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The Fray at Red Rocks Saturday, May 12: Second show just added. Tix on sale next Friday

The Fray just confirmed another show at Red Rocks. Quincy Magoo probably could've seen that coming, eh? Even less surprising: The date of the second show is Saturday, May 12, the night after the first Red Rocks date -- that is, assuming that Sir Isaac Slade isn't mixing it up with Killers frontman B ... More >>

The Fray at Red Rocks on Friday, May 11

Update (2/7/12): Isaac Slade and Joe King give a track-by-track breakdown of Scars & Stories, the Fray's new album. On the eve of releasing their third full-length album, Scars and Stories and almost exactly a year after playing at Invesco with U2, the Fray has announced plans to return to Red Rock ... More >>

Nickelback in Denver on June 10 at Pepsi Center

By early June, Denver will long be in the rearview for the Black Keys dudes, who'll play here on Monday, April 30. Too bad. It would've been sweet-ass sweet to witness a good old-fashioned battle royale for ultimate supremacy between them and the Nickelback dudes to settle this whole "rock and roll ... More >>

The Fray posts "The Fighter," another track from new album

​Just before the holidays, the Fray offered another peek of its upcoming album, Scars & Stories, the follow-up to the act's eponymous sophomore release from 2009. While the record's first single, "Heartbeat," debuted this past October and has already charted, the Denver-based quartet recently ... More >>

Reader: We understand that "illegal" means breaking the laws of the United States

​Just before the holidays, the Fray offered another peek of its upcoming album, Scars & Stories, the follow-up to the act's eponymous sophomore release from 2009. While the record's first single, "Heartbeat," debuted this past October and has already charted, the Denver-based quartet recently ... More >>

Keep the ski porn coming: Poor Boyz Productions drops trailer for The Grand Bizarre

​We know it's kind of torturous of us to keep showing you the new trailers for this year's forthcoming ski and snowboard porn in the middle of July, but we just can't help ourselves. Keystone and Breckenridge get some love in The Grand Bizarre, this year's film from Poor Boyz Productions, whic ... More >>

Medical marijuana cultivation no different than other pot grows, says U.S. Attorneys Office

A 2009 weed bust.​U.S. Attorney John Walsh's letter objecting to elements of HB 1043, a bill meant to clean up parts of last year's medical marijuana rules, has alarmed activists and confused legislators like Senator Pat Steadman, the measure's co-sponsor. Could dispensary raids like those tak ... More >>

Kathleen Folden on destroying Jesus-receiving-oral-sex art: Where's outcry in God's defense?

Big image below.​In October at the Loveland Museum/Gallery, Montana trucker Kathleen Folden attacked Enrique Chagoya's "The Misadventures of Romantic Cannibals" with a crowbar because of a panel that appears to depict Jesus receiving oral sex -- an act for which she was given eighteen-months p ... More >>

UFO Phil on his plan to build a giant pyramid on Pikes Peak

UFO Phil.​Think you're good at suspending disbelief? The latest story from Phil Hill, aka UFO Phil, will put you to the test. The vigorous self-promoter, who says he's been abducted by aliens "my whole life," now has a plan to generate free electricity for all by building a giant pyramid on P ... More >>

Boldtype tapped to open Guttermouth tour

​Hey, what do you know? Performing at the Showcase can actually be beneficial to your career. Well, so to speak. In a roundabout way, playing at the Showcase helped the men of Boldtype land an opening slot on the upcoming Guttermouth tour. Well, it sealed the deal, anyway. We'll let drummer Ma ... More >>

Ty Gregorak: Attorney doesn't rule out lawsuit for former CU Buff wrongly accused of theft

Ty Gregorak.​On Friday, we told you about Ty Gregorak, the first-ever Shmuck of the Week designate to ever be de-Shmuckified -- thanks to charges against the former CU Buff involving the theft and return of a strip-club bouncer's gun being dropped by the Boulder District Attorney's Office. Ac ... More >>

Stan Garnett tries to capitalize on AG John Suthers's link to serial killer Scott Lee Kimball

Stan Garnett's playing hardball.​In an April post announcing his intention to challenge Colorado Attorney General John Suthers at the polls this November, Boulder district attorney Stan Garnett focused on issues like watching out for consumers, championing the environment and crafting a workab ... More >>

Bill Ritter struck by March Madness, calls out Obama for not supporting... Gonzaga?

