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V.17 No.36 | September 4 - 10, 2008
This Week's Alibi

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Wye Oak—Baltimore’s folksy shoegaze duo Wye Oak plays a 21-plus show at the Launchpad tonight. The band is coming in support of Austin-based Sheerwater. Hospital Ships will start things off. The songsmith-heavy show starts at 8:30 p.m. Let Wye Oak’s roots take hold at myspace.com/wyeoak or wyeoakmusic.com.

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What's the best haiku about the "Q"? Can you really write a haiku about poo? And what's the poetic angle on rectangles? The answers to these and many other haiku quandaries await you in our annual Haiku Issue.
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Doctors and nurses from New Mexico travel to the Democratic National Convention to talk about America's ailing health care system. A memorial honoring soldiers lost in Iraq and Afghanistan makes a visual link to 9/11. And, in our first edition of "Also on the Ballot," the Alibi spends the day with Ralph Nader.
Memorial Links 9/11 to Wars | Also on the Ballot: Ralph Nader | News Profile: Doctor, Doctor | Ortiz y Pino | Odds & Ends | LettersTim Finn talks about his successful nephew, saving old theaters and his 35 years of songwriting. Plus, Japan's Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re can't wait to meet you.
Music to Your Ears | Show Up!: Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re | Music Interview: Crescendo | FOTW: Yellow Ribbon Rock | Sonic ReducerFrom open plains to woodlands, even in sandy deserts, mushrooms lie underfoot. Maren Tarro takes a look into our fungus-filled world.
Websclusive! Mushroom Hunting 101
Learn more about mushroom identification right here.
Have Fork, Will TravelAs the fall rolls in, we list the cash cows and whimpering washouts of the Summer movie season.
Reel World | Film News | Film Review: Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson | Idiot Box: For Better or Worse | Week in SlothThe whole city reads The Adventures of Tom Sawyer during The Big Read. The Pearl Fantasy leaps from a cassette tape to the stage. And Zombie Haiku recounts Chris Lynch's foul and gruesome encounters as an infected zombie through the traditional Japanese poetic form.
Culture Shock | Performance Preview: The Pearl Fantasy | Art News: The Big Read and Currents of Change | Poetry Review: Zombie Haiku by Ryan Mecum
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The Daily Word 09.06.08

Weekend Edition

What are people doing farming cotton in NM?

McCain came to Albuquerque.

Obama is coming back.

Clowns in cars took to the streets today.

Mexico has a new legal system.

Santa Fe has bees.

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    Orbitrunner
    With fiestas packing downtown Santa Fe and the New Mexico State Fair in full swing this weekend, it seems all other event planners (smartly) chose to save their shindigs for another time. So, no "Lost Luckies" today.

    Enjoy, instead, a webgame—my classic fall back.

    Orbitrunner—Since gravity and retrograde planets seem to be a hot topic of conversation here on the weblog, how about playing with both? Control the sun to keep the planets in a nice, tidy orbit without colliding into each other or flying off the screen. It's like playing god ...

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      We're All Going to Die


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      ... someday. But this month brings its own harrowing prospects as Mercury goes retrograde on the 24th. Your e-mail will crash. Your cell phone provider will give you grief. Contracts will fall through and innocent remarks be perceived as injurious slights. Basically, things are going to suck wherever communication, travel and scheduling are concerned until Halloween. (On the bright side: Though potentially painful, your old patterns of thinking are being shook up so they can evolve. Growth is hard, but it needs to happen.) Read all about it here.

         

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