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Game Changer: A Company Stimulates Gamers’ Sense of Touchnew

Haptic technology is to our sense of touch what graphics are to our sense of sight, explains Tom Anderson, CEO of Albuquerque company Novint. “Our technology gives you a sense of touch in computing,” he says.
Weekly Alibi  |  Marisa Demarco  |  03-16-2010  |  Tech

'Sweetgrass' is a Raw, Open-Eyed Elegy for the American Cowboynew

Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash, the husband-and-wife filmmaking team behind Sweetgrass, apparently prefer the term “recordist” over the term “director.” Once you see the documentary, you might be inclined to agree.
Weekly Alibi  |  Devin D. O'Leary  |  03-16-2010  |  Reviews

The Spirit of the Boogie: An Interview With Kool of Kool & the Gangnew

It's a good thing that Mr. Robert "Kool" Bell didn't answer his cell phone when I first tried to call him. Had he picked up, I wouldn't have had the pleasure of hearing his groovy voice mail greeting: "You have reached Kool, and it's kool to leave a message."
Weekly Alibi  |  Jessica Cassyle Carr  |  02-26-2010  |  Profiles & Interviews

1-800-Adopt-a-Haitian: America, Please Step Away from Trophy Disaster Babiesnew

Let me say this with due respect to those who feel the best option for these kids is a comfy, middle-class ’burb home with loving, caring white parents and siblings: Back away from the trophy case. A lot more is necessary for a quality black life than material goods and vows to do the right thing.
Weekly Alibi  |  Gene Grant  |  02-26-2010  |  Race & Class

Iraq War Protesters Get Their Day in Courtnew

Seven years after one of the biggest clashes between civilians and police in Albuquerque's history, 11 protesters are taking city officials to court over First Amendment issues.
Weekly Alibi  |  Marisa Demarco  |  02-26-2010  |  Civil Liberties

Will New Mexico Offer Drug Users Treatment Instead of Jail Time?new

There might be some good news on the horizon for those caught in the revolving door of drug addiction. Proposed state legislation would give judges the discretion to offer people with drug-possession charges a treatment program instead of jail time.
Weekly Alibi  |  Carolyn Carlson  |  02-09-2010  |  Drugs

Do I Want to Discuss the Symbolic Use of Firewood as a Weapon...? Nonew

Sometimes, I think Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier is a genius (The Kingdom, for example). Other times, I think he’s just an asshole (let’s go with Dogville). His newest film, the controversy-baiting horror whatsit Antichrist, is a coin toss.
Weekly Alibi  |  Devin D. O’Leary  |  02-02-2010  |  Reviews

Suckers for Stucker: An Interview With Our Favorite Weathermannew

Steve Stucker really needs no introduction. Since 1990, he’s brought jovial morning weather forecasts to New Mexicans via KOB-4. Formerly a professional dog trainer, Stucker is a friend to animals, even parading pooches on TV every Friday in order to help them get adopted.
Weekly Alibi  |  Jessica Cassyle Carr  |  02-02-2010  |  Media

Swedish Director Takes Us On a Guilt Trip Around the Worldnew

Lukas Moodysson’s Mammoth employs a polyglot cast, a wide-ranging backdrop and assorted convergent storylines to ruminate on the sad state of interpersonal politics — in this case, modern parenthood and the worldwide socioeconomic factors that affect it both positively and negatively.
Weekly Alibi  |  Devin D. O’Leary  |  01-26-2010  |  Reviews

A Brand-New Bag: The Women's Design Collectivenew

Women’s Design Collective is a program formed out of St. Joseph Community Health that teaches women basic craft skills. The hope, says Community Services Director Michelle Melendez, who’s responsible for getting the effort off the ground, is that women can use those skills in entrepreneurship to help feed their families.
Weekly Alibi  |  Christie Chisholm  |  01-19-2010  |  Art

Ten Years of Pulitzer Prize Winners, And What They Say About Usnew

We are a nation of many religions and races, but we're only recently comfortable with that (and sometimes, not so much). We are serious and sober and value hard work, but we also like comic books. At the end of the day, all we'd like to do is go home and have a slice of pie.
Weekly Alibi  |  Erin Adair-Hodges  |  01-12-2010  |  Books

Odds & Ends Salutes 2009’s Stupidest Newsnew

Odds & Ends gives even our dysfunctional and maladjusted readers a chance to feel holier-than-thou. Sure, you might have gotten hammered last night and drunk-dialed your ex, but at least you didn't try (and fail) to run over your wife with a dumptruck like that idiot in Maine.
Weekly Alibi  |  Devin D. O’Leary  |  01-05-2010  |  Commentary

Interview with the author of 'The Ethical Slut'new

Dossie Easton is an alternative lifestyle pioneer who co-authored the polyamory bible.
Weekly Alibi  |  Julian Wolf  |  12-31-2009  |  Sex

Merry Pranksters 2.0: 'The Yes Men Fix the World'new

The exploits of leading Yes Men-bers as they impersonate the world's power brokers and put words in their mouths — sort of like a Sacha Baron Cohen movie, but with a sincere heart.
Weekly Alibi  |  Ari LeVaux  |  12-31-2009  |  Reviews

Baby Blues: A Lesbian Couple's Quest for a Childnew

Joanna and Tamara have spent more than $40,000 trying to have a baby through in vitro fertilization with no luck; meanwhile, people around the country are disposing of embryos and foregoing the storage fee during the economic decline.
Weekly Alibi  |  Marisa Demarco  |  12-31-2009  |  Sex

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