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Rod Dupen on his "killer waffle" and the soon-to-open Waffle Brothers in Uptown

Rod Dupen Waffle Brothers 393 Corona Street; 303-733-1212 1707 Lafayette Street; 720-708-5150 1326 College Avenue, Boulder; 303-593-0510 wafflebrothers.com This is part one of my interview with Ron Dupen, exec chef of Waffle Brothers; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. When you swish through ... More >>

Photos: Ten best athletes to be born in Colorado

Ask people to name Colorado's best-ever athletes and you'll hear references to the likes of John Elway, Dave Logan and Missy Franklin. But they all moved to the state rather than being born here. So who are the greatest Colorado athletes as listed by Wikipedia who actually qualify as natives? We've ... More >>

Fero's Bar & Grill: See the men arrested in shocking quintuple homicide (39-43)

Update: The Denver Police Department has released mug shots of Dexter Lewis, Joseph Hill and Lynell Hill, the three men suspected of killing five people at Fero's Bar & Grill early Wednesday morning and then setting the business on fire. We're also getting a closer look at the victims -- a group fr ... More >>

The ten best concerts this week: October 15-19

Hope you got good and rested this past weekend, because you're going to need to tap into your energy reserves for the insane amount shows going down this week. We have all of them listed in our concert calendar, of course, if you'd like to get the full view. Otherwise, below, we've narrowed it down ... More >>

Paul Thomas Anderson talks 70mm, Joaquin Phoenix and Scientology

Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys has died

Adam Yauch (aka MCA of the Beastie Boys) has died. He was 47. Forming the Beastie Boys as a teenager in Brooklyn in the late '70s, Yauch was part of a pivotal assembly of artists that defined rap music for the radio. Early incarnations of the group shifted genres and changed members, but Michael "Mi ... More >>

Leo Kottke: "I just never thought it would be a job but it turned into one"

Photo courtesy Jan Martin Leo Kottke (due tonight at the Boulder Theater) is a legendary and beloved master of finger picking guitar and a gifted raconteur. He got his start with John Fahey's Takoma Records in the late '60s, and he's been releasing noteworthy albums of some of the most inventive an ... More >>

Weekend's best live bets: Big Gigantic, Jedi Mind Tricks and more

Denver's best live music bets, weekend of January 20, 2012

A second Waffle Brothers will open soon on the Hill in Boulder

John Power and Rod Dupen will open a second Waffle Brothers in Boulder by the end of the year.​When a second Waffle Brothers opens later this month on the Hill in Boulder, you can expect more than just waffles: "There will be a sexy Australian up there, too," teases Rod Dupen, who hails from ... More >>

Director Larry Wessel on his documentary ICONOCLAST and his fallout with Boyd Rice

​When filmmaker Larry Wessel started working on ICONOCLAST, he didn't know it was going to turn into a six-year filming project. But then again, his subject, Boyd Rice, has been a wild and curious abstraction of a performer, whose work in music with the NON was a forerunner in noise and indust ... More >>

Meet Mr. Dean, an MC Inspired by Greatness, with a heavenly message for the masses

​ Producer/rapper Mr. Dean (aka Dean Lopez) has spent the last ten years making music and honing his craft. He says that his faith and the support of others -- including area churches and their flock -- have served to keep him encouraged and focused on his path, which is to bring a positive C ... More >>

Tasteless head games at A Taste of Colorado

​Colleen Don Dero got a taste of Colorado recently, but she didn't like it much. Several decades ago, the Colorado native moved to Phoenix, where she runs a hat and T-shirt company called It's All About the Head. The apparel features the company's name as a slogan alongside a mug of beer over ... More >>

Vintage Q&A with AC/DC's Brian Johnson

Sunday's AC/DC concert -- reviewed in the blog "Live Review: AC/DC and The Answer at the Pepsi Center" -- conjures up memories of the Q&A with the band's Brian Johnson that Westword published under the headline "Power Age" back in April 2001. It's among my favorite interviews ever -- and it prompt ... More >>

Q&A with Diplo

This Guardian Angel Bleeds Red

Sebastian Metz's heart is in the right place. If only his brain and body could follow.

Wheels of Fortune

Steve Meyer wants to sell pedicabs to the world — but is the world willing to go along for the ride?

The Ice Man

When Al Gore and other global-warming experts want to come in out of the cold, they turn to Boulder's Konrad Steffen.

Déjà View

Thought Equity Motion is using old footage in new revenue-generating ways.

The Caged Life

Is Thomas Silverstein a prisoner of his own deadly past — or the first in a new wave of locked-down lifers?

OJ Wants You To Know How He Did It (But Not Really)

Mountain West Conference Lineup

This debut channel is learning the rules of the game.

Contestant #6: Nancy Sedar Sherman

Contestant #6: Nancy Sedar Sherman

Candy

Down from the mountain, a sofly lit Heath Ledger can’t save this by-the-numbers Aussie drug flick.

Yuletide Fear

Wolf Creek rings in Christmas with a band of butchered tourists.

Getting a Footy Hold

Aussie Rules Football reaches out to the untapped Yank talent pool.

The Message

Lesson Learned

Torch or Torture?

The Greeks may have their hands full for the Olympics.

Pop Quiz

Hey! Over Here! Remember? Denver?
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Trading Places

A high-profile ESPN reporter chucks it all to become a low-profile schoolteacher -- and he couldn't be happier.

Speak for Yourself

Warming up to Toastmasters -- and icing out unnecessary verbiage.

Like a Prayer

Ever since Madonna called, remix artist and DJ Victor Calderone has been basking in a ray of light.

The Bite

Pierre Wolfe chases down Denver's dining history.

The Missing Linc

Who on earth would want to work at the News these days? Bernie Lincicome, for one.

An Unharmonious Ending

PeakArts founder Karen Romeo may be a victim of the Boulder arts community's haughty ego.

A Clean Break

Former Olympic runner Frank Shorter wants elite athletes to kick their habits.

Playlist

Puff Daddy, Leo Kottke, Prince, Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines

Letters

Insults and Injuries

Heart of Glass

Simply the Tesh

The wit and wisdom of John Tesh. Seriously.

Red Star

Blonde Ambition

The criminal portion of the Greg Lopez case is over, but the fight for Spicer Breeden's estate is just getting started. Ask Sydney Stone.

Spirit of '76

Family Ties

Tim and Neil Finn prove that they can make music together without killing each other.

Flights of Fancy

Denver pays a consultant big money to get overseas flights for DIA--and goes nowhere.

The Butlers Did It

A DREAMY PRESIDENT