Archive of Go-Go Magazine Back Issues

Just a guy from France who wants to build a $20 million alien embassy in Denver. If the human race's time on Earth expires this coming millennium, shouldn't we at least make our home the center of the action?

Bryce Edmonds goes backstage at CDTV, the studio that brings cable channels 57, 58, and 59 to Denver. Turns out there is a mission (and a method) to the madness of community television. With a profile of "Dante's Place" by Garret Kolb.

Chris Magyar & Eric DeWine examine the slopes and tell you what they think.

From DVDs to MP3s, the honor roll is here. So whip out your list, check it twice, then log on to the Internet and start placing your orders. The future is right now.

Phil Goldstein opens the door to our town's ghoulish past. Haunted houses, invisible cemetaries.... Everything you need to give yourself the willies this Halloween.

Judy B goes deep into the heart of the local music scene to find out just what's going on with Denver. Sure, we've come a long, long way in ten years, but why do so many people still think the tunes suck around here? Denver is poised to go big time; the local gurus offer theri advice on getting to the next level.

It's not Milan or New York or Tokyo or even Aspen. It's Denver, and it suddenly has home-grown fashion. We profile three designers who are doing their part to rid the streets of bolo ties, denim shirts, mullets, and oversized belt buckles. It's it time you took fashion advice from someone besides that hag from Old Navy?

When you spend a week in the desert with the most dangerous artists in the world, strange things are bound to happen. Go-Go brings you all the pictures and stories of this infamous festival, and invites you to imagine what would happen if all the world relocated to a big sand-box called the playa.

It's not a side project ... it's a band of all-stars. Maynard James Keenan of Tool is fronting the latest evolution of metal music, called A Perfect Circle. We talk to bassist Paz Lenchantin to find out how they suceeded without punk-ass rapping attitude or sickly-sweet boy harmonies in today's radio climate. There is hope for music after all...

It's been 15 years since Godzilla last stomped over to these shores and threw a barbecue (if you ignore that Matthew Broderick travesty). Now he's back for the new millennium. Chris Holland and Scott Hamilton, the proprieters of StompTokyo. com, look at the monster's unique place in pop culture history.

Willie B. Hung is Denver's idiot savant of radio. So far, he's broken world records for on-air longevity, fought with the Denver Dumb Friend's League for throwing a chicken off a roof, and had a restraining order taken out on him by a rival DJ. Bryce Edmonds survives an interview with him, and finds out why Willie is on top of the ratings heap.

Lindsey Kuhn is the new king of rock and roll posters, and he's living in Denver. Florence Lu visits his studio to find out how he does it, why he does it, and where it all came from.

You're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to (cyber) love. Can that really be true? And if so, can that really be a bad thing? They used to call this masturbating, and it's currently the safest sex around.

Hepatitis C, HIV, destruction, death ... and yet the world's most dangerous drug still manages to come in vogue every 30 years or so. Colorado is just now dealing with the fallout of the most recent fad. Boulder and Denver are taking two very different approaches to the problem, but does either have the solution?

Blackhawk and Central city have been at each other's throats for over a century. The gambling has only added a new dimension to the age old rivalry. Could the gambling industry actually introduce a note of peace? Does history matter more than the almighty dollar? Is the gambling up there even worth the drive?

Our writers have pooled together to examine every aspect of Denver's tumultuous radio scene. We've got an interview with the departing Rover from The Peak. We've got the scoop on the Clearchannel/AMFM merger. We've taken a look at the future of low-power FM radio. We've even visited the Red Rooster, and an old favorite who's seen it all at KBCO. Start adjusting the presets in your car now.

The Seemen pulled into town and dropped a bomb of flammable robotic avant garde art in someone's backyard. For those not lucky enough to witness it, Kate Williamson brings an exclusive first-hand account of the event, as well as an interview with Kal Spelletich, the enigmatic and principled ringleader of San Franciso's most beloved rabble-rousers.

Trygve Lode and his new film production company are trying to revive the film scene in Colorado. Will they be the saviors of Colorado film? Is Colorado film worth saving? Was there ever any Colorado film scene to begin with? Bryce Edmonds negotiates the tangled thicket of the film community to try and find the answers.

Rampart High School in Colorado Springs agreed to host Colorado's biggest rave of the year at the last minute. Now they're crying foul. What happened to make them so upset? And why have raves received an "F" lately in the media? Kendra Nachtrieb examines the growing pains of the rave scene as it has slowly crosses over into the mainstream.

The legendary artist and voice of a generation stopped in Colorado for a few days. He left behind an impressive collection of art and a slew of vivid memories.

Ande Wanderer walks us through the debate surrounding the popular party drug.