Sid Pink

Monday Morning Hang Over

Over the Weekend...Seraphim Shock, Bad Luck City and the Mansfields @ the Gothic Theatre

Backwash

If you're bringing something back, why not burlesque?

Backwash

Sid Pink makes the audience see red as Westword Music Showcase Awards winners are announced.

The Beatdown

The lowdown on the Music Showcase awards.

The Beatdown

The Westword Music Showcase Awards wrap-up.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of December 23, 2004

B.Side Lounge

Maybe size does count.

Lotsa Lucha

It's Mexican fight night!

Channeling

Deproduction has a plan to save public-access TV in Denver. Good luck.

Midnight Mayhem

Sid Pink delivers a riot.

World War Spree

The raunchy future is now at Way Beyond Thunderdome.

Just Horsing Around

The Denver Polo Classic downplays snob appeal.

In Vaud We Trust

Kings of the road show return.

Home on the Range

Tales of life in the Mile High City.

Talking Shop

Shop to her heart's content.

Religious Rite

Denver's Christmas display could use a new coat of hay.

Angels in the City

East High gets booked

Off Limits

A smokin' deal

Kick In

The Commish and pals want you to play along

Backwash

Music everywhere: Music Lowdown 2002 and the Westword Music Showcase covered both the recording industry and live, in-the-flesh performances.

Former Machine Gun Blues singer to enter the ring as a luchador

Photo by Cory Casciato The late, lamented Machine Gun Blues was a band known not only for its raucous, high-energy rock and roll but for the intensely theatrical and physical performances of its frontman Aaron Collins, who would get naked, throw himself around the stage, often careening into the aud ... More >>

Former Machine Gun Blues frontman's luchador debut Saturday, June 27

You're looking at the first image of Wall Street -- the ref-bribing, match-fixing, gabacho jerkoff alter ego of former Machine Gun Blues frontman Aaron Collins. As reported here not so long ago (see the original blog here), Collins has turned his years of of experience abusing his body to a new caus ... More >>

The George Lucas Poetry Slam was just as nerdy -- and just as awesome -- as expected

My experience with poetry slams is almost nonexistent, so someone tell me: Do most poetry slams feature awkward rap battles between goofy white guys named Lando Calrhymian and MC ChewRocka, meditation on Gungan penis, and appearances by a a marching band led by Boba Fett? Because the George Lucas ... More >>

Tonight: Santa and his naughty elves at Rockbar

That eggnog will getcha​Here comes Santa Claus...right down Rockbar's lane. Rockbar is hosting its first ugly Xmas sweater party tonight. And guess who's in town? You got it. Jolly old Saint Nick will make an appearance, and he's bringing....well, backup. "Naughty elves" (and if you've ever b ... More >>

Presenting the 2010 Westword Music Showcase Ballot

​ This past February, when we started putting together the 2010 Westword Music Showcase, we posted an item asking you how we could improve our annual music festival, this year set for Saturday, June 19, in the Golden Triangle (if you haven't already purchased your tickets, you can still buy d ... More >>

UMS Night Three Travelogue: Light Travels Faster at TS Board Shop, Murder Pinchers at 3 Kings Tavern and more

Tom MurphyThe Murder Pinchers at 3 Kings Tavern​ UMS Travelogue, Night Thee 7.24.10 | Baker District/South Broadway The TS Board Shop stage was really an augmented version of the truck that Jeremy Gregory of Bands for Lands and The Construct uses to put on shows anywhere and everywhere. This ... More >>

Seraphim Shock in top form at Gothic Theatre over the weekend

Tom MurphySeraphim Shock's Charles Edward looked like a vampire superhero turned pop star.​ SERAPHIM SHOCK The Siren Project • Lola Black 08.27.10 | Gothic Theatre, Englewood Used to be you could count on the opening bands at a Seraphim Shock show to be pretty awful. But in the last severa ... More >>

Sid Pink is the real Undercover Boss

​ Did you catch Undercover Boss staring Bryan Bedford, the CEO of Frontier Airlines? No? Yeah, can't say we blame you. The show, which premiered with a fairly promising premise, has quickly devolved into a one-dimensional series with almost Real World-worthy typecasting. Each of the boilerpla ... More >>

Prefuse 73, The Hood Internet and more: Your Artopia 2011 music schedule

Photo: Mattie StaffordThe Hood Internet perform in June in Minneapolis. See more photos.​Artopia, Westword's annual "biggest, greatest, most poppin' ass art party of the year," goes down on Saturday night. A highlight this year as always is the musical talent, so we've parsed down the full sch ... More >>

2011 Westword Music Showcase Ballot

​Seventeen years! It's hard to believe we've been doing the Westword Music Showcase for that long. I can still remember being at the first one in LoDo nearly two decades ago. And when I think back, it seems like that cold, rainy Sunday night was just a few years ago.