch to more dramatic acting parts. He
started as an improviser, then moved to sketch
with his comedy partner David Cross on “Mr.
Show with Bob and David.” “I thought of
myself primarily as a writer who acted
I
Bob Odenkirk reads
from A Load of Hooey
Saturday, Sept. 27, 1pm
Bookworks
4022 Rio Grande NW
bkwrks.com, 344-8139
sometimes and sometimes directed. But lately I
have felt both challenged and rewarded as an
actor,” he says. “One reason might be that I
have only recently been getting cast into
dramatic shows and films. Even though I am
given some comedy, I think I feel that as an
actor I am a better presence and contributor
surrounded by weightier situations.” Although
he’s taken on these weightier roles for the past
few years, A Load of Hooey marks a return to
Odenkirk’s comedy-writing roots.
Hooey (McSweeney’s; hardcover; $20) is a
delightfully absurd collection of comedic
essays with satirical elements. The collection
has silly essays like “My Education, or, the
Education of a Me, or, I Not Dumb,” where
Odenkirk writes that his education on the
streets “taught [him] very little algebra and
absolutely no organic chemistry.” The book
also includes the dark political satire “Hitler
Dinner Party,” a one-act play in which the
guests discuss what Hitler might do after the
World War II thing and decide that he “pulled
a real boner” going into war like that.
Odenkirk also works elements of his improv
background into Hooey. “Initially, you are
improvising your way through a character
voice and/or situation,” he notes. “All writers
are improvisers. The difference is, they don’t
immediately have an audience sitting right
there watching. But the ‘Yes, and …’ basics of
improvising are necessary when writing the
first draft of anything.” The “Yes, and …”
approach is a tenet of improv acting. The goal
is to accept the reality of what’s occurring in
the moment and then add to it. This is
especially evident in “Hitler Dinner Party”
with a chorus of guests who constantly raise
the stakes and push boundaries.
“I like to make people laugh. Like really
crack up. When that happens, that makes me
proudest,” says Odenkirk. “Cleverness is all
well and good, and a grinning nod of the head
can be nice, but a good, honest, surprised laugh
is best.” And Hooey shines in this way. Nestled
between the essays are short pieces called
“Famous Quotes—Unabridged” with such
quotes as, “If I have seen further it is by standing
on the shoulders of giants. When I have failed
miserably, that, too, was on the shoulders of
giants—giant fuckups, that is.” Odenkirk
attributes this gem to Sir Issac Newton.
Odenkirk is gearing up for a brief book tour
in which he’ll read, take questions, and “there
even might be singing,” he says, “but since it’s
me, you can’t rightly call it singing—not in the
traditional sense of there being a melody and
notes to it.”
The genius of Odenkirk’s comedy, whether
in his book Hooey or his improv and sketch, is
its subtlety and seamlessness. Yes it’s absurd—
at times it’s even dark and piercing—but
mostly it’s essentially human and embedded
with an innocent charm. “If anything ties my
comic writing together, it is pointing out what
a bunch of silly billies we all are,” says
Odenkirk. Each essay seems to outdo the one
before it—more absurd, more irreverent and
way goofier. Humans need the reminder: They
are seriously silly. a
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Arts & Lit
Calendar
EVENT | PREVIEW
THURSDAY SEP 25
WORDS
BOOKWORKS Porter and Ike Stockton: Colorado and New
Mexico Border Outlaws. A reading and signing with writer
Michael R. Maddox. 7pm. 344-8139.
alibi.com/e/111786.
DANE SMITH HALL, University of New Mexico Book Reading.
Local poet Richard Vargas and novelist Erika T. Wurth read
from their recently published books. 7-9pm. 401-7342.
alibi.com/e/111512.
THE SOURCE Fixed and Free Poetry Reading. Open mic
readings as well as featured poets, each reading for about
15 minutes. Donations accepted. 7-9pm. 401-8139.
alibi.com/e/70926.
STAGE
AUX DOG THEATRE The Jammer. Written by Rolin Jones, the
play resurrects the greatest of American entertainments:
the roller derby. Runs through 10/5. $20-$22. 8pm.
243-0596. alibi.com/e/108515.
THE MAIN EVENT LOL Comedy Show 4. Comedic
performances by Curt Fletcher, Black Mike, Keith
Breckenridge and more. $5-$8. 8pm. 359-0195.
alibi.com/e/109525.
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER When the Stars
Trembled in Rio Puerco. Directed by Shebana Coelho, this
performance tells the oral history about the Rio Puerco
Valley and the ranching families that lived there. Runs
through 9/28. $15-$18. 7:30pm. 724-4771.
alibi.com/e/111723.
POPEJOY HALL, UNM Center for the Arts
Wicked. Play delves into the life of a young
girl who’ll eventually become the Wicked
Witch of the West. Runs through 10/5.
$57.50-$150. 7:30pm. 925-5858.
alibi.com/e/100585. See “Theater News.”
THE STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Thursday Night
Laughs. Featuring three nationally touring stand-up
comedians: Jay Lafarr, Alex “KOOLAID” Ansel and Curt
Fletcher. $10. 7:30pm. 771-5680. alibi.com/e/105959.
TRICKLOCK PERFORMANCE LABORATORY Big Love. The play
follows 50 brides who arrive at a villa on the Italian coast,
seeking refuge from their 50 grooms-to-be. Runs through
10/4. $18-$20. 8pm. alibi.com/e/111899.
SONG & DANCE
CROWNE PLAZA ALBUQUERQUE 23rd New Mexico Dance
Fiesta. One of New Mexico’s biggest competitive,
instructional and performance dance events, featuring
workshops, performances and more. Prices vary. 7pm.
539-0036. alibi.com/e/111798.
LEARN
516 ARTS Artist/Curator Talk. A talk with visiting artist Floyd D.
Tunson and visiting curator Blake Milteer. 6pm.
242-1445. alibi.com/e/111894.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO Crecer a Golpes: Cuarenta
Años de Allende y Pinochet. Find out what has become of
Latin America 40 years after the rise and fall of the
Chilean dictatorship with author Diego Fonseca. 4-5pm.
(915) 276-9220. alibi.com/e/111348.
FILM
KIMO THEATRE House of Frankenstein. Meet Count Dracula,
the Wolf Man and Frankenstein’s monster in this classic
starring Boris Karloff. Part of the Friday Fright Nights
series. $5-$7. 7-8:15pm. 768-3544.
alibi.com/e/111323.
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER Alamar. In Pedro
González-Rubio’s lyrical docudrama, a 5-year-old boy
takes a trip with his father to Chinchorro Reef in Quintana
Roo. 7pm. 246-2261. alibi.com/e/111521.
FRIDAY SEP 26
ART
METROPOLIS COMIC ART GALLERY The Art of
Fighting 2014. Featuring over 50
international artists, a full tournament
schedule featuring prizes, special events
and guests. 7pm. alibi.com/e/110427. See
preview box.
WEEMS ART GALLERY The Retro Challenge 2014. New
Mexico artist Dee Sanchez created 150 paintings in 150
days for $150 each for this special show and sale.
4-9pm. 293-6133. alibi.com/e/111350.
STAGE
ADOBE THEATER Nickel and Dimed. Written by Joan Holden,
the play follows a middle-aged, middle-class woman
struggling to make ends meet. Runs through 10/5.
$12-$15. 8pm. 898-9222. alibi.com/e/95253.
AUX DOG THEATRE The Jammer. $20-$22. 8pm. See 9/25
listing.
BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE Oh,
Susana! This comedy revue takes a look at what it truly
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Fight the Good Fight
Go on the offensive for a worthy cause this
weekend with The Art of Fighting, a threeday gaming tournament and art exhibit raising
money to combat childhood congenital heart
disease. Kick off the battle royale Friday,
Sept. 26, at Metropolis Comic Art Gallery
(1102 Mountain NW) with an art opening at
7pm featuring works inspired by our favorite
games, from Street Fighter to Mortal Kombat.
Local talent as well as artists from comic art
and gaming houses like Udon and Skullgirls
unveil paintings,
drawings and mixedFRIDAY
media works
SEPTEMBER 26
capturing the
Metropolis Comic Art
excitement of comic
Gallery
art and characters
1102 Mountain NW
from popular titles.
alibi.com/e/110427
Check the adorably
7pm
stylized superhero
renderings of
Christopher Uminga, high-class My Little
Pony interpretations by Sara Richard and
much more. The event continues with a
gaming tournament pitting world-champion
special guests against Burque’s own heroes
for prizes from big-name sponsors. Saturday
night’s festivities include an East-vs.-West
Albuquerque grudge match to be streamed
live at twitch.tv/nmism. And on Sunday,
partake in the warrior sounds of “The Music of
Smash” live performance at noon. Last year
the inaugural event raised over $4,000. All
proceeds go to March of Dimes and Save
Babies Through Screening Foundation. For
more info and tournament details, viddy
metropoliscomicart.com and nmism.com/aof.
(Ian Wolff) a
means to be a citizen of the 47th state. $10. 7-8:15pm.
alibi.com/e/111359. Also, THE SHOW. Live comedy and
improv. $8-$10. 9-10pm. alibi.com/e/111360. Also,
Comedy? High energy, fast-moving and hilarious,
Comedy? is Albuquerque’s alternative comedy troupe. $6.
10:30pm-11:45am. 404-1578. alibi.com/e/65092.
FOUL PLAY CAFE, Sheraton Uptown Spirits of Suspicion.
Dinner theater special about a woman trying to solve her
husband’s murder that pays comic tribute to the Thin Man
movies. $56.50. 7:30-9:30pm. 377-9593.
alibi.com/e/105869.
KIMO THEATRE Outside Mullingar. Written by award-winning
playwright John Patrick Shanley, this romantic comedy
follows the relationship between Rosemary and Anthony.
$2-$40. 7:30-9pm. 768-3544. alibi.com/e/110334.
Trembled in Rio Puerco. $15-$18. 7:30pm. See 9/25
listing.
POPEJOY HALL, UNM Center for the Arts Wicked.
$57.50-$150. 8pm. See 9/25 listing.
TRICKLOCK PERFORMANCE LABORATORY Big Love.
$18-$20. 8pm. See 9/25 listing.
UNM’S EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE, Center for the Arts As Five
Years Pass. A deeply personal play that fuses memories
from Federico García Lorca’s childhood with images from
his imagination. $10-$15. 7:30-9pm. 277-4332.
alibi.com/e/110673.
THE VORTEX THEATRE Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Written by
Steve Martin, the play outlines a conversation between
Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso at a bar. Runs through
9/28. $15-$22. 7:30-9:30pm. 247-8600.
alibi.com/e/95244.
SONG & DANCE
Fiesta. Prices vary. 7am. See 9/25 listing.
Arts & Lit Calendar continues on page 20
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GUILD CINEMA Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920).
The Invincible Czars, an Austin, Texas-based
musical group, play their new score to the
classic film live in the theater. $8. 10:30pm.
255-1848. alibi.com/e/112397. See “Reel
World.”
RODEY THEATRE, Popejoy Hall From the Horse’s Mouth:
Magical Tales of Real Dancers. A triumphant dance theater
production conceived and directed by Tina Croll & Jamie
Cunningham. $8-$20. 7:30-9:30pm. 277-4332.
alibi.com/e/111533.
LEARN
SANTA FE UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN, Santa Fe
Ancient Art, New Images. A lecture with fresco painter and
university alumnus Frederico Vigil. 7pm. (877) 732-5977.
alibi.com/e/111819.
SATURDAY SEP 27
WORDS
BOOKWORKS A Load of Hooey. A reading and
signing with Bob Odenkirk, aka Saul
Goodman of “Breaking Bad” and “Better
Call Saul.” 1pm. 344-8139.
alibi.com/e/111790. See “Arts Feature.”
PAGE ONE BOOKSTORE Exo. A reading and signing with
science fiction author Steven Gould. 3-4:45pm.
294-2026. alibi.com/e/109657.
RUDE BOY COOKIES The Essential Gluten-Free Cookie Guide
Book. A reading and signing with gluten-free food blogger
Brianna Hobbs. 2-4pm. alibi.com/e/111461.
TORTUGA GALLERY A Happening for Peace Love and
Understanding. 100K Poets for Change and Things in Light
present readings and performances by Larry Goodell, Lisa
Gill, Albino Carrillo and more. $3 suggested donation.
7:30-10pm. (836) 668-1270. alibi.com/e/112040.
TRACTOR BREWERY WELLS PARK ABQ Slams City
Championship. Albuquerque’s best spoken word battle to
represent the Duke City at the Individual World Poetry
Slam Championships. 6-9pm. 243-6752.
alibi.com/e/111807.
TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS, Old Town Paloma and the Dust
Devil at the Balloon Festival and more. Marcy Heller signs
a collection of her children’s books. 1-3pm. 242-7204.
AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Expo NM
Albuquerque Ukekopelli Festival. All-day workshops with
nationally touring instructors Lil Rev, Hiedi Swedberg,
Daniel Ward, Sid Hauseman and Washtub Jerry on ukulele.
$50 and up. 974-0084. alibi.com/e/110658.
FILM
APERTURE CENTER, MESA DEL SOL Movies on
the Mesa: Despicable Me 2. Take a blanket
and some chairs for this free screening.
Food and brews on hand. 5pm. 452-2600.
alibi.com/e/111836. See “Reel World.”
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER The Real Rio
Puerco. A video presentation/Q&A with folk historian
Nasario Garcia. 2pm. 724-4771. alibi.com/e/111519.
SUNDAY SEP 28
WORDS
BOOKWORKS Wilderness. A reading and signing with writer
Debra Bloomfield. 3pm. 344-8139. alibi.com/e/111793.
TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS, Old Town A Short & Happy Guide
to Financial Well-Being. A reading and signing with writer
Sherri Burr. 1-3pm. 242-7204.
ART
METROPOLIS COMIC ART GALLERY The Art of Fighting 2014.
Noon. See 9/26 listing.
STAGE
ADOBE THEATER Nickel and Dimed. $12-$15. 2pm. See
9/26 listing.
AUX DOG THEATRE The Jammer. $20-$22. 2pm, 6:30pm. See
9/25 listing.
Trembled in Rio Puerco. $15-$18. 2pm. See 9/25 listing.
$57.50-$150. 1pm, 6:30pm. See 9/25 listing.
THE STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Thunder From
Down Under. See some dynamic dance routines, barely
there costumes, state-of-the-art lighting and chiseled abs.
$20-$50. 7pm. 867-0000. alibi.com/e/110405.
Years Pass. $10-$15. 2pm. See 9/26 listing.
THE VORTEX THEATRE Picasso at the Lapin Agile. $15-$22.
2pm. See 9/26 listing.
SONG & DANCE
CENTRAL FEATURES Central Features Grand Opening Exhibit.
Featuring works by Indiana-based Petronio Bendito and an
installation of sculptures by Jami Porter Lara. 5-8pm.
243-3389. alibi.com/e/110684.
THE LA UNDERGROUND Graffiti Street Art Fest. Original
artworks, prints and photos for sale by some of the best
graffiti and street artists from around the world. 6-10pm.
246-9455. alibi.com/e/111918.
MADRID MAIN STREET, Madrid The Wounded Healer. A
special cultural opening featuring a triumvirate of local art,
music and writing, featuring painter James Hayes, Jim
Almand and more. 4-8pm.
METROPOLIS COMIC ART GALLERY The Art of Fighting 2014.
10am. See 9/26 listing.
RICHARD LEVY GALLERY Journey To Wilderness Opening
Reception. A selection of large-scale photographs from the
Wilderness series by Debra Bloomfield. Runs through
10/24. 6-8pm. 766-9888. alibi.com/e/105767.
THE KOSMOS Chatter Sunday: Other Worlds. Featuring music
by Serenata of Santa Fe, Gail Springer (soprano), Elena
Sopoci, Michael Shu (violin) and more. $5-$15.
10:30-11:30am. 307-9647. alibi.com/e/111313.
OSCAR HUBER MEMORIAL BALLPARK, Madrid Madrid Blues
Fest. The New Mexico Jazz Workshop provides an afternoon
of blues. $15-$20. 2-6pm. alibi.com/e/110778.
TANNEX JAHA+LOU. A touring collaboration
between two queer witch priestesses who
weave sound, textile and a sacred art
installation to facilitate group healing.
$8-$20 sliding scale. 7pm. (971) 222-6461.
alibi.com/e/111754. See “Show Up!.”
STAGE
WORDS
ADOBE THEATER Nickel and Dimed. $12-$15. 8pm. See
9/26 listing.
AUX DOG THEATRE The Jammer. $20-$22. 8pm. See 9/25
listing.
BOX PERFORMANCE SPACE AND IMPROV THEATRE Oh,
Susana! $10. 7-8:15pm. Also, THE SHOW. $8-$10.
9-10pm. See 9/26 listing.
EFFEX Bigger, Better, Wetter: A Pornotopia Fundraiser. Event
features burlesque performers Holly Rebelle, Rex Starchild
and Nikkii Fixx, and a performance by the Albuquerque
Aerialist Collective. $10. 7pm. 265-5815.
alibi.com/e/111532.
FOUL PLAY CAFE, Sheraton Uptown Spirits of Suspicion.
$56.50. 7:30-9:30pm. See 9/26 listing.
Trembled in Rio Puerco. $15-$18. 7:30pm. See 9/25
listing.
$57.50-$150. 2pm, 8pm. See 9/25 listing.
TRICKLOCK PERFORMANCE LABORATORY Big Love.
$18-$20. 8pm. See 9/25 listing.
Years Pass. $10-$15. 7:30-9pm. See 9/26 listing.
THE VORTEX THEATRE Picasso at the Lapin Agile. $15-$22.
7:30-9:30pm. See 9/26 listing.
BOOKWORKS Tin House. Albuquerque writer and provocateur
Mike Smith reads from his new piece in the fall 2014 Tin
House “Tribes” issue with music and projections. 7-8pm.
344-8139. alibi.com/e/106873.
KIMO THEATRE The Wind. The Invincible Czars,
An Austin, Texas-based quartet, play their
original score to this classic silent film.
$15. 7-9pm. 768-3544. alibi.com/e/110375.
See “Reel World.”
RODEY THEATRE, Popejoy Hall From the Horse’s Mouth:
LEARN
ART
SONG & DANCE
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Magical Tales of Real Dancers. $8-$20. 7:30-9:30pm.
See 9/26 listing.
TUESDAY SEP 30
STAGE
$57.50-$150. 7:30pm. See 9/25 listing.
SONG & DANCE
ST. JAMES TEAROOM An Evening of World Class Jazz. A
performance by jazz trumpeter J. Kyle Gregory. $60.
6:30-8:30pm. 242-3752. alibi.com/e/111810.
WEDNESDAY OCT 1
STAGE
$57.50-$150. 7:30pm. See 9/25 listing.
LEARN
GUERRILLA PHOTO GROUP Open Studio Play Time. A creative
collaborative for models, photographers, stylists,
makeup/hair artists and clothing designers.
5:30pm-midnight. 681-7471. alibi.com/e/89605.
SOUTHWEST WRITERS OFFICE, Carlisle Executive Suites
Strangeness: Writing Science Fiction, Fantasy and Worlds
on the Bias. A six-week writing challenge with author Betsy
James, featuring assignments designed to find your stories
and set them in motion. $240-$290. 5:45-7:45pm.
830-6034. alibi.com/e/107112.
FILM
KIMO THEATRE Taxi Driver (1978). See Martin Scorsese’s
classic film starring Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster. Part
of the De Niro Done Right film series. $5-$7. 7-9pm.
768-3544. alibi.com/e/110912. a
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FOOD | restaurant review
MEDITATIVE MEAL
BY AMELIA OLSON
Burgers and Abrasive
Drummers
Things I felt while eating a
cheeseburger at Gecko’s
Like so many days before today, I am sitting on
the same wooden bench I once sat on as an
interested and impatient 23-year-old waiting for
a date that my friend blindly set me up on. There
is music playing on the radio that makes very
little sense to me. Though it’s easy to imagine
how the lead singer found his growling voice and
abrasive drummer. I picture him, 27, and really
into an ocean sport—probably surfing. I imagine
him as an openly emotional person who probably
smokes weed and wears those metal studded
belts. What he lacks in humility he makes up for
in inclusiveness. I imagine him practicing all the
time with his abrasive drummer. Maybe his
abrasive drummer is along for the ride, all the
while thinking the band won’t go further than
Santa Cruz. I think of the complexity and late
night studio sessions and movement and
exchange of money involved in getting this
music out into the world, only for me to be
slightly annoyed by it. How ungrateful we can be
as humans, discarding the sounds and people
and clothes that just don’t make the cut. What a
gift to be able to choose anything at all.
�“rock”�and Brews
The Giant Soft Authentic Bavarian Pretzel. Don’t get your hopes up; we
have a really good photographer.
Kiss Army Department of Veterans Affairs opens new assembly hall
at intersection of Montgomery and Hell
BY JESSICA CASSYLE CARR
Rock & Brews
Gecko’s Bar & Tapas
3500 Central SE
(Nob Hill)
262-1848, geckosbar.com
Hours: 11am-last call Monday through Sunday
Price Range: $4-$12 tapas and entrées
Vibe: Patio and lots of dogs
Vegetarian and vegan options: Yes
Extras: Dogs get free bacon, free Wi-Fi, TVs
I order a half pound cheeseburger ($9)
without a bun because I have a gluten allergy, or
at least a sensitivity, or maybe it’s just a madeup explanation for an always hurting stomach
from the unbearable anxiety being a human can
bring on. When I order no bun, I worry that the
server thinks I am on a diet. I don’t know why I
don’t want her to think I am on a diet; I feel
equally stupid saying I “avoid gluten.” This
makes me annoying. This makes me the type of
person who thinks they’re better. This makes me
the type of person who is going to question
every aspect of the bill, only to leave a 10percent tip and some snotty advice below my
signature. But I’m not like that, and so I let her
believe I’m on a diet. This makes ordering fries
that are battered and crisped in grease very
confusing for the diet thing, and also for the
gluten thing.
I bet the abrasive drummer has dietary
restrictions. A lot of sensitive people do. Maybe
all the people who have dietary restrictions are
actually just the most sensitive people in
existence. I think about science and how they
conduct food allergy tests with tiny strips of
things that itch on your back. What a
profoundly strange, and surprisingly romantic,
way to discover your enemy. Strap them to
your back and wait it out. Whatever leaves a
mark—that’s it.
My cheeseburger and I contemplate who
made these benches. Where the wood is from.
Who chopped it. If “Amanda + David” are, in fact,
together forever, as their carving exclaims.
People slowly pour in, tired and thirsty from their
jobs. I wonder what all their allergies are. If they
know Amanda and David. If they are Amanda
and David. And how the abrasive drummer is
spending his early afternoon. a
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PHOTOS BY ERIC WILLIAMS • ERICWPHOTO.COM
or those who consider themselves
gourmands, most chain restaurants lack the
cultural cachet of small-scale, local
operations and are a frivolous use of precious
gastrointestinal real estate. A visit to one of
these establishments is usually out of familial
or occupational schmobligation, being stuck in
an airport or on an interstate, or an attempt to
study society’s lowest common denominator ...
or derive condescending pleasure from it.
Much insight into our civilization and many
jokes can be squeezed from the analysis of a
Cheddar Bay Biscuit, a Never Ending Pasta
Bowl, a Southwestern Egg Roll, a Bloomin’
Onion or a Triple Chocolate Meltdown.
Excessively covered in the local news and
subsequently buzzed about amongst the
citizens of Albuquerque, Rock & Brews is a
newcomer to the world of mainstream food,
dreamed up by veterans of mainstream music:
The Demon (Gene Simmons) and Starchild
(Paul Stanley) of KISS. These are two of the
glam rock gods behind the most spectacularly
ridiculous stage shows of the ’70s, the greatest
non-live live album of all time and, now, the
Backstage Burger and the Beast of Birden
Chicken Sandwich. The restaurant chain,
which emerged in Southern California in
2012, has rapidly expanded to eight frothy
locations including one near the intersection
of Montgomery and San Mateo—a socially
fragmented part of town bogged down with
enough commercial strips and parking lots to
make anyone want a mind-altering
refreshment.
I pilgrimaged to Rock & Brews on the
second Saturday night of September. After one
of the abundant, exceedingly friendly, lanyardwearing staff informed my companion and I
about the 45-minute wait, we bided our time
and took inventory of the atmosphere. The
lofty ceilings and communion between indoor
and outdoor space, picnic-style seating and
F
4800 Montgomery NE
881-4248
rockandbrews.com
Hours: 11am to 11pm Sunday through Thursday
11am to 12am Friday and Saturday
Vibe: McRocanrol
Makeup: Bring your own
Rock and roll: ‘Till about 11, and party on Saturdays
if you can find a babysitter.
Extras: Play area; general sense of discomfort
The Alibi recommends: The Launchpad
copious oversized flat screen televisions lend a
Las Vegas-meets-Texas steak house-meetssports bar feel. The walls are emblazoned with
an exuberant, large-scale collage of the most
obvious figures in rock from the ’60s, ’70s
and ’80s—The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The
Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, etc.
Women are represented by Joan Jett, Blondie
and Fleetwood Mac in the dining room, with
Janis Joplin hiding out in a bathroom stall.
Jimi Hendrix is the only black man I spotted
on the walls. This narrow, clumsy, erstwhile,
historically inept context of rock, defined by
Rock & Brews as mostly white baby boomer
males with multi-platinum albums, aggravated
me immediately. The “November Rain” video
played behind the bar, and its New Mexicodesert-filmed aerial guitar solo scene calmed
my nerves.
Later at our picnic table on the patio, we
were sandwiched between a multi-generational
family and a group of non-conforming
conformist young adults. The patio boasts
spectacular views of the Payless ShoeSource,
Chick-fil-A and the Ross Dress for Less. It is
also equipped with a play area for children.
You see this operation, which is founded upon
the institution of rock and roll—which is
traditionally intertwined with sex, drugs,
Satan worshiping and other hedonistic
activities—touts itself as a family-oriented
restaurant. At this point my head was about to
explode, but not from the paradoxes posed by
the Rock & Brews concept. Instead my
ailment was the result of a collection of
discordant, high-pitched squeals ringing from
the play area.
Once my friend and I were set up with
waters and brews selected from a vast array of
draughts and bottles, we set out to decide
what “Opening Acts” to order. We selected
the Hatch Green Chile Mac ‘N Cheese
($9.99) and the Giant Soft Authentic
Bavarian Pretzel ($8.99, plus $1.79 to add Bier
Cheese). The small dish of overcooked pasta
arrived glued together with a flavorless sauce
and garnished with approximately a fourth of
a cup of bright green, chopped chile. The
pretzel tasted like it came from a nearby gas
station rather than Bavaria, and the spicy
sweet mustard that went with it possessed a
distinctly radioactive flavor. The bier cheese
was unangenehm. Though I’d made up my
mind to order the “VIP Salad” called Paint It
Blackened Salmon Caesar ($14.99) and
maybe an “Any Way You Want It” “Front
Row Pizza” ($8.99 to $16.99), the poor
performance of the “Opening Acts” combined
with the persistent shrieking in the play area
left me not too excited to go crazy with KISS.
