The Old Man is a trip—back to 1987

by Lacy Boggs / photo by Ed Corcoran

The year is 1987. You’ve just finished teasing your hair and putting on a final coat of Aqua Net when your boyfriend rings the bell. He’s got the top down on his Celica as the two of you cruise over to The Old Man for cans of Schlitz and some barbecue.
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July 2009

Don't try to talk; keep your mouth full

by Lacy Boggs / photo by Ed Corcoran

“This is my old stomping grounds!” my friend shouted to me as I slid into the seat opposite her at Centro Latin Kitchen. “I used to get drunk here all the time when it was the Samba Room. And I broke my tailbone across the street at Bart’s CD Cellar.”
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July 2009

AT&T evades punishment for its wiretapping shenanigans

by French Davis / illustration by Zachary Williams

Thanks for nothing, Judge Walker.

Last month, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled in favor of AT&T in its landmark wiretapping case, upholding the law former President George W. Bush signed in 2008 effectively immunizing from prosecution all telecommunications.
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July 2009

Stashing that imperial IPA isn’t being snobbish. It’s smart.

by James Burrus / photo by Todd Stoffer

Big beer. It’s a creeper trend that has, in the past year or so, gone ballistic as evidenced by the proliferation of high-alcohol, massively hopped special brews often sporting familiar names with “imperial” bolted on the front. Avery’s Maharaja Imperial India Pale Ale is a good example.
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July 2009

by French Davis

Colfax On The Fox is a dying breed on the radio. He’s a disc jockey. As in a “get-on-the-mic-make-some-jokes-tell-some-stories-and-play-some-music-while-the-occasional-listener-calls-in-and-asks-for-something-ridiculous-in-between-Skynyrd-and-Zeppelin-tunes” DJ. He’s on Colorado’s FM institution, 103.5 The Fox, home of Lewis and Floorwax, a.k.a. The Masters. He’s a board op in the mornings for them, then he plays records, honest-to-god records on his own mid-day show; he manages the website, hosts remotes and concerts; hell, we think he might even handle human resources there. Here, Colfax takes a five-minute break between classic sets to wax nostalgic about Night Ranger, crazy radio stunts and getting up so damned early in the morning.
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July 2009