Subject: Aaron Thackeray

• Over the Weekend...Rock, Rock, Rock, Rock, Rock, Rock and Hearses!

  May 12, 2008

• Over the Weekend: The pool is open

  See Aaron Thackeray's photos from a downtown pool party -- which was apparently pretty fun, at least according to these florescent tank tops -- at westword.com/slideshow.

  June 1, 2009

• Over the weekend: From Skylab to Suite 200, we've got you covered

  August 18, 2008

• Horse the Band at the Marquis

  October 1, 2008

• Over the weekend: Nightlife is the right life

  November 10, 2008

• Over the Weekend: A solid few days for those both smashed and Smashing

  After the jump, a taste of what partying transpired this weekend in Denver, including a club's grand opening and a monster show at the Ogden.

  December 8, 2008

• 3OH!3 at the Ogden

  Aaron Thackeray braved the sweatiness to get photos from 3OH!3's Saturday-night show at the Ogden. See his work at westword.com/slideshow.

  January 19, 2009

• 3OH!3 gets key to the city

  Copyright 2009 NBAE (photo: Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)Just received word that the wisenheimers of 3OH!3...wait...what's that? Oh, right. Sure. Ahem...it seems we got our, uh, wires crossed there. Evidently, Sean Foreman and Nate Motte didn't actually get the, er, key to the city. Our bad. But they did get to hand off the ball at a Nuggets game last week -- as previously reported -- which, as we all know, is practically, like, the same thing, right? Anyhow, here's a shot of the boy

  January 20, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 29 edition

  Photo by Aaron ThackerayWhat cute Offspring you have! Hello, we must be going. Today in Backbeat Online: • Last night: Punk Rocks at Red Rocks. • Catch the Buzz 3 Mixtape features Spoke-In-Wordz, Playalitical, DJ Chonz. • MP3 Freeloader: Saturday, the Rouge CD release party at Larimer Lounge. • Flier of the Week: Inactivists at the D-Note. • MP3 Freeloader: tonight, Tim Pourbaix CD release at Larimer Lounge. • Freaky Friday: Jan Terri -- "Losing You." • Dualistics unveiling new t

  May 29, 2009

• Last Night: Mastodon at the Fox Theatre

  Aaron Thackeray See more photos at westword.com/slideshow. Mastodon, Kylesa, IntronautTuesday, April 14, 2009Fox Theatre, BoulderOpeners Intronaut kicked off last night's metal-tastic bill at the Fox by doing the headliners a big favor: The band played music that was at least superficially similar to Mastodon's, but far less compelling. Which is not to say that Intronaut's fluid prog-metal was bad -- far from it. The band displayed plenty of technical skill, but was able to avoid the common pro

  April 15, 2009

• Over the Weekend: If only the prospective cheerleaders had repaired to Colfax

  While the Denver Broncos held tryouts for their 2009 cheerleading squad, photographer Aaron Thackeray took in the majesty of Colfax, and came up with a two-part slideshow. See photos from the weekend at westword.com/slideshow.

  May 4, 2009

• Last Night: Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails at Fiddler's Green

  NIN photo by Aaron ThackerayJane's Addiction & Nine Inch NailsTuesday, May 26, 2009 Fiddler's Green AmphitheatreBetter Than: Seeing Dave Navarro hanging out with porn stars. Near the end of Nine Inch Nail's set, frontman Trent Reznor said this current outing with Jane's Addiction would be NIN's last tour. It seemed like an odd way for NIN to go out after being one of industrial music's prime players for the last two decades and then having a farewell tour opening for Jane's Addiction.