Ritter's rooting for Matt Bouldin.​With March Madness getting underway in earnest today (we don't count the play-in game), plenty of politicos are displaying hometown or home-state pride by touting the chances of local teams. That's not really an option this year for Governor Bill Ritter -- b ... More >>

Katie Herzig and Gregory Alan Isakov preparing to hit the road with Brandi Carlile

Brandi Carlile clearly has a thing for Colorado singer-songwriters. That's what we gather anyhow from her choice of tour companions. Former Boulderite, Katie Herzig, who's hanging her hat in Nashville these days, has been tapped to open nine dates for Carlile starting with a gig at the Knitting Fact ... More >>

Southwest lets Frontier know it's not flying away

​When Southwest Airlines made its run at purchasing Frontier Airlines this past month, a number of industry observers speculated that it was doing so because Frontier was kicking its ass in Denver. But just because Southwest eventually lost out to underdog Republic Airways Holdings in the Fron ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: The doctor is still in

​Dr. Warren Hern just keeps making headlines -- whether he wants them or not. For decades, he's practiced behind bulletproof glass at his Boulder clinic, occasionally attracting the attention of publications ranging from Westword (you can read one of our profiles here) to the current edition o ... More >>

Threat against abortion doctor Warren Hern: Read the indictment here

Warren Hern, in an image from a Boulder Daily Camera video.​As Patricia Calhoun pointed out earlier this morning, Boulder's Warren Hern, the last practitioner in the U.S. still doing late-term abortions, was the subject of a death threat by a Spokane, Washington, man, Donald Hertz, mere weeks ... More >>

The way the Adams County Coroner is running his office could be dead wrong

Warren Hern, in an image from a Boulder Daily Camera video.​As Patricia Calhoun pointed out earlier this morning, Boulder's Warren Hern, the last practitioner in the U.S. still doing late-term abortions, was the subject of a death threat by a Spokane, Washington, man, Donald Hertz, mere weeks ... More >>

SAME Cafe: The restaurant where you pay what you can

Warren Hern, in an image from a Boulder Daily Camera video.​As Patricia Calhoun pointed out earlier this morning, Boulder's Warren Hern, the last practitioner in the U.S. still doing late-term abortions, was the subject of a death threat by a Spokane, Washington, man, Donald Hertz, mere weeks ... More >>

Breathe Carolina premiers new video, tours until the end of time

Breathe Carolina, a band that tours so often these days that it almost doesn't seem like a Denver band anymore (seriously, with the exception of April and May, the act is going to be on the road from now until at least the end of August; check out the list of tour dates on the next page), recently p ... More >>

Colorado baller becomes Gonzaga's not-so-secret weapon

Athletic skill seldom waits for developmental maturity to blossom. It's obvious from the beginning, as is demonstrated by the case of Matt Bouldin. A few years back, my wife was an assistant principal of St. Thomas More School, a K-8 facility that's in the Archdiocese of Denver system, and she rem ... More >>

Q&A with David Marion from Fear Before the March of Flames

Athletic skill seldom waits for developmental maturity to blossom. It's obvious from the beginning, as is demonstrated by the case of Matt Bouldin. A few years back, my wife was an assistant principal of St. Thomas More School, a K-8 facility that's in the Archdiocese of Denver system, and she rem ... More >>

Delegating Denver #53 of 56: Washington

Athletic skill seldom waits for developmental maturity to blossom. It's obvious from the beginning, as is demonstrated by the case of Matt Bouldin. A few years back, my wife was an assistant principal of St. Thomas More School, a K-8 facility that's in the Archdiocese of Denver system, and she rem ... More >>

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A Surprise Inside

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Faun Fables

Saturday, April 16, Bender's 13th Avenue Tavern, 303-861-7070.

Skate Nation

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Pet Peeve

If one schnauzer is nice, what's wrong with 150?

Whirled Music

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Flix Mix

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He's Not So Tough

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The Open Space Between the Lines

Words to Stir the Soul: Readings From the American West

Star Hustlers

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A Brilliant Red

With the imminent release of The Phantom Menace, Fantastic Media prepares to blast off.

Field of Schemes

A gem of a story about diamond mines--real and fake!

O'Luney Tunes

Sometime Kingston Trio member Bob Haworth has another gig--as the King of Fun.

Making Trouble

Sometime Kingston Trio member Bob Haworth has another gig--as the King of Fun.