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Shakeup in Denver Radio
Denver radio's getting a shakeup, with more alterations on the horizon. But do any of the switches qualify as improvements?
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CU Hires Three Pulitzer Winners
Some of newspapering's best and brightest are trading journalism for academia — including three Pulitzer winners hired at CU.
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Crepes ’n Crepes
French food is no flash in the pan.
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Arapahoe County DA Charges Death-Penalty Fees to the State
How does DA Carol Chambers beat the high cost of a death-penalty prosecution? By billing the prison system.
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Agave Grill
To enter Chad Clevenger’s world, go mouth by Southwest.
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Con Artist Gives Funny Cause for Pregnant Pause (8)
Would you pay $20 to get a scam artist off your front porch?
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Hope for the Colorado Rockies Springs Eternal (6)
A What's So Funny special report from spring training in Tucson.
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Big Trouble (8)
Gary Haney was living the high life until meth took him down.
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To the Max (5)
A publicity-hungry student shows how easy it is to become a media darling -- with a little help from CU.
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The Magnet Mafia Sticks to Street Art (5)
Matt Feeney and Harrison Nealey have a new way for artists to stick it to the city.
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SXSW 2008 Preview
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Tia Fuller Has Sax Appeal
Find out how this Aurora native wailed her way into Beyonce’s band.
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Boulder Gets a New Elixir
The Purple Martini’s owner opens a club in the People’s Republic.
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Justice for All
An erstwhile hobby spells success for this Parisian duo.
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Beta
Beatport gives birth to a new club.
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Pandering Over Parole at the Statehouse
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DIA's Voice-Over
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Mile High Makeout: Questioning the Answers
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Q&A with Carbon/Silicon's Tony James
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Look of the Day - Erin
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Look of the Day - Dolce & Gabbana's Newest Male Model
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Lottery Lunacy
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Bitch is the New Black
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Loudon Wainwright III
Friday, December 17, Lion's Lair, 303-320-9200.
By Jason Heller
Published: December 16, 2004Like his contemporary Townes Van Zandt, Loudon Wainwright III comes from a wealthy and blue-blooded family -- but he spit out the upper crust in the late '60s to embrace the everyman poetics of folk music. Since then, the course of his career has jackknifed all over the place, from novelty songwriter (for his unlikely 1972 hit "Dead Skunk") to actor (he's appeared in everything from M*A*S*H to Big Fish to Cameron Crowe's upcoming Elizabethtown). But his earnest, engaging and all-too-human folk tunes are his most notable endeavor. While many songsmiths of his generation have either burned out or faded away, Wainwright has kept the relevance aglow with discs like his 1992 opus, History, and last year's So Damn Happy -- a spirited live document featuring A-list guests such as Van Dyke Parks and Richard Thompson. Stop by the Lion's Lair tonight for the rare opportunity to see an undisputed legend on a stage as intimate as his music.
