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Night & Day
By Susan Froyd
Whens 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...
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Night & Day
By Susan Froyd
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...
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Ask A Mexican
By Gustavo Arellano
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...
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Off Limits
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...
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Letters
"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...
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Backbeat
By Michael Roberts
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...
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Rough Mixes
By Tom Murphy
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...
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Rough Mixes
By Tom Murphy
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...
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Bar Back
By Jon Solomon
"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,...
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Playlist
Toxic Syndrome Self-released
By Michael Roberts
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...
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Playlist
Best Friends Self-released
By Tom Murphy
"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...
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A Better Place Sparky the Dog Records
By Cory Casciato
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...
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Frienemies Hypnotic Turtle Records
By Jon Solomon
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...
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Now Hear This
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
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....
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Now Hear This
Monday, May 11, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.
By Michael Roberts
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...
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Now Hear This
Tuesday, May 12, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.
By Jon Solomon
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...
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Now Hear This
Wednesday, May 13, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.
By Tom Murphy
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...
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Now Hear This
Wednesday, May 13, Marquis Theater, 303-293-0805.
By Michael Roberts
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...
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Critic's Choice
By Tom Murphy
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...
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Scratching the Surface
By Cory Casciato
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...
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