Denver Post: Entertainment

Janelle Monáe, whose new album “Dirty Computer” drops on Friday, April 27, will play Denver’s Paramount Theatre July 1 as part of the 27-city road trip to promote it.

Monáe, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, producer, actress (“Hidden Figures,” “Moonlight”) and activist, will give out digital copies of her third album with each ticket purchased for the tour.

He may be fuzzy on the exact date, but Andy Schneidkraut — owner of Boulder’s Albums on the Hill — can’t forget that night in 1994.
Hundreds of fans poured down the stairs into his basement-level shop, eager to snatch up brand-new CDs released at midnight by hometown heroes Big Head Todd & The Monsters and the about-to-explode Dave Matthews Band.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Despite 364 days of chaos — a rumpus over rubbish, a mad dash for permits and, ultimately, a change in organizers — a cloud of marijuana smoke rose again over Denver’s Civic Center Park at 4:20 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

There are plenty of smart, sonic thrills lined up for the Denver area in the days to come. Here are a few suggestions.

This year, the cannabis industry has taken control of the annual 4/20 event in Denver’s Civic Center Park for the first time- organized by Euflora, a growing chain of dispensaries that started on the 16th Street Mall.

The biggest mystery about Record Store Day used to be “What’s Record Store Day?”
That question was answered a decade ago when a small group of retailers fought back against the death of brick-and-mortar music sales at the hands of digital disruptors.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Twisted tales

One star, Rated PG-13, 110 minutes
“I Feel Pretty” suffers from a fatal flaw: its premise. Built around the notion that there’s something inherently hilarious — even crazy — about a woman not supermodel-thin or -gorgeous behaving with the confidence of one who is, the comedy treats its star, Amy Schumer, as if she were Chris Farley in the “Saturday Night Live” skit “Chippendales Audition.”

Ah, April 20 — the day Denver is hazy with a cloud of marijuana smoke and becomes a different sort of Mile High City. Our own local holiday offers plenty of special deals for those who have the munchies after partaking (or for anyone with a serious appetite).

PITTSBURGH — Bruno Sammartino, professional wrestling’s “Living Legend” and one of its longest-reigning champions, has died. Sammartino was 82.
Family friend and former wrestling announcer Christopher Cruise said Sammartino died Wednesday morning and had been hospitalized for two months.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share