Plus, I don’t think it’s too much to ask for a
cloth napkin and a seat back to lean on when
paying $14.99 for a salad. We got our check
and left to the sound of some desolate Sheryl
Crow song. At this particular time and place,
rock and roll really was dead (kind of like it
was in the 1983 “Lick It Up” video).
Being that there are plenty of folks here
with conventional palates, I predict that
Rock & Brews will do great in Albuquerque.
For the rest of us, the niche this place purports
to fill is already occupied by any of the many
local breweries, music venues and food trucks
(and various combinations thereof). The La
Cumbre drafts at Sister have more thunder. a
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Jukebox
Jams
and Live
Music
DOWNTOWN
ANODYNE • $
409 Central NW, 244-1820
[BAR] This upstairs home-away-from-home noir
bar is full of dark corners and framed paintings
of poodles. A jukebox, mood lighting and tuckedaway booths let you take in the atmosphere while
remaining autonomous. No matter what social
clique you belong to or what your beverage of
choice is, the staff at Anodyne makes sure you
get it fast. It only takes a few visits before the
bartenders know what you want before you even
ask for it.
BLACKBIRD BUVETTE
509 Central NW, 243-0878 • $$
[BAR AND GRILL/PUB] Brainchild of local band The
Dirty Novels, the old home of Pearl’s Dive has
been appropriately rock ’n’ rolled with excellent
music, black-clad waitresses and a cool look.
There are an impressive number of draft and
bottled microbrew beers, which are fan-freakingtastic on the back patio. While Blackbird recently
shut down its kitchen (RIP best sweet potato
chips in town), they are still one of the best
places in Albuquerque to see an awesome live
show and never pay a cover.
BURT’S TIKI LOUNGE
313 Gold SW, 247-2878 • $
[BAR] Back from the dead (and boy are we happy
about it!) Burt’s still has the old Burt’s charm.
Which is to say, it’s a little rough around the
edges, but still one of the city’s finest places to
wet one’s whistle, take a food truck break
outside and listen to live music.
SISTER
407 Central NW, 242-4900 • $
[BAR] The cavernous, ground-floor counterpart to
Anodyne, Sister is a space tailor-made for
happenings. This is a perfect spot for enjoying a
quiet dip into the vast draft beer selection with
your comrades after work or boogying to the
multitude of live bands that occupy its stage
nearly every night.
I-25 CORRIDOR
of beer styles brewed right on the premises, one
of which will almost certainly fill your specific
craving. In addition to the cold taps, one or two
of the beers are often available from the cask. As
you sip, play a game of pool upstairs, scratch
under your well-behaved pet’s collar, listen to the
frequent live music, and chat with the alwaysfriendly fellow beer-lovers. There’s no house
menu, but it seems like a food truck or two is
always parked right out front to serve hungry
drinkers.
NOB HILL
CELLAR BAR AT ZINC
3009 Central NE, 254-ZINC (9462) • $$$
[AMERICAN] Zinc is a delightfully renovated
historic space in Nob Hill, reborn as an upscale
restaurant serving elegant American food with
noticeable French inspiration. Downstairs the
wine bar attracts a younger crowd for drinks and
music. The happy hour menu, wines by the glass
and prices are the best around.
MONTE VISTA FIRE STATION
3201 Central NE, 255-2424 • $$
[AMERICAN] While sometimes toting a party-hard
crowd, Monte Vista showcases a diverse group of
live musicians. Drinks are affordable, and the
beef there is grass-fed, New Mexico-grown and
steroid and antibiotic-free, and the cooks at
Monte Vista deserve praise for what they do with
it. The freshly ground burgers are juicy and big,
the steak frites hit the spot, and the music will
get you out of your seat.
SCALO NORTHERN ITALIAN GRILL
3500 Central SE, 255-8781 • $$$
[ITALIAN] The surprising thing about Scalo is that
it’s simultaneously more fancy and less
expensive than you’d think. It’s just as breezy and
classy as ever in its high-ceilinged dining room.
All of the bottles on the wine list are half-price
on Monday nights, and there’s free, live music in
the bar.
SHADE TREE CUSTOMS AND CAFE
3407 Central NE, 200-0777 • $$
If you’re into meat and
motors, you should check this place out. The
back half of the building is reserved for
customizing motorcycles, while the front half is a
rollicking restaurant with a great beer selection
and a stage for lively music. The menu revels in
heavier fare like burgers and fried chicken. Stop
by in the morning for the best-tasting breakfast
in Nob Hill.
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TWO FOOLS TAVERN
3211 Central NE, 265-7447 • $$
[BAR AND GRILL/PUB] Deep-frying may well be a
Scottish national pastime, pursued with the
same extremist zeal as soccer hooliganism and
pub patronage. Sink your teeth into one of the
breaded and fried items Two Fools Tavern offers
and you’ll understand why. This British Isles-style
pub is the brainchild of successful restaurateur
Tom White (Scalo and Il Vicino). Highlights
include perfect fish and chips, buckets of beer,
scads of Scotches and Saturday and Sunday
brunch with, of course, live Celtic music.
ZACATECA’S TACOS & TEQUILA
3423 Central NE, 255-TACO (8226) • $$
LA CUMBRE BREWING CO.
3313 Girard NE, 872-0225 • $
[BREWERY] This
micro brewery features a variety
[MEXICAN] Zacateca’s is an upscale taco-andtequila concept, the new baby of Mark Kiffin,
whose Santa Fe restaurant The Compound is
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SHADE TREE CUSTOMS AND CAFÉ
ERIC WILLIAMS • ERICWPHOTO.COM
The STC (Southern Tasty Chicken) dinner
renowned for its ingredients and artistry. His
Pacific rock cod taco is perfectly browned on
the outside, juicy on the inside and oozing with
glorious fish grease. With the addition of
coleslaw and habanero salsa, this is not the
taco of anyone’s abuelita. Toast her health with
a three-mescal sampler, which comes in terra
cotta dishes. Often features live music.
you’re stuffed. Be sure to sit in the bar section
and take advantage of their jukebox to take in
the full mood and energy of this Albuquerque
gem.
UNIVERSITY
66 DINER
1405 Central SE, 247-1421 • $
NORTH VALLEY
VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY
STEAKHOUSE
6855 Fourth Street NW, 341-0831 • $$$$
[STEAKHOUSE] Vernon’s is a swanky
underground spot for good eats and high
times, delivered speakeasy-style. The dining
room is walled with lustrous, ebony adobe, and
the tables are clothed in crisp, black and white
linens. By the glass or bottle, there’s plenty of
quality hooch. The menu is classic steakhouse
stuff, with beef tournedos in a silky demiglace, fresh fish and a damn fine veal Oscar.
Check out the Black Diamond Lounge to take
in the fancy cocktails and live music.
OLD TOWN
ST. CLAIR WINERY & BISTRO
901 Rio Grande NW, 243-9916 • $$
[AMERICAN] St. Clair Vineyards has been
operating this bistro to local acclaim since
2005. Two patios and a spacious front,
specialty wines and a well-stocked gift shop
bring wine festival flair to thirsty Burqueños
year-round. Enjoy a glass of Pinot Grigio, and
enjoy live music Thursday-Saturday.
SOUTHEAST
CERVANTES RESTAURANT &
LOUNGE
5801 Gibson SE, 262-2253 • $$
[NEW MEXICAN] Ah, Cervantes. It represents
Albuquerque as we like to think of it: unbound
by trends, adorned in velvet paintings,
sometimes sketchy but mostly just full of good
people. Its 1970s-style dining room is the
perfect backdrop for ordering timeless homecooked New Mexican food and eating until
[DINER] Step back in time for old-fashioned
diner food, juke box oldies and atmosphere
with a New Mexican twist (incarnate in the hotand-spicy Frito pie). The real stars in this
place, though, are the awesome frozen
desserts. They run the gamut from mammoth
banana splits to 99-cent teeny-weeny hot
fudge sundaes. The milkshakes come in almost
any flavor combination you can think of and
are some of the creamiest, most lip-smacking
concoctions around. Voted Best Milkshakes for
2013.
BRICKYARD PIZZA
2216 Central SE, 262-2216 • $$
[PIZZA] Brickyard Pizza is known for fast slices
and beers on the cheap. It’s the only full bar
directly across from UNM, making it the prime
watering hole for your post-theater and postor pre-class needs. Grab a pie, sip on a beer,
and be sure to check out their open mic on
Tuesday nights, which undoubtedly hosts the
city’s most hiddenly talented folks.
CARRARO’S PIZZA AND ITALIAN
RESTAURANT & JOE’S PLACE
108 Vassar SE, 268-2300 • $
New Shows, New Lineup,
More Laughs, More Insight
[PIZZA] In the front, it’s a standard restaurant
laid out with a small bar and big window
facing the street. Travel a short way through a
blacklit hall and enter the kind of divey
neighborhood hangout this city needs more of,
complete with TVs, a jukebox, blacklight alien
posters, a ping pong table, air hockey and
arcade games. Though the entire menu is
available no matter where you choose to spend
your time, you can’t go wrong with the twistycrust pizza. Its foundation is really more
braided golden bread than crust, and it’s
available by the slice or the pie. a
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REEL WORLD
FILM | revIew
BY DEVIN D. O’LEARY
Showcase showdown
The New Mexico Film Office has announced it’s
looking for work to spotlight in the annual New
Mexico Filmmakers Showcase. The Film Office
will begin accepting entries on Friday, Sept. 26,
and will close on Friday, Nov. 21, at 5pm. There
is no charge to submit an entry, and the
showcase is open to all New Mexico residents.
According to the NMFO, this event “not only
gives local filmmakers the chance to see their
work on the big screen, but also gives the
general public the opportunity to experience all
of the creative talent within the state.” A panel
of industry judges will evaluate the films in eight
categories—from sci-fi/fantasy to comedy to
animation. The winning films will be screened
on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at the Jean
Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe. Other entries will
be shown on Sunday, Jan. 25, on a firstcome/first-served basis. Entry forms are
available now at nmfilm.com.
Can you still be a poster child for something at this age?
Love Is Strange
Older couple opts for marriage, ends up out on the street
in quietly emotional love story
Czar wars
Austin’s Invincible Czars, a “classically minded
klezmer, waltz, funk, polka and heavy metal”
group, will be coming to Albuquerque this
weekend to perform not one but two live movie
scores. On Friday, Sept. 26, the band will be at
Guild Cinema (3405 Central NE) performing
their updated score to the 1920 silent film
classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The film,
starring the legendary John Barrymore, is
considered by many to be the first American
horror film. The Czars’ “minimal, spooky, slow
and foreboding” soundtrack will be performed
live starting at 10:30pm. All seats are $8. The
very next night, the invincible ones will be
heading down to Albuquerque’s KiMo Theatre
(423 Central NW) to perform a live, original
score for 1928’s The Wind. The film, starring
Lillian Gish, is considered one of the last great
films of the silent era. Gish plays an innocent
young girl who moves from her childhood home
to her cousin’s isolated ranch out on the
Western prairie where family tensions and an
inhospitable environment combine to drive the
poor lass mad. Tickets for the KiMo show are
$15. Doors open at 6:30pm. Show starts at
7pm. For more details go to guildcinema.com,
kimotickets.com or invincibleczars.com.
Despicable screening
Mesa Del Sol’s “Movies on the Mesa” series
continues this Saturday, Sept. 27, at Aperture
Park (5700 University SE). The park will open
to families starting at 5pm for face painting, a
jump house and assorted food trucks. At dusk
you’ll be able to watch the animated comedy
Despicable Me 2 on the park’s giant outdoor
screen. Blankets and chairs are encouraged.
This event is free and open to the public. For
more info go to mesadelsolnm.com. a
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Love Is Strange
T
he incredibly empathetic indie drama Love Is
Strange accomplishes a deft sleight-of-hand
trick. It takes a contentious, hot-button issue
(gay marriage) and uses it as the basis of a
patient, everyday drama that feels cool as a
cucumber. There’s no loud preaching here, no
hysterics, no agenda driving the narrative. Small,
compact and loaded with unexpected emotional
impact, Love Is Strange provides the simplest and
most direct proof (as if we needed any) that gay
marriage should be accepted, celebrated and then
promptly ignored like every other American
institution.
Filmmaker Ira Sachs has made a name for
himself writing and directing a series of films
focusing on love and marriage, most of them from
a homosexual perspective (The Delta, Forty
Shades of Blue, Married Life, Keep the Lights On).
His films have always been smart, evenhanded
and refreshingly realistic. His is not the work of
an activist hoping to change minds. It’s the work
of a quiet observer trying to capture exactly what
he sees in front of him. Love Is Strange is his most
self-assured and instantly accessible work to date.
John Lithgow (The World According to Garp,
“3rd Rock from the Sun”) and Alfred Molina
(Spider-Man 2, Frida) star as an older gay couple
living in New York City. A cuter, happier couple
you could not find. They’re smart. They’re
artistic. They wear suits. Heck, you might even
describe them as “boring.” (What more
homogenizing accolade could an aging gay couple
hope for?) Ben (Lithgow) is a retired painter
Opens Friday 9/26
Written and directed by Ira Sachs
Starring John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei
Rated R
living on a pension. George (Molina) is a music
teacher working at a private Catholic school.
The two have been together for 29 years. So
when they decide to get married, it’s no big deal.
Really. Their friends are happy, and there’s a little
ceremony. But these two have been together for
three decades. Marriage doesn’t change the
formula a whole lot. For them, anyway.
