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The best Craigslist musician wanted ad...um, like, ever!

OMFG! This Craigslist post, which, of course, has since been flagged and removed, is way too good not to share. Seriously. After spying this a couple of days ago, we were half way tempted to get the Satan-o-verb 2000 and the Demonizer out of hawk and hit the dude up for an audition ourselves. Be da ... More >>

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The devil made him do it. For more blogs, look out below. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Imp of Satan writes the best Craigslist musician-wanted ad ever. • Get a free MP3 download from your Mama. • Meese's now not-so-secret show in Boulder next week. • The Fray premiers new single dur ... More >>

Down and dirty on Colfax

The devil made him do it. For more blogs, look out below. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Imp of Satan writes the best Craigslist musician-wanted ad ever. • Get a free MP3 download from your Mama. • Meese's now not-so-secret show in Boulder next week. • The Fray premiers new single dur ... More >>

Poetry in Motion

The devil made him do it. For more blogs, look out below. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Imp of Satan writes the best Craigslist musician-wanted ad ever. • Get a free MP3 download from your Mama. • Meese's now not-so-secret show in Boulder next week. • The Fray premiers new single dur ... More >>

After so-called "Craigslist killings," a victim's family finds an unlikely ally: Craig Newmark

The devil made him do it. For more blogs, look out below. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Imp of Satan writes the best Craigslist musician-wanted ad ever. • Get a free MP3 download from your Mama. • Meese's now not-so-secret show in Boulder next week. • The Fray premiers new single dur ... More >>

Pure has something to get off its chest

Club Roxy, housed in the building at 2549 Welton Street that was once the down's first black movie theater, turned into Pure late last year. Now it's definitely having some impure thoughts, judging from a recent ad on Craigslist for "GOGO Dancers/ Coaktail Staff," which announces: "We are currently ... More >>

Craigslist Unclassified: An update

On Friday, Westword.com published a story about a recent spate of murders connected to Craigslist -- including that of former Denver radio personality George Weber. The story also touches on the unlikely emergence of Craigslist founder Craig Newmark as an ally of the family of one of the victims, ... More >>

Liberal bias doesn't explain Rocky Mountain News' death, columnist says

Jeff Jacoby. It's fashionable these days for conservatives to suggest that the troubles currently afflicting daily newspapers can be traced to the persistent left-wing slant of most pubs in this category -- an ideologically driven argument that Boston Globe columnist dismantles in a piece headlined ... More >>

George Weber found fame in Denver, death in New York City

Jeff Jacoby. It's fashionable these days for conservatives to suggest that the troubles currently afflicting daily newspapers can be traced to the persistent left-wing slant of most pubs in this category -- an ideologically driven argument that Boston Globe columnist dismantles in a piece headlined ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Keep your heat at home, Buffs

A Flickr photo Our daily cruise through the Colorogosphere. Check it. And send tips. Still no concealed guns allowed on CU's campus. But guns-rights folks are going down firing. (Face the State) People still use brothels? I thought that's what Craigslist was for... (5280) In defense of K-Mart. T ... More >>

Craigslist dropping "Erotic Services" category

The late George Weber. Shortly after the publication of a Bradley Campbell/Matt Snyders feature about the so-called Craigslist killings, the free-classified service has decided to eliminate its "erotic services" category in favor of a yet-to-be-determined replacement. Learn the latest in this repor ... More >>

From the week of May 14, 2009

The late George Weber. Shortly after the publication of a Bradley Campbell/Matt Snyders feature about the so-called Craigslist killings, the free-classified service has decided to eliminate its "erotic services" category in favor of a yet-to-be-determined replacement. Learn the latest in this repor ... More >>

Giggling Grizzly clan plan to turn Public House into Lizard's Bar & Grill

Lori MidsonPublic House, the former Michigan State-friendly bar at 1920 Blake Street that gave up last year, has finally been taken over by the folks who run the Giggling Grizzly, close by at 1320 20th Street. They plan to turn the space into Lizard's Bar & Grill sometime in July. And if the bar ... More >>

Denver DA warns that even on Craigslist, some things too good to be true

All this for only $800 a month? Wow, what a steal!I got an e-mail bulletin this morning from Denver DA Mitch Morrissey, warning me to be aware of a Craigslist scam involving unreal deals on rental properties. I've moved twice in the past eighteen months and both times I have seen a number of these ... More >>

Toothless or not, Michael Bennet will ride or die with Obama's "pay-as-you-go" plan

"I am Batman Bennet. Get used to the words flashing on your TV screen and bouncing from your radio speakers: "Pay as you go." And we're not talking cell phones or Craigslist escorts (they do that, don't they?) President Obama's proposed "pay-as-you-go" plan -- wherein every expenditure (except ... More >>

