JAN 2025 FEATURES
The ocean. For centuries it has served as a delicate, inexhaustible source of nightmares.
Why, it seems like every other day some asshole scientist is like, “Okay. I’m going back down there to rustle up some fresh, salty horror. Does anybody want anything?” And we are like, “No. Please stop. The last thing you discovered was just a bal of screaming fingers.” And the scientist is like, “To late, I’m back. We call this a Chattering Netherwhale. It eats birthdays and poops hate.” And then we just have to know about it and live with it and add it to all our science books and shit.
It’s gotten to the point where it feels like there’s nothing the ocean could throw at you, no grainy, submersible footage, or terrifying sailor’s tale or David Attenborough narrated Netflix special that might catch you off guard. And then you learn about the Ningen.
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Amy never meant to build an automaton. She didn’t know how to make anything. Nevertheless in her basement one day she heaped laundry baskets and car batteries and garden hoses in such a fashion that they sparked and entered unto a congress and coughed up life.
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In the annals of Denver underground music history, one of the names that garners the most respect of local punk and alternative rock are post-punk/garage rock legends The Fluid. But their impact went much further, and in Denver, their influence as a band — and as people — extended for years and continues to this day.
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The squall arose in minutes, clawing them from the shore with a fury of wind and waves, laying the Javelin so far over Matheson thought for a horrifying moment it might flip upside down. Its engine had refused to start in the critical moments when they had seen the storm approaching, and they were forced to scud before the wind, or die.Â
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Video collage by Jonny DeStefano | Featured artists: Peter Kornowski • Ryane Rose • Ray Young Chu • Jack Estenssoro • Mark Mothersbaugh • Jorge Mascarenhas • Derek Knierim • Jash Tracey • Jason White