  May 27, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 27 edition

  Photo by Aaron ThackerayTrent Nails it. Will you be game tonight? Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night: Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails at Fiddler's Green. • An extended conversation with Tim Pourbaix. Today in Cafe Society: • Eight is enough at chef's table dinner at Strings. • Bucking to visit every Starbucks. • Mary Janes Pizza coming to LoHi. • Red Room goes black. • Old Chicago's World Beer Tour begins in Colorado. • Get your Jew 'fro onto the label of He'Brew. •

  May 27, 2009

• Last night: Punk Rocks at Red Rocks

  Photos by Aaron Thackeray Check out the full slideshow.Punk Rocks: Offspring, Alkaline Trio, The Vandals, Street Dogs, Frontside FiveRed Rocks AmphitheaterThursday, May 28, 2009 Better than: Attending a purported punk festival at the Pepsi Center. It was an unlikely forum for a punk show. Red Rocks Amphitheater isn't the first venue that pops into my mind when I think of an ideal setting for a live punk experience. Indeed, the amphitheater's airy expanses and grandiose feel almost contradict w

  May 29, 2009

• Westword Music Showcase: We're here, are you?

  Aaron Thackeray It's 2:27. Do you know where your favorite band is? Chances are they're here, in the Golden Triangle, blowing the doors back of the boozed up and sun-drenched crowds that are bouncing from venue to venue, bar to bar, soaking up a shit-ton of local music. Chain Gang of 1974 (pictured) kicked off the day on the main stage, at 12th and Acoma, and the party continues through Built to Spill later tonight. So get your ass down here. If you can't -- and seriously, you really should -

  June 13, 2009

• Westword Music Showcase: What you (may have) missed

  Aaron ThackerayThe Pirate Signal Our slideshow page is loaded up with pictures from yesterday's showcase, including slideshows from the main stage and of the fans who packed the venues and made the day what it was. Check back later for reviews of the shows and more photos.

  June 14, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Showcasing the Westword Music Showcase

  Aaron ThackerayWreaking Havok -- or is that reeking Havok? Did you know that this year's Westword Music Showcase took place on Saturday? If not, you can pretend that you knew, and attended, by clicking through slideshows keyed to acts that played a slew of venues: Broadways, Bannock St. Garage, Curious Theatre, Mo's, Bar Standard, Dazzle, Vinyl, La Rumba, Sutra, Fidel's Cantina and the outdoor stage -- plus a special album devoted to the fans. In addition, there's my account of seeing thirty ba

  June 15, 2009

• Westword Music Showcase reviewed: Bannock Street Garage

  Aaron ThackerayRed Stinger ignited the party at the Bannock Street Garage. See more photos from the Bannock Street Garage at westword.com/slideshow. Red Stinger, 12 p.m. One of the defining characteristics of punk is guys who love the people in the room exactly as much or more than they hate the System. No one who played Saturday at the garage embodied this more than Red Stinger. There was no getting in if you were underage, except if you were in the band. So Red Stinger gave a real devotee w

  June 15, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Hoops and whiskey

  Aaron ThackerayJameson, anyone? See photos from the weekend in Denver, including the Hoop-it-Up tournament in Civic Center Park and various nightlife spots around town, plus a fashion show from Thursday night, at westword.com/slideshow.

  June 22, 2009

• Last Night's Show: Phoenix at The Bluebird

  Aaron Thackeray Phoenix, Amazing Baby Thursday, June 25, 2009 The Bluebird Better Than: Every show I've seen in the past year. Something happened last night at the Bluebird. I'm not sure exactly what the chemistry was, whether it was the world's trendiest band or the fact that we are all feeling gooey about the passing of the world's greatest pop star. The point is, pop music was God last night at the Bluebird. What I mean is, it was our salvation, and Thomas Mars was our savior. When he walk

  June 26, 2009

• Westword Music Showcase reviewed: Curious Theatre

  Aaron ThackeraySee more photos from Curious Theatre at westword.com/slideshow.Elin Palmer, 12 p.m.Overcoming technical difficulties and an initially cumbersome stage setup (the stage manager had to find room for a drum riser amid the creative and complicated set -- including a desk, a bed and a road -- for Curious Theatre's latest production, 26 Miles), Denver's most luminous Swedish singer-songwriter wowed an early crowd with her unique instrumentation, bilingual vocals and guileless stage

  June 15, 2009

• Mile High Music Fest Day One: The fans

  Aaron Thackeray See photos of the fans who woo-hooed their way around Day One of the Mile High Music Fest at westword.com/slideshow.

