Meet the Lich King of World of Warcraft in the flesh – or the guy who voices him, anyway – at Nan Desu Kan, the area’s premier convention for fans of anime and manga. The voice behind the world’s best-known undead noble – aka Michael McConnohie – as well as…
Meet up with like-minded advocates of technology and social media and help some kids in Africa tonight at the Denver Twestival. That’s short for “Twitter Festival,” and it’s the local iteration of a global event organized via Twitter to help worthwhile causes. The Denver event will raise funds and collect…
DJ Anthony Pappa has evolved from his progressive roots into a somewhat deeper, more techno-inflected sound on his recent releases — still polished and melodic, but with a slightly edgier and perhaps somewhat darker vibe. Whatever idiom he’s worked in, he’s been a consistently solid jock throughout his career while…
According to this report by the Denver Business Journal, it looks like Boulder is all set to become the wonderful world of tomorrow that we were all promised by cheap paperback novels and the old Buck Rogers TV series! Okay, so it doesn’t mention flying cars or robot butlers, but…
Just got word of a free album from Beauty Flash, a local electro-pop act made up of the dynamic married duo of Colleen and Patrick Lee. The act started out as a fun side project of the Beebs, but its turned out to have some legs, and here they are…
Once we saw this flier, there was no question as to whether it would be our flier of the week. I mean, come on! If you think there’s any way we could resist that image of a disco ball transformed into a UFO, clearly you have no idea how we…
Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword, @westword_music and @casciato. @CBS4Denver: I’m not a big watcher of television news, and by that, I mean that except in cases of huge breaking stories (election nights, terrorist attacks, tsunamis…
If you have an iPhone or iPod touch and really like the Heyday, start jumping up and down with excitement because the band is now available in convenient app form. The free app (is there any other kind?) will keep fans up to date on Heyday concert dates and news,…
September is apparently the month in which indispensable technologies come to life. My evidence? On September 2, 1969, the Internet was born when two computers were successfully linked and sent data back and forth. Sure, it wasn’t used to do anything useful until October of that same year, when the…
Some things in life simply cannot be explained; today’s video is one of those things. It is as inexplicable as alien abduction phenomena or David Hasselhoff’s popularity as a singer in Germany. I have no idea where this comes from or how it came to be. It could be a…
One of the great things about the Denver/Boulder area (especially the Boulder bit of that) is how many do-gooders we have here. Seriously, everywhere you look, there’s someone trying to make the world a better place, from those Greenpeace panhandlers (sorry, fundraisers) perched on every corner downtown to the abundance…
When Vaux ended its ten-year run a couple years back, it was a sad day for fans, a group which includes plenty of folks here at Westword. If you’re one of those folks and are still having a hard time filling that Vaux-shaped hole in your heart, here’s a chance…
If you grew up in the ’80s, John Hughes probably influenced your life only slightly less than your parents. His films dominated the era and, in many ways, helped define it. His true genius didn’t lie merely in documenting a particular period of time (though he did that brilliantly), but…
It’s time for the Time Warp Comics 25 Year Anniversary, and owner Wayne Winsett is throwing a month-long party to celebrate. The festivities get started in earnest today with a signing by Fort Collins-based artist Nick Runge, who’s working on a new Ghostbusters title and doing covers for Joss Whedon’s…
After releasing a slew of records under such aliases as Mario Fabriani, White Collar Criminals and Frequent Fliers, Joey Youngman hit it big with his latest and greatest nom de beats: Wolfgang Gartner. Under that alias, introduced in 2007, Youngman has quickly built a worldwide buzz for his brazen style…
Here’s a free tip for all you tech entrepreneurs looking at making an “iPhone killer:” Concentrate on the phone’s Achilles heel, its service. People love the phone, but all too often the service simply sucks. Actually, it’s unfair to single out Apple/AT&T for a haterade bath. The truth is, most…
Summer is almost over, but it’s not gone yet. That’s why this week’s flier caught our eye — it grabs that last little bit of summer firmly and has a bit of fun with it. The show is Dressy Bessy at the Gothic this Saturday, September 5 and the poster…
Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword, @westword_music and @casciato. @SocMediaRckStr: If you’re just getting started with social media, it’s nice to have some hints about what it can do, how to do it and where to…
Seems like Dressy Bessy is all about the videos these days. It was just last month we posted a bevy of Bessy vids and now we have a brand-new bit of eye candy from the delectable popsters. It’s a mad festival of astro-pops (I think that’s what those things are…
You want to know what’s hot right now on social media? Just ask OneRiot, a Boulder-based tech company aiming to offer a new way to search the web. As opposed to Google, which tries to provide the authoritative result to any search query, OneRiot is more interested in providing the…
Those crazy kids of the Northern Way have put together a nice looking video for “Crazy,” their catchy single about the things we do for love. Said video has all the hallmarks of a potential breakout hit: Hot girl center stage? Check! Hot, yet approachable-looking guys in the band? Check!…
The Denver Business Journal reported today that the University of Northern Colorado has received a $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a nationwide effort to add and keep female faculty in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The money will fund a four-year project…
