Category Archives: ArtSunday
CD review: Dotsun Moon's "A Swan's Song" illuminates the soul of a band in transition
Rich Flierl may be at the mercy of circumstances, but new CD makes clear his rage to grow and innovate. Let’s hope A Swan’s Song isn’t. Dotsun Moon was rolling in the wake of 2011’s outstanding 4am, but a couple years later singer Mary Ognibene departed the band, leaving songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rich Flierl wondering what to do next. An extended search for a worthy
Read more“Slothful bitches”: the artist muses on the capricious nature of muses (ArtsWeek)
Artists don’t decide what their calling is. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. When I set out to become a photographer way back in 2012 I had an idea what I was going to be. I live in Colorado, you see, so I was going to shoot majestic western landscapes. You know, like every other photographer in the state. I
Read moreMint Bar Neon: Sheridan, Wyoming – ArtsWeek
ArtsWeek: a capella, for your nerded-out listening enjoyment
I think we all have something we nerd-out over. One of my weaknesses is a capella. I grew up Southern Baptist and in some ways my entire musical aesthetic is driven by the sounds of my childhood: the choir, of course, and also gospel quartets. Every Sunday I’d get up and flip to WXII for the weekly quartet show before church. Modern a capella
Read moreThe Butterfly Effect: revisiting an old poem
Old men are signal. Young men are noise. When I was a young writer I swung for the fence with every syllable. I felt like any word that didn’t crush you with profound implications for eternity was a wasted opportunity. I resented articles. I didn’t understand white space, breathing room, the need for silence between beats, and I had little time
Read moreSouthbound: Lake County, Colorado
An afternoon at the garden shop: ArtSunday
I took the camera to the local nursery recently and had all kinds of fun. I don’t understand the idea of putting a couple of these things in a garden, but hey, I just point and shoot.
Read moreBeltane fire
Happy Beltane – or May Day, if you prefer – from Scholars & Rogues.
Read moreSpringtime in Colorado
This tulip and its friends were bravely enduring last weekend’s foot of snow.
Read moreRiNo craft brew: ArtSunday
I love photography. I love craft beer. And Denver’s River North District – RiNo – is as good as beer gets.
Read moreMy Brother's Bar: 2376 Fifteenth St., Denver
An unremarkable corner in downtown Denver. No signage announces the nature of the business within. But this is My Brother’s Bar, one of the 5280’s most historic spots, and if you know a bit about the Beats, you know that this is the place from Kerouac’s On the Road. Everything has changed around it, but the place itself? More or less the
Read moreFoggy morning in downtown Denver: ArtSunday
Winter sunset on the sound, Duck NC
Mt. Meeker
Sometimes I like to pretend I’m Ansel Adams.
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lullaby pit 