Blessed Virgin Mary

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I don't recall my exact age when I started checking my horoscope, but I'm sure it correlates with my reading of the newspaper, a routine that started when I was about eight. (I had been drinking coffee every morning long before that, because apparently, I was a tiny, grumpy preschool-sized writer wo ... More >>

Reader: Trout or tilapia? Heaven only knows...

Photo by Corey Kruitbosch​All the snow that fell across the Front Range Friday had fishing enthusiasts thinking about just what will happen when all that white stuff melts -- pouring water into this state's streams, rivers and lakes. To get a taste of the country's liquid assets, they should ... More >>

Five acts of art vandalism as weird as Carmen Tisch's peeing at Clyfford Still Museum

The case of Carmen Tisch, the 36-year-old woman who scratched, punched, rubbed and then peed in close proximity to a $30 million painting at the new Clyfford Still Museum, is definitely weird. But it's certainly not the first act of strange art vandalism Colorado has seen (though it's in the running ... More >>

"Spiritual Gangster Spelled Backwards," the second entry in "Week of a Woman" contest

For this second photo in my Colorado Mills "Week of a Woman" contest entry, I chose to highlight one of my greatest obsessions as a woman: working out. We spend millions of dollars on gyms, clothes to wear at gyms, and bags to carry our clothes that we wear at gyms -- because working out in an enclo ... More >>

Comment of the day: Louis Vuitton replica handbags likes fake art

​When our esteemed art director (who we will decline to explicitly name for reasons that will become clear... now) designed the photo that accompanied Embattled Painting of the Virgin Mary fellating Christ appears to weep blood (at right), our fake April Fool's day joke article, he mentioned h ... More >>

It's a... miracle? Embattled painting of the Virgin Mary fellating Christ appears to weep blood

Rob Cancer's "Benedictrix/Coronation # 37."​The controversy surrounding the artist Rob Cancer's depiction of what many conservative Christians have protested as the Virgin Mary fellating Christ took a bizarre turn this week, when CONSTRUCT GalleryArtSpaceBlackBox, where the painting has been o ... More >>

Gage Walker Lopez accused of being Evergreen Lutheran Church masturbator & groper

Big pic below.​Update: It would be an exaggeration to say that accused public masturbator and groper Gage Walker Lopez was caught red-handed. Instead, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, an anonymous bust led to his arrest on charges of unlawful sexual contact and second-degree ... More >>

Our Lady of Guadalupe mural vandal is our Shmuck of the Week: Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

​Someone in the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver ordered that a mural of the Virgin Mary at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church be covered up two years ago. Or did they?

Top Five Most Outrageous Musician Stunts

Last week, on the 101 freeway in downtown Los Angeles, a previously unknown rap-rock group called Imperial Stars stopped traffic so they could play an impromptu gig on the roof of the panel van. Appropriately, the Imperial doofuses performed a song titled "Traffic Jam 101." This über-lame, Airhea ... More >>

He’s Laughing at You

Q&A with Natasha Kahn of Bat For Lashes

​The panoramic songwriting of Natasha Khan of Bat For Lashes has gained the attention of critics and peers alike and lead to her recurring opening gigs on the 2008 Radiohead tour. Drawing on her rich imagination for inspiration, Khan's songs tap into the language and imagery of collective myths, a ... More >>

Kenny Be's Yard Arteology: Bathtub Bambi

The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments... Figure 11. Jefferson: Silvery One-Eared Bathtub Bambi After ass-soaking and tornado shelter, the third most popular use of a clawfoot tub is in the commission of a yard shrine. With clawfoot legs removed, the bathtub is upended and buried h ... More >>

Kenny Be's Yard Arteology

The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments. Figure 2. Lincoln Park: Our Lavender Lady of the Plaster Pullets The Virgin Mary is the undisputed ruler of Denver yard art. She's as common as snowstorms in January, and appears in drifts across the city. But like snowflakes, no two virgins a ... More >>

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