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A Cold Case Frozen in Time
Until this cold case heats up, Sharon Skiba is lost in limbo.
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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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Sazza
If you must go for gourmet pizza, go to Sazza.
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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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Crepes ’n Crepes
French food is no flash in the pan.
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A Cold Case Frozen in Time (10)
Until this cold case heats up, Sharon Skiba is lost in limbo.
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Con Artist Gives Funny Cause for Pregnant Pause (7)
Would you pay $20 to get a scam artist off your front porch?
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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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Bad Luck City Haunts Denver
These folks like their Americana dark.
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Planes Mistaken for Stars Makes Its Final Approach
Capturing the final days of one of Denver’s most vital bands.
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George Porter Is Still Funkin'
This Funky Meters bassist has become a jam icon for a new generation.
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Cue the Cricket
One of Denver’s most storied stages may soon be silenced.
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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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The Ron Paul Revolution Is Only Beginning...
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Subject(s): Otis Taylor
Over the years, Otis Taylor (due at the Oriental Theater on Thursday, March 1, and Nissi's on Friday, March 2) has racked up accolades for shaking up the blues idiom with lyrically unique and instrumentally inventive interpretations of the rootsy form. On his latest effort, he extends his pensive creative streak by offering up a moody, acoustic-tinged disc that challenges popular ideals of what the blues should sound like. With standout vocal backing from his daughter Cassie Taylor, harp assistance by Charlie Musselwhite, nasty electric grinding by Brit axman Gary Moore and virtuosic piano work by Hiromi Uehara, Taylor churns up a muddy mix of tunes with topics ranging from songs about European Gypsies ("Black Mandolin's Boogie") and victims of Hurricane Katrina ("They Wore Blue") to dark musings about neighbors ("Looking Over Your Fence"). On Circle, Taylor, whose voice evokes the late John Lee Hooker, builds from a base of simple yet hypnotic riffs and mates the acoustic palette of bluegrass and folk with harder electric blues and psychedelic rock, forging a sound that recognizes the past while establishing its own place in the present.
