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Aaron Levisohn
The Movies Come Home: Opening Night at The Starz International Film Festival [A veritable who?s-who of Denver?s industry players, business-leaders and wannabees converged at the entrance to the Temple Buel Theater where they waited patiently to witness the kick-off of the 26th Annual Starz Denver International Film Festival.]
Alex Gorelik
Thirty years of the International Film Festival in Denver [Annual festival marked by accomplished work and a conscience]
Review: The Unforeseen [The Unforeseen is a poetic and emotional documentary by Laura Dunn that follows the conflict between land developers and environmentalists.]
Gang of Bands [Locals for coalitions, use Internet to compete with corportions.]
Live Music Review: The Forty-Fives @ the Larimer Lounge [This up-and-coming brand bring their Southern punk sould to the Larimer Lounge.]
Spoiler [Argument for 3rd Party Candidacy in American Presidential Politics]
Resolve [A work left unfinished due to poor planning will always be transparent as incomplete. Especially in the realms of war and government, a plan must be in place so that an enterprise accomplishes that which it set out to.]
Liberation [The wars of liberation that America has waged since World War II are endemic. They are inherently tied to our obsession with individual freedom in the strictly capitalist-democratic model we are familiar with.]
Limited Release of 21-Year-Old Francis Ford Coppola Film Opens in Denver [An evening with Francis Ford Coppola at the 26th Starz Denver International Film Festival was an idiosyncratic night of irony and honesty.]
Law [When legal and religious institutions conflict we must choose for ourselves based on instinct and reason. Sometimes we simply have to admit that laws don?t always work ? good people don?t need them and bad people don?t follow them.]
Integrity [ America?s alternative publications may yet save the face of the free press, but they must stand vigilant against the onslaught of misinformation that threatens to undermine their integrity.]
The Grasshopper and the Ant: A comi-tragic comic book [The Grasshopper and the Ant retold with Kurtzman?s Beatnik sensibility and anarchist flare is finally given its due dessert in this full-color, hardcover edition. Finally, this story, obscure even to most Kurtzman fans, will see the light of day.]
Credit [I find it striking that the American dream entails paying nearly three times the value of a single-family home in order to own it. I am amazed that I am willing to sacrifice privacy, self-reliance and fiscal liberty for immediate gratification.]
Access [ I recently read a theory on the progress of materialism beyond material things. A peculiar concept, but the theory goes like this: we do not need things; we only need access to things.]
Benevolent Prosperity [As the boom days dwindled, much of the funding for charity organizations dried up. The irony of the benevolence in prosperity reaches to the very heart of the human experience...]
Nature [Nature will reestablish equilibrium whether we assist or oppose it. The pendulum of punishment and aggression will continue to swing fierce, sharp and fast as long as we do not heal what we have injured.]
Gossip [Why do we love to talk behind one another's back? And what are the repercussions of doing so, not only for our immediate circle, but also for our business and even our nation?]
Faith [I?ve always believed that faith is a good thing and that regardless what doctrine a person subscribes to, the very act of having faith can improve spiritual health. Lately, I?ve had my doubts that faith is a positive force in our lives.]
Coming to Terms with Dread [Dread is a different experience than fear. Fear is experience. Dread is a burden that we lift into experience that acts as a shield against the threat of life. Mostly we dread fear....]
Silence [We?re becoming disillusioned to the ideals of the information age. Our turning away seems more an act of apathy than fear.]
The Cost of Ownership [I?ve just recently had a tumultuous ride that has given me a little perspective on the illusion of wealth and security. From the experience, I?ve gleaned that assets can occasionally become burdens.]
Communication [As organizations grow, communication becomes all the more important. In order to be involved in socially conscientious organizations, or groups with broader political, corporate or social scope it is important to understand the values...]
Freedom On File [The collection and sharing of "spy files" by the Denver Police Department has come to the attention of activists and politicians nationally. The ACLU charges that the police have been spying on law abiding citizens.]
Making Sacrifices for Media Player [Yet another privacy incursion perpetrated by Microsoft. This time even Bill Gates is asking Windows engineers to justify it.]
Alissa Bader
Toofy Film Festival Review [The fifteen short films selected for this year's festival included music videos, short dramas and comedies, and cartoons. Some of these genres translate better into short films than others.]
Toofy Film Festival Q & A [Enfuse magazine talks to Jeff Siebert, one of the organizers of the Toofy Film Fest 2004]
Going Griff's [Is it really so terrible that we are a few clothing sizes larger than our grandparents? Why must we prefer our clothing manufacturers to erroneously switch sizes around]
Fuckin' Nader [It is very important that
this upcoming election give the United States a
president who can seriously steer us out of this
mess.