  July 19, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Mile High Music Fest

  Aaron Thackeray For us, and for thousands who joined us, the weekend was dominated by the Mile High Music Fest -- two days of sun-drenched music, booze, vibing and dancing, of friendships struck with both the music and fellow fan, of shit-kicking drummers and dreamy frontmen and women. Experience it all on the Backbeat blog and the slideshow page, where you'll find hundreds of photos and reviews of the shows. Meanwhile, we'll be getting ready for Monolith.

  July 20, 2009

• More band photos from Mile High Music Fest

  Aaron ThackerayGogol Bordello It took me a bit, but I finally was able to sift through the hundreds of photos our photogs took over the weekend and cull out some of the best. So on the slideshow page, you'll now find slideshows of full of concert photos for Day One and Day Two.

  July 21, 2009

• Last Night: Tori Amos at the Paramount

  Aaron ThackerayTori Amos and eskimOTuesday, July 21, 2009Paramount TheatreBetter Than: The last time I saw Tori Amos at Red Rocks in 1998.London-based One eskimO opened the show, and at first, I was concerned it might be one of those bands favored by modern rock stations that border on the adult contemporary format. What saved eskimO, though, was singer Kristian Leontiou who seemed truly caught up in the music and the tribal percussion the band employed throughout each song. As the set progresse

  July 22, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 27 edition

  Aaron Thackeray​ Welcome back. Today in Backbeat Online: -Over the weekend: Underground Music Showcase -Rabbit is a Sphere breaking up. -Rock and roll love on Craigslist. -Magnolia Electric Co. tops the charts at Wax Trax. Today in Cafe Society: -Smashburger gets some more love. -A dark day for barbecue, pizza and mussels. -What does Colorado need more of? -Colorado booze. Today in The Latest Word: -Broncos tweeting. -Fox 31's morning show was a real barn burner. -Want to feel the

  July 27, 2009

• Over the weekend: Phish at Red Rocks, 8/01/09

  Aaron Thackeray​Phish's return to the stage after five years on the lamb has the members reenergized, focused and, most importantly, sober. The effects of these changes have greatly enhanced the Phish experience. Phish 3.0 was on glorious display Saturday night at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The quartet from Vermont used its momentum from Friday night's stellar second set to play one strong show. The setlist was full of surprises and many crowd favorites. It seems not only are the fans reaping the

  August 3, 2009

• Last Night: Rock the Bells at Red Rocks

  Aaron Thackeray​Rock the Bells 2009 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Thursday, August 6, 2009 Better than: ringtone rap, anything associated with Auto-Tune or listening to the self-proclaimed newly anointed "King of Pop," Kanye West, talk about himself endlessly. Since 2003, Rock the Bells has been the premier hip-hop festival to showcase rap music. In the past, the fest leaned heavily toward Wu affiliated acts and the much celebrated and maligned genre of backpacker rap. This year was no different wit

  August 7, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 7 edition

  Photo by Aaron ThackerayBusta on the Rocks.​Shall we rap? Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night: Rock the Bells at Red Rocks. • MP3 Freeloader: Rockie making a splash on the club scene. • Zebra Junction closes up shop this evening. • Q&A with Jared Piccone of Innerpartysystem. • Q&A with Brandon Whalen of My Body Sings Electric. • Gary Sinise encourages Civic pride tomorrow night. Today in Cafe Society: • This weekend: Chocolate, Colorado wines and craft beers. • Geek in

  August 7, 2009

• Over the weekend: Kings of Leon at Red Rocks

  Aaron Thackeray​Kings of Leon, The Whigs Sunday, August 9, 2009 Red Rocks Better than: Listening to generic music on the radio. I had no problems with the delivery. The Kings of Leon's set at Red Rocks on Sunday didn't suffer from any bum notes, off chords or flubbed lyrics. The quartet offered a solid performance, one that encapsulated the group's best known radio hits and one that spurred the capacity audience to enthusiastic responses. But the show missed on a more general level. The endle

  August 10, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Rocking the Rocks

  Photo by Aaron Thackeray​On the heels of hosting some of hip-hop's favorite sons on Thursday, Red Rocks welcomed indie rock's on Sunday: Kings of Leon. See photos at westword.com/slideshow.

