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Hot 107.1 reborn online as Beatgasm.com

In its short life span, HOT 107.1 managed to build a decent following with its EDM format -- decent, but not quite big enough, as the station ended up flipping formats. At first the frequency was unveiled as Pot 107.1, which turned out to be a stunt (what a brilliant format that would've been, thoug ... More >>

Keyboard Feminism

MCA Denver's Feminism & Co. 2013 lineup announced

Feminism & Co., the innovative social gathering and lecture series at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, always packs a well-crafted and intellectually aware pop-culture punch. Previous sold-out discussions have brought feminist scientists, sex workers, Tupperware saleswomen and female body buil ... More >>

Greg Proops is the Smartest Man in the World, and he has a podcast to prove it

If you're funny, you gotta podcast. Neither the first or the last to realize that, veteran funny man Greg Proops, whom Drew Carey has called one of his favorite comics, launched his own live "Proopcast," The Smartest Man in the World. And he records it with a live audience, both at home in Los Angel ... More >>

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Beatport's new Baseware Distribution aims to spread electronic music to the masses

​Late last month, Beatport announced its newest venture, Baseware Distribution, a service geared toward helping the electronic musicians who already use Beatport to get their music to more outlets, including iTunes, Spotify, Rdio and Stompy.

Three food blogs provide plenty of inspiration...and a few recipes, too

Jennifer Yu had to learn new baking tricks at 8500 feet.​Jennifer Yu learned to bake for stress relief, first when she was in graduate school for geology at Cornell University, and then at Cal Tech. "I took cookies into work all the time," she remembers. "People would ask, 'How do you make you ... More >>

The Organizers of Goldrush Festival on the festival and blogging

​For the next two days, the Goldrush festival will take place at Delite and the hi-dive. The event was the brainchild of three local music bloggers: Jake Martin, Crawford Philleo and Ryan Pjesky. For the last two years, each of the three have been writing largely about contemporary music for b ... More >>

Century Media exits Spotify: Is there value for indie labels in making their catalogs available?

​In a press release last week, Century Media announced it would be pulling its music from the streaming music service Spotify. The metal-centric label is certainly not the first to express its distrust of streaming services, and it probably won't be the last. As fans and consumers have been pu ... More >>

Music App Roundup: Play by AOL, Pixies Official, Spotify, VinylLove and Björk: Biophilia

​The music app business has been booming enough recently that we decided it was time we start sifting through it all on a regular basis. It's a strange digital world when everyone out there can create a mobile application for whatever purpose they desire, but that also means there are a lot of ... More >>

Jimmy Pardo's live Podcast in Denver is not expected to not be funny

​There's something to be said about being in the right place at the right time, especially in show business. Just ask Jimmy Pardo, host of the highly successful podcast Never Not Funny. "I was ahead of the curve, when nobody knew what podcasting was," he explains via cellphone from a carwash s ... More >>

Colorado Beer Week could be the start of an annual spring toast to the state's brewers

​Seattle has a beer week. So do Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. San Francisco's and Philadelphia's are famous world wide. Hell, even Eugene, Oregon; Louisville, Kentucky; and the entire state of Alabama have beer weeks. Denver has the Great American Beer Festival and the surrounding Denver ... More >>

Nate Easley recall: Anonymous ColoradoPols blogger who wrote about it publicly outed

Easley.​The effort to recall Denver Public Schools board president Nate Easley has created some odd side dramas. One of them resulted in the outing of Linda Wagner, an Estes Park doggie day care owner and staunch Democrat who blogs on ColoradoPols under the pseudonym "Middle of the Road." Or d ... More >>

Big Papa's BBQ bumps business using social media

Johnny MolfettaThe first pop-up, aided by Twitter.​Barbecue is a Southern and warm-weather food. So how is Big Papa's BBQ seeing an increase in sales in the middle of a Colorado winter? In much the same way other businesses are driving revenue, it's utilizing social media. In mid-November, Bi ... More >>

Rocky Mountain Right website goes on hiatus due to fear of being sued by Denver Post

RMR logo.​Visitors to Rocky Mountain Right's website can usually find conservative news and commentary -- but not right now. The home page is currently emblazoned with the phrase "Access Denied." That's because site overseer Antony Surace has temporarily blocked users to the page due to concer ... More >>

Mighty Fudge Studios' "My First Boner" cartoon banned from YouTube

​Boulder-based cartoon company Mighty Fudge Studios revels in hijinks and notoriety, whether its producing spots for The Spike & Mike Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation or creating animated attacks on Jay Leno. No wonder the operation seems to be bursting in pride over the fact that their ... More >>

Facebook and John Suthers, Colorado attorney general, make nice, clearing way for state pages

John Suthers.​Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is embracing Facebook nearly a year after the state essentially unfriended the massive social network. The agreement between the AG's office and Mark Zuckerberg's operation means state agencies, including Suthers's, can belatedly join the 21 ... More >>

Cyber Monday ripoffs: See 7 Colorado website domains seized for selling counterfeit goods

​Overwhelmed by the number of sites offering Cyber Monday deals? Well, now there are 82 of them, including seven in Colorado, you don't need to visit -- because their domains have been seized for allegedly selling counterfeit or copyrighted goods. See the list and get more info from the Justic ... More >>

Big Papa's BBQ uses Facebook and Twitter to sell ribs

Photo: Johnny MolfettaBig Papa's BBQ is all up in your Twitter.​If a truck pulling a large barbecue smoker pulls up next to you on the street, you might be in for some free food. As part of its new social media campaign, Big Papa's BBQ will be sending a mobile emissary to several locations aro ... More >>

