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Top ten outmoded industries Colorado should lure after snagging Blockbuster

If the last time you rented a movie from Blockbuster also happened to be the last time you watched an Eddie Murphy movie, you're not alone. But just in case you did feel like giving up Netflix, Hulu and Redbox, and rewinding that copy of Beverly Hills Cop III you borrowed in 1994, Colorado's got you ... More >>

Have you seen Molly? She's been everywhere lately.

If the last time you rented a movie from Blockbuster also happened to be the last time you watched an Eddie Murphy movie, you're not alone. But just in case you did feel like giving up Netflix, Hulu and Redbox, and rewinding that copy of Beverly Hills Cop III you borrowed in 1994, Colorado's got you ... More >>

Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth: "The chemistry in the band is better than it's ever been"

Iced Earth (due tonight at Summit Music Hall) came out of the rich heavy metal scene in Tampa Bay, Florida in the late '80s. At a time when melodic heavy metal, especially the glam variety, was on the wane, Iced Earth came in with the wave of metal that produced a melodic speed metal as well as the ... More >>

Don't Facebook me, don't call me. Just page me.

Once upon a time, before Facebook made social networking acceptable for non-nerds and technology was on the cusp of the cellular-phone revolution from the brick to the flip, I had a pager. I also had a boyfriend who I fought with, in public, for about 80 percent of the duration of our relationship. ... More >>

CU-Denver mascot countdown: Our top picks (sorry, Golden Elk)

Big photos below.​What does a minter look like? Despite a recent Google search, we at the Latest Word are still unsure how to picture one. But we could find out soon, because minters are among the choices offered by the student government at CU-Denver as a new mascot for the school's downtown ... More >>

The problems with SOPA and its sweeping side effects

Remember that mixtape you made for your high-school sweetheart? Or that time you taped a movie off cable? Turns out you were breaking the law, pirating copyrighted materials without permission. While the statute of limitations has probably long passed on your crimes of teenage passion, entertainme ... More >>

Wikipedia: How can we live 24 hours without you?

Say you're in the mood to look up a factoid about something odd -- like, for instance, the history of Velcro. So you go to Google, ignore the weird bar over the logo, and type in "Velcro" and "Wiki." A Wikipedia link appears, and a click brings it up -- but it vanishes an instant later. Oh my God! W ... More >>

Jared Polis would like to stop the Stop Online Privacy Act

Denver blog posts want you to want them. Colorado Independent's Marcos Restrepo outlines Jared Polis's SOPA objections, which are a lot like Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales's. Denver Frank's anti-SOPA, too... ...and Colorado Pols is on SOPA strike. Why didn't anyone tell us the Internet was closed today?

Occupy Denver: What local artifacts would make it into museums and history books?

Occupy Wall Street became an unofficial part of history the moment it spread to all seven continents, but now it's becoming one for the books. At least six big-name museums and cultural organizations have launched quests to gather evidence, ephemera and relics from the movement for future collection ... More >>

Medical Marijuana: Not much to learn at Museum of Marijuana

During our sniff adventures for Denver's Dankest Street Corners, William Breathes and I stumbled across the Museum of Marijuana, which is really just a little house nearly lost to the office spaces and retail fronts along South Broadway. Neither of us had heard of this place before, and due to the i ... More >>

Ten best things for Barack Obama to do if he gets snowed in during Denver visit (PHOTOS)

"I'm on standby?"​Barack Obama is returning to Denver for a fundraiser and a jobs speech on the Auraria campus. And if the storm forecast to hit the area this evening and continue through most of tomorrow lives up to its advance billing, he may be here for a while. If Obama gets snowed in, ho ... More >>

Top ten Twilight Zone references in pop culture

​The groundbreaking sci-fi series The Twilight Zone is still socially relevant, and it's also inspired much social satire since it first appeared on television sets in 1959. The homage and spoofs range from many Simpsons episodes to a Melvins song to the Theater Company of Lafayette's Return t ... More >>

I-70 pace cars: The latest un-American development that needs to stop

Flickr​The Colorado Department of Transportation has approved police "pace-cars" for Sundays in January to improve the flow of ski traffic on I-70. Let's forget the logistics and the arguments about whether a police car driving at a steady rate while flashing its light will actually "harmonize ... More >>

Top 10 neighborhoods in Denver according to MapQuest's new mqVibe website

Big pics below​MapQuest has launched a new website, mqVibe, which attempts to rank the best neighborhoods in various communities around these United States. The rankings reportedly combine user votes, "interactions" on the main MapQuest site and so-called "external data" to arrive at its concl ... More >>

Dry-ice bomb explodes in deputy's face: Sheriff's office on lookout for juvenile suspects

​Dry-ice bombs are so simple to make that anyone who reads the Wikipedia page featuring the image seen here could probably manage it. That only increases the challenge for the Araphaoe County Sheriff's Office, which is looking for the person or persons who made a device that recently blew up i ... More >>

