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Eliot Lipp on using a vintage synth live to rough up the edges of finely tuned digital crispness

Producing music since high school, Eliot Lipp found his own voice in hip-hop beats and instrumentals. One of the most recent additions to the Pretty Lights Music roster, Lipp has been notably prolific in cranking out new tracks and mixes. In advance of his three-night Colorado run, which kicks off t ... More >>

Online poker kings get cashed out

Killing livelihoods and a $2.5 billion industry, the feds attack Internet gambling

Garland Jeffreys on Lou Reed and "living in between"

Garland Jeffreys (due Saturday, January 21, at the Lion's Lair) should be a household name considering some of the shoulders with which he's rubbed during the course of his long career: He met Lou Reed and Maureen Tucker before the Velvet Underground were properly a band, when Jeffreys and Reed were ... More >>

Mudhoney, Cattle Decapitation, the Wailers and more this weekend

Sub Pop / Shawn BrackbillCatch Mudhoney tonight at the Bluebird for the Kulwicki Twins benefit with the Fluid and the Purple Fluid​Even in the early part of January when the concert calendar is typically just barely beginning to ramp back up after the holiday season, there's still plenty of gr ... More >>

Shoppers

Friday, January 6, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

FML, white girl sitcoms and other things that can stay in 2011

R.I.P. FML 2008-2011​Yes, 2012 is creeping up on us like my 32nd birthday (no need to send presents -- I will only be accepting fan letters as gifts and creepy Facebook messages of adoration from high school stalkers). Since the world is not going to be ending as some of us maybe thought it wa ... More >>

Ra Ra Riot

Tuesday, November 15, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

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Zengo's Clint Wangsnes on black garlic, his last meal and Denver's really bad Mexican food

Lori Midson​ Clint Wangsnes Zengo 1610 Little Raven Street 720-904-0965 www.richardsandoval.com/zengodenver This is part one of Lori Midson's Chef and Tell interview with Clint Wangsnes, chef of Zengo. To read part two of that Q&A, check back here on Friday. "I truly love food, and the high ... More >>

Taser used to try to disable, kidnap woman? Denver Police on lookout for shocking suspect

Full-sized sketch below.​The Denver Police Department is searching for an assault suspect with a very worrisome m.o. He allegedly came up behind a woman near the intersection of Florida and Syracuse Wednesday morning and shocked her with a handheld device -- a Taser, possibly? A passing motori ... More >>

CU Buffs penalized for falling short of academic standards -- yet teams still suck

What's Dan Hawkins happy about?​As CU fans were wondering if the school will wind up in an expanded Pac 10 or remain in the Big 12, the NCAA hit the university with sanctions. Why? The football and basketball programs failed to reach required minimum academic standards -- which is shocking gi ... More >>

Last night: Zero 7 at the Ogden Theatre

​Zero 7 with Phantogram Monday, December 7, 2009 Ogden Theatre Better than: Listening to a DJ spin trip-hop and ambient pop -- they're kicking it live on stage! A couple of years ago, it was unclear whether trip-hop/electro-pop heavyweights Zero 7 -- comprising producers Henry Binns and Sam Harda ... More >>

Big feet, big trunks: Ten of the country's most eligible elephant bachelors

Ken Bohn, San Diego ZooRanchipur, a 43-year-old bull at the San Diego Zoo, tries to pick up 42-year-old Cha Cha. "Hey baby. Are you wearing space pants? Because your ass is out of this world!" "Oh, like I haven't heard that one before. Dick." "Caution: A Herd of Bull Elephants is Coming to the Denv ... More >>

Our March Madness predictions: The end is near

Tyler Hansbrough. The March 18 blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation..." shared NCAA men's and women's basketball picks made by my daughter Lora and me, which fell short of flawless. True, we had Connecticut making it to the women's finals on Tuesday, but not Louisville, whi ... More >>

Our March Madness predictions: The men's bracket comes unglued

Tyreke Evans' 33 points wasn't enough for Memphis -- or my bracket. The men's NCAA basketball bracket assembled by my daughter Lora and me and shared in the blog "Our March Madness Predictions: A Prelude to Humiliation..." was looking pretty good through the first two rounds. It's not now. Two of t ... More >>

Our March Madness predictions: The men's Sweet Sixteen is looking pretty sweet

Toney Douglas, in a photo from Florida State's website. The headline on "Our March Madness picks: A prelude to humiliation...," a March 18 blog in which I shared the NCAA brackets filled out by my daughter Lora and me, may prove to be prescient very soon -- but at this point, we're still hanging i ... More >>

Our March Madness picks: A prelude to humiliation...

A photo-illustration from the University of Pittsburgh website. Each year, I sit down with my daughter Lora -- a rabid sports fan with strong opinions about 9News' Susie Wargin -- to fill out NCAA tournament brackets for both the men's and women's basketball championships as part of a friendly cont ... More >>

Another Irish rising

It seems as though I'm not the only fella out there sick of the dearth of good Irish bars in this town. Though my piece about the Celtic Tavern and the following column about how to open a proper Irish bar have only been out in the world for a day, the responses have started to roll in. And apparent ... More >>

Riot Squad

Ra Ra Riot cheers on the rebirth of college rock.

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the week of 11/22/2007

Affordable Housing a Tough Sell in Stapleton

There's room for everyone in Stapleton, but after five years, developers are having trouble finding room for affordable housing.

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Sports Column

A trip back in time for this tipsy Hawkeye.

This Weekend: Monolith Festival @ Red Rocks, Friday, September 14

Colfax Marathon: Street of Pain

Call It Melo-Yellow

Anti-Folk

Hamell on Trial trades electric guitar for an abrasive brand of acoustic punk.

Fresh Err

Colorado Shakespeare Festival's Comedy of Errors makes no mistakes.

Best Mammoth

Gary Gait

A Cut Above

While Lil' Ricci's stumbles, Anthony's shows pizza lovers The Way.

High Hopes

The Nuggets have finally begun to warm up the faithful.

Tally-Ho, Carmelo

The Nuggets are ready to ride the new kid in town.

Critic's Choice

Hamell on Trial

The Message

Take Two

There Oughtta Be a Thaw

After an ice age of drafts, the Nuggets seek a warm body.

Best Mammoth

Gary Gait

Letters to the Editor

From the week of November 21, 2002

Letters to the Editor

From the week of November 14, 2002

Art and Soul

Martin Sexton, rock music's black sheep, strikes out on his own. Again.

Hoops, Here It Is

Hard-court hardcores are held hostage by the season.

Backwash

Hemi Cuda's new CD is thick and tasty.

Trischka's Treat

The banjo champion makes music that's finger-pickin' good.

Comedy and Errors

Thrills for the week

Older Is Bitter

Clever Crafting

Avs and Have-Nots: The Year in Review

True Colors

THRILLS