Photo: Chad Fahnestock
Coldplay, Jon Hopkins, Sleeper CarFriday, Nov. 21, 2008Pepsi CenterBetter Than: A rock show where the band stays rooted in one spot.Making
an arena rock show personal may seem like an impossible task,
especially for any band playing to thousands of fans in the airy
expanses of the Pepsi Center.But Coldplay defied the inherent
limitations of its grandiose setting Friday night, offering a
performance full of immediacy and intimacy despite the large venue.
Even with a complex
Round 'em up.
Today in Backbeat Online:
• Chris Martin, seen here, is at the center of our live review of Coldplay at the Pepsi Center.
• Eric Eyl's Mile High Makeout experiences a renaissance.
• Hotties provide an important element in Synthetic Elements' new video.
Today in Cafe Society:
• A tough month for Colorado kitchen disasters.
• A taste test of Snowbound Ale.
• A Milking It review of Incredible Berry Crunch!
• Hosea Rosenberg dodges a bullet on Top Chef.
• Santa Fe
Apple Jacks Gliders
Kellogg's
Rating: Three spoons out of four
Cereal description: Corn, wheat and oat flour provides the foundation for this crunchy treat, but the colors of the pieces, which include "limited edition" gliders (a.k.a. puffy triangles with a whole in the middle) along with the familiar bespeckled doughnuts, are like nothing found in nature. Pale orange that looks like a fake tan on a ninety-something Floridian. Light blue that resembles the hair on the aforementioned ninety-so
