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Over the Weekend ... Iron & Wine, Nick Urata and Tom Hagerman of Devotchka

Last Night...Return to Forever @ Paramount Theatre

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Fortunate Son

Sahara has no reason to exist -- until you see who made it.

Off Limits

The show must go on

Backwash

Sink or swim: Randall Shipp leads a one-man attack against CityLights Pavilion.

Off Limits

Things to do in Denver when it's dead

Backwash

Behind the scenes at the Paramount Theatre

Backwash

The tent goes up at CityLights — and so do the expectations.

Backwash

David Barber comes out of his COMA.

Backwash

Is he some kind of hypnotist? The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne raises heck with Beck.

The Westword.com blog shortcut, February 12 edition

Welcome. Make yourself at home. Today in Cafe Society: • Arugula's big night in Boulder. • Our Weekly Bread: Mendelson's Greenwich Village. • Veggie Girl: Il Vicino. • The Sandwich Solution. Today in Backbeat Online: • An evening with Yes tonight at the Paramount is a no-go. • A time ... More >>

Week in Review: 2/9/09 - 2/13/09

The biggest news of the week in Denver music was obviously the Fray being the biggest selling band in the country. But aside from that, there was a ton of other news, like word of SleeperHorse parting ways, Gregory Alan Isakov touring with Brandi Carlile, Single File being featured on Spin.com, the ... More >>

DeVotchKa at the Paramount

Photo: Gary Isaacs DeVotchKa, Quixotic Friday, Feb. 13 Paramount Theater Better than: Seeing one of Denver's most effusive and entrancing local acts in a stripped-down, sullen setting. Atmosphere can make a big difference.I've seen members of DeVotchKa play in various incarnations and in a wide var ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, March 27 edition

Photo by Jon SolomonThe Five Peace Band. Don't make your weekend a weak end. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Five Peace Band at the Paramount Theatre. • Phish at Red Rocks sells out in minutes; fans call bullshit. • Q&A with David Frederickson of the Prids. • Freaky Friday: "The Force" Swi ... More >>

Boy Trouble

Photo by Jon SolomonThe Five Peace Band. Don't make your weekend a weak end. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Five Peace Band at the Paramount Theatre. • Phish at Red Rocks sells out in minutes; fans call bullshit. • Q&A with David Frederickson of the Prids. • Freaky Friday: "The Force" Swi ... More >>

Star Date

Captain Kirk leads the charge at Starfest 2005.

They Killed the Dog

Captain Kirk leads the charge at Starfest 2005.

Ford Tough

Captain Kirk leads the charge at Starfest 2005.

X Marks the Spat

Puttling Colorado on the map.

A Very Long Run

Puttling Colorado on the map.

Scattered Dour

The Weather Man's a comedy, but not that kind.

The Fray

Friday, September 16, Paramount Theatre, 303-830-8497.

Flick Pick

White Christmas

Deep Thinker

The realistic Widowmaker cruises in a nuclear sea.

Hit Pick

School Aid

Boldly Going, Again

Seeking closure, Robert Wise finally finishes Star Trek: The Motion Picture -- 22 years later

Peace and Love, Nineties Style

A Sixties icon becomes a weapon in Denver's promotion wars.

Night & Day

January 28 - February 3, 1999

Two Organs Are Better Than One

Bob Castle has spent over fifty years making the Paramount Theatre's Wurlitzers sing.

Feedback

Bob Castle has spent over fifty years making the Paramount Theatre's Wurlitzers sing.

MOUTHING OFF

Bob Castle has spent over fifty years making the Paramount Theatre's Wurlitzers sing.

THE NAKED APE

Bob Castle has spent over fifty years making the Paramount Theatre's Wurlitzers sing.

THRILLS

Bob Castle has spent over fifty years making the Paramount Theatre's Wurlitzers sing.

Imagine That: Denver-filmed movie's flop seals fate of movie executives

Eddie Murphy's "Imagine That" went down the tubes -- and so did the jobs of two Paramount executives. Just as Colorado is belatedly trying to become friendlier to Hollywood moviemakers via the re-establishment of the state's Office of Film, Television and Media, the most recent studio flick to be s ... More >>

Barron Christian and the continuing disaster of Imagine That

Turns out Denver has a much smaller role in Imagine That than we originally thought. As you may recall, three weeks worth of filming for the Eddie Murphy flick took place right here in our Mile High home. And although you can still see a helicopter shot of the city and catch a glimpse of Melo ta ... More >>

