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Long Beach (New York)

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Dog attacks: Which two Denver neighborhoods do mail carriers fear most?

    It's the stuff of Saturday-morning cartoons and "The Far Side:" a hapless postal carrier being chased around the neighborhood by the family dog. But the vicious attack on a Denver postal carrier on Monday demonstrated that mail carriers face real danger even on their regular routes. In fact, Denver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Michael Stein of School Knights on dressing up in drag and having a hotel slumber party

    School Knights (due tonight at the hi-dive with Force Publique and Mombi) started two years ago in the wake of the dissolution of experimental guitar pop band Weed Diamond. Michael Stein started the project in the waning days of that group as a two piece with Zack Roif. Though the duo's initial soun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Independent Monitor: Meet candidates Eddie Aubrey, Julie Ruhlin and Stephen Connolly

    Last night, Denver's future Independent Monitor and two other candidates spoke at their first community forum before the selection is whittled down. While Eddie Aubrey hails from Washington, Stephen Connolly and Julie Ruhlin live in Califonia, and all three boast experience from the Golden State. Wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Phish returns to Colorado, three days at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, August 31 through Sept. 2

    Phish at Dick's Sporting Goods in Commerce City, three days, confirmed! The band just announced the second leg of its summer tour, and Colorado is on the docket for three shows: Friday, August, 31, Saturday, September 1 and Sunday, September 2. A limited number of tickets are available through Phish ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2012

    Review: Snoop Dogg at the Fillmore, 3/2/12

    SNOOP DOGG @ THE FILLMORE | 3/2/12Snoop Dogg is the coolest motherfucker on the planet. As the audience was roused by DJ Battlecat's operatic introduction of the giant, the Doggfather walked onto the stage flanked by three gorgeous dancers in Adidas jump suits to a packed house last night at the Fil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Senon Williams of Dengue Fever: "We did one gig at a time in the beginning."

    Dengue Fever (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) was born of Zac and Ethan Holtzman's fascination with the pop music that had come out of Cambodia prior to the Khmer Rouge takeover of that country in 1975. Pre-Khmer Rouge Cambodia had a thriving pop and rock scene that was influenced by Western po ... More >>

  • News

    January 5, 2012

    Why do Americans pronounce Junipero as Juan-a-pear-o?

    Dengue Fever (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) was born of Zac and Ethan Holtzman's fascination with the pop music that had come out of Cambodia prior to the Khmer Rouge takeover of that country in 1975. Pre-Khmer Rouge Cambodia had a thriving pop and rock scene that was influenced by Western po ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2011

    The Boy Scouts' Police Problem

    Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually abused by cops. Should the Scouts share the blame?

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Will Guice and Mr. Midas pay homage to Nate Dogg with "Regulators 2.0"

    ​After the untimely passing of G-Funk era staple Nate Dogg, the hip-hop community was once again reminded of its mortality. As is typical during the time of mourning, memorial funds were established for the family and loved ones of the late crooner, followed by an outpouring of benevolent memo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Ill discount or Illest discount? Free breakfast for the Wu-Tang members at Cafe Europa

    I'll take my coffee with CREAM! (dolla dolla bill y'all). Cafe Europa employees: Serious Wu-Tang fans.​Cafe Europa's general manager, Adam Azeris, is bringing a little piece of Brooklyn right here into Denver. The coffee shop at Penn and Bayaud has been respectfully dubbed "Wu-Ropa," in honor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Last Night: Whirlwind Company, the supergroup of live poetry

    A.H. GoldsteinJon Sands exhorts the crowd during the Whirlwind Company poetry performance on Wednesday.​Watching the Whirlwind Company deliver their energetic brand of live verse at the Mercury Café on Wednesday night felt a bit like being in the crowd for a Cream show. Indeed, taking in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Tonight: 40 Oz. to Freedom at the Bluebird plus a Metallica/Motley Crue tribute at Casselman's

