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Tom Hunting of Exodus on how building a song is like building the best sandwich possible

Exodus was founded in 1980 by a group of high school friends that included a pre-Metallica Kirk Hammett and Tom Hunting, the sole remaining original member of the act. The classic line-up also featured Paul Baloff on vocals and Gary Holt, who moved over to guitar when Kirk joined Metallica, just pri ... More >>

Mark Cappello charged in murder of Boulder man, two others: Cali pot deal gone wrong?

The arrest of Central City resident Mark Cappello for his role in a California bloodbath can serve as an example for those who consider marijuana a violence magnet, as well as folks convinced that legalization and regulation are the best way to get the criminal element out of the pot biz. Either way ... More >>

The five best concerts in Denver this weekend

Welcome to the weekend! And, oh, fingers crossed, what a weekend this will be. The sun was orange and the sky was blue when we woke up this morning. We're taking that as an omen or something. That could just be the tequila shot from last night talking, though. Saw the first night of Trampled By Turt ... More >>

Reel Big Fish

Thursday, January 10, Gothic Theatre, 303-788-0984; Friday, January 11, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

The five best concerts in Denver this week

Maybe it's just because we're claustrophobic and get all sorts of anxious being pressed in by tight crowds, but the thought of being trampled seems more than a little unnerving, which is precisely why we always avoid Black Friday. But being trampled by turtles, on the other hand, well, now that just ... More >>

CU-Boulder out of Princeton Review's party school top 20, but number 1 for reefer madness?

The latest edition of the Princeton Review's top colleges tome, released this week, is an irony bonanza for CU-Boulder. The school, which topped Playboy's party school list last year, and finished third in Daily Beast party school rankings two weeks ago, is entirely absent from the Princeton Review ... More >>

Porter Robinson on Colorado rage heads and the importance of having your own style as a DJ

See Also: Tonight: Porter Robinson at the Boulder Theater Tomorrow: Porter Robinson at the Ogden Theatre Porter Robinson started making electronic music at the age of thirteen using Sony ACID Pro, but he didn't perform his music live in front of an audience until a handful of years later. Since th ... More >>

Comedian Christopher Titus on Dana Carvey, Sarah Palin and Killer Klowns

Christopher Titus cut his teeth in comedy clubs in the '80s after having an epiphany as a teenager when he fell into a bonfire. But it wasn't until the late '90s when Titus -- whose comedy focuses on his upbringing in a highly dysfunctional family -- that Titus began to get more widespread traction. ... More >>

Five pink wines we really, really hope will end up in Elway's Cherry Creek rosé flight

It took everything we had not to start giggling uncontrollably.

Crock Spot and MasterChef contestant Jake Gandolfo hosting a food truck bash to benefit Food Bank of the Rockies

After last summer's street-food shindigs wound down, there was some indication that the food truck parties -- at least the Justice League soirees, which were at the forefront of catapulting Denver's street-food scene to prominence -- might be grinding to a halt. "We haven't made any decision about w ... More >>

Main Street Blues

The Lumineers debut full-length due out on Dualtone on April 3

On the heels of rounding a list of the 20 Best New Bands of 2011 compiled by Paste Magazine, The Lumineers have announced plans to release their debut full-length on Dualtone Records, the imprint that's currently home to a half-dozen other artists including Brett Dennen and Guy Clark. While the self ... More >>

Dancer Michelle Ellsworth wins a $50,000 USA Fellowship prize

​The sixth annual round of the USA Fellowship grants -- fifty awards of $50,000 each -- were announced last night in Los Angeles, and exactly one went to a Colorado artist: Michelle Ellsworth of Boulder, for her work in the field of dance. Ellsworth has an MFA in dance from the University of ... More >>

Trade your toys for body ink (or piercings) at Fallen Owl Tattoo

Courtesy of Adam Rose​Sublime's "Santeria" is playing over the speakers at Fallen Owl Tattoo when owner and artist Adam Rose introduces himself, his shop and his mission: "We're a solid old-school shop, and we have old-school values. We're very focused on the children." In the flier for the We ... More >>

