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New Year's Eve standup horror stories from Sam Tallent and Andrew Orvedahl
December 31, 2012 in Show and Tell
As it is for most musicians, a New Year's Eve gig is nightlife-prime-real estate for a comic. Big money, big crowds and an audience that's ready to let its PC...
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Five choice moments from Denver's standup comedy scene in 2012
December 31, 2012 in Show and Tell
No question, 2012 was the year of the comedian in Denver. A lifelong fan of standup, I've had the pleasure of reporting on some amazing shows this year -- and...
Backbeat's top five spins: This is what we're listening to this week. What's on your playlist?
December 27, 2012 in Backbeat
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Getting stoned with comedian/musician Chella Negro
December 26, 2012 in Show and Tell
After years of performing her soul-folk songs around the Denver music scene, Chella Negro hooked up with this town's blossoming comedy community when she joined the all-female sketch group LadyFace....
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Occupy Wall Street enters the classroom at UCD next semester
December 26, 2012 in The Latest Word
Stephen Polk.Hey, remember Occupy Wall Street? The almost-revolution that rallied Americans to address our ever-widening income gap, yet ultimately splintered into obscurity due to idealistic infighting? Yes, that one. While...
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Five best live concert films
December 21, 2012 in Backbeat
While infinitely different than being there in the flesh, a live concert film can provide an up-close, multi-angled, cinematically inspired perspective of the music experience -- not to mention a...
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Lucky '13: Michael Trundle, Lipgloss co-founder and resident DJ
December 19, 2012 in Show and Tell
This past year has been tough for many people, and we're eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn out to be much luckier for many, we...
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Getting stoned with comedian Chris Charpentier
December 18, 2012 in Show and Tell
Chris Charpentier of the stand-up comedy team Fine Gentleman's ClubFew conversations reach the caliber of weirdness as ones that involve marijuana, entertainers and a tape recorder. And now that Amendment...
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Lucky '13: Lauren Seip of Lowbrow Arts and Ladies Fancywork Society
December 17, 2012 in Show and Tell
Jesse DawsonLauren Seip (right) with Lowbrow co-founder Tymla Welch.This past year has been tough for many people, and we're eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn...
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Lucky '13: Matthew Brown of Fancy Tiger
December 14, 2012 in Show and Tell
Josiah M HesseMatthew Brown, owner of Fancy Tiger Clothing.This past year has been tough for many people, and we're eager to kiss 2012 goodbye. In hopes that 2013 will turn...
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Unwrapping David Sedaris and The SantaLand Diaries on their twentieth anniversary
December 14, 2012 in Show and Tell
David Sedaris, author of The SantaLand Diaries. "I wear green velvet knickers, a forest green velvet smock, and a perky little hat decorated with spangles. This is my work uniform,"...
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Louie C.K.: Five examples of his twisted comic wisdom
December 13, 2012 in Show and Tell
Like Lenny Bruce in the '60s, George Carlin in the '70s or Bill Hicks in the '90s, Louie C.K. could go down as the premier comic of this decade. His...
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Nirvana's Incesticide turns twenty
December 13, 2012 in Backbeat
Incesticide, released on December 14, 1992, turns twenty years old tomorrow. In the wake of the generation defining, pop music altering, astronomically hyped wonder that was Nirvana's Nevermind, Kurt Cobain would...
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James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem chooses Denver photo for Canon short-film project
December 11, 2012 in Show and Tell
Melissa Wollenberg"Fires Be Damned!"When Melissa Wollenberg of Highlands Ranch snapped a cute/surreal photo of her son in a gas mask, standing before the orange haze of this past last summer's...
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Andrew Orvedahl and Adam Cayton-Holland to record comedy albums at the Bug Theatre
December 06, 2012 in Show and Tell
Local comics Andrew Orvedahl and Adam Cayton-Holland are as well-known in the Denver standup scene as you can be without moving to L.A. and starring in a children's movie. After...
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Boedecker Theater brings classic-rock rarities to the big screen
December 05, 2012 in Show and Tell
The names you'll recognize -- the Doors, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, the Rolling Stones -- and the titles of Boedecker Theater's upcoming film series will be a treat for classic-rock...
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Denver historian Phil Goodstein takes on Park Hill in his latest book
November 26, 2012 in Show and Tell
Denver historian Phil Goodstein.Having already chronicled Denver's ghosts, street names and Jewish communities, local historian Phil Goodstein is digging into familiar ground in his latest book on our city's forgotten...
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Hoover's FBI thought It's A Wonderful Life was communist propaganda; Mitt Romney should have watched
November 23, 2012 in Show and Tell
More than Home Alone or Miracle on 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life is probably the most beloved and iconic Christmas film for American audiences. Once a box-office bust, the...
Record Store Day: Black Friday edition
November 23, 2012 in Backbeat
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Arguments and Grievances second-anniversary edition at Vine Street Pub
November 19, 2012 in Show and Tell
Kevin O'Brien hosts Arguments and Grievances every third Sunday at Vine Street Pub. Over the past two years, Kevin O'Brien's weekly comedy event, Arguments and Grievances, has showcased some of Denver's...
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Getting stoned with Wheelchair Sports Camp
November 13, 2012 in Backbeat
Photo Roadies A week ago today, our homeland, the fine state of Colorado, made history by voting to legalize marijuana for recreational use. In honor of this momentous occasion -- and...
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Romero Theater Troupe to defend Auraria custodians in activist play
November 08, 2012 in Show and Tell
Professor James WalshThis Saturday afternoon the Romero Theater Troupe will perform Auraria Custodians Tell Their Story, a play which seeks to air the recent grievances Auraria custodians have had with...
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Ten essential albums of the 1960s
November 08, 2012 in Backbeat
If someone wanted to learn more about the sixties, but didn't know where to start, these are the albums we'd recommend. While they aren't necessarily the best selling, or the...
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Denver native's used bicycles chandeliers have made her an international art star
November 08, 2012 in Show and Tell
Alan J. CrossleyWhen most people look at a mound of used bicycle parts they see (at best) the potential for scrap metal, or possibly a refurbished bike. But when Carolina...
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Why do musicians endorse candidates?
November 06, 2012 in Backbeat
Dave Matthews stumping for Obama at the President's grassroots rally in Aurora this past weekend There's probably a certain amount of sincerity involved when a famous musician endorses a political candidate....
