Wednesday, May 22, 2013
News
Come as you are
With the site going local, more is left to chance.
Dead man chatting
Chatroulette proved to be the perfect medium for Eva and Franco Mattes' "No Fun," a conceptual art piece in which the couple simulates a suicide, then edits viewer reactions into a 10-minute video.
Why I'll never go on Chatroulette again
"It‘s like a video game and I’m nuking erections."
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Long story short
It recently occurred to me that going on Chatroulette isn't all that different from renting an apartment a block off of Sunset and Vine.
Comin' on strong
A note of caution for local change agents: Two decades in, Tulsa has seen the darker side of a dominant mayor.
Jail inmates won't be sending personal letters anymore
From now on, the only sealed envelopes coming out of the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center will be addressed to lawyers.
MMJ believers embrace Veterans Affairs' new stance
Recently, the VA decided it will allow patients being treated in its facilities to use medicinal cannabis, if it's legal in that state.
Utilities considers committing to 'cleaning' technology
After sinking $17 million of ratepayer money into a new invention to clean emissions from its coal-fired power plants, Utilities now has to fish or cut bait.
Noted: Property tax appraisals grim
Also: CSBJ publisher ousted, mail ballots pouring in, Rum Bay closes and more.
Columns
Hope lives for local Dems
John Hickenlooper peers down from his second-level perch, smiling at the 200-plus happy faces below him.
Focus on the Facebook
After some recent publicity in the Denver Post, Focus on the Family's Facebook page has been flooded with attention, adding more than 15,000 fans for a total near 67,000.
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Letters
The state of local transit, a response from Culbreth-Graft, thoughts on drug legalization and a poem on Doug Bruce.
Wall Street's 'Mom & Pop' bankers win
Lawmakers are crying that the reform bill puts a crushing burden on the poor financial giants. While these Wall Street apologists wail, though, slick operators like JPMorgan Chase are wasting no time on tears.
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CannaBiz
Senate candidates share their stances on MMJ and new centers around town.
A Broncos worry list
Talk to people whose mental stability relates directly to what kind of season the Denver Broncos are having, and you can't help but notice a different emotion this year.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
IQ: Does not compute
You'd think most of us would be lost if we had to conduct our day-to-day lives without cell phones or the Internet. But a lot of us seem to believe there'd be an upside to disconnecting, too.
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Advice goddess
So, the guy chases you down, wins you back, and now he's not sure whether it's you or that tramp with the cable cars?
Food & Drink
Slow road to heaven
Ethiopian food. In the Springs? ... Finally!
Radical realization at Fruition Restaurant
Alex Seidel of Denver's nationally recognized Fruition shares the surprisingly simple methods to his madness.
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Side dish
New start for local baker, a "wholly" local food fair and a beer dinner.
Music
American soul on a country roll
Stone River Boys guitarist Dave Gonzalez keeps the Hacienda Brothers legacy alive
Muddy waters run deep
Big Bill Morganfield follows in his father's footsteps
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Reverb
This is something that sets you apart from Bret Michaels, the "American singer, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality" (seriously, Wikipedia said so).
Natalie Merchant
"I've always had a latent archivist/librarian living inside of me."
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Sound advice
M.I.A., J Roddy Walston and the Business, Cyndi Lauper
Playing around
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues for the next week.
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Big gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
Film
Dine and dash: Dinner for Schmucks
Few moviegoing experiences are as excruciating as watching two gifted comics struggle with terrible material.
Test tube anxiety: The Kids Are All Right
At its simplest, this film is about two teenagers seeking out their sperm-donor father. But really the film is about family, from pretty much every angle you can imagine.
Weather 'tis nobler: Charlie St. Cloud
Even though Charlie St. Cloud made me roll my eyes more than once, I found it impossible not to fall in love with Zac Efron's Charlie.
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Cinefiles
Middle of Nowhere, The Red Shoes, Eyeborgs and more.
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Opening this week
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Charlie St. Cloud, Dinner for Schmucks and more.
Visual Arts
'Show me your peak'
One enterprising local photographer wants to shoot your favorite view of Pikes Peak.
Books
CC's David Mason hits the road as state Poet Laureate
"In different periods of my life when I've been traveling, or I've been alone, or I've been suffering difficulties, it has sustained me to have poems and songs in my head to perform."
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Short stories
War Is Boring, My Name Is Memory, Medicine in the Old West
Calendar
Special Section
Jerks trying to rip you off
Attention Seniors: Those F*%&&$s are at it again. The El Paso County Sheriff's Department is warning the public that scammers targeting seniors are calling and telling locals that they've won a prize and need to send in $100 to secure it.
Notes from the Over the River presentation
Following an 80-slide lecture in which he recapped the current state of his Over the River project and past works done with his late wife and partner, Jeanne-Claude, Christo welcomed input from a crowd at the Fine Arts Center last night.
The Indy goes Shoe Crazy
It's every girly-girl's dream, a mad dash through a shoe department to grab as many kicks as she can carry for free. I just got to do this. Sort of.
This is your brain on sex
Happy Friday afternoon, Colorado Springs.
New art museum opens in Boulder
Mark your calendars for Sept. 24, the opening celebration for the CU Art Museum. An extension of Colorado University's Boulder campus, this museum will now be open to the public with special exhibitions and gallery shows featuring items from its permanent collection.
