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In honor of A Band Called Death, five more films about almost forgotten musicians

When a 1974 demo tape was discovered of music by Death, the Detroit proto-punks, it was like a missing link. Ahead of its time and now all but forgotten, the trio's harsh, fast sound was the precursor to that of bands like Bad Brains, Ramones and Minutemen. A Band Called Death, part of the Universi ... More >>

Four top wine trends for 2013

Welcome to 2013 and the next year of your wine-drinking life. Over the past twelve months we saw a slew of clever new wine concepts worth trying, and a whole lotta wine-related WTFs to studiously avoid. All the while we watched and waited, eyes peeled for signs of the wine-related developments that ... More >>

For Man Mantis, the name is both a mask and a muse

Man Mantis on how his mom helped him craft his first mask and how he connected with Sole

Although he left Denver as a mere mortal eight years ago, Mitch Pond has returned as Man Mantis, a human-insect-hybrid alter ego that produces glitchy, futuristic, hip-hop-centric beats. If the end of the Mayan calendar does in fact bring about the end of the world, it will be a bummer because 2012 ... More >>

Moving to Canada to protest the election results? Three things to know about Canadian wine

No matter who you were pulling for in last night's Presidential contest, if you were on the losing side, you undoubtedly heard more than a few of your disgruntled peeps threaten to move to Canada in protest. Well, before you start packing your bags, we thought it only proper to give you the lowdown ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Lamb posole from Encore

No. 32: Lamb posole from Encore

100 Favorite Dishes: Alfajores from Maria Empanada

No. 34: Alfajores from Maria Empanada

100 Favorite Dishes: Savory waffle from City, O' City

No. 35: Savory waffle from City, O' City

100 Favorite Dishes: Pop-tarts from Devil's Food Bakery and Cookery

Lori Midson​ No. 36: Pop-tarts from Devil's Food Bakery and Cookery

Top five flicks at the 2012 Boulder International Film Festival

The Boulder International Film Festival kicks off Thursday night with Darling Companion at the Boulder Theater, and continues through Sunday with fifty diverse films as well as celebrity appearances, workshops, and ways to get involved in social causes. Below, festival director Kathy Beeck shares ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Pad Thai pig's ears from Euclid Hall

Lori Midson​ No. 39: Pad Thai pig's ears from Euclid Hall

100 Favorite Dishes: Rail Yard cheddar soup from Ghost Plate & Tap

No. 40: Rail Yard cheddar soup from Ghost Plate & Tap

100 Favorite Dishes: Goat curry from Phat Thai

No. 41: Goat curry from Phat Thai

100 Favorite Dishes: Sobrebarriga from La Cocina de Paula

No. 43: Sobrebarriga from La Cocina de Paula

100 Favorite Dishes: Chimayo-chile flank steak and posole from the Village Cork

No. 44: Chimayo-chile flank steak and posole at Village Cork

100 Favorite Dishes: Pasta puttanesca from Sketch

No. 45: Pasta puttanesca from Sketch

100 Favorite Dishes: Xiao Long Bao from Lao Wang Noodle House

No. 46: Xiao Long Bao from Lao Wang Noodle House

Eleven favorite dishes from 2011 -- and one more to usher in 2012

Lori Midson​It hasn't been a good year for our economy, but it's been a stellar year for the Denver restaurant scene, which continues to produce culinary heroes and push the envelope. I can't even begin to guess how many meals I've eaten in restaurants over the past year, but I'm fairly certai ... More >>

The 50 worst sports movies of all time

Slap Shot 2: Number 28.​The sports movie is rarely versatile: an outsider, or group of outsiders (wrong race, wrong gender, wrong species), have uncanny talent in their field, but the old guard (typically, white, old men), don't like the change the new person represents. So the rebels have to ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Carnitas from Araujo's

Lori Midson​ No. 49: Carnitas from Araujo's

Four of the best bacon-friendly wines you've never tried

​The wine topic that everyone seems to be obsessed with this week is what goes best with turkey (Thanksgiving is next Thursday, or hadn't you heard?). Not us. There's still plenty of time to tackle that topic, and if you tend to procrastinate as much as we do, then you'll enjoy reading about ( ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Telluride jalapeño poppers from Encore

Lori Midson​ No. 49: Telluride jalapeño poppers from Encore

The luminous Road to Mecca packs them in at the Arvada Center

100 Favorite Dishes: Pork chop from Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar

Lori Midson​ No. 53: Pork shop from Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar

