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George Orwell

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Justin Brunson will open Old Major -- a swine, wine and seafood restaurant -- in Highland

    Two years ago -- long before all that crazy drama at Wild Catch -- Justin Brunson, the owner and chef of Masterpiece Deli, was all set to open Lechon at 17th and Central streets with Ben Parsons, who owns the infinite Monkey Theorem. The deal eventually fell apart, but Brunson, despite a short sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    The 20 greatest geek albums

    ​If the geeks are really set to inherit the earth (that's the saying, right?), then it's time we highlight the musical offerings they have on the table. With Jonathan Coulton's Artificial Heart being released last week at PAX, it seems as good a time as any to look at our favorite albums about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Four things you probably didn't know about Salvador Dalí

    ​It doesn't take much evidence beyond his most famous paintings to suspect that Salvador Dalí was a weird dude: The persistence of crazy, distended forms, melting clocks, blood, rot and genitals is probably enough to draw that conclusion. But Dalí's weirdness went far beyond its expression i ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 14, 2011

    In The 30th of Baydak, small moments of hope and defiance stay with you

    ​It doesn't take much evidence beyond his most famous paintings to suspect that Salvador Dalí was a weird dude: The persistence of crazy, distended forms, melting clocks, blood, rot and genitals is probably enough to draw that conclusion. But Dalí's weirdness went far beyond its expression i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Medical marijuana final rules published: Big Brother video regs improved, says attorney

    ​At 6 a.m., the Department of Revenue published the final version of the Medical Marijuana Enforcement Division's rules. The document is 77 pages long, and attorney Warren Edson hasn't had time to study them at length. However, a number of elements jump out at him -- particularly the eliminati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Big Brother is everywhere: Theaters to introduce movie screens that watch you

    Scene of the latest Two Minutes' Hate?​Ever read George Orwell's dystopian classic 1984, wherein the powers that be monitor your every move via video devices called telescreens? Super creepy, right? Well now a creepily similar technology is coming to a theater near you.

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Check out "Julia," the first track from Naeem Oba's new album, Unorthodox

    ​ Naeem Oba should already be on your radar. But just in case he isn't, feel free to get up to speed on the Minneapolis-bred MC by reading the Q&A we posted with him and brikAbrak this past December. Dude is deep. Real deep. Right now, he's working on an album based on 1984, George Orwell's p ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2010

    Kevin Boyer on the distinction between Tyvek the substance and Tyvek the sound

    ​ Naeem Oba should already be on your radar. But just in case he isn't, feel free to get up to speed on the Minneapolis-bred MC by reading the Q&A we posted with him and brikAbrak this past December. Dude is deep. Real deep. Right now, he's working on an album based on 1984, George Orwell's p ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 3, 2010

    Now Playing

    ​ Naeem Oba should already be on your radar. But just in case he isn't, feel free to get up to speed on the Minneapolis-bred MC by reading the Q&A we posted with him and brikAbrak this past December. Dude is deep. Real deep. Right now, he's working on an album based on 1984, George Orwell's p ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 27, 2010

    Now Playing

    ​ Naeem Oba should already be on your radar. But just in case he isn't, feel free to get up to speed on the Minneapolis-bred MC by reading the Q&A we posted with him and brikAbrak this past December. Dude is deep. Real deep. Right now, he's working on an album based on 1984, George Orwell's p ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 20, 2010

    Now Playing

    ​ Naeem Oba should already be on your radar. But just in case he isn't, feel free to get up to speed on the Minneapolis-bred MC by reading the Q&A we posted with him and brikAbrak this past December. Dude is deep. Real deep. Right now, he's working on an album based on 1984, George Orwell's p ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 13, 2010

    Now Playing

    ​ Naeem Oba should already be on your radar. But just in case he isn't, feel free to get up to speed on the Minneapolis-bred MC by reading the Q&A we posted with him and brikAbrak this past December. Dude is deep. Real deep. Right now, he's working on an album based on 1984, George Orwell's p ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 6, 2010

    Martyna Majok searches for identity in Mouse in a Jar

    ​ Naeem Oba should already be on your radar. But just in case he isn't, feel free to get up to speed on the Minneapolis-bred MC by reading the Q&A we posted with him and brikAbrak this past December. Dude is deep. Real deep. Right now, he's working on an album based on 1984, George Orwell's p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Part two: Chef and Tell with Matt Mine from the Oceanaire Seafood Room

    Lori MidsonMatt Mine, executive chef of Oceanaire​ This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Matt Mine, executive chef of Oceanaire. You can read part one of that interview here. Culinary inspirations: Many things, but the weather and the seasons usually play a big part in how I cook, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Freeloader: "I Don't Know" by Brikabrak and Naeem Oba

    ​Earlier today, we posted a Q&A with Brikabrak and Naeem Oba, and now we present you with a free track from the pair to download. Built upon a beat laid down by King Karnov, the track, "I Don't Know," centers on Naeem Oba's rhymes, which he recorded at CCM studios on Colfax, and Brikabrak's de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Denver's Liberty on the Rocks' NObamacare message goes national, with a chaser

    An image from Liberty on the Rocks' website.​News outlets probably worked up a powerful thirst while looking for Denver naysayers to hate on President Barack Obama's speech about healthcare reform before a joint session of Congress last night. Perhaps that's why both National Public Radio and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Independence Institute on jihad against public-art spending in Denver

    If we could get a couple more of these, betcha everybody would be psyched.​Even when times are good, fiscal conservatives often rail against public spending for the arts -- because, apparently, life would be better if we lived in a joyless, monochromatic society modeled on George Orwell's 1984 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Frontier Airlines animals: endangered species?