Nader cannot do this.]
We Love You Johnny Cash [This weekend, there was decent music on the country stations. And on the Top 40 rock stations. And on the oldies stations. Heck, there even was good music on the big band station.]
Aaaaaahnold! [And they all go,]
What Do You Want? [It's not too hard to buy a house these days; you can get one for very little down payment. Combined with low interest rates, it is entirely possible to have a mortgage that is about the same as you would pay for rent.]
I'm Driving an SUV!? [Oh, the stigma! The gas. The flippage factor.]
War Worlds Away [Someone mentioned last week that the war may as well be going on on Mars. The major sandstorms. The funky protective gear everyone has to wear. The fact that this is going on thousands of miles away and we hardly ever see any of it here.]
Call And Response [We've gone through so many political and economic changes recently it's time for us to react, but how?]
Andrew Jalving
Isaac the Pirate, 1. To Exotic Lands [I was taken off-guard by this book, and not in a positive way. I imagine as with most graphic novel aficionados, what I value in a book or series regards both the artwork and the storytelling.]
Andy Fredrickson
Poe: Illustrated Tales of Mystery and Imagination [From the cover illustration to the final image, a triumph in synergy between masterful prose, poetry, and artistic interpretation.]
Angry Guy
"United Colors", not "United Colors of Benneton' [I'm mad as hell at American leadership and I'm not gonna take it anymore. You know what I'm talking about. Pick your poison: Corporate corruption. Political prostitution. Outrageous lawsuits. Media manipulation...]
Anne Stameshkin
A Paragon of Virtue by Christian von Ditfurth [A morally complex murder mystery about German guilt and denial fifty years after World War II.]
Hiding Out: Decoys by Jonathan Messinger [This enchanting debut collection explores – with wit and warmth – the decoys we create to preserve ourselves and connect with others. ]
The Delivery Man by Joe McGinniss, Jr. [In this gripping debut novel, Chase tries to leave Las Vegas and rescue a friend from prostitution – but soon he's chauffeuring for her profitable teenage call-girl service. ]
The Entire Predicament by Lucy Corin [A haunting collection of stories from the author of Everyday Psychokillers: a History for Girls. Planes crash, wars rage, mice invade, and lonely people try the limits of imagination.]
Leaving Brooklyn by Lynne Sharon Schwartz [In this lyrical novel about sight and memory, the protagonist begins her escape through imagination, an acting class, and even an erotic affair.]
B. C. Hughes
Zac Rodgers is Dead [Zac Rodgers has died in a motorcycle accident]
The Beatiful Truth and the Awful Reality [Man struggles over his lifetime to develop inner strength in values and in practices that better himself and those he is in contact with. War snuffs out these values.]
Debunking the Tibetan Myth [The idea that Tibet was a good place before the Chinese take over is far from true.]
Undoing Unawareness [George W. Bush?s approval ratings continue to hover at about 60%. This is true despite the fact that he rules the country like the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood.]
Solving the Problems of America's Poor [An examination of America's welfare system using the views presented by two authors, one a religious conservative, the other a pragmatic secularist.]
City of Strangers: The Geography of Alienation [An examination of the role city planning plays in creating isolation and alienation among its citizens.]
Kid Dreams [As we get older we tend to lose the ideals revered in our youth. The reason for this isn't wisdom, it is cynicism and surrender. Now, more then ever, we need those with ideas and imagination to lead.]
12 Japanese Masters A Creative Journey [12 Japanese Masters is a new release from Graphis. The book explores the work of twelve great Japanese designers after World War II.]
This Will Not Be A Movie [Attacking a much weaker nation with very thin provocation is tenuous at best. The people will support it, but only if it is very quick and casualty free.]
The Conflict of Faith Versus Reason [This essay uses the theories of James Burke and T.S. Kuhn to examine the conflict of Faith versus Reason in the Middle Ages.]
Liberal Pride [No longer will liberals be cowed into submission or capitulation by right wing slur and slander!]
Ben Levisohn
Music Review: Television Personalities' My Dark Places [After an eight year abscence, the Television Personalities and Dan Treacy return from oblivion.]
Music Review: American Princes' Less and Less [A rousing followup by these young Arkansas rockers!]
Music Review: American Princes' Little Spaces [What happens when Northern indie meets Southern boogie?]
