Photo: Aaron Thackeray
Rise Against's Tim McIlrath
Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Thrice, the Gaslight Anthem
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Fillmore Auditorium
Better than: Taking in a punk show in an arena setting.
Finding the optimal spot to take in the sound at the Fillmore Auditorium can be a tricky task. With the auditorium’s wide wings, its open floor and its cramped balconies, the sound quality can depend largely on where you choose to stand or sit. What may sound like a horrible mixing
I recently visited Casa Bonita for the first time, and I'm still trying to recover. No, that's not an indigestion joke about the food, sub-par as it may be. Actually, my mind was blown in a good way. As I'd been told, there's no easy way to describe the Lakewood institution, which bills itself as "The World's Most Exciting Restaurant" - a pronouncement that very well might be true. The multi-story, Mexican-themed behemoth includes a 30-foot-tall waterfall, cliff divers, fire jugglers, strolling
Town Hall in Mountain View.
Mountain View, Colorado, a Denver suburb, is modern enough to have a website -- but the information on its home page suggests that its concerns are quaint and old-fashioned. The first item concerns "Weeds and Tree Limb Violations." The second notes that building permits are necessary for most home improvement projects, "including all types of fences." The third touches on watering restrictions.
Unfortunately, Mountain View has larger problems on the horizon -- inclu
Mark MangerWhite Fence Farm: It's freakin' weird.This week? Total Heart-of-Darkness trip with my voyage through the chintz end of the American cultural spectrum. White Fence Farm blew my mind and, in the process, served me one damn fine plate of fried chicken. Thinking about that got me considering some of those other only-in-Colorado places where one must first screw one's courage to the sticking point before stepping inside, those places that, through their extreme example, b
