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    May 23, 2012

    Seven Sins: New VVM ebook features "The Case of the Kidnapped Coed"

    Every week, writers for Westword and our parent company, Village Voice Media, produce elegant, magazine-style feature writing, a gritty portion of which comes in the form of true-crime stories. Now VVM has collected some of its best recent true-crime yarns into an ebook: Seven Sins: A True Crime Ant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Denver author Ryan Moehring's Fried Twinkie Manifesto makes the Amazon top ten

    The Fried Twinkie Manifesto was never expected to hit the big-time. Its author, Denver local Ryan Moehring, wrote it in his spare time (concurrently holding down a day-job as a government employee), found an editor on Craigslist, got a friend to design the cover and put up the cash to publish it him ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Advice from David Barber's guide to gigging: It's all about selling beer

    In his six years on the job, Herman's Hideaway security manager David Barber has seen mike stands get broken, equipment get mashed, sets lit on fire, bands fall off the stage and, at least once, a bandmember threaten to stab the staff. This, he admits nonchalantly, did not increase that band's chanc ... More >>

  • Film

    December 22, 2011

    The U.S. version of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is leaner, meaner, more stylish

    In his six years on the job, Herman's Hideaway security manager David Barber has seen mike stands get broken, equipment get mashed, sets lit on fire, bands fall off the stage and, at least once, a bandmember threaten to stab the staff. This, he admits nonchalantly, did not increase that band's chanc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Photos: Top ten Christmas gifts from the Dollar Tree

    J. Wohletz​The spirit of gift-giving seems to have gotten seriously lost, what with people getting seasoned with pepper-spray and countless hordes of poor suckers using their credit cards like drunken whores. So why not say "Fuck Mastercard!" and give some affordable presents that everyone on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Denver Public Library now loaning out Kindle eBooks

    ​As counterintuitive as it might initially seem, if you own a Kindle or a device with the Kindle app (iOS, Android, PC, etc), you can now check out books from the Denver Public Library via its eMedia site. Yes, students, that includes CliffsNotes, if you've managed to seriously drop the ball o ... More >>

  • News

    September 1, 2011

    For these married Denver detectives, truth is more fun than fiction

    ​As counterintuitive as it might initially seem, if you own a Kindle or a device with the Kindle app (iOS, Android, PC, etc), you can now check out books from the Denver Public Library via its eMedia site. Yes, students, that includes CliffsNotes, if you've managed to seriously drop the ball o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Tommy Metz re-masters and remixes Tommy Metz

    ​The internet age just got a little weirder. One of Denver's most prolific musicians, Tommy Metz (AKA Iuengliss) decided his 2010 album, Blossom Frontier, wasn't up to snuff, so he pulled it, remixed it, re-mastered it and redid the artwork. He even renamed it to Frontier, which we're pretty s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Vote now to help local writer Gregory Hill win a book contract and a hefty advance

    Gregory Hill was also in a band called Six Months to Live.​A man with no sense of smell named Shakespeare Williams returns to his familial home on the eastern plains of Colorado to find his senile father living in filth and disarray and his finances even worse, and so he hatches a plan to rob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Author Greg Lindsay on the future of cities, globalization and DIA

    ​When most people envision the future, they probably think about the awesome products we'll have to make our lives easier, but author Greg Lindsay is more concerned about how those products get to us. It's no secret most manufacturing has moved overseas, and with that move, a global economy ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Ken Simpson: A Denver mayor's race profile

    Ken Simpson.​With John Hickenlooper serving as Colorado's governor, we know Denver will have a new mayor this year, and the race is wide open. To introduce you to the players, we're offering profiles of official candidates. Next up: Ken Simpson. "I believe that one person can make a differenc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Today: Ian Bogost lectures on video game theory and doing nothing

    Look, ma, I'm engaging new media!​As a cultural construct, video games are better known for blowing shit up and somehow causing rape than as a scholarly pursuit. Still, like any other form of entertainment, video games engage us, capture our attention and, perhaps, alter the way we see the wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Denver Public Library offers e-titles on the go -- sort of

    A Flickr photo.​The Denver Public Library has long been hip to technology, whether it's offering DVD selections that rival Blockbuster or allowing patrons to download tawdry B-movies from its website. Now the institution's getting into the smartphone craze, having developed a mobile website o ... More >>

  • News

    June 12, 2008

    Doctor Eternity

    If Terry Grossman lives forever, he wants you to be there to see it.

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