Email Author Ernie Tucker

2005 Stories by Ernie Tucker

• Twisted Plot Twists

  published October 27, 2005

  SUN, 10/30 Walking the line between sanity and madness -- or pretending to do so -- helps give Halloween its juice. Stripping... More >>

• I Said, Line!

  published October 27, 2005

  FRI, 10/28 Quick, somebody in the audience give me a profession. Don't ask, just do it, because I'm going to act like I'm somebody in... More >>

• Czechmate

  published October 6, 2005

  SUN, 10/9 Taking cues from the legendary Earl Scruggs, the Czech Republic's Druhá Tráva (which means "Second... More >>

• Bark If You Love Jesus

  published September 29, 2005

  SUN, 10/2 At 4 p.m. today, after workers remove the pew cushions and burn some incense, the annual St. Francis Day Blessing of the... More >>

• Not Jason and the Argonauts

  published September 22, 2005

  SAT, 9/24 There's a fine art to selecting your fighting name. It's got to be something aggressive, but a potential pugilist can't fly... More >>

• Twist and Shout

  published September 8, 2005

  Some otherwise normal folks harbor a deep knot of fear in their souls: They're petrified of yoga. "People are scared to death to walk into a... More >>

• Talking Shop

  published August 25, 2005

  SAT, 8/27 Everyone's a dreamer at the non-profit Microbusiness Development Corporation in Five Points. People come with hopes of... More >>

• Art Attack

  published July 28, 2005

  Pop artist Jack Jensen doesn't want anyone kissing his ass, although he's likely to tell folks to plant one on his posterior anyway. "It's a... More >>

• Hooved Heat

  published July 21, 2005

  SUN, 7/24 George Washington and his peers couldn't watch drag races, so they probably did the next best thing: revved up the equine... More >>

• Just Horsing Around

  published July 14, 2005

  SAT, 7/16 I briefly enjoyed a stint as the editor of über society magazine Hamptons, covering all the glamour and... More >>

• Come Together

  published July 14, 2005

  SAT, 7/16 Responding to the death of John Lennon, punk sage Tesco Vee of the Meatmen sang his unabashed ode to the Beatles, "One Down,... More >>

• Home-Grown Talent

  published June 30, 2005

  FRI, 7/1 Years ago, I learned the meaning of art while walking the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in a sweaty Village Inn... More >>

• Dark Comedy

  published June 16, 2005

  FRI, 6/17 Arcos Azules Theatre company is confronting the same publicity dilemma faced by other troupes that have staged... More >>

• Shadow Gets a Plum

  published June 2, 2005

  THURS, 6/2 Jeffrey Nickelson saw Topdog/Underdog, written by Suzan-Lori Parks, on Broadway in 2002 with Jeffrey Wright... More >>

• Weird Science

  published May 26, 2005

  FRI, 5/27 The synthesizer is a powerful tool that has suffered much abuse since its entrance into the pop world. Cheese-doodling,... More >>

• Retro Rock Talk

  published May 26, 2005

  FRI, 5/27 It was the summer of '81. My best friend, Ron, had just graduated from high school; I'd tossed my cap the year before. We... More >>

• Service!

  published May 19, 2005

  SAT, 5/21 While some sports tend to go overboard in the area of self-promotion, tennis, as a whole, has typically shown restraint.... More >>

• Speed Thrills

  published May 12, 2005

  WED, 5/18 Okay, I admit it: I love car-heist and race-car movies. That's my chick flick. Gone in 60 Seconds?... More >>

• Steel Magnolias

  published May 5, 2005

  FRI, 5/6 Boulder Arts and Crafts Cooperative exhibit coordinator Ellen Spiller didn't have a feminine theme in mind when she asked... More >>

• Dangerous Sounds

  published May 5, 2005

  SAT, 5/7 The avant-garde classical music of The Experimental Playground Ensemble saunters somewhere between the grit of punk... More >>

• Girl Power

  published April 28, 2005

  MON, 5/2 Bush bashers refer to the powerful triumvirate of George W., Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney as the real "Axis of Evil." In... More >>

• Flight Club

  published April 14, 2005

  FRI, 4/15 The seventeen-year- old Frequent Flyers aerial dance troupe will go bottoms-up tonight in Dairy Air, its... More >>

• Chariots of Pyre

  published March 10, 2005

  FRI, 3/11 This year, the coffin-carrying competition at Nederland's Frozen Dead Guy Days gets seriously stiff. The annual... More >>

• Give our regards to Broadway

  published February 17, 2005

  5:55 a.m.: 7600 Broadway They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway...but right before dawn, on the hillside where Broadway... More >>

• The Pig Time

  published February 17, 2005

  FRI, 2/18 Before Denver fell for the Nuggets -- the original Nuggets of 1939, that is -- fans loved the Pigs. The nickname was short... More >>