Wayne

The ten most underrated rappers of all time

What contributes to a rapper's underrated status? Is it the unwillingness to compromise? The inability to compromise? An early demise? Bad promotion? Possibly all of these things and more? Whatever the case, with these rappers, it's certainly not for a lack of talent. We put together a list of the t ... More >>

The Flaming Lips' chocolate heart creator talks about the painstaking process of making it tick

By now you've long since been grossed out/freaked out/mesmerized by the seemingly inexhaustible creative genius of the Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, the latest example of which, of course, is an anatomically correct chocolate heart that comes signed by the band in custom packaging and complete ... More >>

Holy fuckin' shit, profanity is beautiful

When my miniature obsession with Wayne White emerged two weeks ago, it was because I had loved his work my whole life -- without ever knowing who he was. The visual aids White had provided for my childhood -- from the puppets on Pee Wee's Playhouse to shorts for Liquid Television -- shaped the way I ... More >>

Reader: Albus Brooks is wrong about Kenya

Kelly's Superette checks out of Capitol Hill

Neon Indian: "Around the time I start to write a record, I stop listening to new music altogether."

Neon Indian (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) got a boost early in its career by online media, and by the time of the act's first album, Psychic Chasms was released, there was a pretty big buzz around his blend of synth-driven, R&B inflected pop songs. Alan Palomo and company went on to tour wit ... More >>

Ten infamous 2011 crimes with Colorado connections

And you thought you had a crazy year. Getting jiggy with a student at a Baptist school, driving a scooter without a license in Miami, possessing four grams of cocaine in Aspen, threatening to shoot out a Best Buy in Aurora over a video game and literally getting shit on in Boulder -- these are all s ... More >>

Mile Highlights: Denver/Boulder area concert news, local radio playlists and top album sales

​​Here's what's happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Red Hot Chili Peppers and Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks featuring Atmosphere, Common, Greives Budo and Get Cryphy were announced; the Swayback, Fierce Bad Rabbit, Monroe Monroe and Juno What ... More >>

Terah Rawlings, teacher: Did her pastor-uncle help cover up her student boinking?

Big pics below.​The accusation that teacher Terah Rawlings had an ongoing sexual relationship with a fifteen-year-old student is bad enough. But other circumstances push the alleged crime into even creepier territory. For one thing, Rawlings was employed at a religious school. For another, adm ... More >>

Round two with Thanawat Bates, exec chef of the Palace Arms

Thanawat Bates Palace Arms at the Brown Palace 321 17th Street 303-297-3111 www.brownpalace.com/dining This is part two of my interview with Thanawat Bates, exec chef of the Palace Arms at the Brown Palace. Part one of my interview with Bates ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: I have s ... More >>

UFC 135 in Denver: Jon Jones & "Rampage" Jackson show fans love before bout (PHOTOS)

Big pics below.​In July, we previewed UFC 135 in Denver -- "back... where the first one started," UFC President Dana White said at a press conference here. We're now just days away from the September 24 match, and UFC is hyping the card (topped by light heavyweight champ Jon Jones defending hi ... More >>

Lizzy Allen of Vitamins tells us how she ended up singing backing vocals for the Flaming Lips

With her classical training and her background singing country music, Lizzy Allen brings impressive chops to her role in Vitamins, which got its start in Greeley. And tonight at Red Rocks, she'll be putting that talent to work with the Flaming Lips, who have asked her once again to provide backing v ... More >>

Michael Arangio, Ernest Schmidt wanted in separate homicides that left four dead in Springs

Big pics below.​Denver hasn't exactly been bloodshed free of late. Note the shocking murders of Sergeant Anthony Silva and onetime medical marijuana dispensary owner Michael "SK" Walker in recent weeks. But the body count is higher in Colorado Springs, where four are dead in two separate incid ... More >>

Reader: If only I could afford to eat at Sushi Sasa more often!

