AltWeeklies Wire
Power pop pariahsnew
Steve E. Nix and The Cute Lepers hope for hate from heavy metal and emo fans.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Aaron Tippin keeps on pushingnew
The 50-year-old Tppin seems like a Cracker Barrel kind of guy: warm, respectful, "down-home."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
08-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pasties in Public? Not in Colorado Springsnew
Turns out the city's public indecency ordinance prohibits exposure of the "genitals or buttocks of either sex or the breast or breasts of a female." Lt. David Whitlock, a police department spokesman, says officers twice asked the women to either put on shirts or leave the park. "That is a proper interpretation [of the law]," he says. "The only statutory defense is breast-feeding."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
08-01-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Stephen Singular on Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffsnew
His current book details the rise of Warren Jeffs, the leader of the FLDS, who was convicted on two counts of being an accomplice to rape for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jill Thomas |
07-29-2008 |
Nonfiction
'American Teen' Asks 'Do We Ever Grow Up?'new
Some of the things the kids do on camera are the kinds of things they'd never, ever do if they thought their parents were watching. And, some of the things they say on camera are the kinds of things they'd never, ever say to a parent's face. That's why adults would get more out of this film than teenagers.
Colorado Springs Independent |
MaryAnn Johanson |
07-29-2008 |
Reviews
Austin's Whitman Taunts the Pop Monsternew
What can you say about musicians whose debut album opens with a song declaring, "All we are is nothing at all" and closes with one in which "prosthetic limbs fall from the trees"?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Triad of New Brewers a Testament to Coloradoans' Growing Craft-beer Affinitynew
According to the Brewers Association, Colorado ranks No. 1 in the nation for beer production, No. 2 for most craft breweries and No. 3 for craft beer output. Three newbie breweries are joining the stats.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Amanda Lundgren |
07-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
Lyle Lovett's Not-quite-as-Large Band Hits the Roadnew
This summer, Lovett will turn his attention from writing to touring. This time out, the Large Band won't be quite as big (er, large) as it has been on some tours.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
07-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Black Pegasus Mixes Politics with Punchlinesnew
The Black Mexican may sound like a gimmicky concept itself, but it's no novelty record. As a battle rap veteran, Robert Houston offers up plenty of punchlines, but serious subtexts also find their way into the mix.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Steve Winwood Keeps the Faithnew
Former Traffic frontman looks back on Blind Faith and reunites with Eric Clapton.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
07-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Steve Earle on TV Roles and Winning Another Grammynew
It was a case of art imitating life when Earle found himself cast as a recovering addict on The Wire, the alt-country troubadour having suffered for years from heroin addiction before finally going clean 13 years ago.
Colorado Springs Independent |
John Benson |
07-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Don Edwards and His Hologram Keep the Singing Cowboy Ethos Alivenew
The Texas Tourism Board, in order to help promote the state as a vacation destination, flew Edwards to New York last year and recorded his performance in front a holographic camera.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Colorado Springs Soup Kitchens and Food Pantries Could Soon be Out 'Real' Foodnew
Sucker-punched by high gas and food prices, increased demand, less assistance from government and food manufacturers, and dwindling supplies from food drives, the Care and Share food bank has fewer of the necessities it needs to help feed struggling families.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
07-08-2008 |
Food+Drink
Psychostick Stays Serious About Being Funnynew
The Phoenix shtick-metal band Psychostick may be really dumb. Then again, the group could be really smart.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
After Work with a Fountain and Pumpkin, America Returns to the Roadnew
Part of what's interesting about the studio recordings for Here & Now is they involve an unlikely collaboration with co-producers Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne and James Iha, the former guitarist with Smashing Pumpkins -- two artists associated with modern rock, not the kind of relaxed country pop for which America is known.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
07-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
