Audio and Video Devices

Best 2007 - Miami: DJ I-Dee's Tracks to Relax

Best 2007 - Phoenix: Jordin Sparks's Idol Thoughts

Last Night ... DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Kid Koala @ Ogden Theater

Rose Hill Drive on Conan O'Brien Tonight

Best Place to Make a Shag Last All Night

The Snake Pit

Music out of context: the serendipitous mix

Of all the changes technology has wrought to my listening habits and way of experiencing music, the biggest impact has come from the way my iPod destroys context.The most obvious benefit of the iPod revoution is the convenience of having thousands -- even tens of thousands -- songs in your pocket. ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 7, 2002

Best Turkey Caller Using His Pro Sports Split V3

Bob Cook
Strasburg

Best Sonic Makeover

The Church

Best Mountain Makeover for Boarders

Crazy T'rain
Buttermilk Mountain

Best Dance Club for Dancing

Avalon

Colorado Crimes: Indecent exposure goes high-tech

The suspect's lap may have been obscured by a laptop. The traditions that we've come to know and rely upon for decades are slowly vanishing. Take indecent exposure. Not so long ago, the average perpetrator would toss on a raincoat and nothing else, then head out on the street in a quest to flash hi ... More >>

Channels 7, 9 and 20 won't wait until June for digital-TV conversion

"The Digital Conversion Will Leave Some Coloradans in the Dark," and blogs like this one note that a percentage of locals who've been receiving free, over-the-air TV during the analog era will lose this service once stations switch to all-digital broadcasting. Concerns about problems like these co ... More >>

DJ Ivy at the Avalon Ballroom

"The Digital Conversion Will Leave Some Coloradans in the Dark," and blogs like this one note that a percentage of locals who've been receiving free, over-the-air TV during the analog era will lose this service once stations switch to all-digital broadcasting. Concerns about problems like these co ... More >>

Just Do It

"The Digital Conversion Will Leave Some Coloradans in the Dark," and blogs like this one note that a percentage of locals who've been receiving free, over-the-air TV during the analog era will lose this service once stations switch to all-digital broadcasting. Concerns about problems like these co ... More >>

High Voltage

Find vintage deals at Dana Cain’s electronics expo.

Artbeat

Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Up All Night

Get more bang for your buck at 36 Hours of Keystone.

Westword Music Showcase 2007

Saturday, June 16

High Voltage

A new expo showcases vintage electronics.

This Just In…

The latest nightlife news.

myPod

Finding more local bang for the byte.

Coming Zune

Once again, Microsoft is chasing Apple in the hipster-hardware game. Will it make sweet music this time?

Woman to Woman

A drag queen helps create a quinceañera princess.

Westword Music Showcase 2006

Be there or be square!

Beat Down

This DJ simulator is nothing to rave about.

Harkins Northfield 18

Stapleton

Seeing Thinks

Smart conceptual solos are on view at + Gallery and Capsule@Pod.

Scratching the Surface

LSDJs

Club Scout

Dave Tipper

About to Break

Set to debut in Boulder, Billy Martin's Turntable Sessions will turn you on your ear.

Scratch It Up

The steel wheels keep turning in the DMC turntable battles.

Master of the Universe

Mix Master Mike wants you to know how the tables turn.

Like a Record, Baby

QBert and the Invisibl Skratch Piklz put a new spin on the DJ craft.

HERE COMES THE FUZZ

QBert and the Invisibl Skratch Piklz put a new spin on the DJ craft.

