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Ensuring the Idiot Box

March 9, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

The postponement of the digital television conversion last month revealed the truth about the way Americans view their television: as an inalienable right.

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It was around 6pm on a Monday. My fiancée was flying to Atlanta so my Wing Commander, Jim, and I entered the Left Hand Brewing Company Tasting Room in Longmont to do some drinking under a full moon sky.

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The Indulgers

March 9, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

March is all about Purim, and Purim is when Celtic traditions and Irish whiskey… wait a sec. Sorry. Wrong holiday. March brings in St. Patrick’s Day, when all of us find our inner Irish. The Indulgers aren’t just Colorado’s most…

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March Editor’s Picks

March 9, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Eye-Popping Photography Photography as an art form is much more than simply looking through a lens and clicking a button—from the rule of thirds to understanding lighting, technique will only take you so far. It’s that extra little bit of…

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Midweek Ski Fix

March 9, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

Ditching work on a sunny Wednesday afternoon and bombing up to Keystone is my favorite way to get over the hump. Getting on I-70 around two-ish, there’s nothing but God and grimy pavement in the passing lane as I gun…

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First Lady of Soul

February 7, 2009 Like 0 dokrider

If Colorado has a first lady of soul, it’s Hazel Miller. The indomitable R&B artist is as much a household name in the Centennial State as Big Head Todd, and she’s a rare local musician who can pack pretty much…

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11 Questions with the funny people from Second City

February 7, 2009 Like 0 dokrider

Calling Second City an incubator for comedic talent is an understatement at best: Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert, John Belushi and Tina Fey are just some of the names that have graduated from the famed Chicago institution. For those who don’t…

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Main (Street) Attraction

February 7, 2009 Like 0 dokrider

A walk down Longmont’s Main Street on any given weekend evening proves there’s a lot going on in that three block stretch of highway. Galleries, a used bookstore, game shop, guitars, antiques, and good food bring people out in droves.…

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Re-enter The Fray

February 2, 2009 Like 2 dokrider

Local-band-made-good The Fray tries to solidify their career with more of the same.

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12 Questions with the Reverend Horton Heat

January 7, 2009 Like 0 editor

Jim Heath isn’t exactly a man of the cloth, regardless of what his stage moniker conjured up. But the enduring psychobilly pioneer, known better to his fans as the Reverend Horton Heat, has maintained an almost priestly devotion to his…