AltWeeklies Wire
Shepard Fairey and Robert Indiana Cause Trouble at the DNCnew
Fairey and company spent seventeen hours in jail, first at the infamous "Gitmo on the Platte" warehouse the city set up for DNC protesters. But he wasn't the only artist to get caught in the tentacles of DNC security.
David Byrne and Brian Eno's Recent Work Sounds Familiarnew
Eno's musical settings recall the curious warmth of his mid-'70s recordings, and their sonic consistency prevents Byrne from indulging in the sort of genre exercises that have made his post-Talking Heads solo work so spotty.
Ratatat's Music Sings Without Singingnew
Vocalists get the prima donna's share of attention in most groups. But according to Evan Mast, who represents half of the Brooklyn-based instrumental duo Ratatat, their presence can put a damper on creativity.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
09-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Celebrity-starved Denver Media is All Twitterpated During the DNCnew
All the same, as mind-numbingly inane as most Twitter feeds have been, there have been a few that were illuminating. For instance, this one from the Denver Post.
The Flobots Rise and Shinenew
One-thirty in the afternoon on a blistering Monday in late July, and the Flobots are hardly forming like Voltron. The tour bus was supposed to leave from this Save-A-Lot off Federal Boulevard at 12 p.m. sharp, but it's nowhere to be seen and we're still missing several bandmembers.
Westword |
Adam Cayton-Holland |
08-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The World Romantic Finds Its Soundnew
Maybe too well.
Richard Ashcroft Tries to Pick Up Where He Left Off with the Vervenew
After 1997's Urban Hymns proved to be a breakthrough for the Verve, frontman Richard Ashcroft went solo prematurely — and he was punished by having quite a bit of strong music be largely ignored.
The DNC Concert Cheat Sheetnew
For a few days, Denver will be the world's stage, with thousands of delegates and media types parachuting into town. No reason for you not to try to join the party! So here's a cheat sheet on some of the week's most ballyhooed events and your chances of getting in.
DNC Report: Police and Protesters Look to 1999 WTO Protests for Guidancenew
You can forget Chicago in 1968; it's the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle that law enforcement and radical protest groups are using as the reference point for the DNC in Denver this year.
Scars on Broadway Showcases Black Humornew
In a wry comment on his reputation as a doctrinaire zealot, System of a Downer Daron Malakian kicks off the side project he shares with SOAD drummer John Dolyman by delivering "Serious," whose hook declares, "You're too serious for me."
Tags: Scars on Broadway
Union Station May Become Denver's Gateway Again ... If it Stays on Tracknew
In 2001, a consortium of public agencies purchased the station from its private owners in hopes that it would become the central hub of a future transportation system. That system materialized in 2004, when voters approved the most ambitious new public transportation system in the country, with Union Station was to be its cornerstone.
Westword |
Joel Warner |
08-18-2008 |
Transportation
For Colorado Rapids Fans, It's Hard to be Hooligansnew
Soccer supporters groups are nearly as old as the game itself, with allegiances to squads passed down from generation to generation in the same way most Americans learn to embrace their favorite baseball or football team. For Rapids fans, it's not about the quality of play on the pitch. If it were, they would have left a long time ago.
What Passes for Medical Care at Denver's Downtown Jail Can be Costly and Even Fatalnew
Cancer patient Tim Thomason didn't think he could feel any worse. His Denver jailers showed that he could.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
08-04-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tickle Me Pink's Melancholy Receptionnew
It was well nigh impossible to judge this recording objectively on its release date due to the startling death of bassist Johnny Schou.
G Unit's Played Out Gangsta Rapnew
Five years ago, the smashing aggressiveness of "Straight Outta Southside" would have offset its lack of originality.
