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CRITIC'S CHOICE
Michael Roberts
Published: November 30, 1994
Tenderloin, with Reverend Horton Heat and Useless Playboys, Friday, December 2, at the Boulder Theater, and Saturday, December 3, at the Ogden Theatre, is well named, for this...
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Michael Roberts, Justin McLean and Jason Horwitch
Published: November 23, 1994
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Orange (Matador) Those of you who pick this up expecting an actual blues album likely will have a heart attack and die before the end of the...
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ALONG CAME JONES
Michael Roberts
Published: November 23, 1994
Like Hank Williams, the acknowledged king of country, George Jones tried to drink, carouse and good-time his way into an early grave. Unlike Williams, he didn't succeed. And...
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Michael Roberts, John Jesitus and Justin McLean
Published: November 16, 1994
Barbra Streisand The Concert (Columbia) Streisand has dedicated at least the most recent ten years of her career to trumpeting her own greatness, and The Concert--exceedingly...
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ROCKABILLY, EUROPEAN STYLE
THE TENNESSEE BOYS WERE BORN IN PORTUGAL, BUT THEY LIVE IN DENVER. YOU FIGURE IT OUT.
Michael Roberts
Published: November 16, 1994
"Yes, we have been to Tennessee," says Mike Taveira, lead guitarist for the Denver-based rockabilly band the Tennessee Boys. "We have been to the airport there." He's smiling,...
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HUMP DAY
Michael Roberts
Published: November 16, 1994
To put it succinctly, the music of certain artists is primarily intended for fucking. Yeah, you can listen to it in your car when you're alone, but you won't get the most it...
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City Limits
SHOOTING STAR
A LEADING MAN'S MURDER BEDEVILS RONNIE CRAMER.
Michael Roberts
Published: November 16, 1994
Denver filmmaker Ronnie Cramer is worried. "I'm not going to wind up looking like Ed Wood, am I?" he asks. Comparisons to the late Wood, a cross-dresser and anti-auteur...
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Michael Roberts, Justin McLean and Michael Behrenhausen
Published: November 9, 1994
Esquivel! Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music (Bar/None) I'm more than a little doubtful about the staying power of the new cocktail movement; if you have one Love Jones record, you...
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ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
Michael Roberts
Published: November 9, 1994
The year was 1988, the group was Public Enemy and the album was It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, as incendiary a blast of politicized bile as had been spewed by...
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REVENGE OF THE GEEK
LISA GERMANO TAKES ON HER DEMONS--AND WINS.
Michael Roberts
Published: November 9, 1994
It's probably not a good idea to take literally singer-songwriter Lisa Germano's claim, "In the beginning, I was thinking I was going to do a happy record." After all, her...
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Michael Roberts, John Young and John Jesitus
Published: November 2, 1994
Soul Coughing Ruby Vroom (Slash/Warner Bros.) If you had any doubt that lead vocalist M. Doughty used to review music (for the New York Press), check out "Sugar Free Jazz," in...
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ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SINGERS!
THE KINGS OF CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC BELIEVE THAT THEIR PRAYERS ARE ABOUT TO BE ANSWERED.
Michael Roberts
Published: November 2, 1994
For the most part, it looked and sounded like practically any rock concert. The throng at McNichols Arena on a Tuesday night in late October was dominated by teenagers, and if...
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SHLOCK OF THE NEW
Michael Roberts
Published: November 2, 1994
For those who like music with an edge, "I'll Make Love to You," by Boyz II Men (the biggest selling single in the country for over two months now) is not just annoying; it's an...
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City Limits
DEEP IN THE HEART OF TAXES
BOULDER WILL VOTE ON A PLAN TO SAVE A VENERABLE THEATER--WITH SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY.
Michael Roberts
Published: November 2, 1994
It started out as a way to save the Boulder Theater. But ballot initiative 2C, to be decided by Boulder voters on November 8, has become more than that--a lot more. Even Kent...
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Michael Roberts and Jason Horwitch
Published: October 26, 1994
Louis Armstrong Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: 1923-1934 (Columbia/Legacy) Now here's a guy plenty of contemporary listeners have misinterpreted. The current...
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CRITIC'S CHOICE
Michael Roberts
Published: October 26, 1994
Bootsy Collins and His New Rubber Band, Saturday, October 29, at the Ogden Theatre, with Dread Zeppelin, is back, baby--but he never really went away. A star-eyed superman who...
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ASSAULT AND PEPPER
Michael Roberts
Published: October 26, 1994
Musicians whose bands have undergone personnel changes could learn a few lessons from Corrosion of Conformity vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan. When asked about the departure...
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City Limits
SOFT-HEARTED WARE
HOW TO USE YOUR MOUSE TO SAVE A WHALE.
Michael Roberts
Published: October 26, 1994
Subby the Submarine is an awfully nice vehicle, and environmentally friendly, too--he's solar-powered. He and his best friend, an Arctic tern named Terrence, are enjoying a...
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Michael Roberts and Linda Gruno
Published: October 19, 1994
Spell Mississippi (Island) For those of you who think Westword can't be objective about this Denver-based band, let's start with a few negatives about Spell's major-label...
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THEY CALL HIM MISTER MANSON!
THE LEADER OF MARILYN MANSON WANTS TO BECOME EVERY PARENT'S NIGHTMARE.
Michael Roberts
Published: October 19, 1994
"I think Charles Manson had a lot of positive things to say and could have been a real cultural leader," says Mr. Manson, the singer and conceptualist behind the...
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