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Interview with guitarist Maxwell Hughes

| May 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
Interview with guitarist Maxwell Hughes

by Hannah Lintner Fort Collins native Maxwell Hughes is an incredibly talented guitarist. His music, which features a slap-picking style, is unique and beautiful. Hughes took time out of his busy schedule to answer questions about traveling, FoCoMX, and his hometown. CMB: What is your favorite aspect of FoCoMX? MH: My favorite aspect of FoCOMX […]

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FoCoMX-2012

| May 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
FoCoMX-2012

by Hannah Lintner The Fort Collins Music Experiment, also known as FoCoMX, celebrated its fourth birthday this year. The weekend music festival, which took place on April 14 and 15, featured over 300 bands from Northern Colorado at 30 venues around town. Bands played at places such as the Aggie, Fort Collins Brewery, Cranknstein, the […]

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Danielle Ate The Sandwich

| May 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
Danielle Ate The Sandwich

by Hannah Lintner Danielle Anderson, of Danielle Ate the Sandwich, is a Fort Collins favorite. Everyday Joe’s, the local coffee shop downtown, was packed for her Friday night set at FoCoMX. Every table in the building, as well as every available seat on the floor, was occupied. The band consists of Anderson and her ukulele, […]

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Saturday at Civic Center Park; Exploring the Truth about Occupy

| December 1, 2011 | 0 Comments
Saturday at Civic Center Park; Exploring the Truth about Occupy

by Sarah Borden  It’s hard to do anything these days without hearing about the Occupy movement. Everywhere there is news of the Occupy tents being torn down by police, or Occupy sympathizers setting fires. But what no one seems to be talking about is what the Occupy movement is, what exactly they stand for, and […]

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Dare to Dance Darkly – Deathwish

| December 1, 2011 | 0 Comments
Dare to Dance Darkly – Deathwish

by J Campbell Deathwish is a “Dark Dance” night held once a month every second Friday at Tracks in Denver. Tracks’ website bills Deathwish as a Goth and Industrial night, but after talking with producers Starr and Dave, it is really so much more. They both hesitate to describe Deathwish with limiting labels and have […]

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Local Music + Local Beer = Local Bliss

| December 1, 2011 | 0 Comments
Local Music + Local Beer = Local Bliss

by Fred Winther and Sarah Borden [email protected] and [email protected] Northern Colorado is known for two things: good beer and good music. So how is it that we end up overpaying for a limited selection of national brews whenever we want to enjoy some live tunes? If your beer palate is more extensive than regular and […]

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Mr. Productions Presents: The Nightmare Before Xmas Fan Appreciation Show

| December 1, 2011 | 0 Comments
Mr. Productions Presents: The Nightmare Before Xmas Fan Appreciation Show

Naughty elves, candy canes, presents, and some musical mania to ring in the holiday are all on my wish list this year. To my great pleasure, I have found them all in one place. Mr. E Productions is presenting their 2nd annual Nightmare Before Xmas show at the Gothic Theatre in Denver on Sunday, December […]

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Sex Rx: Stay Classy, Girlfriend

| December 1, 2011 | 1 Comment
Sex Rx: Stay Classy, Girlfriend

  by Amandha Gilson [email protected] I went to a house party a couple weeks ago after not having attended one in almost a year. I’ll admit I had tried to steer clear of them once I turned 21 and was able to vary my social drinking/partying environment. This house party, in particular, was described to […]

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The Synthesis Reaction Experience

| November 1, 2011 | 0 Comments

by Gary (Scorpio) Stewart [email protected] I used to think Tuesdays were a boring-ass night that came in-between Monday and Wednesday. Man, was I wrong. I found something to do on Tuesday nights … Synthesis Reaction. I know you’re asking yourself what a “Synthesis Reaction” is, and so was I. I asked the mad genius that […]

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No More Excuses, It’s Studio Time

| November 1, 2011 | 0 Comments
No More Excuses, It’s Studio Time

by Sarah Borden [email protected]   Whoa. Did I see that right? Did that sign just say ‘garage band … classes’? I actually had to circle the block the other day as I was driving down Mulberry to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. Sure enough, the second time around I got a closer look, and […]

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