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Videos: Best bicycling states of 2013 -- and why Colorado finished near the top

The League of American Bicyclists is out with its list of the best states for cycling -- and Colorado finished in impressive fashion. Not that the League thinks any state has achieved perfection when it comes to welcoming and protecting cyclists. In our top ten list below, we've included the organi ... More >>

Passion Pit's Jeff Apruzzese on being on SNL and getting hugged by the dude from Portlandia

Passion Pit began in as a solo project of lead singer and keyboard player Michael Angelakos in 2007. The project quickly fleshed out into a full band that combined a keen sense for upbeat pop melodies with lyrics that didn't exactly try to sugarcoat the complex emotional life and experiences of adul ... More >>

Subway's missing inch: Five reasons the footlong lawsuit is ridiculous

Anybody suing a fast-food chain is news, especially if the lawsuit is petty, outlandish or an obvious attempt at a cash-grab by people who clearly have some time on their hands. The recent lawsuit filed by two New Jersey males against Subway, based on the assertion that the $5 footlong sandwiches ar ... More >>

Vesper Lounge hosts Operation Sandy Rescue tonight

Denver has been very, very good to some New Jersey transplants -- and now they want to give back to the state where they got their start. From 5 to 11 p.m. tonight, they'll gather at Vesper Lounge, which Frank and Jacqueline Bonanno opened this past Saturday, to "raise a glass and help those in nee ... More >>

LaRonna DeBraak, author of Nimroddes (Men): A Field Guide for Women, talks men... of course

Nimrods are everywhere. You can find them at the gym mesmerized by their own reflection, in bars chirping obnoxiously about the complexities of their trivial existence, even on their crusty couches at home, where they seem to be perpetually married to the thrilling phenomenon known as "television." ... More >>

Controversy over fracking continues despite industry's best efforts to bury it

Nightcap: Membership has its privileges at the Meadowlark's Mile High Soul Club monthly

See Also: Mile High Soul Club keeps the Meadowlark sweaty with classic Motown and vintage soul When I walked into the Meadowlark on Friday for Mile High Soul Club, I was greeted by the sight of a woman sporting a beehive that would've made Marge Simpson envious and a pair of folks who looked like R ... More >>

Review: Game 7 at Quixote's True Blue, 1/13/12

Nick CallaioMichael Kang of Game 7 last night at Quixote's True Blue.​GAME SEVEN at QUIXOTE'S TRUE BLUE | 1/13/12When the bases were loaded last night after the monumental kickoff of the Great Cycles Spectacles tour at the Fillmore, the party was still rolling at Quixote's True Blue with the m ... More >>

Josh McDaniels timeline: Suck for years, then get your old job back

When Josh McDaniels returns to the New England Patriots as an offensive assistant this weekend, he won't only provide insight about a Broncos team he coached just last year. He'll also complete an improbable circle in his career. Next year, McDaniels will take over as Patriots offensive coordinator, ... More >>

Denver may be the thirteenth-drunkest city, but we're tops in beer

Dear television: It's over.

It's not you, Television. It's me.​I'm throwing my television away. Actually, I'm giving it to my mother as a consolation prize/parting gift when I move out of her home in a few days. Her own monstrous TV -- which wore a DVD/VCR combo for a crown -- finally crapped out after burning through th ... More >>

Air Dubai's "Warm Days" on Jersey Shore a precursor to another argument between Ronnie and Sammi

Here we go again.​File this one under any press is good press. So if your band is the background music to yet another excruciatingly long fight between characters (yes, they're characters) Ronnie and Sammi from Jersey Shore, you should be thankful.

Social studies: U.S. students fail at it, but Colorado has a plan to improve scores

​American schoolchildren don't know Alaska from their elbow. That's the news today from the NAEP, dubbed "The Nation's Report Card:" Fewer than one-third of students tested proficient in geography in 2010. Education gurus blame a shrinking curriculum -- but that could change in Colorado.

