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2003 Stories by Dave Herrera

• The Beatdown

  published December 25, 2003

  Go home and hump, already. It's become painfully obvious that many of you have never been given a primer on the rules of rock. That's the... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published December 18, 2003

  There's nothing like being neutered. Last week, en route to my bi-weekly estrogen injection, I stumbled on a flier exposing my recent... More >>

• Recovered

  published December 18, 2003

  It's an unseasonably warm Sunday, and the Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs are embroiled in a bare-knuckle, winner-take-all slugfest.... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published December 11, 2003

  Gas, grass or ass -- nobody rides for free. Ever wake up one morning to find your vehicle gone? Straight-up jacked while you weren't looking?... More >>

• Hit Pick

  published December 4, 2003

  When the Sad Star Cafe closed up shop late last year, Mark Sundermier and company thought the band would fade into oblivion, allowing its... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published December 4, 2003

  Nina Storey doesn't give a rat's ass what I think. If you've lived in Denver for any length of time and follow local music, you've... More >>

• Hit Pick

  published November 27, 2003

  Despite what VH1 would have you believe, there's not much to love about the '80s. Take the clothes, for example: leg warmers, parachute pants,... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published November 27, 2003

  Note to all would-be entrepreneurs with more dollars than sense: Cowtown needs another nightclub like East Colfax needs another hooker. Since... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published November 20, 2003

  Click, click, click...boom. While you were sleeping last week, a big part of the local music scene morphed into a face on a milk carton --... More >>

• Critic's Choice

  published November 13, 2003

  Motor City has a new madman. Move over, Nuge: Make room for Obie Trice. A product of his environment -- the same battlefield that produced... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published November 6, 2003

  Music city got a fat lip early last Saturday, when Riff magazine's Rock In' Freak Fest at Fat City ended with emcee Greg... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published October 30, 2003

  Welcome to my nightmare. I'll admit it: I'm a buzz-kill of Ebenezer proportions. I've never been a huge fan of Halloween, not as a kid and... More >>

• Freak Show

  published October 30, 2003

  It's a hazy Saturday afternoon at the end of August. A white Ford F-350 Powerstroke with Colorado plates whizzes down Interstate 15, en route from... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published October 23, 2003

  Since I'm a music critic, all anyone ever wants to talk to me about is music. Which is usually fine: As luck would have it, music happens to be my... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published October 16, 2003

  DJ Josh Ivy must feel like walking into traffic right about now. Less than a month after his insanely popular GROWednesdays was... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published October 9, 2003

  I'm all about the music; I have no time for the bullshit that often goes along with it. I learned early on to just listen and to disregard... More >>

• Human Resources

  published October 9, 2003

  Most stoner-rock bands draw from the same template: Black Sabbath. Kyuss. The Melvins. But when Puny Human constructs its songs, instead of... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published October 2, 2003

  It's an age-old proverb: A prophet is never revered in his home town. That is, not until he moves to Los Angeles, signs a record deal, makes a... More >>

• Critic's Choice

  published September 25, 2003

  At times, the proliferation of talented collectives in the underground is overwhelming, even for the hip-hop cognoscenti who devote the majority... More >>

• Styles of Beyond

  published September 25, 2003

  Shortly after releasing a critically acclaimed debut album -- 1998's 2000 Fold, on the Dust Brothers' imprint, Ideal -- a couple of... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published September 18, 2003

  The economy is in the crapper right now. And it's had a trickle-down effect on the music industry, but not in the way that analysts would have you... More >>

• Time's Rupp

  published September 18, 2003

  Bob Rupp can't stop smiling. Behind his drum kit, flailing his arms wildly, he looks like he's either parking planes or simultaneously channeling... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published September 11, 2003

  "The reason I agreed to do this tonight was because there are a lot of people that are pissed off because this band is doing so well,"said... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published September 4, 2003

  Baggs Patrick, longtime host of the Sunday-night open stage at Cricket on the Hill, is calling it a day. "After twelve years, it was... More >>

• The Beatdown

  published August 28, 2003

  Pueblo native Jim Chandler has been on a serious winning streak for the past six months. A couple of years before that, he was living in Denver... More >>