"Can you make me sound like Akon?"Once again, the Boulder bubble will host the socially and musically progressive Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts. Now in its second year, the three-day event includes electronic musicians from the UK, Germany, Canada, Mexico, the US and Belgrade, as well as local freaks, like Denver's Cacheflowe and Boulder's Normal Ones. Best of all, the festival emphasizes the environment alongside electronics, powering its outdoor events with biofuel, encouraging
David Thomas shows off the Nintendo AirstreamI got an intriguing e-mail yesterday from my buddy David Thomas, a local syndicated videogame columnist and professional contemplator of all things related to joysticks. "I am meeting the Nintendo van tomorrow at 1 if you want to come along," he wrote cryptically.
I'm not a big videogame player, but the idea of visiting some magical wheeled contraption full of pixelated goodness sounded too good to pass up. That's how I ended up in a downtown