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Aaron Thackeray​ Welcome back. Today in Backbeat Online: -Over the weekend: Underground Music Showcase -Rabbit is a Sphere breaking up. -Rock and roll love on Craigslist. -Magnolia Electric Co. tops the charts at Wax Trax. Today in Cafe Society: -Smashburger gets some more love. -A dark da ... More >>

Guy not impressed with girlfriend's stripping, tries to give away her stripper gear on Craigslist

A Flickr photo.​Are you an aspiring stripper? Are you just one super-slutty outfit away from showing up at Shotgun Willie's (to pay for social-work classes, of course)? Then act fast, because for a limited time only, some moron is trying to give away all his stripper-girlfriend's stuff on Crai ... More >>

In Idaho Springs, bathing suits are no longer optional

A Flickr photo.​Are you an aspiring stripper? Are you just one super-slutty outfit away from showing up at Shotgun Willie's (to pay for social-work classes, of course)? Then act fast, because for a limited time only, some moron is trying to give away all his stripper-girlfriend's stuff on Crai ... More >>

Sugar House expanding into the hotel business

Sugar House is hiring...if you want to dress like this.​Looks like Sugar House, at 1395 West Alameda Avenue, is making its long-promised push into the rooms-for-rent business. According to a new post on Craigslist, the place is expanding, and one of the job openings includes "night auditor/hot ... More >>

The Healthy Choice Wellness Center not so healthy after robbery attempt: Reports say shots fired, people injured, schools locked down

A Flickr photo​For a while, it seemed that most of the muttering about medical marijuana dispensaries and crime was based on fear and hysteria. But reports about multiple armed robberies and burglaries, as well as a kidnapping, related to medical marijuana operations in Fort Collins were foll ... More >>

Behold a new Slaytantic ritual for ladies, Everything Absent minstrel present and accounted for and more on Denver Music blogs

File under: Required reading from the Denver music blogosphere. This is not a Slayer T-Shirt. Really. It isn't.The hifalutin scribblers at the Donnybrook Writing Academy introduced a brand new column today that we can only assume will also become required reading: Backlog is the handle Rbt. B. Ruth ... More >>

Film on the Rocks: Westley, Inigo and Fezzik bring down the house

Freebird!​While scalpers weren't hawking The Princess Bride tickets for three or four times their $10 box office price - as they did on Craigslist for the Hangover last week - the Film on the Rocks movie did sell out Tuesday night. It was the second consecutive sellout for Film on the Rocks s ... More >>

Get in line at the Justice League for Street Food inaugural party

Coleen WhitfieldThe surprise truck at the Justice League of Street Food party.​ The first Justice League of Street Food party on Saturday night was a big hit - almost too big a hit, since the lot at 29th Avenue and Huron Street in the Ballpark neighborhood was jammed, and that was with a long ... More >>

Contest: Win two tickets to Thursday's Great American Beer Festival

These could be yours! Tell us why they should be in five words or less.​The Great American Beer Festival, September 16-19, has been sold out for weeks. Judging from the number of postings on Craigslist, there's a big demand for these tickets. Did you get left out? Well, Cafe Society has two p ... More >>

The Three Best Craigslist Missed Connections from Sound Tribe Sector 9 at Red Rocks

Aaron ThackerayAn STS9 fan at Red Rocks​Did you find your soulmate this past weekend at Red Rocks? A few people might have, had that special person not scampered away before phone numbers or texts were exchanged. Sigh. If you didn't find the face of your vanishing love in our slideshow, yo ... More >>

Contest: Win two tickets to the Great American Beer Festival, Saturday afternoon session

​The Great American Beer Festival, going on now, has been sold out for weeks. Judging from the number of postings on Craigslist, there's a big demand for these tickets. Did you get left out? Well, Cafe Society has two precious tickets for Saturday's afternoon session that we're going to give a ... More >>

Bad Girls Club coming to Denver?: Casting call for Real World-style Oxygen net bitchfest

​Are you ready to play host for a houseful of reality-show attention addicts à la MTV's Real World: Denver a few years back? If not, you'd better get ready -- because Bunim/Murray, Real World's production company, has just placed a Craigslist ad announcing, "THE BAD GIRLS CLUB IS COMING TO D ... More >>

Blue Christmas: Craigslist's most depressing missed connections

​For the lonely, there's probably not much lonelier than Christmas, that time of year when we're supposed to be basking in the warmth of family and loved ones, but instead we're watching It's a Wonderful Life for the third time and eating TV dinners seasoned with the bitter salt of our own tea ... More >>

