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Tattoo Nation documents California's romance with ink

See also: Tattoo Nation director Eric Schwartz on the oral history of the Chicano black-and-grey art form

Yard House goes the extra yard with its Eat Late options

Yard House is known for its massive beer lineup and almost as massive menu, but its new Eat Late menu, offered from 10 p.m. to close in all 43 locations, focuses on a handful of serious dishes -- including a black truffle cheeseburger and Monte Cristo pops -- priced well under $10. Yard House serves ... More >>

The five best jail-inspired musician memoirs

Pop culture incrementally improved the chances that books would outlive CDs when news spread that Lil Wayne had inked a deal to write a memoir about the eight months he spent locked up on gun charges. Titled Gone 'Til November, the book is scheduled to be released in May. While the hip-hop blogosphe ... More >>

Resolutions 2013: Making movies, making records, cooking...and finishing projects

For our New Year's guide that was inserted in the issue of December 13, we asked thirteen of the town's cultural tastemakers several questions -- and the answers were entertaining, informative and, in many cases, enlightening. Although we posted their individual Q&As on Show and Tell last month, we' ... More >>

Lucky '13: Musician and DIY venue operator Gregg Ziemba

This past year has been tough for many people, and we're eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we invited some of the town's cultural tastemakers -- entrepreneurs and entertainers we're lucky to have in Denver -- to answer a trio of questions. We e ... More >>

Cleaning house: Goodbye crap, hello freedom!

I know. There are already whole blogs and books and television channels devoted to showing Americans how to organize, store and even get rid of their crap because, let's face it: We are a culture of crap. We're obsessed with crap, we watch shows about people bullying other people into throwing away ... More >>

Meet the winners of Great American Beer Festival 2012

This year's Great American Beer Festival played temporary home to 580 breweries -- and with more than 2,700 beers poured, the fest's professional judge panel had its hands (and mouths) full when making decisions on the winners of all 84 categories. Continue reading for the full list of the weekend's ... More >>

Marijuana: Amendment 64 support letter signed by more than 100 college professors

As Barack Obama was visiting CSU, where he was greeted by 13,000 supporters and an attack sign with a typo, the folks behind Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, released a letter with an academic flavor. It features the signatures of 100-plus professors who back the measure, inclu ... More >>

Boulder only the third fittest city in the West, says Sunset magazine

Boulder is accustomed to winning national polls about everything from happiness to being in shape: Note this recent survey declaring Colorado to be the least obese state in the U.S., with Boulder its trimmest city. But someone had better check those scales, because a new Sunset magazine roster of th ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

The Boy Scouts' Police Problem

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Mr. Midas: Crack killed us and fed us

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 >>

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.

Avi Buffalo

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

Why are SoCal Mexicans professing hate for African-Americans?

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Go Fly a Kite!

Funny People

Crystal Antlers

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

Fish Story

Raising a stink over aquarium eateries.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of May 26, 2005

Crash and Yearn

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

Soul Food

Cafe Nuba kicks off seven days of Kwanzaa

Bite Me

By the Numbers

Bobby Love

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

Long Beach Dub Allstars / Rx Bandits

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

Surfin' Safari

The Beloved Invaders ride the wave.

Swan Song

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

Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz

(Dogg House/TVT Records)

Playlist

Notes From the Underground

Musical crime and punishment with Little Fyodor.

The Secret Formula

Sublime's Legacy

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