Last week, Dr. Laura Schlessinger violated the cardinal rule of race relations in broadcast: If you are white, you can never say the N-word in public — even if you are joking or making a point. Follow that rule, and even if you are a bona-fide racist, you’re somehow golden…
Nobody makes the distinction better than Encyclopedia Dramatica: The Internet is where normal people go to find things out — to get business info or the news. The information superhighway, if you will. The internetz is like the landfill beneath that — a nerd-dominated repository of all things filthy, wonderously…
When a lactating mom was told to “wrap it up” at a LoveSac store in FlatIron Crossing recently for breastfeeding her kid there (interesting coincidence, and the store itself has nothing to do with breasts, but isn’t “LoveSac” a weird name of a store to get kicked out of for…
It always seemed to me that vampires must lead somewhat boring lives. Especially if it’s summer, because nights are much shorter than days, and of course vampires can’t be out in the sunlight, unless they’re vampires from Twilight, in which case they apparently can if they apply glitter. I’m just…
Coming right off a bizarre yet somehow fitting appearance at Sturgis as his iconic alter-ego Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens recently sat down with Playboy and provided definitive evidence toward settling an age-old pop-culture query: Was he, or was he not, basting his own ham in that porno theater on that…
We’ve come a long way from the golden age of celebrity culture. Was a time, Joe Namath could generate controversy just by having badass mutton chops, but those days are gone. Now, we rejoice at the asinine behaviors of our stars — and indeed, reward them for it, with reality…
It’s hard to laugh at people who wipe out performing actual stunts — the skater whose board slips out from under him on the rail, or the parkour traceur who miscalibrates a backflip and lands on his head. There aren’t any lulz in those situations; only boring empathy. But when…
Train brought back the alterna-ballad ’90s (acknowledging that most of the band’s output has taken place within the last ten years, I still think the band sounds more like the Goo Goo Dolls or Counting Crows than anything much that’s happening now) with a set that left heartfelt emotion to…
When I interviewed him a few weeks ago in advance of his appearance here, Raul Pacheco, guitarist for Ozomatli, told me he wanted to invite audience members to bring instruments and join the band to jam onstage — and while the band didn’t entirely deliver on that promise (I’m guessing…
It’s more than likely that people came out to see Cypress Hill to hear the old hits, and B-Real and Sen Dog did not fail to deliver, keeping them copious and starting in with them early in the set; they were doing “Dr. Greenthumb” when I walked up, and my…
My first set of the day was Nas and Damian Marley, mostly because I walked in and that was who was playing the main stage. Normally, straight-up reggae is a little boring to me, and to be sure: The reggae crowd was out…
As they often do, a call went up once again today on the infamous 4chan (before you click that link, note that it is indescribably NSFW) to “troll” Mormon chat. Famous for being the origin of almost every internet prank — they invented Rick-rolling, for example — the anonymous folks…
Some people just stand out. Whether their style is cutting-edge, quirky or just well-executed, they make you want to know: How do they do it? Because we work for you, we’re finding out. Each day, we’ll hit the streets and talk to one person who catches our eye and makes…
Once upon a time, in the epoch of the president they called “Ray-Gon,” there was a concept so new and different it blew the minds of the citizenry: video rental. Say you wanted to watch Black Eagle with Jean Claude Van Damme, but only once or twice, and then probably…
In a world… where you can cram 75 action stars into one movie… nobody will see that movie… for any other reason than that it is badass. Honestly, this flick might as well be a series of five-second shots of Sylvester Stallone et al. kicking ass and firing really big…
At what was one of the most truly random events ever, a giant hamster ball race took place at the Denver Pavilions this morning. “We wanted to do a competitive event that would draw people in off the street, and a hamster ball seemed like a good decision,” said Pavilions…
It was a party in a $20 million mansion, and I’m not going to lie: I went for the free booze. And because I’ve never partied in a $20 million mansion before. As it turns out, though, Mutts, the Mansion and Mojitos, a fundraiser for Freedom Service Dogs, was really…
Ah, golf: You get outside, away from all the distractions of everyday living, hang out with your buddies, hit a few balls around. Could anything make it better? The answer is yes, and that thing is scantily-clad women. Which is exactly what you’ll get at the 2010 Denver Playboy Golf…
Some people just stand out. Whether their style is cutting-edge, quirky or just well-executed, they make you want to know: How do they do it? Because we work for you, we’re finding out. Each day, we’ll hit the streets and talk to one person who catches our eye and makes…
Travis Newton is the kind of guy who likes to kill two birds with one stone. “What we try to do,” says Newton, owner of Denvernightout.com, “is we try to take a venue and some artists and create an event where we can market several different things.” Thus, his latest…
What do you get when you take a bunch of weirdos, musicians, poets and performers, a 350-pound former truck driver and at least one sex addict from a straitlaced Midwest town and leave them to their own devices? Super Happy Funtime Burlesque, apparently. “You know, Grand Rapids is a really…
If you’ve been waiting for the right time to bust out that Ricky Ricardo shirt you picked up at the thrift store, tonight’s the night. The Museo de las Américas is hosting Rojo Celia, a celebration of all things Cuban centering around island salsa legend Celia Cruz. The party —…