Today's Featured Event: Record-break at Film on the Rocks' World's Largest Music Lesson

Paramount Pictures/Lucasfilm Join Henry and Indy Jones at Film on the Rocks.​Film on the Rocks is, hands down, my favorite summer film series in the area. First, there's the gorgeous view of the city from Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway in Morrison. Then there's all the a ... More >>

Steely Dan, Mark Knopfler, Rob Zombie, Puscifer shows announced

​It's been an insanely busy week of concert announcements that run the gamut from King Kahn & BBQ Show and Melt-Banana, Wolfmother and Ghostland Observatory to Stone Temple Pilots, Insane Clown Posse and Kevin Smith (yep, Silent Bob himself will speak). Steely Dan fans might get a bit giddy to ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Boozing and boarding

​The Rail Jam took over Cap Hill, Metroboom partied for charity, Puscifer rocked the Paramount, and on it went. See photos from a busy weekend in Denver on the slideshow page, and read reviews of Puscifer and Sun Circle on the Backbeat blog.

This Just In: Rose Hill Drive to open for Jane's Addiction, second Nick Jonas show added

​After Boulder's Rose Hill Drive played Led Zeppelin II in its entirety at the Boulder Theater last New Year's Eve, the band took a year-long hiatus. The band members made quite a few announcements saying they needed some time off to re-focus. Even so, there was some speculation that the act had b ... More >>

This Just In: Nick Jonas cancels show tonight at Paramount Theatre

​Brace yourself: We just learned that Nick Jonas -- he of the Jonas Brothers fame -- has canceled his show this evening at the Paramount. Jonas is reportedly under the weather. If you purchased tix through TicketHorse on your credit card, you can sit tight. An automatic refund is headed your w ... More >>

Dixons Downtown Grill: Show us your ticket stub, save on grub

​Hey, culture snobs: The next time you think about tossing your ticket stub to the tenth performance of Phantom, think twice. Dixons Downtown Grill, 1610 16th Street, is offering 20 percent off your tab (food only) every time you present a manager with a stub or ticket from the Denver Center ... More >>

Win tickets to see Julian Casablancas tonight at the Ogden

​ For those not attending Jonsi's show at the Paramount this evening, Julian Casablancas, frontman of the Strokes, with whom we spoke with last week, is due the Ogden Theatre, where he be bringing his solo album Phrazes for the Young to life. How would you and a guest like to be our guests at ... More >>

Two-year-old spoof of "What What (In the Butt)" garners copyright infringement suit

According to an official statement from Brownmark Films, the company, best known for the above completely idiotic video and Internet phenomenon from 2007, has decided to file a lawsuit against Viacom International, Comedy Partners, Paramount Pictures Corporation, MTV Networks and South Park Digita ... More >>

The 10 best David Sedaris quotes from last night's lecture, presented free of context

Image via​David Sedaris is a tiny man with a huge life. Truly, the man is pretty darn small, and though his voice sounds like that of a timid librarian, it packs a biting combination of charm and painful humor that's strong enough to ring through even the spaciousness of the Paramount. Last ... More >>

Reader: Give David Sedaris a hand!

​David Sedaris played the Paramount on November 7, and the essayist/commentator was a big hit, discussing everything from the house he wanted to buy in England to where white men shit to, well, shitting in your hand, as Kelsey Whipple noted in her "10 best David Sedaris quotes" post. A fan ha ... More >>

Review: Puscifer at the Paramount Theatre, 11/10/11

​PUSCIFER AT PARAMOUNT THEATRE | 11/10/11This was not Tool. If this point wasn't already clear to those familiar with Puscifer, it was driven home, when Maynard James Keenan appeared on stage dressed like Kenny Chesney, black cowboy hat and all, in front of a goddamn Airstream trailer and barb ... More >>

Review: Lucinda Williams at the Paramount Theatre, 11/12/11

​LUCINDA WILLIAMS at PARAMOUNT | 11/12/11About a halfway through Lucinda Williams' two-hour set on Saturday night, it felt somebody hit a switch at the Paramount Theatre and all the sudden the place was electrified. For the first hour, the crowd of mostly middle-aged folks sat fairly complacen ... More >>

Urban Method and FACE coming to the Paramount Theatre

​Denver's all vocal hip-hop group Urban Method, who made it to the final three on NBC's The Sing-Off, and Boulder-based all vocal rock band FACE, who was on the show in 2009, team up for a night of a cappella at the Paramount on Saturday, February 25. Tickets ($15/$25) are on sale now.