Jeff Peckman, Ronald Reagan and UFOs -- three great tastes that taste great together.When last we heard from UFO booster Jeff Peckman (on December 2), he was alienated by the suggestion of some Denver council members that the threshold for putting initiatives before city voters needed to be r ... More >>
On its blog last night, Denver's oneiric, majestic A Shoreline Dream began offering a free download of its song "Departure." Co-written with Berlin-based electronica producer Ulrich Schnauss, the song is a lush wash of shoegazing gorgeousness that first appeared on the band's full-length Reco ... More >>
I fell in love with Cracovia this week.Then, a few days later, I fell in love all over again with the schnitzel and potato pancakes and green chile at Hospoda. So is it that I'm some kind of restaurant slut, going all head over heels for any joint that catches my eye? Or do I just have a weakn ... More >>
Andrew Bulkeley is a Littleton native who attended journalism school at Colorado State University with an eye toward working in the media. Little did he know that he'd find his greatest success only after leaving the United States. Today, Bulkeley is a Berlin-based correspondent for TheDeal.com, a ... More >>
David Shneer is a one-man dynamo when it's come to bringing into focus the divergent cultural wings of the Jewish diaspora locally, in the past as a professor and director of the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver and currently in a similar role at CU-Boulder. And he's starti ... More >>
Over the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddlin ... More >>
The season of big budget bangs uses its brain.
Tuesday, May 27, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497.
Tuesday, February 5, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.
Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week.
Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make ’em like they used to.
Life is no Cabaret, my friends.
Drum¹s Not Dead (Mute)
Physical World (Nublu Records)
Swearing at Motorists holds steady on the fringe.
The year in review.
Vinyl
Herbert Bayer's genius is on display at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.
Flightplan soars for an hour, then ends in a tailspin.
Thursday, June 2, the Church, 303-832-3528.
Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge
Downfall attempts to portray German Nazis as humans.
First-rate Cabaret is not Boulder Dinner Theatre's normal fare.
Through tragedy and triumph, Bambi Lee Savage returns to Denver with new music and new hope.
Radio Berlin
Art and politics mix it up in the season opener at Denver's MCA.
Velcro Kitten
The Snake Pit
Paul van Dyk
Old and new collide to create the next wave of electronica.
Peaches is the toast of the fashion world, and she doesn't even shave her armpits. Say hello to the Madonna of the porn generation.
Cafe Berlin
Bed and Sofa at the New Nomad Theatre
The members of Atari Teenage Riot don't think the times are changing fast enough.
