One of the horror-film genre’s most iconic heroines, Heather Langenkamp (who played Nancy Thompson in the Nightmare on Elm Street series) kicked Freddy Kreuger’s ass not once, but three times. We spoke with the actor, who is in town for Denver Film Society’s The Watching Hour: An Evening With Heather…
Ahoy, mateys! In case ye landlubbers and scalawags are unaware, today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Founded in 1995 by Oregonians John Baur and Mark Summers — also known as Ol’ Chumbucket and Cap’n Slappy, respectively — the parodic holiday has grown into something of a worldwide phenomenon…
This Saturday, September 10, Germany’s Dixon is making a rare stateside appearance at Cluster Studios. An impeccable mixer with a clean, hypermodern sound carefully pulled together from a broad range of genres and styles, Dixon is a veteran of Berlin’s electronic music scene, who was voted among the top ten…
Reefer Madness, the smash musical inspired by the original 1938 propaganda-turned-exploitation film, is back for a second run at the Bug Theatre. “We were so honored last year by the response to the show,” says Deb Flomberg of Equinox Theatre Company. “Not only did we sell out every show, but…
Under the highly questionable leadership of former head coach Josh McDaniels, the Denver Broncos had a disastrous 2010 season, finishing 4-12 — a franchise record for the most losses in a single year — and going 0-2 against their much-hated division rivals, the Oakland Raiders. But McDaniels was fired, and…
Vinyl junkies, rejoice! The Denver Record Collectors Fall Expo — the Rocky Mountain region’s largest music collectors’ show — is back for a nineteenth year. Featuring the wares of over forty dealers and nearly 100 display tables, the expo is the perfect place to find rare LPs, 45s, CDs, music…
DEADMAU5 at RED ROCKS | 8.30.11Deadmau5 rose to the top of the dance music world over the past several years mostly by catering to the lowest common denominator. His initial claim to fame, the 2006 B.S.O.D. single “This is the Hook,” was written as a joke. When the track rose…
Dutch producer and DJ Sander Kleinenberg exploded onto the international dance-music scene in 1999 with the release of his 4 Seasons EP, Pt. 1, which contained the ethereal, richly textured “My Lexicon.” One of the finest progressive house records ever made, the track was prominently featured on Sasha’s Global Underground…
Originally released in 1936 as Tell Your Children, a straight-faced educational movie intended to warn parents and children about the evils and dangers of marijuana, the renamed Reefer Madness went on to become one of the most popular exploitation films of all time. Revered by midnight tokers and late-night moviegoers…
The author of six books on mushroom identification, cultivation and their many incredible uses, renowned mycologist Paul Stamets has studied fungi for over thirty years. We caught up with Stamets, who is the keynote speaker at this year’s Telluride Mushroom Festival (known informally as Shroomfest), recently via phone to talk…
The rugged San Juan Mountains near Telluride are well known for their abundance of wild mushrooms. In good years, skilled fungi-hunters take full advantage of the area’s profusion of boletes and chanterelles, two delicacies that are among the favorite edible varieties of many mushroom gatherers. No coincidence, then, that Telluride…
Among the most instantly recognizable and enduringly popular scenes from the James Bond movie franchise are the elaborate death traps put into place for the protagonist by a seemingly endless array of antiheroes. The sadistic and convoluted plot devices create dramatic tension, or at least amuse audiences, and invariably result…
The world is safe, everyone: 007 is back. Beginning tonight with Dr. No (1962) and continuing on each Tuesday this month, the Mayan Theatre will present a vintage Sean Connery-as-Bond picture as part of its James Bond Film Series. And as a bonus, Landmark Theatres has commissioned local musical acts…
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Tonight marks the start of DeMented. DeRanged. DeCeptive. De Palma-+, the Denver Film Society’s month-long series celebrating the work of iconoclastic director Brian De Palma. Every Tuesday night in August, the DFS will screen a different picture by the auteur, who made a name for…
AfterHours Anonymous, Mahesh Presents and Roots Denver have just made a major announcement: Germany’s Dixon will headline an event dubbed Apex: a Journey on Saturday, September 10, in Denver at an undisclosed venue. For those unfamiliar, Dixon operates the Berlin-based Innervisions label and was among Resident Advisor’s top ten DJs…
RICHIE HAWTIN at BETA | 6/30/11The closest thing to a household name in the world of underground electronic music, Richie Hawtin has been one of techno’s greatest artists, innovators and statesmen for more than two decades. Consistently recognized as one of electronica’s most successful and accomplished talents, the Canadian-reared musician…
As a teenager growing up in Windsor, Ontario, Richie Hawtin would often sneak out at night and cross the Ambassador Bridge from Canada into Detroit to attend that city’s underground nightclubs. By seventeen, inspired by techno pioneers such as the Belleville Three — Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson…
An acclaimed DJ, producer and remixer, Hastings, England’s native son Danny Howells earned his bones warming up for John Digweed at the legendary Bedrock club nights during the ’90s. Howells maintained that opening gig for almost ten years and earned a dedicated British following before blowing up worldwide in 2000…
Formerly one-half of the German DJ duo Wighnomy Brothers, Gabor Schablitzki is known by a number of monikers, but most notably as Robag Wruhme. A hard-drinking party DJ with a knack for reading and responding to pumped-up crowds, Wruhme is also an accomplished producer who individually crafted all of the…
The main man behind the highly influential German techno act Monolake, Robert Henke is one of electronic music’s greatest innovators. Emerging from the Basic Channel/Chain Reaction label group in the mid-1990s, Monolake’s minimal, dub-inspired techno helped provide the blueprint for the Berlin sound that remains dominant today. Henke co-founded the…
Kate Lesta and Matthew Krall are crazy-busy trying to juggle their day jobs while ensuring that their labor of love, the Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts, goes off without a hitch. “It’s a challenge to continue doing something you love so much on a volunteer level,” says Krall, the festival’s…
Drawing inspiration from eccentric 1950s bandleader Spike Jones, as well as from found sounds and field recordings, Sean O’Neal (aka Someone Else) is an experimental minimal techno and house producer who is really doing his own thing. Having performed at the world’s greatest nightclubs, including Fabric (London), Yellow (Tokyo), Rex…
