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Issue: April 23, 2009
Page: 2
48 stories found - 21 through 40
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  1. Ask A Mexican

    There's more Lebanese sangre in Mexico than you might think

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Dear Mexican: First of all, please don't think that I'm a self-loathing Mexican; I was born in the U.S. to northern Mexican parents. As far as I know, my ancestry is just...

  2. Follow That Story

    Tom "The Troubleshooter" Martino's troublesome buildings are still standing

    By Jared Jacang Maher
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Television and radio personality Tom "The Troubleshooter" Martino has asked the Denver City Council to rezone three acres of land near Welton Street and Park Avenue West....

  3. Letters

    From the week of April 23, 2009

    Published: April 23, 2009

    "Power Play," Joel Warner, April 16 No Fuel Like an Old Fuel Stan Lewandowski is a fossil fool! I have a hard time understanding how someone could be so closed-minded to...

  4. Off Limits

    Get cozy at the Snuggie Pub Crawl

    Published: April 23, 2009

    If you're a sucker for as-seen-on-TV products (and, really, who isn't? ShamWow, anyone?), love blankets with sleeves and have nothing to do on Saturday night, then this event...

  5. Backbeat

    My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields talks Loveless and the influence of bands like Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr.

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: April 23, 2009

    In music annals, 1991 is most often remembered as the year Nevermind came out and changed the commercial-music landscape for the next half-decade. That was also the year,...

  6. Backbeat

    Light Travels Faster began thriving the minute the band moved to Denver

    By A.H. Goldstein
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Christopher Rigel wishes he thought more like a novelist. "I'd say the written word is just as big an influence for me as the musical side of things," says the Light Travels...

  7. Bar Back

    Suite Two Hundred's Marquis is a lounge within a lounge

    By Jon Solomon
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Francois Safieddine's upscale Suite Two Hundred (1427 Larimer Street) has been doing extremely well since it opened just over six months ago, according to Paulina Szafranski,...

  8. Playlist

    Patrick Porter

    A Swan at Smiley's
    Greyday Records

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: April 23, 2009

    The latest release by this extremely prolific singer-songwriter from Bailey, Colorado, isn't universes removed from his previous material. Smiley's finds Porter speaking about...

  9. Playlist

    Dan Allen

    Here
    Self-released

    By Michael Roberts
    Published: April 23, 2009

    The latest from electrified proto-folkie Dan Allen is a throwback to local recordings that were commonplace during the bad old days, before technology improved to the degree...

  10. Playlist

    Adam Stern

    Twang Shui
    Self-released

    By Jon Solomon
    Published: April 23, 2009

    To get an idea of how versatile Adam Stern is as a guitarist, check out "Alchemical Rooms," the first cut on Twang Shui: Opening with volume swells and a Bill Frisell-esque...

  11. Playlist

    Marcus Church

    The Marcus Church Story
    Self-released

    By Cory Casciato
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Here's the plot synopsis for The Marcus Church Story: Marcus Church really likes Guided by Voices. The similarities encompass Church's singing style, voice, lo-fi production...

  12. Now Hear This

    The Gaslight Anthem

    Friday, April 24, Gothic Theatre, 877-598-6659.

    By Michael Roberts
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Bruce Springsteen has influenced many artists over the years, and not always in a positive way: We have him to blame for the all-too-often egregious genre known as "heartland...

  13. Now Hear This

    Lady Antebellum

    Friday, April 24, Grizzly Rose, 303-830-8497.

    By Michael Roberts
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Plenty of music-biz tastemakers see Lady Antebellum as the next big country crossover act. So a 2009 Grammy nomination as Best New Artist, which pitted the Nashville trio...

  14. Now Hear This

    McCoy Tyner Trio

    Tuesday, April 28, Boulder Theater, Boulder, 303-786-7030.

    By Jon Solomon
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Strangely enough, throughout McCoy Tyner's storied career, which spans more than five decades, the jazz pianist has rarely performed with a guitar player — something he...

  15. Now Hear This

    John Scofield's Piety Street Band

    Wednesday, April 29, Boulder Theater, 303-786-7030.

    By Dutch Seyfarth
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Ask any guitar player if he recognizes the name John Scofield, and you'll be hard-pressed to find a single six-stringer who doesn't. Based on his work with Miles Davis and...

  16. Now Hear This

    Church of the Snake

    Wednesday, April 29, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: April 23, 2009

    The sonic scions of Crash Worship and Arab on Radar, Arkansas's Church of the Snake eludes easy classification. Heavily rhythmic noise rock characterizes one strain of the...

  17. Critic's Choice

    Ascaris at the Larimer Lounge

    By Tom Murphy
    Published: April 23, 2009

    Ascaris is the genus of a variety of intestinal roundworm. Appropriately enough, the Denver band adopting such a gruesome moniker brings together the abrasive outrage of death...

  18. Scratching the Surface

    Uberzone at the Rise festival

    By Cory Casciato
    Published: April 23, 2009

    One of the many highlights of the sixth annual Rize urban art and music festival on Saturday, April 25, at the Paladium (1400 West 62nd Avenue), is a live laptop remix set of...

  19. Cafe

    Columbine Steak House keeps the home fires burning

    By Jason Sheehan
    Published: April 23, 2009

    See more photos of Columbine Steak House at westword.com/slideshow. It's 1983, I'm ten years old — and it's steak night at the Sheehan household. Steak nights didn't...

  20. Bite Me

    Andrew Schutt takes his heavenly menu to new heights

    By Jason Sheehan
    Published: April 23, 2009

    The barbecue scene is smokin'. First I heard that Mike Frislie, ex of the late, lamented Bugling Bull Trading Post, has his hands in a new barbecue operation, The 'Que, which...

Issue: April 23, 2009
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