Denver “Name Your Stage” Contest Winner Announced
Are you ready to rage at the Nicole Hoffman Stage?Congratulations to Nicole Hoffman of Boston, who has been selected as the winner of our “Name Your Stage” contest with Denver’s Westword to have a stage at Riot Fest & Rodeo named in her honor. Nicole is a lifelong punk fan with a passion for what she describes as “geriatric” but what we might instead refer…
Would You Drink Punk Wheatgrass?
DC exhibition “Permacounterculture” will cultivate wheatgrass with music.Plants and animals kingdom have complex relationships that are often quite reciprocal with one another. Think flowers and bees, trees and birds, wheatgrass and punks… Wait, what? That’s what we thought too, when we first heard about artist Naoko Wowsugi’s new exhibition, “Permacounterculture.” The project, which will take place at the Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington,…
The Secret To A Long Life Is Beer
According to this 102-year-old you should drink a beer every day.Ask 102-year-old Millie Bowers what the secret to a long life is and she’ll tell you “have a beer, doctor’s orders”. Mildred Bowers, Millie to her friends, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, has lived through the Great Depression and two world wars, and credits a daily beer with living to over 100 years. Every day…
10 Questions with Night Riots
The California pop band is playing Riot Fests in Denver and Chicago this yearCalifornia pop-rockers Night Riots is comprised of childhood friends who formed a band together in high school and, with the exception of a brief split after graduation, have been playing together ever since. The current lineup of vocalist Travis Hawley, guitarists Nick Fotinakes and Matt DePauw, bassist Mikel Van Kranenburg, and drummer Rico Rodriguez released…
Wovenhand Releases New Track, “The Hidden Hand”
Wovenhand has revealed “The Hired Hand,” the latest single from its upcoming album, Star Treatment. The long-running project of Colorado-based multi-instrumentalist David Eugene Edwards—who previously led the influential insurgent country/rock trio 16 Horsepower—Wovenhand fuses folk/ traditional music (sometimes using antique instruments), country, and gospel traditions with intense, psychedelic-laced rock and punk, and as a result has appealed…
Tickets for Riot Fest Denver Are Almost Gone
Riot Fest & Rodeo is approaching quickly and the closer it gets to the kick off on September 2, the faster tickets are selling. Single-day tickets for Sunday are now sold out, and Friday and Saturday are not far behind. However, you can still get two and three-day passes while they last, and you can bet…
Nirvana’s Heart-Shaped Box & This Sizzler Commercial Sync Up And It’s Terrifying
Much like the Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of The Moon’ syncs up with the movie ‘Wizard Of Oz’ to create ‘Dark Side of The Rainbow‘, if you play this 1991 Sizzler commercial and Nirvana’s Heart-Shaped Box at the same time, they sync up to create ‘Heart-Shaped Sizzler‘. I’m not saying it’s aliens, or the Illuminati,…
Very Good Boy Elected For Third Term As Mayor
Duke the Great Pyrenees is a good dog. So good, he’s been reelected to his third term as mayor of Cormorant, a tiny Western Minnesota town of about 1,000 residents. At the 6th Annual Cormorant Daze festival, where people pay $1 per vote, Duke ran unopposed. Running on what we assume is a very strong…
