Kanye’s new single should be out soon. LOCALS ONLY Two years ago, Ray Maestas and Eppie Deleon of the famed b-boy crew GWT came together to form a new crew called BreakEFX. Enlising the kids they taught at Boulder’s Motion Underground Dance Studio, the crew has been on a tear…
What to play when you’re taking in the Taj Majal? I love to travel, but I don’t do as much of it as I’d like. The last time I got on a plane was nearly a year ago, and that was just a brief trip to do some work for…
The Verve’s Forth outsold the rest. If you’re looking to load up on new music but aren’t sure where to allocate your hard-earned coin, try polling your peers with Twist & Shout’s most-recent top-sellers’ list, for the week ending 8/31/08. 1. Verve — Forth 2. Slipknot — All Hope Is…
Eagles fans wear their alcoholism proudly. But are they the NFL’s most hammered? (Photo courtesy of Frants photography) The NFL season is upon us, which means fans across the nation are preparing to spend the next five months locked in a fierce battle with their internal organs, testing the limits…
From Rage to Petty, Westword ranks the 10 best shows we saw (and photographed) in Denver this summer. Think this list sucks? Tell us which shows we missed, and if we’ve got pictures — it’s likely we do — we’ll add them to the slide show…
On the off chance you’re feeling nostalgic for the Democratic National Convention — or, more likely, have six hours of Cubical Hell you’re looking to kill — we spent the morning perusing the videos at TheDailyShow.com and came up with the five best bits from the Daily Show’s stay in…
As you might recall, the Democratic National Convention was in Denver last week, and police prepared for the event like they were readying for an invasion of Utah, loading up on high-tech video cameras, SWAT gear, pepper spray and lots of other super-cool shit. As you also might recall, they…
Serving dinner for one is as important as doing the same for a multitude. Absent all considerations of circumstance, every single diner deserves the absolute best from everyone involved: This is the essence of professional service, of French service in particular, the core truth that makes being a servant a…
“I wish I’d been hooking in Denver for the DNC.” Right now, everyone is hard at work dissecting the various successes and failures of the DNC. They’re talking about the dearth of cabs, the profusion of really ugly T-shirts for sale, and who ate what and where and when. Me?…
That’ll be nine dollars, please. Is it just me, or did prices go way up at A Taste of Colorado? The outdoor eatin’ extravaganza just held its 25th anniversary of offering Denver’s regular festival-goers a greater array of food options than turkey legs and corn dogs. But after checking it…
Yes, this Modern Drunkard slide show proves it: Our city was obsessed with the wrong convention. What you missed this weekend while you were frantically searching for Bristol Palin’s facebook page: Friday brought late-breaking news both ironic and sad: The Latest Word reported that Shepard Fairey, the artist behind Barack…
We awoke this morning and wouldn’t you know it: The stench has lifted. You know, that smell that hung heavily all week — that subtle mix of patriotism (the proud delegates) and patchouli (the street whores), with a touch of bad-ass (Obama) and a slight whiff of bullshit (still Obama)…
The Roches. Earlier this week, my ex-wife and I were chatting about music, and she asked me who sang a particular song. All she could remember were the first few words: “We are Maggie and Terre and Suzzy.” “Oh, that’s the Roches,” I said. “From the self-titled album.” She had…
Nyke Nitti gets in where he fits in. LOCALS ONLY Nyke Nitti (formerly Nyke Loc) has been putting in work in the local scene for over a decade. His biggest project came around 2000, with the release of Mob Life on his Str8 Check’n imprint. The album scored a solid…
I’ll say this first: I walked and rode around downtown a lot this week, and every cop I saw — including some being taunted by protesters — were very chill, patient, and totally unlike the officer who struck the Code Pink protester in the face (allegedly). So this slide show…
Hidden among all the complete crap that was being hawked on the streets of Denver this week was some stuff that we’ll likely wish we snagged when we saw it. Don’t get us wrong, some of it is pretty craptastic. But it would been fun to have in our closet…
The underpass morass. Heeding media reports advising attendees of Barack Obama’s Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance speech to get an early start, I left Westword’s 10th and Broadway offices at around 12:30 p.m. Thursday. On 15th, I asked a DNCC volunteer for the best route to the stadium, and…
Music ruled Denver this week, from Saturday’s Rock the Bells show to Thursday night at Invesco. Here are some of our favorite performances — also known as the ones we managed to get into…
Music ruled Denver this week, from Saturday’s Rock the Bells show to Thursday night at Invesco. Here are some of our favorite performances — also known as the ones we managed to get into…
While much of Westword was stuck in the World’s Longest Line (or merrily bitching about said line at Angel’s Bar), photographer Kimberly Berky was inside, capturing the historic scene. See her slide show at westword.com/slideshow…
While most of Westword was stuck in the World’s Longest Line, photographer Kimberly Berky was inside, capturing the historic scene. See her slide show at https://www.westword.com/slideshow/view/134594…
The month of August finally, mercifully dies this weekend, and takes with it the DNC. And so, we offer up some of the month’s best images, starting with Machine Gun Blues frontman Aaron Collins, who proves that singing and wearing pants don’t really belong together. — Joe Tone…