Lori Midson​In this week's Chef and Tell interview, Lori Midson talks with Wayne Conwell, owner/chef of Sushi Sasa, which opened in the summer of 2005 just off Platte Street, a pioneer in what would soon grow into one of the town's biggest restaurant neighborhoods. But while Sushi Sasa special ... More >>

Round two with Sushi Sasa's Wayne Conwell

Lori Midson​ Wayne Conwell Sushi Sasa 2401 Fifteenth Street 303-433-7272 www.sushisasadenver.com This is part two of my interview with Wayne Conwell, executive chef/owner of Sushi Sasa. In part one of that interview with Conwell, he dishes on working for Iron Chef Morimoto, the genius of Je ... More >>

Weekend Dance Card: Unified Field, Whomp Truck and more

Lexi Fey.​Looking for somewhere to shake your ass this weekend? We've got you covered with events in both the mainstream and underground dance worlds. Tonight, several old-schoolers -- including LL Bishop, Smyl:E, Om, Lexi Fey and Chris Irvin -- man the DJ decks at Chances Grill. Late night f ... More >>

Kinetix on recording at the Blasting Room, getting to perform at the Fillmore and offering up a stoner-approved rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody"

​ In this week's paper, we ran excerpts of Andy Thomas's recent conversation with the members of Kinetix in Rough Mixes. That Q&A barely scratched the surface. After the jump, you'll find not only Thomas's exchange with band in its entirety but the transcript from Dutch Seyfarth's recent chat ... More >>

Johnson & Wales chef Eric Stein dishes on vegetarian food (Denver has the worst), Michael Long (he's a genius) and peanut butter and jelly

Lori Midson​This is part two of Lori Midson's Chef and Tell interview with Eric Stein, chef/instructor at Johnson & Wales. To read part one of that interview, click here. Most embarrassing moment in the kitchen: I worked for a restaurant called Adesso in Providence, Rhode Island, that featur ... More >>

One last kernel of the Colorado "Popcorn lung" case

Beware all ye who enter here...​It could be the asbestos of our generation: "Popcorn Lung" now has a website dedicated to victims of this dreaded "disease" (in truth, it's a law firm's site encouraging potential litigation) -- and the phenomenon began in our own back yard. Although the medic ... More >>

Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, 99.5 the Mountain's Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and i ... More >>

All That Jazz

Celebrating three decades of creative collaboration.

U2 grabs top spot at Independent Records

U2's brand-new album No Line on the Horizon also claimed the top spot at Independent Records this week, bumping Lamb of God's latest down to the number-two slot for the week ending March 8. Elsewhere, Independent's top ten this week is filled out by the likes of T.I., Soulja Boy Tell 'Em and Project ... More >>

Bobby Valentino tops Independent Records best sellers

R&B sensation Bobby Valentino, whose sophomore album The Rebirth hit stores on Tuesday, February 10, grabbed the top spot on Independent Records' top sellers list for the week of February 16. Potluck and Ne-Yo grabbed the second and third slots while the Fray came on fourth. See the full breakdo ... More >>

Advice to Mark Udall: Don't take all of Wayne Allard's advice

For the most part, Colorado Public Radio's recent conversation with Wayne Allard doesn't exactly qualify as scintillating: big surprise. But Mike Saccone of Grand Junction's Daily Sentinel, whose "Political Notebook" feature qualifies as one of the better political blogs in the state, zeroed in on ... More >>

Wayne Allard: gone fishin'

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 8/30/2007

Columbine Study Questions

Midlake

After a tour with the Flaming Lips and loads of hype, the only thing this quintet is missing is confidence.

Cold Hearted

Lost Planet delivers, but it's not for the timid.

Cleveland's Rocks

Parker Posey and Paul Rudd get their OH faces on.

DJ Nights

15th Street Tavern, Skylark Lounge

Nationalistic 2005

The rest of the planet generated some good CDs this year, too.

The Lounge

Moving on

What It Means to Miss New Orleans

God, what have you done?

Pooch Kicks

As kid-book adaptations go, Because of Winn-Dixie is no dog.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of January 27, 2005

Letters to the Editor

From the week of October 7, 2004

A Ransom for Redford

The actor stars in Pieter Jan Brugge's surprisingly smart The Clearing.

Pop Quiz

March 6, 2003

Backwash

Any way you want it: The Czars create some Spanish magic on a whirlwind tour of the Old Country.

Powers Off

Mike Myers's mojo is running low.

Critic's Choice

Bob Schneider

Lost in the Swamp

Sam Raimi does what he can with familiar material in The Gift.

Critic's Choice

The Big Tymers

Cash Poor

Paul Newman fails to score in this empty caper flick.

Dead Man Laughing

High Notes

The Train Rolls On

When it comes to genuine country music, Wayne "The Train" Hancock is steaming full speed ahead.

Thrills for the week

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