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Jenny Lewis Brought Sex and Regret to Denver Last Night

By Josiah M. Hesse
Dec 3, 2014

If Jenny Lewis were to be considered the voice of any certain slice of this generation, it would be those steeped in rock culture. Her set last night at The Ogden Theatre (her third Denver show this year) gave those in attendance the opportunity to experience her recently released The...
The Gondola Sessions Will Make You Long for Winter in Colorado

By Josiah M. Hesse
Sep 16, 2014

Filming live music outdoors can present all kinds of problems, from moving clouds obstructing your light to changes in the wind messing with your sound. But if it all works out, you have the opportunity to give the music a remarkable backdrop. With The Gondola Sessions, filmmaker John Austin set...
Metro professor offers free course on psychedelics and liberalism at Deer Pile

By Josiah M. Hesse
Jun 5, 2014

Known in the Denver music scene as a former guitarist of The Czars and record producer for Joe Sampson and Esme Patterson, Metro State University of Denver professor Roger Green will be teaching "Psychedelic Aesthetics, Literature, and the Crisis in Liberalism," a donation-based, seven-week course at Deer Pile beginning Sunday,...
Morrissey was tackled onstage by a fan, but his long-delayed show was a triumph anyway

By Josiah M. Hesse
May 19, 2014

"I'm a man, I can take it," Morrissey said on Saturday after being knocked to the ground by an overzealous fan during his show at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Looking a bit more grey than his last appearance in Denver seven years ago, Morrissey was genial if a bit...
Morrissey tried to start a band in Arvada once, and his Colorado connections endure

By Josiah M. Hesse
May 16, 2014

As a clumsy and shy teenager, a pre-Smiths Morrissey began his first of many pilgrimages to the U.S. in 1976, visiting his sister in New York. "I manage three more trips to America before 1980," Morrissey said in his recent memoir, Autobiography. "But by now Mary has moved to the...

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