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Shaftednew
This riveting film brings the stories of four workers struggling to make ends meet to the big screen.
Tags: Roger Weisberg, Waging a Living
For the Recordnew
While 67,518 discs were released in 2005, these were the 10 that really mattered.
Notes From Undergroundnew

Two decades on, Denver's Little Fyodor is still strange, witty and putting out geeky art-punk.
Westword |
Jason Heller |
01-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Little Fyodor
Airborne Againnew
After losing one of its founding members last fall, Planes Mistaken for Stars regroups and takes flight.
Westword |
Tuyet Nguyen |
01-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
No Napsnew
After leaving Atlantic Record, the Nappy Roots aren't sleeping on their independence.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
01-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Nappy Roots
Mama's Housenew
The home-based restaurant that is a fixture of Denver's tight-knit Ghanaian community is closing as Mama T. moves to Cincinnati.
Westword |
Jason Sheehan |
01-09-2006 |
Food+Drink
Not-So-Great Apenew
Peter Jackson’s King Kong has a long title, a big monkey but not much else.
Boston Phoenix |
Aaron Solomon |
01-09-2006 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Let's Get Lostnew
Last season's surprise supernatural success, Lost, has inspired no fewer than three imitators -- two of which will be off the air by the time you read this.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Nelson |
01-09-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Throw It All Downnew
University of Colorado student Michael Lanahan's life was a puzzle, and his death is a mystery wrapped in a song.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
01-09-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Go, Sam, Go!new

As his hearings start, can Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito perform well enough to give the Bush administration a breather from the daily attacks over the Iraq war and the spying on the general citizenry?
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
01-09-2006 |
Politics
Tags: domesticspying, Bush appointees
George Bush: Master Spynew
The unilateral president is exposed in his ignorance of the Constitution he's sworn to protect.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
01-09-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Pure Bullnew
The Matador helps Pierce Brosnan shatter his Bond mold.
Dallas Observer |
Bill Gallo |
01-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Shepard, The Matador
Past and Presentnew
The music on this North Carolina band's debut captures the feel of a half-century ago while dealing with the day-to-day difficulties of the here and now.
Dallas Observer |
Darryl Smyers |
01-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Stillhouse, Through the Winter
The Loggersnew
As a Dallas club closes, some possibilities for its future are put on the table.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
01-09-2006 |
Recreation
Tags: belmor corp., trees
The Poopnew
A Dallas man who is serving five years in prison for sprinkling his own dried feces on doughnuts refuses to see a man he haunts.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
01-09-2006 |
Crime & Justice