To certain other people, though, marriage is a
big deal. Once the archdiocese gets wind of
George’s nuptials, problems sprout up. The school
he’s been employed at for years can stomach a
quiet, conservative homosexual. But a flagrantly
married one? Not so much. With George’s job
gone and Ben’s income fixed, the couple suddenly
have trouble maintaining their New York
lifestyle. No longer able to afford their condo and
bedeviled by New York’s labyrinthine real estate
laws, George and Ben find themselves
temporarily homeless. After some squabbling
among family and friends, it’s decided that the
most efficient thing for the couple to do is split
up for the time being. Ben will go live with his
nephew (Darren E. Burrows—good old Ed from
“Northern Exposure”). And George will shack up
with a couple of gay cops whose couch is free.
George and Ben try their best to secure a new
home together, but even with government
assistance, it’s a difficult task. (Honestly, the film
may cause you to think less about gay marriage
and more about the economic insanity of trying
to live in New York.) Time drags on for our
happy couple, causing increasing friction among
all parties involved. Ben starts to wear on the
nerves of his nephew’s wife (Academy Awardwinner Marisa Tomei) and teenage son (Charlie
Tahan, Blue Jasmine). George, meanwhile, starts
to feel like the odd man out in a household full of
young party people.
Love Is Strange doesn’t waste its time crafting a
complicated story. It simply introduces us to its
characters and drops them into an uncomfortable
situation. Lithgow and Molina bring decades’
worth of acting skill to their roles—which mostly
means they never spend a moment “acting.” A
couple who have lived together for three decades
don’t need a lot of dialogue, and this film’s leads
speak volumes with their silences and small
gestures. Love Is Strange isn’t the kind of film that
underlines its important sentences. It doesn’t
craft monologues. There are no unnecessary
emotional flourishes. It’s content to linger in the
moment, however long that moment might be.
As a result, it never feels less than perfectly
authentic.
For some, of course, the film may be too
gentle, too small of scale. But for all its reserved
humor, understated humanity and polite
sentiment, Love Is Strange is an intimate,
wonderfully grownup tale of modern marriage. It’s
a gay love story that earns itself the highest
accolade—it makes the key adjective irrelevant. a
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TELEVISION | IDIOT BOX
#sitcom, #topical
“Selfie” on ABC
W
ith TV losing viewers every day to cell
phone videos and “freemium” iPad games,
networks are fighting back—mostly in
lame ways, like tacking hashtags on to shows
(“#CandidlyNicole,” “#RichKids of Beverly
Hills”) in hopes of tricking people into thinking
they’re ... what? Tweets? I don’t honestly know.
So it’s surprising it’s taken this long for someone
to come up with a TV show that full-on revels in
today’s climate of YouTube celebrities, Snapchat
sexting and ASMR videos (they’re a thing, look
them up).
“Selfie” is ABC’s winkingly self-aware new
sitcom about fame and success in the internet
age. The show stars former “Doctor Who”
companion Karen Gillan as Eliza Dooley. Eliza is
a successful pill-pushing saleswoman at a major
pharmaceutical company. She’s also an internet
star with a quarter million Twitter and Facebook
followers who hang on her every duckface selfie
and “What I had for lunch” Vine. Vapid, selfabsorbed and basically unaware of anything that
doesn’t take place on her cell phone screen, Eliza
has set herself up for a very big fall—which
occurs when an airplane flight, a cheating lover
and two large airline sickness bags conspire to
reward her with an #EpicFail. Since those who
live by the sword are condemned to die by it,
Eliza instantly becomes an internet laughing
stock, the butt of a thousand cruel memes.
But she spots her salvation in Luddite,
social media-hating coworker Henry (John
Cho from Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
and Star Trek). Henry works in marketing, and
he’s a wizard at rebranding dangerous or useless
products. Surely he can do something to
THE WEEK IN
SLOTH
THURSDAY 25
“How to Get Away with Murder” (ABC
9pm) Viola Davis (The Help) stars
as a criminal defense professor who
makes her students solve crimes.
Presumably for extra credit.
“Jokers Wild” (truTV 8pm) Sadly, not a
remake of the old TV game show,
but some kind of reality/sketch
comedy show in which the hidden
camera pranksters of “Impractical
Jokers” share a “comical look at
their personal lives.”
FRIDAY 25
“Transparent” (Amazon.com
streaming anytime) Amazon gets
into the “must see TV” business with
this winning dramedy about a
parent (Jeffrey Tambor from
“Arrested Development”) who
decides rather late in life to switch
genders.
SATURDAY 27
“Saturday Night Live” (KOB-4
10:30pm) The awesomesauce Chris
Pratt, recently catapulted to the A-
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rehabilitate Eliza’s shattered digital rep.
If that sounds suspiciously like the plot to My
Fair Lady (and by extension Pygmalion), that’s
because it is. “Selfie” probably wouldn’t work as a
computer-age knockoff of the familiar tale if it
weren’t so upfront about it. The main characters
are named Eliza and Henry, after all. And the
show is obviously hyperconscious of the world we
now live in. Thankfully the nonstop monsoon of
multimedia references is delivered with just
enough snark that it doesn’t feel like some
unwelcomingly incomprehensible Subreddit
category.
“Selfie” is written and executive produced by
Emily Kapnek, who created the occasionally
snappy ABC series “Suburgatory.” “Selfie” has
much of the same manic energy, and when the
show is firing on all cylinders, it works. Gillan
and Cho are sharp performers, and they do some
good work here. Gillan, swallowing as much of
her English accent as she can, is deft at
occasionally letting her guard down and showing
the insecurities underneath her character’s
oblivious bravado. Cho, meanwhile, isn’t afraid
to sacrifice a bit of dignity and admit his
character is a judgmental workaholic. It’s a
decent setup, with both characters needing one
another. Corny as it might sound, the pilot
successfully imparts the moral that “being
friended is not the same thing as having friends.”
But the big question is whether this premise is
worthy of a weekly series. Two years from now,
will Henry still be trying to teach Eliza the value
of putting down your cell phone and actually
talking to people? Or will the show outlive its
usefulness like an online Bitcoin exchange? a
“Selfie” premieres Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 7pm
on KOAT-7.
list thanks to Guardians of the
Galaxy, hosts the season premiere.
SUNDAY 28
“Thank God It’s Thursday on ABC!”
(KOAT-7 1pm) If you’re a huge fan of
Shonda Rhimes, I guess that’ll be
your mantra. This season her new
show “How to Get Away with Murder”
joins her old shows “Grey’s Anatomy”
and “Scandal.” For now Rhimes (who
else) gets you all pumped for the
upcoming Shonda-fest.
“Once Upon a Time: Storybrooke Has
Frozen Over” (KOAT-7 6pm) Get
ready to get really, really excited,
Disney freaks. The characters from
“Frozen” are coming to “Once Upon a
Time” this season! Here’s an hourlong teaser—followed by the hour-long
actual show.
“Family Guy” (KASA-2 8pm) The Griffin
family shows up in Springfield for a
gimmicky crossover with the cast of
“The Simpsons.”
MONDAY 29
“The iHeartRadio Music Festival”
(KWBQ-19 7pm) Is it me, or does
one of these show up every month on
The CW? I mean, how much Ariana
Grande can we realistically take?
TUESDAY 30
“Manhattan Love Story” (KOAT-7
7:30pm) Analeigh Tipton (from
“America’s Next Top Model”) and
Jake McDorman (ABC Family’s
“Greek”) star in this new rom-com.
The only thing that keeps it from
being completely generic: You can
hear the main characters’ inner
monologues nattering away in their
heads. That’s not gonna get old.
“Happyland” (MTV 12am) This “soaplike” comedy-drama centers around
a young woman named Lucy Velez,
who has spent her entire life
growing up at a theme park called
Happyland. Her fairy tale-obsessed
mom has played the character of
Princess Adriana for nearly 20
years, and Lucy will do anything not
to follow in her footsteps. But will
the handsome and charming son of
the park’s new owner change our
gal’s summer plans?
WEDNESDAY 1
“Stalker” (KRQE-13 9pm) The only
thing CBS loves more than crimes
is sex crimes. So here’s a new
police procedural about
detectives who investigate
“stalking incidents—including
voyeurism, cyber harassment and
romantic fixation.” Maggie Q
(“Nikita”) and Dylan McDermott
(“The Practice”) star.
“Death Valley” (CMT 9pm) CMT
adds this docu-reality(ish) series
about redneck rebels living in
“one of the most treacherous
places on Earth.” a
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FILM | CAPSULES
OPENING THIS WEEK
The Boxtrolls
From the makers of Coraline and ParaNorman comes this
whimsically imaginative, stop-motion-animated toon about a
young orphan raised underground by cave-dwelling, trashcollecting trolls. Based on the children’s novel Here Be Monsters!
by Alan Snow. Ben Kingsley, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade and Tracy
Morgan provide voices. 97 minutes. PG. (Opens Friday 9/26 at
Century 14 Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century
Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16)
Closed Curtain
In the midst of a government-imposed 20-year ban on
filmmaking, acclaimed Iranian new wave filmmaker/political
rebel Jafar Panahi (The White Balloon) takes up the
writing/directing mantle for this story of a screenwriter hiding out
in a secluded house by the sea. His exile is broken one night by
the arrival of a young woman fleeing from the authorities.
Refusing to leave, she takes refuge in the filmmaker’s house,
upending his isolation. In Farsi with English subtitles. 106
minutes. Unrated. (Opens Friday 9/26 at Guild Cinema)
Down By Law
Tom Waits, John Lurie and Roberto Benigni star in Jim Jarmusch’s
quirky, deadpan, low-down-arty 1986 comedy about a trio of
inmates at a Louisiana prison who escape their crowded cell, but
not one another. Double-featured with Stranger Than Paradise.
107 minutes. R. (Opens Tuesday 9/30 at Guild Cinema)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
John Barrymore stars in this early, silent film version of Robert
Louis Stevenson’s horror classic. Austin-based instrumentalists
The Invincible Czars will be on hand for this one-time-only
showing to provide a live, original score. 49 minutes. Unrated.
(Opens Friday 9/26 at Guild Cinema)
The Equalizer
The popular, but mostly forgotten 1980s TV series starring
Edward Woodward as an elderly, ass-kicking former intelligence
agent gets a reboot courtesy of actor Denzel Washington and
director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Olympus Has Fallen).
Washington is a tough guy with a mysterious past who volunteers
to protect a young girl (Chloë Grace Moretz, Kick-Ass) from ultraviolent Russian mobsters. 131 minutes. R. (Opens Friday 9/26
at Century 14 Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century
Fifi Howls From Happiness
This Iranian documentary profiles provocative artist Bahman
Mohasses, the so-called “Persian Picasso.” Though his works
dominated pre-revolutionary Iran, the aging artist now finds
himself lost in exile. Filmmaker Mitra Farahani hunts down and
interviews the reclusive artist in an Italian hotel room, revealing
as much about her own artistic process as her subject’s. In
Persian with English subtitles. 96 minutes. Unrated. (Opens
Friday 9/26 at Guild Cinema)
God Help the Girl
My Old Lady
Dolphin Tale 2
Lucy
A middle-aged American loser (Kevin Kline) inherits an
apartment in Paris, but it comes with a hitch—an elderly tenant,
played by Maggie Smith. Our penniless protagonist camps out in
a spare room while figuring out what to do with the property and
finds himself regularly abused by his tenant’s mean daughter
(Kristin Scott Thomas). An tartly enjoyable if stagebound directing
debut (at age 75) from veteran playwright Israel Horovitz (dad to
Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz). 107 minutes. PG-13. (Opens Friday
9/26 at Century 14 Downtown, High Ridge)
Winter, the handicapped dolphin who starred in the inspirational
family film about her own life, returns in an even more
fictionalized sequel. Here, marine biologists at an aquarium in
Florida rescue an even cuter baby dolphin named Hope. Morgan
Freeman, Ashley Judd and Harry Connick Jr. are the non-dolphin
stars. 107 minutes. PG. (Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century
French filmmaker Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, Leon: The
Professional, The Fifth Element) gets back into the swing of
action filmmaking with this monumentally strange, and epically
silly sci-fi flick. Scarlett Johansson stars as a woman tricked into
becoming a mule for an experimental drug. When the bags of
illegal chemicals in her stomach break open, she instantly and
mysteriously gains all the superpowers in the universe by using
100 percent of her brain. We’re talking Jackie Chan, all of the XMen and Neo at the end of The Matrix combined. Naturally she
employs these powers to get revenge on the bad people. Given
that she can control all of time and space, there’s not a lot of
tension. 90 minutes. R. (Cottonwood Stadium 16)
Former “SNL”ers Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader star in his dramedy
about estranged twins who both coincidentally cheat death on
the same day, sparking a reunion and a possible mending of
their broken relationship. Wiig and Hader share some effortless
chemistry as our damaged-but-lovable siblings. Hader is
particularly great as a gay, depressed wannabe actor. 93
minutes. R. (Opens Friday 9/26 at Century 14 Downtown, High
Ridge)
Tom Hardy, James Gandolfini and Noomi Rapace star in this gritty
little crime drama about a good-natured mook working at his
cousin’s bar in Brooklyn. The place is secretly owned by the
Chechen mob, though. And when some neighborhood idiots rob
the joint, our protagonist (Hardy) and his cousin (Gandolfini)
must find the money before the mob finds them. It’s a slowpaced affair, but it builds to a shocking climax thanks to a smart
script by author Dennis Lehane (Mystic River) and some indelible
character work by Hardy. Reviewed in v23 i37. 106 minutes. R.
(Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, High Ridge)
The Song
The Giver
In this chintzy musical drama, an aspiring Nashville singersongwriter’s life and marriage suffer when the song he writes for
his wife propels him to stardom. Will he succumb to the
temptations of fame and fortune and cheat on his wife? If you
guessed “Don’t worry, Jesus will save the day,” you are correct.
