Tuesday, May 21, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Aug 21-27, 2003
- Vol. 11, No. 34
- It's all about the boost
News
It's all about the boost
It's 1 a.m. and the Briargate Shell station is shilling unleaded only. None of the station's dozen post-adolescent congregants knows whom, but "someone" played ring-and-run with the emergency fuel shut-off button.
Domestic dispute
For some homeowners, foreclosure investors aren't saviors
Media Analysis
The untold story of the civilian death toll
Columns
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Kenneth Cleaver
I was saddened to learn that Wal-Mart will no longer carry Maxim, Stuff and FHM (For Him Magazine). I understand you fancy yourself a family store and that publications featuring barely dressed, barely legal women have been deemed inappropriate.
Living in these Christian times
You don't have to look any further than George W., whose transformation from drunk-driving, coke-snorting, tequila-shot pouring Texas party boy to stern, pious warrior/president has been amply documented.
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Livelong Days
Blame Canada! Cody Canada, that is. Oh man, Cross Canadian Ragweed isn't even from Canada. They're from Oklahoma!
Bush asks for my help
President Bush has apparently decided to run for re-election. I know this because I received a letter recently from him asking my financial help to "get my campaign off to a good start."
Riding high on reggae
Legendary reggae act Toots and the Maytals will appear at 32 Bleu on Wednesday, Aug. 27, continuing the club's summer foray into irie grooves.
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor
Who's your Trinidaddio?
This Saturday, Aug. 23, Trinidad plays host to one of the state's premier blues festivals, the fifth annual Trinidaddio Blues Fest.
IQ: The fast and the furious
Not that it ever went away, but thanks to Hollywood, street racing has made a comeback.
Snow man
It may be hotter'n a pistol outside, but inside the World Arena it feels more like January. A pit at the far end of the arena, usually reserved for student fans, is filled with the melting remains of the hockey rink.
Readin', ritin' and ... humiliation
When school started every year, we went fortified with new pencils and crayons, stiff notebooks and an outfit chosen to make us look wonderful.
Food & Drink
El Paso, Colorado
When Sandra and Paul Sherer relocated to Colorado Springs after seven years in the Texas border town, Sandra's hometown, they loved everything about their new surroundings. But none of the Mexican restaurants in town served El Paso-style Mexican food.
Music
Playing Around: Mark Gardner and Red Rideout
Well, luck be a banjo (and fiddle) Thursday at Rock Ledge Ranch as old-time music conservators Mark Gardner and Rex Rideout take you back a century and then some.
Sleight of hands
Passing around a single beer bottle like wallflowers at a frat party, the boys of TrickLife are taking a respite from the ear-slicing decibels of their afternoon recording session.
Sound Bytes
CD reviews
Film
The cowboy way
There's something immensely satisfying about an old-fashioned western -- provided you're willing to turn off those sections of your brain that demand historical accuracy, Native American rights or feminist consciousness.
Skater hater
It is a truth universally acknowledged (by me) that when expectations are lowered in hopes that a piece of Hollywood tripe might just be "so bad it's good," it invariably winds up being "so bad it sucks."
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Opening This Week
What's new on Colorado Springsarea screens
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films showing on Colorado Springs area screens.
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Movie Times
What's playing, where, and when, on the silver screen in Colorado Springs.
