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Night & Day
Return to Forever
By Jon Solomon
Published: May 29, 2008
After working with jazz luminaries like Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughan and Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Chick Corea performed and recorded in Miles Davis's electric bands in the late...
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Sidebar
A Hospital Without Walls
Denver’s Court to Community program is showing promise.
By Alan Prendergast
Published: May 29, 2008
Thursday afternoons in courtroom 151P tend to be less formal than other proceedings in Denver county courts. Judge Larry Bohning still hands out an occasional scolding ("Time's...
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Calhoun
The View
Nothing is set in stone, even on the landmarked Stoneman's Row. And the rest could be history.
By Patricia Calhoun
Published: May 29, 2008
Denver is a city built on great neighborhoods, filled with characters and coffeehouses. I fell in love with Stoneman's Row when I first moved to Denver and would take frequent...
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Calhoun
Drink Up!
Lawmakers introduce a liquor loophole.
By Patricia Calhoun
Published: May 29, 2008
On June 6, Denver will see its last Thirst Friday — because this summer, one of Colorado's biggest cultural assets will also become a liquid asset. As of July 1, the...
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Off Limits
Shlock Value: Dem Gear for Sale Here
If you’re buying what the Dems are selling, this gift guide is for you.
Published: May 29, 2008
Democratic National Convention souvenirs are now on sale at the Pepsi Center and at www.denverdncgear.com, where the enthusiastic blue-stater can score everything from a $48...
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Ask A Mexican
The Mexican-Redneck Connection
Always suspected, now confirmed.
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: May 29, 2008
Dear Mexican: I'm a Mexican-American, but I always lie and tell people my ancestors were from Spain and immigrated to the United States in the 1920s. My whole family says this....
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What's So Funny?
Turn Up the Mike!
The Squire celebrates four years of crazy.
By Adam Cayton-Holland
Published: May 29, 2008
I was up on stage, midway through some new routine that I would probably never use again, floundering, when a man walked off of Colfax and straight into infamy. He was frazzled...
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Letters
Letters to the Editor
Letters from the week of 5/29/2008
Published: May 29, 2008
"Kopelgänger!," Adam Cayton-Holland, May 22 Double Trouble I always wondered what the shine was that was reflecting off of Mr. Kopel's forehead. Now I know that it...
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Music
Return to Forever
Chick Corea’s breakthrough act is back after nearly three decades.
By Jon Solomon
Published: May 29, 2008
After working with jazz luminaries like Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughan and Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Chick Corea performed and recorded in Miles Davis's electric bands in the late...
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Rough Mixes
Erykah Badu
This Amerykahn chanteuse makes statements, not singles.
By Michael Roberts
Published: May 29, 2008
In today's digital age, albums, as opposed to singles, are seen as veritable anachronisms in many quarters. But Erykah Badu isn't going to give up on the format without a...
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Rough Mixes
White Rabbits
Meet Radiohead’s Missouri-bred labelmates, who are apparently quite popular in Germany.
By Ben Westhoff
Published: May 29, 2008
Despite not having much formal education, White Rabbits bassist Adam Russell has long led a literary lifestyle. He dropped out of high school at sixteen because he was...
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Rough Mixes
R.E.M.
Michael Stipe and company’s latest is filled with a renewed sense of vitality.
By Tom Murphy
Published: May 29, 2008
R.E.M. is a household name. The band's rapid rise from the American underground is well documented. But what is often forgotten is the fact that, from the beginning, R.E.M.'s...
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Now Hear This
The Kooks
Thursday, May 29, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497.
By Dave Herrera
Published: May 29, 2008
With scant few exceptions, musicians from this country who feign a British accent end up sounding like utter dipshits. Brits, meanwhile, who legitimately possess a Cockney...
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Now Hear This
Thrones
Saturday, May 31, 3 Kings Tavern, 303-777-7370.
By Tom Murphy
Published: May 29, 2008
Though Joe Preston is better known for his tenures in the Melvins, Earth and High on Fire, his most musically interesting venture is perhaps his solo project, Thrones. With...
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Now Hear This
The Roots
Monday, June 2, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.
By Michael Roberts
Published: May 29, 2008
Drummer Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson, who anchors the Roots, has an answer for those who consider the group's strong new album, Rising Down, to be overly serious. "There's clearly...
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Now Hear This
Jamie Lidell
Monday, June 2, Bluebird Theater, 303-377-1666.
By Eryc Eyl
Published: May 29, 2008
In these days of brand-conscious music marketing, it's no mean feat for an artist to take a left turn and completely reinvent himself. Jamie Lidell, in one of the oddest...
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Now Hear This
Cryptacize
Monday, June 2, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.
By Michael Roberts
Published: May 29, 2008
California's Cryptacize throws another option into the timeless debate over whether less is more, or less is less, or more is less, or more is more. That's because the trio of...
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Critic's Choice
The Life There Is
Larimer Lounge
By Tom Murphy
Published: May 29, 2008
Many bands who try to mix the aesthetics of rock and electronic music do so more clumsily than not. But The Life There Is seems to have the hang of it. With a lush, haunting...
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Scratching the Surface
Roger Sanchez
Beta
By Cory Casciato
Published: May 29, 2008
Roger Sanchez remembers a time when disco wasn't a dirty word, and he's not afraid to remind others with the occasional old-school, garage-flavored track. He's no throwback,...
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Bar Back
Caldonia’s
B is for Bikini.
By Jon Solomon
Published: May 29, 2008
For a lot of guys, the more important things in life all start with the letter "B": babes, boobs, butts, bikinis, beer, barbecue, burgers, basketball, baseball, bikes... the...
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