112 minutes. PG-13. (Opens Friday 9/26 at Century Rio)
Lois Lowry’s much-loved teen lit sci-fi novel finally makes it to the
big screen. In a futuristic dystopia—seemingly without war, pain,
suffering, differences or choice—a young man(Brenton Thwaites)
is chosen to learn from an elderly man (Jeff Bridges) the true
pain and pleasure of the “real” world. Note to all future dystopian
leaders: Get rid of the teenagers. If YA literature is any indication
(Hunger Games, Divergent, Matched, Delirium, Unwind, The Maze
Runner), two photogenic teenagers in love will invariably bring
down your society. 94 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio, Rio Rancho
Premiere Cinema)
The Skeleton Twins
Stranger Than Paradise
Writer-director Jim Jarmusch blipped his way onto the indie film
radar with this near-classic 1984 comedy about a self-styled
hipster (singer John Lurie) who gets a surprise visit from his
pretty, 16-year-old cousin from Hungary and ends up
undertaking a strange road trip across America. Minimalist but
oddly compelling. Double-featured with Down By Law. 89
minutes. (Tuesday 9/30 at Guild Cinema)
Winchester ‘73
James Stewart stars in this acclaimed 1950 Western about a
prized rifle that passes from one ill-fated owner to another.
Anthony Mann (T-Men, Raw Deal, The Naked Spur, The Glenn
Miller Story, El Cid) directs. 92 minutes. Unrated. (Opens
Saturday 9/27 at Guild Cinema)
STILL PLAYING
As Above/So Below
In this archaeologically minded supernatural thriller, a group of
explorers descends into the skeleton-filled catacombs below
Paris, only to come face-to-face with their own fears made real. If
you’re a “found footage” completist, you might be the audience
for this low-budget mixture of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and The
Descent from the Brothers Dowdle (The Poughkeepsie Tapes,
Quarantine, Devil). 93 minutes. R. (Century Rio, Cottonwood
Stadium 16)
Boyhood
Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh star in this classic 1939 adaptation
of Margaret Mitchell’s Civil War romance. This year is the 75th
anniversary, by the way. That’s as good an excuse as any to see it
on the big screen—courtesy of the fine folks at Turner Classic
Movies. 238 minutes. (Opens Sunday 9/28 at Century 14
Downtown, Century Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16)
Filmmaker Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused,
Before Sunrise) spent 12 years—off and on—shooting this
coming-of-age tale. Instead of being gimmicky, the film is
comfortingly real and quietly observational. We simply watch as
Mason (Ellar Coltrane) grows from age 5 to age 18 and
experiences all that life throws at him. His parents (Patricia
Arquette and Ethan Hawke) are divorced, and he drifts from
video games to ogling lingerie catalogues to dealing with awful
stepparents to navigating high school. The free-flowing narrative
never tries to impose a “story” on the proceedings—and yet it’s
never dull. Instead, it’s a lesson in regression for audiences as
they recall all the funny, sad, rough, joyous, confusing moments
that make up pre-adulthood. 165 minutes. R. (Century 14
Downtown, High Ridge)
Kill Your Darlings
Cantinflas
Daniel Radcliffe stars as Beatnik poet Allen Ginsberg in this
biopic about the young author’s first meeting with soon-to-be
icons Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston) and William Burroughs (Ben
Foster) at Columbia University in 1944. The men are united as
much by their literary ambitions as a murderous act on the part
of a sexually ambiguous pal. Radcliffe is stellar as the insecure
writer navigating the usual coming-of-age tropes—alongside a
double dose of homosexuality and homicide. 104 minutes. R.
(Opens Thursday 9/25 at SUB Theater)
Óscar Jaenada stars in this Spanish-language biopic about
beloved Mexican comedy star Cantinflas. In English and Spanish
with English subtitles. 106 minutes. PG. (Century 14 Downtown)
Stuart Murdoch, lead singer and songwriter of the celebrated
indie band Belle and Sebastian, writes and directs this musical
romance about an emotionally troubled girl (Emily Browning,
Sucker Punch) who starts writing songs, hooks up with a pair of
mopey musicians and starts a band. 111 minutes. Unrated.
(Opens Saturday 9/27 at Guild Cinema)
Gone With The Wind
Love Is Strange
Reviewed this issue. 94 minutes. R. (Opens Friday 9/26 at
Century 14 Downtown, High Ridge)
Más Negro Que La Noche
In this silly Mexican horror flick, a young party girl moves into her
deceased aunt’s mansion. Spooky stuff ensues. This is a (3D!)
remake of Carlos Enrique Taboada’s classic 1975 Mexi-chiller of
the same name. In Spanish with English subtitles. 100 minutes.
R. (Opens Friday 9/26 at Century Rio)
The Drop
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
After a flashy showing at Sundance, filmmaker Ned Benson took
his films The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and The
Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her and cut them into a single,
(slightly) more conventional narrative. In whatever incarnation,
Rigby relates the story of a couple (Jessica Chastain and James
McAvoy) who break up in the wake of their baby son’s death. She
tries to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, moves in with her parents
and goes back to school. He buries himself in his work at a
struggling bar/restaurant. There’s some serious ACTING (in all
capitals) going on here. Supporting cast includes Isabelle
Huppert, William Hurt, Ciarán Hinds and Bill Hader. But the whole
affair seems a little too high-minded and “constructed” to really
get to the heart of the matter. 122 minutes. Unrated. (Century
Rio)
Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel Comics’ superhero movies take off in a different direction,
heading into outer space for this buoyantly comic, endlessly
entertaining sci-fi romp. A band of misfits, criminals and brash
adventurers is conscripted into saving the galaxy when a powerful
alien warlord comes looking for a weapon of cosmos-threatening
proportions. Cult filmmaker James Gunn (Tromeo and Juliet,
Dawn of the Dead, Slither, Super) writes and directs. Chris Pratt
(“Parks and Recreation”), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), Zoe
Saldana (Star Trek) and Lee Pace (The Hobbit: An Unexpected
Journey) star. 121 minutes. PG-13. (Century Rio, Century 14
Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, High Ridge,
Cottonwood Stadium 16)
The Hundred-Foot Journey
After the untimely death of their matriarch, a brokenhearted
Indian clan wanders Europe looking for a place to open up their
family restaurant. They end up in an impossibly picturesque
French town where Papa (Om Puri) decides to hang up his
shingle across the street from a Michelin Star restaurant. Gifted
young chef Hassan (Manish Dayal) falls in love with the rival sous
chef (Charlotte Le Bon), while Papa starts up a love/hate
relationship with the fancy French restaurant’s uptight owner
(Helen Mirren). This is exactly (exactly) the sort of semi-exotic
foodie romance you would expect from the director of Chocolat.
Reviewed in v23 i32. 122 minutes. PG. (High Ridge, Cottonwood
Stadium 16)
If I Stay
Capitalizing on the beautiful tragedy of The Fault in Our Stars,
this romantic drama adapts another weepy teen lit hit. Young Mia
Hall (Chloë Grace Moretz, Kick-Ass) is on the edge of adulthood,
about to go off to Juilliard to study music. But a tragic car
accident kills off her parents and leaves her in a coma. An out-ofbody experience leaves our gal wandering around watching
friends and family gather at the hospital and drifting freely
through her memories. Now she must decide if she should wake
up and get on with her life or just kick the bucket. 106 minutes.
PG-13. (Cottonwood Stadium 16, Century Rio)
Into the Storm
We’ve had found-footage horror films (The Blair Witch Project et
al), found-footage monster movies (Cloverfield), found-footage
cop movies (End of Watch), found-footage superhero films
(Chronicle) and found-footage kids’ films (Earth to Echo). So why
not some found-footage disaster porn? Into the Storm takes the
basic plot of Twister, throws in some handheld camera and adds
a whole bunch more CGI destruction. It comes to us from the
director of Final Destination 5 and the writer of Step Up All In. 89
minutes. PG-13. (Cottonwood Stadium 16)
Let’s Be Cops
Damon Wayans Jr. and Jake Johnson (still hanging out off the set
of FOX’s “New Girl”) are a couple of struggling pals who decide to
dress up as cops for a costume party. Mistaken for real police
officers, and afforded respect for the first time in their lives, the
two decide to keep up the charade. Unfortunately a collection of
real-life mobsters and dirty detectives put our dressed-up dogooders in mortal danger. Yes, it’s as silly as you’re thinking. 104
minutes. R. (Cottonwood Stadium 16, Century 14 Downtown, Rio
Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century Rio)
Magic in the Moonlight
Woody Allen’s 44th film is a lightweight charmer. Colin Firth plays
a professional magician and debunker who travels to Southern
France (circa 1920) to expose a fraudulent spiritualist. Our hero
is shocked to find the charlatan is a wide-eyed American cutie
(Emma Stone). Even more shocking, he can’t figure out her
tricks. Could it be that she actually has the ability to speak to the
dead? The outcome of this period romcom is never remotely in
doubt, but the cast is quite likable, and the setting is lovely to
look at. Reviewed in v23 i33. 97 minutes. PG-13. (High Ridge)
The Maze Runner
More post-apocalyptic YA teen lit hits the big screen. In this
adaptation of James Dashner’s hit book trilogy, a mind-erased
teen (Dylan O’Brien, “Teen Wolf”) is dropped into a community of
“runners” trapped inside a deadly, monster-filled, impossible-toescape maze. Why? Just wait two more movies and you’ll find
out. 120 minutes. PG-13. (Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema,
Century 14 Downtown, Century Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16)
No Good Deed
Taraji P. Henson (“Person of Interest,” Think Like a Man) and Idris
Elba (“Luther,” Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) class up this
twisty domestic thriller about a suburban wife and mother who
finds her home invaded by a dangerous escaped convict. 84
minutes. PG-13. (Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century 14
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Überproducer Michael Bay (Bad Boys, Armageddon,
Transformers) has his grubby fingerprints all over this
unnecessary reboot of the classic comic book/cartoon series.
The special effects are a major upgrade, but the story—scarred
by all the usual overworked, underwritten tropes of modern
screenwriting—takes a lot of liberties with the original. It’s not a
travesty, but it’s probably not what fans want either. 101 minutes.
PG-13. (Century 14 Downtown, Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema,
Century Rio, Cottonwood Stadium 16)
This Is Where I Leave You
Middle-of-the-road talent Shawn Levy (Cheaper By the Dozen,
Night at the Museum, Date Night, Real Steel) directs this
dramedy about a dysfunctional family (Jason Bateman, Tina Fey,
Adam Driver, Corey Stoll) brought together by their secret-stealing
author of a mother (Jane Fonda) to sit shiva in their childhood
home after their father passes away. The story (based on a novel
by Jonathan Tropper) doesn’t plow any new ground. It’s your
standard “crazy clan gets the skeletons out of the closet, cries,
hugs and makes up” tale—right down to the requisite pot-fueled
confessional scene. But the cast is filled with comic ringers, and
script generates its emotions in a mostly organic manner. 103
minutes. R. (Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century 14
Tusk
Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma, Red State) writes and directs this
year’s most WTF? film experience. This wildly uneven splatstick
horror comedy finds an obnoxious podcaster (Justin Long, Live
Free or Die Hard) kidnapped by an elderly Canadian seaman
(Michael Parks, Kill Bill) who wants to do unspeakable things to
the poor guy. Parks saves the day her with his quiet menace, but
certain other cast members (who will remain nameless) are
extremely freaking silly. If you’ve ever wondered what it would be
like if someone combined The Human Centipede with a Bob and
Doug McKenzie sketch, here’s your answer. Reviewed in v23 i38.
101 minutes. R. (Century Rio)
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Liam Neeson, still in tough old man mode, stars as Lawrence
Block’s literary private detective Matthew Scudder in this
adaptation of the 10th Scudder novel. Jeff Bridges played the
character once before in 1986’s nonstarter 8 Million Ways to Die.
In this one our alcoholic ex-cop hero is hired by a drug kingpin to
find out who kidnapped and murdered
the guy’s wife. This is gritty, streetpounding. old-school noir. 113 minutes.
