We all know the more obvious reasons for their hawtness: They’re handsome, they’re ripped and, of course, they’re heroes. But aside from the valor and the glistening pectoral muscles, there are more subtle cues that attract us to firefighters — that much is scientific fact. And because we here at…
Who grabs the three titles, out of the blue, that we’re allowed to “vote” for each year in the first place? And what if we’re not exactly blown away by said choices? Don’t get me started. But the thing is, whether or not these books are really chosen by democratic…
Your bartender hates you, your barista hates you, even your “medicine” provider hates you. Turns out a lot of people hate you. But don’t let it get you down. It’s just a part of growing up. And chances are good that all these people don’t actually hate you. It’s just…
Some people just stand out. Whether their style is cutting-edge, quirky or just well-executed, they make you want to know: How do they do it? Because we work for you, we’re finding out. Each day, we’ll hit the streets and talk to one person who catches our eye and makes…
Michael “Lil Elvis” Segura’s first brush with fame came in the form of a bizarre crime. “I was on the London news,” he said, getting animated and pushing himself off the pink Cadillac he’d been leaning on. “They beat the hell out of me, but I survived.” It’s clear he’s…
For real: How awesome are grapes? Not only are they both round and delicious, they also figure prominently into the names of some semi-obscure cultural touchstones like Grape Ape and Moby Grape. Unlike, say, Reece’s Pieces, however, grapes are not generally good if you happen to find one — like…
Never Summer’s new film Made In America premiers next month on September 17 at Snowboard Film On The Rocks, along with Standard Films’ The Storming and Think Thank’s Right Brain, Left Brain. I’m looking forward to it: I’d never stepped on a Never Summer board before last season, but after…
Ironic cowboy shirts notwitstanding, I’m pretty much an irredeemable city boy — so much so that I’d never even been to a state fair before this weekend. Suffice it to say, then, that when I went to the Colorado State Fair on Saturday, I wanted the experience — besides strolling…
From the quiet menace of Dracula to the over-the-top animal gorefest of From Dusk till Dawn, the range of interpretations of the vampire theme is pretty endless. There is, however, one thing they must all share in common — and it’s the thing that makes them both scary and intriguing:…
Fried pickles, corn dogs, cotton candy and other edible rarities await all who venture forth to Pueblo for the venerable 137th Colorado State Fair, where the most mundane and charming wonders of the world command the attention of wandering throngs in shorts and trucker caps. What draws the great unwashed…
What’s hot, and what’s not? Check here everyday for a random look at Fringe haps. Find out what’s going on after the jump…
Retired lift chairs are an enduring furniture craze on the Front Range, apparently: When Arapahoe Basin put 110 chairs from its old Expedition Chairlift for sale online for $450 apiece at the end of the season, they sold out every last chair in less than 7 minutes. Every last chair…
Gemma Wilcox is the closest thing to a household name at the Boulder Fringe; she took “Pick of the Fringe” there in 2005 for The Honeymoon Period is Officially Over and Leela’s Wheel, and again in 2006 for Shadows in Bloom. And in 2008, 52 Pick Up was named Best…
Last night, I was privy to a special demonstration of Microsoft’s new Kinect, a controllerless controller, set to debut to the world on November 4. Actually, “controllerless” isn’t exactly the right word (it’s not even a word really); with Kinect, you are the controller. Yes, literally — you. Think of…
Some people will try and tell you that $10 won’t get you much these days. To those people, we say “you’re wrong, sir,” because every weekend in Denver’s there is more than enough to do for 10 bucks and less. This weekend there’s barbecue in Aspen, the return of a…
It’s a good thing the explanation comes early: “We’re takers, gents; that’s what we do for a living,” some English guy says. And then, just in case we didn’t quite grasp it, Idris Elba helpfully elucidates: “We take.” With that out of the way, we can get down to the…
Meet Mitch Harr, an Aurora firefighter who’s one of the upcoming calendar boys in next year’s 2011 Colorado Firefighters calendar. Tonight, there will be a 2011 Colorado Firefighters Calendar Debut Party at City Hall Events Center, 1144 Broadway. Both the party and the calendar are projects of Fired Up for…
Denver’s a great place for fans of the big five of genre film (that’s sci-fi, fantasy, horror, exploitation and cult), as every week we get a generous helping of selections to choose from. As usual, we’re rounding up your options for the weekend to come and the following week, and…
It started out according to plan. The joke was, you go to omegle.com, a chat site that pairs you in an instant message room with a “random stranger,” then you go to that site and basically prank-call said stranger by asking him or her where Waldo is. Hilarity ensues –…
Native Denverite, dancer and quintessential performance artist Judith Ren-Lay long ago left these parts for New York, but she did return periodically to perform here in `80s and `90s, all the while wowing the critics in the places where it mattered most: The L.A. Times called her an “urban griot,”…
In a study this week destined to blow the mind of exactly nobody, researchers came today to a thoroughly non-startling conclusion: As reported by ShockMD (just take a second to savor the irony there), researchers compared people’s real-life traits to their behavior on Facebook and found that those with the…
What’s hot, and what’s not? Check here everyday for a random look at Fringe haps. Find out what’s going on after the jump…
