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Year in Review: The 2012 Hall of Shame

See also: 20 Dumbest Denver Criminals of 2012

Crime and the City Solution

Thursday, October 18, Oriental Theater, 720-420-0030.

Simon Bonney of Crime and the City Solution on why the band's back after a two decade hiatus

Crime and the City Solution started out in the late '70s in Sydney, Australia, but its members went on an extended adventure in relocation, following its creative opportunities where they lay. First they went to Melbourne, where the group befriended the Boys Next Door, who, in part, went on to becom ... More >>

Round two with chef Mark Fischer: "Embrace humility"

Six89 689 Main Street, Carbondale; 970-963-6890 www.six89.com Phat Thai 2900 East Second Avenue; 303-388-7428 343 Main Street, Carbondale; 970-963-7001 www.phatthai.com The Pullman 330 7th Street, Glenwood Springs; 970-230-9234 www.thepullmangws.com Part one of my interview with Mark Fischer, ex ... More >>

Photos: Sydney Spies and mother busted in party case mom calls "BS"

In June, Durango's Sydney Spies, whose protests after her yearbook photo was deemed too sexy landed her on the Today show, made it clear she was ready for her close-up: She's featured in a Syfy Channel movie slated to air soon. But it's highly unlikely she expected the next photo of her to go viral ... More >>

Photos: Sydney Spies on sexy yearbook pic controversy, new Syfy movie

Earlier this year, Durango High student Sydney Spies's protest over her yearbook's rejection of two sexy photos landed her on the Today show. Afterward, Miki Spies, her mom, told us Sydney had submitted a third photo, but that, too, was nixed in favor of the her school ID pic -- see how it looks in ... More >>

The Weight of the World

Sydney Spies's yearbook swaps sexy photo for ID shot, mom to file complaint

Durango High student Sydney Spies's protest over her yearbook's rejection of two sexy photos landed her on the Today show. Afterward, Miki Spies, her mom, told us Sydney had submitted a third photo, but that, too, has been nixed in favor of the shot from her school ID card. As a result, Miki and fa ... More >>

Photos: Sydney Spies submits another yearbook photo from sexy shoot

Big photos below.​Durango High student Sydney Spies turned heads when she protested yearbook editors' rejection of a sexy senior photo -- a stance that landed her on the Today show. The latest? Her mom, Miki, tells us that today, Sydney will submit a third yearbook photo after two previous one ... More >>

Video: Sydney Spies fights for sexy yearbook photo in Today show interview

Since our post last week about Durango High student Sydney Spies protesting the banning of a flirty photo from her school's yearbook, the story has exploded nationally, culminating with her appearance this morning, alongside her mom, Miki, on the Today show. In the piece, on view below, yearbook ed ... More >>

Win tix to Bag Raiders tonight at the Larimer

Bag Raiders, at the Larimer tonight, implore you to "come on down and Friday the shit out of it with us!"​Hot on the heels of their appearance this past Monday at the Ogden warming up the stage for Ellie Goulding, Sydney Australia's Bag Raiders are playing tonight at the Larimer Lounge with Ma ... More >>

Empire of the Sun

Thursday, July 14, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

Aurora to light up East Colfax with a $200,000 public art project

Leni SchwendingerComing to Colfax?​East Colfax is about to get lit, and not in the drunken way it usually gets lit. With a cool $200,000 in federal grant money burning a hole in its pocket, the City of Aurora is launching a public art project that aims to create a permanent light installation ... More >>

Beastly, Red Riding Hood and five other horrible fairy tale adaptations

​The releases of Beastly and Red Riding Hood mark just two more additions to a time-honored film tradition: hackneyed, shitty movies based on fairy tales. Inspired by these cloying new releases, we decided to take a look back at five more insipid films that were vaguely based on magical childr ... More >>

Lee Burridge on his 365 Project, what he loves about Denver, casual sex and assless chaps

​ Charismatic, enigmatic and often hilarious, Lee Burridge built his reputation as one of dance music's most well liked DJs playing gigs all over the world and winning over nightclubbers everywhere he goes. In advance of his show tomorrow night at Beta, we caught up with the English-born jock ... More >>

Robocop in Detroit, and five other statues cities should have

Look at him -- he's so statuesque. ​There are no plans to erect a statute to Robocop in Detroit, according to Mayor Dave Bing. There is, however, a Rocky statue at the base of the Philadelphia Museum of Art after one was placed at the top of the Rocky steps in Rocky III. While it could argued, ... More >>

Dendiggityopolis: Westword parents make their kids draw superheroes

Superman, reinterpreted.​Superman provides the basic template: publicly mild-mannered and lame, but secretly able to jump tall buildings and dominate everything. The potential for variations on that superhero theme is basically endless -- and particularly so coming from kids, whose superheroes ... More >>

Last Night: The Cult electrifies the Ogden Theatre - 9/25/10

Tom MurphyThe CultTHE CULT With The Black Ryder 9/25/2010 | Ogden Theater, Denver Sydney, Australia's the Black Ryder opened the show with an impressive array of songs that seemed to overt take some overt cues from modern psychedelic rock bands like Brian Jonestown Massacre and early Verve. But Aim ... More >>

Go Toe to Toe With Rick Reilly

Life Lessons

What is the meaning of $9.99, and how much will it cost you?

I Love You, Man

20:20

Anything goes at Pecha Kucha night.

Sydney White

Someone stop Amanda Bynes from updating another classic.

On the Download

The best in legitimate, artist-approved exclusives.

Strip Search!

Kangaroo Road Kill -- Sleepy Mad Max

Nature Calls

Live, Baby, Live

Danny Deckchair sends an upbeat message from Down Under.

Sole Man

A Colorado dark horse boosts America's marathon hopes.

Water World

There's nothing fishy about Disney's new animated epic.

Best Olympic Hopeful

Dremiel Byers

Best Colorado Contribution to the Super Bowl

Malcolm Farley

Visual Aides

At Neiman Marcus, home wasn't built in a day.

Critic's Choice

Vines

Not in Kansas Anymore

A benefit party in Oz is one way to build community.

Made in China

The Olympics again place first in the Dash for Cash.

Power Age

AC/DC's Brian Johnson still gets a jolt out of rock and roll.

A Pool of Money

Forget the gold. Olympians can be swimming in a million bucks.

A Sporting Chance

The good, the bad and the very ugly of athletics in 2000.

Let the Games Begin

And the gold medal for pinochle goes to...

Life Swapping

The latest entry in the "split-personality" genre is mediocre at best.

A Bad Ticker

Return to Me is so bad it may never go away.

Backwash

This young whippersnapper is wise beyond his years.

I’ll Fly Away

With his Colorado Flyers, coach Tony Wells makes tracks.

Get Your Gold Medals Here

Break a (Third) Leg

Dicey Situations

The Odd Couplet

The people choosing the next state poet are well-versed in literary tradition. No wonder they overlooked these three poets.

THEIR HEARTS WERE YOUNG AND GAY

THE NEXT GENERATION

SEX IS BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY RISKY BUSINESS FOR YOUNG GAYS.