    ​When a band covers a song, it should go one of two ways: Either the remake should be a virtually flawless representation, or come out as a startling contrast from the original. Cover bands, on the other hand, are a different story altogether -- fans go to see them because they want a copy. No ... More >>

  • Music

    January 13, 2011

    Mr. Midas: Crack killed us and fed us

    ​When a band covers a song, it should go one of two ways: Either the remake should be a virtually flawless representation, or come out as a startling contrast from the original. Cover bands, on the other hand, are a different story altogether -- fans go to see them because they want a copy. No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Hip-hop video wrap-up, Mr. Midas, Pries, Iman S and M6, Hypnautic and Sole

    ​The hip-hop scene has been incredibly busy these past few weeks churning out visual components to coincide with their individual projects. Don't miss Mr. Midas and his chartered plane on "Run My Town," a shirtless Pries in the snow on "I Don't Care," a pair of sparse cityscape clips from Iman ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Yard House now open downtown with 110 different beers

    ​The long-awaited Yard House opened this past weekend in the Sheraton hotel, bringing the well-recognized beer emporium into downtown Denver. It is the 29th location for the Long Beach, California-based chain founded by former Denverite Steele Platt.

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2010

    Brothers O'Hair at Larimer Lounge, 11/13/10

    Brothers O'Hair. Photos by Kiernan Maletsky​ BROTHERS O'HAIR With Weather Maps • The Fling 11.13.10 | Larimer Lounge One year and two months since their first show together, Brothers O'Hair returned to the Larimer Lounge with their first recording in tow. And people noticed. You could not ... More >>

  • Music

    October 21, 2010

    Avi Buffalo

    Monday, October 25, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  • News

    September 9, 2010

    Why are SoCal Mexicans professing hate for African-Americans?

    Monday, October 25, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Mr. Midas on Son of the Crack Era, hip-hop unity and the downfall of King Midas

    Chris Eng When the crack epidemic hit the streets in the '80s, it changed the social constructs of a generation. Not only did it birth a legion of children with addicted parents, but from Jay-Z to Rick Ross, it also served as thematic fodder for some of rap's biggest names. Like hip-hop, crack comp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Titwrench 2010 at Glob

    Titwrench 2010 Friday, July 9 - Sunday July 11, 2010 | Glob | Denver Over the course of one weekend, Titwrench 2010 brought together artists and people of all stripes from around the country and attracted a wider than usual swath of the local community. On Saturday afternoon, there were worksho ... More >>

  • News

    June 17, 2010

    A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner

    Titwrench 2010 Friday, July 9 - Sunday July 11, 2010 | Glob | Denver Over the course of one weekend, Titwrench 2010 brought together artists and people of all stripes from around the country and attracted a wider than usual swath of the local community. On Saturday afternoon, there were worksho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Cry for Yelp: The popular website has buckled to pressure, but it ain't enough

    ​Atif Mehana came to the United States from Egypt two decades ago. The 58-year-old spent more than a decade selling seafood to tourists in Miami, and saved enough to open a second eatery in 2008. But now he's broke. Who's to blame? He says Yelp, the megapopular website that allows users to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Widespread Panic, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Pretty Lights shows announced

    ​Another half dozen new shows were added to the Red Rocks schedule, including John Mayer, Paramore, STS9, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Pretty Lights and Widespread Panic, who will be at the venue from Friday, June 25 through Sunday, June 27, a month after its eleventh studio album, Dirty Side Down, hit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Yard House downtown will feature Colorado beers

    ​Kip Snider knows Colorado beer. "Great Divide does a bang-up job. I've always been a fan of New Belgium, and they are really stepping out of the box recently with some of their new beers," he says. "Odell, Left Hand. I like all beer. Some of Avery's stuff is my favorite." So when the Long B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    The Mexican picks the country's favorite Mexican restaurants

    The late Stella Cordova at the Original Chubby's​Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican, is working on a book on the history of Mexican food in the United States, and this past summer he invited readers to "tell me your favorite local Mexican restaurant and what makes it so bueno" -- in 25 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Q&A w/ Isaiah Owens of Free Moral Agents

    ​Isaiah "Ikey" Owens is better know these days as the keyboardist of the Mars Volta. His versatile and creative musicianship, though, was honed in the '90s when he played with Sublime and later Long Beach Dub Allstars. Ikey first played with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Meet George Callison, who helped discover a tiny dinosaur named after... Fruita?