Music Review: Stars' Set Yourself on Fire [Sublime orchestral rock alchemy? Just strike a match!]
Music Review: American Minor's Buffalo Creek EP [A debut EP from the latest contender for the Southern Rock crown.]
Music Review: Heavy Trash [Jon SPencer takes a break from the Blue Explosion for this adventure in rockabilly raunch.]
Music Review: Annie's Anniemal [You can dance if you want to- but don't leave your tears behind.]
Movie Review: Nine Songs [With hot bands and hotter sex, Michael Winterbottom explores the intimate curves of a relationship's arc.]
Neil Hagerty: A Fox in the Desert [The former Royal Trux auteur howls at the moon with his band, the Howling Hex.]
Music Review: British Sea Power's Open Season [It's sink or swim for BSP's sophmore release!]
Music Review: Aimee Mann's the Forgotten Arm [The California singer is back with, get this, a Concept Album.]
Music Review: Morrissey Live at Earl's Court [The former Smiths frontman sings his songs of love, hate and self-loathing.]
Music Review: Mr. Anonymous [Jeep MacNichol, the original Samples drummer, heads to Jamaica to catch the island vibe.]
Music Review: Alasdair Roberts' No Earthly Man [Eight murder ballads from Scotland's answer to Will Oldham.]
Music Review: Low's the Great Destroyer and the Evens [Low and IanMacKaye return with new albums that confound fans' expectations.]
Music Review: Mobius Band's City vs Country EP [The Mobius Band whets our appetite for their full-length debut with this collection of five songs.]
Music Review: Kimya Dawson's Hidden Vagenda [Three albums removed from the Moldy Peaches, Kimya Dawson paints her masterpiece.]
Five Questions For Little Fyodor [And Denver's resident nerd-rock king even took the time to answer them!]
Heartfelt Songs From Figurine [For fans of the Postal Service, Jimmy Tamborello's work in Figurine is like a letter that arrives three years late]
Little Wings' Grow [Lo-Fi and Loopy, Little Wings soars on this K Records release]
Listen Like Thieves: March [A New Monthly Music Column]
Very Best of the Samples 1989-1994 [The first compilation from this pioneering Colorado band]
Music Review: Superwolf [Bonnie]
Music Review: Robyn Hitchcock's [Can David Rawlings and Gillian Welch bring their bluegrass magic to Hitchcock's latest release?]
Music Review: The Inactivists and Babushka [Chase away the post-Christmas blues with this shared CD release]
Stir It Up [Hank and the Hankstirs are back with an official bootleg of their live show]
Where have you gone, Edith Frost? [After a three year break, she's back...]
Music Review: Air's Talkie Walkie [Maybe it?s just me, but I have a difficult time accepting an album that opens with a man singing ?you could be from Venus/ I could be from Mars? and then joined by a female voice to sing ?and we?ll be together...]
Music Review: The Decline of British Sea Power [BSP?s album starts promisingly, but abruptly changes direction sounding as if Joy Division had suddenly tried to take a stab at surf-rock.]
Blipmore Radar
Report from Denver [It is better for people to understand and show compassion and kindness to other people than it is to shun them or jail them or kill them or blow them up or in any other way deny their right to life and dignity.]
Weeping, Soggy, Limply Sagging 'Crats [Heads underwater Upside-down Lies.]
John Poindexter is a Bad Man [He is weird too.]
The Burning of the Bush [The American Conservative Cultural Revolution, does not need Bush anymore than Nike needs Michael Jordan. He is the figurehead, the name and the face but nothing more.]
Chris Castle
Webcasting Royalties and SoundExchange [When a record is played on broadcast radio in the United States, who makes money? Since under the U.S. Copyright Act a radio broadcast is a ?public performance? of the song in the record, the songwriters and publishers make money... does the artist?]
Coyote
Music Review: For human ears only [If NASA outfitted the Mars rovers with iPods, they would be playing this album when they rolled to life on Martian soil.]
Review: A Cold Glass of Milk [Nathan Leslie?s ?A Cold Glass of Milk? is a collection of nineteen short stories, each captures a bit of someone we know.]
Boneyard: Volume Two - An Impishly Tawdry Comic Book [Warning: This review contains the following phrases: "monstrously lovable scamps," "demonically childish fart jokes" and "impishly tawdry innuendo.? Read at your own risk.]
Daniel Levisohn
Music Review: Andrew Bird's the Mysterious Production of Eggs [Our intrepid music critic follows the musical clues strewn about this CD - humming all the way.]