Twelve beers in sixy minutes: Speed tasting at the Boulder Beer Bloggers Conference

It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it.​Take twelve breweries, a hundred-plus beer bloggers and a buzzer, and go! During the first-ever Beer Bloggers Conference in Boulder last week, organizers lined up an event that they called live blogging, but it felt more like speed dating. A dozen ... More >>

Social Media Sobriety Test: Boulder's Webroot tests if you're too drunk to Facebook, Twitter

A Flickr photo.​Remember when, after one too many tequila shots, you confessed your undying love all over your ex's Facebook wall? Or how you posted a YouTube vid of a certain projectile-vomiting incident right after it happened? Or how your drunken tweets ended up on Text From Last Night -- t ... More >>

Beer bloggers plot world domination

​There are as many styles of beer blogging on the Internet as there are blogs, and there's a new beer blog starting out there every other day. Last weekend, at least a hundred of those bloggers -- from all across the country -- showed up in Boulder to talk beer. They spent the three days of f ... More >>

John Suthers's office clarifies Facebook stance

​Even if you wanted to, you couldn't be friends with Colorado Attorney General John Suthers's office -- at least not on Facebook. And the office has recommended that any other state agency that doesn't already have a Facebook page hold off for a while. "There could be conflicts with state law ... More >>

Cybercrime in Denver: We're number eight

"I have a feeling there's something phishy in Denver."​In the not exactly thrilling 1995 cyber-thriller The Net, Sandra Bullock's character, Angela Bennett, reveals that she was raised in La Junta -- a community whose name she pronounces as if she were Hugo Chavez. Little did Bennett know, how ... More >>

Internet Explorer 6 funeral: Standing room only to piss on IE6's grave

Your invitation to get even.​Last week, we told you about a scheduled March 4 funeral for Internet Explorer 6, which reportedly died as "a result of a workplace injury sustained at the headquarters of Google, Inc." Turns out the level of hatred for IE6 exceeded the expectations of folks at At ... More >>

The top five music podcasts

​Music podcasts are a difficult breed. With the current outdated copyright law, most podcasts can't utilize full songs in their recordings, making anyone but the best sound like boring music nerds. Of course, we love boring music nerds but being able to speak eloquently or interestingly about ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Matt Bernier, our featured Twit

​Our featured Twit this week is Matt Bernier (@mbernier on Twitter), a local web developer and blogger. Matt came to our attention when he was recommended as someone to watch by a fellow Twit (always a good sign on a medium used first and foremost for self promotion). When we realized he also ... More >>

Local blogger finalist to cover Winter Olympics for Microsoft

​What writer wouldn't want to cover the Olympics? The glitz, the glamor and the high-profile nature of the gig are just about irresistible, regardless of your feelings about winter sports. I mean, I'd jump at the opportunity, and I couldn't care less about skiing, skating and curling. Well, cu ... More >>

Denver Blogs: An ex-Broncos fan -- it's what's for dinner!

This guy's nuts are roasting... on an open fire...​Here's a trio of local bloggers doing what local bloggers do -- blogging locally. John Bena at Mile High Report shows off an animated video co-created by Denver Stiffs mainstay Andrew Feinstein about a Bronco fan with a terrible secret... Th ... More >>

Life in Antarctica is cold — but bloggers there can still get burned

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Twitter trying your patience? Join the eSwarm instead

​If you dipped your toes into Twitter but found the whole thing a disorganized, confusing mess, have a look at the just-launched social networking service eSwarm. The idea is to take the best features of existing social networking service such as Twitter and Facebook, streamline them and apply ... More >>

Channel 4 to Twitter -- gallbladder surgery?

Chop, chop. Who isn't jumping on the Twitter bandwagon? Last week, we told you about the Boulder Police Department's new Twitter feed. Now, Channel 4 is boasting about Dr. Dave Hnida, the station's medical expert, Twittering the gallbladder surgery of a seven-year-old girl. This gimmick, which can ... More >>

Baji wants to announce your calls

If you're looking for some new music and in need of a new ring tone for your phone, have a listen to Baji. This pop/rock outfit reminds me a lot of the Heyday: similar radio-ready sound, same big, soaring choruses and hook-filled tunes. As a promotion, they're offering free ringtones to Verizon pho ... More >>

The Rocky Mountain News Twitters a funeral

The bloggers lounge at the DNC

The bloggers lounge at the DNC

Blogs and Beers

Beatsource.com Sets the Pace

The hip-hop arm of Beatport.com is ready for the big takeover.

The Legend of Leeroy Jenkins

Ben Schulz issued the battle cry that echoed across World of Warcraft.

From Russia, Without Love

Hackers are selling rape porn through university websites -- including student pages at UCD.

Blogs 2.0

Colorado Confidential tries to give blogs a journalistic upgrade.

Where There's Smoke, There's Ire

The Beatdown

The music industry is in a shambles, but Suburban Home is celebrating independence day.

A Dam in the Stream

If Clear Channel can't afford Internet radio, who can?

Industrial Revolution

Napster's gone, but the record industry's copyright woes aren't.

A Click in Time Saves Minds

The cyber-brawl over Scientology spreads to search engines.

How the West Was One

A partnership between Qwest and the state may sink a rural Internet provider.

Ransom Notes

Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their “free” music?

All Pagan, All the Time

Praise Goddess! The Wicca Pagan Broadcast Network is ready for another Netcasting day.