(Rio Rancho Premiere Cinema, Century
14 Downtown, Century Rio, Cottonwood
Stadium 16) a
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Mon-Thu 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50
The Equalizer Fri-Sun 1:25, 4:30, 7:35, 10:40; Mon-Thu
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The Boxtrolls Fri-Sun 11:40am, 4:40, 9:40; Mon-Thu
11:40am, 4:40
The Boxtrolls 3D Fri-Thu 2:10, 7:10
Cantinflas Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:35, 7:05, 9:45; Mon-Wed 1:45,
4:35, 7:05; Thu 1:45, 4:35
This Is Where I Leave You Fri-Sun 11:50am, 2:35, 5:10,
7:45, 10:20; Mon-Thu 11:50am, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45
The Maze Runner Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:25, 7:25, 10:10; Mon-Thu
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A Walk Among the Tombstones Fri-Sun 1:55, 4:45, 7:30,
10:30; Mon-Thu 1:55, 4:45, 7:30
The Drop Fri-Sun 3:55, 10:25; Mon-Thu 3:55
No Good Deed Fri-Sun 12:55, 3:10, 5:25, 7:40, 10:20; MonThu 12:55, 3:10, 5:25, 7:40
Boyhood Fri-Thu 12:15, 6:45
Let’s Be Cops Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:35; MonTue 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55; Thu 12:10, 2:45
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fri-Sun 11:45am, 2:20, 4:55,
7:35, 10:05; Mon-Thu 11:45am, 2:20, 4:55, 7:35
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Mon-Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:20
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Fifi Howls From Happiness Fri-Mon 3:30, 8:15
Closed Curtain Fri-Mon 6:00
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Winchester ‘73 Sat-Sun 12:00
God Help the Girl Sat 10:30
Down By Law Tue-Thu 5:00, 9:15
Stranger Than Paradise Tue-Thu 7:15
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Love Is Strange Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10; Mon-Thu
12:40, 3:50, 7:00
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12:45, 3:55, 7:30
The Skeleton Twins Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:15, 7:40, 10:40; MonThu 1:10, 4:15, 7:40
The Drop Fri-Sun 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:10; Mon-Thu 1:05,
4:05, 7:05
Boyhood Fri-Thu 1:00, 6:50
Magic in the Moonlight Fri-Sun 12:35, 4:10, 7:10, 10:05;
Mon-Thu 12:35, 4:10, 7:10
The Hundred-Foot Journey Fri-Sun 12:45, 4:00, 7:20,
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Más Negro Que La Noche 3D Fri-Sat 11:05am, 4:55, 10:45,
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The Song Fri-Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10
The Equalizer Fri-Sat 11:20am, 12:50, 2:40, 4:20, 6:00,
7:40, 9:20, 11:00, 11:30; Sun-Thu 11:20am, 12:50, 2:40,
4:20, 6:00, 7:40, 9:20, 11:00
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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them Fri-Thu
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The Drop Fri-Thu 11:50am, 2:45, 5:40, 8:30
No Good Deed Fri-Thu 11:30am, 2:10, 4:40, 7:05, 9:30
Dolphin Tale 2 Fri-Thu 12:40, 3:55, 6:50, 9:50
As Above/So Below Fri-Thu 11:45am, 2:35, 5:00, 7:35,
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If I Stay Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:25, 7:20, 10:20; Sun 11:05am;
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The Giver Fri-Thu 2:50, 8:50
Let’s Be Cops Fri-Thu 11:25am, 2:20, 5:20, 8:05, 10:55
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No Good Deed Fri-Thu 12:00, 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40
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Brian Jones: The Making of the
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New bio explores fallen rock star’s life
and death
Brian Jones played guitar. As a founding
member of a band he named The Rolling Stones,
Jones was also a gifted multi-instrumentalist. He
deeply dug the blues and played them with
uncommon virtuosity, but he couldn’t write pop
songs. This profound problem contributed to his
estrangement from his bandmates as their
popularity waxed worldwide in the mid 1960s.
Joyce Manor
Jenstar
Brian Jones: The Making
of the Rolling Stones
Bird Is the Word
Paul Trynka
Viking Press
hardcover
biography
$28.95
At the tender age of 27 and forced from the
Stones in 1969, Jones ended up dead in a
swimming pool on an estate once owned by the
author of Winnie the Pooh. He left behind at least
five children and a haunting enigma that was often
overshadowed by the continual rise and sustained
success of his former cohorts.
The Guitar Magazine founder and rock
journalist Paul Trynka explores Jones’ life and
death in frightening detail—and with occasionally
devilish sympathy—in his forthcoming book Brian
Jones: The Making of the Rolling Stones.
Trynka avoids the hagiography common in
many rocanrol history texts by presenting the
story of Brian Jones in a foreboding but clinical
fashion that draws the reader into the sometimes
sordid, always fascinating life lived by a member of
The Rolling Stones.
The first chapter, titled “Secrets and Lies,” is
an examination of the town of Cheltenham, a small
city on England’s border with Wales. There, as a
youth, Jones grappled with issues ranging from
the secretive military activities of his father to his
own overwhelming sexuality—in a town as known
for its conservative bourgeois presentation as its
brothels and gambling pits.
Following equally foreshadowing Chapter 2,
“Crossroads,” Trynka hops aboard the speeding
freight-train-to-hell that Jones created with Mick
Jagger and Keith Richards. Throughout the narrative
the author acts as observer. He neither glorifies nor
denigrates the sometimes wanton subcultural
proclivities of a youthful R&B band on the rise.
Instead, Trynka seems both omniscient and
detached, relying on anecdotes of the people,
musical instruments and animals that filled Jones’
life with substance and conflict. The only truly
critical arguments in this work come at Jagger’s
and Richards’ expense.
Every chapter title in this book has dark
connotations, which one supposes is symbolic of
the effect Jones had on himself and the world
around him. This extensive biography is far from
depressing or sensationally satanic. Trynka offers
compelling insights into the guitarist’s mind and
character by relating tales ranging from his first
romanticized excursions into the blues of Robert
Johnson in the late ’50s to early ’60s to his search
for Bou Jeloud, a mythical Pan-like dancer, in the
mountains of Morocco as the end of his life neared.
The mystery that was Brian Jones was
compounded by his untimely death. Trynka
employs a thoroughly researched afterword to
present the plethora of conspiracy theories
surrounding the musician’s demise and openly
suggests that the revisionism of Jagger and
Richards has contributed to Jones’ neglect in the
rock pantheon; aside from their own Stygian
affiliations, that’s something that will probably land
The Glimmer Twins a stint in hell. a
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Four flight-ready concerts to fuel your fall
BY AUGUST MARCH
ou’ll be riding by, bareback on your
armadillo/ You’ll be grooving high or
relaxing at Camarillo/ Suddenly the
music hits you/ It’s a bird in flight that just
can’t quit you/ You’ve got to come on, man,
and take a piece of Mr. Parker’s band.”
—“Parker’s Band,” Steely Dan
“Y
Charlie Parker ain’t playin’ the Duke City
this week. He’s busy swooping ’round the
boundless universe, impressing various forms of
deity with the sounds emanating from his
mighty, fluttering and angelically winged horn.
Back here on Earth though—and more
precisely in Burque—the concert-going
possibilities remain top-flight, dig? Whether
you walk, bike or drive to the gig of your
choice, this week’s musical offerings are
guaranteed to provide a lift. Maybe you’ll even
wanna fly afterward.
Friday
On the evening of Friday, Sept. 26, prodigal
Burque bassist James Whiton plays a
homecoming concert at Sister (407 Central
NW). Whiton spent the past 17 years far from
here—relentlessly touring, jamming with
George Clinton, recording a Grammynominated album with Tom Waits and
searching for a place to land. With cred that
stretches back to his stint with local legends
Apricot Jam and parents noted for their
substantive contributions to our city’s musical
culture, Albuquerque seems the perfect place
for Whiton’s continued sonic sojourn.
His new project Solo Loop Bass Madness
focuses on the intersection of electronic
manipulation, monster chops and the upright
bass. Whiton’s known for his sublime sense of
melody, a rarity among members of the socalled rhythm section and a force that propels
his output past tradition and into innovation.
Le Chat Lunatique, a gruff, gooey hot jazz
quartet known for hanging tunefully around
our moonlit alleyways since the early aughts,
contributes to the welcome home bash. Local
burlesque troupe La Cage aux Folles provides
sensual visual accompaniment throughout. All
this can be part of your Friday flight plan for
just $7. Buckle up at 8pm, and prepare for
takeoff at 9pm.
Saturday
Set the controls for the heart of the sun by
visiting Launchpad (618 Central SW) on
Saturday, Sept. 27. SuperGiant and Black
Maria will be there, playing music that will
make you forget all about the avian diversity of
jazz, leaving a piquantly sludgy and riotously
rocking-tasting space beverage in its stead.
Beguiling yet brutal in presentation—like the
star we currently orbit—SuperGiant possesses
a soulful aspect that puts the band parsecs
ahead of the homogenous brigade of stonerrock bands lumbering toward Andromeda.
With SuperGiant on deck, leaving the
solar system is easy, but prepare to have your
soul disassembled and your skull crushed by
the immense gravitational forces of Black
Maria upon arrival. Gordy Andersen, Brian
Banks and the rest of this crew of urban
spacemen have existed for years in the lighteating realms just past an awesome, churning
event horizon, so be ready, earthlings.
Black Maria’s sound really is like the
thick smoke from an unquenchable, planetdevouring fire. Andersen’s guitar sensibilities
reside somewhere between Mars and Jupiter,
and the rest of the combo is no less
extraplanetary in execution and cohesion.
Doomsayer Hounds Low begins the night’s
journey to the edge of the universe. Entry will
run you $7, and the thrusters activate at
9:30pm.
Sunday
Starships, electric guitars and mind-altering
chemicals aren’t always necessary ingredients
for flight—earthly, interstellar or otherwise.
You can test this hypothesis yourself on
Sunday, Sept. 28, at The Tannex (1417
Fourth Street SW) with a sliver of the moon
serving as a guiding light. Experimentally
witchy collaborative duo JAHA+LOU
consists of Jenstar and Lou LaMotte and
incorporates textile making, installation-art
aesthetics and resonant vocalization to
engender healing and self-actualization.
JAHA+LOU appears in Barelas on their
Autumnal Equinox Pentacle Tour, a series of
community events spread out as an offering to
life in six western cities. Designed as a sober,
contemplative event that blends music, art
and healthy introspection, this straight-edge
but earthy ritual connecting time and space
starts at 7pm. Admission is scalar; a monetary
offering between $8 and $20 grants one access
to this celebratory rite. Bring a nourishing dish
to share at the post-ceremony potluck.
Tuesday
With all its cosmic appeal, space can still be a
lonely place. And reentry can be a bitch.
Thank goodness for pop-punk. The genre’s
glammy, grounding groove may yet prove a
balm to those overexposed to the void
surrounding us. Torrance, Calif., pop-punk
band Joyce Manor touches down at The
Gasworks (2429 Quincy NE) on Tuesday,
Sept. 30. Emo-inflected with hints of early
Weezer buoying their floating capsule, Joyce
Manor tours in support of their major label
debut on Epitaph Records, Never Hungover
Again.
Joyce Manor’s growing repertoire of tunes
focuses on strictly human concerns,
punctuated with plaintive singing and ringing
riffage; the group represents the flip side of
fellow Califas rockers FIDLAR and Wavves.
Even though Manor’s sound ain’t heavy, their
attention to emotion and melody has a
decidedly interesting effect on the youth of
this nation. They’re kinda like Descendents
without the snark. Joyce Manor writes songs
you can sing triumphantly while they wheel
the astronauts away to temporary quarantine.
This all-ages show begins at 7pm, and
admission is a cool $10.
Now it’s really autumn, and there are
birds everywhere. Some of them are winging
their way homeward. Others have loosed their
earthly bonds in search of other worlds,
trading wings for rockets. A couple of them
drift ritualistically by the waxing moon, while
a fourth flock carries the youthful emotive
energy of the ocean as they make their way
across the continent. Make like a bird—
whether the swift in your dreams or the crazy
roadrunner that perches on those dusty
Marshall stacks haunting your back porch—
and follow the music. a
Music
Calendar
THURSDAY SEP 25
BLACKBIRD BUVETTE Fractal Frequencies with Kate Star
Cherry • trance, dance • 10pm • FREE
BLACKWATER MUSIC This One’s For America Tour:
Traitors • Dealey Plaza • Genocide District • Perplexity •
deathcore, experimental • Vale of Miscreation • 7pm •
$8-$10
DIRTY BOURBON Nathan Dean and the Damn Band •
9pm • $5, FREE for ladies
EMBERS STEAKHOUSE, Isleta Casino Acoustic Essence •
6pm • FREE
FIRST TURN LOUNGE, Downs Racetrack and Casino
Service Industry Night featuring DJ Mister E • 9pm •
FREE
IMBIBE THROWBACK with DJ Flo Fader • 9:30pm • FREE
LAUNCHPAD Mark Battles • rap • 8pm • $15-$35
LOW SPIRITS Red Elvises • BaBa • folk, rock • 9pm • $10
MARBLE BREWERY Felix y los Gatos • Americana, Creole
funk • 7pm • FREE
MARCELLO’S CHOPHOUSE Karl Richardson • 6:30pm •
FREE
MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Marilyn Hubbert • 6pm • FREE
MONTE VISTA FIRE STATION Alex Maryol • blues, rock •
8pm • FREE
NICKY V’S NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZERIA B-Man & the
MizzBeeHavens • rock • 6:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
PRANZO ITALIAN GRILL, Santa Fe Robin Holloway • jazz,
cabaret • 6pm • $2
PUEBLO HARVEST CAFÉ Party on the Patio: Joanie &
Combo Special • 6pm • $10
SANDIA RESORT & CASINO Santana • classic rock, Latin •
8pm • $75-$100
SCALO NORTHERN ITALIAN GRILL Le Chat Lunatique •
dirty jazz • 9pm • FREE
SISTER Merchandise • Lower • Bigawatt • noise, rap • 9pm •
$5
SKYLIGHT, Santa Fe Foxygen • indie, rock • Dub
Thompson • 7:30pm • $18 • Sabroso Thursday • 9pm
ST. CLAIR WINERY & BISTRO Jazz Brasileiro • bossa nova •
6pm • FREE
TRACTOR BREWERY WELLS PARK pLOUD Music Series:
Youngsville • country, folk • 8pm • FREE
TRIPLE SEVENS, Isleta Casino Karaoke • 7:30pm • FREE
VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Lori Michaels •
jazz • 6pm • FREE
WINNING COFFEE CO. Open Mic • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO Direct Divide • 9:30pm • FREE
FRIDAY SEP 26
AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Expo
NM Albuquerque Ukekopelli Festival Concert: Sid
Hausman & Washtub Jerry • Heidi Swedberg and the
Sukey Jump Band and more • 7pm • $10-$20 •
ALL-AGES!