Music Review: Iron and Wine's Woman King [Sam beam broadens his sonic pallet on his new EP, an exploration of female archetypes]
David Mortonson
Book Warriors and List Bots [The Brave New World of the Book Trade in the Age of Nearly Instant Everything]
dBom
Analog Days [Film marks emerging talent for first time filmmaker]
Starz Denver Film Festival Nov 9-19, 2006 [Film Festival has more Colorado selections then last year]
The International Experimental Cinema Exposition Oct 11th-15th [TIE gets underway at the Starz Film Center]
America: Freedom to Fascism [Film Review of Aaron Russo's new documentary, America: Freedom to Fascism]
Debony Miller
Darcey Steinke's Milk [In her most recent novel, the author of SUicide Blonde blends sex and spirituality and eluminates the human spirit.]
Deonte
Music Review: Rie Rie's All In [The self proclaimed "Mile High Sista Supreme" is back with another album of West Cost Hip Hop stylings]
Dorrie Munhall
Dangerous Space by Kelly Eskridge []
Boxing for Cuba by Guillermo Vincente Vidal [A story of immigration, loss, and racism that brings home the battles immigrants face when coming to America.]
Restaurant Reviews [Reviews of Dining Establishments]
Duke Jackson
The DV Rebel's Guide [Stu Maschwitz is truly the champion of the low/no budget independent film maker. As a former employee of ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) he has a slew of experience and knowledge about movie making...]
Ed Skibbe
Music New O' the Week: November 16, 2005 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriters out there!]
Ed Skibbe's MUSIC NEWS O' THE WEEK Oct 19, 2005 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriters out their!]
Music News O' the Week: July 13, 2005 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriters out there!]
Music News O' the Week: July 6, 2005 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriters out there!]
Music News O' the Week: June 22, 2005 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriters out there!]
Music News O' the Week: June 8, 2005 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriters out there!]
Music News o' the Week [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriters out there!]
Ed Skibbe's Music News O' the Week April 13, 2005 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriters out there!]
Music News O' the Week April 6, 2005 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer-songwriters out there!]
Music News O' the Week - March 30 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer-songwriters out there]
Rocky Mountain Music News March 16, 2005 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriters out there!]
Rocky Mountain Music News, March 9 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriters out there!]
Rocky Mountain Music News - March 2, 2005 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriters out there!]
Rocky Mountain Music News - February 15, 2005 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriters out there!]
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Rocky Mountain Music News 11/30 [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriter's out there]
Rocky Mountain Music News [What's going on in Denver for all you singer/songwriters out there]
Editor
Starz Denver International Film Festival Announces Schedule [November 8 - 18 2007 includes green initiative, environmental films, indies and big names]
Filmmakers at 27th Annual SDIFF Discuss Social Responsibility []
Cafe Nuba Moves to New Denver Civic Theater on Santa Fe Drive [Spoken Word Set Forced to Find Location Outside of Five Points]
Edward Northern
Partying Like It's 1999 [And The Revolution]
Auto Selection [What will you - a Ford?]
Frau Pichler [From here to eternity]
Can't Complain [Of course you can!]
Confessions of a Former New Yorker [I used to live in New York.]
Elena Gorelik
Trend House Fall Fashion Review [The Trend House lines are inspiring. If this is the future of fall fashion, you can expect to look fabulous regardless of age or body type.]
Eric Neyer
Movie Review: Utopia [The tone and structure of Utopia is somewhat reminiscent of Jim Jarmusch?s Night on Earth, though the sequences here aren?t long enough to develop character or provide much satisfying plot resolution.]
Movie Review: Assisted Living [Todd?s typical day includes getting high on the way to (and at) work, masquerading as a citizen of Heaven on the phone with the residents, and acting as an overbearing salesman during a hilarious assertiveness training exercise.]
Francis Roces
Kimono Dragons [Francis Roces is the designer of Kimono Dragons, which is a line of Asian inspired designs]
Henry Foust
Pounds and Pence [We?re all guilty of just going into an experience for our own reasons and we go in blind; I honestly went in Johnny?s for a haircut but the paltriness of the location and the beautiful boots opened me up to vistas of meaning...]
Jake Gorst
The Internet Brings the Past To Present [The twentieth century was a grand age of invention. Not only were there tremendous advances in technology, but the world of artistic expression took great leaps into uncharted territory. Abstraction took form in literature, painting, architecture,]
James Serendip
Life of Buddha by Miho Satogawa [Sidhartha Guatama's life, lushly illustrated by Satogawa, aka Erotic Dragon.]
