Entertainment
A portrait of the writers as young men
David Foster Wallace is an ordinary guy. He reads obsessively, eats junk food en masse, is addicted to watching TV, wonders what it is like when Alanis Morissette eats a bologna sandwich and lives his life with a nagging feeling of emptiness. Wallace self-diagnoses ...
Sweet sounds of Sweden
There’s nothing that compares to Scandinavian pop. Whether it’s a deep appreciation of the arts, the stunning landscape all around or the harsh winter season that forces songwriters inside to write for much of the year, the region produces some of the most beautiful ...
Nicki Bluhm solo
As a touring musician, Nicki Bluhm is used to spending more than half the year on the road — staying at different hotels in...
Transcending differences
Michael Gungor isn’t one to identify with any particular label or camp of people adhering to a rigorous set of beliefs. He doesn’t like...
You’ll need a shot to rock at Z2
Lollapalooza. Telluride Blues and Brews. Bonnaroo. Across the country, music festivals and entertainment venues are requiring patrons to show proof of full vaccination for...
Surreal oddities
Goldilocks enters the three bears’ home with an excited curiosity; she sneaks around knowing she doesn’t quite fit in, but enjoys the exploration nonetheless...
Boulder Tattoo Project finishes up first phase
At Claw and Talon Tattoo in Boulder, Boulder County resident Joel sits in the waiting room, flanked by colorful posters as the pounding riffs of stoner-metal legends Kyuss fill the room...
Artists
Open Studios Fall Artist Tour, 12–6 p.m. Oct. 4-5, 11-12, Various Locations...
The casino that Jack destroyed
Why would you make a documentary?” kingpin lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a.k.a. the Man Who Bought Washington, asked filmmaker Alex Gibney. “No one watches documentaries. You should make an action movie,” he advised, which, in the best possible sense, is what Gibney ...
‘The Hunger Games’ Breaks Box Office Records for Opening Weekend
The Hunger Games was a massive hit at the box office on its opening weekend, grossing an estimated $155 million domestically, The Wall Street Journal reports...
Black Mountain don’t surf
Soundtrack albums are usually little more than cheerfully anachronistic artifacts of the unholy alliance between Big Film and Big Music — the major labels used to use them as a roll-of-the-dice jet pack for their prospect acts, hoping that a box-office smash would ...
