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Failure’s Ken Andrews on the Absurdity of Hair Metal

Failure is slated to perform at Riot Fest this Friday, September 19th. Though the band enjoyed a great deal of popularity during its first run before splitting in 1997, its influence has loomed large on a good deal of guitar rock that has come along since. If someone writes a...
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Gabrial Adams, serving life, found dead in prison for mentally ill

Gabrial Adams, a 38-year-old inmate serving life without parole for his role in a headline-grabbing double-murder committed when he was a teenager, was found dead in his cell on March 9. Although autopsy results have not yet been released and the Colorado Department of Corrections is offering little information about...
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Stranahan’s offers new opportunity to lounge with whiskey cocktails

Whiskey is part of our Western heritage; it captures the flavors of the grains grown across Midwestern landscapes, the pioneer spirit of early settlers, and a touch of outlaw pride that kept distilling alive during a sad, sad part of American history, a time called Prohibition. Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey, which...
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Aloha Hawaiian Barbecue: Hello and goodbye to Thornton

For more than a year, Mark Antonation ate his way up Federal Boulevard. With that journey done, he'll now explore different cuisines from around the globe right here in metro Denver, one month at a time, in Ethniche. First up: Hawaiian food. It's a long drive from my neighborhood to...
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A new film connects the dots in Aaron Swartz’s short life

In January 2013, an incandescently brilliant American political activist and computer programmer named Aaron Swartz was hounded to suicide by the overzealous U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, Carmen Ortiz. Anyone who argues differently has a desk drawer full of government pay stubs. Brian Knappenberger's The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of...
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Six punk bands we don’t need to talk about anymore

I have an embarrassing tendency to bait people into conversations where I just talk about cool things I am doing. Surprise, right? While it likely stems from being bored with hearing of the mundane achievements of others (babies, crappy jobs, cars), there is a part of me that figures it...
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Pizzeria Locale celebrating a year in Denver today with a real deal

Pizzeria Localeat 550 Broadway will celebrate its first birthday today with a special fundraiser -- and customers are getting the present. From 6 to 10 p.m. tonight, Pizzeria Locale will mark one year in Denver with a "Pay What You Can" special, offering free pizza, side dishes and desserts --...
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Sterling prison murders blamed on staff indifference, misconduct

Court records and testimony prompted by a wave of inmate homicides at the Sterling Correctional Facility claim that SCF officers have repeatedly placed at-risk prisoners, particularly sex offenders, in life-threatening situations -- and that some staff have even celled deadly enemies together to "teach a lesson," fully expecting one inmate...
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Be a Cloud not a Grid. Vertigo Art Space owner Kara Duncan invited well-known Denver artist Theresa Anderson to curate a show, which resulted in Be a Cloud not a Grid. And although Vertigo is fairly compact, the show's charisma makes it look bigger than it is. Anderson's selections are...