Subject: HEMI Engines

• Backwash

  July 29, 1999

• Hit Pick

  September 30, 1999

• Critic's Choice

  Pure Rubbish

  August 3, 2000

• Cheers! The winner of the 2008 Holiday Cocktail Competition

  'Tis a pleasure to drink in Colorado. On Saturday morning, I awoke with visions of sugerplums -- and whipped cream, and gingerbread, and chocolate sprinkles -- still dancing in my head. Just a few hours earlier, I'd sampled the last of sixteen entrees in the 2008 Holiday Cocktail Competition. I was a judge -- a very sweet gig -- and had spent the better part of the previous week careening around town with fellow judges, stopping at bar after bar, restaurant after restaurant, testing this t

  December 19, 2008

• So Long, Sugar

  January 20, 2000

• Best punk rocker, for a cop

  June 29, 2000

• Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist - 01.07.09

  It was world premier week on Mile Hi-Fidelity. Last night, we had the pleasure of debuting songs from A Shoreline Dream, Jon Snodgrass, Littles Paia, Park Pourbaix and the Widowers' Mike Marchant, who stopped by the studio long enough to give us insight on his new batch of tunes, which will be unveiled to the world at large this Friday night at the Meadowlark, to regale us with an unbelievable tale about getting arrested and shook down in Mexico, and to get stuck in the elevator. That's right.

  January 8, 2009

• Backwash

  December 7, 2000

• Letters to the Editor

  December 21, 2000

• Mile Hi-Fidelity recast playlist - 01.21.09

  Update: Wednesday night's show has been posted after the jump.Well, we made it through another show. What are we at, like, seven now? Kind of lost count. Somebody's keeping track, right? Anyhow, it was a good one, but like I said at the beginning of the show, you'd hardly expect to hear otherwise from us. I don't know why we say such things, really. You know what I mean? Hey, man, check out the show -- it's mediocre. Actually, the music was great, and Andy was on point, as always. Me, on the oth

  January 23, 2009

• Backwash

  May 22, 2003

• The Beatdown

  January 22, 2004

• The Beatdown

  April 8, 2004

• The Beatdown

  July 1, 2004

• The Beatdown

  July 22, 2004

• The Beatdown

  September 16, 2004

• The Beatdown

  October 21, 2004

• Letters to the Editor

  November 18, 2004

• Drunk of the Week

  February 24, 2005

• Pepper Blossom at Root Down

  January 8, 2009

• Drag City

  Hemi Cuda likes the cars -- and the songs -- that go boom.

  September 30, 1999

• Minimula at 3 Kings Tavern

  November 20, 2008

• Fisher of Life

  October 2, 2008

• Cut to the Chase

  2 Fast 2 Furious is custom-made for box-office success.

  June 5, 2003

• Moovers and Shakers 2007

  Backbeat scribes sound off on their favorite local releases of the year.

  December 20, 2007

• Demon Funkies

  May 22, 2008

• Moovers and Shakers 2007

  Backbeat scribes sound off on their favorite local releases of the year.

  December 27, 2007

• Hemi Cuda Is Back on the Streets

  Karen Exley and Anika Zappe’s badass new album will drive you wild.

  July 19, 2007

• This Just In...

  The latest nightlife news.

  July 12, 2007

• This Just In...

  The latest nightlife news.

  June 14, 2007

• Nashville Pussy

  Saturday, May 12, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

  May 10, 2007

• Quadramess

  3 Kings Tavern

  March 9, 2006

• Nashville Pussy

  Get Some (Spitfire)

  September 15, 2005

• The Beatdown

  All I need is the air that I breathe.

  June 17, 2004

• Critic's Choice

  Hanson Brothers

  November 27, 2003

• The Show(case) Must Go On!

  June 19, 2003

• Creative Solutions

  May 29, 2003

• Backwash

  Music everywhere: Music Lowdown 2002 and the Westword Music Showcase covered both the recording industry and live, in-the-flesh performances.

  June 13, 2002

• Critic's Choice

  Streetwalkin' Cheetahs

  February 28, 2002

• Backwash

  The Down-N-Outs call it quits, while Turnsol turns over a new CD.

  November 8, 2001

• Backwash

  Jello does a shot on the latest local-music compilation.

  May 25, 2000

• Critic's Choice

  This week's concert pick.

  January 6, 2000

• They're Not Wimps

  The Weaklings want to kick your ass.

  March 11, 1999

• Feedback

  January 21, 1999

• Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Frank Black shows annouced

  The Flaming Lips know all about putting on a hell of a show, and the Monolith Festival gig at Red Rocks in 2007 was one most phenomenal things to happen to that venue in the last few years. Lets hope for a repeat performance when the Lips return to Red Rocks Sunday, August 23 with Explosions in the Sky and Star Death & the White Dwarfs, which features Wayne Coyne's nephew Dennis. Tickets, which run from $36.75 to $46.50, go on sale Saturday, June 20 at 10 a.m. And as an added bonus, all tick

  June 16, 2009

• Striking Chords

  July 30, 2009

• Hemi Cuda heading off into the sunset

  James Bludworth​Yep. You read that right. The ladies of Hemi Cuda, another storied Denver band that's been around for more than a dozen years, are hanging up their hot pants and heels for good. Although the act hasn't announced when its final show will be, when it appears at Bender's Tavern this Friday, August 14, with Frontside 5 and Speedwolf, you can bet it's going to be a good time as it will undoubtedly be one of the last gigs. According to Karen Cuda, she's planning to continue on with N

  August 11, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 11 edition

  A sign of the times.​All we need is "U." Today in Cafe Society: • The mystery of the missing letters on Bastien's marquee. • Golfin' for good (with good eats). • Civic Center Eats: Forte Farms. • 231 Milwaukee back on the market... again. • Tonight: The Denver Five dish it out at D Bar Desserts. • Emilio's loses the Super Chef sign. • Why I hate green (and vegetarian and organic and other politics-driven) restaurants. Today in Backbeat Online: • Hemi Cuda heading off into

  August 11, 2009

• Mile Hi-Fidelity interviews from the archives: Hemi Cuda

  ​With Indie 101.5 leaving the FM dial and making the move online, Mile Hi-Fidelity has officially gone on hiatus. After eight months of programming, we decided to take a break. In the meantime, until the program resurfaces, we're in the process of going through the archives and picking out some show highlights to share with you. During our short run, we managed to have quite a few guests on the air. Unfortunately, we didn't capture all of our exchanges, but we did manage to record a fair numbe

  August 11, 2009

• Behind the bar at Root Down with Anika Zappe

  ​Anika Zappe is on a tear. Yes, she still has her band, Hemi Cuda, although its last show is coming sometime this year. "Had to make more time for cocktology," she says. Zappe has been Root Down's bar manager since the restaurant opened in December 2008, and the bar is doing great business. So is Zappe: After winning the regional Bombay Sapphire competition, she competed for the national title in Las Vegas last weekend. While she didn't win, her creative cocktails emphasizing fresh, qualit

  September 8, 2009