Not a fever dream: 82-year-old Colorado man will perform with Drowning Pool
CHICAGO (AP) — An 82-year-old Colorado man who has become a viral sensation following his rendition of Drowning Pool’s “Bodies” on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” last month will have the chance to perform the song with the metal band Friday.
John Hetlinger has accepted the band’s invitation to join them for their afternoon set at the Chicago Open Air festival. Hetlinger made the announcement in a video for TMZ .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfR5O2PXzfc
The retired aerospace engineer and former Navy pilot shocked the “AGT” panel with his version of Drowning Pool’s 2001 hit by screaming the song’s refrain, “Let the bodies hit the floor.” Video of the performance has been viewed more than 8 million times on YouTube .
Denver Architecture Foundation gives Villa Park a free lesson in protecting neighborhood character
Neighbors at the Visioning Villa Park meetings talked about influencing developers and raised fears of being displaced as rents and property taxes rise.
Colorado ethics panel dismisses complaint against former Sec. of State Wayne Williams
The complaint was tossed at the request of the man who initially filed it last year.
How to vote in Denver’s 2019 runoff election
Hint: It's almost exactly the same as the May election, but with different dates.
Michael Bennet proposes $1 trillion climate change fund
The senator and presidential candidate also wants to set aside about one-third of U.S. lands and ocean territory for conservation and reach net-zero U.S. emissions by midcentury.
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Defects in west Denver homes highlight what can happen when development outpaces everything else
After the city raised safety concerns so serious that new beams had to be installed to support a row of homes in Villa Park, the owners and their builder joined to sue the engineering company. The engineers in turn blamed the city and a company contracted to review building plans.
2019 Denver runoff ballot guide: What you need to know to vote for mayor and more — again
Five City Council races went to a runoff, as did clerk and recorder. Plus: voting on voting on the Olympics.
Five Points Jazz Fest uses the Rossonian for the first time, kicking things off with a local musician
Danette Hollowell played the festival's first show inside the historic hotel, a legendary venue that's been closed for decades.
Denver switched to LED streetlights in Berkeley and the locals barely noticed
Enjoy this completely uncontroversial story. (Or start some controversy?)
We don’t report a lot of mayoral endorsements, but this one is from Hillary Clinton
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10,000 tiny paintings in the Denver Art Museum’s latest artist spotlight exhibit will be given away
Want a teeny piece of art?
Firefighters, plumbers and childcare workers are among those struggling to buy homes in Denver
Also bank tellers and dental assistants, according to a report on key workers and housing commissioned by Housing Colorado.
Studying one Denver food pantry, CU Denver students learn about the complexities of food insecurity
Denver Inner City Parish looks forward to more collaboration with University of Colorado Denver sociology students.
Denver is looking at allowing drinking in the streets — with rules, of course
For one thing, it'd be limited to small areas.