According to this blog post, Denver is the most texture-mapped city on Earth. What does that mean? It means you can fly through a remarkably realistic mock up of our fair city with the right software on your computer (available here). For those without a computer powerful enough to run…
The blog post right below this one tells the story of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s first epic of bad taste, scathing humor and crude execution, Cannibal: The Musical. Here’s the trailer that started it all, launching their careers as the unparalleled masters of questionable content with a musical celebration…
There seemed to be two overriding conclusions shared by nearly everyone in attendance at the 38th annual MUFON UFO Symposium in the Denver Tech Center this weekend: First, our planet is being visited by something and second, the government is actively involved in covering up the truth about what that…
Neighborhood Red Alert, the company responsible for those little fear-mongering flyers appearing all over Denver, says there are 34 sex offenders in my area, as defined by my zip code. That’s pretty scary stuff, since we’re talking about an area that’s only a few square miles. Curiously, the official Colorado…
In honor of cocktail hour, which is almost here, I bring you this sublime remix trailer for the movie Cocktail, which recasts it as a full-blown Bollywood epic. It’s been around forever, but if you haven’t seen it, you owe yourself a look. – Cory Casciato…
Yesterday I received my official Broncos merchandise catalog in the mail, and along with the usual jerseys, caps and replica helmets there were some … odd items, such as the pictured football car air freshener. Now, your car can stew in the redolent reek of a locker room! Actually, it’s…
It’s Friday. You don’t want to work, that’s why you’re reading blogs and watching the minutes crawl painfully by. Because I understand your pain, here’s a link to a great collection of old-school video games recreated in Flash. These are simple, one- or two-button controlled Game & Watch-style games, perfect…
I love public transportation. Sure, it’s slow and sometimes it smells, but where else can you get where you’re going and enjoy the splendor of unfiltered humanity for under two bucks? It’s like the Jerry Springer Show on wheels! For example, here’s what I saw just today on my trip…
Can anyone get enough Leeroy Jenkins? Apparently not, since our story (“The Legend of Leeroy Jenkins,” March 8) is still the most viewed story on the site, almost six months after it was originally published. To sate the need for more Leeroy, here’s a link to a brief video interview…
Harry and the Potters are touring the U.S. all summer, bringing their wizard rock to audiences that, in most cases, have never seen a live band. “We were just kind of impressed by the fact these books had inspired so many kids to get into reading, not just the Harry…
Laccaria and boletes and telephora, oh my! They’re not plants, they’re not animals, they’re delicious and deadly poisonous and even psychedelic. Experience the wonderful world of mushrooms at the thirtieth annual Mushroom Fair of the Colorado Mycological Society today at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street. Have experts, including…
Hybrid is a fitting name for an act that blends snappy, high-impact breaks with production elements from trance and progressive house. The group’s boundary-pushing use of orchestras and guest singers such as Perry Farrell and Kirsty Hawkshaw have generated comparisons to Underworld and Massive Attack without damaging Hybrid’s cred among…
A new study has shown pretty conclusively that marketing to kids works frighteningly well. Some of the scarier highlights include the fact that kids as young as 2 years old have beliefs about certain brands. Or the fact that when given identical items, one unpackaged, the other packaged in a…
Almost two years after its release, Microsoft has finally lowered the price of the Xbox 360. Maybe now you can convince your wife, girlfriend or Mom to let you get one! Not coincidentally, I’m sure, the drop comes just in time for the next wave of killer titles, including the…
It’s a good week to be a UFO fan here in Denver. The Mutual UFO Network, or MUFON, is putting on their 38th annual UFO Symposium this weekend at the Denver Marriot Tech Center. They’re promising a line-up of top-notch speakers in the field, including Stanton Friedman, Timothy Good and…
According to this story, the Thai police are implementing a novel way to shame bad cops: making them wear a bright pink Hello Kitty armband. Call me an optimist, but I think this could work in Denver, and god knows we have our share of bad cops. The Thai cops…
As a thirteen-year-old skate punk, I didn’t care about anything but my deck and how cool it looked. Comprising everything from surrealism to pop art, abstract to tribalistic primitivism, it shaped my taste in art. Tonight, Plastic Chapel and Indy Ink take skate art to the max with the Skate…
David Waxman has been on the scene for fifteen years, racking up residencies and guest spots at prestigious clubs such as Twilo in New York, Crobar in Chicago and Space in Miami. He’s bounced among styles from progressive trance to chillout, with stops at most points in between. When he’s…
Ladies…gentlemen…and children (over eighteen, anyway): Step right up and witness Emerge: Carnival of Shadows, a circus of the erotic, the bizarre and the musical. See DekO, the ringleader, and his merry troupe of Circus Rave Dolls, chosen for their sensuous beauty and hailing from every corner of the globe. See…
Kate Simko’s minimal techno is full of echoing splashes of color, snatches of distant metal percussion expanding from the void, and cryptic hints of melodies that tease from the wings. Simko creates the perfect backdrop for interstellar passages — beautiful sounds you can imagine accompanying Voyager as it glides through…
Sander Van Doorn July 19, 2007 The Church Better than: Mainstream bubblegum trance, even if they might be kissing cousins. Slide Show Sander Van Doorn played a solid set that kept the crowd energized and moving all night, even if it didn’t stray far outside the ordinary. Early on, a…
Magic Cyclops Benefit Show with The Photo Atlas, Monofog, Lion Sized, The New Rome, Mr. Pacman, Dario Rosa July 18, 2007 The hi-dive Better than: Living just about anywhere else could possibly be. Slide Show The Magic Cyclops benefit show at the hi-dive was a perfect example of what makes…
