Being a phone sex operator is actually kind of boring. At least, that’s the gist of what we learned from Crystal (that’s a pseudonym, by the way), a phone sex operator Thorin Klosowski interviewed back in March for How to Get My Job — there, Crystal tells us that, ultimately,…
Today I’m headed for the slopes at Arapahoe Basin, where it has snowed more than 23 inches in the last three days and where, as I reported last week, the season has officially been extended through at least June 19 (seven days a week through June 5, then three-day weekends…
While it’s true that holidays often provide convenient excuses to get wasted, their seedy underbelly is that they’re usually ticker-tape-decorated cover-ups for communist propaganda — take Christmas, for example, which is all about giving shit away. Philanthropy? More like philan-commie. Hey-O! At any rate, Lucky Penny Day today is really…
Somewhere out there, The Dude abides, taking ‘er easy for all us sinners — no, seriously: There is an actual Dude. His name is Jeff Dowd, his nickname is The Dude, and he was the Coen Brothers’s inspiration for their most famous and beloved character by the same name, played…
Does Vincent Gallo write his own Netflix reviews? Artist Jason Barr thinks so. In a recent blog post, Barr points out that the auteur responsible for bizarre but captivating films like Buffalo ’66 and The Brown Bunny might just be responsible for the reviews posted on Netflix for his latest…
Candy Darling was probably the sexiest transvestite that ever lived, but s/he wasn’t just sexy — she was also talented. A star of stage and screen, she worked with luminaries from Andy Warhol to Tennessee Williams and was, during the course of her short life, such a fixture on the…
Thank goodness the rain has finally stopped. It was really starting to weigh on our usual summer activities, like texting by the icy waters of our friend’s apartment complex pool and wandering various farmer’s markets looking for raw honey and other stuff white people like. Anyway, the nice weather has…
In case you haven’t seen the exhibit, or have been living under a rock for the past five years or so, PostSecret is a project from Frank Warren that began when he handed out blank postcards to strangers in the Washington, D.C. area, inviting people to decorate the postcards with…
Even though it’s been shitty and cold and raining for approximately nine weeks now and it doesn’t feel like summer at all, it’s still late May, and that means that it’s time for the ceremonial rolling out of the summer blockbusters — so avast, because even more ridiculousness than at…
This weekend includes an incredibly diverse set of activities. From hanging out and waiting for the rapture to dancing and car shows, you’ll be able to spend your last waking hours on earth getting some serious party on. If the shit doesn’t totally hit the fan come Saturday, you’ll even…
Watch out for the Libyans! Who cares if the world is ending tomorrow when you can fire up the Flux Capacitor, hit 88 miles per hour and travel to happier times at tonight’s Bike to the Future Bike Prom at 8 p.m. at Casselman’s, 2620 Walnut Street? Tickets are $20…
Oh, hey guys. What’s up? Your friend MySpace 2006 here, and I want to tell you about a phenomenon I started called “Scene Hair.” Apparently, this internet-memorable fashion statement still exists today (despite the fact that the 2011 version of me has become so slow and confusing even the pornbots…
Johnny Depp gotta eat. And pay his mortgage. And Disney pays very well. Maybe that explains why he looks so thoroughly bored in the new Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, opening tomorrow. Captain Jack Sparrow was endearing because he felt, in many ways, like Depp’s id run amok…
Congress Park’s Teller Elementary School already marches to a different drum when it comes to fundraising: Instead of hosting yet another carnival or bake sale, Teller has Tellerpalooza, for instance: an annual family-friendly night of live music at the Mercury Cafe. And now, local fashion and design maven Tran Wills,…
Gold teeth are not cheap. That’s just one of the many things we learned during our chat with T.J. Miller, a Denver-raised comedian who has since gone on to mind-boggling heights of fame with supporting roles in such movies as She’s out of my League and Yogi Bear. But his…
The Ladies Fancywork Society, Denver’s ragtag gang of street knitters, has made the big time — as in the Gray Lady. Yesterday, the New York Times published a big story on the trend of yard bombing, a process that the paper said “takes that most matronly craft (knitting) and that…
SORP Films wants to share a story with you, but they need your help. You see, they’ve got this great tale of a mutated nurse looking for revenge, but they’re a little short on funds, so they’ve turned to Kickstarter for a little help. If you’re wary of donating to…
When you work at a newspaper, people send you some pretty weird shit — I’ve got one guy, for example, that regularly leaves me hand-written notes and sculptures made out of coat-hanger and papier-mâché. That’s kind of charming, but this email I got today is just bizarre — and while…
This week, Mountainfilm in Telluride promoters released the full program for the 32nd annual festival (May 25-30). Since there are more than 70 films on the schedule, we caught up with Mountainfilm’s program director Emily Long to bring you a sneak peek at some of this year’s most hotly anticipated…
How’s this for a job: You ride a bunch roller coasters, and then you make a television show about you riding a bunch of roller coasters. That’s pretty much the job of the Travel Channel’s Bert Kreischer, better known as Bert the Conqueror, whose show features him traveling to thrilling…
For most people, thinking about the future means trying to figure out what they’ll be having for lunch or complaining about the lack of flying cars to get them to work. But a few people like to think further outside the box — right into the great unknown. That’s the…
Long before Savage Love was the go-to place for relationship advice, distraught readers with romance and etiquette questions turned to Ann Landers — or, rather, to the lady who used that surname to write the column. From 1955 to 2002, that woman was Eppie Lederer, an elegant Midwesterner who is…