THE BARLEY ROOM Split Decision • classic rock • 9pm •
FREE
BIEN SHUR Kari Simmons Group • 9pm • FREE
BLACKBIRD BUVETTE Low Life Happy Hour with DJ
Caterwaul • 6pm • “Leftover Soul” with DJ Leftovers •
10pm • FREE
BOOKWORKS Wildewood CD Release Party • 7pm • FREE
BURT’S TIKI LOUNGE Blister Unit • Bathhouse • Hanta •
stoner rock • 9pm • $5
CARAVAN EAST Samuel D. Band • country • 5pm • $5
COOLWATER FUSION RESTAURANT Jill Cohn • indie, jazz •
6pm • FREE
THE COUNTY LINE BBQ Los Radiators • folk, blues •
6:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
DAMN BAR, Rio Rancho Vinyl Tap • classic rock • 9pm
9pm • $5
DRAFT STATION Frankly Scarlet • 7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
DUEL BREWING, Santa Fe 50 Watt Whale • pop, rock •
7pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
EMBERS STEAKHOUSE, Isleta Casino Troupe Red • 6pm •
FREE
THE FUSION KINGS HOOKAH LOUNGE, Rio Rancho
Rodney Rush aka “Combo” • rap, hip hop • Echoes Of
Fallen • death metal, grindcore • 7pm • $6 • ALL-AGES!
HYATT REGENCY TAMAYA RESORT, Santa Ana Pueblo
Tracey Whitney • jazz, soul • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
IMBIBE The Woohabs • smooth blues • 6pm • DJ Rotation •
10pm • FREE
ISLETA AMPHITHEATER Mechanical Bull Tour: Kings of
Leon • rock • Young the Giant • indie, rock • Kongos •
alternative • 7pm • $33 and up
KELLER HALL, UNM Frederic Mompou • Paula Swalin •
soprano • Fred Sturm • piano • 7:30pm • $5-$12 •
ALL-AGES!
LAUNCHPAD Metalachi • heavy metal, mariachi • DJ
Breathalyzer • 9:30pm • $12
LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo The DCN
Project • funk, soul • 9pm • FREE
LOW SPIRITS Let It Grow • Mondo Vibrations • reggae,
rock • 9pm • $5
MARBLE BREWERY The Porter Draw • alt.country,
Americana • 5pm • Odd Dog • classic rock • 7pm • FREE
MARCELLO’S CHOPHOUSE Karl Richardson Duo •
6:30pm • FREE
MINE SHAFT TAVERN, Madrid Paw & Erik • bluegrass •
5pm • Karaoke Kamikaze • 8pm • FREE
MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Gene Corbin • Americana • 1:30pm •
The Clik • 6pm • FREE
MONTE VISTA FIRE STATION Rudy Boy • surf, blues • 9pm •
FREE
M’TUCCI’S KITCHINA Shane Wallin • soul, pop • 8pm •
FREE • ALL-AGES!
OLD TYME SHOP AND ICE CREAM PARLOR, Tijeras Open
Jam Session • 6:30pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE Matana Roberts’
ANTHEM Quartet • 7:30pm • $10-$15
PRANZO ITALIAN GRILL, Santa Fe David Geist • cabaret •
6pm • $2
PUEBLO HARVEST CAFÉ Party on the Patio: Le Chat
Lunatique • dirty jazz • 6pm • $10
SANTA FE SOL, Santa Fe Rock en Español: Agua Bendita •
Metafora • Refugio Clandestino • 9pm • $10
SCALO NORTHERN ITALIAN GRILL Charlie Christian
Project • jazz • 8pm • FREE
SHERATON UPTOWN HOTEL Live Music & Drink Specials •
6pm • FREE
SISTER James Whiton • La Cage aux Folles
Burlesque • Le Chat Lunatique • dirty
jazz • 9pm • $5 • See “Show Up!.”
THE STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Vegas Night:
DJ Que • 9pm • $5 for women; $10 for men
ST. CLAIR WINERY & BISTRO Combo Special • 6:30pm •
FREE
STONE FACE TAVERN Mystic Vic Blues Band • 8:30pm •
FREE
THE STUMBLING STEER Boulevard Lane • 7pm • FREE
TLUR PA LOUNGE, Sandia Resort and Casino Rhythm
Nation • 9:30pm • FREE
TORTUGA GALLERY Temporary Tattoos • folk • 9pm • FREE •
ALL-AGES!
TRIPLE SEVENS, Isleta Casino Brushfire • 9:30pm • FREE
VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Chava • R&B •
7:30pm • FREE
WAREHOUSE 21, Santa Fe KGZR Benefit: CRTTRZ • math
rock • Solar One and D-Sik • hip-hop • Direct Divide •
indie, rock • The Sticky • funk • 7pm • $5-$10 •
ALL-AGES!
ZIA-BERNALILLO FARMERS MARKET, Bernalillo Cowboy
Scott Connor • 4pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
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SATURDAY SEP 27
BIEN SHUR Kari Simmons Group • 9pm • FREE
BLACKBIRD BUVETTE Willy J Duo • Americana • 6pm • The
Glass Menageries • Shitty and the Terribles • garage,
punk • Melanthius • 10pm • FREE
CARAVAN EAST Black Pearl • variety • Al Hurricane & Al
Hurricane Jr. • Latin, Spanish • 5pm • $10
THE COOPERAGE Nosotros • salsa • 9:30pm • $7
9pm • $5
DOWNTOWN GROWERS’ MARKET The Green Billies • 9am •
FREE • ALL-AGES!
GOLD HOUSE The Funeral and the Twilight • fuzz, rock •
Uranium Worker • Javelina • Evening Kings • 8pm • $5 •
ALL-AGES!
GRAVITY NIGHTCLUB Foam-Tasmic • 8pm • $10
HISTORIC EL REY THEATER Onyx • hip-hop • 8pm •
$10-$20
HOTEL ANDALUZ Party Like it’s 1999 • 8pm • FREE
IMBIBE Ryan Shea • 10pm • FREE
THE JAM SPOT Slum Life • 7pm • $10
LAUNCHPAD SuperGiant • stoner rock •
Black Maria • stoner rock • Hounds
Low • 9:30pm • $7 • See “Show Up!.”
LAZY LIZARD GRILL, Cedar Crest Odd Dog • classic rock •
7pm • FREE
LEGENDS THEATER @ ROUTE 66 CASINO Get The Led
Out: The American Led Zeppelin • 8pm • $10-$35
LOMA COLORADO MAIN LIBRARY AUDITORIUM, Rio
Rancho Mad About Music • 2pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
LOUNGE 54 @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo The DCN
Project • funk, soul • 9pm • FREE
LOW SPIRITS J. Scott G’s Big 40th Birthday Party! • 8pm
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SONIC REDUCER
BY AUGUST MARCH
My Brightest
Diamond
This Is My Hand
(Asthmatic Kitty)
How wonderful it is to
have a contemporary
musical landscape chockfull of virtuosic female voices: Des Ark, tUnEyArDs, St. Vincent, Laura Marling and, of
course, Shara Worden aka My Brightest
Diamond. An operatically trained multiinstrumentalist from a musical family—who
counts Sufjan Stevens among her former
colleagues—Worden bears all the hallmarks of
brilliance; her new album This Is My Hand is
further proof. Ten songs tackle the gestative
and tangible as part of the creative process.
The drumline coursing through “Pressure” is a
departure from Worden’s more effluent sound
but still in keeping with her grandiose
sensibilities. “This Is My Hand” is a portrait of
the artist unashamed. “Shape” would be a
perfect tune for a kindergarten class to sing in
a circle during music time. Worden’s elastic
alto shines like a jewel throughout. One of the
year’s best. (M. Brianna Stallings)
Perfume
Genius
Too Bright
(Matador Records)
Have you ever heard the
peculiar American idiom
“that dude’s like, a total
perfume genius?” No? Me
either. But I have heard Perfume Genius, the
project of Jet City singer-songwriter Mike
Hadreas. His latest recording Too Bright—
titled after what humans from Seattle say
when exposed to even minimal amounts of
sunlight—is an ironically dark yet compelling
concoction of pop and prog-inflected tuneage.
Crushingly seductive and anthemic, the
album’s first single “Queen” wrestles with the
silvery, synthetic soul of “Grid” and the rest of
this crazy-good album for supremacy; the
immediate result may include listeners hitting
the replay button compulsively ever after. The
production quality, songwriting and lush
arrangements make for a genuinely surprising
and richly musical experience. In his mad
evolution from maker of sad, spare songs to
deep dissembler of rock tropes, Hadreas
pushes his artistic volume knob up to 11. And
you should too. (August March)
Purling Hiss
Weirdon
(Drag City Records)
Speaking of records to
play at high volume while
attempting to defy the
laws of gravity, there’s
always the latest from
Pennsylvania power trio Purling Hiss. Weirdon
is a completely rocked-out affair capable of
reversing the Earth’s axis and other grand,
transformative geological phenomena. Album
opener “Forcefield of Solitude” is a deceptively
plaintive song that guitarist and singer Mike
Polizze uses as staging area for the psychedout, sometimes humorous and always deeply
informed riffage that follows. Polizze wears his
heart and more notably, his influences, on his
sleeve; but the diversity of work here—from the
weird, wired blues of “Reptili-A-Genda” to the
pop-punk of “Airwaves”—gives depth to his
vision of guitarist as arhat of both the absurd
and the sublime. The lumbering closer “Six
Ways to Sunday” just adds lava to the quake
triggered and magnified by each preceding
track. (August March) a
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Music Calendar continued from page 34
MARBLE BREWERY AMRC Brewfest!: 7 Bands • 1pm •
FREE
MINE SHAFT TAVERN, Madrid Night Train • blues • 3pm •
Hot Honey • southern folk, rock • 7pm • FREE
MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras 2 Mile Train • 1:30pm • Paradox •
6pm • FREE
MONTE VISTA FIRE STATION Jade Masque • Latin, reggae,
rock • 9pm • FREE
NEW MEXICO STEAM LOCOMOTIVE & RAILROAD
SOCIETY Los Radiators • folk, blues • 9am • FREE •
ALL-AGES!
PRANZO ITALIAN GRILL, Santa Fe David Geist & Julie
Trujillo • 6pm • $2
PUEBLO HARVEST CAFÉ Party on the Patio: Baracutanga •
Latin, folk fusion • 6pm • $10
THE RANGE CAFÉ, Bernalillo Jody Vanesky & Groove
Time • 7pm • FREE
SCALO NORTHERN ITALIAN GRILL Todd and the Fox •
indie, folk • 9pm • FREE
SIDELINES SPORTS GRILLE & BAR deLuX • 9pm • FREE
SKYLIGHT, Santa Fe Bella Gigante • 8pm • $10 • Making a
Fire CD Release Party: Brian Mayhall • 10pm • $7
SPIRIT ABUSE Los Angeles Composers: Liam Mooney and
Michael Winter with Death Convention Singers •
9:30pm • $5
THE STAGE @ SANTA ANA STAR, Bernalillo Luxe: DJ Andy
Gil • 9pm • $5 for women; $10 for men
ST. CLAIR WINERY & BISTRO Swag • jazz, blues, Motown •
6:35pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
STONE FACE TAVERN Flashback • variety • 8:30pm • FREE
THE STUMBLING STEER Ravin Hill • rock, soul • 7pm •
FREE
TLUR PA LOUNGE, Sandia Resort and Casino Rhythm
Nation • 9:30pm • FREE
TRACTOR BREWERY WELLS PARK In The Mix: Live DJs •
9pm • FREE
TRIPLE SEVENS, Isleta Casino Brushfire • 9:30pm • FREE
VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Sina Soul •
R&B • 7:30pm • FREE
VICK’S VITTLES “We Can Duet” Live Music • 5pm • FREE
ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO The Lost Mesa Swamp Kings •
9:30pm • FREE
SUNDAY SEP 28
BLACKBIRD BUVETTE Sexy Sunday featuring Wae Fonkey •
7pm • FREE
CHILDREN’S GRIEF CENTER OF NEW MEXICO Concert
Corazon: Patty Stephens and the Brazil Project • 1pm •
$20, FREE for children under 12 • ALL-AGES!
CORRALES GROWERS’ MARKET, Corrales The Squash
Blossom Boys • bluegrass, folk • 9am • FREE
CORRALES RECREATIONAL CENTER, Corrales Los
Radiators • folk, blues • 1:30pm • $5 • ALL-AGES!
LAUNCHPAD Butcher Babies • Anti-Mortem • BlindDryve •
alternative metal • Inhuman Hands • metal • 7:30pm •
$13
LOW SPIRITS Red Light Cameras • indie rock • Charlene Yi •
8pm
MARBLE BREWERY Kitty Jo Creek • bluegrass, jazz • 3pm •
FREE
MARCELLO’S CHOPHOUSE Tony Rodriguez Duo • 6:30pm •
FREE
MINE SHAFT TAVERN, Madrid Gene Corbin • Americana •
Connie Long & Willow Doug • folk, rock • 3pm • FREE
TRACTOR BREWERY WELLS PARK I’LL Drink To That: Sara
Roman • Xian Bass • David Maile • Vincent Lewis and
more • 4pm • FREE
VERNON’S HIDDEN VALLEY STEAKHOUSE Bob Tate • solo
piano • 6pm • FREE
MONDAY SEP 29
BLACKBIRD BUVETTE Whiskey Business Karaoke! • 9pm •
FREE
CORRALES BISTRO BREWERY, Corrales B-Man & the
MizzBeeHavens • rock • 6pm • FREE • ALL-AGES!
LAUNCHPAD Sham 69 • Total Chaos • Brassknuckle Boys •
punk, oi! • We Are The Revenants • 9pm • $10
MARCELLO’S CHOPHOUSE Open Piano Night • 6:30pm •
FREE
SUNSHINE THEATER Fitz and the Tantrums • neo soul,
indie • 8:30pm • $23 • ALL-AGES!
