We at Westword strive to be your go-to source for news about 4/20 -- and we've been covering the big event at Civic Center Park for years. As proof, we offer the following photos, culled from five different 4/20 slide shows snapped between 2009 and 2012. Be sure to click on the links in the photo c ... More >>
In this very special edition of Heavy Rotation, you not only get a through-the-keyhole view of our musical proclivities, but you also get a few words from us on our top pick of the week. Keep reading to find out what Mark Sanders considers musical comfort food, why Kelsey Whipple can't think of Spac ... More >>
DRAGONETTE @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 9/21/12The Larimer Lounge wore three sizes too small on Dragonette last night. The Canadian band, which stopped at the Larimer Lounge for their first Denver show three years ago, put on a show that rock n' rolled too hard for the constraints of the venue this time aroun ... More >>
Well, lookie here. What you do know? It's the return of Heavy Rotation. Longtime readers of Backbeat will remember this feature as one in which we shared our weekly listening habits in hopes of giving you some insight into our individual sensibilities. It's been dormant for a while, but starting tod ... More >>
Denver's Month of Photography 2011, a citywide celebration of the art of the camera masterminded by local photographer and arts mover Mark Sink, was a picture-perfect success on all counts. One element, called The Big Picture, was particularly ambitious, adding an international flair and a sense of ... More >>
OWL CITY @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 7.15.12 See Also: Q&A with Adam Young of Owl City Last night we were all invited to worship at the church of Owl City. The service? Held at the Bluebird Theater, sold-out and led by singer-songwriter-guitarist-keyboardist, Adam Young. Besides following along to Young' ... More >>
I have bad tattoos. Okay, they aren't all bad -- only about 33 percent of them are, if I break it down by specific tattoo artist. Also, since I didn't get my first tattoos (almost all came in pairs) until I was 24, they are strategically placed, meaning that, for the most part, they can't be seen if ... More >>
Every year, for the Westword Music Showcase, we enlist our army of Backbeat wordsmiths to write up the acts that appear on the individual stages across the Golden Triangle. Stacy Ward and Cory Lamz split their time at The Church stage, which was graciously hosted by David Barber. Page down to read t ... More >>
TING TINGS @ OGDEN THEATRE | 3.31.12 If a band's success were measured exclusively by the strength of their live show, the Ting Tings would be one of the biggest pop bands in this country -- and their set at the Ogden Theatre made this point very clear. If you were to close your eyes and only liste ... More >>
Probably in large part because the popular misconception of sports mascots having sex is just really kind of startling, there are few subcultures more mysterious than furry fandom. Certainly, we tried to be sensitive when we interviewed Sorin Katt, coordinator of the Rocky Mountain Fur Con 20 ... More >>
Nothing stirs the ire, it seems, quite as efficiently and effortlessly as devoting coverage to pop tarts like Katy Perry. In response to Cory Lamz's Poptimystic piece on Perry's recent chart success how it compares to Michael Jackson's previous chart-topping accomplishments, one rather passio ... More >>
Morrissey: Jackass and wordsmith?That's the question posed by Wade Sears, in reaction to Cory Lamz's piece published on Wednesday about Morrissey's comments comparing the shooting in Norway to slaughterhouses used by fast food chains. (Moz, as fans know, is a staunch vegetarian.) Read that fu ... More >>
It's official: IKEA Centennial is finally open -- and Show and Tell blogger Cory Lamz lived to tell the tale -- barely. To read about everything from teenage sex to ergonomic chairs, check out his "IKEA Travelogue" -- and follow Show and Tell on Twitter.
This could be your life.Unless you are homeless or have a healthy masochistic streak, chances are you're not much inclined to wait in line overnight for the grand opening of IKEA Centennial at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, as more than a hundred people have been doing since yesterday. Luckily, ... More >>
Left to right: Stephanie Niehoff, Sally Overs and Susan Hickey live it up for the long haul.Although IKEA didn't even allow people to start lining up outside its doors for Wednesday's grand opening until 9 o'clock this morning, it's been more than 30 hours since the line effectively started f ... More >>
Next time you think you might take a little run in Washington Park, watch out: Cory Lamz is watching, and he's waiting to group you into a categories -- according to Lamz, after all, there are only five types of people who run in Wash Park, so you must be one of them. Another of them, we susp ... More >>
You've counted down the days. May 1, May 2, May 3... Now it's here. Cinco de Mayo -- the biggest one-day holiday that spans dos días of food, drinks and fun in downtown Denver. On the big day on Saturday, the Cinco de Mayo Parade returns for its 19th annual walk-through -- after a two-year ... More >>
Charlie Sheen's "My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option" tour hits Denver Thursday, April 28 at the Wells Fargo Theatre, but is Denver ready for Charlie? More importantly, is Charlie ready for Denver? Using highly scientific research methods, we've developed the Tiger Blood Baro ... More >>
You walk into Civic Center Park, and immediately you smell it. Happy 4/20, everybody. You keep walking, slowly at first, like a teen at his first day of high school. Where to go first? There are so many people -- some smoking joints, some peddling hand-outs, all wearing the symbol of a mariju ... More >>
Welcome to the cat show.While you were outside enjoying the beautiful springtime weather in Denver this last weekend, people from around the country were showing off their pussies. That's right. Hundreds of cat owners and breeders gathered for the Springtime in the Rockies all-breed cat sho ... More >>
Spawn of Satan?Cats are weird. As a rule, they pretty much just do what they want all the time, and what they want to do is usually spastic and inscrutable and occasionally evil -- which is why, when we heard about the Springtime in the Rockies Cat Show this weekend, we knew we had to go (don ... More >>
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