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Matthew Tello's schmucky explanation for trying to strangle cop: "I'm drunk, it's my birthday"

Over our many years of chronicling schmucks, we've noticed that a lot of them were blitzed when they committed the acts that got our attention. But while that might be a good excuse under certain circumstances, it apparently didn't persuade a certain Boulder police officer. Who Matthew Tello allege ... More >>

Review: Breathe Carolina at Vans Warped Tour, Sports Authority Field at Mile High, 6/17/12

BREATHE CAROLINA @ SPORTS AUTHORITY AT MILE HIGH | 6/17/12 It was fun to watch the crowd go nuts for Breathe Carolina on the Kia stage just after 4 p.m. As soon as the first few notes of "Hello Fascination" hit, everyone was in synch and knew all the words. The crowd was so boisterous in fact, Kyle ... More >>

Taylor Mathis gets deferred sentence for brutal hit and run caught on camera

Like Carmen Tisch, sentenced to mental health probation for rubbing her butt on, and urinating near, a $30 million Clyfford Still painting, Taylor Mathis didn't immediately earn jail time for one of the most notorious offenses in recent months. That's more surprising in Mathis's case, though, since ... More >>

Taylor Jo Mathis: Mug shot released of alleged driver in hit-and-run caught on video

Update: The Denver Police Department has released a booking photo of Taylor Jo Mathis, the 21-year-old who's accused of having been behind the wheel during an ugly hit-and-run. The crash, which seriously injured two people, was caught on surveillance video on view below. See a larger version of Math ... More >>

Jonny 5 of Flobots reflects on the Occupy Movement and talks about the act's new album

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The Heavy's Kelvin Swaby talks about the band's music, Jim Jarmusch and Marmite.

Joshua BradleyThe Heavy appears tonight at the Bluebird with Wallpaper​ The Noid isn't just that pesky pizza-chilling character from old Domino's commercials from the '80s. It's a region of England from which the neo-soul, garage rock band known as The Heavy hails. Fronted by the charismatic ... More >>

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

Seven-year-old boy pretty sure God hates Jews

​See more photos at westword.com/slideshow. The traveling hate circus of Westboro Baptist Church swung through Capitol Hill on its current Denver-Boulder Tour of Brightly Covered Disparagement, unloading its Kia full of signs outside the offices of the Intermountain Jewish News. It was prett ... More >>