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 >>

Sub.Mission is helping the dubstep scene blow up in Denver

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 >>

Ten print ads for stereos that remind us of the good old days

Lo-fi, analog and tangible: In the days before digital music files and the ubiquity of iPods -- or hell, at this point, iPhones -- music actually took up physical space, as did the devices that played it. Culled from old magazine and newspapers is this list of ten interesting advertisements for fi ... More >>

DJ Craze, December 18 at Beta

Lo-fi, analog and tangible: In the days before digital music files and the ubiquity of iPods -- or hell, at this point, iPhones -- music actually took up physical space, as did the devices that played it. Culled from old magazine and newspapers is this list of ten interesting advertisements for fi ... More >>

Mark Farina on Chicago house, Mushroom Jazz and what's new for him in 2011

Photo by Sandlin Gaither​Chicago house heavyweight and acid-jazz/downtempo darling Mark Farina has already made two trips to Denver this year -- but for his third, a set at the Gothic Theatre this Friday night, he's promoting the release of the seventh Mushroom Jazz album, just as laid-back an ... More >>

Planet of the Drums at the Gothic, 03/11/11

​ PLANET OF THE DRUMS DJ Dara • AK1200 • Dieselboy • MC Messinian Sure Shot • Mystical Influence • DJ Fury 3.11.11/Gothic Theatre It's been a while since a drum-and-bass show of this caliber hit Denver -- most DNB has been eclipsed by the dubstep movement, and although there are si ... More >>

In With the Old, Out With the New

​ PLANET OF THE DRUMS DJ Dara • AK1200 • Dieselboy • MC Messinian Sure Shot • Mystical Influence • DJ Fury 3.11.11/Gothic Theatre It's been a while since a drum-and-bass show of this caliber hit Denver -- most DNB has been eclipsed by the dubstep movement, and although there are si ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Bros, meet Chet Haze

Relax. Its just kush smoke, bro.​The Twitterverse is a vast and vacant one, a expanse muddled with one-liners, chunks of internet "wisdom" and lots of inappropriate ass-shots courtesy of certain famous people's wives (we're looking at you, Ice-T and Coco Austin). So, how does one go about deciding ... More >>

Dance Card: Big Bang explodes at the Coliseum, Serge Devant, Simon Baker and more!

Tonight and tomorrow night at the Denver Coliseum, the Big Bang dance music massive will be going off representing pretty much every genre of electronic music. Given the size and scope of the show (four stages per night) - along with the massive investment in the lighting and sound for the show - th ... More >>

Macy Sound Studios having pro audio garage sale this weekend

​In the two decades since Macy Sound Studios opened, the place has seen its share of the city's finest musicians, in addition to prominent national acts like Los Lobos. As anyone who's been there can tell you, the place is loaded with some sweet gear.

I went to my favorite pho restaurant and all I got was Rick Astley

Damn you, Astley!​In the modern age of the iPod, any shoe store, cowboy bar, hair salon or (in this particular case) pho restaurant can do business to any soundtrack it chooses. When I worked at KB Toys in the 90s, we were sent a monthly cassette to play in the store -- except the tape player ... More >>

Lost and Found

Damn you, Astley!​In the modern age of the iPod, any shoe store, cowboy bar, hair salon or (in this particular case) pho restaurant can do business to any soundtrack it chooses. When I worked at KB Toys in the 90s, we were sent a monthly cassette to play in the store -- except the tape player ... More >>

Five best mid-sized venues in LoDo and the Ballpark Neighborhood

​With the recent opening of the 500-capacity Roxy Theatre, which will be now be primarily a live music venue, LoDo and the Ballpark neighborhood are suddenly brimming with mid-sized venues. With so many fine rooms to choose from, now seemed to be a fitting time to us to offer up a rundown of e ... More >>

Locally developed EchoKast app takes iPhone and iPod recording technology to the next level

OK computer: the EchoKast app logoHey, there, is that a portable recording studio in your pocket, or are you just happy to see us? Both? Ah, yes. We are pretty easy on the eyes. Oh, and you must have the installed the EchoKast app, which allows you to record, edit and playback live audio on your iPh ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division on rule for center DVRs that can be discontinued

​In a Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division inspections post, a security-camera provider noted that some of the specific (and pricey) DVR models that centers are required to use "are already being discontinued by the manufacturer." This is news to MMED spokeswoman Julie Postlethwait, but she ... More >>