Scene
A Real Threat
What do you hear when you play the Prince song, “Let’s Go Crazy?” Perhaps it’s a standard Twin-Cities-soul-inspired, Purple Rain-era groove with plenty of synthesized wizardry and gospel chord changes. Me, I hear the sound of liberty dying.
Read more
They Might Still be New Wave-They Might Be Giants
Looking at the musical landscape, you’d be hard pressed to find a New Wave band that’s been playing for 25 years, recording new and relevant material, writing TV theme songs and children’s records, and doing it all without…
Read more
Your Pick…
There’s much ado about something concerning the upcoming theater season on the Front Range. This year’s got it all: Nazis, sex, murder, musicals, mid-life crises, Monty Python and transvestite nuns. From Longmont to LoDo, here’s just a smattering of what’s…
Read more
Two Towns Too Small to Not Share Schools’ Cash
There’s a storm brewing in Carbon Valley, and it has nothing to do with a quick moving monsoon typical of the season. Frederick is mad at Firestone, and town leaders are airing the dirty laundry in public. Firestone says its…
Read more
French’s 5
This month: Snapshots of 20th Century American pop culture, courtesy of Youtube.com.
Read more
Dropping Eggs Makes Good Theater
“One lady used to come in with a basket of eggs. She’d put one on her head and let it roll down and splatter on the floor. She’d do it again and again for five minutes, egg after egg.” GerRee…
Read more
Harp on the Fringe
Naropa is on the Fringe. So is Boulder in popular opinion. The city at the base of the Flatirons always seems to add a twist to mainstream. Which is why it makes a perfect backdrop for the International Fringe Festival.
Read more