Why give something the considered judgement is creators would prefer when you can make a snap judgement in 45 seconds. Assassin’s Creed Xbox360 Okay, this one took me a little while just to figure out what was going on, the stupid kid in line ahead of me at Best Buy…
Fresh City Life and The Fabric Lab are keeping the buzz around the Frock Out Independent Designers Challenge runway show alive with this video they posted recently to YouTube. Check it out, and if you missed the show, be sure to read Aubrey Shoe’s recap of the runway looks created…
Sleeper Horse and Kingdom of Magic Saturday, December 22 hi-dive Better than: Staying home to get all that gift wrapping done. Saturday night was like the return of Denver’s lost sons. Former Denver residents Jonathan Byerley and Gann Matthews graced the Lion’s Lair stage, along with Blue Light. Meanwhile, in…
Slide Show Achille Lauro Benefit Show with Hello Kavita, Vitamins and Achille Lauro December 21, 2007 The hi-dive Better than: A voyage on the real Achille Lauro It took a benefit show for one of Denver’s most intriguing acts to break my mid-winter lethargy. I haven’t made it to many…
View larger image Maine Number of Delegates: 34 Pledged: 24 Unpledged: 10 How to Recognize a Maine Delegate: Most Americans’ perception of Maine starts at the Discount Outlet Stores in Kittery and ends at the parking lot of the Discount Outlet Stores in Freeport. This sixty-mile stretch of U.S. Highway…
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday: Yesterday was my last day of work for the week. Typically I would never get Friday off, but my progress has been superb, my body has found its health, and my trainer knows this. My trainer also knows that Santa is watching him, and…
In 1994, Westword published its eleventh Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from Best Italian Restaurant (the brand-new Carmine’s on Penn) to Best Makeover (the renovated Herb’s Hideout) to Best New Arts Venue (the Bug, on Navajo Street) to Best News for Blues (the…
Okay, so what’s wrong with A Charlie Brown Christmas? The answer, it might surprise you, isn’t “nothing”. So let’s get this out of the way right off the top. The animation is somewhat clumsy. The voicework is pretty bad in spots. And—horror of horrors—it actually culminates in the recital of…
There’s a lot of Christmas TV. Enough that ABC Family can fill up 25 Days of it in the month of December, stack up specials one after the other in prime time, and never have to repeat a thing. That’s a lot of holiday spirit. It only stands to reason,…
Locals Only There’s a lot of rappers in Denver, but there’s only a handful who can really shine on the microphone. Check out this video, “The Crown” from up-and-coming group Infinite Mindz with a verse from SP Double and O.N.E. singing the hook. Don’t sleep!!!…
The Recreate ’68 alliance (profiled in the October 25 feature, “Recreate ’68 Plans to Do Just That”) has just issued a curious holiday manifesto. A take on the 1834 Clement Clarke Moore poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” the alliance has crafted the following holiday missive, meant, presumably, to stir…
If you’ve not yet finished your Christmas shopping, here’s a great gift idea for the man who has everything. It’s this simple: there’s this guy in Canada who just had breast implants in his leg…
In compiling this slide show of 2007 concerts that were not to be missed this year, I realized the list is severely lacking. This year I saw Sunset Rubdown at hi-dive and it changed my life. I watched Elvis Perkins transform his recorded acoustic balladry into a jaw-dropping live performance…
I’m having some make out withdrawal symptoms. It’s been ten days since the last show I attended, and I’ve noticed that I’m not sleeping very well. The night before last, despite being physically exhausted, I couldn’t get to sleep without a couple of Benadryl. Last night, I filled my evening…
Monday Tuesday Wednesday: I awoke this morning before the sun. I opened my blinds to a firey orange suggestion that it may soon follow my lead. I arrived at work bleary-eyed and as I approached the glass doors that lead into the cafeteria, I hit an icy patch that sent…
Why give anything an intent listen and fair assessment when I can review 5 albums in a matter of 225 seconds? Bullet for My Valentine Scream Aim Fire EP 20-20 Entertainment 00:30-01:15 of “Eye of the Storm” ARG! This is really, really, really bad metal. I believe that someone from…
The Writers’ Strike of 2007 looks to be going into 2008 as well; but late-night programming won’t be following it anymore. NBC has announced that on January 2, both Jay Leno’s The Tonight Show and Late Night with Conan O’Brien will return with new episodes. It’s being reported that David…
Longtime Denver artist Mark Travis died last week in his home and studio near downtown. In precarious health for many years, he is thought to have suffered a heart attack. Travis was born in Ohio in 1952. After moving out West, he became a noted contemporary artist in Denver during…
Monday Tuesday: The halls were empty today at our Dove Valley facility. Tuesday is an empty day in the NFL anyway, but on a Tuesday in late December, you can hear leaky faucets. Not that we have any. Our maintenance crew is excellent. In fact, everyone that steps into that…
The following was filed with the Denver Police Department earlier this month: “A group of idiots apparently wants some attention so they used wonderfully colorful markers or paint and ‘tagged’ my garage with their very skillful scripted language that apparently no human being can come close to reading what it…
Your weekend may have been great. But, whether it was a lazy celebration of comfortable couch time or an action-packed journey deep into the heart of consumer-debt darkness at the mall, you missed out if you missed either of these two shows: On Friday, Westworder Jeremy Brashaw stepped a few…
Dinosaur Jr., Hate Fuck Trio and Awesome Color December 14, 2007 Ogden Theatre Better than: Reading Our Band Could Be Your Life for the tenth time. As I stepped off Colfax Avenue, and into the Way-Back Machine of the Ogden Theatre on Friday night, I took a second to reflect…
