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Columbine to Newtown: A tragic list of school shootings since 1999

The senseless massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, which took the lives of twenty children, including Olivia Engel, seen here, plus seven adults, instantly stirs terrible memories of the 1999 attack on Columbine High School. On the tenth anniversary of that tragedy, we assembled a horrific roster of sc ... More >>

Reader: I gave Denver a try for two months, but it sucks

Around here, we do a lot of celebrating the Mile High City in posts like the 50 reasons we're glad we live in Denver and not the United States. But we've also provided this January 2011 Comment of the Day for people who disagree. Like this guy, who's spent two months here and can't wait to get out.

Hank 3 on the self-contained anarchy of his shows, from a stabbing once to a heart attack

See also: Hank 3 at Boulder Theatre, 9/4/12 Hank 3 has one of the most unimpeachable country music pedigrees of anyone alive: His grandfather is the late Hank Williams Sr., one of the pioneers of both country and rock and roll, and his farther is Hank Williams Jr. To his credit, Hank 3 has never re ... More >>

The Melvins counting on Denver to help them earn a spot in the Guinness World Records book

On Wednesday, September 12, you'll have a chance to become part of history and help the Melvins weasel their way into the Guinness World Records book, which they hope to do by playing shows in all fifty states plus one in the District of Columbia in just 51 days. One can only imagine what sparked th ... More >>

Randy Rhoads: Thirty years ago today, a tragic accident took the life of a legendary guitarist

The 1980s did not start well for Ozzy Osbourne. After being kicked out of Black Sabbath, the Prince of Darkness holed up in an L.A. hotel room, planning to remain as drunk as possible until his money ran out, and then probably move back to England to work as a laborer. He met future wife Sharon Arde ... More >>

Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost at Fillmore April 23

Aaron Thackeray​This should be pretty killer: In support of their latest albums, Heritage and The Hunter, Opeth and Mastodon -- two acts that recently headlined the Ogden Theatre and are certainly no strangers to the Mile High City -- are preparing to hit the road together on the aptly named H ... More >>

Tonight: Royal Bangs at the Larimer

​Knoxville's Royal Bangs (playing tonight at the Larimer Lounge with Hindershot and Spires) knows the power of a three-piece. Beginning as one, growing into a quintet, and now back to band life as trio, the dudes still manage to create plenty of electronic-infused punkishness on its latest rel ... More >>

Tonight: Whitechapel at Summit

​Metal has gone in some diverse directions in the past few decades, and Knoxville's Whitechapel grows from the harsh and speedy thread of deathcore. The band pulls from an artillery of three guitarists to underlay vocalist Ben Savage's deep and throaty screams, which come in several tonal laye ... More >>

Jay Sheridan: Jackie Hasty charged in death of Limon officer killed by husband Dennis Hasty

9News​Update: Sex offender Dennis Hasty can't face charges for the murder of Limon police officer Jay Sheridan, having killed himself prior to being captured. However, his common-law wife, Jackie Hasty, is looking at two counts in relation to the crime, including manslaughter.

Michael Gira of Swans on the new album and his time as a bassist

Owen SwensonSWANS​ Emerging in the milieu of the No Wave scene in the New York underground in 1982, Swans became known for the kind of music that was forbidding, terrifyingly intense in its execution and lyrically uncompromising in its depiction of the darker side of human existence. Although ... More >>

Chad Price, Lenny Lashley and Pete Stein play Sad Slow Songs at 3 Kings Tavern

Photo by Matt Schild/Vinylcollective.comChad Price ​CHAD PRICE With Lenny Lashley • Pete Stein 12.17.10 | 3 Kings Tavern Former punks and present cowpunks splayed open their hearts in the tradition of the great singer-songwriters last night at 3 Kings Tavern, 60 South Broadway. Lenny Lashle ... More >>

Pretty Lights just keep getting brighter and brighter

​To see the following that Pretty Lights has established at this point is a bit staggering, isn't it? Last month, Derek Vincent Smith -- who makes music under the name Pretty Lights -- sold out three back-to-back dates in Denver, Boulder and in his hometown of Fort Collins at the Ogden, Fox and Ag ... More >>

Beyond Playlist: Maxwell and more

​Maxwell BLACKsummers' night (Columbia) Eight years have passed since Now, Maxwell's previous album. Fortunately, though, he's lost none of his musical sophistication, and he remains in possession of an impressively wide-ranging skill set -- one that allows him to achieve most, if not all, of ... More >>

The Columbine effect: A horrific roster of school shootings since 1999

The most resonant information that's come my way thus far today in relation to the anniversary of the April 20, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School was contained in an e-mail sent to Westword by Vicki Newell, a public-policy director with the Colorado PTA. It's a list of school shootings since ... More >>

Q&A with David Milstead about the death of the Rocky Mountain News and the future of the Denver Post

David Milstead. The most dogged and enterprising journalist to write about the Rocky Mountain News' closure saga came from the Rocky's own newsroom. Business columnist and reporter David Milstead broke story after story. For example, he unearthed a confidential letter from executives at E.W. Scripp ... More >>

Pictureplane picked up by Lovepump United, hits road with HEALTH

Photo: Sarah CassThis news will probably come as no surprise to those who were paying attention last summer when HEALTH sang the praises of Pictureplane in Pitchfork: Travis Egedy, who makes music under the Pictureplane moniker, has been picked up by Lovepump United. The New York-based imprint, whi ... More >>

E.W. Scripps CEO Rich Boehne on his company's commitment to newspapers

As is the case with all articles, plenty of interesting stuff gathered for Westword's December 11 feature about the dire circumstances facing the Rocky Mountain News and sidebars focusing on Rocky writers who the Denver Post should try to hire and the joint-operating agreement between the Rocky an ... More >>

Giddy Up

Yee-Haw Industries redefines fine art.

The Lost Charlie Louvin Interview

Wooden Wand

Thursday, October 5, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 15, 2005

Hootenanny

Oakhurst injects roots rock with a heady dose of bluegrass.

Bite Me

Smoke Free or Die

Book, Chapter and Verse

B.C. Tours offers a politically incorrect view of Denver. From the beginning.

Fist City

Young fighters descend on Denver for the Golden Gloves.

Bus Stopped

The wheels on the bus go round and round as RTD struggles to find a competent contractor.

The Invisible Man

You ought to be in pictures -- and Phil Anschutz® can put you there.

The Story of Adele H

There's a thing or two you don't know about Adele Arakawa.

Turkish Delight

Bandleader Sam Bivens brings six decades of jazz history to Turk's Supper Club.

A Sporting Chance

Colorado sports went on a downhill slide in '99.

Son of Stern

Bisexual pudding wrestlers aside, Denver shock jock Rover MacDaniels says he's a true original.

Letters

This Means War

Playlist

High Hopes

Emily Herrera soars toward stardom

Playlist

THE LAW WINS

A GENDER'S SHOOTING STARS

STORMING THE OUTFIELD WALLS