Another week, another game, another chance to fake your way into Bronco fandom with a few choice lines. Try getting the lonely guy in the Broncos cap at the bar chatting with these lines and see if it doesn’t get you a free drink. It’s worked for me more than…
So I was driving this weekend when Great White popped onto my radio — specifically its cover of the highly enjoyable Ian Hunter song “Once Bitten Twice Shy,” which became the band’s only top ten hit in 1989. Given how many times I’ve heard the tune over the years, I…
Monolith Festival, Day Two September 15, 2007 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Better than: Day one — and my expectations. Before I even arrived for day two I was filled with fear and loathing of the stairs. I still hadn’t recovered from the first day’s exertions, so I celebrated my arrival by…
Monolith festival, Day One September 14, 2007 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Better than: Any other reason to climb roughly sixty thousand stairs. There are a lot of stairs at Red Rocks. Usually, once you make it through the grueling hike into the place, you’re done. You settle into a spot and…
Mike Shanahan is an asshole — but he’s our asshole. The whole notion of icing a kicker about to attempt a game-winning field goal likely goes back to the days when the pigskin was actually covered in a pig’s skin. But no one’s ever timed a time-out more irritatingly, and…
Monolith, Day Two September 15, 2007 Red Rocks Better than: Another boring workout on the Stairmaster with your iPod The first thing everyone has mentioned about Monolith so far is those infernal stairs. I, too, sweated and panted my way up the ramp into the park, then up that interminable…
Prinzhorn Dance School Prinzhorn Dance School (DFA Records/Astralwerks) Prinzhorn Dance School’s name salutes Dr. Hans Prinzhorn, who, according to AllMusic.com, “collected the art of his mentally ill patients” — and the unhinged quality of the music made by Tobin and Suzy Horn makes the moniker seem wholly appropriate. “Black Bunker”…
Just received the following e-mail regarding Tony Krantz’s services, which are being held this evening. As mentioned at the end of this week’s Beatdown, Tony, who passed away early last week, will be remembered by fellow members of the well-regarded Krantz family, whose jazz club El Chapultepec has anchored the…
Channel 12 personality Aaron Harber may be many things, but he’s not Barbara Walters — so landing a one-on-one with General David Petraeus the very week the military man made his long-awaited report to Congress about the American adventure in Iraq was quite a coup. The interview, first reported in…
While I’ve never been much of a fan of the elaborate updos seen at the Emmys and Oscars, there is definitely something to be said for the stars walking the red carpet with flowing, beautifully arranged, “natural” looking hair. However, whenever I try to achieve this look, my curly, frizziness-prone…
Charles Mingus Live in ‘64 (Reelin’ In the Years) In this country, at least, films and videotapes of classic jazz recordings turn up on television far too seldom. As a result, even fans of the genre — at least those who haven’t spent hours trolling through YouTube posts — often…
“And fuck Bush,” Common proclaimed at the end of a sick freestyle at the Fillmore Auditorium on September 13 — and the crowd went nuts. His flow touched on everything from gang-banging to economic standing before he walked the crowd through a melodic hip-hop history in which he covered everyone…
Slide Show Bright Eyes September 13, 2007 The Ogden Theater Better than: The Eagles ever thought country rock would be after they ruined it. I missed Nik Feitas, so I’ve got no opinion there. But arriving at the Ogden last night to see the stage filled with racks of guitars,…
Tech geeks have lately been calling Denver one of the most detailed 3D cities around. Probably thanks to Mapquest being based here (not to mention a new in-town Google office) our fair city has become one of the testing grounds for fancy new three-dimensional map environments. What does that mean…
As any regular concert-goer knows, shows get canceled all the time — and if notice of schedule changes reach newspapers like this one in time, articles about such gigs get the ax, too. During my years at Westword, such a turn of events has meant that three interviews I conducted…
In the video for “Pretty Handsome Awkward,” an entertaining track from Lies for the Liars, the latest CD by the Used, bassist Jeph Howard dons drag — and he believes he pulls off the look pretty well. As he points out, “I think I could fit in on Santa Monica…
Like their contemporaries in U.K. Subs, who lived in the same building, the seasoned pub musicians who formed the Vibrators in 1976 brought a blues tradition to the infantile punk scene. But while the scene was highly politicized and angry, the Vibes got their kicks from sexually charged fun; tunes…
Take Two: Film and Its Inspirations, a new series starting tonight at the Denver Art Museum, has an inspiration of its own: Inspiring Impressionism, currently on display at the DAM. “The concept of Inspiring Impressionism is to show the influence of Old Master portraits and landscapes on the great Impressionist…
Although it’s not exactly revolutionary to hold a major environmental event in a town already known for its eco-friendly vibe, Boulder’s Eco Arts ’07 is impressive for its length and scope. It brings together artists, scientists and scientific organizations to cover a range of global-warming issues and examine how the…
Isn’t it unusual that war buddies can get together — with nary a paraplegic or alcoholic — and dance to show tunes under the radar of suspicion? As out-of-place as it seems in a time of tsunami-level cynicism, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is just such a story. Warming the stage…
Because the Colorado Rockies are playing meaningful games in September for the first time in recent memory, they don’t need gimmicks to attract fans, as they have in years past. Fortunately, though, the team’s going forward with one of its best promotions: Jersey Off Their Backs Day, which takes place…
Since the beginning of time, human beings have been predicting the end of the world. It’s easy to ignore the crazy man on the corner shouting about Armageddon, but the ancient Mayan civilization — with its freaky-accurate calendar and sophisticated mathematical and astronomical systems — is a bit more difficult…
