Entertainment
‘Edge of Darkness’ is boring
Mel Gibson has made a lot of films where he’s the simple-minded tough guy, notably the Lethal Weapon series, but the last few years have seen his personal life overshadow his career as he careened from one gaffe to the next. Edge of Darkness represents him trying to ...
That familiar feeling
Musicologists may argue about how to define folk music, but let us offer this simple suggestion: Folk music is a feeling more than a...
Low profile, high standards
Brandi Carlile is one of those rare musicians who gets it. She’s not up on stage every night trying to be a rock star, the tabloids aren’t all that interested in her, and she’s not constantly making a ruckus or ticking people off with her grandstanding or childish ...
Leave it alone
Let’s not do this, OK? Let’s not use nostalgia to forgive the unspeakable things we did to fringe, denim and the musical scale in the 1980s. Other than the 1985 Chicago Bears and that time Michael Jackson’s hair caught on fire, there is nothing even worth remembering...
Deuces wild
In 2011, it’s not that uncommon for like-minded people to meet online and create a project together. It has become more prevalent, especially in hip-hop, for producers and vocalists to e-mail each other tracks and vocals for potential songs...
Power from within: Ghanaian CU dance teacher uses art as a...
A few days before her African dance class presentation, University of Colorado Boulder student Jessie DePasquale’s dance partner said she wouldn’t be there. Her teacher, Nii Armah Sowah, had put DePasquale in a group with only one other person, while other groups had...
Arts | Week of Dec. 18, 2014
Affordable Art Show. Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont, 303- 651-2787. Through Dec. 28...
Beneath the mask
In a post-Daft Punk world, putting on a mask to hide your identity has almost become a prerequisite for emerging DJs. SBTRKT, Deadmau5, Marshmello...
Paying homage to melting pot musicians
For Gumbo Le Funque frontman and sax player Jason Justice, there is more to music than having a good time. Getting instruments to kids facing tough economic conditions and high-stakes school testing provides a crucial opportunity for experiential learning, he says. ...
Hot dino-on-dino action
Hand a kid two dinosaur toys. Said kid will not use them to contemplate evolutionary biology. Said kid will smash the two of them together, simulating an epic dino-smackdown while emitting a likely annoying reptilian howl. Jurassic World is that but with a $150 ...
Dear Whole Foods Daddy: June 1, 2023
We all have questions and need advice, but sometimes the pseudo therapy in the Instagram stories of astrology girls doesn’t cut it. Or maybe...
A new perspective
People talk about how life can be a real roller coaster, and few know this better than Justin Townes Earle. From struggling with alcohol and drug addiction — not to mention a double-digit number of stints in rehab — to signing his first record deal while still in his...


















