I’m no meteorologist, but I do know this: it was really, really cold out this weekend. We would have more for you this morning, my fellow Denverites, but several of us, after having bundled up to head out to enjoy the amazing culture of this town, decided that the roads…
It’s become something of legend, of course, even if YouTube has stolen some of its mystery these days. Only a few years ago, all you could find of the Star Wars Holiday Special were bootleg tapes traded at comic-book and sci-fi collections, sold like contraband spice. (This transaction was even…
Iron & Wine December 8, 2007 Paramount Theatre “Well, there’s good news and there’s bad news,” I say to Maggie as she comes out of the balcony bathroom at the Paramount. “The good news is that, according to this [computer-printed sign taped to the wall], Nick and Tom from DeVotchKa…
I came late to the UGK party. I was out of the country for much of their rise from 1992-1995, and then I lived in Nashville, where their legend had not yet spread, until the end of 1997. Even after moving back to Houston, it took me a few years…
Too bad we don’t have an IKEA in this town, because I can’t tell you how often this happens to friends of mine with kids. — Sean Cronin…
View all the fabulous fashions in this comprehensive slide show by Jim Narcy. The Cat’s Pajamas and friends were out in force at last night’s Frock Out: Independent Designers Challenge at the Central Library. All things considered, the event was a smashing success with nary a runway tumble or wardrobe…
Most newspapers have a weekly feature in their Entertainment section that highlights the upcoming television worth watching. It’s a vestigial remnant of the old days when TV grids used to run daily, with a small bit recommending something good that evening. But now, with the strike, the Rocky Mountain News…
Even Hillary Clinton does not rank in the Top Ten Queen Bitches of History. Here, in ascending order, is our list…
Let’s be honest, your friends… well, they’re not “grown-ups.” Sure, they’re technically adults, but they know how to have fun. Here are 25 awesome toys to entertain, torment and tantalize your favorite big kids. — Chelsea Ide & Michelle Mathews of the Dallas Observer…
Ali & Aj Insomniatic Hollywood Records 02:00-02:45 of “Potential Breakup Song” I think I might have stumbled into some strange tween land because I’m a little embarrassed to have this in my hands. Perhaps even more embarrassed that I’m nodding my head and tapping my toe. I mean, they’re right,…
For those of you discontent with the hip-hop scene, Ghostface Killah released an excellent album this week along with this accompanying video. Veteran rapper Pimp C dies in L.A. Rapper Pimp C, of the veteran and legendary Houston rap group UGK (Underground Kingz), was found dead in a Los Angeles…
Early on in the season, Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan reminded everyone that coaches can effectively “ice” a kicker. And with that, he ruined football. Ok, maybe he didn’t ruin the game, but that move has since become more played out than Peaches this season. We used to worship the…
In 1992, Westword published its ninth Best of Denver issue, a celebration of the city that saluted everything from Best Last Stand (the Denver Zephyrs, about to be supplanted by the Colorado Rockies) to Best Bail Bondsman (Duane Chapman, before he became known as “Dog”) to Best — and Sometimes…
Scene One: Setting the Stage All right, who wants to make out? No pushing. No shoving. Just take a number, form an orderly line, and let’s do this! Welcome to the first installment of Mile High Makeout, a Westword Backbeat Online exclusive weekly column that lip-locks with anything and everything…
The 2007 lineup for the CU Buffs women’s basketball team roster includes Brittany Spears and Whitney Houston. We wish them luck in spite of this…
It’s whaling season again and Greenpeace and the more zealous Sea Sheperd Conservation Society (profiled in this great National Geographic piece by Denver writer Peter Heller, which he later expanded into a book) are surely steaming their way to the Antarctic Ocean to stop the Japanese whaling fleet. But back…
Eyedea and Abilities with Sector 7G, Abzorbr, and Maneline December 3, 2007 Marquee Theatre Independent hip-hop, like all indie music, usually falls into one of two categories: Talented, boundary-pushing, cultishly adored stalwarts occupy one corner; wanky, pretentious, self-satisfied duesh bags claim the other. Unfortunately, both were on display last night…
The Cult, Action Action December 3, 2007, Fillmore Auditorium Better than: Seeing any band with “Guns,” “Revolver,” “Velvet,” “L.A.” or “Roses” in the name. The show was half-packed with strippers, heshers and goths, none visibly underage. Enough open space lay waiting for a basketball game. We missed opening act the…
If you wiped California off the face of the planet, just made it disappear—left behind no car or SUV, politician, person or cow—you’d eliminate only about 1.6 percent of the greenhouse gases that are warming the planet. Keep California and lose Texas, and you’d more or less double the benefit…
The Kyoto Accord began the race to halt global warming. On its 10th anniversary, why are we barely past the starting gate? I remember so well the final morning hours of the Kyoto conference. The negotiations had gone on long past their scheduled evening close, and the convention-center management was…
Dozens of alternative newsweeklies across the country have joined together on the 10th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol, in league with the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies in Washington D.C., to publishing stories all at once, with national and local content, about global warming and the significance of the Kyoto agreement…
Earlier this week, the Denver Police Department released a list of safety tips for holiday shoppers. I gave it a shot, but no mockery I could muster topped the list itself. So here you go, Denver, the DPD’s list of suggestions to make your holiday shopping a safe one. And…