Jason Horodyski
Music Review: Man In Gray [I can't sleep unless I hear you breathing]
Jeana Warren
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised [?The Revolution? depicts the deeply impoverished Venezuelan majority alive with hope instilled by current president Hugo Chavez.]
A Bibo Reader Review [ I stayed awake thanks to the cinematographic excellence of Laszlo Razasz Jr. Were it not for Razasz, director/producer Peter Forgacs would have found his audience one person shorter.]
Bus 174 [Bus 174, a 133 minute look at the life of a young Brazilian street kid, is an emotional social commentary.]
Hilary Duff in Line for Darwin Award [Duff gained instant popularity with the junior high age group after appearing in Lizzy McGuire. After appearing on the cover of Seventeen magazine, her net worth soared due to a leap in approval ratings from older, unattached males.]
Jessica Cox
Grammatique [Incredible Fabrications]
A Tate Jewelry Design Metalsmithing [Beautiful, scultpured jewelry]
Funklectic [Practical, accessible, recycled materials - new designs]
Jim MacArthur
Looking for Denver Sports Fans [I?ve lived in the vicinity of Denver for three years now, and I?ve yet to meet a sports fan. . .]
How Loathsome: A Comic Book Off the Beaten Path [A few weeks ago while purchasing my typically drab assortment of mainstream to pseudo-mainstream comics, I picked up a copy of something called how loathsome on a whim. I had no idea what to expect...]
Jim V
Flat Flip Flies Straight. Tilted Flip Curves. [Play Catch. Invent Games. Find Jesus.]
Call it Like You See It [Critic Acclaim]
Keep Grammar Study Substance Free [as God intended]
The Times They Are Changin' [Bob Dylan Plays Suburbia]
The Road Not Taken [I haven’t written this much about a book I didn’t read since college.]
The Oakland A's and Public Education [What teacher evaluation can learn from baseball]
The Town That Made Aaron Burr Cry [One town's certification of "Somewhereness"]
101 Reader Gripe [The trouble with what we give college freshmen to read]
Bargaining in Good Faith with Destiny [Reflections on the late, great Kurt Vonnegut]
There Was This Bat Factory [There used to be a baseball bat factory in Athens, GA - the Hanna Manufacturing Company.]
Joe Mackey
Film Review: Extras [Michel Kweicinski's clash of cultures farce a deceptively clever and interesting film]
Kathryn Preston
Review: The Colorado Songwriter's Circle [Magic happens when the Colorado Songwriter's Circle comes together]
Katy Katastrophy
Hell on Wheels [An ass kickin' documentary about the birth of an all female rollerderby revival in Austin, TX....Showing at the 30th Starz Denver Film Festival.]
Kevin Filan
Debtor Nation: July 6 [Your credit report: the who, where and what to do now...]
Debtor Nation: Banking [This month's Debtor Nation takes a look at the institutions that keep our economy runing smoothly.]
Debtor Nation: April [It's April- Are you ready to pay your taxes?]
Debtor Nation: The Plastic In Your Pocket [The new money and how it got that way.]
Debtor Nation [A Brief History of Red Ink, In Five Parts]
Krista DeNovellis
The Power of a Positive No by William Ury [International mediator and bestselling author William Ury outlines an effective and positive technique for saying no to others.]
Laura Hatton
Protest a Celebration of Chinese Torture [As China attempts to white wash it's crimes, Laura Hatton reveals the reach of the CCP deep into the heart of New York City.]
Laura Olson
After Hours at the Almost Home by Tara Yellen [A debut novel explores loss, love, friendship, and escape on Superbowl Sunday.]
Ovenman by Jeff Parker [Skaters, post-its, and pizza: the combination for a perfect novel.]
501 Minutes to Christ by Poe Ballantine [New essays from the award-winning, gourmet-cooking, whiskey-drinking sage from Chadron, Nebraska.]
Hooked by Matt Richtel [You might want to think twice about checking your e-mail...]
Chemistry by Lewis DeSimone [A tour de force in gay fiction from a first-time novelist.]
The Heart of a Cult by Lena Phoenix [This debut novel is a must-read for those interested in spiritual communities and transformation.]
Left Brain
Final Report from the Midbrain of America [A letter from an underling]
The Truth About Fairies [The Scientific Method vs. The Kansas Board of Education]
Adoptable Thumbs [Open adoption and parenting]
Commander Data Wants Your Vote [Suffrage not the little children]
The Christmas Elephant [A national holiday in July]
The Miraculous Bucket of Sand [Probability and Intelligent Design]
Warmer, With Scattered Butterflies [Forecasting climate change]
Everybody on the Floor! I've Got a Musket! [A fresh perspective on gun control.]