Top five reasons T.G.I. Friday's isn't cool anymore

T.G.I. Friday's new craft-beer-soaked Angus steak.​T.G.I. Friday's would be so much cooler if the chain would just embrace and enjoy the fact that it's a punchline. Being a joke isn't necessarily a bad thing. Charlie Sheen, Tom Tancredo and the entire cast of Jersey Shore get it and make it ... More >>

Twitter Tuesday: Bros, meet Chet Haze

Relax. Its just kush smoke, bro.​The Twitterverse is a vast and vacant one, a expanse muddled with one-liners, chunks of internet "wisdom" and lots of inappropriate ass-shots courtesy of certain famous people's wives (we're looking at you, Ice-T and Coco Austin). So, how does one go about deciding ... More >>

Letters: "I don't bother with Carmine's anymore"

Pauly D brings Jersey Shore to Denver: A photo gallery

Pauly D.​For the lucky among us, today marks a return from a long weekend -- and plenty went down in Denver during that time. Check out photo galleries of Jersey Shore's Pauly D spinning heads and vinyl at Beta, the people of Artopia 2011, the Distant Vagabond fashion show and much, much more ... More >>

One chapter book reviews: Work of Heart, chapter six

​Cindi Myers used to be a newspaper reporter, and in many ways, that's apparent in Work of Heart (how about that title, amiright?), her latest. For one thing, it's a "reality-based romance," which apparently means that the couple in the story is based on a real-life couple; more importantly, t ... More >>

Gratuitous randomness: Come at me bro

​As a challenge extended from one bro to another, the call of "come at me bro," often accompanied by an exaggerated "puffing up" gesture, is well known to cultural anthropologists; in fact, the behavior -- famously typified by Ronnie from The Jersey Shore -- is prevalent across the animal king ... More >>

Your moment of lulz: The failed failure paradox

Failure one: no clear objective.​On these vast internets, there's perhaps no concept more prevalent than the fail, and for good reason: The well known "pwnge" formula states that fail evidence of fail = lulz. And lulz are desirable. Sounds simple, but that very formula has also given rise to ... More >>

Foursquare mayor profiles: How I found the mayor of Shotgun Willie's strip club

Leesa S., mayor of Shotgun Willie's​ Finding the mayor of Shotgun Willie's wasn't easy. In spite of the fact that Foursquare enables oversharing (I'm at the grocery store! I'm at the gynecologist! I'm at the grocery store, and so is my gynecologist!), the program does a fairly good job of pr ... More >>

Social studies: Education officials debate adding it to state tests, as Americans get dumber

Recognize this fella?​ Do you know from which country the U.S. of A. declared its independence in 1776? If so, consider yourself among the 74 percent of Americans who do. If not, consider yourself dumber than a first grader, which is when everyone learns about George Washington and how he comm ... More >>

Jerry Springer: Now counting 20 years of freaks, weirdos and wonderful

Jerry Springer's face when he realized he was Jerry Springer.​In television history, perhaps no single show has ever been quite as revolutionary as The Jerry Springer Show -- not that many people would see that as a good thing. All the same, over the course of its 20 year history, Jerry Spring ... More >>

Five most obnoxious children of pop-stars

Judging by Jersey Shore alone, becoming famous isn't particularly difficult these days. Still, a leg-up is always welcome, and if your parents are already stars, you're pretty much guaranteed to at least get a chance to shine. Case in point, Willow Smith. Besides the fact we don't actually underst ... More >>

Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus talks bagpipes, Bright Eyes and the Boss

​ Titus Andronicus is frightfully serious about punk rock. The group of well-read, New Jersey-bred twenty-somethings recently released The Monitor, a concept album about the Civil War that contains spoken-word, era-appropriate interludes, male-female call-and-response, and three track punk su ... More >>

Asphalt jungle: For years, Denver police thought this parking lot was the most dangerous spot in LoDo. What's changed?

Cinco de Drinko and other great theme party ideas

​Theme parties serve many essential purposes, adding an element of the theatrical to drinking in your backyard, allowing your inner creativity and Cher wig to flow, and providing an excuse to wear spandex pants (or no pants' no one judges at a theme party). Looking to go beyond the Ugly Sweat ... More >>

Five things to consider when naming your band

Photo by perfect_hexagonWhat's in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet; (And be a lot easier to find via Google)​ So, you're starting a band, huh? Well, good for you. We hope you're enjoying our "Making the Band" series and finding the tips on the practical ... More >>

Internet Explorer 6 is dead -- and the funeral is in Denver

May it rest in pieces.​Mention Internet Explorer to most knowledgeable computer types and you're likely to prompt a flood of profanities that would even embarrass the cast of Jersey Shore. So don't expect such folks to mourn at the funeral for Internet Explorer 6, which takes place next week u ... More >>

New Year's Guide 2008

Fisher Clark Urban Delicatessen

Man does not live by bread alone – but you could come close here.

Delegating Denver #34 of 56: New Jersey

Bruce Springsteen

Magic

Revenge of the Nerds

More know-it-alls are taking to the bars to show off their big brains and pickle them at the same time.

The Bite

Steak Out

Backwash

Internet interest at CMJ Music Marathon 2000

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