TUESDAY SEP 30
BLACKBIRD BUVETTE Jason & the Punknecks •
Americana, punk • 9:30pm • FREE
CARAVAN EAST Joe Mark Angelo • country • 5pm • FREE,
ladies night
EVENT | PREVIEW
The Mule Still Kicks
Ass
Legendary blues-rock jam band Gov’t Mule
gallops into Sunshine Theater (120 Central SW)
on Tuesday, Sept. 30, for an all-ages celebration
of Southern rock. A staple of every music fest
that matters, the Mule has collaborated with a
wide, impressive range of artists including Grace
Potter, Elvis Costello and Myles Kennedy. The
group’s signature sound combines Crosby, Stills
& Nash’s “Southern Cross” and Bob Seger’s
“Turn the Page” with a hearty dose of deep-fried
blues. Two decades
into the game, Gov’t
TUESDAY
Mule’s haunting,
SEPTEMBER 30
lonesome guitar
melodies and funky
Sunshine Theater
120 Central SW
jam-sesh style still
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effectively and
8pm
unpretentiously
showcase these wildly
talented musicians. Warren Haynes’ deep,
gravel-strewn voice vibrates the very soul.
Alongside drummer Matt Abts, keyboardist
Danny Louis and bassist Jorgen Carlsson, Gov’t
Mule can (and will) rock you all night long.
Expect to hear songs from their latest (16th!)
double-LP Shout!, plus epic tracks like “Banks of
the Deep End,” “Beautifully Broken” and “Lola
Leave Your Light On.” This gloriously gritty
gathering kicks off at 8pm, and presale tickets
are $29. What’s not to love? (Renée Chavez) a
GASWORKS Joyce Manor • rock, punk • The
Exquisites • Drifter • 7pm • $10 •
ALL-AGES! • See “Show Up!.”
IMBIBE College Night with DJ Automatic & Drummer
Camilo Quinones • 9pm • FREE
LAUNCHPAD Yellowman • I. Conscious • reggae • 9pm • $17
MOLLY’S BAR, Tijeras Exit Zero Country • 6pm • FREE
SKYLIGHT, Santa Fe The Reggae/World Beat Party • 9pm
SUNSHINE THEATER Gov’t Mule • Southern
rock • 8pm • $29 • See preview box.
ZIA DINER, Santa Fe Bluegrass Jam • 6pm • FREE •
ALL-AGES!
ZINC WINE BAR & BISTRO Sweet & Lowdown • jazz duo •
8pm • FREE
WEDNESDAY OCT 1
BLACKBIRD BUVETTE Poetry ‘n Beer • 7pm • FREE
DIRTY BOURBON Latin Sin Wednesdays with DeeJay Louie •
6pm • FREE
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What�’s the latest on whether
zinc cures colds?
straight dope | advice from the abyss
by cecil adams
Okay, Cecil. Sixteen years ago, at the
end of a column about whether zinc
lozenges cure the common cold, you
wrote: “Today you don't hear much
about vitamin C as a cold cure. I'll bet
you a jumbo box of Contac that the
same thing happens to zinc.” Did you
win the bet? Did you lose? We’re left
hanging here.
—sbunny8, from the Straight Dope
Message Board
You were left hanging because I was left hanging—
nobody took my bet. Too bad; I could have used that
Contac. The zinc vs. colds controversy, while it
hasn’t petered out altogether, hasn’t made much
progress and is nowhere near a firm conclusion one
way or another.
But you know me: I like to bring closure to the
great questions of our time. While that’s not easy in
a field as squishy as medicine, I’ve come up with a
methodology to get things off the dime. You’ve
heard of meta-analysis? I take it to the next level:
meta-meta-analysis.
Meta-analysis may be crudely described as the
study of studies. Meta-meta-analysis is studying
studies of studies. Meta-analysis uses sophisticated
statistical techniques to tease out conclusions from
a confusing mess of data. Meta-meta-analysis is
simpler: It relies on eye-rolling, wisecracks and
snark.
Enough buildup. Let’s get to work.
1) To recap: The claim, first bruited by George Eby in
1984, was that a zinc lozenge held under the tongue
would alleviate cold symptoms in as little as two
hours. Eby is an interesting individual. He’s not a
physician, but rather is head of the George Eby
Research Institute in Austin, Texas. His home page,
at coldcure.com, displays a GIF of a rippling
American flag and a photo of himself holding a bottle
of the zinc lozenges he sells. Zinc isn’t the only
metal he’s taken an interest in; he also believes
magnesium will cure depression.
2) Despite his lack of marquee cred, Eby and his zinc
claims have been taken seriously by the medical
research establishment. By his own reckoning, as of
2010 there had been “14 double-blind, placebocontrolled, randomized clinical trials” of zinc cold
cures, which “produced widely differing results with ...
one-half showing success and the remainder
showing failure.”
3) You or I might be discouraged by results like that.
Not Eby. He drew a distinction between ionic—that
is, chemically reactive—zinc and chemically bound,
nonreactive zinc. His conclusion? We’ll get to that.
First an aside.
4) From what I can make out, the ionic-vs.-bound
business arises largely from a drawback of ionic zinc:
It tastes unbelievably gross. (Remember: You’re
supposed to hold the lozenges under your tongue.)
My assistant Una, who has tried them—I assure you
I didn’t put her up to this—offers the following
testimony: “The kind with ionic zinc taste so dreadful
I can't use them due to nausea.” To improve the
taste, many formulations on the market now bind the
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zinc to glycine or citric acid. As we’ll see, this may
not be the best idea.
5) Mere experimentation having proven little,
researchers then turned to meta-analysis and other
methods of reviewing multiple studies. The idea, to
oversimplify: Trends not apparent in numerous small
studies may jump out when the numbers are viewed
in aggregate. Obvious problem: Many small piles of
crap pushed into one big one don’t thereby become
research gold. Various techniques are used to
winnow junk data, but the outcome can be like the
late Bowl Championship Series: You can see what
they were going for without necessarily buying the
result.
On to those reviews:
6) Caruso et al (2007) started with 105 zinc studies
and pruned them down to the 14 the team deemed
scientifically valid. Conclusion: Zinc lozenges and
nasal sprays did nothing; zinc nasal gel couldn’t be
ruled out.
7) Back to Eby. Based on his 2010 review of 14
studies (mostly the same ones; you’ll recall seven
said aye, seven nay), he claimed the deciding factor
was the proportion of ionic zinc: The more a given
dose had relative to total zinc, the better it fought
colds. Eby is (unsurprisingly) big on lozenges, but he
thinks the ones using bound zinc, which include most
of those currently out there, are worthless.
Corollary, based on Una’s experience: For zinc to
cure what ails you, it has to make you sick.
8) Hemilä (2011) looked at 13 of the studies—seven
oui, six non. But Hemilä proposed his own
explanatory variable: The effective zinc
preparations had a dose of at least 75 milligrams.
9) Singh and Das (2011) performed what’s known as
a Cochrane systematic review of 15 studies. They
offered no judgments about dosage, formulation or
other such minutiae. They just declared (well, not
“just”—the Cochrane method is quite rigorous): Zinc
is effective.
10) Zinc advocates may now chirp: Multiple reviews
(sorta) agree—zinc (maybe sometimes) works! My
meta-meta-conclusion: When reviewers looking at
the same basic data come up with three different
ideas about the right way to use the stuff (more zinc!
ionic zinc! possibly zinc nasal gel!) ... well, let's be
charitable. There’s plenty of room for doubt.
Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com or write him c/o
Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654
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A vision of beauty, your Montessori smile. Every day
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“Nobody keeps any of what he has, and he is only a
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would have allowed, I would have taken you at that
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): It’s no secret. The
wealthy one percent of the population has been
getting progressively wealthier. Meanwhile, the
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is a metaphorically similar trend in your life. Am I
right? If so, please do all you can to reverse it.
Borrow energy from the rich and abundant parts of
your life so as to lift up the neglected and
underendowed parts. Here’s one example of how
you could proceed: For a while, be less concerned
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person to do a hard job,” says Bill Gates, the world’s
second-richest man, “because a lazy person will find
an easy way to do it.” That’s good counsel for you
right now, Taurus. You’d be wise to get in touch with
your inner lazy bum. Let the slacker within you
uncover the least stressful way to accomplish your
difficult task. According to my analysis of the
astrological omens, there is no need for you to
suffer and strain as you deal with your dilemma.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you don’t identify and
express your conscious desires, your unconscious
desires will dominate your life. I will say that again in
different language because it’s crucial you
understand the principle. You’ve got to be very clear
about what you really want, and install a shining
vision of what you really want at the core of your
everyday life. If you don’t do that, you will end up
being controlled by your habits and old
programming. So be imperious, Gemini. Define your
dearest, strongest longing, and be ruthlessly
devoted to it.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Henri Cartier-Bresson
(1908-2004) was an influential French
photographer, a pioneer of photojournalism who
helped transform photography into an art form. In
1986 he was invited to Palermo, Sicily to accept a
prize for his work. The hotel he stayed in seemed
oddly familiar to him, although he didn’t understand
why. It was only later he discovered that the hotel
had been the place at which his mother and father
stayed on their honeymoon. It was where he was
conceived. I foresee a comparable development on
the horizon for you, Cancerian: a return to origins,
perhaps inadvertent; an evocative encounter with
your roots; a reunification with an influence that
helped make you who you are today.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): With expert execution,
musician Ben Lee can play 15 notes per second on
his violin. Superstar eater Pete Czerwinski needs
just 34 seconds to devour a 12-inch pizza. When
Jerry Miculek is holding his rifle, he can get off eight
crack shots at four targets in a little more than one
second. While upside-down, Aichi Ono is capable of
doing 135 perfect head spins in a minute. I don’t
expect you to be quite so lightning fast and utterly
flawless as these people in the coming weeks, Leo,
but I do think you will be unusually quick and skillful.
For the foreseeable future, speed and efficiency are
your specialties.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): As the makeup artist
for the film Dallas Buyers Club, Robin Mathews had
a daunting task. During the 23 days of shooting, she
had to constantly transform lead actors Matthew
McConaughey and Jared Leto so that they
appeared either deathly ill or relatively healthy.
Sometimes she had to switch them back and forth
five times a day. She was so skillful in accomplishing
this feat that she won the Academy Award for Best
Makeup and Hairstyling. Her budget? A meager
$250. The film was a shoestring indie production.
I’m naming her your inspirational role model for the
next few weeks, Virgo. I believe that you, too, can
create magic without a wealth of resources.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I am a seed about to
break,” wrote Sylvia Plath in her poem “Three
Women.” That’s how I see you right now, Libra. You
are teeming with the buoyant energy that throbs
when a seed is ready to sprout. You have been
biding your time, gathering the nourishment you
need, waiting for the right circumstances to burst
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hopeful, ecstatic moment is about to arrive. Be
brave!
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The English verb
“cicurate” is defined as “to tame or domesticate” or
“to make mild or innocuous.” But it once had an
additional sense: “to reclaim from wildness.” It was
derived from the Latin word cicurare, which meant
“to bring back from madness, to draw out of the
wilderness.” For your purposes, Scorpio, we will
make cicurate your theme, but concentrate on these
definitions: “to reclaim from wildness, to bring back
from madness, to draw out of the wilderness.” In the
coming weeks, you will be exploring rough, luxuriant
areas of unknown territory. You will be wrangling
with primitive, sometimes turbulent energy. I urge
you to extract the raw vitality you find there and
harness it to serve your daily rhythm and long-term
goals.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “You can exert
no influence if you are not susceptible to influence,”
said psychologist Carl Jung. Extrapolating from that
idea, we can hypothesize that the more willing and
able you are to be influenced, the greater your
influence might be. Let’s make this your key theme
in the coming weeks. It will be an excellent time to
increase your clout, wield more authority and claim
more of a say in the creation of your shared
environments. For best results, you should open
your mind, be very receptive and listen well.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Congratulations,
Capricorn. Your current dilemmas are more useful
and interesting than any that you have had for a
long time. If you can even partially solve them, the
changes you set in motion will improve your entire
life, not just the circumstances they immediately
affect. Of the several dividends you may reap, one
of my favorites is this: You could liberate yourself
from a messed-up kind of beauty and become
available for a more soothing and delightful kind.
Here’s another potential benefit: You may transform
yourself in ways that will help you attract more
useful and interesting dilemmas in the future.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Alan Moore is the
British author who wrote the graphic novels
Watchmen and V for Vendetta. He is now nearing
completion of Jerusalem, a novel he has been
working on for six years. It will be more than a
million words long, almost double the size of
Tolstoy’s War and Peace, and 200,000 words
bigger than the Bible. “Any editor worth their salt
would tell me to cut two-thirds of this book,” Moore
told the New Statesman, “but that’s not going to
happen.” Referring to the author of Moby Dick,
Moore adds, “I doubt that Herman Melville had an
editor. If he had, that editor would have told him to
get rid of all that boring stuff about whaling: ‘Cut to
the chase, Herman.’” Let’s make Moore and Melville
your role models in the coming week, Aquarius. You
have permission to sprawl, ramble and expand. Do
not cut to the chase.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): For a long time, an
Illinois writer named ArLynn Leiber Presser didn’t
go out much. She had 325 friends on Facebook and
was content to get her social needs met in the
virtual realm. But then she embarked on a year-long
project in which she sought face-to-face meetings
with all of her online buddies. The experiment
yielded sometimes complicated but mostly
interesting results. It took her to 51 cities around
the world. I suggest we make her your inspirational
role model for the coming weeks, Pisces. In at least
one way, it’s time for you to move out of your
imagination and into the real world. You’re primed to
turn fantasies into actions, dreams into practical
pursuits.
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