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Denver's ten best jukeboxes

More and more, you've probably noticed an influx of Internet jukeboxes, the kind that offer a seemingly endless assortment of songs, cropping up in bars. But there are still a handful of spots rocking old school CD jukeboxes that require a bit of taste-making. Here's the ten best, including this yea ... More >>

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine says the Aurora shooting was staged by Obama, while Marilyn Manson makes a joke about James Holmes

See also: - Deadmau5 disses Playboy model for her tweet joking about Batman shooting - Dark Knight Rises composer Hans Zimmer honors Aurora shooting victims - Tim McGraw and other musicians pay tribute to the Aurora shooting victims - Neil Diamond donates proceeds from merch sales to Aurora Victim R ... More >>

"Walking Down Death Row," the eerily titled song by James Holmes's sister

See Also: - Dark Knight Rises composer Hans Zimmer pens song for Aurora shooting victims - Neil Diamond donates proceeds from merch sales to Aurora Victim Relief Fund - Reel Big Fish donating proceeds of Aspen show to Aurora shooting victims/families - Tim McGraw and other musicians pay tribute to t ... More >>

Denver's ten best karaoke bars

While there are a countless number of places to do karaoke around town, we've picked ten best spots to conjure your inner crooner. Some of these places cater to singers every night of the week, while others only do karaoke on specific nights. Page down to see which spots made the list. Did your favo ... More >>

And the season 11 winner of American Idol is...

Five months of auditions, live performances and rounds and rounds of voting led to last night's big moment. Who would be crowned the American Idol champion after so much anticipation? Who deserved to win? Phillip Phillips. Beating Jessica Sanchez, the season's runner-up, in a record-breaking 132 m ... More >>

What type of Wash Park fitness weirdo are you?

It's pretend summer in Colorado! You know, that time of year (read: every single month) when it gets up to 80-plus degrees for a few days, long enough to make you forget that it's probably going to still snow-out your cousin's wedding in June? Last week, when we experienced one of those first gorgeo ... More >>

Meet Dave Staff, Denver's seventy-year-old karaoke king

See Also: • Best of Denver 2012 - Rear Inn Lounge/Armida's • Best of Denver 2011 - Music Bar • Best of Denver 2010 - Charlie Brown's Bar & Grill Before Dave Staff started singing Peggy Lee and Big Crosby in front of an audience, he sang to light fixtures. A former electrician, the seventy-yea ... More >>

Weekend's Best Live Music Bets: The Autumn Film, Wovenhand, the Hive Dwellers and more

Welcome to the weekend! Spring has officially sprung, and just as you can count on a another delightful couple of days weather wise, there's some great music awaiting you in the Mile High City. Locals rule this weekend. Tonight at the Walnut Room, the Autumn Film celebrates the release of its new al ... More >>

Magic Cyclops dishes on his American Idol tryouts

$16 million to recover $391,000: The RIAA just blew a lot cash. Here's ten more of the industry's greatest wastes

[via Flickr]​Last week, it was revealed the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) spent $16 million to recover $391,000 from lawsuits involving peer-to-peer file sharing. No, we didn't print that backwards; you don't need to adjust your screen -- they really did waste that much mone ... More >>

Top Five Candidates to replace Simon Cowell on American Idol

​So by now you've heard that legendary curmudgeon Simon Cowell is leaving American Idol after this season. Good for him. Probably a few years too late if he were hoping to jump ship before the franchise jumped the shark, but whatever. Anyhow, his absence will all but drain Idol's talent pool ... More >>

Chef and Tell with Max Mackissock of Squeaky Bean

Lori MidsonSqueaky Bean executive chef Max Mackissock​ "After all that nonsense at Primebar -- those guys are the biggest scumbags ever -- it was unbelievably refreshing to get a job at a restaurant that's owned by one of the nicest guys I've ever met," Max Mackissock says during our interview ... More >>

Music as a weapon: Make it stop for chrissakes! This is torture, man.

SoKabs (via Flickr)​Did you see this yet? We just caught a link to this on Twitter (thanks, MyBodySings), a list of artists whose music was used "during the detention and interrogation of" to torture "prisoners at Guantanamo and other US facilities"? The list, published by the National Security Ar ... More >>

Clutch, Airborne Toxic Event, Chickenfoot Shows announced

Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani and Chad Smith are ChickenfootOn the surface it might seem a bit strange throwing Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith together, but the four apparently gelled so well that they decided to ... More >>

The music at Sarah Palin's Jefferson County Fairgrounds speech

45 Second Reviews: Hawk Nelson, Moby, Van Morrison, Your Vegas

Shine a Light

Scorsese and the Stones, together again.

Over the Weekend ... Eric Bachmann, Ian Cooke, Elin and Freida @ Hi-Dive

This Weekend: The Ron Miles Group @ Dazzle

Too Old to Be Loud

Heritage Square Music Hall goes back to high school.

Al Right Now

Is "Weird Al" Yankovic an American pop genius?

Boy Meets Whirl

A lost lad longs for life in I Am David.

Murder He Wrote

Ice Cube's words now ring hollow for one of his students.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of January 1, 2004

Free Will

Another SNL vet may be the next Bill Murray. Seriously.

Fallon Fast

Saturday Night Live's prime player is rapidly outgrowing television's small screen

Backwash

Behind the scenes at the Paramount Theatre

The Band

The Last Waltz (Warner Bros./Rhino)

The Langley Schools Music Project

Innocence and Despair (Bar None)

2001: A Spaced Odyssey

Prepare for a blast from the past!

Animal Husbandry

Two native sons seek ideal mates in Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire.

Britneymania!

What would the face of rock history have looked like if the British Invasion had been a Britney Invasion instead?

Sounds Like Fun!

Beatle Mania

Off Limits

Look who's talking now.

Getting in Tune

Former Archers of Loaf frontman Eric Bachmann exchanges indie cred for songcraft.

Wake-up Call

WB2 joins in on morning madness.

Getting Martinized

Your friends and neighbors have caught Ricky fever. Are you next?

A Musical Feast

Denver produces a new crop of music.

Other Voices, Other Tunes

Two new releases -- and a certain music awards showcase -- prove Denver's no one-note town.

Out of Bounds

Trying to land a contract at the Pepsi Center can be a dirty game.

Guy Gets Girl, Unfortunately

No Mo' REO

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Music for the Holidaze

Digging out from a blizzard of seasonal CD releases.

Not-So-Mellow Yellowman

THE LAST ANGRY MONKEE

MICKY DOLENZ ON THE DRAWBACKS AND REWARDS OF LIVING IN THE PAST.

YULE'S GOLD

THE GOOD, THE BAND AND THE UGLY CHRISTMAS ALBUMS FOR 1994.

A CAST OF THOUSANDS

WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A STAGE MOTHER WITH A GROUP OF SCHIZOPHRENICS? A REALLY, REALLY BIG SHOW.

THE GRANDMA AWARDS