Lia Hayes
The Writing On The Wall: London Street Art by Alex MacNaughton [The world of graffiti is surrounded by political debate and artistic reverence. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the streets of London, where artists often finish a piece of work only to have it whitewashed by the city’s anti-graffiti league. ]
M Dot E
Music Review: Rie-Rie - Take 2 [Differing from flavor of the month artists like the Queen Bee, Foxy, Trina, Ghia, and new comer Jackie-O, Rie-Rie's lyrical content doesn't consist of Gucci, Prada and Louis Vuton. Also it doesn't consist of pussy power or raunchy lyrics...]
Mademoiselle Modiste Designs
Mademoiselle Modiste []
Mark Flanagan
Google SketchUp for Dummies [Google SketchUp for Dummies is a well written, easy to use introduction, guide, and reference...]
Everyday Engineering: How Engineers See [Filled with photos of everyday objects, Everyday Engineering strives to give the reader an engineer's-eye-view of our world.]
The Creative License [Artist/illustrator Danny Gregory exhorts us all to find, become, unveil, and embrace our creative selves, in whatever form that might take. ]
The Anatomy of Design [The authors dissect 49 design campaigns and trace their conceptual ancestries.]
Designing Interactions [In writing Designing Interactions, Bill Moggridge interviewed individuals at the forefront of interaction design from its inception to the present day...]
Design Management [Design Management is about the practical use of design in the business world and the role of the design manager....]
D.I.Y. - Design It Yourself [D.I.Y. - Design It Yourself not only celebrates DIY sensibility, it lays design techniques and tools at the reader?s feet...]
Adobe Illustrator CS2 Gone Wild [The 55 projects between Adobe Illustrator CS2 Gone Wild's covers are not for the timid illustrator neophyte, nor are they for the design snob...]
Vita Brevis [I feel a certain irony when I?m watching an ant tearing around doing his very important ant things because his mortality is so evident to me...]
The Great Pyramids of Giza [I'm cold now. Sitting on a rock in the woods and reflecting upon what I want in this life has yielded one answer clearly above all others. I want a coat.]
Photo Assassin [It was Monday afternoon when we received our cameras. Lauren came by with a cardboard box full of 27 shot Fuji disposables...I turned the green and black plastic camera over in my hands. This is your weapon...]
Killing the Buddha [You fools! They?ve got you in here meditating like a flock of Buddhist sheep while that suspicious-looking guy who was setting out the tea set rifles through our coats and purses!]
Long John Cripple [ ?Niiiiice...? I smile admiringly at the empty wheelchair.]
Mr. Guitar [Dex pulled out a pen and grabbed a napkin on which to illustrate. ?Here is the Geoff we all know and love,? he said, indicating a stick figure he had quickly scrawled. ?And here,? he proceeded, ?is the possessed Geoff.?]
Impermanence [Art as we know it is often a means by which the artist immortalizes him or herself in the work, whereas the Tibetan mandala is created as an act of devotion and then destroyed.]
Dr. Seuss Gone Bad [E-mail for me is a social lifeline. It is my connection to others. And for this reason, I have very little patience when it comes to receiving junk e-mail. I appreciate a humorous diversion. Most junk e-mail, however, is exactly that: junk...]
Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices [Dan Saffer points to a future where the discipline of interaction design will further infiltrate itself into the products and services we access on a daily basis...]
The Illustrated Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm [Die Gestalten has collected 23 of the Grimm classics and visually updated them with illustrations from an international roster of modern artists and graphic designers.]
Snow Quiet [Snow quiet is huge and it mutes everything ? the cries of children, the rumble of a passing truck, even birdsong is as though behind 100 layers of cotton batting.]
Ninja Haiku Guy [I believe there lies dormant a guerrilla-artist inside each one of us, just waiting for our moment, waiting for the call that says,]
Packrat [I?m a packing-Yoda. And when I take the irregularities of various objects and use those irregularities to align the objects like a 1000 piece photographic jigsaw puzzle of Monet?s Waterlilies, I?m quite satisfied.]
Doctor Doolittle [It is a terrible, horrible thing to lie to your sister about feeding her pet rodent to the cat, and I feel badly about it now. Believe me, I do. But let's not forget that I'm not the one on trial here... Or am I?]
