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  • Trainwreck

    Wednesday, July 26, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-7070.

  • The English Beat

    Thursday, July 20, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, 1-866-468-7621.

  • Alexi Murdoch

    Monday, July 17, Walnut Room, 303-292-1700; Tuesday, July 18, Trilogy Wine Bar, Boulder, 303-473-9463.

  • Moist Boys

    The Sound of Urchin shoots its musical wad.

  • Shaw Business

    Dieselhed's Virgil Shaw's on his own these days, and happier than ever.

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  • Broward-Palm Beach New Times

    Sexual Healing

    For Florida's sole remaining sex surrogate, love is a many splintered thing.

    By Michael J. Mooney

  • City Pages

    Your Friendly Neighborhood War Profiteer

    It's not just giant companies cashing in on America's defense industry.

    By Jeff Severns Guntzel

  • The Pitch

    Supersizing Sonic

    How a throwaway idea at the Barkley ad agency became the "Sonic Guys."

    By Justin Kendall

  • Houston Press

    Temples of Tex-Mex

    A diner's guide to Texas's oldest Mexican restaurants.

    By Robb Walsh

Pick of the Week

Benefit for Chris Rawles at Cricket on the Hill

By John La Briola

Published on September 22, 2005

Say what you want about Cricket on the Hill, but Denver's red-haired stepchild is still surviving in a town where venue promoters are more apt to go for each other's throats than join hands in a moment of silence. Ah, the Cricket, where any unwashed, unseasoned and unknown local act is welcome to plug in and let 'er rip without fear of reprisal. Even the once-pimply Apples (back before the band added "In Stereo" to its name and used a kiddie drum kit from Kmart) played its first show at the Capitol Hill dive. Sadly, the bar's co-owner, Chris Rawles, a man who's supported Denver's music scene for years, was recently diagnosed with leukemia. To help with mounting medical costs, friends have set aside two nights as a Benefit for Chris Rawles: Thursday, September 22, will feature Ten Cent Redemption, Brethren Fast, the Jars and Honky Raunch, while Friday, September 23, finds the Swanks, King Rat, Shoot Romeo (pictured), Band Gone Wild and Wanker taking the stage. Who said payback is a bitch?



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