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Backbeat and Radiohead make it on CNN -- for all the wrong reasons
December 30, 2011 in Backbeat
Hold onto your hats -- again!Some things, guys, are just too good to be true. Backbeat discovered the perfect example of this fact this morning when, while watching TV, we...
Occupy Denver: What local artifacts would make it into museums and history books?
December 30, 2011 in The Latest Word
Gill Action's Joanne Kron takes over role as ProgressNow Colorado's executive director
December 29, 2011 in The Latest Word
Occupy Denver: Police return to enforce anti-encumbrances ordinance on a nightly basis
December 29, 2011 in The Latest Word
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Occupy Denver: The injuries and memories behind three months covering the movement
December 28, 2011 in The Latest Word
On December 23, Occupy Denver quietly celebrated three months of loud, tense and occasionally fiery statements downtown. In that time span, the local chapter of the national movement has kept...
Civic Center Parks wins national masonry award one week after being set on fire
December 28, 2011 in Show and Tell
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Boulder park closure issue opened to public discussion after pressure from Occupy Boulder
December 28, 2011 in The Latest Word
After Occupy Boulder pressured the city for weeks to deny its newly proposed park closure rule, Boulder's City Council Agenda Committee has opened the issue for a public hearing on...
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What's good for the (Canada) goose isn't really good for Denver
December 27, 2011 in The Latest Word
An adult goose releases approximately one pound of poop every single day. This fact stays relatively unnoticed until wintertime, when thousands of Canada geese -- seemingly overnight -- come out...
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Video: The One Man Star Wars Trilogy comes to a galaxy very, very close to you
December 27, 2011 in Show and Tell
Courtesy of Charlie RossRoss' One Man Star Wars Trilogy is about as serious as this eyebrow is -- which is to say, only of the mock variety.There are few things...
Video: The five best bands that broke up in 2011 -- paired with five of their saddest songs
December 27, 2011 in Backbeat
kART Across America explores the meaning of American art with insight and humor
December 22, 2011 in Show and Tell
Video: Merry Christmas from Occupy Denver
December 22, 2011 in The Latest Word
Merry Christmas from Radiohead: Lost track potentially called "Putting Ketchup in the Fridge" resurfaces online
December 22, 2011 in Backbeat
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kART Across America: What happens when two men travel the country in a golf kart named Christine
December 22, 2011 in Show and Tell
Courtesy of No Shame ProductionsJeremy Make and Andy Raney stand with Christine, the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang of vintage golf karts.Call it a quarter-life crisis: Andy Raney does. Because before...
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Occupy Denver: Homeless protesters interrupt Mayor Hancock during homeless vigil
December 21, 2011 in The Latest Word
By now, it's public knowledge that about 30 Occupy Denver supporters interrupted Mayor Michael Hancock's speech during a vigil for the homeless last night on the steps of the City...
Neighbors of Sports Authority Field at Mile High worry about light pollution
December 21, 2011 in The Latest Word
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Updated: Occupy Denver's latest eviction ends in flames, arrests and Tebowing
December 21, 2011 in The Latest Word
Michael Clapper.Updated, 12:40 p.m. December 22: Michael Clapper, one of nine arrested at Monday's raid on the Occupy Denver encampment, has officially been charged with four counts of 4th degree...
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Occupy Denver's Ben Meyer discusses 'fiery raid' on Countdown with Keith Olbermann
December 21, 2011 in The Latest Word
Ben Meyer.Two nights ago, Occupy Denver protester Ben Meyer woke up on the sidewalk of Broadway, put on his shoes and spent the rest of his evening with the Denver...
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City on Occupy Denver: "If a structure goes up today, it comes down today"
December 20, 2011 in The Latest Word
Mayor Hancock.Last night's Occupy Denver eviction is unlikely to be the last one in the near future. In a statement on the subject, Mayor Michael Hancock supported the city's actions...
Occupy Denver: Protester says FBI agents visited his home to investigate car bomb rumor
December 20, 2011 in The Latest Word
Occupy Denver: Meeting with Police Chief ends (again) with warning to remove encumbrances
December 19, 2011 in The Latest Word
Occupy Denver confronts cloaked man who might or might not be Dick Cheney (video)
December 19, 2011 in The Latest Word
Occupy Denver: Civic Center Conservancy says park can't sustain habitation (photos)
December 19, 2011 in The Latest Word
Review: Matisyahu at the Ogden Theatre, 12/17/11
December 18, 2011 in Backbeat
The ghost of Denver's hair metal past visits and comes bearing a holiday gift that keeps on giving
December 16, 2011 in Backbeat
