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What You Missed This Weekend (June 30-July 1)

Q&A: David Phipps of Sound Tribe Sector 9

Jack Kerouac Wrote Here, Crisscrossing America Chasing Cool

Bandicoots: Hedonism 101

Rock the Vote Denver 2008 show moved to Denver skate park

A Star Is Porn

Boxed In

What's a nice guy like Will Hinton doing in a ring like this?

DeVotchKa announces spring tour dates

This Friday night in Philadelphia, DeVotchKa is kicking off a fairly exhaustive eight week tour that will take the band across the country from New York to San Francisco to Austin -- not during South By Southwest, surprisingly -- back up through the midwest before culminating in Cleveland on Saturd ... More >>

Reno Divorce at the Ogden Theatre

I was shuttling between the hi-dive and the Larimer Lounge on Friday night, so unfortunately, I didn't catch Reno Divorce and Slim Cessna heating things up for Reverend Horton Heat at the Ogden. But from the sounds of it -- Jon Solomon was at the show -- both acts tore it up, and although it took th ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 26, 2002

Letters to the Editor

From the week of April 17, 2003

The Beatdown

Starbucks might not want him, but fans know Bruce is Boss.

Fallout in the Family

Eranium made Charlie Steen rich. But the fortune became too hot to handle.

Our top DVD picks for the week of February 27:

Eranium made Charlie Steen rich. But the fortune became too hot to handle.

Westword Music Showcase 2006

Be there or be square!

Westword Music Showcase 2005

Be there or be square!

Road Rage

The Symptoms' frantic, fuel-injected sound is kicking into high gear.

Afterburn

Twelve hundred miles from Black Rock City, Apogaea keeps the home fires burning.

Critic's Choice

Reno Divorce

California Screamin'

Planes Mistaken for Stars brings the noise to Plea for Peace.

Garden of Eden

Drummer Donnie Eden wants to make a difference in the lives of young people, one note at a time.

Flick Pick

Paul Thomas Anderson

Down Cheesecake Lane

Denver artist finds campy bowling pins are right up everyone’s alley.

Burn This

Colorado's pyro-fetishists light it up at Burning Man 2002.

All in la Familia

Mariachi Vasquez is living the Mexican-American dream.

Tea for Brew

Lovers Stories to Share, storytelling with Skywalker

Poison Pen

Jeff Tweedy moves Wilco further toward perfect pop...and perfect despair.

Parrot Heads

Jeff Tweedy moves Wilco further toward perfect pop...and perfect despair.

The Mob's Rubbed Out

Jeff Tweedy moves Wilco further toward perfect pop...and perfect despair.

The Underclass

Colorado's illegal immigrants find trouble even when they try to do things legally.

Out of the Shadows

Colorado's illegal immigrants find trouble even when they try to do things legally.

Feedback

Colorado's illegal immigrants find trouble even when they try to do things legally.

Dicey Situations

Colorado's illegal immigrants find trouble even when they try to do things legally.

Thrills for the week

Colorado's illegal immigrants find trouble even when they try to do things legally.

Tube Boobs

Colorado's illegal immigrants find trouble even when they try to do things legally.

FIT TO BE TY

Colorado's illegal immigrants find trouble even when they try to do things legally.

SURVIVING THE BULL

Colorado's illegal immigrants find trouble even when they try to do things legally.

HAMMER GETS HAMMERED

A LOCAL INSURANCE COMPANY RAPS THE RAPPER IN A LAWSUIT.

That'S "Tim," As In "Timber"

An Oregon baron's luck comes in trees.

Dialed in: This week's local music radio playlists

Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were playing this week. We're currently tracking the playlists for five different shows: Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the ... More >>

A band-by-band guide to the 2009 Westword Music Showcase

Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were playing this week. We're currently tracking the playlists for five different shows: Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the ... More >>

MP3 Freeloader, Showcase Edition: Reno Divorce

RENO DIVORCENOMINATED IN PUNK5:00-5:45 P.M., BANNOCK ST. GARAGEPersonnel: Brent Loveday; Andrew Erich; Tim Jadowski; Tye Battistella; Johnny SmithDiscography: Laugh Now Cry Later (EP) (2004); You're Only Making It Worse (2003); Naysayers and Yesmen (2002);  All Throttle, No Bottle (EP) (1998)St ... More >>

Developer Craig Nassi gets $1 million parking ticket

Craig Nassi. This week, the Denver Post reports, a Denver District Court judge ruled that developer Craig Nassi is "personally liable for $1,046,250 in damages for fraudulent misrepresentation as he negotiated how many parking spaces would be available for Club Matrix, a high-end fitness gym and sp ... More >>

Westword Music Showcase reviewed: Bannock Street Garage

Aaron ThackerayRed Stinger ignited the party at the Bannock Street Garage. See more photos from the Bannock Street Garage at westword.com/slideshow. Red Stinger, 12 p.m. One of the defining characteristics of punk is guys who love the people in the room exactly as much or more than they hate the ... More >>

Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist - 07.15.09

If you caught the show last night, we played it straight again, just like the old days, you know, just two turntables (well, CD decks) and a microphone(s). No dogs, no slogans, just great beer. We also featured a gaggle of new local music from Boulder Acoustic Society, Paper Bird, Joshua Novak, Pict ... More >>

Is Denver Funville or Snoozetown? The government wants to know

The Church looks like fun to us. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. But what happens in Denver? It's too boring to tell stories about anyway. That's the impression that a Wednesday story in the Wall Street Journal may have left on readers. Headlined "Government Meeting? Stay Away From Fun ... More >>

Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, 99.5 the Mountain's Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and i ... More >>

Oblio Duo gets geeked about releasing its first piece of vinyl

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, 99.5 the Mountain's Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and i ... More >>

Q&A with Steve Lawson and Will Duncan of Oblio Duo The Archers

​In 2006, Oblio Duo The Archers established itself as a pillar of Denver's hipster-country scene with The Flag, striking a just-right balance between mellow steel guitars and experimental weirdness. After a long wait, the partners are finally prepping to release a seven-inch split EP with Reno's ... More >>

Moovers and Shakers rounds up our favorite local releases of the year

​In 2006, Oblio Duo The Archers established itself as a pillar of Denver's hipster-country scene with The Flag, striking a just-right balance between mellow steel guitars and experimental weirdness. After a long wait, the partners are finally prepping to release a seven-inch split EP with Reno's ... More >>