Archive for: Entertainment

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  Album review: Hurley

  Oct 6, 2010comments

  Indie-geek-rock band Weezer's new album 'Hurley' is now available. (Photo courtesy Universal Music Group)Inexplicably named after everyone’s favorite hefty Lost character, Rivers Cuomo and the gang are back with “Hurley.” Less than a year... read more »

   
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  Blind Pilot cruises to Boulder

  Oct 6, 2010comments

  Members of the band Blind Pilot, who played the Fox Theater Monday. (Photo courtesy Blind Pilot)An American indie folk band from Portland may still be recovering from the altitude after playing at over a mile high. Blind Pilot was featured at... read more »

   
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  Profile: Andrew Dost

  Oct 4, 2010comments

  After waking up from a nap in his band’s van, Andrew Dost, 27, of the indie-pop trio, fun., took time to chat with the CUI before a concert performance in Brooklyn, New York Thursday evening. fun., originally started by 28-year-old Nate Ruess,... read more »

   
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  Apps for life

  Oct 3, 2010comments

  A plethora of appications set the iPhone and other smartphones apart from other mobile devices. (CU Independent photo illustration/Lee Pruitt)Another reason to be jealous of friends with the iPhone or Verizon Droid is the various applications... read more »

   

• Review: Freakonomics

  Oct 1, 2010comments

  “Freakonomics,” the movie, offers a cavalcade of hot-shot documentary filmmakers, each offering a stylistically distinct presentation of the contents of the original book “Freakonomics.” Among the six directors, and perhaps the best... read more »

   
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  Flashback Friday: Hanson

  Oct 1, 2010comments

  Their mainstream debut 'Mmmbop' catapulted Hanson into the hearts and CD players of young girls in the mid 90's. They're now on tour for their latest studio album 'Shout it Out' and will play the Fox Theater Friday night. (Courtesy photo)An... read more »

   
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  Dennis Small Cultural Center celebrates food and culture

  Oct 1, 2010comments

  A plate of churros, a traditional dish from Latin America. (Photo copyright Andreas Kusumahadi)In order to allow students to experience other cultures, the Dennis Small Cultural Center is putting on cooking classes once a month. “A lot of... read more »

   

• Author Frank Delaney visits CU

  Sep 30, 2010comments

  Author Frank Delaney is not the type of person who needs to prove his intelligence. With his white, slicked-back hair, oval tortoise shell glasses and sharp suit (elbow patches included), he immediately strikes anyone who sees him as a man of... read more »

   
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  “It’s Kind of a Funny Story”… or is it?

  Sep 30, 2010comments

  Zach Galifianakis and Keir Gilchrist star in It's Kind of a Funny Story, a Focus Features release. (Photo courtesy Focus Features, photo credit K.C. Bailey)An actor who shined as a strange, but loveable character in “The Hangover” has taken... read more »

   
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  Boulder street performers on humor, passion and the human condition

  Sep 29, 2010comments

  Ibash-i Brown performs his contortionist act on Pearl Street almost everyday. He has lived in Boulder for almost 20 years. (CU Independent/Amy Moore-Shipley)Pearl Street is perhaps best known for its diverse array of street performers. During... read more »