Win Tickets to see Cherry Poppin' Daddies at City Hall this Sunday

​Have we got a treat for you! Peter Boyles and a gang of bikers will be descending upon City Hall this Sunday for a trip back to the time of jazz clubs, whiskey bars and wiseguys. We've got five pairs of tickets to lay on you, and one winner will win an exotic lunch from the caterer du jour, B ... More >>

Comment of the day: Prove it

​The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was one of the most controversial horror movies ever made -- so controversial, in fact, that it was banned for many years in several countries. That statement wasn't really the point of my rant the other day about the upcoming remake of Texas in 3D, which ... More >>

Connect Four and five other games for hipsters to play while drinking

Athletic, but not in, like, a bourgeois way.​For hipsters, the formula for having fun is simple, yet elegant: Take an aspect of the '80s-baby childhood experience, add Pabst Blue Ribbon and take it really seriously -- that's pretty much the logic behind every kickball league, Portlandia's rece ... More >>

I friended the Department of Corrections: A look at Facebook's most boring fan pages

Now more boring than ever!​Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has been trying to get on Facebook for over a year. Due to issues with the social networking site's indemnity clause -- which says Facebook is not responsible for one user suing another -- Suthers last April ordered all state ag ... More >>

A personal appeal to Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales: Just get advertising already

Eeeeeewww!​Here's to you, Wikipedia, settler of barroom bets, supplier of obscure facts, primary source of 80 percent of papers written for freshman comp. You are our favorite way to waste time on our smartphones, the first thing that comes up when we type "coprophagia" into Google; indeed, yo ... More >>

Trollchan: 4chan founder moot trolls Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales

pwnd​If you use Wikipedia on any kind of regular basis, you've seen the banner: "A personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales," accompanied by the ponderous mug of Wales himself, staring contemplatively off into the far distance, getting ready to ask you for money so he can keep that s ... More >>

Top ten "ethnic" foods that aren't really ethnic at all

What's for dinner? Whatever the answer, it's probably got an ethnic origin--or a supposedly ethnic origin. Because many of the foreign foods that we all enjoy aren't really very foreign at all. In other words, you can cross these ten dishes off your list, because, frankly, they're all just as Americ ... More >>

This Warlock Pinchers teaser makes us wonder what happened to the Mr. Pacman Half Hour of Power

With the exception of the excellent Wesley Willis Joy Rides documentary, we haven't heard much from Eyeosaur lately, but the above teaser seems to suggest that something Warlock Pinchers related might be in the works. Either way, the video reminded us of something equally as interesting: The Mr. P ... More >>

Musical (Not!)

With the exception of the excellent Wesley Willis Joy Rides documentary, we haven't heard much from Eyeosaur lately, but the above teaser seems to suggest that something Warlock Pinchers related might be in the works. Either way, the video reminded us of something equally as interesting: The Mr. P ... More >>

The Resident Evil cancan fulfills your nerd quotient for the day

​Wishing you were at San Diego Comic Con but stuck at work/home? Wondering how you can fulfill your nerd quotient for the day? Or maybe you just always wondered what might happen if someone were to combine the world's most famous zombie video-game series with the infamous cancan song? If you ... More >>

If sex were food: the definitive comparison guide for foodies and horn-dogs alike

When sex and food meet​Biologically speaking, humans are bound by just a couple of things: we've got to eat and we've got to procreate. Sex and food, then, have potential to walk a similar emotional line -- and elicit similar types of reactions. I recently equated sex to La Tur cheese, the ta ... More >>

The Denver Roller Dolls announce the name of their signature beer, Lead Jammer Lager

Denver Roller Dolls Lead Jammer Lager: A refreshing mouthful​One hundred and sixty nine votes later, the Denver Roller Dolls have a name for their signature Wynkoop Brewing Company beer: Denver Roller Dolls Lead Jammer Lager. The beer, brewed especially for the Dolls, is reportedly a "pre-Pro ... More >>

Tea Party rally in Denver: Protesting the protesters and more

The Tea Party movement is a proudly grassroots rebellion that's deeply suspicious of the mainstream media. So perhaps the best way to get a sense of yesterday's raucous rally at the Capitol, which coincided with Tax Day and featured appearances by the likes of senatorial candidate Ken Buck, is to c ... More >>

Poptimystic: The Grammy Edition

​ The Poptimystic returns to preview the least relevant award in all of pop culture-dom: The Grammys. This Sunday, watch as outdated nominees in outdated categories vie for a slight amendment to their Wikipedia entries and a collective shrug from America. But, you know, contests are fun, an ... More >>

Colorado's renewable energy market set to heat up with BLM geothermal leases

A geothermal electric plant in Iceland​Wind energy has been a hot commodity in the state for ten years or more now, but a new source of energy -- geothermal -- is about to get a chance to make its mark in the near future. The Denver Business Journal is reporting that the BLM is set to offer le ... More >>