  August 10, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Denver threw a party, and you were invited

  Aaron Thackeray​ It seems our fair city partied its collective ass off this weekend, and we managed to sneak into some of the festivities. See photos from Rockbar's three-year anniversary party (above), Double Daughter's, Sutra, and other booze factories at westword.com/slideshow. You'll also find reviews and photos from the weekend in local music -- with appearances from Pictureplane, Tauntaun and others -- on the Backbeat blog. And just think: Only five more days until a three-day w

  August 31, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Ink, Blink, food and drink

  Photo by Aaron Thackeray​ You said goodbye to summer with gusto, Denver, with a very ink-y tattoo convention, parties galore, and shows by Blink-182, Ween and Fell. See photos of the festivities at westword.com/slideshow, and reviews of the concerts on the Backbeat blog. And say a little prayer of thanks: It's a four-day week.

  September 8, 2009

• Cash Crop: More on Colorado's booming medical-marijuana business

  Aaron Thackeray​In this week's Westword, Joel Warner reports on the "ganjapreneurs" cashing in on Colorado's booming medical-marijuana business. In it, he explores the growing number of dispensaries and offers an introduction to the Candy Girls, a team of marijuana edible bakers operating out of a rented apartment north of Denver. See photos from inside a dispensary and bake with the Candy Girls at westword.com/slideshow.

  September 9, 2009

• Monolith 2009, Day One: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Girl Talk, Of Montreal, the Walkmen and more

  Autovaughn, by Aaron Thackeray​ Is this thing on? We're live from Red Rocks for Day One of Year Three of Monolith, the indie-hipster-Urban-Outfitted-neon-fest that marks the end of the Colorado music-festival season. The lovely promotional folks at Madison House have moved the media tent from the bottom of the hill to the top, which means two things are different this year than last year: 1. It doesn't smell like poop 2. The ice cream man isn't here. You take with the good with the bad

  September 12, 2009

• Monolith 2009: The Ten Best Photos

  Joe Tone​ As the Guy Who Sits in the Media Tent and Updates Our Live Music Fest Coverage, there are two perks to my job: 1. Proximity to free food. 2. Opportunity to pick which photos we use in our slideshows and live-review blogs. Monolith, like Mile High before it, served up scores of photos that captured the weekend perfectly. Here are my Ten Favorite. Be sure to click the photos to enlarge them:

  September 15, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Pretty Lights and pretty people

  Aaron Thackeray​ Pretty Lights lit up the Ogden on Saturday, and you can read about it on the Backbeat blog. As far as we can tell, everyone who wasn't there was spread throughout the city, looking prettier than us and trying drink Denver dry. (Or fighting breast cancer!) See their efforts at westword.com/slideshow.

  October 5, 2009

• Our updated medical-marijuana directory

  Photo by Aaron Thackeray​ As part of our medical-marijuana coverage, Westword has created the largest and most extensive directory of Colorado dispensaries available anywhere. To page through the updated version, click here.

  October 8, 2009

• What Marijuana Means to Colorado: "i will get a marijuana leaf/westword tattoo on my forehead"

  Aaron Thackeray​As part of our search for a marijuana-dispensary critic, we asked applicants to write in and tell us what marijuana means to them. In the coming weeks, we'll publish some of our favorites, including this one, from a guy not fond of the shift key.

