Colorado Springs Independent

After Ted Haggard, a New Era at New Life Churchnew

By removing politics from the pulpit, Brady Boyd takes his church out of the public eye.

Colorado Springs Independent | J. Adrian Stanley | 05-06-2008 | Religion

Tags: religion, New Life Church, Brady Boyd, Ted Haggard

Scott Biram Considers the Finer Points of Poultricidenew

"I'm not really any more crazy than most people," Biram insists.

Colorado Springs Independent | Bill Forman | 04-29-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Graveyard Shift, Scott H. Biram, blues, Bloodshot Records, outlaw country

Filmmaker Eric Shiveley Talks About Music, Fame and Assless Chapsnew

He'll hate the comparison, but Shiveley brings to mind a thinking man's Paris Hilton: He usually travels with a posse of little dogs, and his new film, Everyone But You, is a sort of video docu-diary.

Colorado Springs Independent | Jill Thomas | 04-29-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Eric Shiveley, Everyone But You

Indie Spirit Film Festival Hits Colorado Springsnew

The films range from don't-blink shorts to full-length features. Some avant-garde entries that defy categorization -- like Gods of Light, Idols of Mud, an experimental short with no dialogue, about three people escaping reality.

Colorado Springs Independent | Jill Thomas | 04-29-2008 | Movies

Tags: Colorado Springs, film festivals

To Avoid Red Tape at Fort Carson, Soldiers Head to Private 'Baghdad Village'new

The squad commander suggests off-base training is an efficient way to polish needed skills with minimal hassle.

Colorado Springs Independent | Anthony Lane | 04-29-2008 | War

Tags: war in iraq, Army, Fort Carson, Training, simulation, war & peace

After Their Lanlord Disappears, Tenants Get Power Cut Offnew

Steve and Mae, high school sweethearts in the 1970s who married others but reunited 15 years ago, have lived in Colorado Springs more than a decade. Their slide into hell began last November, when their landlord boarded a Greyhound bus and vanished. Since she had been paying the utilities, her tenants now live without power.

Colorado Springs Independent | Rich Tosches | 04-29-2008 | Housing & Development

Tags: utilities, Colorado Springs, tenant rights, housing & development

The Ongoing Olympic Torch Relay Brings Fresh Nightmares and Memories of 1980new

Thanks to the IOC, China has the opportunity to use the world stage in August as a platform for propaganda. And that awful word, boycott, has seeped back into the Olympic movement's consciousness. You have to wonder what might happen if the situation escalates much more.

Colorado Springs Independent | Ralph Routon | 04-29-2008 | Sports

Tags: China, Olympic Torch, Olympics, protests, Tibet, Jimmy Carter, boycott, Moscow, sports & fitness

All Shook Upnew

AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting

Colorado Springs Independent | Cara Degette | 04-21-2008 | Media

Tags: media

Command Performancenew

AltWeeklies Award - Education

Colorado Springs Independent | Terje Langeland | 04-21-2008 | Media

Tags: media

Dillinger Escape Plan Really Needs Thisnew

It's become common with Dillinger Escape Plan to discuss how much adversity the band has encountered and how it's been able to soldier through many hard times.

Colorado Springs Independent | Alan Sculley | 04-15-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Dillinger Escape Plan, mathcore, post-hardcore

We the Kings Enjoys Adulation, Free Breadsticksnew

When We the Kings first hit the road as high schoolers, they played free shows, for anywhere from five minutes to an hour at a time, at the mercy of bar managers or headlining acts.

Colorado Springs Independent | Scott Lieber | 04-15-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: pop punk, power pop, S-Curve Records, We the Kings