Rocky Mountain News columnist Bill Johnson has a well-founded reputation for factual sloppiness. This More Messages blog spotlights a July 11 Johnson offering with five separate botches and includes links to previous Message columns about several even more memorable trips he took to the inaccuracy minefield. As a result, the…
A May 21 blog seen in this space was headlined “The Colorado Rockies Lead the League — In Sucking,” and at the time, this assertion was inarguably true. The team, which has been down for years, appeared to be bound for subterranean depths even this notoriously mediocre franchise had never…
Although Florida’s movers-and-shakers may not pay much attention to Tom Tancredo, he definitely has his supporters. Laura Leighton of Tucson, for example, who over the weekend sent Westword a spirited, if out-of-right-field, defense of the Colorado congressman, repeated verbatim below: You’ve got your traitors wrong! Traitors are the people who…
Our February 1 Message column about the Rocky Mountain News’ sweeping redesign, which was necessitated by a smaller page size, noted that the Denver Post would be undergoing shrinkage, too — but it probably wouldn’t “have to change as dramatically as the Rocky.” That turned out to be an accurate…
A note from Broncos fans to Chicagoans on the occasion of the September 30 loss by the Chicago Bears to the Detroit Lions: Did we forget to tell you that Brian Griese sucks? — Michael Roberts…
“After 20 years of training, he finally found his calling.” And that calling was to restore the honor of his molested younger brother by donning a mask that looks like what Spiderman would wear if he joined the Blue Man Group and went all vigilante on Chile’s criminals. Mirageman, by…
The big news in Denver this week revealed some odd and heartbreaking instances of animal and child abuse, as well as two free speech issues at Colorado public schools. Yappers commenting on the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News websites responded to the former in full force. Here are a…
Here’s a brief look at some of the items Americans are desperate to learn about today: Two Headed Turtle A rare, two-headed turtle is the star attraction at a Pennsylvania aquarium store. If P.T. Barnum were alive today, he would be running a website about shit like this and coining…
Georgie James Places (Saddle Creek) Musically speaking, John Davis, best known as the onetime drummer for Q and Not U, and singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn come from a similar place: They both love throwback pop-rock as filtered through a contemporary indie sensibility. But the distinctions in their stylistic choices broaden the…
The Last Town Chorus and The Weakerthans Marquis Theater September 27, 2007 Better Than: Waiting in line at the DMV. Lead singer of the Last Town Chorus, Meghan Hickey, has a voice that is both sultry and seductive. Hickey’s ability to handle her slide guitar is like watching the best…
As reported in this September 28 Rocky Mountain News article, Colorado State University’s student communications board is slated to meet on October 4 to determine if J. David McSwane, student editor of CSU’s Rocky Mountain Collegian newspaper, should be punished for approving a September 21 editorial reading “FUCK BUSH.” Of…
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 108-degrees today, but I’ve stopped caring about the heat. I experienced my first earthquake! It was very small and brief, but it still managed to send me flying from my bed and into the doorway for safety. I think I’m the only dork who has…
Tom Tancredo will never be president. Shocking, I know, given his spot in the back of the pack of Republican candidates.But in Denver, where the sixth congressional district representative can grab a headline faster than he’d nuke Mecca, we have an outsized view of the impact that Tancredo has had…
Since the first one in February, the event series known as Untitled at the Denver Art Museum has transformed the new Hamilton wing from a huge crumpled piece of tin foil into a huge crumpled piece of tin foil that serves booze. Add some interesting special events combining music, live…
The swastika was known as an ancient religious symbol for Hindus and Buddhists before was appropriated by the Nazis in the 1940s. Since then, the pinwheel-like character has become the symbol of racism, fascism and other very bad isms. Unfortunately, it is also makes for some very functional architecture. Maximizing…
This awesome list of the world’s weirdest and stupidest conspiracy theories features the DIA as headquarters for NWO underground base conspiracy (See our story, “DIA Conspiracies Take Off,” August 30, for the full scoop on this one and some even weirder theories about our beloved airport), alongside such gems as…
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 107 degrees today. The hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth’s surface was 134-degrees. I can’t fathom those extra 27 degrees. The Sun is dying, and I got a new roommate today. His name is John, he’s from Florida and he’s working on his Ph.D. in Mayan…
Bats are generally lumped in with nature’s creepy-crawlies; despite a strong cultural tie to vampires, however, the majority of them are merely interested in chomping on bugs and fruit, not flesh and blood. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Aurora Municipal Center (15151 East Alameda Parkway), Rob Mies, director of…
With fall finally here, leaves aren’t the only things turning. Over at Marczyk Fine Foods, 770 East 17th Avenue, Peter and Paul Marczyk have fired up the roasters — actually, big barrel drums — for the sixth annual Pig Roast. Under the brothers’ attentive eyes, those porkers will turn all…
Science and art are among the most powerful forces for changing the world. When the two come together, as they do today at The Wonder of Science, they can create something spectacular. From noon to 6 p.m., the 29th Street Mall, 1710 29th Street in Boulder, will host a number…
It’s not easy finding celebrities in Denver — but the Denver Marathon took a good run at it for this year’s Celebrity Inspiration Run Online Auction. Thirteen of the town’s biggest, boldest names will be auctioned off for a good cause, with proceeds from the online auction benefiting the celebrities’…