  October 9, 2009

• Over the weekend: Dethklok at the Fillmore

  Dethklok (Aaron Thackeray)​Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge and High on Fire Saturday, October 10, 2009 Fillmore Auditorium Better than: Seeing the Archies, Alvin and the Chipmunks or any other cartoon rock band "There sure are a lot of nerds here for a heavy metal show," said a friend while overlooking the sea of fist-pumping, metal-crazed fans covering the floor of the Fillmore on Saturday night. With acts such as the seminal hard-core outfit Converge and reigning metal kings Mastodon on the sa

  October 12, 2009

• Over the Weekend: The Used and the Almost at the Fillmore

  Aaron Thackeray​The Used and the Almost played the Fillmore on Sunday. Photographer Aaron Thackeray (we call him the Awesome) was on hand. See his photos on the slideshow page.

  October 12, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Stuff that wasn't sports happened in places that weren't stadiums

  Aaron Thackeray​I know, we couldn't believe it either. But it happened -- at least according to the slideshows on the slideshow page and the many concert reviews on the Backbeat blog.

  October 12, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Apple bobbing and bar hopping

  Aaron Thackeray​This weekend, there was metal thrashing and apple bobbing at the Denver Creative Co-Op; Bombay chugging at DU; and a grand opening at Casselman's. You can see photos of all of them at westword.com/slideshow. And if you're more of the strongly worded type, jump to the Backbeat blog for dispatches from weekend gigs by Gregory Alan Isakov, the Bottesini Project, Damon and Naomi, and Danielle Ate the Sandwich.

  October 19, 2009

• Over the Weekend: These zombies and fetishists should really get together

  Aaron Thackeray​You have to wonder what would've happened had the annual Zombie Crawl crawled its way into Kevin Larson's annual Fetish Ball. We suspect there would have been dancing. ​There certainly was dancing at DJ Miss Aubrey's retirement party, Saturday at the Funky Buddha. And there was plenty of ink spilled at a charitable tattoo marathon on Friday. See all that and more on the slideshow page, and check in with the Backbeat blog to see what happened in the local music scene.

  October 26, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Lumberjacks are the new zombies

  Aaron Thackeray​We've heard of Zombie Crawls and Snuggie Pub Crawls, but this was new: a Lumberjack Pub Crawl on Colfax. Photographer Aaron Thackeray was there. Over on our new outdoors blog, we have photos from the openings of Keystone and Copper. And on the Backbeat blog, we have reviews of Hearts of Palm's final show and a review and photos from the Supersuckers gig at 3 Kings -- and we also shine a light on Dirty Projectors at Bluebird.

  November 9, 2009

• Last Night: Hollywood Undead at the Fillmore

  ​The Sleeping, Escape the Fate, Atreyu and Hollywood Undead played the Fillmore on Tuesday, and photographer Aaron Thackeray was there. See his photos on the slideshow page.

  November 11, 2009

• Over the Weekend: RE:CONVERGENCE at Cervantes

  ​The RE:CONVERGENCE dance-music fest took over Cervantes this weekend. See Aaron Thackeray's photos on the slideshow page.

  November 16, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Why couldn't the midgets have wrestled at Hooters with The Real World hopefuls?

  Aaron Thackeray​Aaron Thackeray​Because that would have been swell. Either way, it was a wild weekend in Denver, with midgets wrestling and people trying out for The Real World at Hooters and bodies flying at the Ski Expo and dance-music kids dancing at Cervantes and lots of other shit we don't even know about. See photos of it all on the slideshow page, and read reviews of Houses and Ozomatli on the Backbeat blog.

  November 16, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Midget wrestling at the Oriental

  ​The Micro Wrestling Federation threw down at the Oriental on Friday night. See Aaron Thackeray's photos on the slideshow page.

  November 16, 2009

• Last Night: Pixies at Fillmore Auditorium

  Aaron Thackeray​PixiesFillmore AuditoriumMonday, November 16, 2009See more photos on the slideshow page.Better than: having whores in your head.  About six decades before the Pixies released their watershed album Doolittle in 1989, Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel teamed up to make a sixteen-minute black and white surrealist film, Un Chien Andalou. The film, which was shown for about five minutes before the Pixies too the stage, included the infamous scene in which a gal gets her eyebal

  November 17, 2009