Working Hard or Hardly Working? [Are we truly this banal? Or is it because we are genuinely disinterested in speaking to 90% of the people we work with? Instead of going to the trouble of engaging in actual conversation, our brains simply tap a stockpile of generic conversation...]
Concrete Dream [You know how trauma telescopes time into slow motion, in which every millisecond is stretched over a seeming eternity? Yeah? this wasn?t like that at all.]
Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design [Transcending CSS is undoubtedly one of the best web design books I've had the good fortune to lay my hands on....]
A Slip into Neutral [It?s 8:15 am as I enter the cubical-farm that is my workplace. It?s a vast sea of gray that sucks all color from its inhabitants. I make my way through the maze ? West 7 paces, turn North for 23 paces, and then West again for 55 paces...]
ReadyMade: How to Make [Almost] Everything: A Do-It-Yourself Primer [Way back in 2001, Shoshana Berger and Grace Hawthorne launched a magazine that taught people how to make stuff out of other stuff. It wasn't a novel idea. In fact the Do It Yourself (DIY) movement began with the onslaught of How to books...]
Mark Maurer
I Am Legend []
Masha Borisova
Mash Mash [Clothing Designer]
Michelle Barnes
Artvite - October 2006 [connecting creative and cultural community]
Artvite - July [connecting creative and cultural community]
Artvite - December [connecting creative and cultural community]
Miss Crystal
Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Boys [Adolescent Masculinity at the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art]
Theater/Dance Review: wife, life, trip, damnit and THAT [Djalma brings its Artaud inspired dance theater to Denver]
Forget What Women Want, What the People Want, Right? [I'm mad as hell and I want answers! I want real solutions, I don't want to hear that Rich White Guy A or B spent 4 years at expensive private higher education devising formulas for real progress and change.]
Review: Wall of Water [The first of the Lida projects / Hunger Artist Ensemble Fall Season is a fast paced comedy about the New York experience of great apartment- crazy roommates scenario.]
Zeitgeist of Hip Hop [Toofy Film Festival Coverage]
Modern Man Soup [the greatest minds die alone in poverty]
Oh My City of God! [City of God is a film that not only breathes it orgasms.]
Iam the Spoonbender [Calling all DJs music makers and performers: The Bar has been raised. I AM the Spoonbender has achieved what so many of us hope/ believe we might experience when we go out]
Gus Van Sant's Elephant [the lingering sting of confusion and the frustration of youth is encapsulated and shot into the new film Elephant, byGus Van Stant.]
Sex Bots Programmed to Entice in Black Rust [If dark, sexual fantasy intrigues you this is a definitive piece for your collection.]
Cremaster Film Series: Feeling Mentally Frisky? [Five expertly delivered films by the one man army - Art darling Matthew Barney]
Misti Jackson
Live Music Review: Orbit Service [The Denver band plays a benefit for the art space Revoluciones!]
mmunhall
Silent Pictures by Pat Graham [Punk exposed in debut book of photos.]
Nina Shope
The Musical Illusionist and Other Tales by Alex Rose [You have heard the rumors about the Library of Tangents; you have dared to board the old subway car at the defunct subterranean depot; now prepare to enter a world of paradoxes, anomalies, and esoteric wonders; surely your curiosity will be rewarded.]
nolson
Band Interview: The Nekromantix [The Nekroman talks about fresh blood, 59' Cadillac Hearses, and Danish cemeteries]
Show Review: The Nekromantix at The Gothic Theater [Psychobilly greats The Nekromantix put on a show that damn near raised the dead.]
Band Interview: Bang! Bang! [Band talks about their album theme, touring, and the dynamic of the band]
Show Review: Bang! Bang! at the 15th Street Tavern [Chicago based band puts on a great show with energy and charisma]
Band Interview: Me Llamo Rosa [Band members talk about influences, their creative process, and plans for the future.]
Show Review: Me Llamo Rosa at the Marquis Theater [Denver based band puts on a captivating show at the Marquis]
Music Review: Nekromantix's Life Is A Grave And I Dig It! [Evil laughs and the Coffinbass abound on The Nekromantix new album]
Music Review: Bang! Bang!'s The Dirt That Makes You Drown [Ferocity is the focal point on Bang! Bang!?s latest album]
Music Review: The Blow's Paper Television [The Blow's new album is a minmalist pop sensation.]
Music Review: Southern Culture On The Skids' Countrypolitan Favorites [SCOTS is back with a collection of country and rock favorites.]
