Volume 3, Issue 22
October 25 - November 7, 2001

The first time I met Alex Neth was on the Auraria campus. It was two in the afternoon and I was rushing to a science class that I had put off for four years (and now halfway into the semester, I was still avoiding it). Neth was rushing, too. But it was to some seedy bar in some obscure corner of Denver that nobody but regulars and Neth would be caught dead in.

"I'm off to work," Neth said. "I've got a column to write."

"Why that bar?" I asked. "Why not something more mainstream."

Neth just laughed and dismissed my foolish inquiry. And as I got acquainted with Neth I learned that mainstream just isn't his style. In fact, mainstream is what gets under his skin the most. It is what compels him to seek out the undesirable and make them desirable.

And that's the beauty of Alex Neth. He has the distinct talent of observation of the best journalists and his

prose is absolute poetry. He brings out the most beautiful--and ugliest--of human qualities; he writes about the casually overlooked, and sometimes mundane corners of life, and revitalizes them. In a word--he hooks the reader by telling a compelling tale. And that is what we as journalists try to accomplish, after all. It is what we live for.

And that is why we chose Alex to take a walk down Broadway and reintroduce us to a street that is frequently lost among the glitz and trendiness of LoDo and other plastic destinations like Cherry Creek.

It is an avenue that if you haven't been there in a while is worth exploring in depth. It is an avenue void of the gritty harshness of Colfax. It is an intriguing avenue that offers many worthy distractions to fill up your Friday night, or maybe your entire weekend. The main point is it is an avenue worth reading about.

Special thanks to Mr. Brooks for contacting the Go-Go office to offer his critique of our last issue. Mr. Brooks picked up a copy of our Colorado Ballet issue at the Denver Public Library and offered a hearty two-thumbs up! for our expanded art coverage in our new portfolio section. Thanks for noticing. It's always good to hear comments from readers (good or bad).

Our portfolio section this issue begins on page 26 and features Denver artist Michael Gadlin.

And finally, Texas migrant Tucker Teutsch III shares his thoughts about Texan superiority for all us mountain folk to digest and stew over.

One final thought Tucker: I was at the Dallas airport a few Christmas' ago and I just don't get the whole barbed wire trimming the Christmas tree thing... Welcome to Go-Go anyway.

--Matt Davis