Rufus Baxter Still Wants Heroin

[jump] Editor’s note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his ongoing story of an 80’s rocker on a road trip through his past with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver’s work in his new book YOUTH IS WASTED. Previous episodes of Rufus: Rufus Baxter:…

Rufus Baxter Meets a Useless Hippie

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Rufus Baxter Finds an Unlikely Ally

[jump] • PREVIOUSLY • -Rufus Baxter hears his song on the radio and runs into the cops – Rufus Baxter gets a record deal/tries to buy coke – Rufus Baxter decides he is owed royalties – Rufus Baxter sleeps in his car – Rufus Baxter fails to sell merch -…

Rufus Baxter gets a record deal/tries to buy coke

[jump] Editor’s note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his sunny outlook with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver’s work and even buy it on his website. • BACKBEAT’S GREATEST HITS • – The fifty best rap lyrics of all time – The ten…

Rufus Baxter fails to sell merch

[jump] Editor’s note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his sunny outlook with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver’s work and even buy it on his website. • BACKBEAT’S GREATEST HITS • – The fifty best rap lyrics of all time – The ten…

Meet Rufus Baxter: The oldest unknown rock star

[jump] Editor’s note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his sunny outlook with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver’s work and even buy it on his website. • BACKBEAT’S GREATEST HITS • – The fifty best rap lyrics of all time – The ten…

The (Illustrated) Westword Music Showcase map

Editor: This Saturday’s Westword Music Showcase features over 150 bands on 17 stages. That’s a lot to navigate — you can see the full schedule here. But while the venues aren’t completely divided by genre, there is a certain type of music you can generally expect in some of these…

Comic: In defense of country music

[jump] Editor’s note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his sunny outlook with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver’s work and even buy it on his website. • BACKBEAT’S GREATEST HITS • – The fifty best rap lyrics of all time – The ten…

Terrible fishing advice: A Colorado tall tale

[jump] Editor’s note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his sunny outlook with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver’s work and even buy it on his website. • BACKBEAT’S GREATEST HITS • – The fifty best rap lyrics of all time – The ten…

Nature is overrated

[jump] Editor’s note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his sunny outlook with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver’s work and even buy it on his website. • BACKBEAT’S GREATEST HITS • – The fifty best rap lyrics of all time – The ten…

Why you should drop out and become a stoner

[jump] Editor’s note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his sunny outlook with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver’s work and even buy it on his website. • BACKBEAT’S GREATEST HITS • – The fifty best rap lyrics of all time – The ten…

The best advice Carrot Eater Music has ever heard

Editor’s note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver asks a Colorado band or musician four questions and then draws their conversation. We call the resulting comic “4 Questions: Comic Strip Interview” because we have no use for obscurity. You can see more of Van Sciver’s work and even buy it…

Grease Pony on solitude and selling out

Editor’s note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver asks a Colorado band or musician four questions and then draws their conversation. We call the resulting comic “4 Questions: Comic Strip Interview” because we have no use for obscurity. You can see more of Van Sciver’s work and even buy it…