Sunday, May 19, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Dec 2-8, 2004
- Vol. 12, No. 49
- All in the family
News
All in the family
Where's Archie Bunker when you need him?
Clanging the doors shut
Metro jail ordered closed; dilemma raised on housing prisoners
Wiggling out
Colorado Springs Utilities balks at new law mandating clean energy
Wal-Mart looms large
Woodland Parks main street divided over supercenter
Columns
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Kenneth Cleaver
Consumer Correspondent
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Outsider
Nuke 'em
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As the Village Turns
For utilities chief, heating bill's no problem
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Your Turn
Living in a CSI world
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor
Behind bars
With more than 2 million people in prison -- 702 for every 100,000 citizens -- the United States has overtaken Russia as the country with the highest percentage of its population incarcerated. Here in El Paso County, the outdated Metro Jail, which houses the most dangerous inmates, was recently deemed unsafe to keep open -- meaning taxpayers will undoubtedly be faced with building more prison beds.
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Personal Space
Ticket to the past
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Domestic Bliss
The bare bones of winter
Food & Drink
Practice makes perfect
Roman Villa gets it right
Music
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Playing Around
Think country music is all boots, mechanical bulls and missin your woman? Its time to adjust that line of thinking. Dierks Bentley is a country singer and guitarist, a young man whose country-hunk good looks hearken back on a simpler time, when the lushly bemulleted Billy Ray Cyrus ruled the airwaves with his achy-breaky heart. The difference is that Bentley has honest-to-God talent. The Phoenix native began playing guitar at 13, eventually moving to Nashville at 19 to pursue a career in music. Bentley earned his way by playing in Nashville bars and clubs, learning the citys rich history and connecting with the local bluegrass and country communities. He lived and breathed country music, going so far as to work at The Nashville Network (TNN), digging through the archives for ancient footage of his idols. His self-titled debut CD features a heavy backbone of traditional country style, but with a decidedly modern twist. Catch this Top New Artist (Billboard magazine, 2003) Friday at the Pikes Peak Center with Gary Allan and Cross Canadian Ragweed.
He's not the jet set
Musical great John Prine to play in the Springs
Film
Sour grapes
A review of Sideways (R)
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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.
Books
The doctor is in
Robert Greer on being a novelist and a doctor, and his signature character, CJ Floyd
Calendar
Ten Days to Live
What's happenin' this week in the big city highlights from our listings
Rock-a-delic
Boulder musicians bring world beat groove to Manitou
