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The Good Soldier
When the Army tried to take down Andrew Pogany, it messed with the wrong coward.
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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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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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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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Sunshine Megatron to Move From T-Shirt Hell (3)
Should millionaire T-shirt mogul Sunshine Megatron make Denver his new neighborhood? You be the judge.
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SXSW 2008 Preview (3)
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Vampire Weekend Takes on Its Buzz
Hot on the heels of SXSW, the nation’s hottest buzz band returns to Denver.
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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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SXSW 2008 Preview
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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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Is it Bush's War?
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Jack Kevorkian and Colorado's Right to Die Movement
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Last Night ... X @ Bluebird Theater
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45 Second Reviews: B-52s, De Novo Dahl, Fuck Buttons, Thee Silver Mr. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band
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The Pajamas Letter - Part Two
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Temperature Rising, Prices Dropping at Fahrenheit's
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McCain Wagons West
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Pundit Watch: Glenn Beck
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Credit Is Due
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Serj Tankian Goes His Own Way
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National Features
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Village Voice
A Long Way Wrong?
Another celebrated memoir threatens to blow into a million little pieces.
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Hoop Dawg
Billionaire Donald T. Sterling owns the L.A. Clippers and loves the ladies. And those are just two of his problems.
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Something Underground
We Came to Get Down
Self-released
By Michael Roberts
Published: March 20, 2008
Subject(s): Something Underground
Trends come and trends go, but the power trio remains. Trouble is, the prevalence of this approach means that acts must offer truly unexpected twists to transcend it. But while Something Underground's name promises such a detour, We Came to Get Down, a mostly live recording that will be unveiled at a Friday, March 28, CD-release party at Littleton's Toad Tavern, stubbornly sticks to the middle of the road.
Seth Larson's guitar playing is brawny, as are his vocals. Likewise, the rhythms produced by Seth's bass-playing brother, Josh, and drummer Trevor Mariotti remain solid amid the likes of "Come Around," which couples busy riffs with a catchy melody that doesn't overstay its welcome. If only the rest of the material weren't so ordinary. "Down the River" meanders in a generically bluesy manner, and "Dirty" choogles just like the million or so boogie numbers that inspired it.
In the end, Something Underground is something pretty predictable.
