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21. Bite Me

    Bite Me

    Smoke Free or Die

    By Jason Sheehan

    Published: December 5, 2002

    Bistro Adde Brewster (see review, page 71) is no longer on the front lines of the smoking war. Owner Adde Bjorklund's attempt to take his subterranean Cherry Creek digs...

22. Talking Shop

    Talking Shop

    Rare finds and real deals

    By Susan Froyd

    Published: December 5, 2002

    They got mountains, we got mountains. They got Yeti, we got Sasquatch. They got exotic, we got...squat. Is there any better reason to shop at the Nepali Bazaar? Actually, yes:...

23. Chotz

    Getting Out

    The kids are on probation. Teri Cueva's in it for life.

    By Robin Chotzinoff

    Published: December 5, 2002

    Sometimes Teri Cueva forgets she's an old Anglo lady. She's 35, married to a cop, the mother of three kids, definitely white, and prone to wearing low-key, almost church-going...

24. Playlist

    Sons of Armageddon

    Sons of Armageddon, featuring Hugg-E

    By Patrick Casey

    Published: December 5, 2002

    When a group's CD includes enough promotional packaging to kill a small forest, a lengthy musical manifesto that could put the Unabomber to shame and a grand total of three...

25. Small World

    Small World

    Where little folks rule

    By Julie Dunn

    Published: December 5, 2002

    With a thirty-foot wizard floating through the chilly night sky and local marching bands playing peppy holiday tunes, downtown Denver will be aglow this weekend for the Xcel...

26. The Message

    Piracy, Hip-Hop Style

    Skyjack Radio briefly took over Denver radio -- and its pilots are eager to hit the airwaves again.

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: December 5, 2002

    In hip-hop, size usually matters. Consider "Work It," a new single in which Missy Elliott declares, "If you got a big [elephant], let me search ya/To find out how hard I gotta...

27. Playlist

    Kim Jones

    Road Dreams (Better Late Than Never Music)

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: December 5, 2002

    Singer-songwriter Kim Jones, a native New Yorker, has put down roots in Denver, but if Road Dreams is any indication, she's got traveling on her mind. Several of the CD's tunes...

28. Sports

    Dodge This, Dave Ringo!

    All is welt with the near-mythic sport of dodgeball.

    By Eric Dexheimer

    Published: December 5, 2002

    When I was in middle and high school, there was a kid in my class named Dave Ringo, who, thanks to an unjust genetic mutation, was a gifted athlete in spite of himself. He...

29. Playlist

    Newcomers Home

    In the Hour (Deep Sea Dog)

    By Catalina Soltero

    Published: December 5, 2002

    There's no end in sight to the acoustic revival, which is a lucky break for local-but-touring band Newcomers Home. Traditional, gently trickling guitar melodies and well-worn...

30. Letters

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of December 5, 2002

    Published: December 5, 2002

    The Invisible Man Trace evidence: I really enjoyed Eric Dexheimer's "Without a Trace," in the November 14 issue. As I feel the pressures of the holiday season building, I...

31. Playlist

    Various Artists

    Undead in Denver (Roman Ruin)

    Stayin' at Mike's (King Bee)

    By Jason Heller

    Published: December 5, 2002

    Here are two more in a long line of compilations meant to promote Denver-area punk rock. The only real surprise here is that more of these groups aren't better known. On Undead...

32. Playlist

    Lynn Skinner and Vonn Regensburger

    Gems in the Rough (Vocal Eyes)

    By Bill Gallo

    Published: December 5, 2002

    Once a fixture on the Denver jazz club scene, singer Lynn Skinner has been keeping her own counsel of late. But Gems in the Rough, a new, self-produced collaboration with...

33. Playlist

    Walls of Genius

    Crazed to the Core

    By John La Briola

    Published: December 5, 2002

    Active since 1982 in the underground home tapers scene, Little Fyodor has helped create and circulate countless cassettes of varying oddness over the years -- mostly at a time...

34. Backwash

    Backwash

    Scott Campbell moves down the road and away from the 15th Street Tavern.

    By Laura Bond

    Published: December 5, 2002

    The chamber of commerce and the census bureau do not appear to keep records on the number of bars per capita operating in our fair city. The Department of Excise and Licenses...

35. Critic's Choice

    Critic's Choice

    Peter Gabriel

    By Michael Roberts

    Published: December 5, 2002

    Both Shania Twain and Peter Gabriel, who headlines the Pepsi Center on Thursday, December 5, have new albums called Up -- but only the eager-to-please Twain, who appends an...

36. Hit Pick

    Hit Pick

    Czars

    By John La Briola

    Published: December 5, 2002

    Hurtling at the speed of thought, the Czars are making introspective proclamations these days. The title to their latest four-song EP, X Would Rather Listen to Y Than Suffer...

37. Club Scout

    Club Scout

    Forest Sindurr

    By Catalina Soltero

    Published: December 5, 2002

    Among Denver dance fiends, local DJs can get neglected in the rush to see Moby's latest car commercial. So while local spinner Forest Sindurr's name may yet not be imprinted on...