Photo: David WaldmanFucked Up, Mustangs & Madras, Guns N Rosa Parks
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Larimer Lounge
Better than: The G.G. Allin documentary.
Right off the bat let's dispense with two things. One: Fucked Up is an
awful name for a band. Two: If you are going to name your band Fucked
Up, timidity is not going to be one of your strong points. Now that
that's out of the way, let's flash forward to the present where
Wednesday night, the Larimer Lounge hit a home run by pairing Canada'
This does not belong in your car. Ever. (See more such photos here).
Despite the obvious enthusiasm for its legalization -- see today's rallies in Denver, Boulder, Santa Cruz and other hemp-friendly havens -- marijuana is still technically illegal. So it behooves us to consider that it might sometimes be advisable to, you know, hide it. Many have tried. And many have failed. So in the interest of public service, we provide this list of places where it's probably not a good idea to stash your he
There was a time when I wanted Roger Goodell to come down on Brandon Marshall. It was before the ESPN hit piece, but after Marshall's most recent display of unhinged chauvinism, and around the time former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was to be released from prison. While most Broncos fans were collectively hoping Commissioner Goodell would ignore Marshall's transgressions, I was hoping for something severe, something season-changing. A four-game suspension at the least; a season at the mo
Shanahan, in less withered days.Woody Paige took time from his television foibles to chime in with a pretty decent column on Sunday, about the very fine life of former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan.
Shanahan -- who talked with Paige at the celebrity golf tourney in Lake Tahoe -- has apparently been busy marrying off his daughter, moving into a new home in Cherry Hills, and playing enough golf to shoot a saucy little 83 in competition on Saturday. But since Shanahan is a half-cyborg powered by UV
Michael Vick: PETA's wet dream/worst nightmare.InDenver Times' Hunter Ashley has become the first quasi-media-type to address the non-existing rumors that dog-whacking former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, now an officially free man, could get a look from the Broncos this off-season:
Maybe because the media on the outside is still scratching their heads over the Jay Cutler trade. Maybe they think that with McDaniels at the helm, anything is possible. But dropping a runny-nosed prima donna
The pretty reliable football-news sleuths at ProFootballTalk.com have a running list going of teams said to have no interest in former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who is out of prison and job-hunting. (Resume Objective: "Find job as quarterback in city that loves running QBs but is sort of luke-warm on dogs").
Just for the record, the Broncos aren't on the list. Also for the record: They should get on it. Like, now.
estheraseNo amount of tickling will bring him back to us.
Why isn't my dad Obama's adviser?
Today in The Latest Word:
-The sad, graphic world of roadkill.
-What standards?
-Michael Vick really shouldn't ever be a Bronco.
-Trapeze in Westminster.
-Denver is OK for singles.
Today in Cafe Society:
-The stupidest breakfast foods.
-Defend our food honor.
-Blue Moon in the White House.
-Get baked. Pizza. Pizza that's baked. What did you think we meant?
Today in Backbeat Online:
-Indie 1
It's Fantasy Football season, and if you don't know what we're talking about, then you simply aren't a geeky, no-life sad sack who never gets out of the house -- like several Westword staff members. Still, 22 million North Americans waste countless hours on it, and August, when fantasy lovers draft their teams, is prime geek-out season.
A lot goes into picking the right players. Points, scoring, ease of schedule. Some people (losers) pick based on emotional allegiances, choosing a coupl
Chris Simms.Sports Illustrated's Don Banks has assembled an unusual list, albeit one that makes sense following the Philadelphia Eagles' recent Michael Vick signing. (Who let the dogs in?) Instead of ranking starting quarterbacks, Banks rates the second stringers. And in his view, the Broncos Chris Simms is a top-ten finisher -- okay, he's number nine -- because of the strong possibility that he won't be sitting on the bench for long. "This is showing considerable faith in a quarterback w
