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Photos: Twenty eye-popping Colorado travel posters

Early this month, a Huffington Post writer called Colorado the fifth most overrated travel destination on the planet. That claim struck us as utter nonsense, but we understand why there might be some backlash. After all, the state has inspired some of the most gorgeous and memorable travel posters f ... More >>

Reader: It's good news if assholes think Colorado is overrated

After we wrote about a Huffington Post article branding Colorado as one of the most overrated tourist destinations and Denver as "weirdly bland," people who knew better leaped to defend the state and the city. But some readers didn't lament the thought that fewer jerks might be vacationing here, inc ... More >>

HuffPo idiot: Colorado is fifth most overrated travel destination, Denver is "weirdly bland"

At Westword, we're all about hometown/home-state pride -- hence, posts such as "50 reasons we're glad we live in Denver and not the United States" and "Happy Colorado Day: Here are 50 reasons you should be glad you live here." So you can imagine our befuddlement over a Huffington Post article calli ... More >>

Meet Cicely O'Kain, burgeoning R&B sensation

Cicely O'Kain is a magnetic singer with incredible vocal chops. Her first album, Ms. Understood, which came out last October, is filled with feelings of infatuation, joy, pleasure and pain. Every note O'Kain sings is delivered with such conviction that she turns what would normally be a standard R&B ... More >>

When Obama appears as Satan, where's Stephen Colbert?

Stephen Colbert, as a real human being, is useless to us. Yes, that's a very selfish thing to say, but we all know it's true. When he's stepped out of character in the past for interviews on Fresh Air or Meet the Press, it's mildly interesting, but it's interesting in the same way that it was intere ... More >>

Ask a Stoner: What's the deal with 4/20?

Marijuana: Failed drug test rate highest in five years

After the passage of Amendment 64, which allows Colorado adults age 21 and over to use and possess small amounts of marijuana, opponents of the measure lamented about all manner of potential societal harm, including possible negative impact on employment and job productivity. Now, such critics have ... More >>

Michael Brown, Clear Channel respond to David Sirota's KHOW ouster

Update: As we reported yesterday, David Sirota was suddenly disappeared from the KHOW afternoon-drive show he'd shared since June with Michael Brown; see our original coverage below. Since that post first appeared, we've received responses from Greg Foster, vice president of programming for the Den ... More >>

Five worst foods of 2012 -- and this year was already tough enough to swallow!

The soon-to-be-over year of 2012 has given us savory soups, awesome appetizers, munchable main dishes and even a few scintillating smoothies. But these taste-tempting morsels and sips were sadly sullied by the emergence of some unimaginably horrific eats that Satan himself would not take a poke at w ... More >>

Five food trends that need to die with 2012

This year has been an interesting and generally productive one for food trends, with global tastes well-established, house-made fruit and vegetable pickles all the rage, gourmet burgers and craft brews holding steady, and Peruvian and Thai fusion cuisine everywhere. But with the good comes the bad, ... More >>

Marijuana petition asks Joe Biden not to push for crackdown on Colorado, Washington

The longer the federal government waits to tell Colorado and Washington whether it will allow the states to determine their own marijuana policy after each passed pot-reform measures, the more theories surface about who in the administration might prove to be an impediment. The latest involves Vice ... More >>

Marijuana: Why ex-drug warriors hate Amendment 64, other drug initiatives

Former drug czars, DEA administrators and national "addiction experts" have come out in opposition to Colorado's Amendment 64, as well as similar measures before voters in Washington and Oregon. In other wildly-unexpected news: The sky is, indeed, blue.

Reader: News media's supposed liberal bias a lie accepted as truth

Sam Levin's coverage of Mitt Romney's recent rally in Jefferson County included a post featuring ten rally-goers weighing in on Romney's chances of victory in November. The conversation spurred by the latter wound up raising the question of the media's supposed liberal bias -- an assertion one reade ... More >>

New York satirist Lee Camp on Occupy Denver, dead raccoons and political douchebaggery

Lee Camp's fine with making you uncomfortable. It's his stock in trade. On camera -- most notably in his stints on Good Morning America, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and various FOX, MTV and CNN shows, Camp gives audiences a this-is-how-it-really-is take on current events ranging from corporate e ... More >>

Marijuana: Amendment 64 opponents, backers fueled by controversial out-of-state money

Update below: While Washington and Oregon have marijuana measures on the November ballot, Colorado's Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, continues to attract more than its share of national attention -- and money from national organizations. Indeed, even as 64 opponents decry the ... More >>

