Rocket to Nowhere, Dry Rot, Turbo Knife Fight and Green Fuse Larimer Lounge July 18, 2007 Better than: A swift kick to the balls Slide Show Rocket to Nowhere started off this lonely Wednesday night to a crowd of their girlfriends and a buddy. It was the guys’ first night…
Elitch Gardens continues its celebration of Latin culture today during La Fiesta de Elitch Gardens and Lowrider Invitational. Live music from eight acts — singer Gloria Trevi led last night’s lineup, while Patrulla 81 hits the stage tonight — and more than twenty lowriders highlight the weekend’s attractions. Organizer Mike…
Sander van Doorn (due at the Church on Thursday, July 19) handles all of the production, engineering and mastering on his tracks and remixes. As a result, he’s carved out a sound that’s dense, clever and well-balanced — albeit a bit too busy at times for its own good. Juxtaposing…
The Global Dance Fest will once again feature some of the biggest names in dance music, including this year’s headliner, Tiësto, who first came to prominence with “Traffic” and solidified his reputation with his remix of Delerium’s “Silence,” a track that enjoyed considerable crossover success and radio airplay. Since then,…
There’s a free show tonight at the hi-dive to raise money for Magic Cyclops’s medical bills. Poor Magic suffered an excruciating and literally crippling blow after being thrown through the air at a Dan Deacon show and breaking both wrists when he landed. Like many musicians, he is without medical…
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has been indicted by a federal grand jury for dog fighting. If the charges are true, this guy has to be one of the stupidest human beings of all time. How can you believe that as one of the highest profile players in the most…
Hallelujah! Elway’s taking to the gridiron again! Denver, you may now erupt into spontaneous explosions of joy. Okay, okay, it’s just a videogame. I know. But it’s a new videogame (meaning shiny graphics!) and it has John Fucking Elway (or at least a janky illustration of him) as the main…
Are you excited for the next (and last) Harry Potter book? Voldemort knows I am! Do you miss the old Welcome Back, Kotter TV series? OK, me neither, but this is still pretty funny. It’s exactly what you’d expect from the name, a ridiculous mashup spoof of the two properties…
American film stars like to do commercials in Japan. The pay is fantastic and, hey, it’s not like their fans back in the U.S. will ever see the things, right? Wrong, thanks to YouTube. Here’s Nicolas Cage shilling for, as far as I can tell, pachinko, a Japanese arcade game…
Gaze upon the wonder to the right. It’s a glass bottle of Coca-Cola, imported from Mexico. That’s worth more than novelty points, since glass-bottled drinks taste better. There’s a reason no beer besides shitty mass-market swill is bottled in plastic, after all. Even better for the flavor is the fact…
Finally, a blog that dares to ask the question “How do you tell the difference between hippie dirtbags and terrorist dirtbags?” Take a look at the cut-out images from various photographs and it’s obvious that lacking the context of bongs vs. bombs, it’s pretty damn difficult. That probably explains why…
Put on your best celebratory hat and head down to the Fancy Tiger Birthday Party to celebrate the shop’s successful first year in business. The one-of-a-kind boutique, located at 1 South Broadway, specializes in hipster fashions, local music and handmade crafts. Owners Matthew Brown and Jaime Jennings promise lots of…
Celebrate the storming of the Bastille and the official launch of ElitistHipsterSnob.com today at the EHS Bastille Day Party, taking place at the Meadowlark, 2701 Larimer Street. Why Bastille Day? Because no one is snobbier than the French, of course! Thrill to the sounds of fake French accents and DJ…
There’s nothing better on a sweltering summer night than a set of steamy, sexed-up house music. The heat, the sweat and the sense of freedom summer inspires all work together to bring out the hedonist in everyone. And if house music isn’t about hedonism, what’s the point? House specialist Nick…
This guy traveled almost two hundred miles in a lawn chair supported by helium balloons. In doing so, he’s become my hero of the day. Not only has he fulfilled one of my childhood dreams (Mom, I told you it would work!), but he’s also figured out a way to…
The Motoman Project has to be seen in person to be fully understood. No tape can capture the intensity of the thunderous crack of the air cannon or the unearthly roaring buzz of the pulse jet. No technology exists to record the smells of ozone and gasoline and burning, much…
For the most part, real-life robots are lame. They just sit around doing boring-ass jobs like assembling cars and vacuuming floors. They don’t do any of the cool things my childhood obsession with pulp sci-fi led me to expect: no transforming into fighter jets, no plotting to overthrow their human…
Over the past five years, renowned U.K. DJ Danny Howells has built a sterling reputation on the strength of his live sets and mix CDs — which straddle the line between deep underground cuts and more accessible tracks — and a series of stellar productions under the moniker Science Dept…
Slide Show Crash Orchid, Go Patriot, The Dirty Novels June 29, 2007 3 Kings Tavern Better than: Missing out on Go Patriot would have been. Friday night at 3 Kings tavern brought a more or less random mix of bands and music fans out. The night started off with Crash…
Slide Show The Heyday with Tickle Me Pink, The Autobiography and The Simple Discussion June 30, 2007 The Marquis Theater Better than: Waiting to see The Heyday until it starts filling arenas. I have seen the future, and it is The Heyday. Hyperbole? Maybe, but it’s hard to overestimate a…
Slide Show The Ideal Fathers, The Classic Breakdown, Racecar God and Latch June 27, 2007 Larimer Lounge Better than: Staying home on a Wednesday night. Wednesday is not an ideal night for four largely unknown local bands to play a show. With no national draw and no big-name Denver act…
Today and every Thursday through August 9, the Denver Pavilions transforms into the Urban Market: An Artisan Experience. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., vendors will offer up everything from farm-fresh fruit and veggies to baked goods and tamales along Glenarm Place on the 16th Street Mall. And from 11…