    ​At noon today, supporters of Frontier Airlines, the subject of a potential bidding war between Republic Airways Holdings (which would probably preserve the company in some fashion) and Southwest Airlines (likely to swallow it whole), are rallying at Mayor John Hickenlooper's office. The name ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Cooking Dirty: Eight days and counting

    Lev Grossman is my new best friend. Who is Lev Grossman, you ask?  Lev Grossman is the book critic for Time magazine.  And in Time magazine, Lev Grossman (my new best friend) just wrote a killer review of my book, Cooking Dirty. Yeah, that Time magazine.  And yeah, little ol' me and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Take a trip to Megalopolis tonight at the Denver Film Festival

    An image from Megalopolis. Megalopolis, which screens tonight at 6:45 p.m. at the Starz FilmCenter as part of the Denver Film Festival, is, nominally, a documentary. But it’s a documentary without a specific point to make -- a documentary that revels in the details while leaving the big pictu ... More >>

  • News

    September 18, 2008

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters for the week of September 18, 2008

  • Film

    July 31, 2008

    Brideshead Revisited

    A good nine hours lighter than its TV predecessor, Brideshead Revisited gets back to the source.

  • Music

    April 10, 2008

    Meet Jim Rome’s Favorite Band

    Vendetta Valentine has a nation of clones behind it.

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2007

    Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten Falls Short of Clashing Success

    Vendetta Valentine has a nation of clones behind it.

  • Dining

    November 8, 2007

    Tom’s Diner

    After midnight, this is the place to be.

  • Music

    April 19, 2007

    Nine Inch Nails

    Year Zero
    Interscope

  • Culture

    April 12, 2007

    Moby Dick Unread

    Buntport presents a whale of a tale.

  • Music

    July 14, 2005

    Gatsbys American Dream

    Saturday, July 16, Bluebird Theater, 303-322-2308.

  • News

    December 16, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of December 16, 2004

  • Culture

    September 9, 2004

    Making a List

    Trumbo: Red, White & Blacklisted offers a timely, if timid, lesson.

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2004

    The Beatles Continue

    Tribute band recalls the Fab Four

  • News

    January 22, 2004

    Just the 'Fax, man

    Thirty miles of developments, drunks and dreams -- the ultimate road trip.

  • Music

    January 15, 2004

    Critic's Choice

    Ima Robot

  • Calendar

    December 25, 2003

    Pure Energy

    The thinking man's New Year's Eve

  • Film

    August 7, 2003

    Stupor Freak

    Kids may not mind that Freaky Friday has already been done to death, but you might.

  • Film

    May 1, 2003

    Writes of Passage

    The documentary Stone Reader opens a new chapter on an obscure novelist.

  • Culture

    February 27, 2003

    Pigs Rule

    Germinal Stage gives George Orwell's fable a spare treatment.

  • News

    February 13, 2003

    Eye of the Beholder

    Two CU groups feel burned by a fiery sports column.

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of November 8, 2001

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of November 1, 2001

  • Culture

    October 4, 2001

    Million-Dollar Beauty

    Stagecraft rules when Disney unleashes its sumptuous version of Beauty and the Beast.

  • New Year's Eve

    December 14, 2000

    Where's My Gyrocopter?

    Whatever happened to the future?

  • Film

    November 4, 1999

    The Littlest Victim

    Raw-edged Joe the King takes a terrifying and unflinching look at the life of an abused child.

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    Letters

    Raw-edged Joe the King takes a terrifying and unflinching look at the life of an abused child.

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    Letters

    Raw-edged Joe the King takes a terrifying and unflinching look at the life of an abused child.

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    Letters

    Raw-edged Joe the King takes a terrifying and unflinching look at the life of an abused child.

  • Culture

    November 13, 1997

    Back to the Futurist

    Raw-edged Joe the King takes a terrifying and unflinching look at the life of an abused child.

  • News

    March 6, 1997

    Letters

    Raw-edged Joe the King takes a terrifying and unflinching look at the life of an abused child.

  • News

    October 26, 1994

    LETTERS

    Raw-edged Joe the King takes a terrifying and unflinching look at the life of an abused child.

  • News

    October 19, 1994

    LETTERS

    Raw-edged Joe the King takes a terrifying and unflinching look at the life of an abused child.

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