Freaky Friday: "The Fast Food Song" - Fast Food Rockers

Happy Freaky Friday on Thursday, since Westword is closed tomorrow! For a special Fourth of July treat, I give you this reason to love America, in all its glory. I have never been more proud that the USA declared their independence from tyrant Britain as I was when watching this atrocious ode to fas ... More >>

Milking It: Mighty Bites HoneyCrunch

Mighty Bites HoneyCrunch Kashi Rating: One-and-a-half spoons out of four Cereal description: Lots of different grains in this stuff: oat, wheat, corn, rice, rye, barley -- pretty much everything included in the grain page on Wikipedia other than millet (which is just as well, since I don't know w ... More >>

The naked truth about former gay-porn star Timothy Boham, currently on trial for murder

Tim Boham, during the days when he performed under the pseudonym Marcus Allen. To put it mildly, Timothy Boham, now on trial for the 2006 murder of a Denver businessman in a botched robbery, has a more colorful background than the average slaying suspect. During the first half of this decade, opera ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Trimming the fat, and maybe a little bone, in Boulder

Wikipedia Commons Our daily blog round-up. Send links this way. How CU will cut $30 million from its budget. (Hint: It won't be pretty). (Face the State) An abortion-clinic doctor in Boulder: "I'm next on the List." (Colorado Independent) Now that the burning sensation behind our eyes has subsid ... More >>

GastronoMe

Wikipedia Commons Our daily blog round-up. Send links this way. How CU will cut $30 million from its budget. (Hint: It won't be pretty). (Face the State) An abortion-clinic doctor in Boulder: "I'm next on the List." (Colorado Independent) Now that the burning sensation behind our eyes has subsid ... More >>

Denver Blog: Joe the Plumber? In Denver? A dream come true...

Wikipedia CommonsImagine this guy hammered, with a cig in one hand and a glock in the other. Our daily tour of the Colorogosphere. Send some links, yo. Guns, tobacco, liquor and Joe the Plumber, all at the same event? Count me the hell in. (Colorado Independent) Mark Udall continues to fight for ... More >>

Milking It: Cap'n Crunch's Peanut Butter Crunch

Cap'n Crunch's Peanut Butter Crunch Quaker Oats Rating: Three-and-a-half spoons out of four Cereal description: An amalgam of corn, oat and rice flour baked into roughly shaped orbs whose surface is a symphony in brown: specs and swirls of varying intensity, pocked with the occasional dark blobs ... More >>

Bat'leth not the only creative weapon for would-be criminals

Usually when someone wants to commit armed robbery, he'll bring along a weapon that combines stealth, convenience and anonymity -- a small gun, for instance. Not so one enterprising Colorado Springs man, who this week brazenly robbed one area 7-Eleven store (and tried to knock over a second) armed ... More >>

News from the frozen Northland

Usually when someone wants to commit armed robbery, he'll bring along a weapon that combines stealth, convenience and anonymity -- a small gun, for instance. Not so one enterprising Colorado Springs man, who this week brazenly robbed one area 7-Eleven store (and tried to knock over a second) armed ... More >>

Bursting Sheehan's Bubble

Usually when someone wants to commit armed robbery, he'll bring along a weapon that combines stealth, convenience and anonymity -- a small gun, for instance. Not so one enterprising Colorado Springs man, who this week brazenly robbed one area 7-Eleven store (and tried to knock over a second) armed ... More >>

The Video Professor Loses a Round In His Battle Against Critics

Usually when someone wants to commit armed robbery, he'll bring along a weapon that combines stealth, convenience and anonymity -- a small gun, for instance. Not so one enterprising Colorado Springs man, who this week brazenly robbed one area 7-Eleven store (and tried to knock over a second) armed ... More >>

Nothing Doing

Usually when someone wants to commit armed robbery, he'll bring along a weapon that combines stealth, convenience and anonymity -- a small gun, for instance. Not so one enterprising Colorado Springs man, who this week brazenly robbed one area 7-Eleven store (and tried to knock over a second) armed ... More >>

Lobster Sex Champagne, July 30

Usually when someone wants to commit armed robbery, he'll bring along a weapon that combines stealth, convenience and anonymity -- a small gun, for instance. Not so one enterprising Colorado Springs man, who this week brazenly robbed one area 7-Eleven store (and tried to knock over a second) armed ... More >>

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My

Usually when someone wants to commit armed robbery, he'll bring along a weapon that combines stealth, convenience and anonymity -- a small gun, for instance. Not so one enterprising Colorado Springs man, who this week brazenly robbed one area 7-Eleven store (and tried to knock over a second) armed ... More >>

The Fame Game

The virtual infamy of Wikipedia.

See and Be Zine

Dive into the Denver Zine Fest.