McDonald's testing "Breakfast After Midnight" -- but not in Denver

After hearing that McDonald's, America's favorite -- and only -- purveyor of Egg McMuffins, is test-marketing a new promotion, "Breakfast After Midnight," in a few locations including Denver, I cruised into the McDoo's at 505 East Colfax Avenue at 12:01 a.m. -- only to find no breakfast. And, in fac ... More >>

Jeffrey Ross's Aurora theater shooting joke won't be aired by Comedy Central

Update: Earlier this morning, we posted about comic Jeffrey Ross making an Aurora theater shooting joke at a Comedy Central roast of onetime Denver resident Roseanne Barr; see our earlier coverage below. We noted that Ross hasn't apologized for the gags, and he still hasn't. But he's now admitting ... More >>

Evan Nix's top picks for the Laugh Track Comedy Festival

The Laugh Track Comedy Festival will descend on Denver tonight, bringing three days of comedy performers and films that are sure to make your sides split. To help you navigate the thirty short films and over forty comedians, festival co-director Evan Nix sent us his top ten picks of events not to mi ... More >>

Lynne Fenton, James Holmes's doctor: Her ex-husband on minor discipline made to look major

Update: Shortly after publishing the following item about Dr. Lynne Fenton, a CU psychiatrist who treated accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes, we heard from Steffan Andrews, Fenton's ex-husband, and one of the people to whom she was censured by the state medical board for providing Claritin ... More >>

Our complete guide to the June 23 Westword Music Showcase

See also: Twelve types of Denver musicians

Marijuana in twelve-pound Delaware bust worth $18K? Or double that?

Moving from one location to another can be stressful and often means prioritizing what to bring with you and what to leave behind. According to Delaware police, Andre Dismuke didn't want to leave behind the amazing cannabis we have in Colorado just because he was moving to the First State -- so he s ... More >>

Barack Obama at CU-Boulder: Top ten tweets split between excited and grumpy

This evening, President Barack Obama is slated to speak at CU-Boulder's Coors Events Center -- a venue that won't need airing out, since Wyclef Jean's 4/20 concert was a poorly attended disaster. How is Twitter Nation feeling about his visit? Divided, pretty much like America as a whole. Below, fin ... More >>

When the zombie apocalypse arrives, will you know how to find the nearest gun shop?

Denver blog posts run for their lives. The Huffington Post gets in on some hot action when a Diamond Cabaret truck pulls up behind CBS4 reporter Greg Moody during a live feed from a Rockies game. Meanwhile, Denver Frank has localized something called Map of the Dead, which will help you survive th ... More >>

4/20 at CU Boulder: Wyclef Jean concert, police crackdown to shrink event?

For months, members of CU Boulder's student government have talked about their desire to move the annual 4/20 celebration off campus. But the logistics of doing so proved challenging, prompting leaders to opt for a low-key campaign to shrink attendance. Now we know the centerpiece of their plan: a W ... More >>

Photos: Big Bad Bill Murray is apparently a big fan of Big Head Todd and the Monsters

So, speaking of Big Head Todd and the Monsters, whose namesake frontman, as we told you about yesterday, is selling his Washington Park bungalow, do you know who's all sorts of sweet on the band? Bill Murray. Yes, that Bill Murray. Well, that's what we've deduced anyway. Either that, or the actor di ... More >>

Photos: Denver 4/20 rally to be a two-day affair

Ever disappointed that 4/20 only comes once a year? Then Miguel Lopez, organizer of Denver's annual 4/20 rally, has good news for you. Because April 20 falls on a Friday this year, the rally has been expanded to two days, with a full slate of happenings scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 21, ... More >>

Susan Greene: Funding investigative journalism today as challenging as doing it

In late 2010, Susan Greene resigned from the Denver Post after learning her column had been canceled. She later wrote a Huffington Post piece that compared working for the paper to Stockholm syndrome. And since then? She's spent much of her time putting together "The Gray Box," a moving project made ... More >>

Videos: Top five glitter bombings -- and how Peter Smith's attack on Mitt Romney stacks up

Mitt Romney​Cops and Secret Service agents who protect Republican presidential hopefuls are dealing with a new kind of threat -- one that sparkles. Last Tuesday, Denver got into the act when Peter Smith, a college student and politics intern, was arrested after he tried to throw blue glitter o ... More >>

Money can buy you love, if you have a contract with this Harvard MBA

Victoria Jackson's excellent Tea Party adventure

"Penis Tattoo Causes Permanent Erection" our fave headline of 2012 so far: Thanks, 7News!

