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Feature
Ken Salazar wants windmills in the ocean, but first he'll have to save the Interior Department
By Alan Prendergast
Published: April 2, 2009
On January 21, Ken Salazar walked into the Department of the Interior headquarters in Washington, D.C., and found a crush of employees waiting for him. It was his first day on...
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Off Limits
Red Rocks Fitness loses its rock
Published: April 2, 2009
If you think Mountain Dew is Xtreme, then you need to get a load of Joe Hendricks. A caffeinated cola would just slow him down. A former BMX trick rider in the 1980s, Hendricks...
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Letters
Letters from the week of April 2
Published: April 2, 2009
"Bowled Over," Jason Sheehan, March 19 Can We Be Frank? What's with Jason Sheehan's love for Frank Bonanno? First the review of Bones, capped the next week by the Best...
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Ask A Mexican
How to navigate those pesky mariachis
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: April 2, 2009
Dear Mexican: Why are Mexicans so proud of the brutality of their police force? They seem to glamorize it in all their music and telenovelas. Batons Are Bats, or Super...
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Backbeat
Making Single File's major-label debut was a struggle
By Andy Thomas
Published: April 2, 2009
It's tough staying punk-rock. Although the ideal itself has never officially been defined, die-hard supporters of the genre have long claimed that to be a true punk-rocker,...
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Rough Mixes
Sean Kelly adjusts to (solo) life after the Samples
By Chris Callaway
Published: April 2, 2009
During the early '90s, the Samples helped put Colorado on the map. Led by gifted pop songwriter Sean Kelly, the band signed with a locally based label, What Are Records?...
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Rough Mixes
The members of Los Campesinos! know how lucky they are
By Michael Roberts
Published: April 2, 2009
The music scene is clogged with performers desperately seeking stardom. So does Los Campesinos! guitarist/songwriter Tom Campesinos! see any irony in the quick rise of his...
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Bar Back
Sketch: a wine bar without the 'tude
By Jon Solomon
Published: April 2, 2009
If you were to walk by Sketch, Jesse Morreale's new wine bar with an old name (the address is technically 101 Broadway, but the entrance is on First Avenue), and see all the...
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Now Hear This
The Show Is the Rainbow
Friday, April 3, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.
By Tom Murphy
Published: April 2, 2009
It's hard to say if Darren Keen, this band's sole member for most of its existence, is more of a standup comedian/performance artist or a musician. His well-documented barbs...
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Now Hear This
The Bronx
Wednesday, April 8, Club 156, Boulder, 303-492-7704; Thursday, April 9, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.
By Andy Thomas
Published: April 2, 2009
The last time the Bronx played at the Larimer Lounge, singer Matt Caughthran rode up to the stage on a motorcycle, nearly running over the capacity crowd. Although the same...
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Irepress
Saturday, April 4, 3 Kings Tavern, 303-777-7352.
By Eryc Eyl
Published: April 2, 2009
On its latest album, Boston progophiles Irepress (say "ear press") frequently wander beyond the seven-minute mark, exploring atmospheric, intricate and even jazzy approaches to...
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Bayside
Saturday, April 4, Gothic Theatre, 1-866-468-7621.
By Michael Roberts
Published: April 2, 2009
The latest fave rave among the suburban high school set is Punk Goes Pop, Volume 2, a compilation in which Warped Tour combos take on some of the slickest chart hits of recent...
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Bonnie Prince Billy
Saturday, April 5, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.
By Adam Perry
Published: April 2, 2009
Kentucky-born musician, actor and photographer Bonnie Prince Billy's landmark 2006 cover album The Brave and the Bold, with instrumental wizards Tortoise as the backing band,...
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Critic's Choice
The Nod at One Eyed Jacks
By Tom Murphy
Published: April 2, 2009
Initially, the Nod probably seems like yet another stoner-rock band. The name alone suggests someone in the band has read William Burroughs deeply, and the clever wordplay...
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Scratching the Surface
Giom at the Treehouse Collective Anniversary Party
By Cory Casciato
Published: April 2, 2009
As a musician, making a big enough splash to attract the attention of your primary influences within a few short years of your first release is quite an achievement, and that's...
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Cafe
The food at Root Down gets a thumbs-down
By Jason Sheehan
Published: April 2, 2009
I don't know where to begin. Should I start with the girl in the full-length (faux) fur over her sundress in the dining room — the one I'd pegged as a Russian mafia...
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Bite Me
Best of Denver: They coulda been contenders
By Jason Sheehan
Published: April 2, 2009
So here we are...another Best of Denver issue in the rearview mirror, and it's all over but the shouting. The real blizzard wasn't last Thursday's snowfall, but the avalanche...
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Second Helping
It's all sammies, all the time at this Aurora shop
By Jason Sheehan
Published: April 2, 2009
While eating my way through the Best of Denver 2009, I tried Which 'Wich, an Aurora sandwich shop that's part of a chain of a hundred-some shops that has grown like kudzu...
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Drunk of the Week
The friendliest bar on the sketchiest block
By Drew Bixby
Published: April 2, 2009
Across Eighth Avenue and just down the block, the neon-bright liquor store and a bodega are humming with activity — parked cars with their doors ajar, engines idling,...
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Film Feature
Adventureland
By Scott Foundas
Published: April 2, 2009
Set a mere two decades ago, Greg Mottola's Adventureland seems as if it could be taking place on a distant planet, less for its leg warmers and knee socks than for the legions...
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