August 14, 2007 Wellington, New Zealand Subject: The Ambassadors of Penzance Boss, CJ’s was located a few blocks away from my motel in the capitol of Kiwi-land. Just a pink neon sign and an empty doorway painted sea foam green, sharing the building with an auto body shop full of…
Last Thursday, I opened my mailbox to find a little surprise that would change my life in a big way: My driver license! It finally came! Over the past two weeks I had visited the Department of Motor Vehicles twice in order to acquire the plastic card. My visits (chronicled…
Congressman Tom Tancredo’s fourth-place finish in last Saturday’s Iowa Straw Poll indicates that some people are actually taking him seriously as a candidate – and not just in this country. A few days earlier, protesters in Lahore, Pakistan, burned Tancredo in effigy, right alongside smoldering dummies of President George W…
As was noted in a May Off Limits column, promotional efforts for the Georgetown Loop railroad have recently been stymied by www.georgetowncolorado.com, www.georgetownloop.com and www.gtownloop.com – websites owned by former Loop operator Mark Greksa. The sites, which are usually the first to pop up in a Google search on the…
According to this blog post, Denver is the most texture-mapped city on Earth. What does that mean? It means you can fly through a remarkably realistic mock up of our fair city with the right software on your computer (available here). For those without a computer powerful enough to run…
Here’s a brief rundown of some of the top search items on Google.com today: Tropical Storm Dean Reuters reports that energy markets are going crazy over what could develop into the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, as oil prices surged today because Tropical Storm Dean has developed in the…
On Monday, Karl Rove – once described as President George Bush’s “political Svengali, Robespierre and wizard all rolled into one” – took himself out of the political picture. For now. Rove had come a long way for a kid who was born in Denver and spent much of his childhood…
Rambling incoherence has always been a trait I look for in fliers and leaflets. Sure, the threats of fire and brimstone in those bus-seat fliers attempting to shame readers into accepting Christ as their lord and savior provide for a couple stops of entertainment, but the photocopied rantings of an…
My host at Scum of the Earth Church on Sunday, August 5, spent a good part of the evening explaining to me why this so-called “emergent” congregation is less than newsworthy. Yes, the parishioners are mostly tattooed and pierced 20-somethings and yes, the pulpit band includes a bongo set. But…
The blog post right below this one tells the story of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s first epic of bad taste, scathing humor and crude execution, Cannibal: The Musical. Here’s the trailer that started it all, launching their careers as the unparalleled masters of questionable content with a musical celebration…
The Epilogues, the Bears, Sleeper Horse August 13, 2007 Larimer Lounge Better than: Watching my beloved Broncos win a preseason game of faux football earlier in the night. Arriving nearly an hour early at the Larimer Lounge, I settled in on the patio to make some phone calls and then…
Believe it or don’t, August 13 marked ten years since the debut of South Park, an animated series that turned a gaggle of profanity-spewing kids living in a Colorado mountain town into television and big screen favorites. The show is the unlikeliest kind of success, and that’s appropriate, since Trey…
I am spoiled. Most culinary adventurers would be happy to find one Peruvian restaurant in a town this size, but Denver has several, with more coming all the time. Early this year, Cebiche opened in the space once occupied by El Chalan, a Peruvian restaurant that pioneered this neighborhood more…
I am spoiled. Most culinary adventurers would be happy to find one Peruvian restaurant in a town this size, but Denver has several, with more coming all the time. Early this year, Cebiche opened in the space once occupied by El Chalan, a Peruvian restaurant that pioneered this neighborhood more…
There seemed to be two overriding conclusions shared by nearly everyone in attendance at the 38th annual MUFON UFO Symposium in the Denver Tech Center this weekend: First, our planet is being visited by something and second, the government is actively involved in covering up the truth about what that…
Neighborhood Red Alert, the company responsible for those little fear-mongering flyers appearing all over Denver, says there are 34 sex offenders in my area, as defined by my zip code. That’s pretty scary stuff, since we’re talking about an area that’s only a few square miles. Curiously, the official Colorado…
Undaunted by the dismissal of his case against Westword, anti-Ladies Night activist Steve Horner has been busy with other claims against several local bars including Moontime on Broadway and Coyote Ugly in the Denver Pavilions. And he’s been kind enough to keep Westword apprised of everything he’s doing by filling…
Arizona View larger image. Total Number of Delegates: 67 Pledged: 56 Unpledged: 11 How to Recognize an Arizona Delegate: The Arizona Look is famous the world over. Just start with a pair of the definitive two-buckle, slip-on “Arizona” style of Birkenstock sandals and a pair of Arizona jeans from J.C…
Side-Fi Noise, Dartanian, A Shoreline Dream, Peña August 10, 2007 Larimer Lounge Better than: Spinal Tap opening for Sigur Ros You just never know what you’re getting into at a local show, but Denver audiences are usually open to anything good. A Friday night show to kick off A Shoreline…
Hybrid, DJ Ivy August 11, 2007 Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Better than: The tired, overrated DJs playing at the night’s other big dance music event. Upon my 10 p.m. arrival at Cervantes’ DJ Ivy was playing an excellent set of dark yet funky breakbeats and to a “crowd” of maybe eight…
Sure, it was exciting to watch Tiger Woods fend off challengers Woody Austin and Ernie Els to win the PGA on August 12 — the thirteenth major championship of his career. But the thrill petered out as soon as Woods was presented with a generic looking silver-plated cup — a…
Social Distortion, Blue October, Jack’s Mannequin, Motion City Soundtrack, Plain White T’s, Single File, I Hate Kate, Tickle Me Pink, Synthetic Elements, No Fair Fight August 11, 2007 Coors Amphitheatre On the surface, summertime festival shows seem like a good idea and a real bargain: a lot of bands for…