In today's get-pageviews-or-die web world, even network TV affiliates, among the last bastions of family-friendly media, understand that grabby topics are the best way to get clicks. Which explains why the top national headline in 7News's "Staying Healthy" section currently reads: "Penis Tattoo Cau ... More >>

Video: Tim Tebow magic betrays Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry in Iowa

Video below.​Tim Tebow's three game losing streak on the field is echoed by the skid experienced by Republican presidential candidates who invoke him. Last month, Texas Governor Rick Perry said he wanted to be the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses. Instead, he finished fifth last night and is sus ... More >>

Reader: Just because a trend isn't big in Denver doesn't mean it hasn't hit...somewhere

​Last week the Huffington Post served up a food trend list -- which Jenn Wohletz thought was one of the worst food trend lists ever, confessing that she was "Bugged by the Huffington Post's '11 Biggest Food Trends of 2011.'" After all, meatballs? Fancy donuts? Macarons? And insects for numb ... More >>

Bugged by the Huffington Post's "11 Biggest Food Trends of 2011"

​The Huffington Post has succumbed to the temptation of food trends lists. While the Huff-P does politics like everybody's business, why are they now trying to convince the dining public that they're eating more bugs, that pimento cheese is suddenly cool and that macarons are falling from the ... More >>

Teaser for Jason Heller's first novel, Taft 2012, revealed

​In advance of the January 17 release of Jason Heller's first novel, Taft 2012, Quirk Books has offered up a gorgeously constructed film teaser. A glimpse into the fictional candidacy of a long-dead William Howard Taft, resurrected and running in next year's actual presidential election, the ... More >>

Lawrence Dai watches Julie & Julia for the 365th -- and last? -- time

Lawrence Dai watched Julie & Julia for the first time one year ago today. Then he watched it again every single day for a year. And, of course, in Life 2.0 fashion, he decided to blog about it. Since November 29, 2010, Dai has racked up over 1,000 followers on Blogger, 700,000 page views and menti ... More >>

Here are your 2011 Denver #WebAwards news winners

​Here are the winners of the 2011 Denver #WebAwards in the category we're loosely dubbing "news," which means Westword scribes report on the happenings in these beats, right here on Latest Word. These are the winners only; for a complete list of finalists go here: "Here are your 2011 Denver #W ... More >>

2011 Denver #WebAwards winners announced!

Photos: 2011 Denver #WebAwards party

Former GOP-er Ali Hasan is pushing his movie

Project New West gives Colorado's Democratic powers a Vegas respite from Occupy Denver

Hickenlooper.​Amid the regrouping of Occupy Denver, which was booted out of Lincoln Park but is still growing as a movement, the state's official Democratic political power brokers are in Las Vegas, at "Project New West Summit: A Roadmap for the West in 2012," which today includes an appearanc ... More >>

JD Samson of MEN on her art and the reaction to her political piece in the Huffington Post

JD Samson of MEN (due Thursday, October 13, at the Bluebird Theater) was once a member of Le Tigre, a band that became synonymous with the electroclash genre. For nearly a decade, Le Tigre wrote some of the most exciting, politically charged music of all time. After that band split, Samson found her ... More >>

Marijuana seizure in Pike National Forest: Were the 3,000 plants really worth $9 million?

Big pics below.​In its first announcement about the seizure of more than 3,000 marijuana plants from a plot in Pike National Forest, an ultra-popular place for illegal grows (more on that later), the Douglas County Sheriff's Office estimated that the weed was worth $900,000. However, that was ... More >>

Michael Douglas: Just let the man smoke, for God's sake

Back on the shit?​Every time I go to the doctor's office, it's the same old story: I show up on time for the appointment I've made in advance and then wait for two hours, during which they make sure I'm going to pay them and provide six-month-old gossip magazines for me to read. Then they tell ... More >>

Janice Hahn attack ad filmmaker fine with liberal media branding his clip racist (VIDEOS)

Video below.​Last week, we noted the weird cameo by convicted Greeley gang-banger Christian Hanson in an allegedly racist attack video aimed at Janice Hahn, a California candidate running for Congress in a special election taking place tomorrow. Afterward, we heard from filmmaker Ladd Ehlinger ... More >>

Medical marijuana critic William Breathes gets the NPR treatment -- thanks to Starbucks

Mr. Breathes.​A few weeks ago, in an interview for Ruper Murdoch's iPad newspaper, The Daily, I casually mentioned that Denver has more dispensaries than Starbucks -- a fact Denver Post's Chris Osher first pointed out back in January. I had no clue then that paraphrasing that quote would re-ig ... More >>

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