100 Favorite Dishes: New Mexico Benedict from DJ's Berkeley Cafe

Lori Midson​ No. 60: New Mexico Benedict from DJ's Berkeley Cafe

Top five ways to bike, fight, skate, run and climb your way through this weekend

​Push On! In the seven months since Clayton Brown opened his Pusher BMX shop at 5777 East Evans Avenue, "Colorado's Only BMX Rider-Owned and Operated BMX Shop" has been getting props from the likes of TransWorld Business and ESPN, doing double the business Brown projected for himself and attra ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Crue fries from D Bar Desserts

Lori Midson​ No. 62: Crue fries from D Bar Desserts

100 Favorite Dishes: Bouillabaisse from Deluxe

Lori Midson​ No. 63: Bouillabaisse from Deluxe

100 Favorite Dishes: Frico caldo from Frasca Food & Wine

Lori Midson​ No. 67: Frico caldo from Frasca Food & Wine Colorado's pope of Friulian cooking, Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson is a madman on the stove, a genius who bats around a menu that's full of wonderous dishes, and one of the few chefs we know who wears a toque -- and wears it with reveren ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Risotto frutti di mare from Firenze a Tavola

Lori Midson​ No. 68: Risotto frutti di mare from Firenze a Tavola Upstairs, in the convivial, bright-lit dining room of Parisi, the tables are littered with irresistible airy pizzas and housemade pastas, frilly salads and hearty sandwiches, and there's not an empty seat in the house. Downst ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Mais pizza from Pizzeria Locale

Lori Midson​ No. 69: Mais pizza from Pizzeria Locale "This is the oven that nearly bankrupted us," says Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson, peering into the behemoth Stefano Ferrara oven, a floor-to-ceiling labor of love, shipped direct from Italy, that's constructed from volcanic rock culled from ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Curried split pea soup from Modmarket

Lori Midson​ No. 70: Curried split pea soup from Modmarket Laptop geeks? Everywhere. Colorado-centric surfaces, most of them reclaimed, recycled or re-purposed? Definitely. A futuristic, fashion-forward restaurant design? Yes, that, too. bubbling brick-oven pizzas, housemade sparkling water ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Celery and lime popsicle from Spuntino

Lori Midson​ No. 71: Celery and lime popsicle from Spuntino Cupcakes? Done (unless you're Chris Romer or one of his minions). Pies? Yes, I adore them, especially when they're plumped with fresh fruit. But, as of about noon yesterday, I'm hot, like California boys on California "Gurls," for p ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: New England clam chowder from Bitterweet

Lori Midson​ No. 72: New England clam chowder from Bittersweet Housed in a former auto body garage, Bittersweet, now a stone-stacked, high-ceilinged, two-room, garden-to-table food temple, is the blood, sweat and tears of chef/owner Olav Peterson, who opened in January after spending the pa ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Gumbo from Bistro One

Lori Midson​ No. 73: Gumbo from Bistro One I was about to get fried chicken -- the best in Denver, ballyhooed the bartender at Bistro One -- but somehow, the subject switched to gumbo, and since the guy sitting next to me at the bar, who happened to be the owner of GB Fish & Chips, was in a f ... More >>

When animals attack - musician edition

​We're all familiar with Ozzy Osbourne's infamous unprovoked attack on a bat in the early '80s, but rarely do you hear stories about animals attacking musicians. Until now, that is. Earlier this week, Bloc Party and Ash guitarist Russell Lissack was reportedly attacked by a lion cub while visi ... More >>

Animation Nation

Proxy on his new album, The Magnificent, and the vivid lessons embedded in his "Life Music"

​ From the Dirty South of the ATL to the fields of Kentucky and Nebraska to places as far away as South Africa, rapper and musician Proxy has been many places sharing his music and his service. Throughout his travels, though, Proxy says he became the man he felt he was supposed to be right he ... More >>

Watching the World Cup in Denver

​If you can't get to South Africa to party with the natives above, where can you watch the World Cup and get a feel for the global flavor of the world's game? That's what reader Timothy wants to know: I was wondering if you guys knew of anything exciting going on for the World Cup? For Okto ... More >>

Get Cosí at the Opera

Mozart’s work takes a 1950s twist in this version of Così fan tutte.

Giant Rocky Mountain News Typo Begs the Question: "Y"?

Bottlecap's Brew Brawl in Africa

Chasing the Green Fairy

Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

Get Down With Dave

Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party.

Flick Pick

Starz FilmCenter

A Sport for Good Sports

The stately game of cricket is winning young converts.

Crossing the Finish Line

Mark Plaatjes just ran out of time.

Night & Day

November 12 - 18, 1998

Back to South Africa

Love That Dave

Critics hate Dave Matthews, but that doesn't mean you should.