Fluidiam asks: “What does your T-shirt say about you?”

St. Patrick’s Day, 2008: Danny Bristow and Dan Werling of Fluidiam were definitely thinking green. After taking notice of the dark, distressed styles that were pervading much of the fashion world and the lack of environmental thoughtfulness in their creation, it was time to invoke change. Taking its name from…

Lil’ Miss Firefly comes home to Immundo

It’s more than simple hometown loyalty that keeps Lil’ Miss Firefly coming back to the Immundo burlesque show in Denver. During the past nine years, the Colorado native has built an international reputation with her act, a routine she’s performed in Las Vegas, New York and Europe. Firefly stands three…

Immundo Burlesque will feature Lil’ Miss Firefly on Sunday

This round’s Immundo burlesque show has a special treat in store for attendees: None other than Lil’ Miss Firefly, the sideshow midget (and yes, that is how she prefers to be referred to) doing a glass-walking burlesque routine fresh off her tour with the Pretty Things Peepshow — the nation’s…

Tig Notaro Is Baaaack

Editor’s note: Tig Notaro returns to Denver on January 13 for a gig at the hi-dive. Jef Otte had a chance to talk to her about her former life in Denver’s music scene and her current life as a comic and Sarah Silverman sidekick. Read all about it: Tig Notaro…

Browser game of the week: K.O.L.M.

You might think that 2010 was the year of the platformer, but here we are in 2011, and the damn things are still oozing out of people’s brains and onto the Internet. It’s not a bad thing, by any means, but we’re pretty certain critical mass was reached late last…

Gettin’ Crafty: one for the new year

​For all those who give pom-pom critters for birthdays, feel an urge to stick googly eyes on everything or just occasionally get a twitch to fold some origami, we bring you “Gettin’ Crafty” where we feature a craft you can easily make with minimal supplies and limited finances. If you…

Browser game of the week: Insidia

How does running and jumping around a weird universe and avoiding spinning fans of death sound for a quick time-wasting exercise? If it’s your idea of a good lunch break, than Insidia is right up your alley. Insidia is a Metroid-style platforming game in the simplest sense of the words,…

Story on porn potential on Kinect has parents scared

So you just got Microsoft’s new controllerless system Kinect for your kids for Christmas and you’ve spent the holidays jumping around your house, dancing and having an all around good time. Good news right? Finally your kid is getting off the couch and moving. Well, according to Fox News in…

Gettin’ Crafty: swanky New Year’s shrug

​​For all those who give pom-pom critters for birthdays, feel an urge to stick googly eyes on everything or just occasionally get a twitch to fold some origami, we bring you “Gettin’ Crafty” where we feature a craft you can easily make with minimal supplies and limited finances. So Santa…

Study yields unsurprising results: Excessive online gaming has consequences

It’s probably significant that Sabrina Neu originally wanted to look into substance abuse issues among students. “But that’s something that’s been done quite a bit,” says Neu, who ended up looking into the effects of massive multiplayer online video gaming for her doctoral thesis at University of the Rockies in…

Get on the 2011 Westword Artopia guest list

Not to toot our own horn or anything, but it’s already time to start gearing up for Westword’s Artopia on February 19, that epic, five-venue block party of art, music and awesome. This year, the folks over in marketing have told us we can put a pair of people on…

A Talulah Jones 24 Days of Christmas: Day Twenty-One

We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning December 1, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve…

A Talulah Jones 24 Days of Christmas: Day Twenty

We’re all hearing a lot of talk this holiday season about shopping local and what it means to a community. But Talulah Jones shop owner Robin Lohre is doing more than that: Beginning December 1, Lohre will host a reception showcasing a different local artisan every night through Christmas Eve…

Gettin’ Crafty: Christmas candle holders

For all those who give pom-pom critters for birthdays, feel an urge to stick googly eyes on everything or just occasionally get a twitch to fold some origami, we bring you “Gettin’ Crafty” where we feature a craft you can easily make with minimal supplies and limited finances. Sick of…

Tease the season: DIY pasties at Smitten Kitten

Any day now winter will settle and the city will be awash in snowmen (and women.) Mostly naked but for innuendo-laden lumps of coal, carrots, and maybe some boots, are these snowfolk baring too much? Unless we act, my friends, we’re complicit in this appalling state. Prepare for the coming…