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21. Night & Day

    Hurling Allowed

    By Susan Froyd

    Published: February 19, 2009

    Tyler McNally of the Denver Gaels says the local Irish sports club, which promotes the rarefied games of Irish Football and Hurling, is growing all the time. That, he notes, is...

22. Off Limits

    Artist behind Denver's Big Blue Bear has Californians seeing red

    Published: February 19, 2009

    Denver artist and educator Lawrence Argent has been closely following the controversy over "Mustang," aka the Blue Demon Horse of Death, which some critics would like to see...

23. Ask A Mexican

    Shame and denial cross all borders

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: February 19, 2009

    Dear Mexican: What is the deal with Mexican denial when it comes to dealing with child sexual abuse? I know counselors who tell me that it's a big problem trying to get Mexican...

24. Letters

    From the week of February 19

    Published: February 19, 2009

    "Growth Industry," Joel Warner, February 5 Pot and Pans Thank you for a fair, comprehensive, well-written article on medical cannabis. This sets the standard for...

25. Backbeat

    Rather than depending on a label, A Shoreline Dream took a DIY path to reality

    By Kyle Smith

    Published: February 19, 2009

    A Shoreline Dream frontman Ryan Policky lives in a modest two-story house near Barnum Park in west Denver. The do-it-yourself ethos gets plenty of lip service these days, but...

26. Rough Mixes

    Meet Extra Kool, the Creature From the Whack Lagoon

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: February 19, 2009

    Extra Kool has been rapping since the late '90s, most notably as part of the duo Optik Fusion Embrace, with Satyr. Since 2005, he's performed as a solo act, releasing a string...

27. Rough Mixes

    Joshua Radin walked away from Columbia Records to make music on his own terms

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: February 19, 2009

    Joshua Radin never intended to become a musician, at least not outside of the confines of his personal life, where he always quested for new ways to artistically express...

28. Bar Back

    Smokin' the (karaoke) competition at Smokin' Joe's

    By Jon Solomon

    Published: February 19, 2009

    A guy doing a karaoke version of the Violent Femmes' "Add It Up" was about the last thing I would've expected to find at Smokin' Joe's Bar & Grill (4700 Kipling Boulevard,...

29. Playlist

    Ash Ganley

    Cruel Waters
    Summit Recording Group

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: February 19, 2009

    Ash Ganley's music sports virtually every element associated with the triple-A radio format: quietly gruff vocals, refined playing, arrangements that find common denominators...

30. Playlist

    Skeleton of God

    Primordial Dominion
    Self-released

    By Dave Herrera

    Published: February 19, 2009

    From the colorful insert, splendidly illustrated by frontman Jeff Kahn, to the lyrics, which fall eloquently between proverb and poetry, Skeleton of God's latest effort —...

31. Playlist

    Air Dubai

    The Early October
    teamSKETCH

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: February 19, 2009

    These songs sound like they've been percolating in the imaginations of Julian Thomas and Jon Shockness for years in terms of what would make for killer hip-hop songs....

32. Playlist

    The Culhanes

    No Part of Nothin'
    Self-released

    By Jon Solomon

    Published: February 19, 2009

    During its twenty-year run, the redneck variety show Hee Haw became an American institution of sorts, bringing country music and humor into the living rooms of a ton of folks....

33. Now Hear This

    Black Milk

    Thursday, February 19, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: February 19, 2009

    In "Bounce," one of many standout tracks from the recently released platter Tronic, Detroit's Curtis "Black Milk" Cross declares, "Even old-school artists feel like the game's...

34. Now Hear This

    Two Cow Garage

    Friday, February 20, 3 Kings Tavern, 303-777-7370.

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: February 19, 2009

    With a name like Two Cow Garage, you'd be excused for thinking this band was yet another Americana or neo-Southern rock band beating that horse to death. Instead, what this...

35. Now Hear This

    Bill Kreutzmann

    Friday, February 20, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

    By Adam Perry

    Published: February 19, 2009

    With the surviving members of the Grateful Dead touring this summer for the first time since 2005, it's surprising that 62-year-old drummer Bill Kreutzmann (the notoriously...

36. Now Hear This

    The Morning Benders

    Friday, February 20, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

    By Adam Perry

    Published: February 19, 2009

    The Morning Benders arrived on the indie pop-rock scene in 2006, when singer/guitarist Chris Chu released Loose Change, a solo collection of low-fi, high-spirited recordings...

37. Now Hear This

    The Appleseed Cast

    Saturday, February 21, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

    By R. Kelly Liggin

    Published: February 19, 2009

    This Lawrence, Kansas-based indie-rock group doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. Originally a clone of every late-'90s guitar-heavy, angst-driven emo outfit, the...

38. Critic's Choice

    Chuck Potashner at the Oriental Theater

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: February 19, 2009

    TeamAWESOME! probably wasn't for everyone, but if there was one thing that was undeniable about the group, it was the sheer catchiness of Chuck Potashner's songs. It was...

39. Scratching the Surface

    DJ Dan at The Elements

    By Cory Casciato

    Published: February 19, 2009

    If you need to get a party started, you could do a lot worse than DJ Dan. Since the early years of the L.A. rave scene, almost two decades ago, Dan has been a force behind the...

40. Cafe

    Holly Hartnett finally got her own restaurant with Venue, and it's great

    By Jason Sheehan

    Published: February 19, 2009

    For just a moment, I was stunned. It seemed so simple, so harmless: a lumpy mound of milk-white grits on a white plate. Grits — the ultimate comfort food. So...