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Wednesday, March 14,2012
Local Economy

MIX Mastery

MIX Santa Fe challenges locals to think of better business ideas

Alex De Vore
The plan: Wilson spearheaded the BizMIX Challenge, a competition through which locals can submit business plans in the hopes of receiving a micro-stimulus grant to realize their vision. Any type of business will be considered, just as long as it is well thought out. “We are hoping for a lot of different types,” Wilson says. “We feel like there must be plenty of Santa Feans out there who are right on the cusp of exciting business developments and just need that final monetary push.”
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Tuesday, March 6,2012
Music Features

Five and One-Half Reasons to be at SxSF

This festival is the best-ival—better than this joke, anyway

Alex De Vore
Think about how the annual SxSF (South by Santa Fe) Transit Music Festival is ingenious: Bands are on their way to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, passing through Santa Fe anyway, so why not snag
Tuesday, February 28,2012
Music Features

Rock 101

Pop quiz: what's cooler than a school that teaches rock? Nothing.

Alex De Vore
Kids involved with the world of music tend to excel in countless other areas. So why is the excitement of most school music classes generally limited to an instrument as fantastically boring as the re
Wednesday, February 22,2012
Music Features

Hungry Like the [Meow] Wolf

Meow Wolf joins forces with Sol Santa Fe Stage & Grill. You’re welcome

Alex De Vore
 Let’s get the bad news out of the way: Following the Starfucker show on Jan. 11—which bordered on a scaled-down Altamont with VFW members acting as Hells Angels-esque security—local arts collective Meow Wolf put an end to its shows at the VFW. Sounds like a drag, but as it turns out, it was a blessing in disguise for the artsy weirdos.
Tuesday, February 14,2012
Music Features

Sista Sista

Local vocalist Michèle Leidig finally gets the band she always deserved

Alex De Vore
I remained unconvinced about the new vision at Vanessie until a chance conversation with local vocalist extraordinaire/reigning karaoke queen Michèle Leidig led me to the restaurant for the debut per
Wednesday, February 8,2012
Music Features

Radio Ga Ga

Bill offers New Mexico radio stations incentive to think local

Alex De Vore
A new (ish) bill proposed by the New Mexico Music Commission and sponsored by state Sen. Eric Griego, D-Bernalillo, could have a major impact on the business of music statewide. Senate Bill 43 wo
Wednesday, February 8,2012
Love & Sex

Boner Jams They Won’t See Coming

Woo your beloved via playlist

Alex De Vore
Ah, Valentine’s Day—that wonderful holiday when your girlfriend seems to forget all the awesome stuff you do for her the rest of the year; your boyfriend frantically struggles to stretch one paycheck into jewelry, exorbitantly priced flowers and that tired yet traditional heart-shaped box of chocolates; and your pals at Hallmark get into some serious high-fiving.
Tuesday, January 31,2012
Music Features

Get Funked

The Sticky adds some much-needed fun to Santa Fe’s nightlife

Alex De Vore
 5:13 pm: When the girlfriend asks what time I’m heading to Rouge Cat to see new local funk band The Sticky, I give her an answer that is perhaps more long-winded than she wants. “I was told
Wednesday, January 25,2012
Music Features

Nothing But a Number

It’s hard to provide music for Santa Fe’s youth

Alex De Vore
If you’re looking to dispel the notion that Santa Fe dismisses youth artistic movements, don’t go asking the Santa Fe Convention and Visitors Bureau.Shortly after a blog post by SFR Staff Writer W
Wednesday, January 18,2012
Music Features

Anybody Seen These Genres?

We should permanently fly the flag at half-mast for these forgotten musical styles

Alex De Vore
While driving to the SFR offices the other day, I click-wheeled my iPod to shuffle. Usually I listen to music I make (because I’m stuck up like that), but shuffle took me on a journey of song genres that aren’t around so much anymore.
 
 
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