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21. Night & Day

    Makin' Whoopee

    By Susan Froyd

    Published: May 7, 2009

    When’s the last time you had a laugh-out-loud good time in an art museum? Like, never? That will all change when a show that brings out the Three Stooges in all of us...

22. Night & Day

    Big Knights

    By Susan Froyd

    Published: May 7, 2009

    No less than an all-out love affair between British comedy and the Great White Way, Monty Python's Spamalot pairs a plot blatantly (and with blessings) stolen by Eric Idle and...

23. Ask A Mexican

    Swine flu has got Know Nothings at a fever pitch

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: May 7, 2009

    Dear Mexican: Is it true that most Mexicans are carriers of the swine flu due to the fact they eat a lot of chicharrones, or is it the fact that your women are so pig-like? I...

24. Off Limits

    You'll have a swine time at the Cherry Creek mall

    Published: May 7, 2009

    First the airlines stopped letting you carry on your nail scissors and shampoo, forcing travelers to check bags or buy new stuff at their destination. Then they started...

25. Letters

    From the week of May 7, 2009

    Published: May 7, 2009

    "Secret Garden," Joel Warner, April 30 Hoe, Hoe, Hoe I enjoyed Joel Warner's piece about urban homesteading.  My wife also read The Omnivore's Dilemma, and I'm...

26. Backbeat

    Elvis Perkins tries to move out of the darkness

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: May 7, 2009

    At times, singer-songwriter Elvis Perkins admits, anonymity is more appealing to him than personal acclaim. "I didn't do any singing in the first two bands I was in, and it...

27. Rough Mixes

    Meet Napalm Death, grindcore's progenitors

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: May 7, 2009

    Before Napalm Death, the bracing amalgam of extreme metal, brutal hardcore and intense speed called grindcore did not exist. With the groundbreaking albums Scum and From...

28. Rough Mixes

    MDC is still riled up after all these years

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: May 7, 2009

    Naming your band Millions of Dead Cops in the late 1970s was a risky move, but it was one that encompassed well the spirit of frontman Dave Dictor and his band. For thirty...

29. Bar Back

    Time-tripping at Kazmos Lounge

    By Jon Solomon

    Published: May 7, 2009

    "How does it feel to almost be forty?" asked the bartender at Kazmos Lounge (1381 Kalamath Street) after looking at my driver's license. "I'll be forty in a few months,...

30. Playlist

    ClobberJaw

    Toxic Syndrome
    Self-released

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: May 7, 2009

    Great recordings? Easy to review: Just use the enthusiasm the music stirs, and the words take care of themselves. Terrible albums? A snap, too, since the unpleasant feelings...

31. Playlist

    Peña

    Best Friends
    Self-released

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: May 7, 2009

    "Hyena Arms," the opening track on Peña's latest effort, Best Friends, successfully sets the tone for the entire album, with its loping rhythms and logical but...

32. Playlist

    Six Months to Live

    A Better Place
    Sparky the Dog Records

    By Cory Casciato

    Published: May 7, 2009

    Perhaps having a short time to live makes you reach for everything you hoped to accomplish in a longer lifetime. That could explain why A Better Place is so crammed full of...

33. Playlist

    Deadbubbles

    Frienemies
    Hypnotic Turtle Records

    By Jon Solomon

    Published: May 7, 2009

    Less than a minute into Deadbubbles' latest offering, Frienemies, frontman Arlo White makes it clear that his band is all about "rock and roll music." And indeed, the...

34. Now Hear This

    Gene Ween Band

    Saturday, May 9, Walnut Room, 303-292-0077; Sunday, May 10, and Monday, May 11, b.side lounge, Boulder, 303-473-9463.

    By A.H. Goldstein

    Published: May 7, 2009

    The prospect is more than a bit jarring: Seeing one of the founders of Ween play a show without the other seems comparable to catching a Bud Abbot routine minus Lou Costello....

35. Now Hear This

    The Virgins

    Monday, May 11, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: May 7, 2009

    No surprise that the Virgins, appearing with Anya Marina and Lissy Trullie, have become New York City's latest candidate for musical celebrity. Fashion-wise, leader Donald...

36. Now Hear This

    Mogwai

    Tuesday, May 12, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

    By Jon Solomon

    Published: May 7, 2009

    Anyone whose ears are still ringing from the recent My Bloody Valentine show can attest that it was one of the most mind-numbing outings to hit this city in a long time. When...

37. Now Hear This

    Adrian Orange

    Wednesday, May 13, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: May 7, 2009

    Perhaps best known by his performing moniker, Thanksgiving, Adrian Orange has been gracing living rooms and other DIY stages for the past decade. Orange's sound is the type of...

38. Now Hear This

    Wolves in the Throne Room

    Wednesday, May 13, Marquis Theater, 303-293-0805.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: May 7, 2009

    According to Nathan Weaver, guitarist for Washington-based Wolves in the Throne Room (joined on this bill by Gojira and Krallice), his band combines "Cascadian eco-spiritual...

39. Critic's Choice

    Dinner With Cannibals at the Larimer Lounge

    By Tom Murphy

    Published: May 7, 2009

    Emerging from the rubble of experimental-rock terrorists Bangtel, Dinner With Cannibals pursues a similarly twisted musical vision. But with a name that alludes to Looney Tunes...

40. Scratching the Surface

    Lazer Sword at the b.side Lounge

    By Cory Casciato

    Published: May 7, 2009

    Just like that Mexican flu took DNA from pigs, birds and people and cooked it up into a wholly new and highly infectious mix, San Francisco's Lazer Sword has swiped bits and...