Dan in Real Life has this much going for it: It is not the worst Steve Carell film of 2007. That honor, of course, goes to Evan Almighty, which even the Lord walked out of during the second reel. Fact is, Dan in Real Life isn’t really much of a…
The group that may be the most prepared for the 2008 Democratic National Convention is also the least likely to be prepared. It doesn’t represent labor unions or mainstream progressives, but anarchists. A loose coalition of anti-authoritarian factions from across the nation have formed an outfit called Unconventional Action, with…
Bobby Seale, a co-founder of the Black Panther Party, was one of the original Chicago 8 defendants charged with conspiracy and inciting a riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The trial was one of the most divisive and chaotic in history, partly because Seale’s frequent outbursts prompted…
The throng of demonstrators — 500 according to police, 1,500 according to protest organizers — had taken over the intersection of 15th and Stout streets, unfurling banners and emptying a bucket filled with fake blood and dismembered baby dolls. As dozens of officers in full riot gear approached and camera…
The front page of the October 17 Rocky Mountain News featured a photo of an Arvada resident trying on a Rockies jersey at the Coors Field Dugout Store — but this image wasn’t the first thing subscribers saw when they picked up the paper. Instead, the day’s de facto top…
After twenty years of highly decorated service in the U.S. Army Special Forces, David Boone thought he knew the rules of engagement. But that was before he found himself back in the shit — Baghdad’s Green Zone, to be precise — and working for the private sector. In the emerging…
Dear Mexican: Why do so many of my peers assume I must have low self-esteem just because I’m dating a Mexican guy? I finally found someone with my same values who treats me way better than any gringo I ever dated. The same women who complain about “sleazy” Mexican men…
Mike Gravel is the Democratic presidential candidate most hungry for your friendship. Chris Dodd comes close; he’s so desperate, he’ll thank you for being his friend. “Thanks for the add,” Chris’ll say, dropping off a photograph of himself looking like a guy from a hemorrhoid ad before disappearing deep into…
Like the 24-hour flu or a sudden outbreak of gonorrhea, Rockies fever can strike when you least expect it. Two guys wearing Rox jerseys chest-bumping in the Safeway checkout line? Expected. Three blondes in the daycare parking lot gushing over how dreamy Matt Holliday is? Expected. But five post-office employees…
“Dinger Bell,” Patricia Calhoun, October 18 Dino-Might! How about Beer-Barrel Man for the kids? I mean, it is Coors Field, filled mostly with yuppies; it’s not that much for kids. I’ll be glad when they hire some other idiot in a different clown suit so that you can tackle some…
This week, Joel Warner gives us some insight as to what it’s like to be a part-time stay-at-home dad and a full-time neurotic obessessive with fantasies of prehistoric predators eating his young. Read his feature about the baby products industry here. Monday Tuesday Wednesday: Most of the time, my four-month-old…
Subscribers to the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post who still haven’t seen their October 24 papers (see this blog for details) needn’t worry about missing out on special sections commemorating the Colorado Rockies’ World Series berth. They’ll have plenty of chances to get more thanks to the Sports Authority,…
Dear Superbad-Watching Westword Reader, Thank you for your letter to the editor, which arrived with our mail today. However, due to our letters policy we can only print letters that are no more than 200 words. This letter is worth at least 1,000 and will therefore have to be edited…
In the media hype that’s become known, and trademarked, as R***tober, it’s standard to pitch the World Series as something much more profound than a simple baseball match. So let’s up the ante: Tonight’s game will not just begin a seven-game contest between America’s two best baseball teams – it…
As promised in this week’s Beatdown, the following is a breakdown of entrance music for many of your favorite Rockies players. The songs are reportedly chosen by the players themselves, and while some of the selections make total sense (Todd Helton and Josh Fogg’s picks are no-brainers), others are a…
An online Denver Post article posted today included the following headline: “Woman Accused of Starving Dog in Court.” And while the story of the malnourished four-year-old Belgian Malinois named Neeko is both tragic and disturbing — Neeko survived by eating part of another dog that starved to death under the…
They’ve paid $140 million and then some for their team. When they travel to other parks since they erased the curse of the Bambino in 2004, bandwagon fans make up anywhere from a third to half of the crowd. Even when their team isn’t playing, you can find Sox fans…
October 24, when the Colorado Rockies face off against the Boston Red Sox in game one of the 2007 World Series, should be the biggest day in years for the print versions of the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News. Whereas a hefty percentage of folks currently prefer to…
The Born Ruffians and Caribou Larimer Lounge October 23, 2007 Better than: An acid flashback The cold, fall air wafting in through the open doors on either end of the Larimer Lounge had just about numbed my feet and I was beginning to consider either starting a fire in the…
It’s October 24, and because the Colorado Rockies are set to make their first-ever World Series appearance this evening, baseball coverage in these parts, which has already reached near-saturation levels, is about to be ratcheted up even further — and it’ll likely remain at a fever pitch for as long…
Public Enemy’s Chuck D is among the greatest innovators in hip-hop, and unlike so many of his peers, who’ve either disappeared from the scene or have transitioned into other sectors of the entertainment universe, such as acting or reality TV, he’s still spitting rhymes with something approximating his original fury…
The accompanying Q&A with Chuck D of Public Enemy, keyed to an appearance by the venerable group that’s previewed in the October 25 Westword, provides a perfect excuse to unearth a profile of PE’s Professor Griff. The piece, complete with the very same image seen here, was published in March…