Alan Sudduth behind bars: Supreme Court denies new trial for 1995 killing

Alan Sudduth​As recounted in the April story "The Boy Who Wouldn't Tell," Alan Sudduth has spent more than half his 31 years behind bars for the 1995 killing of Denver cab driver Finley Bradshaw Myers, even though somebody else -- a friend named Nicholas Reed -- has confessed to the murder. La ... More >>

KushConII to take medical marijuana seriously, says MMJ user/cancer patient Cheryl Shuman

Cheryl Shuman.​KushConII, December 17-19 at the Colorado Convention Center, has made news over its RTD bus ads, which have drawn protests from law-enforcement. But Cheryl Shuman, the event's international director of PR and media, would rather focus on the event itself, which she says takes me ... More >>

The Yard Dogs Road Show at the Ogden Theatre, 10/8/10

Jon Solomon​The Yard Dogs Road Show With Devil Makes Three 10.8.10 | Ogden Theatre View slideshow of the Yard Dogs at the Ogden Outside of the Ogden last night, there were a few punks sporting foot-high Mohawks and wearing studded leather jackets standing next to hippies and guys wearing in v ... More >>

Hit the Road with the Yard Dogs

The Album Leaf's Jimmy LaVelle on the influence of Eno and the draw of San Diego

​ On A Chorus of Storytellers, Album Leaf's mastermind/frontman Jimmy LaValle once again proves he isn't a spectacular wordsmith - like a derivative musician who needs to widen his exposure to sounds, LaValle's lyrics suggest he could benefit from studying poetry for a bit. Just the same, h ... More >>

On 4/20, the worst places to stash your stash

This does not belong in your car. Ever. (See more such photos here). Despite the obvious enthusiasm for its legalization -- see today's rallies in Denver, Boulder, Santa Cruz and other hemp-friendly havens -- marijuana is still technically illegal. So it behooves us to consider that it might someti ... More >>

Q&A with Party Down star Adam Scott

Ken Marino and Adam Scott of "Party Down." Starz, a cable network best known for screening films, is branching into producing series -- and one of the most promising, Party Down, premieres at 8:30 p.m. tonight. The show is about a hapless bunch of starving actors fronting as caterers as they wait f ... More >>

The Devil Makes Three

Wednesday, March 25, Walnut Room, 303-292-1700.

Frontside Five signs with DC-Jam Records

Skate punk kingpins, Frontside Five, recently profiled in Thasher magazine, has joined the roster of DC-Jam Records. The Missouri-based imprint, which is also home to legendary skate punks JFA and McRad, will release the band's upcoming full-length, Resurrection Cemetary, in early March, and to co ... More >>

TopR

TopR

This rapper’s been doing the walk of shame for so long, it feels like a marathon.

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Q&A: David Phipps of Sound Tribe Sector 9

Q&A: Jeffree Lerner of Sound Tribe Sector 9

Letters to the Editor

From the week of July 13, 2006

Heavyweight

Getting the skinny on Fatboy Slim.

The Beatdown

If Nina has anything to say about it, this story will have a happy ending.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Kick Astral

Critic's Choice

Annie Quick

Follow That Story

Principal Principles

Transcend This

Sound Tribe Sector 9 is cheaper than therapy.

Roll in the Hay

For rockabilly devotees the Haywoods, vintage sounds are crawling out of the woodwork.

The First Step

P.S.1's changing course leaves some people wondering what direction the charter school is taking.

Happier Campers

The members of Camper Van Beethoven are talking -- and touring -- again a decade after an acrimonious breakup.

Letters

Mall in the Family

While other downtown malls died, Boulder’s was a real success story. But then came the chains and other Block-busters.

"A Pretty Good Person Other Than in This Area"

Winds of Summer

The Other Superstar DJ

San Francisco's Brendan McCarthy on his time in the Denver dance world.

Waiting for Goodman

Want to try Steve Goodman's postal job? There's nothing to it.

Extinct Possibilities

Once Gary Staab found his calling, the rest was pre-history.

Cool It

CLEAR THINKING

TAKING STOCK OF A NATIONAL LAUGHINGSTOCK.DRINK YUP! WHY ZIMA IS THE DRINK EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE.

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