Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 097, January 2022 2021 marked cancer taking two of the most talented, kind and sincere musicians from the Denver music scene, Gared O’Donnell and Nate Marcy. I’d never heard of O’Donnell’s older emo band Dismiss, well-regarded in his hometown of Peoria, IL, which also included the late […]
NEAR HOLLYWOOD, 1948 By Mark J. Mitchell Art by S. Putnik Published Issue 097, January 2022 The outside man from poverty row never met his angels on time. So very bad movies remained unmade and spools of lovely, silver acetate stayed unexposed. There was a girl whose smile would have glittered in the dark and
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Almost Human By Dave Danzara Published Issue 097, January 2022 Dave Danzara has spent most of his life creating art. Born and raised in California, Dave won a scholarship to Laguna Art Institute of Southern California in 1994. His influences can be found in pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, film and music. Graphic design and digital
THE GOAT By Zac Dunn Art by Guillermo Ruiz Published Issue 097, January 2022 Hauling round the shit You never see the light Around you … Talking most of it But you’re Begging for a scrap of pork Dripping with the nasty grease Rolls down Your chin again Oh God oh wow Oh wow I’m
The Craft By Peter Kornowski Published Issue 097, January 2022 I remember always having a passion for creating … drawing, painting, design, carpentry, music; they’re all outlets for my creativity. I love bringing the imagination to life and sharing with others. Making things, and knowing how things are made, has always felt good to me.
The Ballad of Blue By Gray Winsler By Caitlyn Grabenstein Published Issue 097, January 2022 The dragon Blue, whom you may know, The one who lost his fire, He flew the cerulean seas, With wings that never tire, Every vein flowing with flame, A creature to admire. Until the day the skies grew
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Enter The Yarniverse With The Ladies Fancywork Society: Q+A with the artists behind “Midge the Swamp MOMster” — an installation at Meow Wolf Denver’s Convergence Station. By Quinn Fati Published Issue 097, January 2022 As they tell it, Ladies Fancywork Society was created accidentally by a mad scientist dipping cosmic yarn into a petri dish.
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Are You Dead To The World Or Just Plain Dead? By Brian Polk Art By Jason White Published Issue 097, January 2022 Do you feel like there are times in your life when no one notices your existence? You say words, have feelings, complete projects on time and under budget at work, and no one
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URSUS MARITIMUS ENORMIS By Austin Parkhill Published Issue 097, January 2022 URSUS MARITIMUS ENORMIS is part of the MEGAfauna series which considers the way we as people interact with the natural environment, utilizing the arctic villages of Alaska as backdrop. This is a place I have lived amongst beasts. By confronting mega-sized arctic wildlife in local
The Voice of Silence By Maggie D. Fedorov Art by Michael McKenney Published Issue 097, January 2022 I awake with a start to the slamming of a door. A quick glance around the room reminds me that I had left the window open as I slept. The cat looks at me with an expression that