Hunter S. Thompson

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Boulder Wellness

A few months back, after we checked out Root Organic in Boulder, several readers urged us to go back and visit Boulder Wellness next door. The herb is better quality and worth the drive up from Denver, they said. Whereas Root Organic (on the right) takes the more slick, modern approach to its opera ... More >>

You guys up for some reggae tonight? Permanently living in a Ghost World

As I sat in a coffee shop yesterday, camped out with my laptop and a mission to actually get some writing done, I knew full well that I wouldn't really get anything accomplished. Not because I'd be distracted with the mundane cruising of Facebook for hours at a time like I am at home, but because th ... More >>

The ten best concerts to see in Denver this week

ALICE COOPER & MARILYN MANSON @ RED ROCKS | MON, 6/3/13 Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson at Red Rocks. Sweet Jesus! How this totally obvious and sure-to-be-awesome pairing has not happened before now is anybody's guess. The music world's O.G. shock rocker and his direct artistic descendent are slated ... 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 >>

Menswear Mondays: marketing director David Keller on his neon EDM style

The weather was so nice this past weekend that people were out and about. Of the many Denverites absorbing the comfortable climate we spotted marketing director David Keller as a standout. Continue reading to learn his style icons, what city influences his fashion sense, and what his favorite, unusu ... More >>

Lonesome Hero

Happy Colorado Day: Here are 50 reasons you should be glad you live here

It's been a tough summer for Colorado -- the toughest in memory. But on this August 1, Colorado Day, there are still many, many reasons to celebrate life in the Centennial State. And Missy Franklin's gold medal is just the most recent. The oldest? Just take a look to the west. Can't think of any? W ... More >>

Tonight: Deanne Stillman's Desert Reckoning at Tattered Cover

Deanne Stillman's richly textured works of nonfiction about life and death in the Mojave Desert involve more than casual research, and consequently take some time in the writing -- from eight to ten years each. Her true-crime debut, Twentynine Palms, explored the 1991 murder of two girls by a berser ... More >>

Beau Simmons, exec chef of Jonesy's, to Matt Selby: "Chef, you need a dishwasher?"

Beau Simmons Jonesy's EatBar 400 East 20th Avenue 303-863-7473 www.jeatbar.com Part one of my interview with Beau Simmons, exec chef of Jonesy's EatBar, ran yesterday; below is part two of our chat. Favorite restaurant in America: Longman & Eagle in Chicago, whose motto is "Eat, Sleep, Whiskey." T ... More >>

Roxanne Pulitzer's Telluride house for sale: It can be yours for $19.9 million (PHOTOS)

Pulitzer in '85.​Not to be outdone by fellow Playboy cover girl Barbi Benton in the marketing of extreme cribs, Roxanne Pulitzer and husband Tim Boberg recently offered the Wall Street Journal a tour of their 23,000-square-foot Telluride home -- which is up for sale for $19.9 million. That's ... More >>

Snowsurf, noboard & backcountry magnificence from Sweetgrass Productions (VIDEO)

​There are, no doubt, saner ways to film the Cordillera Blanca of Peru than paragliding a few feet above jagged glaciers, vertiginous cliffs and freezing lakes, camera and breathing and life itself neatly suspended -- but that wouldn't be the path chosen by Sweetgrass Productions, a backcountr ... More >>

Ten beers that will make you a man -- if they don't kill you first

Avery's ​Mephistopheles' Stout​You're a man, so by definition, everything you do must be manly, right? Wrong. There are hundreds of beers out there to choose from, lining the liquor store shelves and bar taps like kids waiting to get picked for a game of recess football. But only a very of ... More >>

Frank Rich picks Modern Drunkard magazine back up off the floor

Groundhog Day: Five underappreciated Bill Murray roles

Hey, Bill Murray -- you're looking sexy. ​It's Groundhog Day today, a holiday nobody would give a single shit about if it weren't for the 1993 Bill Murray film by the same name, because that movie is awesome. In some ways, it was Murray's career-defining role -- not because the movie was an ou ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Harvesting greens at The Farm in Boulder

​Holiday shopping sucks. I would rather drink the water from a dirty plastic bong than walk around the mall this time of year -- which explains why I always end up delaying until the very last minute to get anything done.

Snag Hunter Dragon's Blood Bath for free

​Hunter Dragon has been pretty damn prolific this year, releasing a full-length album (Weight & Measure) and an EP (Blood Bath) in the span of just a couple months. To celebrate the anniversary of making music under the Hunter Dragon name, he's decided to give give out Blood Bath out for free ... More >>

John and Kim Baxter launch ZetaKaye House

​Although ZetaKaye House, the name of John and Kim Baxter's new booking and management company, might sound like sorority house, it's actually a deliberate fusion of the names of two individuals: Oscar Zeta Acosta, who was part of the Brown Power movement in the '60s and Hunter S. Thompson's a ... More >>

Covering Charlie Sheen: Scrappy Aspen reporters key to the story, but often overlooked

Smile, you're in The Aspen Times.​As aggregated news and poorly sourced blogs permeate an industry once driven by a dying breed of scrappy local journalists, the little guys at the heart of the big story are often forgotten -- or worse, just plain robbed. But Rick Carroll, managing editor at ... More >>

Chef and Tell with Michael Long of Opus

Lori Midson​"I'm always trying to get away with as much creativity as possible, to push the boundaries and reel in my impulses," explains Michael Long. "I don't want to lose my audience, but for me, personally, food has to both taste good and entertain you in some way, whether it's because of ... More >>

Hot rods and hard rock at the Wide Open Saloon

Take Ten, Colorado

Last Night...Trima Replicates OK Computer Live @ the Oriental Theater

Laughing Pains

Fun With Molecular Gastronomy

A visit to Mr. Wizard.

Brickhouse Nightclub

Looking for love in all the wrong places.

Going, Going, Gonzo

When in Rome

Mike Long has come a long way in Littleton

Finding Nemo

I'm in way over my head at the Aquarium.

DIFF Burns On

The 28th Starz Denver International Film Festival is ready for action.

Take Your Best Shot

Throwing a few back for Katrina relief.

Follow That Story

Johnny Be Good

Letters to the Editor

From the week of August 25, 2005

Bite Me

Fat City Chops

Tour de Farce

You'll have the crime of your life in the Mile High City.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of March 10, 2005

Off Limits

Heaven Help Us

Letters to the Editor

From the week of November 11, 2004

Radio Comedy

Will Durst zings for KGNU

Off Limits

Burn, baby, burn

An Open Book

Will everyone in Boulder please get on the same page?

Off Limits

The art of the deal

Bite Me

Big, Fat Fun

Bite Me

New York State of Mind

Backwash

16 HP rides high with Hoarse, a new collections of live cuts from local performances.

Gunning for Love

Brad and Julia get pistol-whipped by The Mexican.

Strange but True

From the penthouse to the outhouse, the highs and lows of 2000.

Hot off the Presses

Printed matter papers the walls at the William Havu Gallery.

The Talking Penis

Basic Instinct author crawls up Bill Clinton's pants and hangs on tight.

Dem Bones, Dem Bones

The barbecue scene in Denver still smokes.

STILL SPICY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

DRUMMER GINGER BAKER TALKS ABOUT JAZZ, CREAM AND HIS LATEST OBSESSION--POLO.