Google introduced a new way of filtering search results last week: By reading level. You type something in and it tells you how many results fall into one of levels. Fair enough: if you’re writing a research paper on sexual health or something, and thoughtful information would normally be impossibly…
BUZZOV•EN With Kingdom of Magic • Il Cattivo 12.19.10 | Larimer Lounge We’ll get to that confederate wristband in a bit because Buzzov•en’s Southern hillbilly persona did not define this show at all. Might as well start with first opener Il Cattivo because that set was the most fun of…
With two weeks left in the year, Billboard has posted it’s 2010 year-end charts. The top single of 2010? Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok.” Wouldn’t necessarily have been our guess, but fair enough — seems like one of a handful of 2010’s defining singles. The album race, however, has more shocking (and…
Yesterday, Portfolio.com informed us that we live in the 7th best city for retirement among cold weather climates. Today, we learned that DIA is the best North American airport, according to Business Traveler. This, obviously, is cause for excitement. Because these are comprehensive studies that produce objective results, people. As…
Danse Etoile is not your average ballet company. As proof, consider this year’s holiday production, a double feature of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The pairing might seem odd, but as Marie-Jose Payannet, the company director, points out, “It’s very new and very…
Arguably the best single night of the year for live music, New Year’s Eve can be an overwhelming thing to plan for. To help you narrow down your options, we’ve picked the ten best shows this year, plus a few extras we couldn’t ignore. Also, feel free to hype your…
It’s 2010. We demand a solution to our seasonal movie needs that doesn’t require leaving the house. Netflix Instant Streaming is our usual go-to in these sorts of occasions, but holy crap, have they dropped the ball on this one. There is no convenient way to browse what’s out there,…
Next up in our New Year’s Eve coverage: the over $75 batch. Mostly overnight hotel packages, but there are a couple unique VIP offers and the like. Looking to do something your significant other will never forget? Click on through, Romeo or Juliet…
The last time we heard from will.i.am and friends, they were breaking every singles record known to man. In case you’ve purged your brain of the memory: In 2009, they had the number one song in the country from April 18 through October 17. “Boom Boom Pow” took roughly the…
Eric Peterson is withdrawing from playing music. Which is a shame, because he’s been a brilliant part of some of Denver’s best music in the past few years — Amazing Twin, I Am The Dot, Houses and his own musical project, Roger, Roll. As a parting gift, he’s made the…
Do you play keyboard and love AM gold? Want to join one of Denver’s more promising bands and immediately start playing for grateful crowds that sing along with your choruses? Then you should email Andy Hamilton, because Houses is looking for you…
The top grossing movie of 2009 was, of course, Avatar, and this year the title goes to Toy Story 3. We’re calling that social progress, although there’s something a little too futuristic about computer-animated movies taking the crown back-to-back — we’re pretty sure it means there will be a robot…
It’s a holiday tradition no less practiced than trimming trees and visting family. We’re speaking, of course, of drinking. And while “Frosty The Snowman” works just fine for opening presents with junior, kids songs start to sound a little creepy once you go in for thirds on the ‘nog. We,…
Most places take the opportunity of New Year’s Eve to double or quadruple their cover. Not the folks on this list, where we’ve picked the best things to do this New Year’s Eve for $20 and under. In a few cases, you get the same treatment you’ll get at a…
It’s about time to start making plans for New Year’s Eve. Because the last thing you want to be when the slates get cleaned is sober. We’re doing our part by bringing you a series of Denver’s top events for every budget. First up, the $20-$75 offerings that we’ve whittled…
The first thing you will notice about I Know You, Rider is that it’s an instrumental band. But its music is not just spontaneous noodling: The outfit has been working on its debut EP for over a year now. The four tracks on La Bufadora are driving rock songs, albeit…
Dixie Longate has come to Denver to ply her Tupper-wares (har) at the Garner Galleria Theatre. The show opened last week and will be here through early January, so there’s still plenty of time to go and reevaluate your tupperware needs. I went on Friday. Truly, it was ridiculous –…
MINI MANSIONS Wire Faces • Action Friend 12.4.10 | Moe’s Original Barbecue Mini Mansions is defined by comparisons. First, to Queens of the Stone Age, because Michael Shuman is a member of both. And while the two bands have little in common musically, it is interesting to think about what…
Denver Open Media is celebrating its fourth anniversary tonight. It’s a unique organization in that their public access TV station does not get much of anything from the city of Denver. The government, in partnership with Comcast, provides the equipment, and the rest is more or less done by members…
The Grammy nominations are out. You’re welcome to see the list, but we don’t recommend reading much into it. The major awards are all more or less their respective industries sitting in a circle for a giant back-rub chain, but none is less indicative of what is actually happening than…
We, the citizens of Denver, have been running Denver Open Media for exactly four years. And we’re doing an excellent job. Members create the content that appears on DOM’s cable channels using equipment provided by the organization, and the community votes on what gets top billing on TV. It’s a…
What’s more festive than giving away music? Nothing, as far as we’re concerned, which is why we’re raising our wassail to the Kissing Party and its dark new Christmas song, “Winter in the Pub.” The Kissing Party is generally a summer sort of band. This year’s The Hate Album is…