Top five foods you should NOT give as Christmas gifts

Look! It's kibble for humans!​ We all know how the holiday gift-giving hierarchy works: Your best-effort gifts are given to people you like (or people whose asses you pucker up to the rest of the year); you give cost-effective, neutral gifts to those you pretend to like (bring on the Hickory ... More >>

Marijuana jobs: THCjobs.com is an employment board for those who'll work for weed

​With all the medical marijuana centers and related businesses around, ganjapreneurs need access to a sizable workforce -- but where are they going to find those weed workers? THCjobs.com is aiming to provide the answer through its new, online database of marijuana-related job postings. Think ... More >>

Top five dinners to serve your Internet date on Valentine's Day

​With Valentine's Day upon us once again, love is in the air. Birds are tweeting, butterflies are floating on the gentle breeze, and Internet connections are blinking away as the lovelorn hit up their hard-working little modems and wireless routers to locate a date. Finding that date can be ... More >>

Unrequited love at Girl Talk and String Cheese Incident

It keeps people up at night, Googling and searching Larger version below.​Facebook until they're bleary-eyed zombies at 4 a.m. There are entire genres of film dedicated to it. And with concert season warming back up, the chances of finding yourself on Craigslist Missed Connections are pretty h ... More >>

Women's Funding Network sex-trafficking study is junk science

Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media

Whomp there it is! The story behind the ever popular, award-winning Whomp Truck

​Parked on Santa Fe every First Friday, the Whomp Truck has become a huge success in the electronic scene in Denver. To uncover the truth behind this cult phenomenon, we sat down with one of the founders, Just Ben Travis, to get the full story on Denver's hard-thumping, foot stompin' mystery m ... More >>

Finally, you can combine Congress and fantasy football!

​Parked on Santa Fe every First Friday, the Whomp Truck has become a huge success in the electronic scene in Denver. To uncover the truth behind this cult phenomenon, we sat down with one of the founders, Just Ben Travis, to get the full story on Denver's hard-thumping, foot stompin' mystery m ... More >>

Are you an executive by day and a wild man by night?

He's looking for the goddess. Are you the goddess?​Attention ladies: Are you looking for a man who's not afraid to get a little sand on his tuxedo? How about a gentleman who considers himself a "refined valley dude"? Well, Video Mate has the man for you. Or had the man for you, rather, back in ... More >>

Kevin Gaylor reports Craigslist pal as burglar when girlfriend shows up

Flickr​The guy juggling two dates at the same time is a sitcom staple, and it's usually resolved in wacky fashion. But a happy ending seems unlikely in the case of Kevin Gaylor, who gave this plot a high-tech twist -- by reporting a woman he'd "met" on Craigslist as a burglar in a failed atte ... More >>

Reader: Not all sex workers are victims

Flickr​The guy juggling two dates at the same time is a sitcom staple, and it's usually resolved in wacky fashion. But a happy ending seems unlikely in the case of Kevin Gaylor, who gave this plot a high-tech twist -- by reporting a woman he'd "met" on Craigslist as a burglar in a failed atte ... More >>

Kathryn Lucas's stolen bike wound up on Craigslist -- so she stole it back

Kathryn Lucas.​Craigslist is a great way to sell stuff, whether it belongs to you or not. But eighteen-year-old Denzel O'Neal Crawford learned the service also gives ballsy crime victims the opportunity to reclaim their property. That's precisely what Boulder's Kathryn Lucas did with her stol ... More >>

Video: Online guns undercover investigation catches sellers flouting law

Flickr.​A New York City undercover investigation of online gun sales in fourteen states has found that a majority of the 125 unlicensed sellers contacted were eager to sell firearms to buyers they knew couldn't pass a background check, a violation of federal law. Colorado sellers fared somew ... More >>

Spark Theater trolled Craigslist for its latest play, Casual Encounters/Missed Connections

Meghan RalphEven the cast of Casual Encounters/Missed Connections is shocked by the show's online inspiration.​As a kid, playwright Sean Paul Mahoney was "totally obsessed" with the Madonna/Rosanna Arquette movie Desperately Seeking Susan. Both the voyeurism and the romance fascinated him, bu ... More >>

Five local Missed Connections that would make great fodder for the theater

Meghan RalphThe cast of new local play Casual Encounters/Missed Connections takes on eleven real-life Craigslist stories.​Craigslist can be a scary, scary place, but that doesn't make any of us visit it any less. When Spark Theater playwright Sean Paul Mahoney decided to write a play about the ... More >>

Backpage.com response to John Suthers's announcement of human-trafficking indictment

John Suthers.​Late yesterday, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced that his office had secured an indictment for fourteen individuals suspected of running a human-trafficking ring that trafficked children for sex at locations ranging from Denver to Grand Junction. Although the seve ... More >>