Don Henley

Review: Mojo Nixon at Lion's Lair, 4/14/12

MOJO NIXON @ LION'S LAIR | 4/14/12 "Rick Santorum can suck my dick!" was the chorus Mojo Nixon got the crowd to chant as a line in an extended version of "You Can't Kill Me." But everything was an extended version out of an eleven song set. With just his Guild electric and more playfully rambunctio ... More >>

Mojo Nixon: "I am here to set the world straight about Tim Tebow and his invisible friends!"

Mojo Nixon (due Friday, April 13, and Saturday, April 14, at the Lion's Lair) gained notoriety in the mid- to late '80s for his irreverent songs informed by an absurdist humor with partner Skid Roper. Nixon's exuberant, unapologetic persona won over audiences because even as Nixon would make seeming ... More >>

Reader: I'm sure droves of mall rats will soon weave cock feathers into their emo-mullets

Mojo Nixon (due Friday, April 13, and Saturday, April 14, at the Lion's Lair) gained notoriety in the mid- to late '80s for his irreverent songs informed by an absurdist humor with partner Skid Roper. Nixon's exuberant, unapologetic persona won over audiences because even as Nixon would make seeming ... More >>

Reader: Bike to Work Day is a good day not to be on the bike path

​When it comes to commuting via bicycle, there are thrilling upsides and harrowing downsides: the Don Henley-esque feeling of wind in your hair, for example, versus the sheer terror of a million one-ton boxes made of metal trying to kill you. On Bike to Work Day, created to encourage people to ... More >>

Songs of the summer: Twitpoll edition

​We brought you a list of our potential top summer jams a while back, but now summer is here and it got us to wondering: What song (or songs) have been your top songs of the summer so far. And since standing on a street corner asking random passers-by questions is out of fashion (and damn uncomfor ... More >>

Top ten political thefts of music

​ There's a certain political group that pays a lot of lip service to individual property rights -- raise your hand if this sounds familiar: Lower taxes, gun ownership, capitalism! As it turns out, there seems to be one aspect of individual property that certain group does not seem to respect ... More >>

Randle Swan: City Council District 1 showdown, part 2

Randle Swan​Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues -- and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig wit ... More >>

John Fogerty

Monday, November 16, Buell Theatre, 1-877-234-8425.

Dirty Projectors

Sunday, November 8, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

Mile High Music Fest Live Reviews: Day One

Aaron Thackeray See photos of Day One's fans on the slideshow page. It's here: The second edition of the Mile High Music Fest is underway, and our gaggle of writers and photogs are shvitzing their way around the grounds to bring you ongoing, as-close-to-live-as-my-fingers-allow coverage of Denver ... More >>

This Thursday morning: Dom and Jane's Warm & Fuzzy Christmas show on Mix 100

Bells will be ringing, this sad sad sad news/Oh what a Christmas to have the blues/My baby's gone/I have no friends, to wish me greetings once again... Every year at this time, for as long as I can remember -- hell, probably since I first heard the tune when I toiled as "holiday help" at Musicland a ... More >>

Elway's Downtown is seriously lacking in fun

Bells will be ringing, this sad sad sad news/Oh what a Christmas to have the blues/My baby's gone/I have no friends, to wish me greetings once again... Every year at this time, for as long as I can remember -- hell, probably since I first heard the tune when I toiled as "holiday help" at Musicland a ... More >>

Clipped Wings

Guitarist Don Felder writes about his ouster from the Eagles.

Q&A With Former Eagles Guitarist Don Felder

Guitarist Don Felder writes about his ouster from the Eagles.

Q&A With Former Eagles Guitarist Don Felder

Guitarist Don Felder writes about his ouster from the Eagles.

Delegating Denver #48 of 56: Texas

Guitarist Don Felder writes about his ouster from the Eagles.

The Eagles

Long Road Out of Eden
Universal Music Group

Last Night: Bright Eyes @ The Ogden Theater

Long Road Out of Eden
Universal Music Group

Last Night: Rilo Kiley, Jonathan Rice and Grand Ole Party @ The Ogden Theater

Long Road Out of Eden
Universal Music Group

Asked and Answered

Do you have what it takes to beat the brainiacs?

Trivial Pursuits

Do you have what it takes to beat the brainiacs?

In Bloom

Blusom was never intended to be a band, but it grew into one anyway.

Eagles of Death Metal

Wednesday, May 25, Paramount Theatre, 303-830-8497.

Off Limits

A smokin' deal

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A smokin' deal

The Message

Checks and Balances

Warren Haynes

Live at Bonnaroo (ATO Records)

Backwash

Radio waves: Clear Channel clears the air about independent promoters.

Bang to Hype

At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band.

Let It D

With its show off the air, Tenacious D no longer rules the idiot box. Now the rotund duo just wants to rule the world.

Pop Goes the Country

Who's changed more -- Trisha Yearwood or country music?

Steely Dan

Two Against Nature

(Giant)

Playlist

Two Against Nature

(Giant)

He's Got His Mojo Workin'

How onetime Denver resident Kirby McMillan Jr. was transformed into Mojo Nixon.

Feedback

How onetime Denver resident Kirby McMillan Jr. was transformed into Mojo Nixon.

PLAYLIST

How onetime Denver resident Kirby McMillan Jr. was transformed into Mojo Nixon.

LETTERS

How onetime Denver resident Kirby McMillan Jr. was transformed into Mojo Nixon.

MIX AND MATCH

HOW TO PICK THE PERFECT SUMMER CONCERT FOR YOU.

TAKEN PAST THE LIMIT

EX-EAGLE RANDY MEISNER ON GETTING SCREWED OUT OF A FORTUNE.

STAIRWAY TO HELL

OUR LIST OF THE MOST OVERPLAYED CLASSIC-ROCK SONGS OF ALL TIME.

SUCKING IN THE SEVENTIES

THE EAGLES AND PINK FLOYD BRING BACK THE ME DECADE.

BURN THIS ARTICLE

THE EAGLES AND PINK FLOYD BRING BACK THE ME DECADE.

HOUSES OF THE MOLDY

THE BANDS THAT CAN FILL STADIUMS OFFER ONLY BLASTS FROM THE PAST.

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THE BANDS THAT CAN FILL STADIUMS OFFER ONLY BLASTS FROM THE PAST.

PLAYLIST

THE BANDS THAT CAN FILL STADIUMS OFFER ONLY BLASTS FROM THE PAST.