Paul DeMarte
Control [Joy Division is a band that has influenced more bands than one could imagine. The music was simple, but moving, and the lyrics were nothing short of haunting. This is the story of Ian Curtis, frontman of Joy Division.]
Superbad Is Oh, So Good! [Superbad stands out as a potential classic and sticks to the tradition of kids becoming adults, leaving high school behind, losing their innocence (or what was left of it), and most of all exploiting their sexual escapades and underage tomfoolery.]
Turn Off Your Lights and Breathe In We Are The Night [Let the glitch rock beats twist and contort while consuming your mind. Kick kick kick, and tranquility overruns your senses. Welcome to a fantastic mindscape. ]
Tune in Tokyo: Spoon blasts out another hit [In a world of jingle jangle guitar oriented music, Spoon’s newest release, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, will not fail the avid fan of Indie rock. ]
Pete Lawrence
Movie Review: Off the Grid []
Potential Fashions
Potential Fashions [Revamped, Recycled Fashionable Clothing]
Rafael Zayas
Lewis Black's Nothing's Sacred [In his new autobiography, the Daily Show's resident ranter reveals his softer side.]
RE Stout
The Greatest Artist [You don?t have to go to the museum to find out. He is not at the local gallery, or performing arts complex. Do you know this mystery artist? He knows you!]
Richard Chapman
Grande Expectations: A Year in the LIfe of Starbucks' Stock by Karen Blumenthal [An engaging read, but does it hold the secrets to stock-market success?]
Robert Mc Lain
He's Just Not That Into You [But is our reviewer into this uber-popular best-seller?]
Music Review: Le Concorde's Universe and Villa [Searching for a "fresh sound," Stephen Becker finds that same old song and dance.]
Music Review: Ani DiFranco's Knuckle Down [The poster-child for DIY returns with a little help from her friends]
Review of Laurent Fetis' ABC+ [One can?t help to be artistically and intellectually aroused as they absorb the passionate display of overt sexual behavior and motion.]
Tumbleweeds Are Rolling Over the Future of Culture In Denver [What does it mean for our future when Colorado?s public school art programs are drastically under funded, yet sports programs remain a funding priority?]
Northern Lights Shine - North by North [Gain exposure to Scandinavian art and learn more about a culture that is often overlooked.]
Ryan Alford
Michael Moore Visits Denver [I'm a former Republican and the offspring of the conservative right. I voted for George W. Bush in the 2000 election and I fully supported the President in his war against terrorism.]
Bad Seed, Good Book [A Review of ?The Life and Music of Nick Cave: An Illustrated Biography?]
Satellite Radio Killed the Video Star [Denver Bands Can Find National Attention From the Depths of Space.]
Sara Benson
Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton [Yes- the guy from Stand By Me and Star Trek: The Next Generation. That Wil Wheaton!]
Scapegoat
Denver Culture: Scratchin' the Surface [Despite the city's best attempts, the past keeps poking its head out from beneath the sand]
Denver Culture: From Boom to Bust and Back Again [Denver culture is not an oxymoron. Scapegoat gives us his outsiders view.]
Shawn Stufflebeam
Gone Away []
Days to Weeks to Months to Years [The speed of time]
Campaign Finance Reform [A little October rant]
Food Is What You Make It [Genetically modified food and you]
Silent Retreat [Quiet time with a friend]
Mosquitoes On My Mind [Reasons I have difficulty concentrating on my job]
A November Memory [An early memory of the new era.]
Tobi Victoria
A Fetish for Fetish Night [Yesterday I weaved through the black locks of Goth Night in search of a man named Louie. I heard that Louie had a riding crop and a fetish.]
Tori Fullard
Light Fell by Evan Fallenberg [A family reunion, long in the making, forces a father and his five sons to face their feelings and each other in Light Fell, an exploration of family and love. ]
Grub by Elise Blackwell [Elise Blackwell’s new novel is a simultaneously funny and horrifying glimpse into the life of writers trying to navigate the publishing world.]
The Keep by Jennifer Egan [Jennifer Egan explores the lasting consequences of thoughtless actions in her latest novel, now out in paperback, The Keep.]
The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers by Matthew Hays [This collection of interviews gives voice to over 30 screenwriters and directors (plus the infamous Divine), allowing them to speak directly about their experiences in filmmaking.]
Victor Ruggiero
Movie Review: The Savages [Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney play a brother and sister who are forced to revisit their unpleasant childhood and expose their pitiful current lives to each other. ]
An Evening with Michael Apted [Amazing Grace at Denver Film Festival 29]
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