Category Archives: Features
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 moreMuhammad Ali: The Champ for racial equality and social justice
Not everybody loved The Greatest: what Muhammad Ali meant to one racist Southern kid That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn’t entirely conquer – he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation. – Hunter S. Thompson
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 more"Amnesia," by Space Team Electra – premiere of fan video (and reunion show information)
I’m not good with video, but the Space Team Electra reunion show is less than two weeks away and I was inspired to try. If you’re in Denver (or can get here), the details follow the video.
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.
Read moreDr. Sammy's top 15 CDs of 2015
UPDATE: A couple things. First, while we saw videos and single releases in December, David Bowie’s Blackstar wasn’t released until January, which is why it isn’t here. Check back a year from now – odds are decent he’ll make the cut. Second, I pulled together a Spotify playlist for those of you who want a bit more. A couple tunes from
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lullaby pit 