    George Callison could use a dinosaur to pose for him.​That old cliche about good things coming to those who wait is certainly true in George Callison's case. Today, Callison is a happy retiree living in the Grand Junction area, where he spends his free time painting landscapes; check out his ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2009

    Go Fly a Kite!

    George Callison could use a dinosaur to pose for him.​That old cliche about good things coming to those who wait is certainly true in George Callison's case. Today, Callison is a happy retiree living in the Grand Junction area, where he spends his free time painting landscapes; check out his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2009

    Monolith 2009, Day One: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Girl Talk, Of Montreal, the Walkmen and more

    Autovaughn, by Aaron Thackeray​ Is this thing on? We're live from Red Rocks for Day One of Year Three of Monolith, the indie-hipster-Urban-Outfitted-neon-fest that marks the end of the Colorado music-festival season. The lovely promotional folks at Madison House have moved the media tent fro ... More >>

  • Film

    July 30, 2009

    Funny People

    Autovaughn, by Aaron Thackeray​ Is this thing on? We're live from Red Rocks for Day One of Year Three of Monolith, the indie-hipster-Urban-Outfitted-neon-fest that marks the end of the Colorado music-festival season. The lovely promotional folks at Madison House have moved the media tent fro ... More >>

  • Music

    April 30, 2009

    Crystal Antlers

    Friday, May 1, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

  • Dining

    December 22, 2005

    Fish Story

    Raising a stink over aquarium eateries.

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of May 26, 2005

  • Film

    December 23, 2004

    Crash and Yearn

    Howard Hughes gets what he wants -- in this case, a fun and loving biopic.

  • Calendar

    December 25, 2003

    Soul Food

    Cafe Nuba kicks off seven days of Kwanzaa

  • Dining

    October 9, 2003

    Bite Me

    Kitchen Magician

  • Dining

    August 14, 2003

    Bite Me

    By the Numbers

  • Culture

    September 26, 2002

    New and Improved

    Changes are afoot at Ron Judish's gallery.

  • Film

    September 5, 2002

    Bobby Love

    De Niro -- no surprise -- is the reason to like City by the Sea.

  • Music

    August 16, 2001

    Long Beach Dub Allstars / Rx Bandits

    Wonders of the World (Dreamworks), Progress (Drive Thru)

  • Music

    March 1, 2001

    Surfin' Safari

    The Beloved Invaders ride the wave.

  • Music

    January 25, 2001

    Swan Song

    By refusing to follow the flock, Ugly Duckling has emerged as a wholly individual hip-hop creature.

  • Culture

    October 19, 2000

    More About Less

    Minimalism gets a maximum boost in thought-provoking solos at Rule and ILK.

  • Music

    April 13, 2000

    Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz

    (Dogg House/TVT Records)

  • Music

    December 31, 1998

    Playlist

    (Dogg House/TVT Records)

  • Music

    May 14, 1998

    Notes From the Underground

    Musical crime and punishment with Little Fyodor.

  • News

    April 23, 1998

    The Secret Formula

    Musical crime and punishment with Little Fyodor.

  • Music

    February 19, 1998

    Sublime's Legacy

    The Long Beach Dub All Stars carry on in the wake of Sublime vocalist Bradley Nowell's death.

  • Music

    May 22, 1997

    Feedback

    The Long Beach Dub All Stars carry on in the wake of Sublime vocalist Bradley Nowell's death.

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